Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 155 Kill the New Year Pig
Since Xia Jin's family lived in Huatanao, the long winter seemed to pass quickly.

Xia Hongliang, who has no talent for learning how to ride a horse, but refuses to give up, finally spent more than a month before he gradually figured out how to learn to knock on the door; I have already played all the fun things in the mountains in winter.

When the goose feather snow covered this small mountain village again, the Lunar New Year has already arrived quietly.

Xia Hongliang obviously made enough preparations this time, and his family planned to stay in Huatanao to try to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year, so they occasionally followed the villagers in a carriage to the town to buy some New Year's goods.Exquisite window grilles, bright red couplets, colorful flower paper, New Year pictures, lanterns, etc., all kinds of novelties, bought back to decorate the temporary courtyard is very lively.

As the New Year is approaching, people in the village are also busy.

Making tofu, steaming steamed buns and bean buns...the most attractive thing is killing the New Year pig!

Su Mu grew up in the countryside. At that time, the family would raise a big fat pig every year. It would be slaughtered at the end of the year, and the large pieces of meat that were cooked and marinated could last for a year.

At that time, his favorite thing was to kill pigs and cook meat at home, which was really the most satisfying day of the year.

It’s just that so many years have passed in the blink of an eye, since I studied abroad, I haven’t had a chance to appreciate the excitement of slaughtering pigs; what’s more, with the use of the refrigerator, Su Mu’s mother no longer raises pigs very much. The supermarket buys a fresh piece, and even the Chinese New Year dumplings are directly bought dumpling fillings.The step of killing the New Year pigs was omitted, but it made Su Mu feel that the New Year flavor was missing.

Fortunately, every household here in Huatanao raises pigs. At this time, with the village chief's family first starting, every household starts to kill pigs!

The big fat pig that has been raised for a whole year is humming and screaming in the pen, and three or five strong men are smoking cigarettes together and guessing how much the pig weighs.

When a cigarette was almost exhausted, three or four people entered the pen and worked together to knock the fat pig to the ground.The rest of the helpers hurriedly tied up the pig's legs with ropes, and all four feet were tightly trapped. The big fat pig would be "stringed" on wooden poles, carried by two people one after the other, and went to the slaughter tower.

The big fat pig was hung upside down on the wooden pole, and seemed to know its own fate, so it squeaked vigorously;

The children who were waiting to see the excitement followed closely behind, constantly discussing how heavy this guy is; whether there is more white meat or red meat after killing;
The adults chatted about whose pigs are the fattest this year, and whose pigs are the next year's pigs...

For the villagers who have been busy for a year, killing the New Year pig is undoubtedly the most attractive day!The big fat pig was carried out, and the family had already started to prepare a big tank, filled it with water, and just waited for the slaughtered fat pig to be brought back, and the eight pieces were soaked in the water to remove the bloody smell; Big pot stove, prepare enough firewood and meat cooking ingredients, put large pieces of meat into the big pot, start to boil on high heat, bring to a low heat and simmer slowly, the real pork can be served on the table!
There are no professional butchers in the village, and Lao Hei usually does the job of killing pigs.

Lao Hei's butcher's knife was sharpened, and he was just waiting to give the big white pig of the village chief's house the first knife!
Early in the morning, Liang Zizi rushed in with a cane. As soon as he entered the yard, he happened to see Su Mu tutoring Xia Jin in his studies. You need to replenish your brains! Today our family kills pigs, and tomorrow they will all come to our house to eat meat with Muzi!"

"Hey, this is a very good thing! Cripple, why did you come over to notify yourself, come and sit in the room quickly." Su Mu looked up and saw Liang Cripple, and hurried to the room.

At this time, Grandpa Su Mu also heard the voice, and seeing the lame Liang from the window, he shouted loudly, "Have you killed the New Year's pig? Then tomorrow will be a feast for the eyes. I haven't tasted the pork raised by myself for many years." What does it taste like. Cripple Liang, come in first, anyway, you won’t be able to kill him for a while, let’s have a drink or two first!"

"Master Cripple, you came at the right time!" Liang Fei slipped out of the room with a smirk on his face, pointing inside, "Grandpa is in a good mood today, so let me have a drink with him in the morning , I was afraid that Lulu would get angry, so I didn't dare to drink it. Just in time for you to come, I will be liberated!"

"Hahaha, this old brother is living a good life!" Liang Liangzi's legs are not good, but he walks like a gust of wind. He walked up to Su Mu and asked, "We have all started to kill the New Year pigs. The few you raised When will a wild boar be slaughtered and tasted?"

"Wild boars may have to wait a little longer, they are not very big. However, we will slaughter two sheep and one cow in a few days. This year there are no pigs in the pasture, so our family will not join in the fun." Su Mu smiled. Laughing, let Xia Jin put away the textbook, "Master Cripple, you guys have some wine first, I'll take Xiao Jin to see a pig slaughter, she hasn't seen it yet."

"Go ahead, let Lao Hei chop two pig's trotters for you, and come back to light the pig's trotter lanterns at night." Liang Lizi smiled and waved his hands to signal Liang Fei to go with them.

Xia Jin's parents went to the ranch early in the morning to take photos of the sheep, and it happened that there was nothing to do at the moment. Su Mu took Xia Jin, Liang Fei, and An Lu, and the four young people went to the slaughterhouse to watch the excitement.

In fact, the pig-killing platform is a temporary stone platform built on the village square to place fat pigs to be slaughtered.

The big fat pig that was captured had to be bled, and then a small hole was cut from the pig's leg to pump air into it.Beat until the whole pig is round and fat like a balloon, then scald with boiling water, shaved, and finally cleaned up by dissection.A series of procedures went very smoothly. Hei held a butcher's knife and wore a black leather apron, looking very professional.

After dealing with the big fat pig in the village head's house, he packed a large pot of pig blood and all kinds of offal and gave it to the village head, then smiled and spread out a pair of bloody hands, and said to Su Mu with a smile: "I There are pig’s trotters for the four of you, there is a small piece of lard in it, and you can light it up at night.”

"Thank you, Brother Hei!" Xia Jin had the sweetest mouth, and hurriedly thanked her, but she didn't dare to reach out to grab the pig's trotters in Su Mu's palm.

An Lu had never seen this thing before, so she kept looking at it curiously.

The village head came over and took a look, smacking his lips and said: "Like when I was a child, if I could have such a piece of lard to light a pig's trotter lamp, I would be so happy! Let's light it at night, it's more or less a thing. By the way, Xiao Feizi, today my family kills pigs, and everyone else is at the banquet, so you have to help cook, or else we will spoil such a good pig-killing dish!"

"No problem, save some of the fresh pork, and cook the rest as you like. I'll make eight bowls of authentic pig-killing dishes tomorrow! The pig's blood is boiled and set aside, and then it will be cooked. The blood is delicious!" Liang Fei laughed, and naturally took over the job.

(End of this chapter)