0p0 Chapter 162 The meat is divided in the village
Chapter 162 The meat is divided in the village
Early the next morning, the village square was full of people. Several young men were driving pigs out of the fence. There were several people standing along the way, fearing that the pigs would run away if they were not watched.
When they finally drove the pig to the square, others joined in, some pulling its ears, some grabbing its tail, and together they pressed the pig down on the slaughtering bench. Butcher Zhang held a knife in one hand and a crowbar in the other, rubbing the knife back and forth on the stick, and was eager to try.
After seeing the pig lying down, he made a move, and within a few seconds, the big fat pig became motionless. After that, some people were fetching water, some were plucking hair, and some were sorting the pig's intestines.
"Captain, the pigs are really fat this year. When we distribute the meat later, we have to give it properly to the people," said two middle-aged men who were helping to cut open the pig's stomach.
"That's right, Uncle Songbai, look at this pork, it's so fat!"
"If you ask me, this is all thanks to Mr. Sun and his team. If he hadn't taught us the scientific way to feed pigs, we wouldn't have such a big pig for the New Year this year."
"That's right, that's right. Teacher Sun and his team are really good. They not only teach our dog Dan to study, but also teach us how to farm to increase production, so that we can have a good harvest this year. Thank you so much, Teacher Sun."
"Yes, yes, thank you, Teacher Sun."
Everyone thanked Sun Yuchu happily.
In the past six months, since the Sun family came to the brigade, they were frightened at first, but later, under the leadership of the Huo family, they quickly integrated into the village. Later, through the efforts of the Gu family and the Ruan family, the Sun family was rehabilitated, but they could not return to the capital yet.
After getting used to the intrigues and deceptions in the capital, the Sun family looked at the simple villagers in the village. Everyone was working together on the farm and trying to make their lives better. They felt very at ease here and temporarily forgot about the unpleasantness in the capital and became more integrated into the construction of the village.
Sun Yuchu never thought that his skills would be put into practice in the village one day. He has been interested in agriculture since he was a child. Most of the time, he was reading books constantly, and occasionally checking the situation and recording data in the experimental field. In the past six months, he devoted himself to the village, teaching the villagers to use wood ash to fertilize the land, use bean dregs and residues to raise pigs, and use limestone to disinfect the pigpen every once in a while.
As a result, the pigs never got sick again, and the crops in the soil grew better than in previous years. In addition, with the fertilizers that Grandpa Huo applied for, everyone was very happy when the Red Flag Brigade was harvesting this year.
Apart from the public grain they had to pay, each family received a considerable share of the rest.
Several young girls in the village were spotted by Mr. Sun's wife Zhao Shuyi by chance. She thought they were all good dancers. With the help of Mr. Huo, she agreed to let them learn from Teacher Zhao for two hours every day. This also made them the first batch of dancers to stand on the international stage and dance for the country after the reform and opening up.
At this moment, hearing everyone thanking them, Grandpa Sun felt that it was all worth it. The brigade gave them a place to stay when they were in trouble, and they used their knowledge to help them have a better life. He felt that it was good that his knowledge was put to good use.
"It's all our duty, and we thank everyone for trusting us." Sun Yuchu and his family stood in the crowd, feeling the joy.
After Sun Yuling divorced her husband, she resolutely brought her two children, Sun Lin and Sun Yitong, to follow her parents here. So when she settled down, she changed the children's surnames to her own.
During the past six months, they have become friends with the children in the village, going to school and coming home from school together, and learning foreign languages with Grandpa Sun at Sun's house on weekends. They also pick rice ears, cut grass for pigs, go up the mountain to collect firewood, and go down to the river to fish together.
At this moment, they were jumping happily with their friends while watching the pig-slaughtering scene. This was the first time they saw it, so they were quite excited.
"Okay, everyone stand in place, it's time to distribute the meat." The team leader stood in front of the sorted pork, and together with Zhang the butcher and the secretary, they divided the meat for each family one by one and recorded it one by one. It was soon finished.
"This year's pig fat has now been distributed to every household. If you need to buy meat, hurry up, it's 4 cents a pound, no tickets needed." Now the commune's meat costs 5 cents a pound, and a ticket is required. On the black market, no ticket is required, but it's more expensive, 5 cents a pound. So when those who have some spare money at home hear that the price is 8 cents a pound and no ticket is needed, they all rush forward to buy one or two pounds.
After getting their share of the meat, everyone happily carried it home together.
"Auntie, your daughter-in-law should be giving birth soon, right?"
"It's almost time, just in the next few days. I wanted to go to the town to buy some nutritious food to help her take good care of herself during the confinement period, but the team leader said yesterday that we were going to kill a pig today, so I didn't go. So I bought two more pounds of meat to help her take good care of herself."
"I heard your daughter is pregnant too?"
"Yes, yes. She got pregnant right after she got married. Her mother-in-law was so happy. We just received the news, so we wanted to send her some meat to visit her."
"Then your daughter is a lucky one."
"It's also because her in-laws value her. My son-in-law is also a good man. I heard that since they found out that my daughter was pregnant, they never let her work in the fields. They just let her do housework with her sister-in-law."
The two aunts were chatting and walking further away. The educated youth who followed them and listened to the whole process felt uncomfortable. This time when the meat was distributed, they all got the leaner meat. The amount of meat varied among the educated youth. Some got more than two catties, and some got less than two ounces. Those who got more were happy, while those who got less felt very uncomfortable.
After hearing the conversation between the two aunts, they felt even worse. They knew that the people they were talking about were the two people who had been entangled with Tian Zhiqing. After Tian Zhiqing was taken away, their families quickly arranged a marriage for them.
Moreover, after the incident with Tian Zhiqing, the villagers stayed away from the educated youth. They would avoid dealing with them if possible. Even when they were assigned to work together on weekdays, they would do their own work and not disturb each other. You don't take advantage of me, and I don't provoke you. In this way, the villagers and the educated youth got along in a strange harmony.
After everyone took the meat home, they returned to the square with their basins.
"Aunt Zhang, isn't it a bit too much to use such a big basin?"
"How did I go too far? I'm old now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to walk steadily and spill it! I didn't ask you to fill it up."
"Okay," he said, and only poured one-third of the water into her basin, and asked her to take it away. "Aunt Zhang, walk slowly, don't spill it."
"You don't know how to respect the elderly at all," he left a sentence and walked away quickly with the basin.
When the others saw her actions, they all felt guilty, but they still stepped forward, bought their own pig-killing dishes, and went back.
The pig-killing was not completed until noon. The workers washed the square with hot water, cleaned the utensils and put them away before going home.
This morning, Ruan Ruan and Huo Yue stayed on the kang, chatting with their grandmother and listening to her stories. At noon, they started cooking so that they could eat as soon as their parents finished their work.
Although it wasn't snowing outside, it was still very cold with the wind. In her opinion, there was nothing fun about slaughtering a pig, so it was better to stay at home.