Chapter 617

"That's right, even if they are caught, they can't be eaten, and they can't be sold. Mom sent them everywhere, and there is still a small jar left." Lin Xiuqing pulled his hand and wanted to walk back.

But Ye Yaodong stopped after just turning around.

"That's not right. Isn't our shop planning to open for business after the New Year? Just send the fish sauce to the shop to sell then. People from inland don't eat fish sauce, but people in our city should eat fish sauce, right?"

"Search when the time comes. If you don't want it, or can't finish it, just throw it into the shop to sell. We don't think it's rare here, and no one wants it. If it's in the city, maybe someone likes it. Rural local goods, the city doesn't produce them, transportation is not developed, and there is a lack of circulation."

Lin Xiuqing thought about it and felt it made sense. Dried fish was not rare in their countryside, but it was quite popular in the city.

Fish sauce was eaten locally, seasoning and enhancing freshness. It should be able to sell a bit in the city. It's better than a jar piled up at home. Relatives and friends had already sent it all over.

"Then are we waiting here to catch fish? Are you not going to the old house?"

Ye Yaodong shone the flashlight on the water surface again, "How can we wait here? The cold wind is freezing to death. Just look. I'll shine it. These fish have phototaxis. If the flashlight hits the water surface, if there are these small fish underneath, they will boil and jump on the sea surface themselves."

"It was caught like this last year. If it didn't jump up, it's estimated that it's other fish. The tide is rising there, and it's not easy to go into the water to catch it in the cold winter."

Lin Xiuqing pushed him, "Then I'll shine here and look, you go to the old house first?"

Ye Yaodong looked at her shrinking her neck, the cold wind kept pouring into her neck, and she was still looking up at him. He smiled, stroked the back of her head, kissed her, and then hooked her neck and walked back.

"Forget it, you'd better go back to the house. It's so cold outside, clothes are not worn well, and no scarf is tied. The whole person is shrinking like a quail. What are you doing outside? Nothing to do with you, go back and wrap in the quilt. I'll come back and take a look after going to the old house. Anyway, the tide is rising there, and it won't fall so fast."

Lin Xiuqing was held in his arms, smiling sweetly, "It's okay, I'm not cold. If there are fish jumping on the sea surface, I can also catch some back. We can make more fish sauce and sell some money. It's just that looking just now, it seems there is no movement?"

Spending 13,000 to order a big boat, although only 5,000 deposit was paid, the final payment was still several thousand. Taking all the money at home, it wasn't enough to pay the final payment. She felt a sense of urgency when she thought about it, and she was also eager to make money.

Although she knew she didn't have the ability and couldn't make big money, mosquito legs were meat no matter how small.

"Hmm, it's also possible that it's other fish, so it didn't show its head, only under the water, and didn't appear, so forget it. Don't catch a cold, you go back to the house, I'll go to the old house to see."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, nodded obediently in his arms, "Alright, come back early, and you can still take a nap."

"Hmm."

The couple paced back and forth to their small nest, with their backs to the sea, and didn't see the ripples on the sea surface not far away, dyeing circles of ripples.

After Ye Yaodong sent Lin Xiuqing back home, he heard the sound of her locking the courtyard gate before he felt at ease and walked to the old house.

Lin Xiuqing stood in the courtyard and stood on tiptoe to look outside the wall. Seeing the faint light of the flashlight swinging further and further, she took a look before taking back her gaze, reached out to tighten the collar of her collar, and walked to the house, continuing to lie back and take a nap.

It was only past 2:00 AM, and the village was quiet, silent, and the cold wind was blowing, especially when walking to each intersection or open space without houses.

Ye Yaodong shrank his hand holding the flashlight into his sleeve, wore a hat on his head, tied a scarf around his neck, and only his hands were exposed, a bit cold.

Just as he walked to the entrance of the old house, he heard the noisy sound of talking at the back door, and the loud screaming of pigs, and as he walked closer, it was accompanied by the sound of knives sliding on the whetstone.

When he walked to the back door, a pig-killing scene appeared before his eyes.

A big fat pig had its four limbs tied to a wooden stick, unable to struggle at all, unable to move, and was placed on a wide wooden frame, making a piercing howl, while several men in black cotton-padded clothes and rain boots stood beside the wooden frame. It was his father, his eldest brother, and his second brother.

His mother and second sister-in-law were burning boiling water on the side, and a big iron pot was set up in the open space.

The butcher held a long knife, sliding back and forth on a whetstone on the side, and from time to time picked it up to look at it. The sharp knife light flashed under the faint light.

"Came so late? Fortunately, didn't count on you to help." Ye Mu muttered, and then took her gaze back from him.

"Delayed by something, doesn't look late, anyway, haven't started killing yet. With so many of you, catching a pig and tying it up, isn't it simple?"

Ye Mu pouted, glanced at him, and didn't say anything.

Ye Erge smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, there are enough people, and there's no need to do anything else. Do you want to go back and take a nap?"

"Came here, I'll watch here. Haven't seen how a pig is killed yet? After killing, buy some fresh meat and pig internal organs by the way."

Ye Yaodong walked back and forth along the wooden frame while talking, watching the big fat pig struggling constantly, making a sound of "yi yi yi" in its mouth, "By the way, has this pig been weighed? How many jin?"

"Weighed, just lifted and weighed before putting it up, 208 jin."

"Raised quite well. After the spring, we can catch a few more piglets, raise a few more. Anyway, Second Sister-in-law is idle, feed some pig grass every day, and can have more income in a year."

In this era, people don't eat very well, let alone pigs. Having 200 jin is already a big fat pig.

Ye Ersao also smiled and said, "That's what I think. After the spring, catch a few more piglets. I heard that those who raise pigs in the past two years have made a fortune."

When they were talking, the butcher also stopped the action of sharpening the knife, wiped the knife body with a rag, scraped it with his thumb, and felt it was sharp enough.

"I'm starting."

"Alright, starting, starting to kill the pig."

Ye Mu kicked the big flower basin on the ground, aimed it at the pig's head, and waited to catch the pig blood.

Pig blood is also a delicious dish after being cooked.

The butcher stabbed the sharp knife into the pig's neck. The big fat pig made a heart-piercing scream, struggling in shock and fear, but the binding rope was tied tightly, obviously unable to escape.

Fresh blood instantly gushed out, constantly flowing along the pig's neck, staining the whole pig head red, and at the same time, the bright red pig blood flowed into the basin on the ground with a splash.

In an instant, the air was filled with the smell of blood. There was a big hole in the pig's neck, and the endless pig blood was still flowing down, and the tied limbs were still twitching there.

After waiting for a while, they lifted the pig to the iron pot, turned it over and over, used boiling water to scald, and removed the hair.

After finishing, the butcher opened the pig's belly, and the sharp knife was like cutting a hole in a sack, breaking it with one stroke.

The crowded internal organs were still warm when they were taken out.

"Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, do you want the pig internal organs?"

"If you want them, just take them."

Ye Ersao hurriedly patted Ye Yaohua, glared at him, and said, "Pig stomach and pig waist won't do. We want to keep the pig stomach to stew chicken ourselves, and the pig waist is to supplement your Second Brother. Others can be given to you."

"Then sell me the pig heart and pig liver later. I'll ask others to buy pig stomach and pig waist when it's dawn."

Ye Eldest Brother smiled and said, "Then sell me the pig lungs and large intestines."

"Ask him to buy them after Zhang Butcher finishes killing."

Ye Mu pointed to the basin of pig blood that was still dripping, "Do you want to keep the pig blood? It can be a basin after being cooked. You can divide it and take it to stir-fry cabbage, and you can eat it for two days."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "I can."

He didn't think it was too much. This kind of pig raised by his own family is hard to eat in the future, and it's cold now, so it can be kept if it can't be eaten.

"Then keep it. I'll take it back to the room to cook a pot later, and divide it for you after it solidifies..."

Ye Ersao was the happiest. Raising a pig for half a year, she could eat meat and make money, which made her more determined to catch two more to raise after the spring.

Their family chatted lively there, and the butcher also skillfully emptied the internal organs in the pig's belly, threw them into a large wooden basin on the side, and put the pig head together.

"Then you divide the internal organs yourselves, I won't take them away. Do you want to keep any piece of meat?"

"Want."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly told him the parts and weight of the meat he wanted.

The butcher skillfully cut on the pig's body and cut down the parts he wanted.

Ye Yaohua also followed closely and said the parts and quantity he wanted.

A whole family left a bit, and divided 1/4 of the pig.

Ye Yaodong bought the most, and the 20 yuan he brought out was all spent, and then he carried a bucket full of pork and walked back.

And the butcher lifted the remaining pork onto his flatbed cart, preparing to rush to the next house to continue killing. With the New Year approaching, there were exceptionally many families killing pigs in these few days, and he had to rush to kill them before dawn.

At this time, the sky was still pitch black. From the time he came to watch the pig killing to the cutting, it took a total of two hours. In this cold winter, it would be dawn at 6:00.

The three brothers walked and talked and laughed.

Ye Yaopeng also expressed that he would also catch two or three piglets to raise after the spring. Just now, Ye Yaohua sold a pig for 180 yuan, which stimulated him a bit.

If he raised three, he could have five or six hundred yuan more in a year.

No wonder those who raised pigs last year could raise a ten-thousand-yuan household. It's a pity they didn't have the conditions and time, otherwise they would raise a few more.

"Dongzi, do you want to raise?"

"Don't raise! It's too dirty and smelly. Aqing has to take care of the children and has no time. Eldest Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, you are relatively idle, so you raise it."

Earning 180 yuan for a pig, he really didn't look at it now. Raising pigs is not an easy job. There is no need to make the wife at home so tired. Anyway, he can make money.

In the previous life, she raised him, so in this life, it's his turn to raise her.