The sound of firecrackers started to sound in Yangjia Village at around three o'clock in the winter night. It is indispensable for anyone to kill a pig and hang firecrackers. I don't know who is notifying to pay attention.
Those who don’t butcher pigs and only buy pork don’t have this requirement. They can just watch the fun together. From the moment the first pig was tied up and killed, Yang Dongxu followed him and worked together.
Naturally, he does not need to be busy in killing pigs. There are dedicated butchers whether it is suicide or hair removal. But when selling meat or selling pigs and smashing them, he had to do it himself.
Especially the pig blood after each pig is slaughtered. Brother-in-law Liu Leehom is responsible for stirring it next to him, while he is responsible for cutting the cold pig blood into pieces to see who wants to weigh it directly. Generally, two or three families can pack one. A basin of pig blood.
As for pork, although people now have enough to eat, their stomachs are still short of oil and water, so pork belly is more expensive than ribs. To be precise, I can't sell the ribs or anything else.
In the past few years, big bones cost seven or eight yuan per pound. At this time, people would only look at them if they were given away for free. Most of them were replenished by someone who bought the meat for a long time. As for selling, basically no one would sell it.
Therefore, pork belly, as well as tenderloins and meat with fat on the pig seat plate sell faster. The butcher has just cleaned it and hung it on the shelf. Yang Dongxu played with the cleaver a few times, and half a fan of pork was left after a while. Rows of ribs and big bones.
Then there are pig offal and the like. Basically, Yang Ma and Hong Ying cleaned out one pot and then it was gone. As for the cleanliness, it doesn't matter if it's a little dirty as long as it's not weighed down. I'll definitely have to clean it up again when I get home.
"Xu Zi, how do you sell pig heads?" After finishing his busy work for a while in the morning, Yang Dongxu finally took a breath. Those who were waiting to buy meat last night and those who rushed to buy meat in the morning had basically bought almost everything. Now basically Just a few spiritual retail investors.
"If you choose a big one, it costs fifteen yuan a piece, and I won't weigh it for you." Yang Dongxu smiled and pointed at a large pig head and said.
Nowadays, pork costs two yuan per catty. Although pig heads cannot be bought as pork, they only cost around twenty catties and cost 15 yuan each. You can basically make a small profit if you take them home and pack them away.
"That's it." Rural people often sell grain, chickens, ducks, etc. They can basically estimate the weight of things at a glance, but the estimate is not accurate. Once you weigh it, you will have an idea. "Are you going to kill the sheep today?"
"Kill, but this will have to wait until someone kills it in the morning. My sheep will not be sold and will be kept for myself to eat." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
The family raises a lot of pigs, but no sheep. So it was raised by my grandparents, so while the pig was being slaughtered, Yang's mother took one over and prepared to kill it for her own meat.
But they don't sell it, and those who kill the sheep don't necessarily keep all the meat. So if you want to buy it, you can basically wait and buy it without having to go to town.
In the busy morning, I ate a few steamed buns that Zhuo Qing'er brought over, and I didn't stop until noon. From the beginning of the night to the end of the morning, a total of 15 large pigs and five or six sheep were killed.
The meat is basically sold out as soon as it is killed, and in some cases there is nothing left even from the pigs. After the last pig was killed nothing was sold.
A pig weighs about 200 kilograms. Although the Yang family has a lot of food, they can't finish it. After all, the weather has warmed up after the Chinese New Year, and they can't store it without a refrigerator. However, if each relative’s family gives a little bit, most of the pigs will be gone, so I don’t have to worry about not being able to finish them all if I keep them all.
"Xu Zi, I brought you the beef you asked for. One beef hind leg and ten pounds of tenderloin are enough, right?" After selling the meat, they started to pack their things. Xiao Wu and others followed the adults to the town to buy things and returned to the market town. .
"That's enough, it's good beef, don't die from any disease." Although pigs and sheep are killed during the Chinese New Year in rural areas, cows and dogs are basically not killed.
However, families that can afford it will eat beef and dog meat. To buy this, you need to go to the place where they slaughter these things. Yang Dongxu has been a little greedy for beef with soy sauce these past two days, so when someone in the village went to town to buy things in the morning, he asked someone to bring some beef back.
"It must be good beef. If he dares to cheat, let's destroy his stall." Daliang supported from the side.
You can rest assured when buying things at home. As long as you have a good reputation, you won't be afraid of buying fakes. Otherwise, even the police station wouldn't ask about things like smashing up a stall at your door. With the current reputation of Yangjiacun, no one in Wuli Town dares to cheat anyone from Yangjiacun.
"When will you take care of your business? I will stay at home longer after the Chinese New Year this year. If you do it, I will press the bed for you." Yang Dongxu took out the cigarettes from his pocket and scattered them among several people.
"We haven't chosen a date yet. My sister will get married first, and then me." Daliang said.
The sister he spoke of was not his biological sister, but his cousin. Daliang's father and three brothers, the youngest just got married late, and the eldest girl is less than ten years old. He is the second oldest among his cousins.
"Juanzi's day has been chosen?"
"You've made your choice. After the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, you should come over for a drink." Daliang said with a smile.
"That's necessary." Yang Dongxu also laughed, as long as he was at home, such things were obviously indispensable.
"I heard that Sister Hongying will have a happy event after the new year?" Xiao Wu asked from the side.
"Well, the table will be set up at the groom's place on the tenth day of the lunar month, and it will be set up at my house on the twelfth day when I come back. When will you leave? Can you catch up?" Liu Leehom has already discussed the wedding date with his family over the phone in the past two days.
Because everyone is busy at the end of the year, and the distance is too far. So the parents of both parties met and something happened. Although it felt a bit rushed, everyone felt relaxed once the date was set.
"It's not certain whether I can go out this year. I will definitely not leave before the fifteenth. By the way, the crooked son is back. I saw him when I went to the market in town today." Xiao Wu suddenly said.
"Just come back when you come back. Can we still take care of them when they go home for the New Year?" Yang Dongxu said nonchalantly.
It was probably because of the top three yesterday that Xiaowu mentioned the crooked child. As for what happened in the past, those who deserved to be shot have already been shot. Yang Dongxu was not stingy enough to kill them all and prevent anyone from entering his home.
"Xuzi, have you packed your things? Pack them and go home for dinner." Yang's mother called from a distance.
"It's packed." Yang Dongxu responded, and Xiao Wu and others quickly stepped forward, threw the things into the basket, and helped deliver them home.
After delivering the things home, Yang Dongxu quickly smoked and said, "Let's stay and eat something together."
"No, no, it's time to cook at home. I'll come and play with you in the afternoon." Daliang and others waved their hands quickly, took the cigarettes and went out.
"Why is it so expensive to buy beef like this? It's not like our family is short of meat." Mother Yang looked at her son angrily when she saw a whole beef hind leg and a large piece of tenderloin.
"Pork is pork, can it be the same as beef? My son will show you his skills later and let you try what sauce beef is." Yang Dongxu said with a playful smile.
"Fuck you, by the way, where are the account books when selling meat?" Yang Dongxu is in charge of selling meat, so naturally he does the accounting.
This account book does not record just once when you buy a piece of meat. No one who sells meat in rural areas keeps accounts like this. In the account book, I remember that I didn’t have the money to pay the credit, or I didn’t bring enough money and owed some money and then went back to the account book.
"Here it is, by the way. Two days ago, I saw that there were still a lot of uncleared accounts in the front store?" Yang Dongxu took out the notebook rolled into a circle from his pocket.
"If you have free time in these two days, let your dad go down and collect it. I've owed it for several years, and now no one can pay it back." Yang's mother said angrily.
The accounts in the store's ledger are basically owed by someone on credit when the store was opened. The longest debt has been four or five years and I still don't know how to pay it back. Sometimes Yang Ma feels a little embarrassed that people from ten miles and eight villages know each other. But the debt is getting bigger and bigger. If you don't have money, forget it. If you have money, you still won't pay it back, which makes her a little angry.
"It's time to ask for it. If you don't have the money, forget it. If you have the money, it won't make sense if you don't pay it back." Yang Dongxu nodded.
If the family is really in difficulty, they can just wipe out the account and leave it alone. The Yang family does not need this little money to live. But if you have money and don't pay back the debt, you go and play cards. This is a bit too much. The reason why he had to go through the account book in advance was because when he went to the granary yesterday, he saw several people who had not paid back the money sitting there playing cards, and they were playing for one or two yuan.
"What are you talking about? Why did you buy so much beef?" Yang's father came back from outside with a smile on his face.
Yang Dongxu looked at the last few pig heads left for sale. He went to the pig farm to count the pigs again. The ones we killed today are the ones we killed today, and we have to send twenty more to the city’s slaughterhouse tomorrow. This needs to be prepared in advance.
"Let you go and ask for the account when you have time."
"There's no need for this... Where can I have the time?" Father Yang's face could not help but stiffen.
In fact, Father Yang is quite similar to his uncle Shengli in some aspects, that is, he is poor and generous, but he still has face. No matter who borrowed the money, he still lent the money even if Yang's mother nudged him. But when it came time to ask for the account, I felt a little embarrassed to open my mouth.
"I have to go even if I don't have time. Xuzi is at home. Send pigs or something to him and Shengli. You can take the account book and ask me for the account tomorrow. You just lent out the money that our family has worked hard to earn so generously. , Why are you pretending to be cowardly when you want to pay?" Yang's mother glared at Yang's father.
"Let's go in two days. It's the Chinese New Year and our family is not bad at all."
"Shout, it's grand. It's not bad at all. If it's not bad at all, just throw all your family money on the street. Go to me to collect the account tomorrow. If you don't come back, don't come back. And who will come in the future? Borrow money, if you lend it out secretly, you can wait for me." Yang's mother was instantly furious.
"Dad, I am on my mother's side this time. Our family's money does not come in vain. Since we are talking about borrowing money, we must borrow and repay it. Although our family is not short of this little money , but you can’t be fooled by others, right?”
"Aren't the fellows from the capital a little shameless?" Yang's father said with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.
"They still have the nerve to play cards even if they don't pay back the borrowed money. What can't you say to shame? Again, we don't need that little money, but since we said it was a loan, we have to pay it back. If you have money to play cards, you won't pay it back. If not, why should we be taken advantage of?" Yang Dongxu, a proud father, also knows this.
But this matter is obviously not a matter of good face or bad face. The rules are the rules. If you say you borrowed it, then you borrowed it. There are IOUs and account books. If you don’t return the money and use it to play cards, do you really think that the Yang family is easy to bully?
Just because the Yang family has money, you won't pay back the money you borrowed? Searching all over the world doesn't make sense.
