The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

The weather has been extremely cold in the past few decades, and even in Nanguan, there have been several light snowfalls.

Come together every day, the grass outside is covered with thick hoarfrost, and occasionally the ditch will freeze, and you can breathe out hot white air when you open your mouth.

It was rare for Shen Ge to wake up early in the morning, rinse his mouth with warm water and green salt, wash his face, put on his cloak and go to the camp.

Xun Feiguang punched in the yard, his clothes were soaked in sweat, revealing his firm and smooth muscles.Seeing Shen Ge coming out, he retracted his fist and asked, "Where are you going this early in the morning?"

Shen Ge smiled brightly at him, "Go to the barracks to have a look, I see that the weather is good today, and the days are about the same, just to see if we want to kill pigs today."

There are chickens, ducks and geese in the Qinglingwei camp, and dozens of pigs.

Off the coast of Changzhou County and Feiyu County, last year the foreign barbarians colluded with the Japanese pirates and wreaked havoc on the sea. No one dared to go out to sea. Many families didn’t even have boats. .

There is no need for ordinary people to go to sea. This place is far away from the Central Plains. There are almost no businessmen coming and going.If the common people want to eat fish and shrimp, fishing at the seaside is enough.

There are few people and boats in the nearby waters, and the fishery resources are very rich.Shen Ge divided the Qing Lingwei soldiers into six groups and took turns to go to sea, not only to exercise the soldiers' ability to work at sea, but also to catch some seafood to enrich their daily life.Any surplus seafood can be made into dry products and handed over to Bailiyi's merchants for sale in other places.

There are a lot of small fish and shrimps on the sea. The chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs in the camp eat a lot of these every day, but for more than two months, they are all fat and strong. The smaller ones are smaller, but they are extraordinarily fat and tender , can be slaughtered at any time.

The wax wind has risen, Shen Ge intends to ask his soldiers to kill some ducks to make cured meat, but the ones to kill are not the ones raised in the camp, but the old ducks that came back from Yangyi.

The group of Yangyi raised more than 50 white ducks on the island. Shaoxin and the others didn't let these ducks go when they counted the supplies, but rushed back together and raised them in the camp.

I don't know how many days this group of ducks have been raised by Yang Yi. Each of them weighs more than ten catties. Not to mention huge, they are also fierce. How can I learn bad habits.

The ducks raised in the camp were neither fatter nor fiercer than this group of ducks, and many of their hairs were almost bald.The soldiers who raised the ducks were very distressed, and they were separated and lacked manpower, so they had to ask to kill these stupid ducks earlier.

When Shen Ge heard that his subordinates came to report, he decided to slaughter the group of big ducks that got in the way.

Although there is still some time before the Chinese New Year, but Shen Ge is currently the second in command of Qing Lingwei, so he naturally needs to plan well.It just so happens that the weather is good now, and it is good to celebrate the New Year with some chicken and duck.

Of course, pigs are indispensable for the preparation of cured meat. Bacon, sausage, and preserved liver are all traditional delicacies of Dayan. Chen Ge had someone buy [-] pigs before, and put them in the pigsty in the valley for more than two months. It happened to be slaughtered.

Xun Feiguang saw Shen Ge raising his foot to leave, and called him, "I'll go with you."

"Brother Xun, I'm going to the other side of the pigsty, why are you following me?" Shen Ge stopped him dumbfounded, turned back and pushed his shoulders into the yard, and said behind him: "You keep punching, I'll Come back later and have breakfast with you."

Xun Feiguang turned back and hooked his waist, "I'm done punching, so I just want to walk with you."

Hearing what Xun Feiguang said, Shen Ge had no choice but to wait for him.

Xun Feiguang is not as afraid of the cold as Chen Ge, he only wears two pieces of clothes, one single and one cotton, looking at Yushu facing the wind, he is so handsome and intimidating, unlike Shen Ge, he is dressed like dough.

Shen Ge subconsciously touched Xun Feiguang's hand, wanting to see if he was cold.Unexpectedly, Xun Feiguang's palm was hot, a little hotter than his own.

Xun Feiguang grabbed his hand with his backhand, looked at him with a smile on his face, leaned closer and asked, "Young Master, is it cold?"

"It's not cold." Shen Ge shrank his neck and stretched out his hands to cover his ears, preventing him from blowing his hot and humid breath, "I'm afraid you are cold."

"I'm not cold, I'm much stronger than you."

The two went to the pigsty side by side, and the soldiers coming and going on the road saluted them, and they were no strangers to their intimacy.

Shen Ge hadn't come to the pigsty for a long time. When he saw the big pig in the pigsty, he was a little surprised. He turned around and asked the accompanying soldiers, "Why is it so big? Two months ago, the biggest pig we bought was only [-]." Is it coming?"

These pigs have big arms, round waists, plump flesh, and a layer of powder all over their bodies, not to mention how gratifying they are.Shen Ge originally thought that this group of pigs could be slaughtered if there were only one hundred and fifty-six pigs, but he didn't expect these pigs to grow fatter than he expected.

Shen Ge took a closer look, the pigsty was also clean, with hay on the side, it was very dry, even if you walked closer, there was no peculiar smell.

The pig manure is extremely fat, and the camp is reclaiming land everywhere. The soldiers who reclaim these waste and hay are scrambling to get them every day.If the soldiers who came to ask for pig dung and hay didn't have sharp eyesight and quick hands, they couldn't grab it.The supply of these pig feces and urine is in short supply, and people come to clear them out early every day, so the pigsty is naturally very clean.

Fat, with a layer of pink and white all over, the pig is lying or lying leisurely in the pigsty.

Seeing Shen Ge's surprise, the young soldier who raised the pigs had pride on his young face. He spoke in an inaccurate official language, and gestured: "It's all thanks to your idea, Er Ye. After these pigs are brought back, they will be dried again. After the yan, it will be much easier to raise, and in the past two months, we have not only fed pig grass and grain bran to the pigs, but also boiled small fish and shrimps into pig food."

"The pigs are like this, and they gain weight very quickly. In just over two months, they have grown to such a large size."

The pigs here in Nanguan are not slack. When they grow up, they tend to be restless and don’t like to grow meat. It is difficult to raise 150 catties in one year.

After Shen Ge came over to eat pork, he found that the pork here was very fishy. After looking at it, he found that the pig hadn't been smelt, only the skin was thick and the meat was full of viciousness.He looked at it, suggested that the pig should be yanked, and gave some pointers.Although he doesn't know how to swallow pigs, he has no problem in theory, knowing that he just wants to smash pig's balls.

Shen Ge's prestige is high, and all the soldiers know his ability. As soon as they heard what he said, some people started to study Yanzhu without waiting for the order from the superior.

The new batch of pigs they bought weighed [-] to [-] catties when they were delivered. Shen Ge originally didn't want to make a fuss, fearing that such a big pig would be killed, but the soldiers volunteered to try it.

Shen Ge is not a stingy person, seeing the enthusiasm of his subordinates, he let them go and do it.He also didn't expect that the pig not only didn't die, but also gained fat very quickly, almost changing its appearance every day.In more than two months, these pigs have generally grown more than a hundred catties of meat.

"This pig weighs one hundred and seventy-eight catties?"

"We had someone weigh them a few days ago. Most of them are there, and a few of them are still around two hundred catties."

"I guess there are." Shen Ge smiled, "Thank you, today we kill 45 pigs and make some bacon and sausages for the New Year. The pigs are raised by you, and the remaining five pigs are divided equally among the people who raise them. It’s okay to go out and sell it, anyway, it’s up to you to deal with it yourself.”

The pig raising soldier's eyes lit up, and he shouted happily, "Thank you, Second Master!"

While Shen Ge was talking to the soldiers here, Shao Xin also rushed over.He is busy with various chores every day, and he comes to the pigsty less often than Shen Ge. After greeting Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge, he turned his head to look in the pigsty, and couldn't help being surprised, "Oh, the pig has grown so big. gone?"

"It's really big, and it's time for the slaughter." Shen Ge smiled, "I've got the spices and salt ready. Brother Shao, you asked everyone to suspend other things today. We slaughter pigs and ducks today. In the first year of Guan, let’s live a richer life.”

"Success, I'll let someone prepare it." Shao Xin strode away with windy legs.Commander Shao has always been obsessed with eating, and has been talking about sausages for a long time.

After nearly two or three months of planning and construction, their camp has undergone tremendous changes.

The old barracks left by the previous guard general are still there, Shen Ge has not been dismantled, but not far away, more than half of the new barracks with gray brick walls have been built, and they are extremely neat and beautiful at first glance.

There are several large school grounds in the camp. The soldiers have to do all kinds of work in the afternoon. The first thing they do when they get up in the morning is training. Unlined clothes, the whole body is sweating, and the training is in full swing in the cold morning.

After Xun Feiguang finished punching, he would patrol most of the time, patrolling around, and then the camp began to have breakfast, and he came back to accompany Shen Ge to finish breakfast and then began to deal with business.

Shen Ge is still the magistrate of Changzhou County, but Changzhou County has relatively few affairs, so he doesn't have to go to the county office every day.If something really happened, the county magistrate would send someone to call over on horseback.

Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang looked at the pigsty and then went to see the big white duck confiscated from Yang Yi.

There were already chickens, ducks, geese and pigs in the camp, but they haven't been raised for three months yet. These livestock are only half-grown, with a skeleton all over their bodies. They are just growing meat, and no one is willing to eat them.

The duck-raising soldiers were very happy when Shen Ge said that they were going to slaughter the big white duck that came back from Yangyi. They smiled and showed their big white teeth, "Second Lord, I will drive the duck to the river now!"

There are too many ducks and pigs to be slaughtered, and it is a bit difficult to kill them in the camp. It is just right to go to the river, boil water, pluck and clean them, and do it in one go, so as not to bring the smell into the camp.

Shen Ge stopped him with a smile, "Don't worry, let's go have breakfast first, I have to watch it if I rush over so early."

"Oh, I know! I finished my meal earlier and drove the ducks to the river."

When the soldiers in the camp heard that they were going to kill pigs and ducks, they were all very excited and ate breakfast very quickly.

Shaoxin's arrangement was arranged, four soldiers killed a pig, and one soldier killed a duck. Two hundred soldiers were enough, and the other soldiers had to cooperate here, receiving pig blood and duck blood, chopping sauerkraut and peeling radishes. Wash the cabbage and prepare to cook pigs at noon.

When it comes to slaughtering pigs, it mainly deals with the offal of chickens and ducks, such as pig blood, pig liver, pig lungs, pig kidneys, pig small intestines, duck gizzards, duck blood, duck liver, duck intestines, duck feet, duck necks, etc. Good news, these things are not good for waxing, but it is very good to eat now.

Offal offal needs to be cooked into a dish with a strong taste to cover up its strong taste.Among these viscera, the most difficult to deal with are pig lungs and pig large intestines.

The large intestine of the pig should be used to make sausages. Wash it twice and three times with hot water. To get a good soldier, first pick off the fat from the large intestine, and then scrape it carefully with a blunt strip. Remove the fat and attachments on the large intestine, scrape until the large intestine is as thin as a cicada's wings, and then blow the large intestine up to ensure that it is not scratched before use.

For the remaining pig lungs, pig small intestines, duck intestines, etc., Shen Ge specifically asked the gang to wash them several times, wash them in hot water with plant ash, and wash them with rice water after washing the plant ash. After washing as much as possible, use ginger and green onion Put the garlic and so on together in a large pot and cook until they are fully cooked before taking them out.

The bean paste I made before is almost the same, and the peppers grown in the ground have also been harvested a few crops.

Shen Ge asked people to bring soy sauce, soy sauce, chili, garlic, garlic sprouts, and green onions, and cut a lot of fat pork. First, the fat pork was boiled in oil, and then fried with bean paste, chili and other ingredients. The internal organs are also put together and boiled.

On this day, Shen Ge brought out a dozen or so large iron pots from the camp, set them up on the open space, and placed a lot of wood underneath to burn them. The soup in the iron pots on top was bubbling non-stop. Everyone can smell this fragrance, and Feiyu County and Changzhou County can also smell a lot.

"Duck gizzards, duck necks, duck feet, pig small intestines, etc. should be stewed in another pot. Isn't the old stewed pot in our camp still there? Just use that stewed pot, add more ingredients, and put peppers too."

The cook from Xun Feiguang's house came to sit in charge, "Don't save on spices, don't save on firewood, the aroma has already come out, let's continue the fire."

"When the water is about to boil dry, let it boil, don't put cold water!"

"Where is the rice wine that the second master ordered? Hurry up, it's time to pour the rice wine."

The hands of many soldiers slaughtering pigs and plucking duck feathers by the river were red with cold, but everyone had smiles on their faces.The same is true for the soldiers who go up the mountain to cut firewood, burn bricks in front of the kiln, and tend vegetables in the fields. Everyone's faces are full of enthusiasm.

"Good wine and good food, it seems that your end has passed a good year ahead of schedule." Hu Naiqing walked around the camp, seeing this scene and couldn't help but sigh.

"What's the matter, we will be more lively here after the Chinese New Year." Shen Ge said with a smile: "I see, there is less wine in the camp, and we have to brew another batch for the Chinese New Year."