After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Chapter 174 Let's Kill the Pig Together

When Xu Qinghe went to see it a few days ago, he planned to find time to kill a few fat pigs first, and save the rest for another batch to be killed before the New Year.

Apart from leaving some for the people in the family, the rest of the meat would be used to make smoked meat and sausages as arranged by my daughter and wife.

In this dynasty, no one made sausages and smoked meat. If a pig was slaughtered for the New Year, people would basically keep some for eating and sell the rest to villagers or at the market.

Even wealthy families would simply marinate the meat with coarse salt and then hang it up to dry in the shade to make bacon.

In the past, the Xu family also raised pigs. Although it was usually Yuxiu who carried a basket on her back to the mountains to cut grass for the pigs on weekdays, when it came time to slaughter the pigs, the amount of meat that her family got to eat was less than one pound in total.

In the past, Xu Qinghe would still feel sad in his heart for the injustice his family had suffered, but since he knew that he was not the biological son of the Xu family, all of this became natural, and the obsessions he had before seemed to have disappeared completely overnight.

When the people on the farm heard Xu Qinghe say that they were going to slaughter the pig, they all started to get ready.

Because more and more families have booked to build a kang recently, most of the men in the village have gone out to work and earn money.

Therefore, this time the slaughter of the fat pigs was led by the two managers Li Qingshi and Xu Chong who stayed on the farm, and the others just helped to press the pigs.

Xu Qinghe also brought some people from the village where Boss Yang and his men were to help.

After all the pigs here are killed, take the people here to another farm to kill pigs.

The women on the farm can also take over tasks such as cutting pork and cleaning internal organs.

There are a total of twenty-three fat pigs that can be slaughtered here, including half-grown wild boars released by Yuxiu from the space, and domestic pigs purchased by Xu Qinghe from the market.

However, they all have one characteristic, that is, they have all been sterilized by Yang Laoer. Not only do they not like to fight and are not easily sick, but they also grow very fast.

"This pig is the biggest. It will be the first one later."

"About the same. I think the ones at the back are pretty fat too."

"Do you think such a fat pig would have more suet in its stomach?"

Everyone gathered around the pigpen, pointing at the big fat pigs inside and started commenting on them.

Some people even imagined the white pork fat and the fragrant pig-killing banquet while looking at the pigs. If there weren't so many people, some people would probably start drooling.

Seeing that everyone was eager to prepare to slaughter the pig, Xu Qinghe was very straightforward. He said a few words casually and then announced that they would start slaughtering the pig.

Everyone cheered in unison. The women drove the pigs away with sticks from behind, and the men rushed forward and pinned the fat pigs that tried to run away to the ground.

He took out the rope he had prepared in advance, quickly tied up the pig's limbs tightly and threw them on the ground, then went on to tie up the second one.

It is easier to do the work when there are more people. After a short while, more than 20 pigs were tied up and started roaring at the top of their lungs.

Several holes were dug in the ground near the ditch in the open space. Large pots had been set up on top of them. Several old men were sitting next to them, happily adding firewood into the pots.

When he was at home in his early years, Li Qingshi also helped slaughter the New Year pig. At this time, the hooves of the big fat pig were tied up, and someone was helping to hold it down. He took a pig-killing knife, looked at the right position and started to cut.

The bright red pig blood splattered out, and someone quickly came up with a large wooden basin to catch it.

There is some water in the wooden basin, and some fine salt is added to the water, so that the pig blood can coagulate quickly. Then it will be very delicious whether it is fried or stewed later.

Everyone was busy, scalding the pig, shaving the hair, gutting it, taking out the water, cutting it up...

Although there were many pigs to be slaughtered today, there were also many people in the farm. Everyone's face was filled with happy smiles. Even the children were busy with their short legs helping to carry firewood, or passing basins or buckets, and they were very busy.

The boss Xu Qinghe doesn't have to do anything about these things, he just needs to sit on the side and watch.

"Sure enough, this pig is the fattest and has the most suet..."

"Wow, this big fat hoof, look at it..."

"You guys bring the basket over here, this one is full..."

Everyone was busy and sweating. Some people were even wearing only a single layer of clothes but still felt hot.

There are several elderly people on the farm who can't do any work in the fields on weekdays, so they are busy weaving a lot of bamboo baskets and bamboo plaques, which can all be used today.

The women also divided the work and cooperated with each other. Some helped to cut the meat, some removed the bones, and some cleaned the pig offal. In any case, no one had a break.

When Yuxiu finished her own work, she told the old princess the news of heavy snow while delivering food to her. When she drove the carriage to the farm, she heard the shrill screams of a fat pig from a long distance away.

"They were all slaughtered so quickly?"

When Yuxiu entered the yard, Li Qingshi had just finished slaughtering the last pig and was shaving the pig with others.

"It's so cold, why did you come here?"

Seeing his daughter coming over, Xu Qinghe quickly poured her a cup of tea to warm her hands.

"You see, when there are a lot of people, it's lively, and things get done quickly."

He looked at the pork piled on the bamboo plate and felt a sense of accomplishment.

No one could have imagined that the second branch of the Xu family, who used to not even have enough to eat in Xujia Village, could now have more than a dozen bamboo trays of pork filling the yard.

"Of course, more people means more work, and fewer people means more delicious food."

Yuxiu could sense that her cheap father seemed to be in a good mood, so she also joked.

"Haha...my daughter is right."

Xu Qinghe was also amused. He looked around and asked in a low voice:

"But what about stuffing sausages and making smoked meat that you mentioned earlier, how do you do it?"

You have to know that there are not only servants hired by their family on this farm, but also some people who are just tenants.

If doing these two things requires some skills, Xu Qinghe is not willing to learn them for nothing.

"These two things are simple to say. Let's wait until they get the meat out first."

Yuxiu rushed to the farm just to do these two things.

She didn't think there was anything to keep secret at first, but when she saw her father's mysterious look, she understood it instantly.