At noon, Lin Erhu went home for dinner. Before he entered the door, he heard the sound of a donkey braying from the yard.

"Sister, did you buy a donkey?"

Lin Xiaoman is cleaning the newly built pigsty in the backyard. When the house was built last year, the pigsty was built. After a winter of snow, grass and leaves, it still needs to be cleaned before raising pigs.

Hearing this, he responded: "Well, I bought two, and I'm quite fat. I'll ask the carpenter uncle to drive the donkey cart later, and then I can drive the donkey cart myself in the city."

Lin Erhu ran to the backyard to look at the donkey. As expected, the donkey was really fat and strong. It was several times stronger than the donkey in the village when the grass was the richest in summer. It was almost catching up with a pony. Let him

Can't wait to take it out for a walk.

"Sister, I went to the carpenter uncle and asked him to drive the donkey cart."

After saying that, he ran away in a flash.

Lin Xiaoman straightened up, looked at his brother's running back, and shook his head helplessly: This kid might even ask the carpenter to make a saddle for him.

Soon, Lin Erhu and the carpenter ordered the donkey cart and ran back, and as expected, they even got a saddle.

Lin Erhu said to Lin Xiaoman: "Sister, some people in our village have gone up the mountain and encountered wild boars in the past few days, and even caught two of them. Do you think our family can still collect wild boars?"

"Did anyone get hurt?" Lin Xiaoman was startled when he heard the wild boar.

Every year after winter, the wild boars on the mountain cannot find food and come down to cause harm to the village. When winter began this year, the snow was not too thick, so the wild boars did not lack food on the mountain and have not come down.

After the New Year, there was another heavy snowfall, which made it even more difficult to go down the mountain. I don’t know how many animals on the mountain were frozen to death and starved to death. The snow melted in spring, and it was not surprising that wild boars came down the mountain because they couldn’t find food.
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But if the people who go up the mountain to pick vegetables are injured, they are also responsible.

"No, it's just that Lin Laifu sprained his foot and was rescued by a hunter. He even got a pig's foot. He was very happy."

Lin Xiaoman felt relieved after learning that no one was injured, "Our house is close to the mountain. Don't go out alone from now on. I will take you there wherever you go. Anyway, the mountain vegetables haven't come down yet. Let's see if we can collect them."

Lin Erhu said "oh" and saw that the villagers were going up the mountain in groups to look for wild boars. Maybe by the time the wild boars came down, the wild boars would have been killed.

While they were eating, they heard the commotion outside. The siblings climbed up the ladder to the wall and looked out. They saw several men from the Xu family in the west of the village carrying a wild boar passing by the wall. The leader was actually the man stationed in the west of the village.

Peng Guancha.

Lin Erhu shouted: "Uncle Peng, are you hunting in the mountains?"

Peng Guancha raised his head and said, "Yes, when you encounter a group, just catch this one and let the rest run away."

Seeing Lin Xiaoman climbing up next to him, he smiled and said, "I'll divide the meat later. Can Miss Xiaoman cook it for me?"

Lin Xiaoman naturally would not refuse, "Okay, how can Uncle Peng make it?"

"Just braise it, I'll send some home when I'm on duty."

This wild boar was stabbed to death by him, and he had to divide the meat into large portions. Then it would be made into braised pork and sent back to satisfy the cravings of the wives, children, and children at home.

As soon as Peng Guancha and his party were sent away, another group came down noisily from the other side of the mountain. It was Lin Dawu and several cousins ​​from the Lin family. They caught two wild boars, which were larger than those hunted by Peng Guancha and them.

From a distance, Lin Dawu saw two people exposed on the wall of Lin Xiaoman's house and said, "Xiaoman, Erhu, come over and eat meat."

Lin Erhu was not greedy, but he was a kid, and other people's food just tasted delicious. But thinking about going to class there later, he shook his head, "No, Uncle Dawu, my sister and I have finished eating."<

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Lin Dawu laughed when he heard this, "Well, when the pork is put away, I will leave a piece for you two."

Lin Xiaoman said: "Isn't this bad? We didn't help either."

Someone next to me said: "What's wrong? How much can you two children eat? You won't miss a bite."

"That's right, you've finished lunch and haven't you eaten dinner yet? Come on, let's go there together."

The rest of the people also laughed and agreed and said yes.

Lin Xiaoman did not refuse, "Well, Uncle Dawu, you go back first, I will bring something over."

Lin Dawu didn't tell her not to take him with him, he just told her to go there.

After Lin Xiaoman agreed, he went back and prepared a basket of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Lin Erhu was sent to Xu Qiuliang to continue his studies, and Lin Xiaoman went straight to Lin Daqiang's house.

The east and west of the village became lively because of the three wild boars. When Lin Xiaoman arrived at Lin Daqiang’s house in the east of the village, people were crowding around the courtyard. Two wild boars that had been eviscerated were rolling in a hot water pot, and some people were holding ladles.

Pour where there is no water.

The scalded pig was taken out of the pot and placed on the pork cutting table. Immediately, someone took broken tiles and started scraping the pig hair.

After the pig hair is scraped clean, someone cuts the pork into pieces.

The two wild boars were bigger than the one Peng Guan sent them to get, but they were still not as good as the domestic pigs. They had been hungry all winter and there was not much meat left. The meat they cut off was only over 200 kilograms, but there were a lot of bones.

Someone saw Lin Xiaoman and shouted: "Xiaoman, come over and cut the ingredients."

Lin Xiaoman did not refuse, and generously went to the pot and added ginger, scallions, and the soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon and other seasonings she brought over.

Lin Daqiang divided the meat among the cousins ​​who went up the mountain, and left a large piece for Lin Xiaoman. The remaining meat was stewed in a pot with the head and hooves.

Crack the bone from the middle and put it into another pot with other bones. There is also a pot where the collected offal is stewed.

Three large pots were stewed with meat, and a village woman was watching the fire in front of the stove. Everyone was attracted by the half basket of potatoes and sweet potatoes brought by Lin Xiaoman.

When deciding to plant seedlings, everyone had tasted some of the food that Lin Xiaoman had prepared as samples, and they were all deeply impressed by potatoes and sweet potatoes. The dense texture made them want to savor the food when they thought of it.

At this time, seeing Lin Xiaoman bringing these, someone asked: "Xiaoman, are you going to eat wild boar meat together?"

"Well, pork stewed with potatoes is so delicious."

Suck! Someone made a slurping sound without mercy, causing a burst of laughter. Many people swallowed hard under the cover of laughter.

When the three pots of meat were stewed, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Xiaoman had already taken the women from the village to peel and cut the potatoes, put them into the big pot of stewed pork bones, and added another pot of the ones soaked before.

Dried mushrooms are all brought by each family from their own homes.

I also cut a lot of pork slices into the pot, and sprinkled a lot of chopped green onion when it was out of the pot. The taste was really amazing.

The pig head was taken out to cool and sliced, and the pig's internal organs were chopped into pieces by Lin Xiaoman and made into a stew-like soup, so that the whole family could share a spoonful or two.

Lin Xiaoman buried the sweet potatoes he brought with him into the ashes of the stove that were still burning, and took them out later to roast the sweet potatoes.

Every household came with a basin to get vegetables. Knowing that this was a wild boar hunted in the mountains, it felt like it was picked up for free. They were actually more excited than eating meat during the Chinese New Year, and everyone was praising Lin Xiaoman for his craftsmanship.

Lin Dajiao was also called over and was given a bowl of pork stew with potatoes, with a spoonful of pig meat poured on top.

Lin Xiaoman's family received a share for Lin Erhu and Lin Xiaoman's family, and they used Lin Daqiang's large bowl, which was much larger.

After finishing the distribution, I walked to the west of the village with Lin Dajiao. I saw Mrs. Lin coming towards me carrying a basin.
Chapter completed!