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Chapter 230 Killing Pigs

In front of Lin Feifan's house, there was a crowd of people, and it was extremely lively. Many villagers from the Jinghu Group came over.

Yao Qingzhong and Wu Xiuzhi's couple also came. The National Day is a good day, and the whole world celebrates it. Fan Tong also gave the workers a day off today.

Today, Lin Feifan's family is going to kill a pig.

Originally, pigs were sold to butchers when they grew stronger, but if they were slaughtered at home, as long as the meat was sold in advance, a pig could earn more than 80 yuan more.

Lin Feifan often quarreled with his mother to make stewed pork head meat to entertain friends. Lin Youde ran down the street three times but failed to buy it.

The price of pig heads is only one-third of the price of pork. Ten catties of pig heads can cook 5.5 catties of meat, which is very cost-effective, so the butcher’s pig heads are ordered in advance.

Lin Youde suggested to kill a pig in advance. In the past, it was on the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival is on October [-]th, and there are still a few days left. However, the guests invited by Lin Feifei had to go to work that day, so they couldn't come over for dinner.

So Lin Youde set the day for slaughtering the pigs to be National Day, and the pork has already been sold, and the buyers are some relatives of his family and some villagers in the Jinghu Group.

Today, Liu Shouqing is in charge of butchering pigs. Liu Shouqing is not a full-time butcher, but a pig butcher. He knows how to butcher pigs and bought a set of pig slaughtering tools.

In the Jinghu group and the surrounding housing estates, whoever wants to butcher pigs will ask Liu Shouqing to kill them, and Liu Shouqing charges cheaper than the butcher.

Of course, Liu Shouqing would not take money from Lin Feifei's family, but he would take away the pig's large intestine and pig's heart.

All pig butchers kill pigs for others, and when they leave, they will follow the pig's large intestine and pig's heart. This is a customary practice, which represents gratitude to the pig butcher.

The door of the pigsty was opened, and Lin Youde drove out the largest black-haired sow. The pig's body was shiny, dark and fat, and it was estimated to weigh more than three hundred catties.

The pig grunted and chirped, waddled, and was very happy. It thought it was coming out to let the wind go.

In the past, every once in a while, Lin Youde would drive the pigs out for a period of time, which can reduce the probability of pigs getting sick and promote healthy growth of pigs.

As soon as the pig came out, Liu Shouqing quickly put a rope around the pig's neck.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the pig rushed forward.

Unexpectedly, the back two feet were also covered by other helpers.

Liu Shouqing pulled the rope, one person pinched the pig's ears, two people pulled the pig's hind legs, and one person grabbed the pig's tail. After a lot of effort, the five people finally lifted the pig onto the chopping board.

The pig screamed desperately, the sound was very harsh.

Pulling the pig's tail is Liu Lengtou, an old bachelor from the Jinghu group. Although he is over 60 years old, he has a lot of strength and a very strong body.

In this era, it is very enviable for people in their 60s in rural areas to grow so strong.

People in this age group are the hardest generation. From birth to childhood, from youth to youth, and then to middle age, they have experienced wars, floods, droughts, turmoil, famine, etc., and they have basically never had a good life. .

A good body means good food, no one in the whole Jinghu group eats better food than Liu Lengtou.

Since he was a boy, Liu Lengtou's main task every day has been to find out which houses have weddings and weddings. The scope is not limited to the Jinghu Group, but the entire Jinghu Village, and sometimes he goes to other villages.

As long as there are weddings and weddings in that family, he will take the initiative to come to help, do all kinds of dirty and tiring work, no wages, just food.

When it comes to white weddings, some people spend more than ten days from beginning to end. Liu Leng spends the first ten days eating and drinking at the master's house, returning home after dark, and passing early in the morning.

Regardless of whether there are many things, busy or not, whether Liu Lengtou is worth eating or not, every household in Jinghu Village doesn't care.

Liu Lengtou is indispensable for weddings and funerals. For decades, this has become a natural thing in people's minds. On the contrary, in rare cases, Liu Lengtou is sick and has no appetite, so he doesn't go out. Some people even come to visit please.

It seems that if Liu Lengtou is not present at a happy event, it is not a good omen.

When someone kills a pig like this, Liu Lengtou will definitely come.

There is a custom in the area around Jinghu Lake. When the family wants to kill pigs and set up banquets to entertain pig killers and helpers, all the pig livers must be boiled. In addition, the pig’s buttocks must be picked and cooked for guests. The food is very delicious. rich.

Since Liu Lengtou ran around in various houses in Jinghu Village, he was a man who ate a lot of food, so Liu Lengtou knew all kinds of rumors and strange things in Jinghu Village best, and no one could compare with him.

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Lin Youde brought a bucket of water, and Liu Shouqing washed the pig's neck, washed the pig's face, and then wiped off the water with a clean rag.

When killing pigs, a washbasin should be used to catch the pig's blood, so that no garbage will fall into the pig's blood when the pigs struggle.

Pig blood is a delicious dish. Pig blood is also called Zhuwangzi. Today’s banquet is called Zhuwangzi wine. There must be Zhuwangzi on the wine table.

Liu Shouqing pressed the pig's head tightly with his body, and he had a long and sharp butcher's knife in his mouth. He put a rope around the pig's open mouth and wrapped it tightly several times.

The pig's mouth was closed, and the sound of the pig's cry suddenly became much quieter.

After pulling out a pinch of hair from the pig's neck, Liu Shouqing took out the butcher's knife in his mouth with his right hand, and stabbed it accurately into the pig's heart from where the hair was pulled.

This is the time to test the skill of a pig butcher. The position and depth of the poke is extremely accurate for a highly skilled pig butcher, and he can stab into the pig's heart in one fell swoop, and the pig's blood will spurt out immediately, without smoking a cigarette After a while, the pig was completely out of breath.

Poor pig butchers need to poke several times before they hit the pig's heart. Often in this situation, the pig's cry becomes more and more horrific, which sounds very scary.

Liu Shouqing's level is not high, nor is it too bad, about the middle level.

The pig struggled desperately and kicked its hind legs hard, kicking Yao Qingzhong who was pulling his hind legs to the ground.

At this time, Liu Lengtou, who was holding the pig's tail, played a huge role. Before the person pulling the pig's hind legs stood up, he had to use all his strength to hold the pig down.

I saw Liu Lengtou clutching the pig's tail tightly with both hands, pressing half of his body on the pig's buttocks, gritting his teeth and howling with the pig.

The struggle of animals before death can lead to incontinence, and in an instant, pigs become incontinent...

Liu Lengtou smelled an unpleasant smell...

Liu Lengtou, who likes to pull pigs' tails when slaughtering pigs, is very experienced, and he knows what happened.

There was a time when the situation was exactly the same as today. In order to avoid contamination, Liu Lengtou let go of the pig's tail in time and ran away, causing the pig to break free from the human's control and fall off the chopping board.

The pig ran away quickly.

So, seven or eight people filled the village chasing pigs, pig blood was flying everywhere, people's voices were buzzing, and the scene was horrifying...

(End of this chapter)