Similarly, after explaining how to use it, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin left. Each of them wore two protective suits and had insect repellent on their bodies. The journey was relatively smooth.
Dr. Dai wasn't home, and Xiang Qing was at Li Jingjing's place, so they didn't go to Dr. Dai's house. The two of them walked back.
In some places, the dead insects weren't disposed of in time, and they crunched when you stepped on them, giving Xu Lin goosebumps.
Having not been out for a long time and wanting some fresh air, Xu Lin was driven to the brink of despair by the ubiquitous insects, making her want nothing more than to go home.
To distract herself, Xu Lin looked at the houses along the roadside. Some were spraying insecticide, some were catching insects with nets, and some had their doors tightly closed, probably because they didn't dare to come out without protective clothing.
On the way, we encountered an elderly woman who had died from insect bites. Her children were transporting her to a designated location for cremation. Everyone moved forward in silence, for tears are the most useless thing.
It's seven o'clock in the evening outside, and the sun is high in the sky, as if it's playing a joke on its followers.
Back home, the two took off their outer protective suits and threw them away, keeping the inner suit which was still intact for the next time.
"The daytime hours have now reached 20 hours. The polar day is not far away," Zhou Pin said.
"In the previous life, there was the midnight sun but no insect plague. In this life, the midnight sun and the insect plague come together."
"Don't think about it too much, let's get to work." Zhou Pin pulled Xu Lin to work in the space.
Today, while preparing to make pig feed, Zhou Pin suddenly remembered that he had said he was going to slaughter a pig but had forgotten. So, he and Xu Lin caught the biggest boar and let it contribute to the culinary world.
There are already more than 30 pigs in the pigpen. Only one intact boar was kept for breeding, and the other young boars have all been gelded by Zhou Pin.
Xu Lin first prepared the tools for slaughtering the pig.
Originally, it consisted of a wooden frame for gutting, a slaughtering table, a stove for removing hair, a lasso similar to a horse lasso, but shorter and thicker, which could be used to lasso the pig and also to beat it while blowing it up, a pig-lifting stick, a hair-scraping scraper, and a pig-slaughtering knife, commonly known as a "pig-lifting stick" or a "pig-slaughtering knife".
The tools used for selling pork included a large cleaver, used to remove the pig's head, trotters, and chopped parts. The cleaver was thick-bladed and heavy, with even ends. There was also a smaller cleaver (a deboning knife), lighter and sharper, used for cutting meat and removing bones; it was commonly called a "second-hand knife" because in the past, meat and bone were not separated. The best knives used in the slaughterhouse were forged in Ciyutuo and Ganyuzhuang, with Ganzheng knives being the most famous; nearby craftsmen preferred using Ganzheng knives.
Before slaughtering the pig, the trough must be emptied. When slaughtering, the pig, with its four legs bound, is lifted onto a long table. Zhou Pin kneels on the pig's body with one leg, holds the pig's chin with one hand, and forcefully pulls it backward to expose the throat. With the other hand, he holds a sharp knife and thrusts it straight into the pig's heart. Then, he flips the knife and pulls it out, causing blood to gush out immediately. This blood flows into a pre-placed blood basin (add salt if making blood tofu, omit salt if making blood curd). The hand holding the pig's chin shakes its head and presses on its abdomen to drain the blood from its cavity.
After killing the pig, untie the ropes binding it, and make an incision about an inch long on the upper side of the hind leg, about an inch from the hoof. Then, insert a "stick" through this incision. First, thrust it straight up to the ear, then pull it back halfway and thrust it up the back and abdomen. After thrusting the top, pull the stick back and thrust it under the skin of the groin down to the lower leg.
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