Chapter Eighty-Seven: Killing Pigs and Stewing Meat
"There are sixty-four live pigs in my pigsty. The size of the pig is different, and when you buy it, you have to weigh it, even the belt bones are one pound and two cents. "When it comes to business, Li Laohei is not confused, and the price of the newspaper is not ambiguous at all.
"You don't have enough pigs." Gao Quan shook his head lightly with a little regret.
"Do you want too much, sir?" Li Laohei's eyes lit up at that time, no wonder people brought so many people, it turned out that they were all here to lead pigs! "You name it, I'll make it up for you! I know this 200-mile radius of pig farmers and pig sellers, and I guarantee that I can make up the number you want! ”
"I want one hundred and fifty, how long will it take you to get me together?" Gao Quan's eyes were also fixed on the pig dealer in front of him, and it was not easy to let all the officers and soldiers of the 500 Army eat pork once! In the past, when Zheng Guotai was the director of general affairs, what did people do? Gao Quan realized how difficult Zheng Guotai's work was at the beginning. This is the first time he has bought a pig, and Director Zheng has been doing this work every day!
"One hundred and fifty? Well, ten days, you give me ten days and I promise to make it up for you! ”
"No, it's too long, I can't wait here for so long, three days, four days at most, I can't wait any longer!" The orders to send troops have been issued, and Wang Dazhu and Qian Sixi may have led the troops to pull out the camp and start the village now. The war zone ordered the 500 troops to attack the Queshan, and tens of thousands of troops waited in this small village for several days to eat pork, isn't that a joke! For the statement of ten days, Gao Quan is absolutely unacceptable!
"Lao Hei, you have to think of a way, the time is shorter!" Kong Xuan was in a hurry next to him, the business was contacted by him, if he couldn't talk about it in the end, wouldn't it mean that he Kong was not reliable?
"Okay, I'll try to get you the pigs together in four days!" Li Laohei gritted his teeth and made a lot of determination to give Gao Quan a promise as much as possible.
"Try not to, I have to! Li Laohei, although I don't know how much you can earn with these 150 pigs, I can guess that you will definitely make money. Today's business is an opportunity for me to give you, an opportunity that can change the rest of your life, I hope you can grasp it! Gao Quan looked at Li Laohei, but what he said was a bit profound.
"Medium! That's it! Sir, don't worry, as long as my life is still there, I promise to get you these one hundred and fifty pigs in four days! Li Laohei obviously understood the meaning of Gao Quan's words.
He is a pig seller, Gao Quan is the commander of the army, if a large army can establish a long-term business partnership with him, a pig dealer, then he Li Laohei will not have imperial grain to eat for the rest of his life? This truth, Li Laohei, who was born as a businessman, can understand it a little, there are such people among the business partners he knows, he is also envious, but it is useless to envy, he has no chance to find a way! Just as Gao Quan said, today is a chance for him Li Laohei, a chance to eat for a lifetime! This is an opportunity to risk your life, even if you lose money, you can't let it go!
Talking to smart people is to save trouble, Gao Quan smiled slightly, reached out and took a small white cloth bag from Hong Yingying's hand, grabbed a handful of bright oceans from it, shook it in front of Li Laohei's eyes and put it back in the bag, "Here is a hundred oceans, it is a deposit, you can set off now, today is the first day." "It's afternoon now, and Gao Quan actually said that this is a day.
Li Laohei didn't speak, just nodded heavily, reached out and took the money bag and put it in his arms, made a long bow at Gao Quan, turned around and ran home, to go out to sell pigs, he had to go home and get all the guys before he could leave.
If you don't leave, just camp here! The troops found an open space next to the village and began to set up camp. The sixty-four pigs in Li Laohei's pigsty have already been bought, and Gao Quan's armed escort team has to pick up the pigs in these pigsty first. Killing pigs, disemboweling, dehairing, cutting into pieces, and boiling meat have a lot of processes to turn a struggling live pig into fragrant pork, not to mention that this is still sixty-four big fat pigs. In order to save time, Gao Quan ordered the armed escort detachment to mobilize the whole army, all the cooks gathered, and the big guys went to kill pigs and cook meat together!
More than a dozen local villagers in Tiger Cliff gathered around to see when they heard the movement, and the villagers had never seen what it was like for the army to kill pigs, let alone kill such a large group of pigs this time!
The villagers are enthusiastic, anyway, it's okay to be idle at home, whether they have killed pigs or not, they will come to help, they won't kill pigs, they will always help boil water, right? It's always going to help you collect firewood, right? Hundreds of men, women, and children in the whole village all went out, the young and strong ones helped tie up the pigs and help carry the pigs, the women helped boil water, the children went to collect firewood, and the old people pointed on the side, laughing, watching, a touching picture of military-civilian interaction.
When it was time to work, it was easy to say, and when the meat was cooked, Gao Quan saw the problem, the villagers didn't leave after finishing their work, staring at the pot of stewed meat with glowing eyes, and the whole village couldn't even eat a full meal now, let alone eat meat, and they couldn't even walk when they smelled the fragrance of stew. This can't be blamed for the lack of interest in the villagers, in exchange for any ** who hasn't eaten a full meal for half a year, and I'm afraid that they will swallow saliva and not be able to take a step when they smell the fragrance of stewed pork.
Alas! Gao Quan sighed softly, "When the meat is cooked, give each fellow two taels of pork." "Meat is a high-fat and high-calorie food, and for villagers who have not even eaten basic food for a long time, it is not a good choice to give them a lot of meat at once. "In the face of the people, Gao Quan's heart still can't be hardened after all, and he can't eat more meat, so let's give them half a bowl of soup per person.
At dinner that day, the soldiers and civilians spent the most enjoyable night together. Eating meat, drinking soup, singing, and telling jokes, the military and civilian fish and water conditions were perfectly displayed that night.
More than sixty pigs can't be killed in one night, and even if they can be killed, Gao Quan and they don't bring so many cauldrons of cooking meat. Anyway, the follow-up troops haven't arrived, so they are slowly cooking meat here and waiting, both waiting for the follow-up troops of the 500 Army and waiting for Li Laohei's eighty-six pigs.
The next day, telegrams from the 500th Division and the New 501st Division came one after another, and the two division commanders, Wang Dazhu and Qian Sixi, had already gathered their troops and were mobilizing grain and grass to carry heavy loads, and it was expected that they would be able to set off this evening or tomorrow! The next day, Gao Quan's troops spent the day in killing pigs and cooking meat. At noon, each villager was given two taels of stew.
On the third day, due to the support of the people of Toutian Village, the speed of cooking meat was greatly improved, and now more than 20 large pots can be lined up to stew meat. There are not so many kinds of ingredients, and when the meat is stewed, white wine, ginger, green onions, garlic, dried chili peppers and salt are put in the pot, and the stewed meat is already smelling and drooling.