Everyone was speechless. Zhou Guilan must have dreamed that a toad was singing birthday songs to her.
It turned out that the black eggs Qiu Yaoyang held that day were toad eggs. He thought that little frogs would hatch and give his mother a surprise.
"The eggs that are white and in strips are those of frogs..." Qiu Guangdong muttered softly beside him.
Just then a tiny toad jumped out from the threshold.
When Qiu Zongping saw this, he immediately lost his composure and pulled Qiu Yaoyang out from behind Qiu Guangdong.
Qiu Guangdong wanted to stop him again, but Qiu Zongping said directly, "Don't worry, Village Chief. I know what I'm going to do. I definitely won't beat him to death."
After saying that, he grabbed Qiu Yaoyang's collar and dragged him into the house. Qiu Yantang ignored it. This was his family affair, and if it happened to her, she would think that the beating was too light.
The prey was quickly pulled to the small square. Qiu Guangdong also specially sent people to make several stoves with red bricks, each with a large pot on top.
The water has started to boil.
"First pull the living pig over and collect the pig's blood. You can make the blood sausage later." Qiu Guangdong said to Wei Dengzhi. The intestines had to be washed thoroughly before use, so he let them deal with it first.
Jin San usually did the job of slaughtering pigs. Today, he held a machete and said, "Little Ancestor, you've worked hard. Why don't you go back and have a rest? We'll call you when we're done."
Qiu Yantang waved his hand and sat next to a group of children, watching them slaughter the pig. The taste was not very good, but the atmosphere was particularly good!
"I'll watch you kill."
After two lifetimes, this was the first time I saw them slaughtering a pig in person, and I was quite excited.
The key to slaughtering a pig is to kill it with one blow.
A large basin was filled with pig blood and was taken aside. When the pig was completely motionless, Qiu Zongsheng and others began to pour hot water on the pig. The wild boar's fur is relatively thick, so it must be scalded thoroughly.
After the scalding, two people began to scrape the pig hair, and then Jin San continued to deal with the next one. The rest of the pigs had basically been bled on the mountain, so they just needed to be scalded with boiling water and the hair scraped off. If the scalding was done well, the hair roots would basically not be left in the skin.
There were also roe deer and chickens. While everyone was there, we processed them all together and cleaned them up neatly.
Jin San saw that the first wild boar had been shaved. The skin color of wild boars and domestic pigs was different. Domestic pigs were white and plump after depilation.
The wild boar's skin is somewhat gray.
After that, he began to divide the wild boar meat. Qiu Yantang felt a little scary watching him chopping the bones vigorously.
"Jin San, don't use brute force."
Qiu Yantang may not be good at anything else, but he is good at butchering an ox.
Jin San scratched his head awkwardly. "There's no butcher in our village, and we don't have many opportunities to practice. We've always killed like this."
Hearing this, Qiu Yantang felt that Qiujia Village was really miserable. Not only did they have nothing, but there was not even someone who could kill pigs.
If pigs are raised on a large scale in the future, someone will have to kill them. In fact, Qiu Yantang is thinking quite long-term.
"Let me demonstrate it to you." Qiu Yantang walked up and took his knife.
After taking it, Qiu Yantang first cut the pig in half. As for the internal organs, she asked someone else to take them away for cleaning.
She continued to cut up the pork. "Let's not talk about whether you use brute force or not. Every piece of pork has a different degree of fat and tenderness, and the cooking methods are also different. If you want the pork to be delicious, you need to use specific methods for specific parts. This pork belly is suitable for braised pork, or you can cook it and slice it and put it in sauerkraut. These spareribs are suitable for..."
As Qiu Yantang spoke, he showed Jin San each piece of meat. The pork belly was layered and tasted very different from the dead meat in Houqiu.
When others watched Qiu Yantang cutting pork, they thought it was like a painting. As for Jin San, he really looked more like a butcher, chopping the meat with a lot of chopping motions.
"This little ancestor is so amazing, she even knows this!"
This is a skill her master gave her. She never expected it to be useful. Besides killing various animals, she can also cut hair, shave, lay bricks, and catch fish with her bare hands...
Soon the whole pig was cut up, and the meat, one part at a time, looked much more pleasing to the eye when placed there.
"And the roe deer, it's the same thing. Forget it, I'll share it with you today."
Looking at so many preys, Jin San can only do it by himself, but it will take a long time.
"Thank you, little ancestor..." Jin San was so touched!
Just at this moment Qiu Zongping came over, followed by Zhou Guilan and Qiu Yaoyang. It seemed that the family of three had reconciled.
"Little Ancestor, I'm here to help too. I'll bring the scale over so you can see how much is appropriate for each person."
Qiu Yantang estimated that the five wild boars weighed about one thousand kilograms, but the bones and other things had to be taken into account, so the meat alone would only weigh about six hundred kilograms.
As for the roe deer, the total weight is only about 600 kilograms.
"We won't separate the pheasants and rabbits. We'll set up two separate stoves, soak some mushrooms, cut some potatoes, and stew them. When the time comes, each family can share some. For pork, children can get half a pound, and adults can get one pound. For roe deer, adults can get one pound. The rest will be pickled at the village office, and we'll make a big pot of rice during the busy farming season to supplement everyone's nutrition."
Everyone was happy when they heard this. In this way, adults could get two pounds of meat and children could get half a pound of meat, so even families with many people could have a prosperous New Year.
And when the time comes, the village will definitely organize people to go into the mountains.
"Try to distribute it evenly. Everyone else wants the fat meat, but the educated youth don't get any. If they want it, they can buy it. Today's meal is the same too. You can set the price."
Qiu Yantang's relationship with Lan Qiqi and Fan Tuan is only relatively good, but they cannot touch the interests of the village.
The educated youth did not originally belong to this village, and they did not participate in today's hunting. If the spoils were divided among them, it would be unfair to the villagers.
As for Qiu Yantang, although she is also an educated youth, she is more of a native of Qiujia Village and the main force of this hunt.
"Little Ancestor, what do you want?"
"Pig's head, pig's trotters, and spareribs!"
Qiu Yantang didn't bother to be polite with them and spoke directly.
"My dear, those are not good, they are all bones. Look at this piece of pork belly, there is more fat and less lean meat. This must be very delicious..."
Qiu Zongping felt that Qiu Yantang didn't need to compromise herself for the sake of everyone.
Looking at his expression, Qiu Yantang probably knew what it meant and looked at him helplessly.
"Is it possible that I just like eating thin food..."
It’s not that she can’t eat fatty meat, but it’s too greasy. Moreover, the meat on wild boar meat and ribs is more tender. As for pork and pig’s trotters, they can be eaten cold as a snack.
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