"That's it, I can't eat it when I catch it up, I can't sell it, my mother gives it away everywhere, and there is still a small half tank left." Lin Xiuqing took his hand and wanted to go back.

But Ye Yaodong stopped as soon as he turned around.

"No, aren't we going to open our shop after the Chinese New Year? Wouldn't it be better to send the fish sauce to the store and sell it at that time? People from other places don't eat fish sauce, but people in our city also eat fish sauce, right? ”

"When the time comes, collect and collect, don't want it, throw it to the store if you can't finish it, we think it's not rare here, no one wants it, and there may be people in the market who like it." Local goods in the countryside are not produced in the city, transportation is not developed, and there is a lack of circulation. ”

Lin Xiuqing thought about it and felt that it made sense, dried fish was not rare in their countryside, but it was quite popular in the city.

They eat fish sauce locally, seasoning and freshness, it should be sold in the city, it is better than piling up a tank at home, relatives and friends should have sent it all over the place.

"Then we're just going to catch fish here? Where are you not going to the old mansion? ”

Ye Yaodong took a flashlight and shone it on the water again, "Where can you wait here, the cold wind is blowing and freezing to death, take a look." When I took a photo, these fish were phototaxis, and the flashlight hit the surface of the water, and if there were these small fish underneath, they would themselves boil and jump on the surface of the sea. ”

"I caught it like this last year, if I didn't jump, maybe it would be other fish, the tide is there, and it's not easy to catch it in the cold weather."

Lin Xiuqing pushed him, "Then I'll take a look here, will you go to your hometown first?" ”

Ye Yaodong watched her shrink her neck, the cold wind kept pouring into her neck, and he was still looking up at him, he smiled and stroked the back of her head and kissed her, and then hooked her neck and walked back.

"Forget it, you better go back to the house, it's so cold outside, I haven't put on my clothes, I haven't tied a scarf, and the whole person is shrunk like a quail, what are you doing outside? It's nothing to do with you, go back and be wrapped in the bed, I'll take a look when I come back from my hometown, anyway, the tide is still rising there, and the tide is not so fast to fall. ”

Lin Xiuqing was held in his arms by him, smiling sweetly, "It's okay, I'm not cold, if there are fish jumping on the sea, I can also catch a little back, let's make a little more fish sauce, and we can sell it for some money." Just looked at it just now, and it didn't seem to move? ”

It took 13,000 to order a big boat, although she only paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan, but the final payment was a few thousand more, and all the money in the family was taken out, and it was not enough to pay the final payment.

Although she knows that she has no ability and can't make a lot of money, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.

"Well, it could be other fish, so it didn't come up, it was only under the water, it didn't appear, forget it, don't catch a cold, you go back to the house, I'll go to the old mansion to see."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, meekly hugged him and nodded, "Okay, come back early, and you can sleep well." ”

"Hmm."

The two of them paced towards their little nest, their backs to the sea, and they didn't see the ripples on the surface of the sea not far away, blurring and rippling.

After Ye Yaodong sent Lin Xiuqing home, he heard the sound of her locking the courtyard door and walked to the old mansion with confidence.

Lin Xiuqing stood on tiptoe in the courtyard and looked out of the wall, and saw the faint light of the flashlight flicking it flickering, shining farther and farther, and then retracted his gaze after a glance, reached out and tightened the collar of the collar before walking into the house, and continued to lie back and sleep again.

It was only two o'clock in the morning, and the village was quiet, silent, and the cold wind was blowing, especially when you walked to various intersections, or open spaces without houses.

Ye Yaodong held the hand of the flashlight, shrunk into his sleeve, wore a hat on his head, tied a scarf around his neck, and his hands were exposed, a little cold.

As soon as he reached the door of the old house, he heard the cacophony of talking from the back door, and the sound of pigs screaming, and as he got closer, the sound of knives slicing at the whetstone.

When he walked to the back door, a scene of pig killing appeared in front of him.

A large fat pig was tied to a wooden stick on all fours, unable to struggle or move at all, and was also placed on a wide wooden frame, making a piercing howl, while several men in black cotton suits and rain boots stood next to the wooden frame, his father and his eldest brother and second brother.

His mother and second sister-in-law boiled water next to them, and a large iron pot was set up in the open space.

The butcher held a long knife in his hand, and kept swiping back and forth on the whetstone beside him, and from time to time he picked it up to look at it, and the sharp light of the knife flashed in the faint light.

"Coming so late? Good thing I didn't expect you to help. After Ye Mu underestimated it, she withdrew her gaze from him.

"It's delayed, it's not too late to look at it, anyway, I haven't started killing yet. There are so many of you, isn't it easy to catch a pig and tie it up? ”

Ye Mu pursed her mouth, glanced at him, and didn't say anything about him.

Second Brother Ye smiled and said, "It's okay, there are enough people, and you don't need to do anything more, you either go back and sleep again?" ”

"It's all here, I'll take a look here, I haven't seen how pigs are killed? After killing it later, I will buy some fresh meat and pig offal. ”

Ye Yaodong walked back and forth along the wooden shelf as he spoke, watching the big fat pig keep struggling, and his mouth let out a howling sound, "By the way, has this pig been weighed?" How many pounds? ”

"Weighed, I just lifted it and weighed it before putting it on, there are 208 pounds."

"It's very good, and after the beginning of spring, you can catch a few more little piglets, raise a few more, anyway, the second sister-in-law is idle, and she feeds some pigweed every day, and she can earn more money a year."

People don't eat well these days, let alone pigs, a 200 pound is already a big fat pig.

Second sister-in-law Ye also smiled and said: "That's what I think, wait for a few more piglets to be caught after the beginning of spring, I heard that those who raised pigs have made a fortune in the past two years." ”

The butcher also stopped sharpening his knife while they were talking, wiped the blade with a rag, and scraped it with his thumb, feeling sharp enough.

"I'm here I go."

"Alright, let's go, let's start killing pigs."

Ye Mu kicked the big flower basin on the ground, aimed a little in the direction of the pig's head, and waited to receive the pig's blood.

Pig's blood is also a delicious dish when it is ready.

The butcher stabbed the pig in the neck with a sharp knife, and the big fat pig let out a heart-rending scream, and struggled in horror and fear, but the rope was tightly tightened, and it was obvious that there was no escape.

Blood gushed out instantly, flowing down the pig's neck, vividly staining the entire pig's head, and the bright red pig's blood also flowed to the basin on the ground.

Suddenly, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and a large hole was exposed in the pig's neck, and a steady stream of pig blood was still dripping, and the bound limbs were still twitching there.

After waiting for a while, they lifted the pig to the iron pot, turned it back and forth, scalded it with boiling water, and dehaired it.

When he was done, the butcher disemboweled the pig again, and the sharp knife cut it open with a single stroke, as if it had cut through the hole in a sack.

The squeezed entrails were still warm when they were taken out.

"Second brother and sister-in-law, do you want pig offal?"

"If you are? If you want, I'll give it to you. ”

Second sister-in-law Ye hurriedly patted Ye Yaohua, glared at him, and said, "Pork belly and pork loin are not good, we have to stay in the pork belly to stew chicken, and the pork loin should be supplemented by your second brother, and the others can be given to you." ”

"The pig heart and pork liver will be sold to me later, and when I get dawn, I will ask others to buy pork belly and pork loin."

Brother Ye smiled and said, "Sell me the pig lungs and large intestine." ”

"Just wait for Butcher Zhang to tell him after he finishes killing and ask him to buy it."

Ye Mu pointed to the pig's blood that was still ticking on his face and said, "Do you want to keep the pig's blood?" You can also have a basin when you cook it, and you can eat it for two days if you use it to fry cabbage. ”

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "I can." ”

He doesn't have too much, this kind of home-raised pigs will be difficult to eat in the future, and now it's cold, and he can't finish eating.

"Then stay, I'll take it back to the house and cook a pot later, and then I'll give you a ...... when it's solidified."

Ye Er's sister-in-law was the happiest, she had raised pigs for half a year, she could eat meat and make money, and she was even more determined to wait for the spring to catch two more heads.

The butcher also neatly cleaned the internal organs of the pig's belly, threw it into a large wooden basin on the side, and cut off the pig's head and put it in a piece.

"You will divide the internal organs for yourselves, I will not take them away, do you want to keep any piece of meat?"

"Yes."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly told him all the meat and catties he wanted.

The butcher cut through the pig's body, cutting off all the parts he wanted.

Ye Yaohua also followed up and said the parts and quantities he wanted.

One of the big families kept a little, and the pigs were divided by 1/4.

Ye Yaodong bought the most, and spent all the twenty yuan he brought out, and then walked back with a bucket full of pork.

The butcher will carry the rest of the pork onto his cart, ready to rush to the next family to continue to kill, close to the end of the year, these days to kill pigs are extraordinarily many, he wants to take advantage of the dawn before the field to kill.

At this time, the sky was still dark, and it took two hours from the time he came to see the pig killing to cutting, and it was six o'clock in this winter.

The three brothers laughed as they walked.

Ye Yaopeng said that after the beginning of spring, he would also catch two or three little piglets and raise them, and Ye Yaohua had just sold a hairy pig for 180 yuan, which stimulated him a little.

If you raise three heads, you can add five or six hundred yuan a year.

It's no wonder that last year's pigs were able to raise a 10,000 yuan household, but unfortunately, they have no conditions and no time, otherwise they would raise a few more.

"Dongzi, do you want to raise it?"

"No! It's too dirty and smelly, A-Qing is not free to take care of the children, sister-in-law, second sister-in-law is more leisurely, you can raise it. ”

A pig earns 180 yuan, he really doesn't like it now, raising pigs is not an easy job, there is no need to make his wife so tired, anyway, he can make money.

In the previous life, she raised him, and in this life, he will support her.