The days when I am farming in the last days

That night, Tang's mother discussed with Tang's father, taking advantage of the good weather, they quickly killed the Chinese New Year pigs.

"Killed both?" Father Tang asked hesitantly.

The two big pigs they raised at home were originally a new year pig for themselves, and the other was raised by relatives.Relatives all live in the city, and fresh meat can be bought at any time. Several families jointly ordered this pig, and they will entrust the Tang family to smoke and roast it into bacon, and they will drive over to get it.

So in the twelfth lunar month, after the weather cooled down, other families began to slaughter pigs one after another, but the Tang family didn't do it all the time, just waiting for relatives to find time to come over after their holidays.

——Although the meat has to be smoked before it is taken away, but after the slaughter, it must be weighed and paid for, and the person concerned must always be present.

As a result, due to the epidemic this year, it seems that we will not be able to come. Whether this agreement is still valid or not will be discussed again.

"I'll make a call and ask." Tang Ma thought for a while and said.

This phone call lasted for an hour, until Tang's father got impatient and called her at the door, "Quickly ask her, do you want to kill me, so I can go hire someone!"

To kill a pig, relying on these few people in the family alone is definitely not enough.So I have to invite a few young people from the village to help catch the pigs, shed the hair, and divide the pork. These are all heavy physical labors that ordinary people cannot do.

Most importantly, you have to hire a pig butcher.

"Here it is." Tang's mother finally hung up the phone and came back, "They all said no. I don't know when this epidemic will end. I guess I won't have time to come and get it."

"But pigs still have to be killed, right?" Tang Han said, "We can't keep them forever."

The pigs raised by the farmers themselves are different from the instant ones in the pig farm. A pig is bought from a piglet weighing [-] to [-] catties. It takes about half a year to grow to a weight of [-] to [-] catties, but I want to continue to increase it later. It's very difficult, and it's just a waste of food to raise it all the time.

If there is no piglet in the family, it is no problem to continue to raise this pig. When you want to eat meat, you can slaughter it.

But the Tang family also raised a sow, which had just been bred after winter, and will give birth to piglets after spring.Tang's mother was also worried about the situation this year. At that time, the piglets would not be sold, and there would be no food to feed them, so there was no need to keep a big pig to waste food.

"Kill it." Tang's mother was still in the mood to joke, "You should eat more at that time. When the epidemic is over, Xiao Qin and Xiao Jiang will carry a few dozen catties each, and it will be almost enough."

Qin Yu and Jiang Dai naturally agreed.

Seeing this, Tang's father said, "Then I'll hire someone, or I'll sleep if I don't go."

Early the next morning, Jiang Dai was awakened by voices outside.She took out her mobile phone and saw that it was not even seven o'clock. She couldn't help but sigh that the people in the village were hardworking and got up so early.

Although there was not much she could do, Jiang Dai got out of bed after getting dressed, covered Tang Han with the quilt, and left the room.

The hut they slept in was a space separated from the back of the main room, so as soon as they went out, Jiang Dai saw that the door of the main room was wide open, and several layers of plastic were laid on the floor, ready to share pork and marinate pork later.

Looking out from the door of the main room, a huge earthen stove has been built with stones in the yard. The fourteen-sealed iron pot that was originally placed in the stove room has been moved out, set on the stove, and filled with water to boil.Next to it was a butcher's stool, which was stained with a thick reddish-brown color, which was probably caused by the blood from slaughtering pigs over the years.

There are voices coming from the stove, it should be that the person who has been invited to help has arrived.

Jiang Dai hurriedly returned to the room, took out the comb and combed her hair first, then tidied her clothes, making sure that there was no disrespect, and then went out again.

"Xiaojiang, come to eat noodles." Tang Ma immediately put down the bowl when she saw her, and said, "Go and wash your face, and I'll give you some noodles." This time she didn't ask Jiang Dai how much she wanted to eat , because her appetite has been estimated in the past few days.

"No, no, auntie, you can eat, I'll come by myself later." Jiang Dai quickly refused.

She took the washbasin and handkerchief, and when she went to the stove to pour hot water from the kettle, the young people sitting around the fire and eating noodles couldn't help but look up at her, and even the movements of eating noodles became gentle. a lot.When she went out with the basin in hand, she heard someone in the room asking, "Auntie, who is this?"

"Our friends of Tang Han." Tang's mother said in a tone of showing off her treasures, "isn't she beautiful?"

Jiang Dai laughed, and heard a young man say angrily, "Tang Han's friend is not a boyfriend. Auntie, what are you so happy about?"

Hearing this, he saw Qin Yu and led Ozawa over.Jiang Dai laughed as soon as she saw him, and Qin Yu couldn't help but check herself again and again, for fear that something was wrong.After making sure it wasn't his fault, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Don't go in now." Jiang Dai looked at him, then at Ozawa, "You go in now, Tang Han is not only a boyfriend, but also a son."

Qin Yu understood immediately.

But seeing Jiang Dai gloating, he couldn't help but say, "Not necessarily. Everyone in the village knows that Tang Han is not married yet. Maybe your boyfriend and son belong to you."

"Indeed." Jiang Dai stretched out her hand and pinched Ozawa's face, "Such a good-looking son, at first glance, is my own. Ozawa, come, call mom."

"Don't teach my son badly!" Qin Yu originally wanted to scare her, but he didn't expect to find trouble for himself in the end, so he quickly snatched his son back and carried him into the house.

Jiang Dai was out of focus for a while, then she smiled and went into the house.

When the first pot of water boils, the work of slaughtering pigs officially begins.Father Tang took a few young men he invited to the pen to pull the pig out. Two people grabbed the ears and front legs, two people grabbed the hind legs, and the last person grabbed the pig's ears. Pressed firmly on the pig slaughtering stool.

Tang Han was awakened by the cry of the pig.

When we describe a person screaming, we might say "screaming like a slaughtered pig". Facts have proved that this scream is indeed piercing, and it is unbearable for ordinary people.Moreover, the pig seemed to have foreseen its own destiny, so from the first person's hand touched it to the time it was pressed on the butcher's stool, it kept screaming high-pitched.

Tang Han went out in his clothes and happened to see this scene.Tang's mother greeted her, "Tang Han, go get a basin, put some water and some salt, and bring it here."

Jiang Dai stood aside to watch the fun, and when she heard the words, she offered to help.Tang Han followed her, complaining in a low voice, "When I was young, my mother didn't let us watch these things, and sent us to play elsewhere, and come back after killing the pigs."

"Have you grown up?" Jiang Dai heard that there was a bit of embarrassment in her tone, so she turned her head and reached out to rub her hair.

Tang Han blushed a little at this unexpected action, and didn't realize it until Jiang Dai left with the basin in his hand, and hurriedly followed, just in time to see the pig butcher's white knives in and out, and the blood rushing into the basin The pig on the stool soon stopped struggling.

Her little fantasies, which had just emerged, immediately dissipated under the huge impact.

Tang's mother took back the blood basin, and the others put the pig into a large pot of boiling water, letting the hot water soak the pig's skin.Pig hair is very hard and is often used to make brushes, so it must be soaked until softened, and then carefully shaved off with a kitchen knife.

After the hair is shaved, it is burned with a spray gun to burn off the fine fluff, and then the whole pig is placed on a temporary chopping board in the yard to start cutting.

Cut the pig's head first, hang it up separately, and stew the whole pig's head at the New Year's Eve to worship the ancestors.

Then there is the neck meat that connects the pig's head to the pig's body.According to the rules, this circle was cut off as a thank you gift to the butcher, and it was also hung aside separately.

Afterwards, the belly was disembowelled, the internal organs were taken out, those that should be hung were hung, and those that should be cleaned were cleaned. The pork was cut into large strips and brought to the main room to be salted later.Everyone works in a division of labor and is busy in an orderly manner.

Qin Yu originally wanted to participate, but found that there was no place for her to use her abilities, so she had to obey Tang Ma's orders and carry Xiao Ze to play elsewhere, and did not come back until the two pigs were killed.

After killing the pig, the men were busy turning over the intestines and marinating the pork. Tang Ma and Tang Han also had other tasks.After inviting so many people to help, and killing pigs again, we must cook a big meal to entertain everyone today.

In fact, if it weren't for the epidemic, the pig killing banquet would be more lively.Relatives, friends and neighbors will be invited to come over, set up three or five tables, and everyone will have fun together.

Now that dinner parties are prohibited, we have to keep everything simple.

Sitting by the stove, Jiang Dai listened to Tang Ma's arrangement of the menu, and gained a new understanding of the four words "everything is kept simple": Rouchai cabbage, Rouchai potatoes, Rouchao tofu, Rouchao shredded carrots, Rouchao green peppers... Finally, cut a few catties of lean meat and use it for soup.

Fortunately, there are side dishes, otherwise she felt that she would not have to eat at noon.

The author has something to say: I missed twelve o'clock...

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