Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

I was half asleep when I heard the pigs squealing.

The sound was miserable and harsh.

"Qingyan, why are you so noisy?"

"Second sister-in-law, you forgot that we are going to kill the New Year pig today."

"Oh, yes, I forgot everything."

"Are they all here?"

"Well, the killing has already begun."

"Okay, are the work clothes ready?"

"We have finished making four sets for the maids and have asked Xinnian to take them over. We are still working on the rest. In about two days, everyone's second set will be ready."

"Okay, then you decide on the arrangements. Let's go and watch the New Year pig being slaughtered."

"OK, all right."

When Zhao Yuanzhen arrived at the scene, she found that a pig had been slaughtered and its blood was being collected.

The other one was still struggling.

Zhang Sandao took the pig-killing knife and stabbed it directly into the pig's neck. He used a basin to catch the knife before pulling out the knife.

The pig's blood flowed into the basin along the cut.

When the blood has almost flowed out, pour hot water on the pig over and over again.

Scald the pig bristles, then rub them with a brick and the bristles will fall off.

The white pig skin is exposed.

With so many people around and the work done efficiently, all the pig hair was removed in no time.

Cut off the pig's head and hang it up with a rope.

The pig's head and trotters should be frozen, and then the pig's head can be cooked and eaten when the dragon raises its head on February 2nd.

Start to gut the pig and carefully remove its internal organs.

Especially the pig intestines, they must not be broken, otherwise the pork will be contaminated.

A group of people were washing pig intestines.

Cut the meat into pieces.

Two large pots are filled with dried cabbage, which everyone calls dried cabbage.

For this dried cabbage, choose tender young cabbages, braid them into long pigtails, and dry them in the sun.

When eating, cut into small pieces, wash clean, and blanch in boiling water several times.

Then squeeze out the water.

When slaughtering the pig, put it in a big pot, and put large pieces of clean pork, pig bones, and stuffed pig blood sausage.

This is the famous pig-killing dish in the north.

As there were so many people, Zhao Yuanzhen ordered two large pots of pig-killing dishes to be cooked.

The large bones and meat put into the pot were almost enough for a pig.

In another large pot, rice was steaming.

It was not yet noon, around 10 o'clock, but the pig-slaughtering meal was ready.

The kitchen cut the pig blood sausage into large plates, one plate of thick blood sausage and one plate of thin blood sausage, put the cooked pork and dried cabbage into a large bowl, cut the pig liver into a large plate, put the pig bones in a basin, and put the cooked pork slices on a large plate.

To prevent the food from getting too spicy, the kitchen added two more pickles.

There were eight dishes on the table, and Zhao Yuanzhen also brought out several jars of wine.

There were 6 tables, including those who helped with the pig slaughtering, those who were invited from the village to eat the pig slaughtering dishes, and some family members.

The servants will sit down at the table later.

Before eating, I sent someone to deliver the food to both shops.

Zhao Yuanzhen picked out the best meat, vegetables and sausages and kept some of each for Zhao Yuanlan to eat.

These people really eat a lot. There are so many people, 8 of them, 65 servants, and villagers who come to help and invite, a total of more than 120 people. They must eat a lot.

Two large pots of vegetables with meat, big bones, pig blood sausage, pig liver, etc. They were all eaten up.

Fortunately, I saved it for my eldest brother in advance.

There was no limit, everyone ate to their heart's content. Everyone's lips were greasy from eating so much.

It is difficult for rural people to eat as much meat as they want.

Today, everyone in Qinghe family had a great meal at the pig-killing dinner.

I haven't had a drink in a long time.

They were all a little tipsy.

From fleeing to settling down, and to today's meal, everyone feels as if they have truly escaped those dangerous days and can live a stable life from now on.

When sending Zhang Sandao and Sun Zhangshi back, I also gave my sister-in-law another piece of meat, which weighed more than 10 kilograms.

Let them make dumplings.

Wu Erping held the meat happily and praised it to Zhao Yuanzhen in various ways.

Although my sister-in-law has shortcomings, she knows how to handle current affairs.

The butcher had already helped cut the meat into small pieces that were easy to take out and placed them in a large vat.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked someone to move the large vat into the warehouse.

Of the two pigs, only more than 200 kilograms of meat, ribs, pig heads and pig trotters were left.

She felt a little greasy after eating lunch, so she asked Lan Ying to wash a plate of Nanguo pears and send them to her room.

I felt much better after eating the pears.

Take a nap. I've been busy lately and haven't had a nap for a long time.

"Mom, my uncle is back."

"Well, I'll go right away."

I put on my clothes and went out, and sure enough, Zhao Yuanlan came back.

He also brought a carriage.

The carriage was loaded with stuff.

"Brother, you're back. Are you going to start your rest?"

"Yes, you can rest at home tomorrow."

"That's good, come inside."

"Xiaohui, find someone to clean your uncle's room carefully again and check for any missing parts."

"Okay, mother."

Then he took people to clean and check for any missing items, and purchased all the missing daily necessities.

"Little sister, ask someone to carry these into the house."

"Uncle, please come into the house. I'll go call someone."

Zhao Yuanzhen led Zhao Yuanlan into the house, and soon Zhang Xinnian brought people to move the things and placed them in the main room.

"Brother, why do you buy so many things? We already have everything at home."

"It's almost Chinese New Year, I'll buy you some gifts, and when Xiaohui comes back, I'll share them with you."

"Okay, thank you, big brother."

"Thank you, uncle."

"Why are you being polite? We are family."

"Brother, have you eaten yet?"

"We've had lunch. Let's eat together in the evening."

"Ok."

After chatting for a while, Qian Xiaohui came over.

Zhao Yuanlan began to distribute the gifts.

The two large fur coats belong to Xiaohui, one for Zhijuan. The two large coats belong to Xiaohui, one for Zhijuan.

Felt boots, one pair per person.

A jade crown, jade belt, jade ring, and one copy for each person in the Xin year.

He also gave Xin Shu a set of four treasures of the study.

2 sets of gold and jade headpieces, belonging to Zhao Yuanzhen.

There are also two cloaks, one light purple and one dark orange, belonging to Zhao Yuanzhen.

Two pairs of jade bracelets, one pair for Zhao Yuanzhen, one each for Xiaohui and Zhijuan.

A set of gold locks, gold collars and gold bracelets is for Zhang Zijin.

"Okay, we're done."

"Thank you, brother, I like it very much."

"Thank you, uncle. I like it too."

"Thank you, Uncle. I like it very much, too."

Zhao Yuanlan ruffled Xiao Zijin's hair and held him on his knees.

Little Zijin was so shy that he just sat there obediently and didn't dare to move.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Yuanlan went to wash and take a shower. He had been in the military camp for several days and was too busy to take care of himself.

Zhang Xinbai found a smart servant to serve him.

"Mom, uncle, this is too expensive. Mine looks like it's made of fox fur."

"Me too."

"This is given to you by your uncle, just take it."

"Okay, mother."

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the new jade bracelets, which were a little inferior to the previous pair of imperial green ones, but the quality was also very good.

That pair of imperial green coins was so nice that Zhao Yuanzhen usually didn't dare to wear them for fear that they would be broken if she wasn't careful. The value was a nine-digit number.

This pair can be worn. Although it is not cheap, it is not nine figures.

Put on the two bracelets, they are just the right size.

The more I look, the more I like it.

As expected, the jade DNA in one's bones cannot be changed. Zhao Yuanzhen picked some of the vegetables she had planted and bought some ordinary food.

Let Qian Xiaohui prepare dinner well in the evening.

He also took out a few jars of good wine, which he had collected from the palace.

At that time, Zhao Yuanzhen did not dare to accept many of the delicacies and tea in the palace, for fear that accepting them too freely would arouse suspicion.

Who knew that they were all stolen by the servants? Although Zhao Yuanlan recovered most of them, some were still lost. It feels so unfortunate.

Qian Xiaohui prepared 16 dishes for dinner, all of which were classic and delicious dishes in the cookbook.

The family ate and chatted, occasionally having a few drinks.

I enjoyed the meal very much.

When I turned around, it was already past ten o'clock.

I just packed up and went to bed.

Twenty-four, clean the house.

There is a folk saying that goes "On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, dust the house and sweep the floor."

Dust off the floor and sweep away all the bad luck and misfortune.

Break away from the old and establish the new, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, ward off evil and disasters, welcome good fortune and blessings, and celebrate the New Year happily.

Starting in the morning, everyone started cleaning the house with high energy.

The order of cleaning the house is to organize first, then clean.

Qian Xiaohui and her colleagues are already tidying up the warehouse.

Because there are a lot of things in the warehouse, some of which cannot be shown to others, so only those who have taken the loyalty pill are cleaning them up.

While cleaning, record the items, categories and quantities in the warehouse.

Arrange all items neatly according to their types and categories, and record any small quantities, and check for any missing items tomorrow.

The things that need to be prepared and purchased for the New Year are also recorded.

After the New Year, it is the first month of the lunar calendar. The custom of the first month of the lunar calendar is that you cannot spend money before the fifth day of the New Year.

In this way, you will have money coming in throughout the year and money will not go out.

So before the Chinese New Year every year, everyone will buy a lot of things and store them, because many shops will not be open during the first month of the year.

After everything was put away, I began to wait for time.

Seven sweeps gold, and eight sweeps silver. That is, noon from 11:1 to :. Because in the twelve earthly branches, noon and wei are ranked seventh and eighth respectively.

Noon and 3 p.m. are the times when Yang energy is strongest in a day. Sweeping the house at this time indicates clearing out all the dirty and dark things.

Seeing that the time had come, everyone took a big broom and started sweeping the house.

He swept while muttering to himself.

A sweep of the stars.

2. Sweep the floor to make it clean.

Three sweeps of human spirit.

Four sweeps will bring prosperity to the house.

Five sweeps bring a good harvest.

Six sweeps and everything will be peaceful.

Seven sweeps will bring health to the whole family.

Eight sweeps bring prosperity.

Nine sweeps will bring smooth sailing and success in everything.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched and felt the strong sense of ritual.

Sweep the house clean and start putting away the chipped and broken bowls. Broken bowls cannot be used during the New Year, as it is unlucky.

The stove must also be tidied and cleaned, waiting for the Kitchen God to come back.

Yesterday was the Little New Year, and we sent off the Kitchen God.

It was held by Zhang Xinbai, the head of the family.

Clean up the incense table and arrange various sacrificial items.

Then light incense and pay respect.

Then recite the Kitchen God Mantra three times with great reverence.

After reciting the Kitchen God Mantra, once again thank the God of the Year, the God of the Moon, the God of the Sun, the God of Time, the God of Wealth, the God of Fortune, and the God of your destiny for their protection.

This is not only a sense of ritual, but also a pious belief and the expectation for a better life.

Zhao Yuanzhen was quietly feeling the warmth and warmth of life, which immediately surrounded her, giving her a sense of belonging and peace of mind.