The simple wood-room behind the Li family's house has taken shape after being carefully sorted out by Li Shaoan and gradually looks like a greenhouse.

The outside of the woodshed is baled with straw to ensure that there is a good insulation layer, and the cold air outside will not enter, and the heating inside will not run out.

In order to further improve the insulation effect, Li Shaoan also used yellow mud to seal all the gaps inside and outside the house, so as to ensure that there is no accident.

If you do a good job of keeping warm, the next step is the drainage project. In a warm greenhouse environment, the air humidity is relatively high, and drainage issues must be properly handled. If they are not handled properly, it will cause waterlogging.

Li Shaoan dug a water dig along the corners of the four walls. The condensed water vapor in the house will flow along the sink to the outside without causing siltation.

After both insulation and drainage are solved, the next thing to do is circuit. Incandescent lamps are needed to illuminate and heat up in the greenhouse, so it is essential to lay out the circuit well.

After Li Shaoan and Li Shaoguo brothers worked hard for a day, the routes in the greenhouse were completely laid out, everything was ready, and only the shelf for cultivating seedlings was not allowed.

Li Shaoan drew a sketch on the paper, and then the two brothers immediately started making it. This kind of rack has several layers, and each layer can be placed on the pallets, which can be used to cultivate seedlings. There are four such racks in total, placed against the four walls of the greenhouse.

The greenhouse, which originally had little space, became smaller after putting down four shelves, and the space was only enough for one person to walk around. However, this was exactly the effect Li Shaoan wanted. This was the main battlefield for him to cultivate rice seedlings in the future.

Li Shaoan's greenhouse came to an end, and then it was the annual most lively program in the Li family, killing the New Year pig.

On this day, the three brothers worked together to kill the pigs that had been raised for a year, and the children at home were also particularly happy, because killing the New Year pig means having meat. It is rare to eat a meal of meat all year round, and only during the Chinese New Year can you eat it.

Tan Hongxia built a earth stove on the floor behind the house, set up a large cast iron pot, filled it with water, and boiled it. This step is a preparation step for killing the New Year pig. Only after burning the water can you perform the next action.

Li Shaoguo and Li Shaomin grabbed the pig out of the pig pen and pressed it on a solid wooden table. Li Shaoan put his hands on the side and pressed the pig firmly on the table to prevent movement.

Li Shaoguo held the pig-killing knife in his hand and stabbed it into the pig's neck with a knife. The white knife went into the red knife. The pig pressed on the table screamed, and bright red blood gushed out of the wound.

At this time, Tan Hongxia brought a basin that had been prepared and placed under the table to catch all the pig blood. After these pig blood coagulated, they were extremely delicious food. They could be used to put them in hot pot or fried directly for eating.

When the blood in the pig's body is completely discharged and no longer moved, then throw the pig into a special large wooden barrel, which is specially used to kill pigs.

After the pig was thrown into the wooden barrel, it poured the water that had just boiled in. When the water was burned, the pig's hair immediately fell off.

Li Shaoguo was holding a small iron shovel that specialized in shaving pig hair. This tool looked a bit like a tiled piece and skillfully shaving pig hair.

Tan Hongxia cooperated with her husband to pour boiling water on her body. A fat pig worth more than 200 kilograms was peeled to pieces.

Then, Li Shaoguo used a knife to cut a hole in the pig's hind leg. This hole was very particular. Its function was to blow air into the pig's body.

Because pigs are not a perfect cylinder, there are always many corners and corners. Pig hair in those places is difficult to scrape, so you need to blow it inside, so that the pig will be blown up and will be scraped where it cannot be scraped, making the pig cleaner.

At that time, slaughterhouses with conditions were generally equipped with a pressure pump that specifically encourages pigs to breathe, but in rural areas, people rely on their mouths to blow.

Blowing pigs is a technical job, and it is not enough to have lung capacity alone. Li Shaoguo's craft is very powerful and can always blow pigs round and bulge.

After blowing the pig, I found a straw rope, tied the hole in the pig's legs tightly, and continued to pour boiling water to wipe the hair.

Scrape the pig's hair thoroughly, then find a hook, hook it to the jaw, drop the whole pig on the wooden frame, and break the belly.

The knife was inserted into the chest and cut down along the chest cavity, and the internal organs fell to the ground.

Pigs are full of treasures, pig hearts, pig livers, pig belly, pig waist, pig intestines, etc., which are all good ingredients.

Li Shaoguo picked up the pig intestine on the ground and asked Li Shaomin on the side with a smile: "Do you want this pig intestine?"

"No, my Jiajia doesn't like to eat these, she just likes to eat meat." Before Li Shaomin could speak, Ma Hui next to her frowned and looked disgusted. Just smelling the smell made her feel disgusted and waved her hands repeatedly.

Li Shaomin actually likes to eat pig intestines very much, and his favorite taste is that flavor. He originally wanted to take it back and get it for wine, but when he heard his wife say this, he was afraid that Ma Hui would not be happy, so he had to give up immediately.

Li Shaoguo smiled honestly and said, "What about the others, pig liver, pig waist..."

Ma Hui smiled pretendingly and said, "Brother, thank you for your kindness. We don't want any of these. Just give me a few more pieces of pork belly and pork ribs at that time."

Li Shaomin refused: "My family has three people in total, so I can't finish eating too much. My elder brother would stay by himself and let my sister-in-law make bacon."

Ma Hui immediately became unhappy and glared at Li Shaomin, saying in a bad tone: "Who said that three people can't eat much? Jia Jia needs nutrition when she is growing up. Wouldn't it be good to eat more meat?"

Li Shaomin hurriedly defended: "I don't mean that."

Ma Hui cursed: "What do you mean?"

Tan Hongxia couldn't watch it, so she came up to smooth things over, "Okay, it's OK, this New Year's Day, don't hurt the harmony between the couple, and then cut a few more pieces of good meat."

Li Shaoan remained silent and sneered in his heart. Looking at his third sister-in-law Ma Hui's performance alone, he tried his best to take up more when he was sharing the meat later.

Ma Hui was like this when she killed pigs every year, for fear that there would be fewer people in her hands. Fortunately, everyone in the Li family didn't care about her and turned a blind eye to her and followed her.

Li Shaoguo handed another piece of pork butter to Tan Hongxia and asked her to boil lard.

The stove and water-boiled pot just now were used directly. Tan Hongxia quickly chopped the pork oil and then put it in the pot to squeeze the oil.

Soon, the aroma of lard was scented in front and behind the house. Li Songlin, Li Songshu and Li Jiajia came to the back of the house as they smelled the fragrance and clamored to eat oil residue.

The oil residue that has just been fried out of the pot is fragrant and crispy, and it leaves a fragrance when biting in the mouth and teeth, especially these children's favorite snacks.

The man killed pigs and cut meat on the side, while Tan Hongxia cooked lard on the side, and the children played and played in the yard. This scene was like the most ordinary rural families, killing New Year pigs and welcoming the New Year.

"Sister-in-law, can you give me a few more bottles of lard after refining? My Jiajia loves lard bibimbap." Ma Hui looked at the shiny lard and couldn't help but smack her lips.

"This..." Tan Hongxia was a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid there will be more this year. Your elder brother means to send some to my cousin and sister-in-law."

"My cousin?" Ma Hui didn't remember that there was such a person for a while, and she thought it was Tan Hongxia who was deliberately perfunctory to her.

Tan Hongxia said: "It's Chen Chunlan who lives at the entrance of the village."

"Oh, it's that widow in Shen..." Ma Hui realized that she was unrestrained and said the wrong thing, and immediately changed her words: "It turns out that my sister-in-law is talking about Chen Chunlan. I forgot that her man and our family are cousins."

The man who sank Chunlan in Ma Hui's mouth was Ma Ming. His mother was from the Li family. Later, she married a family named Ma who moved from another place to give birth to Ma Ming and was considered cousins ​​with Li Shaoguo's generation.

However, Ma Ming said a few years ago that he went to work in the southeast coastal area, but there was no news after he went there. He had never returned to Tieshan Bay, had never sent a telegram to his home, nor had he written a letter to his home. It seemed that this person had disappeared from now on, leaving his wife Chen Chunlan to live alone at home.

"It's rare that my elder brother can still remember his cousin's wife. I am really envious of my sister-in-law." Ma Hui said sourly.

Tan Hongxia knew the implicit meaning of her, but she didn't care about it. She smiled and said, "It's all relatives. If you can, you can help. Your elder brother is just a good person."

Ma Hui was quite unhappy and complained about Li Shaoguo's actions. She didn't take much care of her family, but she actually took care of her broken relatives who could not be beaten. However, she still pretended to be grateful and said, "That's right, Shaomin and I have thanks for our elder brother and sister-in-law over the years."

"Everyone is a family, and I'll just say this." Tan Hongxia said with deep meaning: "Will Shaoan rely more on our brothers and sisters-in-law to help you in the future?"

A few days ago, Ma Hui talked about Li Shaoan's gossip about him in the village. These gossips were more or less reached Tan Hongxia's ears. Due to the face of his sister-in-law, he could not say that Ma Hui was wrong. He could only give a note of it intentionally or unintentionally to let Ma Hui pay attention to her future behavior.

Ma Hui is a shrewd and powerful woman. After hearing this, she can’t tell the meaning. Fortunately, she has an advantage, that is, even if she is pointed out by someone, her face will remain unchanged and her heart will not be beaten.
Chapter completed!