Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are killed to cut the New Year meat.

It was a day without snow. The sun shone brightly on the snowy ground. The whole Hsinchu Village was bustling with activity. Every household was ready to slaughter the pigs they had raised for a year to have a prosperous New Year. Uncle Wang did not plan to slaughter the boar and sow that he had captured earlier. Instead, he discussed with Uncle Liu's family and decided to slaughter the ones raised by Uncle Liu.

The laughter and playing of the children in the village lingered in an open space. Well, all the villagers gathered here. Rows of tables were set out, and each family drove the pigs to be slaughtered here. Everyone rushed forward, and with the pigs' cries, the men killed the pigs. The women were not idle either, and they all started to process the pigs. Even the children and the girls in the village were no exception. Everyone was responsible for their own pigs.

On the other side, in a large pot set up temporarily, there were pots of boiling water. Two elderly women were sitting there watching the fire and reminding the village chief's children not to play here. Perhaps the children in each family had been warned by the adults at home, so everyone was very sensible and knew that this was a dangerous place. The older children watched the younger children and no accidents happened.

Xu Yuan had already given many instructions to Guozi and the other two, asking them not to come over here, and that children should not rush over when the adults were working. At this moment, the two of them were standing far aside, staring at the adults slaughtering pigs with Gu Qingming and Liu Xiaoyu. They were afraid and curious, wanting to watch but not daring to.

"Brother, how many tons of braised pork can we eat with such a big fat pig?" Xuanyue asked curiously, pulling the fruit standing beside him.

"I don't know, but I'm sure you'll eat it until you get sick of it." Guozi estimated.

When Xuanyue heard this, he was even happier. How could he get tired of meat when he had it? Next year, when his elder sister brought back the piglets, he would raise them well, make them plump and white, and try to make them bigger than this year's. Then the family would have no shortage of meat. The more Xuanyue thought about it, the wider his mouth widened.

On the other side, the fat pig with its hair shaved and its belly cut open was placed on the table, and all the pig's internal organs were taken out and thrown into the bucket.

When Xuyuan saw the pig intestines, he had an idea.

The internal organs can be eaten after being cleaned up, so no one threw them away. Even though the table was full of meat, no one disliked those internal organs. When Xu Yuan asked the aunts from various families to buy pig intestines, they were all surprised and generously cleaned them up and gave them to Xu Yuan.

"Silly girl, what are you talking about? This little bit of small intestine is not a good thing. Just take it. Why are you asking for money?" Grandma Pan smiled kindly and said to Xuyuan.

"Yuan girl, have you thought of something new? " Aunt Li at the side suddenly asked, having a flash of inspiration.

After all, this girl has a lot of clever ideas. Thanks to her, there are many families that have no food to eat now.

"Well, I have an idea, but let me try it first."

Once it's done, it's just one more recipe.

"Okay, then we'll just wait for Yuan girl to succeed. If you need any help, just let me know." Xu Qing said gently from the side.

"it is good."

Xu Yuan nodded and continued to work with the pig intestines.

Several pigs were piled up here, and even if the whole village was mobilized, it would take some effort. At the suggestion of Village Chief Gu, everyone contributed some rice, added the washed pig livers, pig tongues, rice intestines, some pork and ginger, and cooked two large pots of pig porridge. Lunch was solved here.

Everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Gu Qingming held a wooden bowl in his hand, squatted on the ground, and said with regret: "It's a pity that my brother and uncles can't eat such delicious porridge."

"We can't eat it this time. We can just wait for Big Brother Gu and the others to come back and cook it." Xuanyu said. In his opinion, they were just going far away to drive away the bad guys. They would come back naturally after driving them away. Big sister said that they would come back safely, and he believed big sister.

Xu Yuan came to the pot, looked at the steaming pork porridge, observed the surroundings, and seeing that no one was paying attention here, she waved her hand, and two large bowls of pork porridge disappeared out of thin air. If there was something good to eat, naturally someone had to be included, so it was a natural thing for her.

Thousands of miles away, Gu Qinghan was patrolling a place. He felt a strange sound in his mind and paused for a moment. He quickly returned to normal and saw two bowls of hot meat porridge and a note. The corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Awish, it’s true.

"What are you doing, Qinghan?"

Li Junyong's voice called back Gu Qinghan who was still in deep thought, and Gu Qinghan tightened his lips.

The person patrolling with him was Li Junyong. Although Gu Qinghan's movements were very slight, they did not escape Li Junyong's eyes, and he asked quickly.

After a period of running-in, Gu Qinghan and Li Junyong, who already had martial arts skills, were appreciated by their superiors. They were exempted from simple training and were assigned some simple but very important tasks.

The end of the year is approaching, the peace of the previous period is no longer there, and everyone in the military camp is on high alert.

Today it happened to be his and Li Junyong's turn to be on patrol.

"Nothing." Gu Qinghan shook his head slightly at Li Junyong and took the first step.

Gu Qinghan, our family has slaughtered the New Year pig. It's a pity that you didn't make it in time. Here are these two bowls of pork porridge for you and Li Junyong to try.

Gu Qinghan remembered the contents on the note and looked into the distance. Time had passed so quickly. A lot had changed in this year.

"Qinghan, should we send a letter back tonight?"

Li Junyong said vaguely that he missed home a little.

"Let's see the timing."

Gu Qinghan did not give a direct answer.

……

At night, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.

Xu Yuan gathered his thick clothes together, put some firewood into the fire, and looked up. He saw two or three pieces of chopped pork hanging there, and on the other side were intestines that were bulging like balloons. These were the casings of pig intestines that Xu Yuan had processed.

When Xu Zhi saw that this was completely different from the original intestines, she suspected that she had seen it wrong. What kind of magical technique could this be, to change it into this shape just like that, and she had clearly seen it without blinking.

Xu Yuan saw Xu Zhi’s dazed look and did not explain. To be honest, she was just trying it according to the method in her mind, and she also found it magical.

"Sister, just these things took us and the aunties in the village a long time to come up with. What do you think, if we succeed in the future, should we do this business or not?"

Xu Zhi found this very troublesome. If he couldn't sell it at a high price, he might as well eat it himself.