The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

Qi Feifei took the butcher knife, held the pig's head with one hand, held the knife with the other hand, and stabbed it straight to the bottom.

As the knife was pulled out, blood spurted out.

Blood gushed out, and soon half a basin of blood was collected.

The butcher took the blood basin and stirred it constantly with two poles to prevent the blood from clotting.

Someone has already placed two stools next to the stove and put a board with one end resting on the edge of the pot.

Several young men lifted the fat pig onto a board, with its head facing the pot.

Qi Feifei cut an incision on the pig's hind leg, inserted a cleaning rod, made several holes in the pig's body, and then began to blow air into it.

This is a strenuous job that requires a lot of lung capacity.

Qi Feifei kept blowing the flute while Zheng Dazhui kept hitting the pig with a wooden stick.

After blowing for a while, the pig skin slowly swelled up, stretching out all the wrinkles.

Qi Feifei pulled out the cleaning rod, and Zheng Dazhui quickly tied the incision tightly with a hemp rope.

Zheng Dazhui, Dahong and a few educated youth started to remove the hair from the fat pig.

One person slowly poured hot water on the pig, and several people used scrapers to scrape the pig's hair.

Pan Xiaowen was responsible for making the fire.

Everyone was busy, Su Fangting said to Pan Xiaowen shyly,

"Let me do the burning."

Today, all the households in the collective were busy slaughtering pigs, and she was the only one who had nothing to do.

She has a bad relationship with Qi Feifei, so she would feel embarrassed not to participate, but she would also feel embarrassed to participate.

It's just embarrassing.

After struggling for a long time, it's awkward anyway, so I decided to just participate. It wouldn't be so out of place.

It's not that I'm craving for pork, really not.

Pan Xiaowen also understood that he didn't like Su Fangting, but today was a happy day to slaughter a pig, and Qi Feifei didn't mind having a bite of meat from Su Fangting.

Even if she doesn't work, and invites everyone in the village to eat meat, can't they eat less than her?

Qi Feifei is not that person either.

I gave her the fire stick and asked, "Can you make fire?"

Su Fangting, “Look at what you said, after being in the countryside for so long, the fire will still burn.”

Pan Xiaowen looked at her and left.

I murmured to myself, it’s hard to say, she just eats ready-made food every day.

Xiaojie's sister-in-law from next door also came over to help.

The captain's wife held her grandson in her arms and gave orders.

"Cuihua, you and Xiaojie, cut the sauerkraut. Cut more. There are many people here and the pigs are fat today, so we'll have to waste some sauerkraut.

Xiaojie will borrow your pot to cook two pots of rice later."

Xiaojie's sister-in-law, "Okay, I'll go back and stew it later."

The captain's wife said, "No need, you cut the pickled cabbage, I'll go over and stew it later, I'll tell you first.

You don’t need to cook today, just eat in this courtyard.”

The captain's wife held the child and helped take care of the house inside and outside.

"Put the blood basin on the kang, so the child won't knock it over.

Go, go, go out and play, go, come back when the meat is ready."

All the excited children were driven out.

The team leader also came and walked around the house. Various tasks were being done and there was nothing wrong, so he turned around and left.

Seeing Qi Feifei in the yard, "Fei Fei, come here."

Walk to a place where there is no one near the stick.

"When will you return to Beijing?"

Qi Feifei: "In a few days."

The captain said, "Well, the pigs have been killed, so let's clean up and go back.

Bring back some meat and make sure we return to the city."

This is a life-long event, so hurry up and do it.

Qi Feifei, "Well, godfather, I'll listen to you and leave the day after tomorrow.

I might not be back for a while, so I want to get some more bullets from the brigade."

Captain, "Why are you going back to Beijing to get the bullets?"

Qi Feifei, "There are mountains near the capital! Go in and have a look when you need to. I won't have anywhere to get bullets when I get there."

Captain, "Oh, okay, take it. You can take it yourself.

You don't need to buy wine. I have ten kilograms of loose liquor at home. I'll bring it to you later."

The captain left after saying something, and Qi Feifei went in to help.

Soon the big fat pig was bald and cleaned up.

Qi Feifei started shaving again carefully, row by row. When he touched it with his hand, he could not feel any hair.

A large kang table was placed on the floor, and several people carried the big fat pig onto the table.

When it came time to operate the knife, Qi Feifei did it himself.

Hold the pig's trotter with one hand and lift it up slightly, and with the other hand hold the knife and rotate it in a circle to cut the skin. Then cut and lift it up again, and the pig's trotter will be removed.

Repeat this process, with one poke, one twist, and one stroke, a pig's trotter is removed.

The pig's head is big, but it is easier for Qi Feifei to do it. He just turns it around and breaks it, and a big pig's head weighing more than 30 kilograms comes out.

As Qi Feifei unloaded the item, someone next to him took it over.

The next step was to open the belly. Qi Feifei took the knife and cut it open. The people around her couldn't help but speak when they saw her movements.

"Slow down, slow down, don't cut your intestines."

That stomach full of shit stinks!

"That's right, go slower, and be gentle when taking out the internal organs, especially the gallbladder. If it goes bad, the meat won't be edible."

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Qi Feifei smiled but said nothing.

With one cut, the entire stomach was cut open.

First, pull out the pig intestines, then cut the anus off the pig, tie the pig intestines with hemp rope, and cut the anus and throw it away.

Shovel all the waste into the prepared large basin.

If someone knows how to turn the intestines, he will take it over and start turning and cleaning the small intestines in preparation for stuffing the blood sausage.

Qi Feifei took down the entire lantern, tied it to the trachea with a hemp rope, and hung it outside.

Next is to tear off two strips of lard, and then remove the ribs and spine.

At this time, many members were waiting inside and outside the house.

Someone wanted to buy pig pancreas and went back to smash it.

Some people want to buy pig lungs, but the meat is expensive and the lungs are cheap. Of course, some people just like to eat pig lungs fried with sauerkraut.

Some people also want to cut a pound of meat to satisfy their cravings.

I want to cut a piece of pork liver for the elderly at home.

Some people also asked if pig intestines were for sale?

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Qi Feifei is not a stingy person.

First, a back hill was left for the team leader's family, and then a front trough weighing about 30 kilograms was left for Pan Xiaowen.

He cut twenty pounds of strips of meat for Li Qiaoying, added a piece of pork liver and a piece of lard, and asked Pan Xiaowen to put it away and then send it to Li Qiaoying.

The two little apprentices each got two pounds of meat.

Only then did he start cutting the meat for the people who were buying it. Whoever wanted to buy it could do so, and Qi Feifei didn't keep any meat just because she liked it.

After a busy period, he cut some more meat and put it in the pot to cook. He also removed a few large bones and put them in the pot, added large pieces of onion and ginger and started cooking.

Clean another pot and cook the pork liver, rice intestines, and large intestines.

These cannot be cooked together with meat. If they are cooked together, the soup will be mixed, the meat color will not look good, and the sauerkraut will not look good either.

It also affects the taste.

As the pot boiled, the aroma of meat soon wafted into the air.

Su Fangting was burning with fire and felt her saliva secreting particularly quickly.

The children also ran back and forth, smelling the fragrance and seeing why they couldn’t eat it yet.

People sit in the house chatting, smoking, drinking water, and waiting to eat meat.

The butcher came out and chopped up some scallions and ginger, stirred out the blood in the blood basin, then put in some scallions, ginger, pepper powder, salt, and then added pork broth.

Pan Xiaowen brought over the basin with the intestines, and the two of them started to weigh the intestines while one poured them in, tying them up with string at regular intervals.

Several daughters-in-law went to the neighbors' house to borrow plates, bowls and chopsticks, washed them again in a basin of water, and prepared to use them for the banquet later.

Qi Feifei didn't participate in these tasks. She washed her hands and went out to get some fresh air.

The room is filled with either smoke or steam.

Coincidentally, as soon as she went out, a jeep drove up and stopped at the door.