Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 82 Killing the New Year Pig (please order first)

Lu Changhua got on Lao Lu's rubber-tired truck at the intersection.

The rubber-tired truck didn't stop and ran back, spewing black smoke.

It was only 04:30 and the sky was getting dark.

Dark clouds were overthrown, and the north wind blew snow particles crackling against the glass of the cab.

There was frost hanging on the windows. Sitting inside, Lu Changhua still felt the cold wind coming in through the gaps.

"Master Lu, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, you have to stop the car too, right?"

"I have to listen to the leader's greetings and be ready to move the train at any time. Who knows when they will have something to do."

Lao Lu stared at the road ahead and spoke without looking back.

"It's too cold. Let's smoke a cigarette to keep warm."

Lu Changhua took out one and ordered it for Lao Lu.

Lao Lu grinned, holding the cigarette handed over by Lu Changhua in his mouth, and took a puff, letting the warm green smoke circle in his cold lungs, and then slowly exhaled reluctantly.

The green smoke turned into white mist, spraying out from the corners of his nose and mouth.

The road surface and the snow in the drainage ditches on both sides are connected together, and it has long been difficult to tell which is the road and which is the ditch.

The two long and winding ruts indicate that this is a road.

The lights of the rubber-tired truck were turned on.

The two orange lights change brightness according to the size of the accelerator.

The ruts on the road can be faintly seen.

Fortunately, Lao Lu modified the exhaust pipe and took a walk in the cab, which brought some warmth to the iron shell with little temperature difference between the inside and outside.

But it is also the world of ice and fire.

The pants under my feet were almost burnt, and my chest and back were still sore.

This kind of suffering in the cold can only be experienced by those who are in it.

Finally got home.

Lu Changhua's legs and feet were already numb.

He greeted Lao Lu and walked home carrying his things.

Mother Lu opened the door and welcomed her out, but Xiong Bao rushed out of the door first.

Lao Lu could only follow behind.

"Son, are you back?"

"Why did you come back?"

Lao Lu took two steps and took the package from his son.

"Come into the house."

Mother Lu pulled him toward the house.

Bao Xiong rushed over, stretching out his paws for a hug.

Lu Changhua touched its head and walked in first.

"Come in."

Mother Lu roared.

Xiong Bao obediently followed his master into the house.

Mo Bao and Taxue were already waiting at the door of the living room.

Lu Changhua, who was all cold, came in, and the two of them were squealing, shaking their heads and wagging their butts.

They wanted to wag their tails, but the tails were just two toothpicks, and they couldn't see clearly whether they wagged them or not.But the swing of the buttocks is quite conspicuous.

At this moment, there are a group of little kids sitting at home, watching children's programs.Seeing Lu Changhua back, they shouted "Second Brother" and continued to stare at the TV.

Lu Changhua took off his coat, stamped his feet, untied his cotton-padded shoes, kicked off the shoes and got on the kang.

Mother Lu pulled a small quilt over and covered his feet.

"It's freezing."

"Fortunately, nothing."

Lao Lu came in and put the large and small parcels on the kang.

No mention of what these are.

Lu Changhua stood up and put these on the box.

"Eat, I'm starving."

"Okay, eat, eat."

Lao Lu moved to the side and propped himself up on the edge of the kang.

Mother Lu went to the kitchen to get the dishes.

Tonight we had squirrel fish.

There are a lot of fish at home, and now three meals a day are big fish.

This would be enviable in other people's homes, but in the Lu family, this is daily life.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's kill our pig sometime."

Lu Changhua now gets tired of seeing fish.

"I also said I would wait until your brother gets married before killing him."

Mother Lu said.

"Just buy some meat for the New Year and keep the pig for your brother's marriage."

"Dad, you guys are gone, I still have to take care of the pigs?"

Lu Changhua thought, what will happen to these two big fat pigs once their parents leave?
"Yes, Changhua is at home alone, raising fish and taking care of two pigs. It's really too busy."

"Kill him now. What will happen when the boss gets married?"

"My brother's wedding banquet is a banquet. I don't host it myself. How can you deliver pork to the guest house?!"

After hearing what his son said, Lao Lu thought about it and said, "That's right. Then let's find a time to kill him."

In the past few days, everyone in the field who should have a holiday has taken a holiday. Only a few leaders at the team headquarters still insist on going to work.

The news that the Lu family was going to kill the New Year Pig instantly detonated the news among the neighbors.

While watching TV that night, we made an appointment to do it early tomorrow morning.

Lu Changhua was awakened early in the morning by the sound of pigs braying.

When he put on his clothes and went out to take a look, a fat pig had already begun to lose its hair.

His body was puffed up and he was lying on a wooden kang table.

A large basin of boiling water is under the table.Uncle Hu and Uncle Mao are shaving pig hair.

An enamel basin was filled with pig's blood.

Old Lu was stirring the pig's blood with chopsticks.

"Dad, are you going to finish the killing so quickly?"

"Kill one, and kill the other two days later."

Lao Lu was busy carrying pig blood into the kitchen without saying a few words to him.

Uncle Hu pressed the pig's head and said to Lu Changhua with a smile: "This pig is fat, it must weigh more than 300 kilograms."

"I can't help but look at this head. How much food has it eaten?"

Uncle Mao wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, straightened his cotton hat, rinsed the hair scraper in boiling water, poured a ladleful of boiling water on the fat pig, and buried his head in scraping the pig hair.

The morning at this time was bitingly cold.

The yard was filled with the fishy smell of pig blood and pig hair.

On the ground, there was a pool of solidified black and red, and a pile of pig hair was frozen in the ice.

Most of the fat pig's body was naked and glowing with white steam, and the boiling water basin under the table was also steaming.

Lao Lu took out another basin of boiling water from the kitchen pot and poured it directly on the pig's hair.

"Scrape quickly."

"You come and scratch for a while, I'll take a rest."

Uncle Mao is not tall and his hands are weak from fatigue.

Uncle Hu spat and said, "Get out of the way quickly, I'll do it."

He grabbed the shaver and started shaving.

Large pieces of pig hair were scraped off, revealing the white pig skin.

In winter, when shaving pig hair, you usually have to scrape it on a large pot with a fire burning underneath and the water in the pot always running. This way, the efficiency of blanching the pig hair is much higher.

But the Lu family's kitchen is not big, and if the pig is put in, it will be impossible to turn around.

There was no other way. Lao Lu and the two of them discussed it and decided to do it in the open air in the yard, which meant boiling more water and taking more time.

Lu Changhua found a rake, gathered together the pig hairs they scraped, carried them out of the yard with a shovel, and threw them in the snow.

If these pig hairs are not removed in time, they will freeze in the yard, and the smell will be unpleasant when spring begins.

Besides, it also attracts flies.

The fat pig hair is almost done.

Lao Lu did the work himself, first removing the head and hooves and putting the pig's head and four hooves into the kitchen.

The water was put into a large basin and carried into the kitchen for disposal.

Some internal organs are not edible.

The trachea and lungs do not eat.

The gall must be specially found and cut out.

Some people come specifically to ask for gall to treat their illnesses.

Lao Lu tied the gall with a thin cotton thread, hung it outside the entrance door, and froze it directly.

Some people like to eat pig hearts, but the Lu family doesn't like it, so they cut off the pig hearts.

Old Hutou said: "Pig's heart is a good thing, don't give it to me at home."

"Okay, I'll give you the pig heart."

Uncle Hu took the pig heart and carried it home.

Uncle Mao shouted from behind: "You old boy, come back quickly, you're going to chop off the meat trippers."

"know."

Old Hutou not only came back by himself, but also called Mrs. Hu.

Aunt Hu contacted Aunt Mao, and even Mrs. He from next door came.

The water needs someone to clean it, and Mother Lu takes the lead in working in the living room.

"Changhua, go and empty your stomach."

"it is good."

Lu Changhua really couldn't lift it alone.

He and Mrs. He went outside the hospital together, turned the pig's belly over and drained it clean.

Then he threw the pig belly into clean snow and rubbed it clean with snow.

It was almost done, so I took it back.

It's almost noon with this busy work.

The Lu family has already stewed a big pot of good stuff.

The first is the bloody neck, which is the location of the knife edge.A large strip of meat was cut off and thrown into the pot.

The washed small intestine is poured directly with pig blood to make blood sausage, which is also thrown into the pot and cooked.

The pork liver will also be cooked in, so you can leave it if anyone wants it.

Of course, some people will also cook the pig head.

The Lu family’s pot can’t hold the pig’s head, so we’ll have to wait until next time.

When it's almost cooked, I'll cut in two sauerkraut and cook them together.

This is the famous pig-killing dish in Northeast China.

The butchered vegetables are stewed on one side, and the meat begins to be divided on the other side.

First, remove the head and hooves of the fat pig, chop it from the spine, and divide it into two parts.Then divide the meat into three parts: front legs, back legs and ribs.

Lao Lu cut off another piece of spine meat and used it as the main ingredient for stir-fry.

In the rib part, after separating the ribs, three strips of pork ribs were cut, each weighing more than two kilograms.This is a return gift for someone who comes to help.

When they go back after eating the pig-killing vegetables, they have to take it with them.

The other five flowers were divided into strips, each piece was tied with hemp rope and hung in his own warehouse.

In such an environment, pork can be frozen and kept fresh until spring.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Lu family held a banquet.

The large pot of pig-killing vegetables was served. The gentlemen held up their wine glasses and happily enjoyed the fruits of their labor. Mother Lu and the women also tasted the soft, waxy and mellow pork.

Lu Changhua had a drink with them, ate some food, and then went to the reservoir with his lunch box.

There is also a silly boy waiting eagerly there.

(End of this chapter)