Chapter 98 Slaughtering Pigs

The busy days went by so fast, before I knew it, the school was already preparing for the final exams.

After the exams, the holidays started early, and the teachers didn't assign much homework. The whole holiday was for playing around, but Jinran couldn't do that because her family's pigs needed to be slaughtered.

When Shen's father and Wang Cuifen returned from their leave, they were shocked to see the two large, fat pigs that Jinran was raising. Each pig must weigh four or five hundred pounds!

"That's true. The fattest pig these days weighs at most 200 pounds," Jinran thought smugly. "Look at what her pigs eat. They eat better than most people; it's no wonder they're so fat."

The news spread extremely quickly, and when the town's officials heard about it, they all rushed to see it.

Jinran exclaimed, "!!!" "No, no, that's impossible!"

The town officials praised the Shen family highly, saying they were expert pig farmers. They even told Jinran, "Young lady, you are truly a woman who is just as capable as any man."

Jinran remained silent, never expecting that her honor was actually given to her by Zhuzhu.

She turned her head and looked disdainfully at her unruly son and daughter, who were grooming each other and showing off their affection. Look at them, look at them! They're all eating the same food, but how come they're so much more successful?

The four little ones said they were going up the mountain because there were too many people in the family, and it was giving them a headache.

Jinran pouted. What's so painful about a brain the size of a walnut?

The town officials kept subtly asking if the pork was for sale, saying they could collect it on behalf of the government.

Jinran shook her head vigorously. She had already figured out how to divide the pork: some for her grandma's family, some for her maternal grandma's family, and some for her parents. Her brothers couldn't get leave to come back, so they had to have a taste.

Everything needs to be taken care of.

There are also some aunts, uncles, and other relatives who usually take good care of her, and she has to exchange pork for a cheaper one.

It's also an unwritten rule in the village.

After all that, she was left with almost nothing. She wasn't about to take advantage of this rare opportunity to openly eat meat.

But since they had already spoken, in the end Grandpa Shen said he could exchange some receipts for a few cadres.

Even though Jinran was unwilling, she agreed.

On the day of the pig slaughter, many people from the village came to help. Everyone was incredibly envious of the plump pig.

Whenever the villagers saw Jinran, they would shower her with compliments, and they would always end up asking, "Nini, how do you raise these pigs? They're so good! Tell us how, so we can all learn from you."

The county officials overheard this and had a sudden inspiration. They said, "How about this? These next few days, you should think carefully about your pig-raising experience. I'll have someone organize a pig-raising seminar in the county, and you can share your pig-raising experience with everyone there."

Everyone said it was a good idea, and that they would definitely go to the county to listen to it properly when the time came.

Jinran was overwhelmed by the feeling of being showered with honor.

When her grandparents and parents learned that she could go to the county to popularize pig farming knowledge, they were overjoyed and praised her for being promising and bringing honor to the family.

Jinran thought, "Human joys and sorrows are not shared. She only felt the noise."

Just imagine, she's a young girl, standing in front of a group of honest farmers, gesturing and gesturing, she must have been completely withdrawn.

The key point is that she still knows what kind of pigs she has. They drink water from her space, eat cornmeal and bran, and occasionally eat some pig feed to change their diet.

So what is she going to say?

Alright, when things calm down, I'll browse through some books on my social media! I'll try to use plain language!

Normally, when someone slaughters a pig, people don't usually come to their door. After the butcher has slaughtered and cleaned the pig, he'll give them some offal, a pound of meat, and a meal, and that's it.

But this time, when Jinran's family slaughtered a pig, everyone came to help. It was partly because they wanted to spend more time with Shen's father and Wang Cuifen, and also because they were so curious about pigs weighing four or five hundred pounds, something they'd never seen before.

However, nowadays, there's no tradition of inviting people to a feast of pork stew. People are all poor, so at most, they'd give a few ounces or half a pound of meat to the people who helped out, which is considered a generous gift.

Upon hearing that there would be a thank-you gift, everyone busied themselves even more enthusiastically. If Jinran hadn't stopped them, some of the older women would have helped cut up a whole vat of sauerkraut.

While everyone was busy, they saw their aunt arrive with Shen Yanhong. Their uncle, Shen Qing, and Meng Fan had arrived earlier.

Everyone from the main house except Huang Yuanyuan arrived. Shen Qing was carried in on a board, looking rather like a shameless scoundrel who wouldn't take advantage of anyone.

But after Jinran saw her aunt, the image of the latrine appeared, and she was instantly disgusted.

Let's look at pork instead, to cleanse our eyes.

The eldest aunt showed no intention of helping at all, and, still not learning her lesson, she had a sharp tongue, saying, "Oh, the third brother's family has struck it rich! They must have made a lot of money selling that pig!"

Looking at her clueless sister-in-law, the second aunt had only one thought in her mind: "Fool! The third branch of the family is clearly doing well and has a lot of ability. Instead of maintaining the relationship properly, she's deliberately offending them. What else can you call that but stupidity?"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, her aunt didn't care and shamelessly continued, "Why didn't the Wang family come? Nini, didn't you invite your maternal relatives? That's not right."

"We've arrived. Don't try anything funny now. It's embarrassing."