The incident about the Chen brothers caused a huge wave in the village, and every household was talking about it.
Everyone got together and scolded Chen Deyong and Chen Yongfu. They also scolded Chen Yongfu and others bloody.
The Xu family had to discuss it privately, but the Xu family were busy and didn't have much time to talk about it.
Xu Shide got married on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the Xu family killed a pig.
How much food can you afford to feed pigs these days? They feed them with pig grass, and at most they mix in some bean pod skins, soybean meal, and the like in autumn.
So regardless of the fact that it has been raised for a year, it has only just reached 200 kilograms.
The Xu family raised two pigs, sold one to the supply and marketing cooperative, and killed the other to keep for weddings and Chinese New Year.
On the morning of the 25th, brothers Xu Shi'an and Xu Shiyan got up early and entered the pig pen, tied up a fat pig and tied it to a bench.
Several people held the pig down. Xu Shian held a butcher knife in his hand and stabbed the pig from the socket under its neck to its heart.
The white knife went in and the red knife came out. When the knife was drawn, a stream of blood spurted out.
There is someone at the other end carrying a basin specially designed to catch pig blood. This is good stuff, and you will have to fill it with blood sausage later.
Wait until all the blood is collected and put it aside.
Zhou Guilan found a piece of sorghum straw, split it in the middle, folded it into three pieces, and stirred the sorghum straw in the pig blood basin to prevent it from solidifying.
A large pot was set up in the Xu family's yard, and there was boiling water in the pot.
After the pig is bled, pour boiling water over it, then shave the pig's hair. The pig's hair is scraped off, and its belly is disemboweled and its internal organs are taken out.
The pig's products were all good. Grandma Xue Xiulin took the products away and began to clean them over and over again.
Especially for pig intestines, you have to turn them over, rub them with plant ash first, and then wash them with alkaline soda, salt, and vinegar several times until there is no odor anymore.
Put the cleaned viscera directly into the pot and blanch the water, boil the foam, then bring to a boil over high heat, add the seasonings and simmer over low heat.
The person responsible for looking after the pot would open the pot to take a look from time to time, use chopsticks to pierce the liver, and when the heat was almost done, he would immediately fish it out with a whisk.
Tie one end of the pig's small intestine tightly with a thin thread, cut some minced fat into the mixed pig blood, season with chopped green onions, salt, peppercorns and other ingredients to remove the fishy smell, and then pour it into the small intestine through a funnel.
When the blood is filled, tie the other end tightly with a thin thread, then put it into a pot of boiling water.
While cooking, prick it with a needle from time to time to deflate it.
Once the needle is inserted and there is no more blood when it is pulled out, take out the blood sausage immediately.
The prepared blood sausage is left to be stewed with sauerkraut, which is the authentic Northeastern pork-killing vegetable and sauerkraut white meat blood sausage.
In these days, when weddings are held and banquets are held, chefs are rarely invited.
The host family sets the menu according to their own conditions, and the wives who help prepare the dishes according to the menu.
Most of the dishes are semi-finished products prepared a day in advance. On the day of the wedding, you only need to heat them up, thicken the sauce and pour the sauce.
The Xu family had to kill a pig alone in order to hold a banquet. In addition, there was so much meat that Xu Shiyan and others had obtained before, so there was no need to worry about hosting a banquet.
Zhou Guilan had already asked Lao Wu to draw up the menu, and also decided how to cook it with the wives who came to help.
Therefore, although the Xu family's yard is very busy, it is busy but not chaotic and orderly.
Xu Shian and others chopped and deboned the pork separately according to the requirements for the banquet. Then they prepared what should be fried, chopped, and fried.
"Oh, the fourth daughter-in-law is lucky. Look at the wedding banquet, how much food does it cost?
My mother-in-law ordered the menu yesterday, and it even included braised pork and Sixi meatballs.
My God, when we got married, we didn't get this kind of treatment.
Yingzi, I remember that the worst time was when you got married. You had no meat and ended up with canned mutton, right?"
The Xu family is so busy, so of course Su Anying has to come over to help. She has a big belly and can't do anything else, so she just picks onions and garlic.
As a result, not long after the break, Xue Xiulin and Wei Mingrong came over to read Yang'er in front of Su Anying.
Because of the turmoil in the Wu family before, both Xue Xiulin and Wei Mingrong were very dissatisfied with Wu Qiuyan who was about to pass away.
The sisters-in-law were even more unhappy when they saw their husband's family hosting a banquet like this again.
The two of them came to find Su Anying, just to provoke Su Anying's dissatisfaction, and then the three sisters-in-law would run against the new wife together.
"The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are at different times, so naturally the wedding banquets are also different.
I'm getting married in the summer, and our pigs haven't been raised yet. How can I be willing to kill them?
Isn’t it just in time for the New Year? If you even hold a banquet to celebrate the New Year, of course you have to kill the pig."
Su Anying has a good temper and is not so thoughtful, so she doesn't take the words of her two sisters-in-law seriously.
Whether or not a banquet will be held at the wedding and what kind of banquet will be held are all decided by the husband's family.
If the conditions are good, just do it better. If the conditions are bad, everyone can understand. There is nothing to choose from.
It was not a good time for Su Anying to get married. It was so hot in the summer that she couldn't store anything, and there was no place to buy meat.
Zhou Guilan spent a lot of effort and went to Tonghua and Hunjiang several times before asking someone to buy the canned food.
Besides, there were also fine-scaled fish at the banquet at that time, which Xu Shiyan caught.
There is a large thin scale weighing three kilograms on each table. Who wouldn't say that the noodles are hard enough?
So it's not bad, it's just not as lively as it is now.
Su Anying is a big-hearted person and never cares about these things. As long as Xu Shiyan treats her well, the young couple can live a harmonious life. Why compare with others?
If living at home is like this, is there any time to relax?
Su Anying grew up in a different environment, which also cultivated her character of being generous and tolerant, and neither fighting nor grabbing.
So she really doesn't care about these.
"Besides, the fourth child is a teacher and the only one in our family who has a formal job.
His marriage should be managed better and should not be laughed at."
Su Anying was not angry at all, but was always thinking about her husband's family.
When Xue Xiuling and Wei Mingrong heard this, their noses almost became crooked.
"Come on, let's stop talking to her. She is stupid. You are talking to her in vain.
That's it, when the third child sells her one day, she will still have to help count the money."
Xue Xiulin dragged Wei Mingrong up and left angrily, muttering as she walked.
Su Anying is not deaf either, so how can she not hear what her two sisters-in-law are saying? She immediately smiled and shook her head, lowering her head and continuing to pick green onions.
The yard of the Xu family was still busy and busy, with several large pots steaming inside and outside the house.
The aroma of stewed meat filled the air over the small courtyard, and everyone inside was smiling.
There is a saying that if you are poor, you will spend the New Year. If you are rich, you will spend the New Year. It is better to marry a daughter-in-law.
No matter what year, no matter which dynasty or generation, getting married and taking a wife is a big event and something worth being happy about.
When the Xu family holds a happy event, many relatives and friends from far away have to come over in advance.
In the afternoon, Zhou Guilan's brother and sister-in-law, as well as Su Weizhong, came over together.
Zhou Guilan hadn't seen her mother-in-law for a long time, so she was naturally very affectionate when they met.
Not to mention Su Anying, she was filled with joy when she saw her biological father coming.