Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

The brother and sister now spend half their time working and the other half figuring out how to eat. They live a comfortable life. They used to eat secretly in the village, but now they are shouting at the top of their lungs and no one cares about them, let alone recruiting people. Taboo.

Gu Siwei remembered the date he had made an appointment with Liu Fulin, so he made an excuse the day before and went into the old forest and squatted all night. When he came back, there was an extra twenty kilograms in the basket on his back. little wild boar.

Of course they are not caught. Gu Siwei raised them in space. The main reason why he raised them is because the meat they raised is delicious. Ordinary wild boars have never been castrated. The meat tastes fishy. If you eat it occasionally, it will not last long. Heavy oil and heavy ingredients are enough, but if you let Gu Siwei eat two or three meals in a row, he will vomit.

This is why decades later, many people who buy imported pork always feel that the pork has an indelible smell. This is because foreigners do not castrate pigs and kill pigs without bleeding them.

The little wild boar belongs to the nunnery and is raised in the space. The pig's aura is almost non-existent. Although it cannot be compared with the current Tujia pig, it is much better than the native wild boar.

Carrying the basket on his back, Gu Siwei pretended to climb up Yinsong Cliff.

Standing at the edge of the cliff, I saw Sicui, barefooted and with his trouser legs rolled up to his knees, bending his waist and leading a group of monkeys busy in the fields.

Walked towards the girl.

Zhizhi!

One of the monkeys found Gu Siwei and squeaked to welcome his master back.

Only then did Sicui notice Gu Siwei, raised her head and shouted to Gu Siwei: "Brother, are you back?"

"I came back and got a little wild boar. Let's keep half of it at home and take the remaining half to Dezhu's house later," Gu Siwei said.

Arriving at the edge of the field stem, Gu Siwei asked Sicui: "What are you doing?"

"I took the monkeys to pick up the stones in the field."

As he spoke, Sicui touched a small stone, took two steps and threw it on the ground next to the ditch. At this moment, there were almost a hundred small stones on the ground.

The small stones are all oval. There is river mud in the ground here. The stones in the river bed generally have no edges and corners. They are all pebbles, so the stones picked out by Sicui are all round.

"Is the monkey still obedient?"

Sicui said happily: "You are so obedient, brother. Where did you find these monkeys? They have been working with me for almost a morning, and they are not making any noise."

"Where did they find it? The two trees at the door attracted them."

Gu Siwei smiled and said casually to Sicui, and then changed the subject: "By the way, stop doing it, wash your hands and wash off the mud on your body. Let's go to Dezhu's house right away."

"Okay"

Sicui responded with a smile, but did not put down her work. Instead, she continued to bend over and pick up small stones in the ground.

Gu Siwei didn't rush her, and carried the basket to the door of the big house. After putting the basket down, he was going to boil water to scald the pig. But then he thought about it, forget it. It's such a troublesome thing and he'd better carry it to Liu Fulin's house later. Let these two old men do the work.

So Gu Siwei sat under the shade of the old camphor tree and rested.

Sicui came over at this time, putting down her trouser legs as she walked. She saw Gu Siwei sitting under the tree and resting. She took a scoop of water and was about to pour it into her mouth. After being glared at by Gu Siwei, she said, He had no choice but to throw the gourd back into the water tank angrily, then went into the house honestly and took out the kettle. He first poured a glass of water for Gu Siwei, and then poured a glass for himself and drank it all in one gulp.

"Brother, why don't you bring this pig back alive? It's a pity that it's dead. If it's alive, we can still raise it. When the New Year comes, we can raise two to three hundred kilograms and kill it. How much will we have in that year?" It's beautiful." Sicui looked at the dead pig in the basket and felt deeply regretful.

Gu Siwei said: "Wait for two days. After two days of work, we will finish raising pigs. Let's find bigger pigs to raise. The best ones are one male and one female. The female pig will give birth to piglets and the male pig will be killed to celebrate the New Year. Eat meat. Then we will eat dumplings from the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, changing the fillings every day."

Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Sicui swallowed her saliva when her brother described the beautiful scenery during the New Year.

After blowing the cow for a while, Gu Siwei looked up at the sun and felt that it was almost done, so he stood up and put the basket on his back again.

"Come on, let's set off."

"Brother, wait a minute, my rice seeds are not ready yet, please wait while I turn the seeds over," Sicui said quickly.

When rice is grown into rice seedlings, the process of seed selection is usually done by soaking the rice seeds in salt water. The reason for adding salt water is because there are always plump and shriveled rice seeds. Soaking them in salt water will produce plump seeds. It sank, and the shriveled seeds floated on the surface.

In this way, the floating seeds are simply removed, and all that is left are plump seeds.

Wait for the seeds to be selected, take them out, wash them with clean water, and wash them directly in the ditch. The washed seeds cannot be dried directly in the sun. They must be placed in a cool place to dry. Next, soak the seeds.

There are time requirements for soaking seeds. How long should they be soaked at a certain temperature? These are the experiences farmers have gained from long-term work.

Gu Siwei has no ability to improve. All he can do is to add a small amount of water while the Sicui is soaking the seeds.

After soaking the seeds, it is time to germinate. Cover the soaked seeds with a moisturizing cloth and wait quietly for the seeds to germinate and grow into seedlings that can be planted in the ground.

Sicui's steps have just begun, but with the help of Gu Siwei, many of the rice seeds have begun to spit out white, which means they have sprouted.

To say that Sicui is also a bitch, with her seed so high, the little girl is not only happy but also doesn't have much doubt, which saves Gu Siwei a lot of saliva.

After turning over all the seeds placed in the cabin, Gu Siwei and Sicui closed the door of their home and left home to go to the valley where Liu Fulin's family lived.

After getting off the ladder and onto the raft, Gu Siwei put down the basket, while Sicui reached out to untie the raft's cable, but was stopped by Gu Siwei. The cable was tied a bit high and it was difficult for the little girl to untie it.

Gu Siwei could reach it with just a stretch of his hand.

After untying the cable, the raft carried the brother and sister down the river. Soon when they arrived at the mouth of Liu Fulin's valley, Gu Siwei found that the dock was quite lively today.

"Fourth dimension!"

Yang Chuanwu saw Gu Siwei's raft coming and waved loudly at Gu Siwei.

In addition to captain Yang Chuanwu, there was also Yang Chuanwu's father Yang Xingjia on the dock. He was older than Liu Fulin, but his body looked very tough, and he looked stronger than Liu Fulin.

In addition to these two, there are several old shipbuilding men, such as Guo Xiangping.

These people are here, and naturally there are new boats on the pier. The fresh wooden boats are now a little reflective under the sun. The tung oil has just been applied. It seems that people can smell the aroma of tung oil before they get close to the boat.

Gu Siwei parked his raft on the other side of the pier and threw the cable onto the pier first. After Yang Chuanwu took it, he tied a knot on the pillar of the pier and tied the raft.

Gu Siwei, who was on the raft, inserted his bamboo pen into the mud in the water and pinned the raft, allowing Sicui to get on the dock first.

"This child Sicui is getting more and more beautiful."

Yang Xingjia saw Sicui and praised him with a smile.

After hearing this, Guo Xiangping said: "I have lived a good life with Siwei. Now my girl has grown up. In a few years, I can call her husband's family."

"Still early".

Although Sicui is not his biological sister, Gu Siwei is not prepared to let her start looking for her husband's family at the age of fifteen or sixteen like other girls here. In Gu Siwei's view, she is still a child at the age of fifteen or sixteen. After all, you have to be over eighteen before you can get married.

That's what others said. Seeing Gu Siwei's unhappy face, everyone smiled and stopped mentioning the matter.

"Is the boat ready?"

Yang Xingjia stretched out his hand and gestured: "You can go up and give it a try. Anyway, there was nothing wrong with us all the way here. It's just that the water gets faster and more exhausting as you go up. I really don't know how you found this place."

Guo Xiangping, who was standing next to him, smiled and said: "If it weren't for the strong water here, do you think there would be mud in the valley here, and no one would notice it for so many years? Let me tell you, it's really just the strong water here that makes it so. The Fulin family took advantage, otherwise Sun Shikun, who has always been in the mountains, would have moved here long ago."

Liu Fulin walked out of the valley at this time.

"Everyone is here. Don't stand on the pier when you are all here. Go home, come all, come all." Liu Fulin did not go to the pier, but just stood there and shouted to everyone on the pier.

Yang Xingjia replied: "Fu Lin, why don't you come and see the ship?"

Liu Fulin smiled and said: "What's so good about a boat? You don't have to look at whether the boat you built can leak."

"If you don't read it, if there is any problem in two days, we won't recognize it," Guo Xiangping said with a smile.

Liu Fulin said: "If I don't look for you, who should I look for? Not only do I have to look for him, but I have to look for him from house to house. I won't mention the boat now. Everyone is here. If you can help, please don't leave today. We all happen to be eating here."

"You thought we were leaving. We just knew Siwei was going to hunt wild boars today, so we came here specially to enjoy this meal and add some fat to our stomachs." Yang Xingjia laughed.

"I have no objection. What did Siwei say?" Liu Fulin laughed and asked Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei is not a stingy person, not to mention that the wild boar that is delicious to others is just a matter of support to him.

"I don't care anymore, it's the same size anyway!"

After speaking, Gu Siwei stretched out his leg and gently kicked the basket on the pier. I was planning to keep half of them now, but I guess I can't keep them anymore, so I might as well throw them all out.

"With such a big one, it can be eaten by more people."

Yang Xingjia had seen the wild boar a long time ago. Not only him, but everyone on the dock saw the wild boar in Gu Siwei's basket.

"Then you are in for a treat today. Dezhu's cousin happened to come over yesterday. I didn't let him go. Today I just let him make his specialty wild boar braised pork," Liu Fulin said.

Yang Chuanwu immediately perked up when he heard this: "Is Zhao from the Fang family in this town?"

"Otherwise, is there anyone else who makes wild boar meat well?" Liu Fulin was a little proud.

Gu Siwei was a little confused after hearing this, and asked Yang Xingjia next to him: "Uncle Xingjia, is the Zhao family quite famous for doing this?"

Yang Xingjia smiled and said in a low voice: "Before liberation, their family opened a restaurant in the city, and later I heard that they even worked as a cook for high-ranking officials. The only one they can cook is this wild boar dish. It's delicious." Once it’s over, there’s nothing left unsaid.”

Oh, Gu Siwei thought, what is good? Where have you local pigs eaten fine bran? If the wild boar meat is well cooked, will it be good enough to go to heaven?

He didn't care in his heart, but it didn't show on his face, and he followed the others towards the valley.