Zhang An was talking to Su Ying next to him while lining up in the crowd to share the meat.
Although he came here at six o'clock, there were many people who came earlier than him.
At this moment, there are twenty people lining up in front of Zhang An. At this speed, it will probably take a while before it is his turn.
"Anzi, you go to the front and share it first. I'll change places with you and play with their aunts."
But Sister-in-law Zhou, who was at the front of the queue, came over to find Zhang An after seeing her.
It means asking Zhang An to take her place and she will switch over.
"Sister-in-law, you go and divide it first. I'll be fine if I wait a little longer."
Although Sister-in-law Zhou said she wanted to chat with the maids nearby, Zhang An knew that she wanted him to divide the meat first.
Zhang An had nothing to do at night and didn't have to rush, so he was embarrassed to ask Sister Zhou to give up his seat.
There is a reason why everyone comes so early, some people haven't even had dinner yet.
Isn't it just to come here early so that you can be in front of the queue and get some fat meat to take back and cook for oil?
This wild boar often runs around in the mountains. It doesn't have much fat on its body, and only a few people can get it.
Zhang An's family has no shortage of lard, so he won't rush to compete with others for fat meat.
And he didn't really want to come over to share the meat, but Su Ying had never seen meat being shared, nor had she ever eaten wild boar.
So Zhang An took her for a walk and took some wild boar meat home to cook for her to try.
"Don't be polite to my sister-in-law. Go and take Xiaoying back after the distribution. There are so many mosquitoes here. Don't you feel sorry for your wife?"
When Mrs. Zhou was talking, she also urged Zhang An.
There are fields and dams next to the drying area. At this time, the sun goes down and mosquitoes start to come out.
The weather is hot now, Su Ying is wearing a short-sleeved dress, and there are already many mosquitoes circling around her.
"Thank you, sister-in-law, I'll go over first."
In order to prevent the delicate-skinned and tender Su Ying from being bitten by mosquitoes, Zhang An changed places with Mrs. Zhou.
"What's the point of thanking you? Look at Xiaoying's hands. If she gets bitten, I'll feel sorry for you even if you don't feel sorry for her. Go ahead."
After Zhang An and his wife left, the women began to speak in a non-vegetarian manner.
They were embarrassed to speak just now because Su Ying was here.
They have no face to say this in front of someone's new daughter-in-law.
Moreover, they knew that Su Ying was a teacher, and they all wanted to maintain a positive image in front of Su Ying.
After all, their children will definitely have to go to school in the village in the future, and they can't let the teacher know that they can't control what they say.
Zhang An walked to the front, and it was his turn before there were many people in line.
"Zhang An is here, you have the virtue to give him a good place."
Seeing Zhang An coming, the old uncle turned around with a smile and asked Lin Youde to cut Zhang An's flesh.
The old uncle is not afraid of others saying that he takes care of Zhang An. After all, one of the pigs is surrounded by Zhang An's big dogs.
"No, uncle, just give me a whole piece of pork belly. I really don't need that fat pork belly."
There is no shortage of lard in Zhang An's house, and there is enough oil and water for meals on weekdays.
If you really cut him a big fat piece of meat, he really wouldn't like it.
In his mind, pork belly is better and tastes delicious.
"You kid won't appreciate it. This fat body can produce a lot of oil."
Zhang An opened his mouth, and Lin Youde got him a piece of good pork belly.
"Our family has enough lard. Let's leave this fat to other families in the village who need it. Then let's go back, uncle."
Carrying the pork, Zhang An said hello to his uncle and Lin Youde, and then took Su Ying home.
Zhang An didn't think of sharing the meat last year because he felt that wild boar was not as fragrant as native pork.
But in the past two years, his family has eaten too much local pork, and he wanted to try a different taste.
Only then did he understand why wild boar meat in later generations could be sold so expensively.
Because everyone has money, living conditions have improved.
It's not much different from what he is now. It's all caused by eating too much on weekdays.
When he got home, Zhang An wanted to put this piece of meat in the refrigerator.
"Xiao An, don't put it in the refrigerator for now. I'll take it and wash it away."
Wang Fang quickly took the meat from Zhang An's hand and carried it to the kitchen to clean and process it.
"It's still fresh meat, so it needs to be washed better. After it's frozen, the fishy smell won't be removed after washing."
The meat is still fresh now, and the cells are still good. It will be easier to handle after washing and removing the fishy smell.
But if you put it in the refrigerator until tomorrow, it will not be so easy to remove the smell by then.
At about eight o'clock in the evening, when the pork in the village was probably finished being distributed, Zhang Jianwen came to the door.
"Uncle is here." Zhang An found a bench and handed it over.
"No need to pour water. I'm here to see your dad. I want to call some village leaders to hold a meeting at the village committee. Zhang An, you will come over later."
When Zhang Jianwen saw Su Ying getting up to help pour tea, he quickly told Zhang An and his family.
When they heard the call for a meeting, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo both agreed, and then Zhang Jianwen went to call the others.
This meeting was not held at Zhang Jianwen's home, but at the village committee office.
Zhang An and his father had just arrived at the village committee for a while, and everyone else came slowly.
"Everyone is here, let's talk things over early and go back to bed early."
Zhang Jianwen paused, took the teapot, poured himself a glass of water, and then handed it to others.
"Everyone has seen that the mountain rollers have started to go down the mountain. We encountered quite a few of them today."
"Although we could see them in the past few years, we could only see them at one end and two ends. I didn't expect that after the village had been quiet for a few years, they started to make trouble again."
"But this year is different from previous years. From Wild Boar Rock to Tunluopo Valley, a lot of people have been ruined by them."
"The group we saw today consisted of more than a dozen of them. If they hadn't been scared away by the firecrackers, these two might not have been able to survive today."
Although Zhang An didn't go to what happened today, he had already heard Zhang Jianguo talking about it at home.
Coming down from Wild Boar Rock, large areas of the valley were trampled by wild boars descending from the mountain.
And today they went to the mountains and encountered a group of more than a dozen wild boars.
This was because everyone brought cannons there, which frightened the group of wild boars and fled in all directions.
Finally, everyone found an opportunity to kill the two lone wild boars.
Although when the whole village just divided the meat, everyone was very happy.
But Zhang Jianwen really couldn't rest assured, because these mountain rollers had already appeared in Tunluopo.
It no longer belongs to the mountains, it is all valleys and there is not a single forest at all.
"So I came to see you today to discuss the autumn value. We can't let them continue to destroy the corn in the ground."
Autumn watch means night vigil. Many years ago, wild boars would come down the mountain every year and even come to the entrance of the village.
At that time, every year the village would arrange for people to be on duty in the evening to guard the crops in the fields.
However, in recent years, mountain rollers have not been out of the mountains very often, so the village has not arranged to continue the autumn vigil.
The autumn value is related to the harvest of every family in the village, so when the old uncle mentioned it, everyone basically had no objections.
"Jianwen, I think this year's autumn value may not work."
At this time, Mr. Huang on the side took a puff of the cigarette rod in his mouth and slowly said to everyone.
"You should have seen today that the valleys near Wild Boar Rock are basically not good at all."
"When I went into the mountain the day before yesterday, everything was fine and nothing happened. It must have been these two days that caused trouble to the mountain rollers."
"Even the group we met today certainly wouldn't be able to do so in just two days. I think there must be other groups of pigs coming down the mountain."
After hearing what Mr. Huang said, everyone was surprised. It would be bad if there were other pigs coming down the mountain.
No one doubted Mr. Huang's statement.
Because this old man is one of the most powerful villains in the village.
"It is estimated that there are still about twenty days before the harvest is over, and those beasts will definitely continue to come out, so I think the most important thing at the moment is to find out how many rollers have rolled down the mountain this year."
"And now that we don't have guns in our hands, it will be troublesome to encounter them at night."
At this point, everyone fell silent.
Yes, during the autumn season in the past, everyone brought someone with them.
But now everyone has all the fire sticks in their hands.
If everyone really goes to the field for autumn duty at night, if they encounter a group of mountain rollers, they won’t even be able to run away.
"So my old man thinks that we can organize people to touch the bottom of these beasts during the day, but in the end we still have to ask the town for help."
"Based on my past experience, there are at least 20 or 30 mountain rollers coming down the mountain this year. Without the Armed Forces, we alone can't defeat these beasts."
"It's probably because we haven't gone into the mountains to look for them in the past few years, so they have recovered."
Since the last time the armed forces came to clean up the area, this mountain has been quiet for almost ten years.
In the past few years, it was basically after they came down from the mountain that the village organized people to take action.
So after so long, their population is estimated to have recovered.
In the past, if there were only these twenty or thirty mountain rollers, everyone would go and shoot them with muskets.
But now that everyone has nothing to worry about, it might be a bad thing if something happens to them.
"Second Master is right. I was negligent and did not consider this aspect."
After listening to Huang Erye's speculation, Zhang Jianwen became a little scared.
If there are really so many mountain rollers going down the mountain this year, then it would be too dangerous for seven or eight people to go there every night.
The eyesight of beasts like mountain rollers is not very good during the day, but they are very alert at night.
"We won't go to the autumn vigil. I'll go to town tomorrow to report the matter."
Zhang Jianwen thought for a while and realized that he definitely couldn't continue this autumn.
Whenever someone in the village gets into trouble because of the autumn weather, it is difficult for him to explain to the villagers.
"But what you always said, Second Master, is that before the armed forces come, we need to find out the background of these beasts."
"So tomorrow I will ask you, Master, to take people to look for them in the mountains. When the people who come to help come later, we will serve them in a pot."
If you want to take people to the mountains to find out the traces of wild boars, Mr. Huang is undoubtedly the most suitable person.
The old man knows the mountains better than anyone else, and everyone is willing to listen to what he has to say.
"That's no problem." Huang Erye agreed readily.
The old man has always been unambiguous about matters in the village.
Other people in the village didn't have any objections. It wouldn't be an option. After all, the crops were in the fields.
It’s the best result for everyone that we don’t have to go on autumn watch at night. It’s much safer during the day.
"But everyone should remember that after discovering mountain rollers, don't scare them."
"Of all things, safety is the most important thing. If we don't have anyone in our hands, we have to surrender and don't make fun of our own lives."
If you don't have a guy in hand, you have to surrender. This is the principle left by our ancestors.
"Then let's do it. I'll notify everyone to come over tomorrow morning, and then we'll determine who will enter the mountain."
After Zhang Jianwen gave everyone a few words of advice, the meeting ended and everyone went back to their homes.
But before leaving, Mr. Huang ordered some of Zhang An's big dogs to be killed.
Because they have several big dogs in the mountains, it is much easier to find wild boars.
So on the way home, Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, were talking about some things to pay attention to.
Tomorrow we have to organize people to go into the mountains. At least one of them, the father and his son, have to go.
Because if the village wanted to take their family there, it would definitely not be possible if no one from their family could go.
"You are back, Xiao An. Boss Lu just called you. Please call me back later to ask what happened."
Back home, Zhang An heard from his mother that Fatty Lu had called.
"Yeah, okay, I'll call over and ask."
We have to go into the mountains tomorrow, so we definitely won't have time, so Zhang An is going to call over and ask.
"The village is asking you to come this time. Is there anything else going on?"
After Zhang An went upstairs, Wang Fang asked Zhang Jianguo what he said in the meeting today.
Because usually when something big happens in the village, people will call to the office for a meeting.
For other small matters, I just go to Zhang Ping's house to eat melon seeds, and everyone will discuss it and it will be done.
"Hey, it's not the wild boar coming down the mountain that's causing trouble."
As he spoke, Zhang Jianguo explained the matter in general to Wang Fang and Su Ying at home.
Zhang An's family's farmland is all over Yanzi Rock, so they don't care much about the mountains over Yezhu Rock.
Moreover, the fact that the wild boar rock field was ruined only happened in the past two days and has not yet spread in the village.
"Then will you and Xiao An take your dog with you tomorrow?"
When they heard about going into the mountains to look for wild boars, Wang Fang and Su Ying frowned at the side.
Going into the mountains on weekdays was fine, but going into the mountains to find wild boars made them uneasy at all.
When Zhang An came back last year, Wang Fang was frightened because he was covered in pig blood.
Now that Wang Fang thinks about it, she still feels a little scared.
Now that Wang Fang heard that her son and man would go into the mountains with the villagers to look for wild boars tomorrow, Wang Fang's heart began to twitch again.
But she couldn't help but say it, because it was a matter of the village and she couldn't shirk it.
Besides, we are all from the same village and everyone else has gone, so why can’t your family go?
"You don't have to worry this time. We just went into the mountains to see where the wild boars are. If we really want to fight, we have to wait for the comrades from the Armed Forces to come over. We don't have muskets, so we can't fight them."
Even though Zhang Jianguo said it very easily, Wang Fang still didn't let go of it.