70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 161
"There is only one pot for slaughtering sheep. Unlike slaughtering pigs, there are several stalls. I will lead the sheep to line up first. When the sheep in the line are finished, it will be our turn early. Let's go there at this time , Maybe there are already several restaurants lined up in front, but I saw a few people and went to line up without eating." Mother Xu explained with experience.

"Then let's go quickly."

When a few people arrived, they saw that there was already a line in the open space, and there were 7 or 8 sheep in front of Xu's mother.

And the queue for slaughtering pigs is not short, but because the pigs are big and difficult to control, the members are all lining up with benches or shoes, which is very funny when viewed from a distance. .

The men are in charge of slaughtering pigs. Some kill pigs, some receive pig blood, some depilate, some decompose the slaughtered pork, etc. Everyone divides the labor and cooperates, and the movements are smooth and smooth, as if they have done it thousands of times. .

The women, on the other hand, deal with the offal of pigs, wash vegetables, and steam steamed buns to prepare for the noon slaughtering of pigs.

Because food and vegetables are provided in the team, a group of women can cook with food, and they are determined not to leave any food.

And Xie Xiaonian also washed vegetables and cooked with the women in the village.

The children run here and look there, join in the excitement, waiting to eat delicious food, or ask adults for a pig bladder, blow it up with wheat straw as a balloon, and ask for a pig tooth to wear around their necks. Play.

Xie Xiaonian raised her head and looked at the scene in front of her, looking at the smiles on everyone's faces, she felt as if she had returned to her childhood.

Although these women have to prepare meals for nearly 200 people, but because there are more people who come to help, and the two scorers of their production team are also more experienced, they skillfully direct the people and quickly pack up the ingredients Okay, steam the steamed buns in the pot.

Then the aunt who was in charge of the spoon started to cook. I saw two oversized cauldrons going on at the same time, and she didn't seem to panic at all.

The lady in charge was the one who cooked in the cafeteria when the team ate big pot meals before, and she is very experienced in making this kind of big pot meals.

Every year, she is in charge of the pig-killing dishes in their production team, and people call her Li Dashao vividly.

And because the pot is relatively large and there are a lot of ingredients, so every time when stir frying, Li Dashao must be on the side to direct. Two thick women waved the shovel at the same time. , like juggling.

As soon as the aroma of the cooking wafted out, a group of children gathered around the rice cooker, smelling the aroma of the rice, and hurriedly circling back and forth.

Because the cooking progress of each production team was about the same, all kinds of rice and meat smells wafted across the open space at this time, and the working adults also looked sideways and swallowed their saliva frequently.

I don't know if it's because the food is really delicious, or because of the atmosphere, Xie Xiaonian also feels very greedy, just like when he first came here, looking at the meat in the pot, his eyes are going to shine, thinking that he can eat it right now. Pork dishes, don't want to delay for a second.

Fortunately, she restrained herself very well, otherwise she must have made a joke.

In fact, even if others see Xie Xiaonian's bright eyes, no one will laugh at her, because each of them is not much better than Xie Xiaonian.

After the person who was in charge of going to the purchase station to hand in the mission pigs came back, the food was almost ready.

"Xiao Nian, hurry up, you and mother go to line up first, I'll get the basin." Li Suxin knew it was time to eat when all the laborers who went to the commune came back, so she hurriedly asked Xie Xiaonian to line up.

And there were quite a few people who thought the same as Li Suxin, and they all started to move immediately, those who should line up, those who should do the dishes.

Because they are all based on families, so only one person from a family needs to line up.

Just like that, before Xie Xiaonian could react, she was dragged by Xu's mother and placed in the queue.

The pig-killing dish is a big pot dish stewed with pork, pig offal, cabbage, mushrooms, etc. The staple food is corn bread, and it is a pure grain corn bread without any vegetables.

After their production team leader yelled "It's time to serve the meal", Li Dashao and a few other helpers here began to share the meal.

Although it is a pig-killing dish, it is not that you can eat as much as you want, everyone is rationed.

男人是2大勺杀猪菜和4个窝头，女人是2大勺杀猪菜和3个窝头，孩子们则是2大勺杀猪菜和2个窝头。

Because there are a lot of dishes, each person has two tablespoons of pig-killing vegetables, but the food for each person in the team is limited, so the corn bread can only be divided into several levels for distribution.

But in general, there are a lot of points, and everyone can eat enough.

Because most families have a dozen or twenty members, many families hold a basin and put it in, and then put it aside and divide it into everyone's bowl.

And Xie Xiaonian is alone, so just take a bowl.

Because it was the sister-in-law's turn to kill the sheep after the meal, they didn't bring the food home, just like other families in the village, they found a random place, squatted there, and started to share the food.

There are a total of 4 production teams slaughtering pigs in this open space, so at this time, about 800 people, standing or sitting together to eat in the open space, the scene is very spectacular.

Because when eating, people who are acquainted will get together, and the meals of each production team are the same, so it looks like everyone is eating a pot of rice.

Just as Xie Xiaonian was enjoying the magnificent scene in front of him, a discordant voice suddenly came from his ear.

"What kind of meat do you eat, cabbage and radishes are a waste." Not far from Xie Xiaonian's right front, an old lady scolded while sharing the food.

"Mother, share a piece of meat with them, and let them taste it too." Beside the old lady, a woman in her 30s said awkwardly.

"Eat, eat, eat, what to eat for a group of losers, they don't do any work, they just know how to eat every day, starving ghosts are reincarnated. I should send all of you losers to Xiaomei's house, and study hard with Xiaomei, see Look at other people, they never care about not having enough to eat all day long, and they always want to help the family with work. You can do the same when you are, I will provide you with big fish and meat every day. And you, you gave birth to a nest of losers, Let our second child get old and no one will throw the basin, and you still have the face to tell them to eat meat, why are you so big!" The woman's words seemed to ignite the anger of the old lady, and she scolded even louder .

Even if the people around her tried to persuade her, they didn't let the old lady stop beating her daughter-in-law and her granddaughters.

But everyone didn't see, the moment the biggest girl named Daya lowered her head, the haze flashed in her eyes.

Because this person was not from the second production team, Xie Xiaonian didn't know her either, but she did know the name Xiaomei, so she looked at the sister-in-law suspiciously.

"They belong to the 6th team. This old lady belongs to Xu Laoji's family. She is very patriarchal. She knows to bully her second son's family all day long. I have pity on those children. They are all 6 years old at the age of 3, and they are more than [-] years old." If it wasn’t for some people in the village who secretly stuffed her with cornbread and sweet potatoes from time to time, she might have starved to death.” The sister-in-law sighed softly.

"Hey, what a pity, what can I do, who can make the big girl and his father unable to stand up, the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law have been bullied like that, and they dare not come out to say a word." Xu's mother continued to gossip.

But then he said to Xie Xiaonian: "Don't take what Xu Laolan's daughter-in-law said seriously. The Xiaomei she said is not a good bird at all. In the future, don't stay with such a person, so as not to suffer."

Xu's mother thought that Xie Xiaonian didn't know what happened to Xu Zhongjun and Xie Xiaomei before, but it was hard to tell, so she could only tell her this.

"Well, I see, mother." Xie Xiaonian said directly without asking any other questions.

Xie Xiaonian looked at the youngest one, with a big head and thin neck, and couldn't help feeling distressed for a while.

This old lady is really too much. The past few years have been much better than the previous years. Although I still can't eat any good food, it is not enough to starve people like that.

It's been a long time since Xie Xiaonian saw such a severely malnourished person, even more pitiful than the original owner, like an African refugee, even if Siya comes back later, it will definitely affect his lifespan.

Although Xie Xiaonian really wanted to help her, she also knew that now was not the time.

Because there was nothing else to do in the afternoon except for the meat, and Orchid didn't come over for lunch, so after Xie Xiaonian finished eating, he went back with Orchid's share, planning to come back after taking a nap.

"Lanhua, you can warm up the meal yourself. Although your enthusiasm for studying is commendable, you can't really forget about eating and sleeping. You can learn better by combining work and rest, you know?" Xie Xiaonian read Lanhua and medical books The way to persuade.

"I see, little aunt." Lan Hua rubbed her dizzy head and replied embarrassedly.

After 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when Xie Xiaonian took the big bowl to the open space, the accountant had already done the calculation and was ready to share the meat.

This year is similar to previous years. An adult can get 1 catty of meat, and a child can get 1 catty of meat. Since Xu Zhongjun is not included, Xie Xiaonian's family only has her share.

"Uncle, cut me a piece of lean meat from the hind legs!" When it was time for Xie Xiaonian, she didn't compete with others for the fat meat, she said directly.

"Xiao Nian, you want lean meat, so you can't extract oil." Seeing that Xie Xiao Nianguang wanted to lose weight, Mother Xu said quickly.

"It's okay, mother, there is rapeseed oil at home, I like to eat that, and I can't squeeze out much oil with only one and a half catties of meat." Xie Xiaonian explained.

Because Xie Xiaonian was the first one to ask for lean meat, so in the end the accountant made the decision and gave Xie Xiaonian a clean shaved bone, which was an unexpected harvest.

Because the meat was too little, after Xie Xiaonian went back, she went to the second sister-in-law's house to buy 4 catties of pork belly and 2 catties of pork ribs.

Since the sister-in-law's family shared 10 catties of meat, and the family also killed the head sheep, in addition to what will be sold tomorrow, the family can also keep a few catties of lamb, sheep heads, haggis and other things.

At that time, the village will have two more fish, which will be enough for a fat year, so Xu's mother finally decided not to buy additional meat.

Just after dinner in the evening, Li Suxin came to Xie Xiaonian's house with gifts and orchids.

(End of this chapter)