After traveling through the book, I realized my wish in my previous life

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the team has notified the villagers of the date for slaughtering the New Year pig. For some families in the village, this is their only source of meat in the year.

Baihua Village raised a total of eight pigs, and then they slaughtered the pigs and distributed the meat on this day. The amount of meat was also distributed according to the number of work points.

The more work points you earn, the more pork you get; the fewer work points you earn, the less pork you get.

From the moment the piglets were bought, the people in charge of pig farming in the village took good care of them, and many children in the village also cut grass for the pigs every day in exchange for work points.

It is no exaggeration to say that pig farmers care for their pigs more than they do for humans.

We hope that they will grow fat and strong by the end of the year so that we can get more meat when we slaughter the pigs.

Such an important matter as slaughtering pigs is still carried out in the threshing ground. After all, the area here is large and convenient for practice.

In the middle of the threshing ground, an area was cleared for slaughtering pigs.

There was no butcher in Baihua Village, so one was invited from another village.

In this era, pig butchers are very popular among people. Many people want to have good relationships with them and hope to get some pork from them.

Master Li, who was invited to Baihua Village this time, is well-known in the nearby villages.

With very rich experience and skilled techniques, we can slaughter and process pigs quickly.

In modern terms, that technology is amazing!

The team leader arranged for the women in the village to boil some hot water first, which would be used to remove the pig hair later.

Other people in the village also came to help or watch the fun.

When everything was ready, a large group of people, along with a few strong men, went to the pigpen to tie up the pigs and carried them to the threshing ground.

Perhaps the pigs also felt the unusual atmosphere today, and they kept yelling "Ah~Ah~Ah~"!

The butcher, Master Li, was wearing an apron around his waist and standing in front of the chopping board with a sharp butcher knife in his hand.

The villagers helped to hold the pig down on the chopping board to prevent it from moving around.

Master Li touched the pig's neck with his hand, found the right position, and cut it with a knife. The pig let out a shrill scream, struggled a few times, and then gradually became motionless.

The flowing blood was collected in a large, clean wooden basin. Pig blood is a good thing, and it would be a pity if it flowed onto the ground.

After slaughtering the pig, the villagers worked together to lift the pig into a large wooden barrel and poured boiling hot water on the pig.

Master Li and his apprentice took a razor and scraped the hair off the pig vigorously.

As they moved, the hair on the pig fell off piece by piece, revealing the white and plump pig skin.

The next step is to process the various parts of the pig. The pig's head, pig's feet, and pig's internal organs are placed separately, and the other parts are cut into strips by Master Li and placed on the chopping board.

After all the pork has been processed, it is time to divide it.

Shen Xiaoxia and the others waited until the pig was slaughtered before coming over. They were timid and couldn't bear to watch the scene.

When the pork was distributed, everyone lined up consciously.

Everyone's face was filled with joyful smiles.

The village accountant took the work point book and calculated and reported the weight, and the people next to him weighed according to the number he reported.

When it was Shen Xiaoxia's turn, she looked at the chopping board and saw lean meat, fat, pork belly, and ribs.

Most people in the village like fatty meat, followed by pork belly, and few people want lean meat and ribs.

Shen Xiaoxia didn't lack meat, but she didn't want fat either, so she finally asked for lean meat and ribs.

Because few people want these two kinds of meat, and in everyone's eyes, they are not considered "good" meat, so the amount can be slightly larger than fat or pork belly.

But not much more.

In the end, Shen Xiaoxia got about two pounds of lean meat, three ribs, and a pig's trotter.

Carrying the meat back to the Youth League Home and putting it in the kitchen, Shen Xiaoxia looked at the pig's trotters on the chopping board. It was too late to cook it at noon, so she planned to make stewed pig's trotters with soybeans in the evening.

Pig's trotters stewed with soybeans is a dish that Shen Xiaoxia likes very much, but it takes a lot of time to stew.

Shen Xiaoxia planned to stew more this time and keep it in the space to eat slowly!

Take out the soybeans you need and soak them in advance.

At noon, Shen Xiaoxia cut some lean meat, fried an egg, and made a bowl of egg and shredded pork noodles, and also added some green vegetables.

Everyone was given meat today. At noon, the entire Youth League compound was filled with the aroma of meat.

After lunch and cleaning up the kitchen, Shen Xiaoxia took out three more pig's trotters from the space, adding to the ones she got today, a total of four.

First, they need to be cleaned up. There is still a lot of hair on the pig's trotters. Shen Xiaoxia sat on the chair in the room, took out tweezers, and pruned the hair on the pig's trotters.

The busy work lasted until mid-afternoon. Shen Xiaoxia looked at the time and felt that it was time to start preparing. She liked to eat softer pig's trotters.

Cut the pig's trotters into small pieces, light a fire, and first blanch the pig's trotters in water.

Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, add the chopped pig's trotters, cooking wine, ginger and scallion segments, bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the foam.

After blanching, take out the pig's trotters and wash them again with clean water.

Put oil and rock sugar in the pot, and when the sugar turns brown, pour the pig's trotters in and continue stir-frying.

Then add cooking wine, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, ginger, star anise, bay leaves and other seasonings in turn and stir-fry.

After the aroma comes out, Shen Xiaoxia adds the soaked soybeans and water into the pot. Because it takes quite a while to stew, Shen Xiaoxia adds more water.

All that's left is to wait for it to simmer.

After the pig's trotters were stewed, Shen Xiaoxia took a bite. The trotters were soft and glutinous, fat but not greasy. Because they were cooked at just the right temperature, the meat and bones could be separated with a slight stir.

The soybeans were also stewed to blend the aroma of meat and soup. Shen Xiaoxia also stir-fried some vegetables and took the rice directly from the space.

For dinner, Shen Xiaoxia ate a bite of pig's trotter with soybeans, a bite of green vegetables, and a bite of rice, and she enjoyed the meal very much.

Shen Xiaoxia packed the remaining pig's trotters and put them into the space so that she could take them directly when she wanted to eat them later.

After eating too much for dinner, Shen Xiaoxia saw that it was not completely dark yet, so she planned to take a walk in the yard to digest the food.

Han Zhuxin watched Shen Xiaoxia wandering around in the yard and came out to join them. Zhao Lingling saw both of them in the yard and ran out as well, "Did you two cook meat today?"

Shen Xiaoxia nodded, "Yes, I stewed the pig's trotters, I think it's quite delicious."

Han Zhuxin also spoke up, "I made some braised spareribs, and they tasted pretty good."

Zhao Lingling looked at the two of them and said, "I made braised pork! Oh, meat is still delicious! I really want to eat meat every day!"

Shen Xiaoxia and Han Zhuxin looked at each other and laughed!

Now you want to eat meat every day, but when you can really eat meat every day in the future, you won’t want to eat it anymore!

Shen Xiaoxia has no obsession with eating meat. Instead, she likes to eat the seasonal vegetables that she grows herself. They are all pure natural organic vegetables, which are hard to come by in modern times.