Among all livestock
The life of a rabbit is the most fragile
You only need one hand to hold its hind leg upside down
The other hand aims at the back of its ear
The fragile bones can be lightly hit a few times, and it becomes
Killing a chicken is not troublesome
Especially those chicks raised and fattened in the same year
In the lean and oily months of July and August
Just right for the occasion. A chick without bloodletting
Nutritional value remains unchanged, mother grips the wings with one hand
Twisting the chicken's neck with one hand
Just twist... until a click sound is heard
The chick has already gone limp
The more troublesome ones are the large livestock
The massive size, no one can control it alone
For example, slaughtering a pig usually requires several people working together
Until the sharp knife goes in and the red knife comes out
Only then can the great task be considered complete
At the end of 1956, a difficult problem was presented
In front of Zhang Changxian and his son Zhang Zhengkun
The annual pig in the pigpen is really too small
If slaughtered and bled in the normal way
Half of the pork is given to the state
The remaining half
After this year, there will be none left
And in the coming year, there are still 365 days
At the turn of the year in 1956
The young pig from Sizhaoling died abnormally
The plague pigs that the state refuses to collect drowned before
Died first from asphyxiation shock
Murdering a pig is still murder
Pigs have their own ways to die
People struggle for a living
Those whose living paths are narrowed, their livestock don't die well
The butchers who just clean up the aftermath
Understanding the mystery but never revealing it
Those who have been butchers for generations can't bear it
Towards a pig that is too thin and small
Make the cut
An eye for an eye. In 1956,
People with both hands full of pig blood
Next year will pay with blood and life.
2015.1.3, excerpted from (Narrative of Sizhaoling)