Chapter 50: Divide and sell meat
Although it is winter, the yard of the Li family is very lively.
No one who came to help was idle, they were all looking for work.
Li Long was a novice. After the meal, he only had the job of pouring boiling water on the wild boar - he was very happy doing this kind of thing without any technical content.
In the eyes of other older men, Li Long is good at doing things, but the technical work of handling pigs still needs to be done by veterans.
There were Mohe cigarettes in their mouths, knives in their hands to skin wild boars, and some had prepared large washing basins and planned to take in the water for treatment.
“This wild boar is so big!”
“It’s really fat. It looks like it’s three fingers thick!”
“I’m afraid all three fingers will be beaten. Come on, the wild boars in the mountains eat well!”
“This year we will have good oil to eat. Once the oil is refined and put in a cool house, it will be fine for most of the year.”
"Look at how easy it is to save Jianguo. There is no need to feed pigs next year. When autumn comes, I go to the mountains and bring back two pigs, which will be enough meat and oil for a year."
"You have to be capable. You have to be lucky! We also encountered a group of seven or eight wild boars when we went digging for fritillaries in the mountains. Who dared to stop them?”
"Don't tell me, this little dragon went to the factory for exercise and came back with a big change. I can't accept every thing he did!"
"Haha, you said Tao Dayong and Gu Ermao, What did you learn? The four differences are true.”
“What’s the point? The boss came here without looking after me.”
Boss Gu came over and took the initiative to talk to Li Jianguo. Li Jianguo ignored him. He was flirting and didn't want to leave, nor did he stand or sit down.
Li Long already knew from his sister-in-law that Gu Ermao reported him to the members of the joint defense team. In fact, he wasn't too surprised when he found out that the person following him was Gu Ermao.
Gu Ermao is like that. It would be strange if he didn't do that.
But this does not mean that he will forgive Gu Ermao. It just so happens that he had no intention of continuing to deal with this person, so he took advantage of this matter to be settled.
Boss Gu’s eyes lit up when he saw Li Long. He came over and said to Li Long with a smile:
"Xiaolong is back? You are so powerful this time, two wild boars, no one in our team has this ability!"
Li Long will not blame Boss Gu for what happened to Gu Ermao, he said with a smile :
"Good luck."
Boss Gu also wanted to say that Li Jianguo shouted over there:
"Xiaolong, come here and water!"
Li Long smiled and hurried over.
Boss Gu knew that this was Li Jianguo expressing his attitude, and felt bitter in his heart. He had no choice but to redress the loss. He wanted to get close to him, but he didn't give him a chance. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to call Er Mao over to help, which would also ease the embarrassment. But Gu Ermao felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person, so he refused to come. When he came, people didn't give him face.
Many people in the yard looked at the joke. To be honest, no one wants to have a friend like Gu Ermao when something like this happens. But no one can guarantee whether they will confess Li Long from Gu Ermao's perspective.
But in common sense, everyone will stand in the position of the person who was wronged, and Li Long didn't mess with you, so why did you accuse him? A drowning dog pulls a person into the water? Don't you want to see others?
There may be a lot of people like this, but they are definitely the ones everyone hates the most.
Li Long knew that Gu Ermao's reputation in the team must be bad. After skinning the wild boar, remove the water from the boar and cut the pork into pieces. Someone brought the pre-cut pig neck and the fat in the belly into the kitchen.
Liang Yuemei and a few women were taking out the pickles, cutting them into oil and cooking them in the pot, and then started to stew the pork in the big pot.
Liang Yuemei also put in the big incense that she was usually reluctant to put out at home. This was to make up for what she had done when she killed her New Year Pig.
At that time, I also called a group of people to come over to help. Everyone also likes to do such things. It is common for you to help me and I to help you. Also take this opportunity to add some oil and water to your belly.
But the Li family’s pig was killed because it was a superstitious pig, so it couldn’t do anything else. The pig was buried and there was no food to eat but the pig was killed. Although everyone who came to help understood, Liang Yuemei was holding her breath in her heart.
People at this time take face very seriously. There is no such thing as cheating or blackmailing, and they have very strong self-esteem. I ate your pig-killing vegetables, and my family will definitely give it back.
Now the Li family owes everyone a meal. When Li Long pulled the two wild boars back, Li Jianguo and Liang Yuemei reached a tacit agreement without any discussion and made a big show!
Everyone is happy to come and help, which is a good thing!
"It's a pity that there is blood, otherwise steamed pig blood buns would be so good!" Someone cleaned the water and said with pity, looking at the condensed black blood stuck in the pig's cavity.
When there is a shortage of meat at this time, usually nothing is wasted, and flowers can be made from every corner.
The pots on both sides were in use, the west house was stewing meat in the big pot, the east house was frying the water, and the Lu family was also helping to steam buns in the pot.
Li Long could smell the smell of wild boar, and no one present disliked it. Why is it so offensive to eat meat and still not be able to shut your mouth?
Especially when they see the big pieces of meat in the pot, no one will say anything - nowadays, who is so willing to put meat in the butchered pork dish? But is that enough?
But he has two pigs, so he is so arrogant!
After the things were taken care of, the men set up tables in the two rooms to play cards. One table threw two sons at the other and competed for the top spot. Those who couldn't get their turn watched from the side.
Someone was more interested in Li Long's ability to hunt wild boars, and asked:
"Xiaolong, how did you beat the wild boar?"
"It's better to ambush in advance." Li Long also didn’t hide his secrets, “I My friend lives in the mountains and knows that there is a group of wild boars that often come down to eat grass roots. We laid an ambush in advance and killed them.”
Someone didn’t raise pigs at home, so we thought about getting some from Li’s house. Pork back.
But no money. Li Jianguo and Li Long discussed:
"Xiaolong, they want to get some of this meat, but they have no money. Look..."
"Do you have bullets?" Li Long thought about it, " Five or six and a half bullets, five for one A kilogram of meat is fine. If you have money, you can pay one kilogram for it. If you don’t have money, you can exchange five bullets for one kilogram."
Li Jianguo was a little confused by this idea:
"Use bullets? ”
"Well, there is a shortage of bullets in the mountains."
"Every family has them." Li Jianguo smiled, "If you let go, the meat of these two pigs in that family can be exchanged for all."
"That won't work. If you have a good relationship, just change to something else." Li Long smiled, "If it doesn't work, I'll see if I can have another fight in two days." "
The first time he shot a wild boar, Li Long became more courageous and spoke louder:
"Brother, our family will eat this meat anyway. It’s not over, the big wild boar meat is very smelly, so I’ll change it, but I have to make it clear beforehand.”
"It's just meat!" Li Jianguo stared, "It's so cheap. If you don't like the meat, then don't change it!"
Li Long laughed. At this time, you can see the character of the elder brother. He looks gentle at ordinary times, but if something really happens, his personality is very decisive, and he is the kind of person who "dare to fight and dare to fight".
Boss Gu finally left because no one paid attention to him.
The fragrant aroma filled the yard, and the adults all entered the house. Outside the yard, only Qiangqiang took the pig urine bubbles blown by Li Long with a reed pipe and led a group of children as football balls. Kick, the cheerful sound spreads far away.
Everyone nearby could hear that the Li family was getting up.
(End of this chapter)