Chapter 303 Calm down
“Okay, okay, it’s midnight, everyone should go back and rest.”
After everyone in the police station left, the old man dispersed the crowd who were still there.
While speaking, he shook his clothes. The cold wind blew, making many people shiver.
Zhang An was not busy going home, but walked to the old hall.
The courtyard gate and pen gate over there were damaged by Li Laifu and the guys. Zhang An wanted to go over and see how the pigs were doing.
After all, when he arrived just now, he was busy going up the mountain to arrest people, and he didn't know what was going on in the yard.
When Zhang An arrived at the old yard, he found that Sister-in-law Zhou was still there guarding the last pig.
As for Zhou Yang and his father Zhou Shuanglin, they were packing something when the sound of hammers came outside.
Zhang An walked into the courtyard and found that the door was not broken, but the lock was broken into several pieces by them and lay on the ground.
But the inner gate was different. It was dismantled and shattered into pieces.
No wonder Sister-in-law Zhou has been guarding the pigs here, and Zhou Yang and his son are holding nails to repair the pen door a little.
Let’s see if we can install it and then spend the rest of the evening.
"Sister-in-law, go and have a rest. Brother Shuanglin, I, and Yoko will just do it here."
Zhang An walked into the yard and said to Zhou Yang's mother.
It’s really thanks to Sister-in-law Zhou’s presence tonight, otherwise I would have been succeeded by these little brats.
Although Zhang An was already alert, he called the flower head in advance to come and stand guard.
But in all calculations, one thing is missing.
If it’s okay during the day and the flowers are there, there’s absolutely no problem.
But at night, Huatou's eyesight is no longer good, and it has no effect, which gives them a loophole.
"It's okay, Xiao An. You can go back to bed quickly. We are only a few steps away. We will go back after they finish cleaning up."
Although Li Laifu said he was coming to Zhang An's house, the pig was actually already there. It belongs to their family.
If I had bought the pig before and driven it back, maybe so many things would not have happened later.
"Sister-in-law, you are not cold anymore. You have to feel sorry for Yoko's wife. She is still there waiting for you. Take her back quickly."
Listen to what Zhang An said, Sister-in-law Zhou turned around and found that her daughter-in-law was still waiting for her and several others at the door.
"Okay, sister-in-law, you are not an outsider, what are you talking about? Go quickly, I will go over and have a look."
This pig is staying in the yard, and no one is looking at it. I just like to run outside.
But now that Zhang An is here, it doesn’t dare to move. After all, the little tiger is watching it eagerly.
This little tiger is not a flower head, it is their world at night.
In the end, Sister-in-law Zhou saw that her daughter-in-law was shivering a few times due to the wind and was shaking so badly that she stopped persisting.
After saying a few words to Zhang An, he went back to the door and took Chen Wenwen into the house.
"Uncle, I'm afraid this door is no longer working. We need to replace it with a new one."
Zhang An walked over and found that it was broken to the ground. Zhou Yang and his son were also a little numb when holding it. melon.
The material used for this circle door is not bad, it is made of catalpa wood.
Although it has been used for many years, it is still very strong.
I just don’t know what these little brats did to make the door look like this.
Seeing the shabby trap door, Zhou Yang and his son probably had no idea of nailing it with nails first.
“Forget it, Brother Shuanglin, you don’t have to work anymore. I’m too lazy to take care of this door. I’ll do it again when I’m free.”
This door costs a lot of money. It is no longer safe to nail and install it at night. Zhang An will still have to dismantle it in the future.
In this case, why spend so much energy on this.
"What about the pig? There's no guarantee that there's no bad intentions." Zhou Yang was still worried about the pig.
"I asked you, why haven't you come to your senses? If the pig rushes to the big pen below and locks it up, it will be fine."
The pigs are not even locked up, but you still care. What a trap.
“Just wait until the pigs are killed tomorrow and catch up.”
Zhou Yang’s family originally had a pigsty, but their family has not raised livestock for several years.
Later, their family opened a restaurant, but the pig pen was too hygienic, so they filled it in.
So after Zhou Yang bought the pig this time, he kept the pig in Zhang An's pen for convenience.
Originally, the pigs were kept in the pigsty of the old house, thinking that it would be easy to drive the pigs in front of Zhou Yang's house.
I didn’t expect that something unexpected would happen later. I had no choice but to rush when I had to. Some things can’t be done without being lazy.
"That's it, we can just go down and catch up tomorrow."
Zhou Shuanglin didn't want to engage in this trap anymore. He was not good at carpentry and was a bit of a Muggle.
"Okay, okay, it's not that far, I can just rush back by myself."
Zhang An called up the little tiger and drove the native pig out to go home.
Zhou Yang and his son wanted to follow Zhang An to drive the pigs down, but Zhang An stopped them.
"You follow me down, I will come back later, don't mind it troublesome, go and have a rest."
Zhang An waved his hand, letting the two of them go back by themselves, and then left alone A dog drives a pig back to the pen.
When I got home, the lights in the yard were still on.
Zhang An saw that his parents and wife were still waiting in the yard.
"Mom, Dad, Xiaoying, go and have a rest quickly. What are you waiting for me to do? Don't get frozen."
The day is getting colder and colder, and the stove is not lit at night. , it was freezing everywhere.
"If you don't come back, how can we sleep?"
It wasn't until they saw Zhang An coming back that they felt relieved.
Looking at this scene, Zhang An felt warm in his heart even though it was the coldest month of winter.
In my previous life, they were far apart and I didn’t realize how much my parents cared about me.
I married a wife at that time, but it was just like living together.
Every day we argue about firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, how can we show any care.
Then Zhang An told his family a little about the situation in the old house.
But in fact, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang didn't care much, as long as the person was fine.
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo don't care about this, after all, they don't live anywhere anymore.
After this incident, Wang Fang will no longer use the pigsty in the old house to raise anything.
It’s really easy to get noticed without anyone watching over you.
The pigs were driven back into the pen, and the family closed the door and went back to their rooms to sleep.
"Honey, isn't it particularly dangerous to catch robbers in the mountains?"
Back in the room, Su Ying leaned on Zhang An's chest and said.
There are often incidents of catching thieves and pickpockets in the city, but they are not that scary.
When Su Ying heard that Zhang An went out to catch the robber tonight, she didn't think anything was wrong.
But looking at my mother-in-law who was restless in the main room, I knew that the mountains were different from the city.
"Actually, it's okay. Normally there are many people in the village, so we won't suffer any loss if we go together. There are so many people, and the other party will be scared when they see it."
Zhang An hugged Su Ying , told him about the arrest process tonight.
Speaking of which, catching Li Laifu and the others tonight is just like playing for fun.
For this group of people, everyone has a very clear definition of them.
For gang crimes, it is the kind of breaking and entering that specializes in stealing larger livestock.
People like this are called robbers.
As for some personal actions, sneaking around, or taking small things, they are called thieves.
On the contrary, the kind of people on the street who specialize in cutting people's pockets and grabbing their bags are called pickpockets.
People like Li Laifu and others are not qualified to be thieves, yet they dare to break in and steal pigs.
But seeing how brave they were, everyone generously gave them bandit hats.
But I didn’t dare to mention to her the scene of catching a robber in the past, for fear of scaring her.
Generally, the robbers who enter the village to steal are targeting the livestock of the villagers.
In the mountains, domestic animals are the lifeblood of the family, so the mountains hate these bandits very much,
Especially in the past, when gun bans had not yet begun.
Many robbers traveled with guns, so it was very dangerous to catch the robbers at that time.
It has gotten much better in the past two years. When the gun ban policy was implemented, most of the guns and blunderbuss were confiscated. So what many robbers bring now are some knives or sticks.
Such a weapon will have little effect when facing a large number of people.
After Zhang An comforted her for a while, he put Su Ying to sleep again.
But after the little wife fell asleep, she hugged Zhang An's arm tightly with both hands.
As if worried that Zhang An would be the same as before, she quietly got up, without her knowing at all.
The next morning, Zhang An got up and moved around.
Seeing that it was still early, I took the knife and the stand and prepared to cut some arborvitae strips and come back.
On the hill behind the house, Mr. Zhang’s house planted a patch of arborvitae.
However, their bacon does not use arborvitae strips, so it is cheaper than Zhang An.
It was originally just a small vegetable plot, on which Mr. Zhang planted more than a dozen arborvitae trees.
In the past two years, it was Zhang An who came to take care of it, and instead the entire land was planted with arborvitae.
After all, there is only this arborvitae nearby. If it is all cut down, the next time you want to cut it down, you will have to go further up the mountain.
Zhang An was uneasy and didn't want to bother, so he kept asking them to pick them up.
The first batch of oriental arborvitae are already quite big, they have grown to seven or eight meters high.
The ones Zhang An planted later have now grown to five or six feet in size.
Every winter, Zhang An would repair its branches.
The pruned arborvitae strips can not only be used to smoke bacon, but also ensure that the arborvitae grows better.
Every year after Zhang An finishes repairing the tree branches, he will pour some space spring water on them.
Then their branches will grow back next year.
Seeing how carefully Zhang An had cultivated the forest, Mr. Zhang gave it to their family, including the trees.
When Zhang An came back from the back mountain carrying a bunch of arborvitae strips, Zhou Yang's family had not come to drive the pigs.
Maybe everyone was uproaring for half the night last night, and the weather is cold today, so everyone needs to rest a little longer.
"Xiao An, where are the fish and crabs that were placed in the room yesterday? Will they crawl away?"
Wang Fang got up early in the morning to clean up the housework and found that the room There were only a few buckets and basins left inside.
All the fish and shrimps inside were gone. She crawled away or was caught by something.
"Mom, I have to find a place to raise them. It takes up a lot of space here, and the swallows like to come and play with them. It will not taste good if they are killed."
Originally, Zhang An had to pack these buckets and basins last night.
But then he heard the village shouting to catch the robbers, so Zhang An changed his shoes and ran out.
So these buckets are still here. Zhang Anye forgot about it after he came back.
Wang Fang didn’t care where Zhang Anyang was after he found out, as long as he wasn’t lost.
After all, Zhang An was right, these things take up a lot of space here.
Yanzi and the other babies are very curious about prawns and crabs, and they often come over to tease them.
It's okay to get some water on the ground, but it would be bad if it gets caught in your hands.
After all, those crabs have claws as big as those of prawns, so it is not easy to catch people.
"Uncle, we are here to drive the pigs."
When ten o'clock came, Zhou Yang and his brother Zhou Song finally came to drive the pigs.
If he doesn’t come again, Wang Fang will want to feed him a meal of pig food.
Since morning, the pig started howling in the pen, making the whole pen restless.
Furthermore, Wang Fang often raises pigs and cannot bear to let the pigs starve like this.
“Get away quickly, we will starve to death here soon.”
Zhang An opened the pen door and let out the big fat pig that was going to go on the road today.
Maybe it’s because the second senior brother was too hungry, so he started to hump everywhere after he came out.
For a while, the two brothers Zhou Yang couldn't catch it.
"Uncle, come and help me, this pig is too big for us to catch up with."
Zhou Yang couldn't laugh or cry. He was very obedient last night when he watched Zhang An rush. .
Why is it that after he got it today, no matter how hard he tried to drive it, it was useless, even if he used a stick, he couldn't drive it away.
But even though they didn’t say anything, Zhang An also wanted to help catch up.
After all, this pig is too big. It would be bad if it bumps into anyone on the road. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so we still need to be careful.
Zhang An called Xiaohu and kicked the second senior brother out of the house without even using a stick.
Although it was indeed hungry and crazy, it still regained some sense in front of Xiaohu.
"Uncle and grandma, let's go over first. You and my aunt will come over in a while."
Before going out, Zhou Yang turned around and said to Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo.
Along the way, Zhou Yang looked at the little tiger driving the pigs, and the love in his eyes could not be hidden.
But there is no other way. Although he also wants to raise a dog, their family has opened a restaurant, so it is not convenient to raise a dog.
Not only did people think it was unhygienic, but some customers didn't dare to go in after seeing the big dog.
There was only one pig today, so it was very fast and it didn’t take long to solve it.
"Yoko, leave those two pieces of butt meat for me."
Zhang An wanted to wrap up the "two cuts of meat" on this pig as usual.
"Uncle, I'm afraid it won't work anymore. I'll give you half at most, and I'll keep the other half for myself."
Zhou Yang is also a cook, and now his family's conditions are getting better and better. , the requirements for the quality of life are also getting higher and higher.
He had no intention of taking out such good meat, but Zhang An opened his mouth and he took out half of it.
Seeing that Zhang An still wanted to spend money to buy meat made everyone laugh.
Zhang An is the first person in the village who kills pigs himself and buys meat outside.
“Hahaha, there’s nothing I can do. Although a lot of pigs were killed, there were even more people buying them, so there weren’t many left at home.”
Zhang An said with a wry smile, Yesterday, three big fat pigs were slaughtered, and in the end, their family was left with more than 100 kilograms of pork.
Let’s not talk about it anymore. When he marinates meat, he has to marinate hundreds of kilograms. Who can explain this.
Although Zhang An seemed to be complaining, everyone was very envious after hearing it.
Not to mention other New Year's goods that Ding Yi and Lu Jun brought yesterday, they had never seen the fish and shrimp.
After having a pig-killing meal at Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An got busy in the backyard when he came back.
The meat marinated yesterday is almost ready. It will be ready for the kang after one more day.
But there is much more meat to be smoked this year than in previous years, so the original rack for smoking meat is not enough.
So after returning from Zhou Yang's house, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, moved some wood out.
Then build a new bacon rack in the bacon room in the backyard.
This room and the utility room next to it were built later. This room was specially set aside for smoking bacon.
After being smoked, Zhang An’s bacon is kept here.
"Anzi and Jianguo are busy."
In the afternoon, old uncle Zhang Jianwen came over with Huang Weimin, Zhao Youcai and others.
"We will have meat on the bricks tomorrow, so we have to redecorate this shelf."
Huang Weimin and others were envious when they looked at Zhang An's house. The size of the house does not matter.
It’s just that my life is so good, even smoking bacon requires a special room.
Most people in the village smoke on the fire pit, without any shelves, just hanging two wooden sticks.
After all, it only smokes a dozen or twenty kilograms of meat, so how much space can be used.
"What's wrong, uncle, you guys came here specially, what's the matter with you?"
Zhang An was a little strange, usually these guys wouldn't come to his door easily for nothing.
We came together today, I must have something to say.
"It's no big deal. Let's help each other first and finish the work."
As he said this, he greeted everyone, holding wooden boards and building shelves.
As soon as there were more people, it didn’t take much time to set up the wooden frame.
(End of this chapter)