Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 138 Slaughtering a Pig to Welcome the New Year (1)
The room was filled with mist, and there were several pots of Laba porridge on the table. Lin Xiaoqiao tasted and drank some of them one by one, and finally felt that the Laba porridge made by himself was the most delicious and smooth.

Especially the sweet eight-treasure porridge, which is not inferior to the ones I drank in my previous life. The fuguo, peanuts, lotus seeds and other things in the porridge have been boiled until soft, almost melting in the mouth. But their fragrance did not dissipate, but blended together very well.

Moreover, the sweetness of this eight-treasure porridge is also very moderate, neither sweet nor greasy. Lin Xiaoqiao fell in love with it after the first sip, and couldn't stop drinking it. Burping, I want to fill another half bowl.

Fortunately, at this time, Chen Xuewen stretched out his hand to stop her, and gently persuaded: "Sister Xiaoqiao, don't eat too much at once, it will be bad if you accumulate food by then."

Lin Xiaoqiao pouted, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Xuewen, you won't let me eat enough." Then he burped again.

This action caused everyone to burst into laughter, and Erlang laughed the most exaggeratedly. He didn't pay attention to spit out all the porridge that he just drank in his mouth before he could swallow it.

Seeing this situation, Lin Xiaoqiao's little face was instantly flushed red with shame, and she wished she could run out immediately to avoid everyone's teasing.

Chen Xuewen saw her shy and angry appearance, she was really cute, and he didn't know if the little girl was angry with himself, or that they should not laugh at her.

Or maybe it's both. Seeing this little girl is so embarrassing and angry, if she doesn't help her out, she might go crazy later.

So, Chen Xuewen put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, walked to Lin Xiaoqiao, and said to her solemnly: "Sister Xiaoqiao, I haven't practiced my big characters today, let's go to the study to practice calligraphy now!"

Lin Xiaoqiao wished to leave here immediately, so as to resolve the embarrassment at this time, so as soon as he heard Chen Xuewen's words, he immediately got up and walked out of the room, while Chen Xuewen followed her leisurely.

This scene caused everyone to laugh again. Li Shi and Widow Zheng looked at each other, and they both saw smiles in each other's eyes. These two little people are really a natural couple.

After Lin Xiaoqiao and Chen Xuewen left, everyone laughed for a while before they stopped. After everyone finished eating the Laba porridge, the Laba Festival ended satisfactorily.

After the Laba Festival, the time seems to pass very quickly, and every household is busy working inside and outside from morning to night.

Because, at the end of the year, this farmer's family will be busy disposing of the chickens, ducks and other poultry and livestock that they have raised for a year.

Especially this pig raising family has been busy selling pigs and killing pigs recently. For the farmers, this matter can also be regarded as a big event all year round, because these pigs are raised to sell some pigs. money.

For these farmers who have always made a living by farming, the money they got from selling the pigs was the first big income for the family.

Because, generally at the end of the year, the demand for this pork is relatively large, so its price will be correspondingly higher, so at this time, every household will be busy selling their own pigs.

The weight of this pig is about 22 to [-] catties. At the end of the year, the price of a catty of pork is [-] Wen. In this way, a pig can be sold for two taels after removing the internal organs of the pig. Silver or so.

Generally, farmers will raise two pigs at the same time, but they will not sell both of them. Most of them usually keep half or half of the pigs for their family during the Chinese New Year. come to eat.

Therefore, at the end of each year, almost every household that raises pigs can add three or five taels of silver.

These three or five taels of silver may be the main income of the family this year, so in this season when pigs are screaming and being slaughtered, everyone's faces are filled with happy smiles.

Of course, in this season when every household kills pigs and sells pigs, the most busy ones are naturally those pig butchers. They refer to this period of time in a year to make more money.

Therefore, at this time, the business of those pig butchers seems to be very busy. Every day is like rushing to the market. There is no time to sit down and eat their pig-killing dishes.

Most of the time, they deal with a few mouthfuls casually, and then rush to the next family, busy with work and business.

Since there are so many people who kill and sell pigs at the end of the year, if any family wants to kill pigs, they must call in advance and arrange a number with the pig butcher.

Lin Xiaoqiao's family also raised four pigs this year, and at this time of year, their family will naturally have to kill pigs for the New Year.

Everyone knows the rules of numbering, so Lin Erniu also greeted the pig butcher surnamed Wang who sells pork in the village early.

Their family happened to be slaughtering and selling pigs this morning, so Lin Xiaoqiao's family got up early to prepare.

Mrs. Li got up early and boiled two large pots of boiling water. It is said that this boiling water is used to scald the pig hair and wash the pig body.

Lin Xiaoqiao had always lived in the city in his previous life, so he had never experienced the scene of killing a pig. He only watched some of it on TV occasionally, but this time he wanted to experience the miserable scene of killing a pig by himself. Her heart really seemed a little excited.

Not long after Lin Xiaoqiao's family had breakfast, the pig butcher came over with his tools. After Lin Erniu exchanged a few words with him, the pig butcher started to get ready.

The first thing is to catch pigs and tie pigs. Lin Xiaoqiao watched from the side all the way. This pig butcher seems to be very skilled in his technique.

Although the pigs in the pigsty were running around and refused to obey orders, the pig butcher caught them easily, tied the pigs to their four hooves one by one, and tied them to the bench On it, ready to use a knife to kill a pig.

Lin Xiaoqiao looked at the four fat pigs who were struggling more and more fiercely, and heard their screams that became more and more miserable, and suddenly felt stage fright, not daring to face this kind of scene.

Although Lin Xiaoqiao felt a bit of pity for these poor fat pigs, the pig butcher has long been used to these things, and he still looks calm and calm when facing these pitiful pigs .

When it was time to use a knife, there was no sign of softness, and he cut open the belly of these pigs very neatly.

With one stab, it was clean and the fat pig, which was struggling violently, stopped moving very quickly. At this time, Lin Erniu took a wooden basin that Mrs. Li had washed and prepared in advance, and put it under the body of the slaughtered pig. To catch the outflowing pig blood.

(End of this chapter)