Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1916 Killing Pigs

The Yi ethnic group has a legend about the "tiger wife". Legend has it that a bride was getting married and on the way she went to the forest to urinate. As a result, she was eaten by a tiger. The tiger then turned into the bride and married the young man.

The young man had a younger sister. One day, when his sister saw a pheasant, she called her sister-in-law to look at it: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, look at the pheasant. It's so beautiful!"

My sister-in-law said: "Pheasants are not pretty, only my sister-in-law will look pretty if she turns into a tiger!"

At night, the sister told her brother what had happened, and he went to cut a lot of bamboo and built a house around it.

The tiger asked him what he was doing, and he said that the fence at home was broken and needed to be repaired.

After the fence was repaired, the young man killed a sheep, bought some wine, and got the tiger drunk, and the tiger finally revealed its true form.

So they tied the tiger to a tree and burned it to death.

There are many versions of this legend, but it is very popular among the Yi people, which has led to many customs in weddings. For example, it is unlucky to go to the toilet during the wedding ceremony, and the bride must fast one day beforehand to prevent her from showing her true form, indicating that she is not a tiger in disguise.

Old Chi Ri was making fun of Zhou Zhi for carrying his young wife on his back using the legend.

"The seedlings are coming down soon." Zhou Zhi advised, "We still need to give candy to our brothers and sisters."

Mai Xiaomiao blurted it out just now, but when she was really carried on Zhou Zhi's back, she was so shy that she buried her face under Zhou Zhi's shoulder like an ostrich. She raised her head when she heard Zhou Zhi calling her, and found that many people were looking at her. She couldn't help but struggle to get down, her face flushed.

"Your name is Xiaomiao?" Gillie Abi pulled Mai Xiaomiao in front of him and looked at her: "What a pretty girl, why don't you stay in Shudu and come to us?"

"This is Aunt Gillette." Zhou Zhi introduced Mai Xiaomiao one by one: "This is Uncle Tu, and this is Grandpa Chi Ri. He raised Black Dragon. The children introduced them while handing out things. Who washed their hands the cleanest?!"

Countless pairs of little hands were raised in front of Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao.

This time Zhou Zhi prepared snack packs for everyone, which are filled with delicious food such as snow rice crackers, rice candy, shachima, beef jerky, candy, and jelly, which are not easy to find in the countryside. The main purpose is to create a sense of novelty.

The things were given to Mai Xiaomiao to distribute, and while she was distributing them, Zhou Zhi was introducing them on the side, not only the names, but also some interesting things that happened to the kids, each one's major strengths and minor weaknesses. In short, each one scored 95 or 96 points, but definitely no one got full marks.

Mai Xiaomiao discovered that there was a reason why these children liked Zhouzhi. He had a unique understanding of each child and knew how to motivate them positively.

By the time the children were sent away, most of the things in the car had been unloaded. What made Gillette Abi happiest were a dozen or so coarse porcelain jars of various sizes.

The big one could hold thirty catties, the small one could hold five catties, and each one contained black paper ash. Gillett said, "This jar must have been picked by an elbow."

"Why?" Mai Xiaomiao felt very amazed.

"Because there is black paper ash in the jar, it means that it has been tested by lighting a fire and washing water, which ensures that the jar will not leak." Gillette Abi said with certainty: "I'm afraid Renzhong doesn't know this trick, but Elbow definitely does."

"So that's how it is. I thought you were a prophet." "There's someone else who can predict the future." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Grandpa Chi Ri is the great Bi Mo. I'll tell you about his abilities later. Aunt, we slaughter pigs in the winter. It's a month early now. Should we fatten them up a little more?"

"Isn't this Renzhong greedy? Actually, we are also in winter." Tu Liangzhi said: "Besides, your aunt said that there are a new batch of piglets, and there is not enough space. Kill them to make room."

This is a good reason. Zhou Zhi asked, "When will they kill him?"

"If you are not afraid of getting tired, today is an auspicious day. How about we release one today?" Old Chi Ri looked at the sky and said, "It's still in time."

Zhou Zhi remembered Mai Xiaomiao's action of throwing apples to the red panda on the road, so he asked tentatively: "Xiao Miao, the pigs will scream a little miserably soon. In order not to affect their appetite, let Aguo take you to visit the village?"

"No, I haven't seen a pig being slaughtered either. Are you going to kill a pig?" Mai Xiaomiao was very excited.

Well, maybe there was some misunderstanding. So Zhou Zhi waved and called Hei Long over. This was a good opportunity to improve their relationship: "Hei Long, you will guard Xiao Miao for a while!"

Black Dragon obediently came to Mai Xiaomiao and lay down, this time without the mischievous sneaky look from before.

The next step was to boil water in a big pot, while Lao Chi Ri prepared the rack, hooks, and knives, and Tu Liangzhi took Zhou Zhi and Wu Renzhong to drag the pigs into the pigpen.

Gillette Abi raises Yanan black pigs, which are actually improved free-range mountain pigs.

The number of buttons of Yanan Black Pig sows is more than seven pairs, accounting for nearly 80% of the sows, which is a breed with strong fertility and reproduction ability.

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After castration, the pigs are kept in a pen and given enough food, and can still grow to a very large size. Farmers generally use the "hanging rack" fattening method, where they are usually put on a pen weighing 30 kilograms, and can reach 180 kilograms in four months, growing more than a kilogram a day.

Generally, pigs can be slaughtered at 80 kilograms in a breeding farm, but the current Lianhe Township is like Jiachuan County right after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. Everyone is still keen on raising big fat pigs. The pigs raised by Gillie Abi are all over 200 kilograms. No wonder people say the pigpen is too crowded.

Zhou Zhi's original arrangement was that Gillette Abi would be mainly responsible for the pig farm and make money by selling piglets, but Gillette Abi thought that since they already had piglets, it would be a pity to leave their original pigpen next to the grain station empty. As a result, they ended up raising pigs at the pig farm and here as well.

A fat pig weighing more than 200 pounds is not so easy to subdue. By the time the frantically struggling fat pig was tied to the cart, several people were exhausted and sweating. Wu Renzhong even collapsed on the ground, his voice was hoarse, and he felt even more miserable than the black pig on the cart.

The next things were much easier. Zhou Zhi grabbed the handle of the cart, and the big black pig lay down. Old Chi Ri recited a few verses of scriptures and cut the pig's throat with a lightning-like knife. A stream of blood spurted out and fell into the basin of salt water that Tu Liangzhi dragged over.

Then Zhou Zhi slowly lifted the handlebars of the cart, and the big pig lay upside down with its head down and its butt up, groaning as if it was unaware that its blood was gushing out. By the time it realized something was wrong, it was too late, and it just kicked hard a few times and stopped moving.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Old Chi Ri: "I've watched pigs being slaughtered for so many years, but this is the most efficient one I've ever seen, Grandpa Chi Ri, your skills are amazing!"

"Oh, they're slaughtering pigs?!" A surprised voice came from the door. It was the three-member team from the Agricultural Science Institute who came over. "The elbow is back? Oh, what happened to Renzhong?"

It was Liu Hongtao who greeted everyone.

"This pig is too strong. Huh... Huh..." Wu Renzhong looked at Zhou Zhi and said angrily, "Why isn't he tired?"