Chapter 1456 Catching the New Year Pig

Previously, Yu Quanjin wanted to form a Yongxing caravan, so he told the mountaineers in the group to keep all the skins and bear bile.

The people in the brigade were very obedient, mainly because they saved them from running down the mountain.

These days, people in the forest area do not go down the mountain to buy new year goods like the Zhao family. They go to the market to buy some melon seeds, frozen pears, and sugar balls to celebrate the new year.

So under normal circumstances, no one wants to go down the mountain. They would not be happy if the brigade organized them to collect these things.

There are ten teams under Yongxing Brigade. There are thousands of people, and there are many people who run in the mountains. Needless to say, the rewards.

Zhao Jun took the book and looked at it, only to see that it was densely packed with names of people and statistics on the types and quantities of skins. They all had to start with at least twenty gray skins or twenty yellow leaves.

Zhao Jun turned back and flipped through five pages before ending.

At this time, Yu Xuewen raised his hand to gesture to You Zhijie. You Zhijie understood it and said to Zhao Jun: "In the past two days, we collected more than 800 yellow leaves for you. As for Huipi, he is in his early 500s. Five hundred and fifteen, or five hundred and eighteen?”

Zhao Jun was stunned when he heard this. He took the gray leather to Changshan and found a profit of four yuan for one piece and three yuan for the yellow leaf.

According to what You Zhijie said, the profit currently collected by Yongxing Brigade for him is only 5,000 yuan.

The key is that Zhao Jun doesn't have to pay for the capital.

"Zhao Jun, all the leathers and stuff are in the warehouse." Tao Dabao called Zhao Jun and said, "It's time. Come home with me and have a bite to eat. After you finish eating, I will take you to the warehouse. You have finished checking. , and then pull those things away.

After waiting for two days, we have collected all the money. We will call you again and ask you to come again. "

"Uncle Tao, Secretary Yu." After listening to Tao Dabao's words, Zhao Jun hurriedly said to the two giants in Yongxing: "Do you think this is okay? Let's put these things in your warehouse first. When we leave on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, I come here from home, pick up these things, and then go straight to Changshan."

"This..." Tao Dabao looked at Yu Xuewen when he heard this. Yu Xuewen nodded and said, "That's okay, isn't that the same thing?"

Anyway, it was his Yongxing Brigade who paid for it. It didn't matter to them when Zhao Jun came to pick up these things.

But for Zhao Jun, it was different. You have to take care of these things yourself after you get them home, so why not leave them in the Yongxing brigade?

Seeing that Yu Xuewen agreed, Tao Dabao smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "Come on, come home with me for dinner. After dinner, you can leave as long as you like."

After talking to Zhao Jun, Tao Dabao and Yu Xuewen said: "Lao Yu, I'm leaving then."

Yu Xuewen responded, stood up, exchanged polite words with Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang, and sent them out of the house.

After coming out of the brigade headquarters, the three of them got into the jeep and headed to Tao Dabao's house.

Tao Dabao's daughter-in-law Jiang Lan was taking care of her children at home. Jiang Lan was not prepared for Zhao Jun's sudden visit.

At this time, there was no need to rush to kill the chicken or turn the meat into meat. Fortunately, there were frozen dumplings at home, so Jiang Lan cooked dumplings for them.

Dumplings filled with sauerkraut and wild boar meat, with more sauerkraut than meat.

But the farmers are not celebrating the New Year, so if they can eat dumplings with meat, that is already a big deal!

This was thanks to Tao Dabao's strength. The mountain runners in the brigade hunted wild boars and often sent some meat to his family.

Zhao Jun and the others were at home, and the dumplings they ate were full of meat and eggs when they were bitten into the skin. Eating these dumplings out of the blue felt quite fresh, and it was a bit like remembering the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness.

While eating dumplings, Zhao Jun told Tao Dabao that he wanted to buy pigs from the Yongxing Brigade. Tao Dabao stuffed the dumplings into his mouth and said vaguely: "Okay, I'll go to the third team to raise them before you leave." If you are picky about the pigsty, you will be charged 75 cents for the pig. I won’t ask you for more money.”

"Uncle Tao, our..." Zhao Jun paused mid-sentence and said, "We need seven."

"Huh?" Tao Dabao, who had just picked up a dumpling, was stunned. The dumpling fell into his bowl and the soy sauce in the bowl splashed onto the table.

"Why did you buy so many?" Tao Dabao frowned and asked, "You can't use those for gifts?"

"Aren't there several of our families?" Zhao Jun said with a smile: "They all want to kill a pig to treat guests before the Chinese New Year."

"If there is a wild boar, just treat it." Tao Dabao said, but Zhao Jun laughed and said: "The wild boar in front of you is not thin."

Hearing what Zhao Jun said, although Tao Dabao lamented that this boy couldn't live a good life, he didn't say anything else.

After dinner, Zhao Jun and the others were ready to leave. When Tao Dabao accompanied them out, they happened to see Tao Fulin coming this way with his hands behind his back.

The old man came to see his grandson. When he saw Zhao Jun, Tao Fulin said in surprise: "Boy Zhao, why did you come here? Why didn't you get home?"

"I arrived before noon." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I came to have dinner with Uncle Tao after I finished."

After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Tao Fulin said: "Then go to your second uncle's house to eat."

"It's terrible, Mr. Tao." Zhao Jun said, "We have to leave soon."

"Dad!" At this time, Tao Dabao said to Tao Fulin: "You accompany Zhao Jun and others to the third team to buy pigs, and I will go back to the brigade headquarters."

"Buy pigs?" Tao Fulin was stunned and then heard Zhao Jun say: "Master Tao, we are thinking of buying a few pigs to take home as a treat before the end of the year."

"Let's go then." Tao Fulin waved his hand, and then said to Tao Dabao: "Boss, you go about your business, I will lead Zhao Jun."

After saying that, Tao Fulin followed Zhao Jun into the jeep.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Tao Fulin looked around and said to Zhao Jun: "Boy, your car is really good."

Zhao Jun smiled and drove out.

After walking more than four miles, the jeep entered the third team and stopped in front of a house under the command of Tao Fulin.

As soon as Zhao Jun got off the car, he was hit by a foul smell.

Behind the house was a pig shed, and there was a pile of shoveled pig manure next to it, which smelled terrible.

"Boy, come with me into the house." Tao Fulin waved his hand at Zhao Jun and said, "Call Bai Laoer."

The Bai Laoer mentioned by Tao Fulin, the couple raised pigs for the team, and Bai Laoer was also in charge of slaughtering pigs.

Tao Fulin was in front and Zhao Jun was behind. As soon as Tao Fulin opened the door, he heard a man in the room cursing: "Quiet, how many times have I told you? Ah? Pick up tofu, pick up the edge!"

"Quiet! You can stuff it in or not!" As the man cursed, a woman responded: "I serve you all day and you still do nothing... Oh, Uncle Tao is here!"

The woman saw Tao Fulin in the middle of cursing and hurriedly greeted him: "Uncle Tao, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten." Tao Fulin said: "What are you two arguing about?"

While Tao Fulin was talking, a man hurriedly came out of the house to greet him. This man was not tall, a standard axle man, with a face full of flesh.

This man was Bai Canhong, a pig herder and butcher of Yongxing Team 3, also known as Bai Laoer in Tao Fulin's mouth.

Bai Canhong came out and greeted Tao Fulin to the inner room

"I won't go in." There was an unpleasant smell in the room, so Tao Fulin said to Bai Canhong, "I have something to ask you. Have you finished eating?"

"I've finished eating. What's the matter, Uncle Tao?" Bai Canhong asked. Tao Fulin pointed at Zhao Jun and said, "This kid wants to catch a pig. You have to be big enough for him to catch it!"

"Oh!" Bai Canhong glanced at Zhao Jun and immediately said, "Isn't this Zhao Jun?"

Zhao Jun had been on the podium in Yongxing Brigade and was considered a little celebrity.

Seeing that he was recognized, Zhao Jun smiled and nodded to Bai Canhong, calling him "Master Bai".

"Pick up the table." Bai Canhong said to his wife, "I'll go catch a pig for Uncle Tao and the others."

At this time, Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, and Li Ruhai, who came in a jeep, all got off the car. The three of them followed Zhao Jun, Tao Fulin, and Bai Canhong to the pig house.

Li Baoyu and Jie Chen did not get off the car, because Li Baoyu had to drive the Jiefang car to the door of the pig house to facilitate the lifting of the captured pigs onto the car.

As they walked, Tao Fulin said to Bai Canhong: "Second brother, you can't always curse each other when you live together! If you make her angry, she will go back to her parents' home. Who will serve you? You are left alone. You can't even have a hot meal, and you are still eating tofu?"

"Hehe..." Bai Canhong smiled and said: "Uncle Tao, let's not talk about the old saying. Pick up tofu and pick up the edges, and talk about your wife."

The men here like to eat big tofu and dried tofu. It can be said that they can't eat enough of these two things.

Those who dare to open a tofu shop here must have excellent skills, otherwise they can't open it at all.

And here, big tofu is made with brine, which makes the tofu tender and smooth.

Tender tofu tastes good, but it is easy to break when stewed. The four edges of a plate of tofu are relatively hard and not easy to break when stewed.

Therefore, there is a saying that you should pick the edges when picking tofu.

Hearing what Bai Canhong said, Tao Fulin smiled and said, "Isn't your wife the third child at home?"

"Fuck her!" Bai Canhong muttered, "This woman is stubborn."

Tao Fulin smiled and stopped persuading Bai Canhong. Instead, he turned around and asked Zhao Jun, "Boy, your wife who has not yet married, what position is she at home?"

"She is a sister, and she has a brother and a younger brother." Zhao Jun was also curious after answering, so he asked Tao Fulin, "Master Tao, why do you say you should marry a third child? What's the meaning?"

I saw the correct version in the 16-9 book forum!

The "third child" that Bai Canhong mentioned just now must not be a mistress, but the third child at home.

"Haha." Tao Fulin smiled and said, "It's called San'er, but it's actually the old lump (gā) da (da), don't they all say that the little one is cunning?"

This word "cunning" is not derogatory, but means smart.

"Uncle Tao." Tao Fulin finished speaking, Wang Qiang smiled and said, "I heard that 'the big one is hurt, the small one is delicate, and the one who gets beaten and bullied is the waist'?"

Being in the waist means in the middle. Tao Fulin nodded and said, "Not bad, the child in the middle is not popular!"

After following Zhao Jun's education for the past two days, Li Ruhai has become much more sensible. Now he doesn't interrupt when adults are talking.

But at this time, Li Ruhai felt a little itchy, so he pulled Zhang Yuanmin and whispered in his ear: "Brother Zhang, what the old man said is not right."

"Huh?" Zhang Yuanmin was startled, looked at Li Ruhai and said: "What's the matter?"

"They told me that picking tofu and picking edges, saying that the wife said San'er is because..." Li Ruhai whispered in Zhang Yuanmin's ear: "The edges are fat, San'er is wild."

Zhang Yuanmin: "..."

Listen!

How can a fourteen-year-old child say this!

"Who did you hear this from?" Zhang Yuanmin asked, Li Ruhai said: "I heard it from Wang Dalong."

"Don't fight with him in the future." When Zhang Yuanmin said this, several people had walked to the door of the pig house, and the Liberation car followed from behind.

These days, pig houses must not be built with large tiled houses, they are all wooden houses, covered with yellow mud mixed with crushed hay, with windows in the front and back, no glass but sealed with plastic cloth to block wind and let in light.

Such a pig house is already very impressive, and only Yongxing Brigade has such conditions.

Of course, Yongxing Brigade did this not to make a big show, but the warmer the pigs are in winter, the fatter they can grow.

Zhao Jun saw a row of wooden houses with more than ten doors, and each door corresponds to a pig house.

"Pick the fattest ones for us!" Tao Fulin reminded him again, and Bai Canhong agreed repeatedly, and then led the group to the third pig house.

The single door was not locked, but propped up with a stone. Bai Canhong bent down and pushed the stone aside, pulled open the door and said to Tao Fulin: "Uncle Tao, what do you think of these four pigs in this pen?"

The house inside is quite large. There is no pig pen at the entrance, but an open field, and the pig pen only occupies three quarters of the space.

There are stones about one meter high around the pig pen, otherwise the pigs can break the wooden houses.

The ground of the pig pen is compacted soil. The side of the entrance, that is, facing the south, is the sunny side. On the right is the pig trough, and on the left side facing the window is the pig nest made of hay.

People say pigs are dirty, but in fact, pigs know how to be clean. They never urinate near their nests or troughs. They have special places to go to the toilet. At this time, there is a lot of pig manure in the northeast corner of the pigsty.

In this pigsty that is more than five meters long and five meters wide, there are four fat pigs. The smallest one looks to be more than 250 kilograms; and the largest one is 300 kilograms.

In this day and age, it is really not easy to raise domestic pigs to such a big size!

Seeing Bai Canhong coming in, the four pigs all got up, shaking their ears and tails and moving towards the pig trough.

This is a habit!

Seeing this scene, Tao Fulin asked Bai Canhong: "Didn't you feed them at noon?"

"Is that possible, Uncle Tao?" Bai Canhong said: "They all finished eating at noon, otherwise how could I have just eaten?"

There is no heating in this room. The sunlight can enter through the window during the day, and this room can be slightly better. But it is minus 30 degrees outside, and it is more than minus 20 degrees in this room during the day.

It was so cold that you couldn't pour too much food each time you fed the pigs, otherwise the pigs wouldn't be able to finish eating and would freeze in the trough.

At this time, there was a thick layer of pig food frozen in the trough.

In this case, you have to feed in small amounts and multiple times.

Bai Canhong and his wife feed the pigs three times a day, once in the morning, noon, and evening.

"Boy!" At this time, Tao Fulin greeted Zhao Jun and asked, "These four pigs are pretty good!"

"Yeah!" Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Then I'll catch all four of them."

"Ah?" Bai Canhong was startled when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "How many do you want to catch?"

He thought Zhao Jun wanted just one.

"I'll catch seven, Master Bai." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I'll catch all four of these in this circle."

Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Bai Canhong blinked twice, and then said to Zhao Jun, "Wait for me for a while!"

After that, Bai Canhong walked out. Within two minutes, he came back with something.

In one hand, he held several strands of short hemp rope, and in the other hand, he held half a sack, the half with a bottom, and a circle of iron wire was passed through the mouth of the sack, making the mouth of the sack a circle that is not easy to deform.

This thing is used to cover the pig's head.

Put it on the pig's head, and the pig can't see anything, and it will be confused. Then, it will be easy to tie the pig's trotters.

Bai Canhong took the sack and handed the ten or so short hemp ropes to Zhao Jun, saying: "You send two people and follow me in."

"I'll do it!" Li Baoyu volunteered, and Xie Chen said: "There's also me."

Although they did not agree with Li Ruhai's position in the Zhao family gang, whenever there was dirty and tiring work, Li Baoyu and Xie Chen would consciously take the initiative to step forward.

Pigs also understand human nature. They recognize Bai Canhong, but not Li Baoyu and Xie Chen.

Seeing the stranger enter the pigpen, the four pigs ran to the north and stood on the frozen pig manure pile.

Bai Canhong, who was walking close to the pig, opened his arms and used one hand to push the pigs forward. When a pig was about to walk away, Bai Canhong quickly put a sack on the pig's head.

The pig stopped instantly because it couldn't see anything. Li Baoyu and Jie Chen each took a rope and went over to pull the pig's legs.

The two were on the right side of the pig, but one pulled the left front leg and the other pulled the right front leg. With their combined strength, they directly pulled the 270-80 kg pig to the ground.

"Ah... Ah..." The pig howled and kicked its legs. Li Baoyu and Jie Chen struggled to pull the pig's hooves together.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanmin, who was outside the pigpen, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that my pig-tying hook is not here!"