My village can't be like this

Chapter 303 Calm down
"Okay, okay, it's midnight, everyone should go back and rest."

After everyone at the police station left, the old man dispersed the people who were still there.

While speaking, he shook the clothes on his body. The cold wind blew, making many people shiver.

Zhang An did not rush home, but walked to the old hall.

The courtyard gate and pen gate over there were damaged by Li Laifu and the guys. Zhang An wanted to go over and see how the pigs were doing.

After all, when he arrived just now, he was busy going up the mountain to arrest people, and he didn't know what was going on in the yard.

When Zhang An arrived at the old yard, he found that Sister-in-law Zhou was still there guarding the last pig.

Zhou Yang and his father Zhou Shuanglin were packing something when the sound of hammers came outside.

Zhang An walked into the courtyard and found that the door was not broken, but the lock had been broken into pieces by a few of them and lay on the ground.

But the inner gate was different. It was dismantled and shattered into pieces.

No wonder Sister-in-law Zhou has been guarding the pigs here, and Zhou Yang and his son are holding nails to repair the pen door a little.

Let's see if we can install it and then spend the rest of the night.

"Sister-in-law, go and have a rest. Brother Shuanglin, Brother Shuanglin, and Yoko will just do it here."

Zhang An walked into the yard and said to Zhou Yang's mother.

It's really thanks to the presence of Sister-in-law Zhou tonight, otherwise I would have been succeeded by these little brats.

Although Zhang An had been alert for a long time, he called the flower head in advance to come and stand guard.

But in all calculations, one thing was missed.

If it's okay during the day and the flowers are there, there's absolutely no problem.

But at night, Huatou's eyesight is no longer good, and it has no effect, which gives them a loophole.

"It's okay, Xiao An. You can go back to bed quickly. We are only a few steps away. We will go back after they finish cleaning up."

Although Li Laifu said he came to Zhang An's house, the pig actually belonged to their family.

If I had bought the pig before and driven it back, maybe so many things wouldn't have happened later.

"Sister-in-law, you are not cold anymore. You have to feel sorry for Yoko's wife. She is still waiting for you there. Take her back quickly."

Hearing what Zhang An said, Sister-in-law Zhou turned around and found that her daughter-in-law was still waiting for her and several others at the door.

"Okay, sister-in-law, you're not an outsider. What are you talking about? Come on, I'll go over and take a look."

This pig likes to run outside when no one is looking at it.

But now that Zhang An is here, it doesn't dare to move. After all, the little tiger is watching it eagerly.

This little tiger is not a flowerhead, it is their world at night.

In the end, Sister-in-law Zhou saw that her daughter-in-law was shivering a few times due to the wind and was shaking so much that she stopped persisting.

After saying a few words to Zhang An, he went back to the door and took Chen Wenwen into the house.

"Uncle, I'm afraid this door won't work anymore. We need to replace it with a new one."

Zhang An walked over and found that it had been broken on the ground, and Zhou Yang and his son were holding some Muggles.

The material used for this circle door is not bad, it is made of catalpa wood.

Even though it has been used for many years, it is still very strong.

I just don’t know what these little brats did to make the door look like this.

Seeing the shabby trap door, Zhou Yang and his son probably had no idea of ​​hammering it in with nails first.

"Forget it, Brother Shuanglin, you don't have to work anymore. I'm too lazy to take care of this door. I'll do it again when I'm free."

Even if this door was nailed and installed all night long, it was no longer safe. Zhang An would still have to dismantle it in the future.

In this case, why spend so much energy on it.

"What about the pig? There's no guarantee that there's no bad intentions." Zhou Yang was still worried about the pig.

"I asked you, why didn't you come to your senses? The pig would have been fine if it had been locked up in the big pen below."

Even if the pigs are not locked up, why should we care about the pen door?

"Just wait until tomorrow when the pigs are slaughtered and we can catch up."

Zhou Yang's family originally had a pigsty, but their family has not raised livestock for several years.

Later, their family opened a restaurant, but the pig pen was too hygienic, so they filled it in.

So after Zhou Yang bought the pig this time, he kept the pig in Zhang An's pen for convenience.

The pigs were originally kept in the pigsty of the old house, thinking that it would be easy to drive the pigs out at the door of Zhou Yang's house.

But I didn't expect that something unexpected would happen later. I had no choice but to rush when I had to. Some things can't be done without being lazy.

"That's fine, we can just go down and catch up tomorrow."

Zhou Shuanglin didn't want to engage in this trap anymore. He was not good at carpentry and was a bit of a Muggle.

"Okay, okay, it's not that far, I can just rush back by myself."

Zhang An called up the little tiger and drove the native pig out to go home.

Zhou Yang and his son wanted to follow Zhang An and drive the pigs down, but Zhang An stopped them.

"Follow me down. I'll be back later. Don't mind it. Go and have a rest."

Zhang An waved his hand and asked the two of them to go back by themselves, and then one man and one dog drove the pigs back to the pen.

When I got home, the lights in the yard were still on.

Zhang An saw that his parents and his wife were still waiting in the yard.

"Mom, Dad, Xiaoying, you go and have a rest quickly. Why are you waiting for me? Don't get frozen."

The day was getting colder and colder, and the stove was not lit at night. It was freezing everywhere.

"How can we sleep if you don't come back?"

It wasn't until they saw Zhang An coming back that they felt relieved.

Zhang An looked at this scene, even though it was the coldest month of winter, his heart felt warm.

In my previous life, they were far apart and I didn't realize how much my parents cared about me.

At that time, I married a wife, but it was just like living with a partner.

Every day we argue about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, so there is no sign of caring.

Then Zhang An told his family a little about the situation in the old house.

But in fact, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang didn't care much, as long as the person was fine.

Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo didn't care about this, after all, they didn't live anywhere.

After this incident, Wang Fang will no longer use the pigsty in the old house to raise anything.

It’s really easy to get noticed without anyone watching over you.

After driving the pigs back to the pen, the family closed the door and went back to their rooms to sleep.

"Honey, isn't it particularly dangerous to catch robbers in the mountains?"

Back in the room, Su Ying leaned on Zhang An's chest and said.

There are often incidents of catching thieves and pickpockets in the city, but they are not that scary.

When Su Ying heard that Zhang An went out to catch robbers tonight, she didn't think anything was wrong.

But looking at my mother-in-law who was restless in the main room, I knew that the mountains were different from the city.

"Actually, it's okay. Normally there are many people in the village, so we won't suffer any loss if we go together. If there are many people, the other party will be scared when they see it."

Zhang An hugged Su Ying and told him about the arrest process tonight.

Speaking of which, catching Li Laifu and the others tonight was just like playing for fun.

For this group of people, everyone has a very clear definition of them.

For gang crimes, it is the kind of breaking and entering that specializes in stealing relatively large livestock.

Such people are called robbers.

As for some personal actions, sneaking around, or taking small things, they are called thieves.

On the contrary, the kind of people on the street who specialize in cutting people's pockets and looking for their bags are called pickpockets.

People like Li Laifu and others are not qualified to be thieves, yet they dare to break into the house and steal pigs.

But seeing how brave they were, everyone generously gave them bandit hats.

But he didn't dare to mention the scene of catching a robber to her, for fear of scaring her.

Generally, the robbers who enter the village to steal are targeting the livestock in the villagers' homes.

In the mountains, domestic animals are the lifeblood of the family, so the mountains hate these bandits very much.

Especially in the past, when gun bans had not yet begun.

Many robbers travel with guns, so catching robbers at that time was very dangerous.

Things have gotten much better in the past two years. When the gun ban policy was implemented, most of the guns and guns were confiscated.So what many robbers bring now are some knives or sticks.

It is difficult for such a weapon to be effective when facing a large number of people.

Afterwards, Zhang An comforted Su Ying for a while before coaxing Su Ying to sleep again.

But after the little daughter-in-law fell asleep, she hugged Zhang An's arm tightly with both hands.

As if she was worried that Zhang An would be the same as before, she quietly got up, without her knowing at all.

The next morning, Zhang An got up and moved around a bit.

Seeing that it was still early, I carried a knife and carried a shelf on my back to prepare to chop some arborvitae stalks and come back.

On the hill behind the house, Mr. Zhang’s house planted a patch of arborvitae.

But they didn't use arborvitae strips for their smoked bacon, so it was cheaper for Zhang An.

It was originally just a small vegetable plot, and Mr. Zhang planted more than a dozen arborvitae trees on it.

But in the past two years, it was Zhang An who came to take care of it, and instead the entire land was planted with arborvitae.

After all, there is only this arborvitae nearby. If it is all cut down, the next time you want to cut it down, you will have to go further up the mountain.

Zhang An was uneasy and didn't want to bother, so he kept asking them to pick them up.

The first batch of orientalis orientalis is no longer small, and has grown to seven or eight meters high.

The ones Zhang An planted later have now grown to five or six feet in size.

Every winter, Zhang An would repair its branches.

The pruned arborvitae strips can not only be used to smoke bacon, but also ensure that the arborvitae grows better.

Every year after Zhang An finishes repairing the tree branches, he will pour some space spring water on them.

Then next year, their branches will grow back.

And Mr. Zhang saw how carefully Zhang An was working on the forest, so he gave it to their family, including the trees.

By the time Zhang An came back from the back mountain carrying a bunch of orientalis strips, Zhou Yang's family hadn't come over to drive the pigs.

Maybe everyone was uproaring for half the night last night, and the weather is cold today, so everyone needs to rest a little longer.

"Xiao An, where are the fish and crabs that were placed in the room yesterday? Will they crawl away?"

Wang Fang woke up early in the morning to clean up the house, only to find that there were only a few buckets and basins left in the room.

All the fish and shrimp inside were gone. She crawled away or was caught by something.

"Mom, I have to find a place to raise them. It takes up a lot of space here, and the swallows like to come and tease them. It won't taste good if they are killed."

Originally, Zhang An had to pack these buckets and basins last night.

But then he heard the village shouting to catch the robbers, so Zhang An changed his shoes and ran out.

So these buckets are still here, and Zhang Anye forgot about it after coming back.

Wang Fang didn't care where Zhang Anyang was from now on, as long as he wasn't lost.

After all, Zhang An was right, these things take up a lot of space here.

Yanzi and the other babies are very curious about prawns and crabs, and they often come over to tease them.

It's okay to get some water on the ground, but it won't be good if it gets caught in your hands.

After all, those crabs have claws as big as those of prawns, so it’s not easy to catch people.

"Grandma and aunt, we are here to drive the pigs."

When ten o'clock came, Zhou Yang and his brother Zhou Song finally came over to drive the pigs.

If he doesn't come again, Wang Fang will want to feed him a meal of pig food.

Since morning, the pig started howling in the pen, making the whole pen restless.

Moreover, Wang Fang often raises pigs, so she doesn't want to let the pigs be so hungry.

"Get away quickly, we will starve to death here soon."

Zhang An opened the pen door and let out the big fat pig that was going to go on the road today.

Maybe it was because the second senior brother was too hungry, so he started to hump everywhere after he came out.

For a while, the two Zhou Yang brothers couldn't drive it away.

"Uncle, please come and help us. This pig is too big for us to drive away."

Zhou Yang couldn't laugh or cry, he was very obedient when he watched Zhang An rush last night.

Why is it that after he got it today, no matter how hard he tried to drive it away, he couldn't drive it away even if he used a stick.

But even though they didn't say anything, Zhang An still wanted to help catch up.

After all, this pig is too big. It would be bad if it bumps into anyone on the road. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so we still need to be careful.

Zhang An called Xiaohu and drove the second senior brother out of the house without even using a stick.

Although it was indeed hungry and crazy, it still regained some sense in front of Xiaohu.

"Uncle and aunt, let's go over first. You and my aunt will come over in a while."

Before going out, Zhou Yang turned back to Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo.

Along the way, Zhou Yang looked at Xiaohu who was driving pigs, and the love in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

But he had no choice. Although he also wanted to raise a dog, his family had opened a restaurant, so it was not convenient to raise a dog.

Not only did people think it was unhygienic, but some customers didn't dare to go in after seeing the big dog.

There was only one pig today, so it was very fast and it didn't take long to solve it.

"Yoko, leave those two pieces of butt meat for me."

Zhang An wanted to wrap up the "two cuts of meat" on this pig as usual.

"Uncle, I'm afraid it won't work anymore. I'll give you half at most, and I'll keep the other half for myself."

Zhou Yang is also a cook. Now his family's conditions are getting better and better, and his requirements for the quality of life are getting higher and higher.

He had no intention of taking out such good meat, but when Zhang An opened his mouth, he took out half of it.

Seeing Zhang An still spending money to buy meat made everyone laugh.

Zhang An is the first person in the village who kills pigs himself and buys meat outside.

"Hahaha I can't help it. Although a lot of pigs have been killed, there are even more people who bought them, and there are not many left by the family."

Zhang An said with a wry smile that after killing three big fat pigs yesterday, their family only had more than 100 kilograms of pork left.

Not to mention, when he marinated meat, he had to marinate hundreds of kilograms of meat. Who can explain this?

Although Zhang An seemed to be complaining, everyone was very envious after hearing it.

Not to mention other New Year's goods that Ding Yi and Lu Jun brought yesterday, they had never seen the fish and shrimp.

After having a pig-killing meal at Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An got busy in the backyard when he came back.

The meat marinated yesterday is almost ready and will be ready for the kang after one more day.

But there is much more meat to be smoked this year than in previous years, so the original rack for smoking meat is not enough.

So after returning from Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, moved some wood out.

Then build a new bacon rack in the bacon room in the backyard.

This room and the utility room next to it were built later, and this room was specially set aside for smoking bacon.

After being smoked, Zhang An's bacon is kept here.

"Anzi and Jianguo are busy."

In the afternoon, old uncle Zhang Jianwen brought Huang Weimin, Zhao Youcai and others over.

"We're going to have meat on the stove tomorrow, so we're going to redo this shelf."

Huang Weimin and others looked at Zhang An's house with envy. The size of the house didn't matter.

It’s just that my life is so good that I have to prepare a special room even for smoking bacon.

Most families in the village smoke on the fire pit, without putting up a shelf, just hanging two wooden sticks.

After all, it only smokes a dozen or twenty kilograms of meat, so it can be used in a lot of places.

"What's wrong, uncle, you guys came here specially, what's the matter?"

Zhang An was a little strange. Usually, these guys wouldn't come to his door easily if nothing happened.

We came together today, I must have something to say.

"It's no big deal. Let's lend a hand first and finish the job first."

As he spoke, he greeted everyone, taking wooden boards and building shelves.

As soon as there were more people, it didn’t take much time to set up the wooden frame.

(End of this chapter)