The happy little days of the Ye family

The rain finally stopped after lunch.

Although it rained all night and all morning, it was just light rain.

When the father and son came to their paddy field in the afternoon, they found that although the water in the field was relatively full, it did not cover the ridges of the field.

The two were very happy. It seemed that the fertilizer applied a few days ago was still left in the field.

The weather cleared after the rain and the weather was very good in the afternoon. The fiery red sun made both father and son almost smoke.

When I came back the next day, the water level in the fields had dropped a lot.

So Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing took their family's long-term workers and continued to fertilize the remaining paddy fields and corn.

The father and son worked hard for three days before fertilizing the entire field.

The fields had just been taken care of, and neither of them had time to rest. The pigs at home were about to be slaughtered.

There are eight big fat pigs, each weighing about 200 kilograms, and they look very plump and pleasing to the eye.

Early in the morning, Tang Xiaojing led several strong long-term workers to kill pigs in the temporary slaughterhouse at the foot of the mountain.

The Tang family raises dozens of fat pigs every year, and the long-term workers in the family are now good at killing pigs.

The white knife went in and the red knife came out, quickly draining the blood of these big guys.

At this time, two other long-term workers in Tangshan had already boiled several large pots of boiling hot water in the house.

A group of people worked all morning to scald, shave, belly open, and cut the pigs into pieces before finishing the eight fat pigs.

Eight big fat pigs, minus the blood, heads, offal and bones, weigh only about 1000 kilograms in total.

The pork is divided into two parts, one-third is used to make sausage, and two-thirds is used to make bacon.

The pork used to make sausages is half fat and half lean. The sausage made according to this proportion is neither dry nor dry, fat but not greasy, and very delicious.

After all the meat is cut into small cubes, mix with various spices and salt, and then pour it into the cleaned pig intestines.

After another ten or eight days of drying, the fragrant sausage will be ready.

The pork used to make bacon is cut into large pieces and comes in two sizes. The larger one weighs 4 kilograms and the smaller one weighs two kilograms.

The fat and lean pieces of meat are all coated with salt and spices, then placed in a large water tank. They are marinated for a few days before being smoked, grilled and dried.

In addition to large pieces of meat, Tang Xiaojing also marinated pig heads and ribs and made them into bacon.

Although the cured pig heads and ribs don't have much meat, they are perfect as a side dish for wine.

There are two merchants on the dock who particularly like the bacon made from these scraps. They buy a lot of cured ribs and bacon heads from him every year.

The good meat has been processed, and now there are still a lot of pig bones and pig offal, as well as several large barrels of pig meat.

Tang Xiaojing left a pair of pig bones and pig offal, as well as a large bucket of pig meat, for the family's long-term workers to eat.

Then he left one pair each for his own family and the Ye family.

Tang Xiaojing planned to sell the remaining big bones, pig offal, and pig meat to people in the village at a low price.

He had discussed it with Ye Qingqing last night, and the price was still the same as before.

Pig's trotters, pig's tail, pig's intestines, pig's liver, pig's heart, pig's lungs, pig's loin, pig's belly, everything costs two cents.

Big bones with a little bit of minced meat cost one penny each, and pig meat cost two large pieces.

Early in the morning, Ye Qingqing told Mrs. Ye that her family was planning to sell pigs for sale at low prices.

Then Mrs. Ye went to hang out at the big banyan tree at the head of the village. Soon everyone in Taohua Village knew that the Tang family had cheap pigs for sale.

Over the years, the Tang family has been selling pigs on the village drying farm.

The people in the village had been waiting at the drying ground for a long time. From a distance, they saw the Tang family's father and son driving an ox cart, and they rushed forward like a swarm of swarms.

Seeing so many people coming to buy things, Tang Xiaojing shouted loudly with a smile on his face:

"Don't squeeze, everyone. It's still the same as before. No matter what part of the pig is in the water, you can choose it for two cents each. Big bones are one cent each, and pig reds are two cents for two cents."

For a moment, the father and son were surrounded by women in the village.

"Boy from the Tang family, bring me two pig's trotters. Your sister-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy a few days ago. I'm going to take them back for lactation."

"Hey, this pig's tail was the first thing I noticed."

"This pig is really fat. The pig's guts are much bigger than those sold at the butcher stalls in town."

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, your shoes will be squeezed out."

Nowadays, the sunbathing area is as lively as attending a big market.

The better ones like pork loins, pig tails and pig hearts are all rushing to get them.

Two aunts fell in love with the last pork loin at the same time, and even quarreled over it.

Taohua Village is a big village. There are three or four women who need to breastfeed after giving birth, and pig trotters are also very popular.

Tang Xiaojing hurriedly collected the money, while Tang Shan was cutting pig meat on the side, while keeping an eye on the people who came to buy things, so as not to let the evil-minded people sneak away in troubled waters.

The offal and bones sold by the Tang family were really cheap, and most people in the village bought several of them at once and kept them to eat later.

Taohua Village now has 70 households and a total of more than 800 people.

The Tang family's scraps and bones were almost sold in about a quarter of an hour, and everyone happily took the meat home.

When the people on the drying ground were almost gone, there were still 8 big bones left except those that Tang Xiaojing had set aside long ago.

The remaining big bones were not worth much, so the father and son collected their things and prepared to go home.

As soon as he got home, Tang Xiaojing carried a bucket full of big bones and pig waste to Ye's house.

Ye Qingqing took Aunt Chen with her to clean up her own food and put it into the water.

It’s still the old method, marinated in one pot.

And there are still a lot of big bones left at home.

Ye Qingqing only kept half of it, and he wouldn't be able to finish any more.

I gave a few more to Aunt Chen, and asked Tangshan to take the rest and give them to nearby neighbors.

When Tangshan came back, his hands were full of all kinds of vegetables and even some particularly juicy wild fruits.

The whole afternoon, the rich aroma of braised pork wafted through the courtyards of the Ye family and the Tang family.

This made Xiaoqi and Chenchen, two snack lovers, unwilling to go out and eagerly stood guard in front of the stove.

Normally, the children next door would be crying.

But today, many families in the village bought cheap meat from Tang's house.

Not only the Tang family and the Ye family, but most of the families in the village cook meat, and the entire Taohua Village is filled with the alluring aroma of meat.

The children in the village were the happiest, as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year.

During dinner, Chenchen hugged a pig hand that was bigger than his hand and ate it with gusto.

The pig's hand was first marinated for an hour, and then warmed in the charcoal fire for another hour. It was already soft and boneless, and was trembling in the hand.

Chenchen sucked gently, and the soft and waxy flesh was sucked into his mouth.

The little guy's face and clothes were covered with broth, but his face was very satisfied.

And Yangyang is only a little over a year old and can't eat meat yet. He can only eat egg custard pitifully.