Pig Killer

Chapter 126

Neighbors all said, "That's right, that's right, how can you not sell this castrated pork!"

"Look, we've been here a long time ago to line up."

"This is a reward for everyone's help with the summer harvest." Shen Hui'e looked at them apologetically and said, "Sorry."

"So are we going to make pork tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid you won't be too satisfied with the pork tomorrow." Shen Hui'e pursed her lips and looked at them and said, "This castrated piglet has only grown this big. The farmer will definitely not sell it to me. If you want to eat pork, you can only eat uncastrated pigs."

"The difference is huge. We could eat pork from the past without smelling castrated pork. How can we eat it now?"

"That's right, that's right, this is torture."

"Brutal torture."

"Then I really have no other choice." Shen Hui'e turned the bamboo dragonfly above her head, helpless, and then said, "These castrated pigs can't be sold until the end of the year at the earliest. It takes time for pigs to grow."

"How can we live like this?"

"I will definitely start slaughtering pigs tomorrow, but these pigs..." Shen Hui'e gave them a look that said you know what I mean.

"Pig butcher, are you sure this pig can still be sold?"

"That's right, that's right, I can't eat any more."

"There will always be someone to eat it. My butcher stall has not been open for more than half a month. Aren't you craving for meat?" Shen Hui'e said seductively with a smile on her lips.

"Uh……"

Not everyone can guarantee this, especially since they are used to eating pork in this way and have long been craving for it.

"If we hold on for another half a year, the piglets will be fully grown, and we can eat them to our heart's content then." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "Pigs are growing fat very fast right now."

"What else can I do if I don't wait?"

"Don't you want this broth?" Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep and clear black eyes as she looked at them in frustration.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Wait a minute, we'll go back and get the clay pot now." All the people ran away, each one faster than the other.

"Mother, what shall we eat?" the big insect looked at her eagerly and said, "There is nothing left."

"I have some pork left! It's stored in the well!" Shen Hui'e said in a low voice, winking at him, "Let's do it behind closed doors later."

"Great!" The tiger wanted to jump for joy, but he suppressed his excitement.

After the broth was served, Shen Hui'e waved her hand and said, "You pull the mill to thresh the wheat, and I'll make dumplings."

"Great!" The big insect jumped up and down happily and said, "Mother, the leeks are not tasty anymore."

"Let's eat fresh wild vegetables. After blanching them in water, they won't have such a strong vegetable smell." Shen Hui'e said to them with her bright eyes.

"Yeah!" The cat slave nodded vigorously.

Shen Hui'e took down the millstone, tied a thick hemp rope to it, and asked them to wear straw hats and pull the stone mill to thresh the wheat ears under the scorching sun.

Fortunately, the front and back yards are big enough to store the harvested wheat.

After the wheat is threshed, it needs to be winnowed, and a wooden shovel will pick up the grains and scatter them into the air.

The wheat husks mixed in with the wheat grains will naturally separate when blown by the wind.

"Hey, hey... this wheat husk is also good for making a pillow." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at the fallen wheat husk, "The wheat straw is a bit too hard."

"Listen to my mother." The big insect looked at her with its black eyes and smiled, "Gather them, wash them and make them clean."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e said, looking at them with bright eyes.

"Mother, this cobblestone ground is uneven, and it's not easy to shovel." Li Nu stomped on the cobblestones under his feet and said.

"Uh..." Shen Hui'e said shyly, smoothing the hair by her ears with her hand, "Everything has its pros and cons. You can't take all the advantages."

"It doesn't matter, we can just pick them up one by one." Cheng Donglai looked at them gently and said.

"Every grain of rice is stored in the warehouse." Shen Hui'e said to them with her gentle eyes.

"Ah! We still have to go to the fields to pick up wheat ears!" Li Nu suddenly remembered that every year after the summer harvest, they, the children, would carry baskets and go to the fields to pick up wheat ears. They could pick up a lot!

Some people are so careless when harvesting wheat that they can pick up a sack!

"Go!" Shen Hui'e said, looking at them gently.

The children went to the fields to pick up wheat ears. The family threshed the wheat grains and dried them naturally in the sun, but there was no dryer.

From time to time, Shen Hui'e walked barefoot back and forth on the wheat, turning it over.

The weather was good. When threshing, winnowing and drying the wheat, there was no cloudy or rainy day. It was sunny with no clouds in the sky.

"Let's weigh the wheat." Shen Hui'e actually took great pains to weigh this year's wheat harvest.

"Wow..." Da Chong looked at her with his eyes wide open and said, "The yield per mu is more than 200 kilograms!"

"That's twice as much as ours!" Cheng Donglai stared at her in astonishment, "How did you do that?"

"We still need fertilizer." Shen Hui'e looked at them with bright eyes and said, "Plus, the weather was good this year, and the thunderstorm did not cause any actual damage, so the yield is high."

"Is it okay to eat white flour every meal like this?" Da Chong asked her with his bright black eyes.

"Pay taxes, and see after you pay them." Shen Hui'e said to them with her dark eyes.

I don't know if the taxes are harsh now!

Isn’t it true that a cruel government is more ferocious than a tiger?

"What do you mean by paying the tax and seeing what's going on?" Shen Changsheng strode in and said, "The wheat has been dried, right?"

"It's well dried." Shen Hui'e smiled at him with her clear moon-like eyes, and reached out to grab a handful of wheat from the sack and said, "Look at the wheat grains, they are full and golden, so beautiful."

"It's better than previous years." Shen Changsheng said with a smile as he looked at the wheat in her hand, "Newly harvested wheat will definitely taste good when cooked. Have you cooked it yet?"

"I ate it, I ate it. I ground some new wheat first!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with curved eyebrows and said, "The new wheat is really delicious."

"Is everything at home dried?" Shen Hui'e asked him with concern, looking at him with warm eyes.

"It's all done. We've got wheat drying in the front and back yards, and we've also dried some on the way." Shen Changsheng said with a smile, "We just filled the sacks today."

"Sit down, let's sit down and talk." Shen Hui'e pointed to the bench under the shade of the tree and said, then looked at her son and said, "Go get two fans."

"Hey!" The big bug went into the house and took out two straw fans and handed them to them, saying, "Here."

Shen Hui'e gently fanned herself as she looked at him and said, "Have you weighed the wheat? What's the average yield per mu?"

Shen Changsheng smiled brightly as he looked at her and said, "We have weighed it, we have weighed it. The average yield per mu is about 200 catties." He smiled and said, "It has increased a bit compared to last year. In previous years, it was more than 100 catties, less than 200 catties, but this year it is more than 200 catties." He pursed his lips and said, "There is still not enough fertilizer, so I just applied it once."

"Yes! We should raise more chickens or more pigs." Shen Hui'e nodded vigorously when she heard this.

"I plan to raise some more at home." Shen Changsheng looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "I am full of energy now." He smiled and said, "Look at the wheat ears and you will know that the harvest this year is good."

"When should we fertilize the corn?" Shen Hui'e asked him with her glassy eyes.

"Wait until the ears of grain emerge before applying fertilizer. It's needed right now!" Shen Changsheng looked at her with eyes as bright as jade and said, frowning slightly, "It's just that there's not much fertilizer. I guess it can't take care of everything." It was a great pity.

"There's nothing we can do about it. If we give the fertilizer to the wheat, we won't be able to take care of the corn at the same time." Shen Hui'e looked at him helplessly with her ink-black eyes.

"Fortunately, the yield of corn is better than that of wheat, otherwise we would have no way to survive." Shen Changsheng looked at her gently and said, blinking, "You just said to pay taxes."

"Well! In the past, it was Da Chong's father who went to do this. This year I will go. How are we going to pay the tax?" Shen Hui'e looked at him without blinking with her deep eyes.

"We are not in a hurry, we can just go to the county government and pay it." Shen Changsheng smiled and said, "It will arrive in no time." He smiled and said, "The harvest is good this year. This wheat may not be enough to feed us with white flour every day, but it is still okay to have one meal a day."

"You have to pay such a high tax!" Shen Hui'e said to him with raised eyebrows.

"It's not as good as before. In the past, we had to pay 80% of the wheat to the nobles. We only had white flour to eat during the New Year and other festivals." Shen Changsheng said with great disgust, "Greedy guys." He pursed his lips and said, "Eat wild vegetable dumplings. Now I don't even like wild vegetables."

"You don't like dumplings made with wild vegetables?" Shen Hui'e joked with a smile.

"Uh..." Shen Changsheng finally said, "It's OK!" He took a deep breath and said, "You can see from the bamboo slips how those nobles treat us common people: just like livestock that can speak human language, life and death depend on their thoughts. The harvest in the fields belongs to the nobles, and we just have to work, just like old oxen, eating wild vegetables and chewing tree bark, as long as we don't starve to death." He added sarcastically, "By the way, we should know some etiquette and respect, and we can't offend the nobles."

"Life is much better now." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright eyes.

"Yes! This land has been distributed to us common people, and the remaining nobles have been moved to the capital by the emperor." Shen Changsheng said happily, "They are no longer a nuisance to us."

That's fine, Shen Hui'e thought to herself, and then we can live a peaceful life.

What else can be made with this noodle? Shen Hui'e pondered in her mind that steamed buns and steamed bread must have fermented old dough.

Steamed buns were invented by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.

It seems that the fermented dough has to be made at home.

"Second sister, second sister?" Shen Changsheng waved his hand in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Shen Hui'e came back to her senses and looked at him.

"That's why I asked you what's wrong. What are you thinking about? You're so engrossed." Shen Changsheng looked at her with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"I'm wondering what else can be done with this flour." Shen Hui'e looked at him brightly and said.

"You can come up with more tricks!" Shen Changsheng looked at her in surprise.