The Return of the General to the Field

Chapter 18 Kill the New Year Pig

Today is the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the elders of the old village are planning to kill the New Year's pigs today.It is considered late in the old family to kill the New Year pigs. Most of the people in the village have already killed the New Year pigs when they are in their teens.

There are no middle-aged men in the old man's family, so Meng Wu should go to help today as a matter of course.

"Awu, here we come." Meng Wu and Xia He walked into the yard of the elder's house, and the deputy chief, Meng Dequan, and his husband Liu Fang had already arrived.Liu Fang greeted Meng Wu and Xia He warmly when he saw Meng Wu and Xia He walk in.

"Uncle, it's really early for you to come."

"That's natural. Brother He and Uncle are going to boil the water, Ah Wu, you go and catch the pig out with the other guys, the people are almost here."

So Xia He followed Liu Fang to the kitchen to boil hot water and prepare some things that he would need next.

The kitchen of Lao Lichang’s house is very large, and there are two large stoves in it. These two stoves are not usually used, and they are only used when roasting wine or on days like today.

At this time, there were many brothers sitting around the stove, young and old gathered together, some were looking at the fire, some were steaming rice on the usual stove, and some were washing For bowls and chopsticks, put the washed bowls and chopsticks in a large bamboo basket for later use.

"Brother He is here!" Xu Wei, who was sitting in front of the big stove, greeted Xia He.

"Looking at Brother He's appearance, I must be having a good time these few days!" Meng Chun, who was washing the dishes, also joked.

"You guys! Don't tease Brother He, the preparations are about to start outside. Are all the things needed?" Liu Fang asked. "Brother Ran, you and Geer He go to the field with baskets on your backs to pick some vegetables, more garlic, onions and so on." Neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, delicate and dignified, with a pair of slightly raised eyes always smiling.He married into the deputy chief's family five years ago, and gave birth to a fat boy in the second year, which is really enviable.Liu Fang is a kind person, and Meng Kui knows how to love his husband, so Xu Ran can be regarded as the object of envy in the whole village.But he knows how to be a man, easy to get along with and dignified, and he doesn't attract jealousy. He has the meaning of No. 1 young married brother in the village.

"Brother He, let's go! Let's go get the baskets. We need to pick more cabbage and moss. There will probably be a lot of people today."

"Okay" Xia He also likes this brother very much. When Xu Ran married to Mengjia Village, it was the time when Xia He was going to see him, and it was also the time when Xia He's heart was gradually dying.Xu Ran has all the things that he never dared to ask for, but every time he compares Xu Ran with himself, he believes that there is really a happy life in the world that he expects.Perhaps no one will ever know that Xia He used to like to masochistically compare Xu Ran's life situation with his own. This made him feel comforted. It's not that there is no beauty in the world, but that he has no blessings. Here, he relied on Xu Ran to imagine the beauty.Unexpectedly, by chance, I have already got what I was so envious of, or even better.Xia He unconsciously touched the wooden hairpin in his hair.

"Brother Ran, where do we go to pick vegetables? Is it the vegetable field at the head of the village or at the foot of the back mountain." Xia He asked.

"Let's go to the village head! It's closer, and the road is easier to walk." Xu Ran walked out while answering, and Xia He followed to the village head.

Today's weather is not good, the weather is overcast with a vast white mist.I didn't realize it in the village, but when I got out of the village, I realized that the road was covered by fog, and the vegetable fields on the other side of the river could only be vaguely seen.Xia He and Xu Ran were walking on the small road in the field and chatted nonchalantly, "Brother Ran, you come to pick vegetables!" "I found it, a lot of radishes are in my back basket!" Lang Geer replied cheerfully.

"Brother He, this hairpin is very unique, where did you buy it?" Meng Yuer asked seemingly casually.

"Your brother Meng brought it back to me from the town yesterday, and it's not anything special."

"Brother Yu, this isn't..."

"Yaoyao, what are you talking about!" Meng Yuer stopped Meng Yaoyao from continuing, and said to Xia He and the two of them, "Brother Ran, Brother He, Brother Yao and I will go back with Brother Lan first, don't delay Your time, Mrs. Liu is still waiting for your food."

"Okay, Lan Geer, you have to be careful and go!"

After the figures of Xia He and the two gradually disappeared into the distance, Meng Yaoyao said indignantly: "Brother Yu, isn't it that you have already set your sights on it and saved three months of money for it, planning to go to the next market day?" The hairpin you bought back? How could it be in the hands of that ugly monster! He also deserves..."

"Yaoyao! Where's your upbringing?" Meng Yu'er cut off Meng Yaoyao's words before she finished speaking. What's the point of saying these things even if the hairpin is inserted into someone's head?Ignoring Meng Yaoyao who was still muttering, Meng Yuer stared at the increasingly clear village in a daze. The dark hickey on Xia He's neck that she had just glanced at inadvertently flashed in her mind, and she felt unwilling: green sandalwood Hairpin, enduring love.Xia He, He De He Neng...

Xia He and Xu Ran walked into the yard talking and laughing. At this time, the big New Year pig had been disembowelled, and the bright red blood was put in a wooden basin. Meng Kui and another man were processing the pig's internal organs. Cut off part of the liver to stir-fry.Meng Wuze and several other men were cutting up the whole pig. The limbs and head were cut off separately, and the rest were divided into long pieces of meat of similar size.Holding a sharp knife in one hand, Meng Wu pressed the pork on a rectangular table with the other. The pointed end of the sharp knife pierced into the tendon of the pork obliquely. Meng Wu pulled it hard, and a piece of meat was cut neatly. down.

Beside them were lots of loops of rope that the buddies had twisted out of brown leaves, which were used to thread pork and hang it on the bacon rack.

As soon as Xia He put down the pannier on his back, Xu Wei walked over to him and said, "Brother He is back, I have been waiting for you for a long time to cook with your Uncle Liu, you can wash these dishes quickly, It's going to be cooked soon!" "Okay! I'll go right away." Xia He put the vegetables in a big basin, and carried the basin to the large water tank outside the kitchen.

Meng Wu watched Xia He put the basin on the ground, and picked up the water ladle to draw water from the water tank. He frowned, seeing that the work in hand was almost finished, he walked towards Xia He with a piece of pork belly. "Ahe, take this piece of meat to the kitchen, Uncle Liu is in a hurry." "Husband, I still have to wash the vegetables!" "I'll do this, you take this piece of meat in first." "Okay then " Xia He didn't think much, took the meat from Meng Wu's hand and walked to the kitchen.

Everyone was busy performing their duties, Xia He was busy setting the table, putting the dishes on the table, "Dinner is ready!" With Uncle Liu Fang's shout, everyone quickly finished their work , Gathered in twos and threes.

"Hey~ I told you to hurry up and you didn't listen, you see it's too late!" Meng Tao's family heard the sound before they arrived, and the smiles on the faces of Liu Fang and the others quickly turned cold when they heard the false voice and complained. down.But it's not appropriate to make a fuss on such an occasion. Who in the village doesn't see Meng Tao like this?

Meng Tao was not embarrassed, and pulled Meng Xing to sit beside his brother. Next to them were Xu Wei, Meng Yaoyao, Meng Yu'er, and Meng Dashuan's new husband, Brother Liu.Xia He sat at another table next to Xu Ran.

The men were chatting all over the place, the old Lichang's homemade wine was very strong, and Meng Wu also drank it quite refreshingly.Most of the men in the Tian family are straightforward and kind, and drinking with them is easy to make people happy, which is why Meng Wu insisted on returning to the field.

Brother Liu has been working hard to integrate into this village since he was bought by Meng Dashuan. Don't think he doesn't know. The brother of Mengjia Village has a good word, the husband of Meng Dashuan's family!But it's from a rich family!Who doesn't despise his lowly status in private.He looked at Meng Yuer, the fairy in the village beside him, glanced at Xia He's hair frequently, smiled with the corners of his well-shaped mouth bent, pressed his body in Meng Yuer's direction, and said softly: "That green sandalwood hairpin is really unique! Brother Yu thinks so too! Right?"

The author has something to say: There is a cutie who wants to go with me, and Meng Wu will call Xia He "Ahe" from then on.