Hiding in the mountains to watch the end of the world

26. To cut the meat.

In the past, when the Chinese New Year was 26, people in the village would go to the town to cut some meat and come back. Sometimes there were too many people in the town, so they would go to other markets, and the most frequent one was to go to Liujiatun. After that, it will be time to kill the New Year pig.

This year, the New Year pig was killed in advance, but everyone still went to the village pig butcher's house to symbolically cut a catty of meat back.

As for this pig butcher, he used to work in the slaughterhouse in the town. Now, no one would kill a pig by himself. They just drive the pig to the assembly line, and the machine will handle it.

However, he is really the only one left in the village who can butcher pigs, or in other words, he has to learn how to butcher pigs. Fortunately, he sees many pigs in normal times. He is not afraid, and he also understands the structure of pigs, so he can kill pigs cleanly. .

When killing pigs two days ago, he said that he would open a butcher shop in the future. Everyone knows that Zhao Mian's family sells butchers. Isn't this just grabbing business, but Zhao Mian's family only sells meat for a few days? That's all, so everyone didn't feel anything.

On the other hand, Aunt Dagen and the others felt aggrieved. Uncle Dagen was okay, and he was not unhappy enough to gossip with others. The elders still have to work, so how could they have time to talk about these things.

But Auntie Dagen is different, she is not happy, she thinks that the pig butcher is not honest, when chatting with the elder sisters, she complained a few words, thinking that the pig butcher just wanted to bully Mian and his family.

After Aunt Dagen said this, the older sisters just smiled and reassured her. After one hand, it was only an afternoon, and there were gossips in the village, saying that the pig butcher was immoral and so on. Nice to hear.

Zhao Mian went hunting in the mountains, and took all seven of the family's dogs out. This time he didn't stay in the mountains for too long, and when he came back, he found the door of the house was open.

When they entered, the pig butcher and his wife were sitting in the main room holding a piece of meat. They both had troubled faces and didn't know what happened, but Ozawa was a little impatient.

"Brother Mian, I'll discuss it with him when he comes back. It's getting late, you guys go back first." An Huaize's face was expressionless, but Zhao Mian could feel Ozawa's impatience even if he stood far away. I know, it is estimated that the two couples sat for a long time.

"Then thank you, Doctor An." The couple stood up, thanked each other repeatedly, and put the pork on the table.

"Oh, brother Mian is back?" The pig butcher turned his head and saw Zhao Mian, and greeted him with a smile.

The pig butcher's wife was behind, and just about to follow, she screamed, "Big bug!"

Only then did the pig butcher notice the tiger at Zhao Mian's feet, his face changed, the smile on his face stiffened, and he took a few steps back, not daring to approach.

"What's the matter, Uncle Zhen?" Zhao Mian waved his hand, and the seven pigs that followed went to the backyard, and the pig-killer and his wife slowly recovered.

The pig butcher rubbed his hands, his face was a little red, he also knew that what he did was not authentic, but he had to explain, "It's like this, we two don't have any skills, so we want to open a butcher shop in the village, you I also know that people in the village love to gossip, we just want you to explain it to everyone when we came here."

Zhao Mian felt a little displeased. Their family is the one that sells meat. Even if it only sold for a few days, it stopped because it was about to kill the pigs and it was snowing. Someone wanted to stop his business?

Zhao Mian didn't make a fool of himself, he directly showed his displeasure on his face, his face darkened, and his tone was not good, "Anyone can open a butcher shop, why do we need to explain? Or does Uncle Zhen feel that his own business is not authentic? "

An Huaize gave Zhao Mian a wink, and Zhao Mian was even more unhappy. He naturally knew that Zhao Dazhen's meat shop would not last long, and it would be almost the same when the New Year pigs were sold out, but no one would be happy with this approach. .

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Dazhen was not happy anymore, but after he wanted to say something, he felt that he had some scruples, so he didn't say anything, but he was very unhappy.

The pig butcher has his own scruples, but his wife doesn't, so he went back and took the pork away, "Oh, it's just selling the meat for a few days, anyone in the village can sell anything, let's tell you it's for For your sake, you really treat yourself like a green onion, I'm sorry!"

Peng Xiaoli didn't have any sincerity in coming here, if she didn't think there was something for them to help in the future, she wouldn't have come here.

Selling meat is such a lucrative business, why should they let their family take care of all the lucrative things?I bother!

An Huaize looked at Zhao Mian with disdain. After being scolded by Peng Xiaoli, the unhappiness on Zhao Mian's face disappeared.

Zhao Mian smiled and said to the butcher, "You should take this real uncle pork home, our family does not lack this."

Zhao Mian was too lazy to talk to them, so before they could react, he blew his whistle, and the little tiger ran out from the backyard, and rushed directly at the two pig killers.

Peng Xiaoli was frightened and paralyzed. Fortunately, the pig butcher pulled her, and the two ran out of the yard in a panic. Zhao Mian followed and closed the door.

"Why be so angry, it won't make a difference." An Huaize poured a glass of water, poured it on the table, and took a rag to wipe the table clean.

"There are village rules in the village. Although they are not made public, every job in the village will not be done by two families, which hurts feelings." Zhao Mian sat down, and he was naturally angry. He didn't expect someone to be so immoral.

An Huaize chuckled, "I don't have any feelings, they just do what they like. I think you're tired of hunting and selling meat in the mountains."

At first An Huaize was angry, but then he thought about it, someone in the village opened a butcher shop, although they robbed them of their jobs, Brother Mian didn't have to go hunting all the time.

Thinking of this level, An Huaize didn't think there was anything wrong, they just did what they liked, anyway, they wouldn't sell for long, and Brother Mian could rest for a few months.

However, some people just make people disgusting. They immorally robbed other people's jobs, offered a gift and came to the door to apologize. Although An Huaize was angry, after all, the village has its own rules, but they didn't make it clear. In fact, An Huaize has nothing to do with them, and he doesn't want to deal with us, he is very lazy.

But for some people, it’s okay to come to the door to apologize without sincerity, and they still want them to help explain what they said, why?I also want them not to do this business in the future, implying that his village has its own rules, and it is better not to have two families do one business.

That's funny, who broke the rules?

An Huaize really became impatient the more he listened, and he wanted to send him away, but the two couples didn't get a word from him, so they just refused to leave, saying those few words over and over again, just wanting to He gave a quasi-word.

An Huaize couldn't drive people away, so he could only spend time with them. Anyway, he made a prescription for the plague, and it was just a matter of experimentation. He was fine, so let's spend time.

Forget it, I don't want to.

"How are they doing today?" An Huaize looked at the few that came in.

"The seventh one can already prey on hares, the boss and the others can also hunt together, and the fifth and sixth can't." Zhao Mian replied, and then asked, "What do you think about the butcher shop?"

"What do you think?" An Huaize wanted to let them go, and was too lazy to argue with them.

Zhao Mian sat for a while, but he looked away. He was unhappy before, but since someone bullied him, Zhao Mian had no reason to back down.

It's their business to sell meat, and Zhao Mian can't stop them. What is the village rule, isn't it just to blame others from the highest point of morality?It is moral kidnapping.

"They can do what they want, we can do what we did before, don't you think?"

That is to go into the mountains?An Huaize doesn't like it very much, he is always away from home, but... that's all, isn't that what men want to fight for?

"You can do whatever you want." An Huaize didn't object, and the bully came to his door, so why should they back down?

With Ozawa's approval, Zhao Mian didn't worry about it anymore, "Then I'll go and pack the prey."

Zhao Mian walked to the well in the front yard. Zhao Mian always had to clean up his prey, so he built a shed so that the corridor would not be dirty.

Zhao Mian took a bison out from the space, An Huaize went back to dispense the medicine, he just glanced out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly stopped, looking at the bison in the yard in disbelief, he even forgot to put on his clothes and went out.

"Is this a bison in the mountains? Have you gone to the mountains?" An Huaize was full of surprise. It must be too big for the shed to fit.

"Didn't enter the mountain, it was injured, it should be lost." Zhao Mian stood up and pointed to a place, then squatted down again, opened the box, took a knife, and prepared to skin it.

An Huaize walked over curiously, and saw that the bison's hind leg was bitten, the bones were exposed, and the tooth marks were familiar.

"This...is bitten by a tiger?" An Huaize's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that Lao Qi's tooth marks were just like this. There was only a small difference. The bison was almost three meters high and over three meters long, so big The size of a tiger is more than [-] kilograms, and tigers dare to prey, so what else is they afraid to move?

Zhao Mian nodded, just looked up and saw An Huaize came out without any clothes on for a while, he was taken aback, then sent An Huaize back, not caring about his dirty hands.

"Why do you only wear one piece of clothing? What do you do when you catch a cold? Can't you wear so many clothes?" Zhao Mian shouted angrily, he was so angry that he dressed An Huaize while scolding, he couldn't be more angry. Cursed a few words, "If you want to see bison, can't you spend some time getting dressed?"

An Huaize didn't dare to speak, seeing that Zhao Mian's face was all black, he knew he was wrong, even if his clothes were stained by Zhao Mian, he didn't dare to speak out.

Zhao Mian put it on for him, fastened it carefully, "Go back to the room!"

An Huaize didn't dare to say a word, so he went back obediently, sat for a while, changed his clothes because he couldn't take it anymore, and then didn't dare to go out to see, even if he was curious, he had to stay in the room obediently dispensing medicine.

Zhao Mian didn't realize that his hands had stained An Huaize's clothes just now, he just touched the bison, the blood on his hand was so dazzled by An Huaize, he didn't notice at all.

The bison is very big, and it is not easy to peel it. Zhao Mian also killed a red deer before, but it was not so big. Zhao Mian is now skinning it, but it took two hours to peel off a complete piece of bison hide. Waiting for tomorrow Send it to Uncle Qi's house for tanning. After it's done, look at the material, and then we'll talk about what to do.

Zhao Mian had picked out the internal organs of the bison in the mountains. He kept the ones he wanted and threw away the ones he didn’t need. Now he only needs to sort the meat of the bison, the ribs, the front and rear legs, and so on.

An Huaize went to cook at night, Zhao Mian did it for a long time, it was dark, and he did it with the lights on, the bison was so big that Zhao Mian's hands were sore before dividing it.

After being outside for so long, the bison meat has long been frozen, and the rest is even more difficult to handle, but fortunately, it is also finished.

"I'll send some to Xiao Chen and the others." Zhao Mian washed his hands, took a basket and put a piece of meat in it, ready to send it over.

An Huaize sized Zhao Mian a few times, and seeing that he was really not angry, he asked, "Aren't you going to Ersheng's house?"

How could Zhao Mian not know what Ozawa was thinking?Probably it scared Ozawa just now, but Zhao Mian was really angry that Ozawa didn't cherish himself so much, obviously he couldn't bear the cold.Zhao Mian also knew that he had hardly spoken loudly to Ozawa, and he regretted it now, but he was afraid that Ozawa would do this again in the future.

Zhao Mianquan should have forgotten, so he should not know what Ozawa was thinking.

Zhao Mian sighed, "Ersheng will deliver it tomorrow, Huzi is asleep now, don't disturb them."

"Well, come back early." An Huaize nodded, very obedient.

Zhao Mian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and it would be unreasonable to pretend to be stupid, so he could only keep a straight face, "I'm not going to be an example, you eat first, and I'll feed An An when I come back."

An Huaize nodded, "Go."

Zhao Mian went out with the basket. An Huaize ate a few mouthfuls of food. He hadn't cooked for a long time. He ate all the food cooked by Brother Mian. Now that he ate his own food, he couldn't bear it anymore, especially... Forget it, let's go see An'an.

An Huaize went back to the room without taking a few bites. An An was sitting on the bed, neither crying nor fussing. When she saw her father coming in, she acted like a baby and wanted to hug her.

"Wait a little longer, An An will be able to eat." An Huaize picked up his son with a guilty conscience, and quickly put him down.

Generally speaking, An An's porridge has to be heated in the kitchen all the time, and children have to eat less and more meals, but after spending a long time with the pig killer and his wife in the afternoon, An Huaize forgot to add fire, and also forgot to feed An An Feed the meal, An An's porridge in the kitchen is still hot.

An An rubbed his eyes. He was playing with An Huaize's medicinal materials in his room in the afternoon. He played so vigorously that he didn't even take a nap. He was still dazed.

An Huaize gave him a Rising Sun leaf, holding An An in his arms to dispense medicine.

Zhao Mian came back soon, and there was not much food missing on the dinner table. Zhao Mian frowned, tasted it, and knew that Ozawa was picky again, but he couldn't waste it.

Zhao Mian went to make a side dish for An Huaize, and brought a bowl of rice and side dishes into the room, "Don't do it yet, eat."

"I'm full." An Huaize frowned, not wanting to eat.

Zhao Mian sighed, feeling very helpless, "Why are you becoming more and more like a child, An An is better than you."

An Huaize resisted and stayed far away from the food, and didn't want to eat it. Zhao Mian couldn't follow him, just eat a few mouthfuls.

"I cooked the food, eat it." Zhao Mian hugged An An, "I'll feed my son."

An Huaize hesitated, took a bite of the dish, nodded with a smile, "The porridge should be available, go and have a look."

Seeing that he was eating happily, Zhao Mian was relieved, carried An An out, put him on a chair, and went in to serve An An the porridge.

There was a little less porridge in the pot. He fed An An once in the morning before going out. It stands to reason that he would feed An An twice in the afternoon and noon. It shouldn't be so much.

Zhao Mian took out the porridge, and An An was hungry all afternoon, looking at her small bowl, "Daddy... eat rice! An An is hungry!"

Zhao Mian was helpless, but there was nothing he could do about it, so let's pretend he didn't know.

An An ate more than one bowl and wanted to eat more. Zhao Mian was afraid that he would not feed him if he accumulated food, so he took a piece of ribs and fed An An meat.

An An is not as picky as An Huaize, and besides, she is used to eating food made by her father, so she is not picky, and the food is delicious.

Zhao Mian only gave him one piece, and An An ate it in small bites. Zhao Mian looked at An An while eating, fearing that it would be wasted, so he quickly ate a table full of food, and his stomach was full.

Zhao Mian went out for a walk to digest food, and An An followed. The two walked around the village. An An was tired after walking for a while, so Zhao Mian carried An An away.

When passing by Mr. Zhao's house, Mistress Zhao happened to see the two of them, trotted out, pulled An An to look at them, and liked her very much, "Oh, this is An An, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't you bring them out to play? "

Mistress Zhao didn't use any strength, An An was a little timid, she broke away from Mistress Zhao's hand, ran behind her father, and poked her head out.

Zhao Mian pushed An An out, "An An, your name is Tai."

An An followed her father all the time and rarely came out. Naturally, she didn't know Mistress Zhao, so she didn't call out. She always wanted to go back behind her father, feeling insecure.

Zhao Mian had no choice but to look at Mistress Zhao apologetically when his son didn't bark, "This child accepts his birth, grandma doesn't mind."

Mistress Zhao liked children very much, but she couldn't bear to go over before, and her son fell down again, so she didn't say to go and see.

Mistress Zhao didn't mind her great-grandson here, but Mistress Zhao asked Zhao Mian to come in and sit in the house because it was cold outside An An.

"Another day, An An has to go back to take a shower." It was very late now, and Zhao Mian didn't agree.

"Go in and wash it, An An's cousin's clothes are here, he can wear them, and he's not afraid of the cold." Mistress Zhao naturally didn't want to let her go.

The clothes An An wears are all picked by An Huaize, and An Huaize will match the clothes for An An, so An An looks like a jade doll, which is very attractive.Zhao Mian knew about the clothes Mistress Zhao mentioned, but Ozawa was a clean freak, and Zhao Mian didn't dare to let An An wear clothes worn by others.

But it's not easy to refuse, Zhao Mian looked at An An, An An kept looking up at his father, his eyes lit up, "Daddy...hug..."

Zhao Mian really didn't want to wrong his son, so just refuse if he refuses.

"An An is not used to wearing it, so forget it. If grandma is free, come to play at home another day." Zhao Mian hugged An An, and quickly left.

Mistress Zhao frowned, then sighed, and went back to tell Erye Zhao about it.

"I see, the boss is so focused on Dr. An that he doesn't even agree to let An An come in to play." Mistress Zhao was a little disappointed.

Zhao Erye looked disgusted, "The sons born to my stupid son are also stupid, as long as they live a good life, I don't bother to care about them."

Mistress Zhao raised her head, "I don't know who saw An An last time, and was still talking about finding a time to go there every day."

"I'm just talking! Keep your voice down! Don't let the old people hear you." Second Master Zhao stared, looked outside, and closed the door.

Mistress Zhao snorted, and she has been making trouble all day long. I'm going to see what's wrong with my great-grandson?

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, something will happen again." Zhao Erye didn't want to say any more.

The daughter-in-law married by his eldest son, this is not acceptable. He wants to compare with his second son in everything, and he doesn't even think about it.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhao became depressed, sitting on the edge of the kang and smoking dry cigarettes, "I don't know when the second child will recover, why do you think he is so stupid, he can be sick, greedy for nothing new, Chen Mi It's still edible, but I have to eat that new rice, it's a crime."

Mistress Zhao sat under the lamp to hold the soles of her shoes, and when she heard it, she replied, "How many times have I told you that I didn't eat new rice. The second family didn't eat new rice, so I don't remember it."

"That's even more stupid. If you don't eat the new rice, you will get sick. Why did you give birth to such a stupid son?" Second Master Zhao became even more disgusted as soon as he put down his pipe.

Second Mistress Zhao let out her needlework angrily, "What do you mean I gave birth, then it's still up to your son?"

Zhao Erye stared, "I don't have such a stupid son."

Mistress Zhao yelled angrily, "Noisy, noisy, I knew I was arguing with my mother. I was really worried about my son, so I went over to have a look. I couldn't embarrass myself and didn't allow me to go over. Why did I marry such a coward like you!"

"Keep your voice down!" Second Master Zhao didn't want the eldest daughter-in-law to make trouble again, it's almost New Year's Eve.

Mistress Zhao is not afraid of her elders, "She dares to make trouble! My mother will slap her to death!"

Mistress Zhao is naturally not afraid of the troubles of the elders, and the one-handed elders will not make troubles, but will show all kinds of faces to Zhao Daqiang's family, sarcasm in the open and in the dark, and make trouble. Unlucky, let the elders go to his house to do something again, do the younger ones have to live? The food that was given to the second family last time was not long. You are not afraid, Meizi still wants to marry , you don’t even think about it.” Mr. Zhao didn’t want to make trouble, “Okay, don’t make shoes, it hurts your eyes, go to sleep.”

Er Nai Zhao squirmed a few times, threw the needlework bean in anger, and went to turn off the light.

"Why did your stupid son marry such a daughter-in-law?" Mistress Zhao couldn't help but be angry.

Second Master Zhao didn't want to say any more, so he stopped talking, Mistress Zhao calmed down gradually.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Mian woke up suddenly. He felt his body shaking. He was so startled that he didn't even dare to put on his clothes. He hugged An An and woke An Huaize, "There's an earthquake!"

An Huaize suddenly woke up, and ran out with Zhao Mian, Zhao Mian gave An An to An Huaize, "You go out, I will take you out"

An Huaize hugged An An and ran out, suddenly the ground shook violently, An Huaize fell down, picked up An An nervously, and ran out.