"Eat quickly. Don't talk too much. The weather is cold and the dishes are going to be cold." Zhang Xuefen urged everyone to eat quickly.

After eating, Mu Yi continued: "Dad, do you know where I can buy piglets?"

"What do you want to buy a piggy for?"

"Today is Xiao Lele's birthday. We are going to invite everyone to play in the house together. It will be lively and lively. By the way, we will also celebrate Xiao Baihe's passing the exam and working in the county."

"Where else can I buy it? Just catch one in the pig pen." Zhang Xuefen said quickly.

"That's right, don't spend money to buy it. There are still ten little piglets in the pigsty. Just go and catch one." Jin Chongming got up and left the main room and walked into the pigsty.

When Mu saw his father-in-law getting up, he quickly got up and followed him.

Jin Chongming asked as he walked: "Who did you call?"

"You and her grandfather, as well as the parents-in-law, the brother-in-law's family, the third uncle's family, and the aunt's family."

"Oh. There are quite a few people there."

"There are about 20 people, big and small."

"Then go catch the biggest pig."

Jin Chongming held the pigsty and climbed in.

The little pigs in the pen were so frightened by him that they ran around in circles.

Jin Chongming chose the biggest pig. He suddenly grabbed the piggy's two hind legs and lifted the piggy upside down.

The frightened piglets screamed and screamed. The remaining piglets were so frightened that they hid in the corners of the pigsty and stepped on each other. Looking at them, they wanted to squeeze a hole in the wall of the pigsty to escape.

Already.

The other big pigs also became restless when they heard the little pig's screams.

Jin Chongming handed the piglet to Mu Yi. Mu Yi took it and found it was quite heavy. It weighed at least thirty or forty pounds. He carried it and walked towards the courtyard dam.

Jin Chongming got out of the pigsty and walked towards the courtyard dam.

Zhang Xuefen has found a snakeskin bag to hold corn.

"Mom, stop pretending. There's no place to tidy it up when you take it off. Just tidy it up here and take it off."

"Jiang Kang, come and help him catch him." Jin Chongming called the master worker to help Mu Yi catch the piglet.

Zhang Xuefen had already gone to the kitchen to get the dagger.

"Do you want pig blood?" Jin Chongming asked Mu Yi.

"I still want it. It's still delicious when cooked in pickled cabbage and potato soup." Mu Yi said quickly.

Zhang Xuefen heard Mu Yi say he wanted pig blood. He handed the dagger to Jin Chongming, then returned to the kitchen to get a basin and mix it with salt water.

Mu Yi quickly and Jianjian pressed the little pig on the concrete steps under the eaves. Jin Chongming passed the knife through the little pig's throat and stabbed straight into the heart. The blood gurgled into the basin as the dagger was drawn out.

Zhang Xuefen saw that the little piglet had been killed. He quickly opened the lid of the large stove and poured the boiling water for cooking corn into a large pot of cow's head. Jianjian helped scald and scrape the pig hair clean, and then found some beans and corn stalks and cooked them.

Start a fire and grill the unshaved hair on the pig.

After some cooking, a piece of golden roasted pork came out. Wash it with water. Open the intestines and dispose of the internal organs. Zhang Xuefen found a clean koji bag. Everyone put the prepared pork in it.

, and put the cleaned offal into it. Then he found a separate food bag and packed the pig blood.

Zhang Xuefen went to pick up some potatoes, some sauerkraut and a piece of wood ginger seed.

"Lao Jin, I'll go down first. You estimate the time to come down."

"Okay. It's Xiao Lele's first birthday. I have to come down here anyway."

Zhang Xuefen found a small carrier for Mu Yi. Mu Yi carried the things on his back and Zhang Xuefen went out of the courtyard gate and stood by the road waiting for the bus.

After arriving at the county seat and getting off the car, Mu Yi called Jin Lily.

"Sayuri, where are you?"

"We were still playing at my mother-in-law's house. Xiao Lele made her old lady happy."

"Then everyone is yelling to go play in the house. My mother and I have already groomed the pig."

"Okay. Brother, you go back on the highway and take the cake back. We'll go back on the small road and follow South Street."

"OK."

When Mu Yi and Zhang Xuefen got the cake and walked downstairs, Jin Lily was carrying Xiao Lele, her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law's youngest son who had also just arrived downstairs.

"Where are uncle and the others?"

"They have something else to do. Come over in a moment."

Everyone entered the house. As soon as Mu went to the kitchen and put down his little armor, he quickly took the electric stove to the living room and started burning it. After a while, the temperature in the room increased and it didn't feel so cold anymore.

Everyone entertained Xiao Le while watching TV. Jin Lily and Mu Yi hurried to the kitchen to cut meat.

"Sayuri, I'm afraid I can't cook so much meat in one pot. I have to cook it in two or three pots. By the time the latter part is cooked, the front part will be cold."

"Why don't you go get the calf-head pot from Sanniang's house and cook it."

"You mean the pot we used to boil bath water for little Lele to bathe in?"

"Um."

"Bring it here, I'm afraid it won't fit on the kitchen stove."

"Brother, you are so cute and stupid. Who told you that it was cooked in the house? Take it to the roof and let Third Aunt and the others cook it."

"OK."

"Forget it. It's rare for you to run away. Call your uncle quickly and ask him to bring it over. You can also bring some more firewood."

Mu Yi quickly called his uncle.

"Hey, uncle, come here quickly."

"I'll be here soon. I'm about to lock the door."

"By the way, uncle, we are going to eat roasted pig today. Bring over the calf-head pot from Sanniang's house. And bring some firewood by the way."

"Okay. Is there anything else you want to get?"

"there is none left."

"Where's Mujiangzi?"

"Get one from the pond."

My brother-in-law and aunt came to the Mu family with pots and firewood, and took over the task of cooking the pork.

Third aunt opened the door on the roof, and everyone picked up some fire bricks and built a simple stove, then started cooking meat. Because there were so many people, Mu’s family cooked a pot of rice. Third aunt’s family also cooked a pot of rice.

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Thinking that this was Xiao Lele's first birthday, she should leave some photos and video materials. Mu Yi hurried back to the unit to borrow the camera. By the way, he bought some drinks.

When Mu Yi came back, his eldest wife's family also came, and so did his parents. Brother Jun hadn't come yet. Mu Yi greeted everyone one by one and asked, "Why hasn't Brother Jun come yet?"

"Here he is. Go call his girlfriend." Hai Wanqiu returned.

"Girlfriend?" Mu Yi and Jin Lily were both stunned for a moment.

"Yeah. She's from Chengguan, too. Her family opened a mahjong parlor on West Street, and they also sold some melon seeds, peanuts and other sundries."

"Oh. Speaking of melon seeds and peanuts, I even forgot to buy them."

Mu Yi quickly called Brother Jun.

"Brother Jun, you can do it. When did you get a girlfriend?"

Brother Jun laughed "hehehehe" on the other end of the phone.

"Bring me some melon seeds and peanuts. I'll give you money later."

"Okay, big brother."

Hang up the phone. The pork has been cooked on the roof. My uncle is mixing the meat in a big pot. My aunt is adding potato chips and blood into the pot...

"Ding dong, ding dong..." the doorbell rang.

Mu Yi opened the door and saw a girl with fair skin, round face and some freckles on her face standing at the stairs. She was carrying some melon seeds and peanuts. This should be Brother Jun's girlfriend.

"Come inside quickly."

"Brother." Brother Jun greeted Mu Yi.

"Hello, big brother." The girls also followed Brother Jun in greeting Mu Yi.

Seeing Brother Jun coming with a girl, Jin Baihe quickly stood up to welcome her. "Xiao Lele, look who's here. It's Uncle Yao who brought Aunt Yao here for you."

The girl's face turned red with embarrassment.

"Sister-in-law."

"Hello, sister-in-law." The girl greeted Brother Jun.

"What do you call this sister?"
To be continued...