Chapter 181 It's time to kill pigs again (1)
"Squeak~" With a loud hissing, the very quiet morning of Lijiazhuang was immediately broken. Then the men and women in the village, old and young, came to the threshing ground outside the village, and the sounds of the adults were connected with the sounds of the children, which seemed very noisy.
Compared with last year, the population of Lijiazhuang has increased a lot. The main reason is that the bachelors in the village have solved the major marriages. They are mainly those of Liu's nephews and nephews. In Li Xiu's eyes, they are only half-baby. The oldest is only eighteen years old and the youngest is only fourteen or five years old. But now they get married early. Although Li Xiu thinks that early marriage is not a good thing, it is this kind of trend that he can't change at all. Even the government encourages the people to get married early, because early marriage can give birth to children early. Now the Tang Dynasty lacks population everywhere to fill it.
Just after most of the people from Lijiazhuang gathered in the valley, they suddenly saw Boss Liu bringing a group of people here. What surprised the people in the village was that except for Boss Liu, the people behind him were not from the village. A few sharp-eyed people recognized the Lizheng of several nearby villages, and some older old men came over with crutches, and some elderly people still needed young people to support them.
Boss Liu enthusiastically let the people behind him into the valley field. Some cushions were prepared in the valley field, and the children in the village had long been sitting on it without hesitation. As a result, when Boss Liu arrived, he immediately bombed them away and asked the people behind him to sit down. These people were either the Li Zheng from nearby villages or the virtuous old men. Some of the old men themselves were the Li Zheng from their respective villages. Boss Liu received the instructions from Li Xiu before and ran for a few days before he invited all of them.
"Brother Liu, how many pigs are you going to kill today?" As soon as she sat down, one of the old men with a bald head and only a few white hairs left, asked Boss Liu with a smile. Boss Liu said before that they were invited to eat pork today.
"Brother Zhao, don't worry. Today we killed two pigs. First, we thank God for not having any major disasters this year and the autumn harvest went smoothly. Second, we also gathered with the leaders of various farms. We can take care of each other when encountering any problems in the future. Don't rush to take action when encountering conflicts. After all, harmony is the most important thing!" Liu said with a smile at this time.
The relationship between Zhuangzi and Zhuangzi is actually very complicated, both marriages and struggles. For example, due to fighting for water and land, there may be armed fights, and it is common for him to die. So Boss Liu took this opportunity to propose that harmony is the most important thing.
"That's right, Brother Liu, your village has risen now, so don't forget to support us poor relatives in the future!" At this time, a young man said with a smile. There was a woman in his village who had just married into the Li family village, so it was not an exaggeration to say that relatives were.
Hearing the other party's words, Boss Liu hurriedly said a few humble words, but his face also showed a bit of pride. After all, since selling bean sprouts last year, each family in their farm has some family background, which also made many women in the farm willing to marry him. If his son was not too young, he would have been engaged to his son long ago.
Just as Mr. Liu was talking to the old man in the crowd, Li Xiu and Ma Ye came to the threshing ground with one person. When he saw so many people on the beating ground, Ma Ye was quite excited: "Good boy, you are so generous. You have invited so many people at once."
"Haha, today is a big day. Please invite more people to eat meat. They can also promote it when they go back. More people will come to invite him next year." Li Xiu said at the end and turned his head to look at Zhou Sanliang who followed Ma Ye and followed him, which was the eunuch who helped Li family crow pigs. Li Xiu has occasionally seen him this year, and he has almost no changes. He still looks timid when he sees people.
Zhou Sanliang saw Li Xiu looking at him, and immediately raised his head and smiled reluctantly, then lowered his head and looked at the road carefully, as if he would fall if he didn't look at the road. This also made Li Xiu shook his head helplessly. This person's humility was almost engraved into his bones. It seemed that it would be difficult for him to get rid of this problem for a while.
As soon as Li Xiu and Ma Ye arrived here, Boss Liu immediately ran forward to greet him. The other officials knew Ma Ye and also ran up to salute him. Speaking of which, they were all tenants of the princess's family, so naturally they did not dare to neglect Ma Ye. Although Ma Ye usually ignores those powerful people, he is very kind to these tenants.
After chatting with Li Xiu for a few words, Boss Liu immediately told someone to start. Then he saw the young and strong people in the farm led by Liu Dayan first led a pig to the center of the field. The pig was medium in size, thin and long, and seemed to have little meat.
However, when those insiders saw this pig, they all showed a look of desire. Although they were insiders, they were actually just tenants who rented the princess’ land to support the family. They couldn’t eat meat a few times a year. Moreover, in their opinion, this thin and long pig was already good, and even the pigs they raised might not grow as fat as this pig.
Liu Dayan had already become familiar with the pig killing. He and two young men pressed the pig down on the stone platform, and then stabbed the ox-eared knife in. When the knife was pulled out, a stream of blood immediately flowed out into the wooden barrel below. The whole process was clean and neat, which attracted people watching the fun to applause.
"Is this a castrated pig? It doesn't look very good?" Ma Master frowned and asked Li Xiu. Li Xiu had introduced to him before that the castrated pig would grow very fat, but the pig in front of him also looked very ordinary, and there was no way to see what was fat.
"Haha, Uncle Ma, don't worry, this is the pig of the same year that I asked Uncle Liu to buy from a nearby farm. As for the castrated pig raised in the farm, the castrated pigs raised in the farm have not been brought in yet!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time. There are two types of pigs killed today. The first type is the uncastrated pig in front of him. The second type is naturally the castrated pig. This is used to make a comparison, so that it is more intuitive and more convincing than anything else.
When he heard that his castrated pig was being taken to the field to slaughter, Zhou Sanliang, behind Li Xiu and Ma Ye, suddenly became excited. He knew that Li Xiu was doing this with sincerity. If the castrated pig could be recognized by everyone, more people would definitely come to him to castrated pigs in the future. Although this skill is not very brilliant, it can at least prove his value and he can stand up and be a human being in the future.
At this moment, Liu Dayan finally cleaned up the first pig, and then someone led the second pig up. When he saw this pig, the people in Lijiazhuang were nothing, but the people in the middle exclaimed, and some even stood up in shock. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!