Chapter 60: Sharpening the Knife
The cold in Beijing is a kind of dry cold, a cold that blows on the face. In Liu Ji Ye Yizhong, there is less snow in the winter of this city, and there are only a few times when it rains big in my impression, one is when Liu Xiaoyu was young, and the specific time is not clear, and the most recent one is the heavy snow that can be called a snow disaster in the year.
It didn't take long for the New Year to come, and every household in the originally deserted village began to get busy, preparing for the New Year's food and drink, pasting window grilles and couplets, and from time to time a few small children in the village secretly set off scattered small firecrackers.
As soon as the New Year arrives, the business of the slaughterhouse in the village is unusually prosperous, there are still some families in the village who will raise only a pig, their own pigs are not the kind of hormone feed fed, although the body size is a little thin, but the taste is definitely not comparable to the feed pigs.
Fortunately, Liu Xiaoyu made an appointment with Liu Butcher in advance, and three sheep and four pigs were not less, and it took almost a day to slaughter and slaughter.
The news in the village spread quickly, everyone knew that the pigs raised in the Liu family's compound were slaughtered today, and many villagers rushed over to buy some fresh pig and mutton to go back.
In fact, in private, the villagers of Liujia Village are staring at these livestock raised in the compound, knowing that these livestock are all fed with good forage, grain, wheat and even melons, fruits and vegetables, plus the delicious taste that was different from other mutton that was given away at the beginning has spread throughout Liujia Village from the mouths of the four old people.
Chickens and ducks are okay, there are not many people in the pig and sheep village, and even if there are, most of them are used by their own families to eat or use during the New Year's banquet, and there is basically not much excess to take. There are few people who buy pork in the town's farmers' market, and they know that it is fed with hormone feed, and the meat tastes poor.
So this time, I heard that there were four pigs and three sheep to be slaughtered in the Liu family's compound, so some people in the village hurriedly rushed over to divide the points.
Liu Xiaoyu, who knew the situation, was refreshed, and only left a sheep and a pig for himself, and some pork chops to send a lot of mutton to the four old people he hired, and the rest was all sold, don't worry about the price, there is Liu Butcher in justice.
As usual, pig heads, sheep heads and other things were paid to the butchers as slaughter fees, and the people who basically came down bought more or less what they wanted.
Liu Xiaoyu also specially sealed a red envelope of 200 yuan for each of the four old people, of course, according to the rules, the junior can't call it this to the elder, so it can only be said to be a bonus.
Originally, some unbelieving villagers took the meat they bought home and stewed it like this, and sure enough, as the old people said, the mutton was not fat at all, the pork was more tender, and the meat was full of fragrance, which was even more delicious than those fed with leftovers, forage and feed in the village.
With the praise of many people, those villagers who did not buy meat are a little regretful, this year it is not so easy to eat such authentic and delicious pork in the countryside, let alone in the city, where there are hormone pigs, irrigated pigs and even sick pigs and dead pigs.
Although a lot of pigs and sheep raised by himself have been divided, the essence left behind is enough for Liu Xiaoyu to eat by himself, two whole pork and mutton chops each, as well as four pork and mutton legs, plus offal, pork loin, pork liver and other internal organs, can make a variety of delicious dishes. b
Some villagers who didn't buy meat also took the initiative to come to Liu Xiaoyu and wanted to buy some fish or something, of course Liu Xiaoyu couldn't refuse this kind of request, anyway, his own big pool was over there, and taking out some fish from the space would not attract the attention of others.
In this way, not long after selling foreign meat, a lot of villagers came to the compound to buy fish, and when they learned that these villagers were afraid that Liu Xiaoyu would not be in the village for the New Year, and there was no place to buy it when they wanted to, Liu Xiaoyu was sure that he would celebrate the New Year in the village this year, which made some villagers who bought fish for the New Year disperse, and the fish was still fresh and delicious.
Since he bought the electric three-wheeler, Liu Xiaoyu can also eat all kinds of things in the space with peace of mind, anyway, no one can figure out whether these things are bought back from the town or the county.
The pigsty and sheepfold were empty, and the chickens, ducks and geese could not be fed with too many people, Liu Xiaoyu simply gave Uncle Gensheng a holiday and let them come back after the new year, when Liu Xiaoyu was ready to start his own breeding plan.
The day is cold, and the breeding pond has completely entered the dormant period, but fortunately, Liu Xiaoyu also raises a lot of mealworms, so the chickens, ducks and geese in the compound are not short of "meat dishes" this winter.
Uncle Gensheng and their holidays, Liu Xiaoyu is left in the compound, which is a little deserted, but fortunately, Liu Gensheng lives alone, so Liu Xiaoyu is going to let him come to the courtyard to spend the Chinese New Year together, is there one more person and more excitement.
Early the next morning, Liu Xiaoyu took two security captains to the breeding circle, ready to release the chickens, ducks and geese as usual for them to find food to eat. b
When he came to the chicken pen, he found chickens and ducks
has been released, and Liu Gensheng, who is cleaning in the circle, makes Liu Xiaoyu stunned.
"Uncle Gensheng, haven't I already given you a holiday, why are you coming back?" Hurriedly stepped forward, Liu Xiaoyu said. b
"Huh... It's the second son, don't I live alone anyway, I'm idle at home, it's better to come and see. Liu Gensheng said.
The reason why he called Liu Xiaoyu's second son was because it was a little inappropriate at the beginning, at that time, Liu Gensheng and they all called Liu Xiaoshou the boss, but seeing people so old calling themselves like this made Liu Xiaoyu always a little awkward, but it seemed hypocritical to let them call Xiaoyu, so later Liu Xiaoyu simply asked them to call their nicknames, second son.
"Dizzy, you've been busy this year, you can't rest when you're old?" Liu Xiaoyu said speechlessly.
"I can't be idle, this person feels lonely when he gets old, and it's always good to have something to do." Liu Gensheng sighed.
"Alas, too, your old man is too, why didn't you find a wife at the beginning, and now it won't be like this." Liu Xiaoyu said.
"Huh...
I'm a poor old man, guarding a house and breaking the ground, isn't it harmful to find another one, this hard life is still better for me to live alone. Liu Gensheng said with a smile, revealing a trace of helplessness and nostalgia in his smile.
"Look at what you said, it's just right, don't go back at noon, come to my house, let's have two drinks, this cold day, just timid and cold." Liu Xiaoyu changed the topic and said.
"Huh... Okay, the things in your compound are in demand right now, and I'm in for a good day. Liu Gensheng said.
"Isn't that everyone's stick field, the good things are also raised by your elders, I didn't do anything." Liu Xiaoyu said modestly. b
"Okay, you can go to your business, I'll go directly to you when I'm done, and wait until noon for a few drinks." Liu Gensheng said.
"Huh? I still want to help, so I'm leaving? Liu Xiaoyu said.
"What do you help, didn't I do such a little thing before, there is a time when you go to the mountain orchard to see, the backyard orchard around, this day when it is cold, there is less to eat, and some wild things will run into the ground and mess things. You have to be careful. Liu Gensheng said.
"Well, listen to you, I'll go around, and then go home and prepare some good dishes, and comfort your old man at noon." After Liu Xiaoyu finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Looking at the background of Liu Xiaoyu's departure, Liu Gensheng's eyes revealed a different kind of emotion, and he muttered to himself: "Old woman, if you hadn't died so early, our child would probably be so old." Thinking about Liu Gensheng, his eyes reddened slightly.
Although there were aerial reconnaissance planes and ground mobile troops, Liu Xiaoyu still ran to the mountain, looked around, and didn't find anything wrong, thinking about lunch at noon, Liu Xiaoyu issued an order to let Cang and Hanhan cooperate to make a hare to have a lunch at noon.
With the existence of Cang, it is fast to hunt, and after a while, the little tiger took a fat hare and ran over, and Hanhan in the back got a pheasant, looking at them who overfulfilled the task Liu Xiaoyu was very happy, just about to flash people home, only to hear a loud eagle chirping in the air, after the gray shadow flashed, a turtledove was thrown in front of Liu Xiaoyu.
Looking at the bird's head that had been caught, Liu Xiaoyu thought: Good guy, this cangis is powerful enough.
took the prey Liu Xiaoyu went back to the compound first, and Cang they continued their security duties, of course, they must participate in the noon "dinner", and the other local dogs Liu Xiaoyu will also prepare lunch for the house. b
One morning passed in Liu Xiaoyu's washing, and he originally planned to make mutton soup, but looking at the turtledove in his hand, Liu Xiaoyu changed his mind and prepared some bought shiitake mushrooms, with this turtledove to make a shiitake mushroom turtledove soup, which is a double tonic of qi and blood.
The weather is cold, and this meal is not good to eat in the compound, Liu Xiaoyu prepared a table of good dishes in the living room, and secretly took some bottles of tonic wine from the space that had disappeared for a long time. Since the rest of the jar of tonic wine was distributed to the village chief, Liu Xiaoyu has never let this wine appear in order to save trouble, but after the winter, the small wine pot he used to carry has never been empty, and he secretly enjoys it all in private when there is no one.
There is bubbling mushroom and turtledove soup in the big casserole, a large pot of red rabbit meat, and a pot of pheasant in the pot, and then some vegetables in the space are alive, anyway, pork and mutton Liu Xiaoyu has sent it to Uncle Gensheng, so I didn't get any of them today.
The old man had already prepared all the food for the Hanhan before he sat down, because now that everyone was on vacation, the rations of the earth dogs had to be made at night. When winter came, Liu Xiaoyu didn't let Cang, Hanhan and Xiaohu go out to eat, and he had to keep some wild things to breed the next generation in the spring of next year.