Chapter 66 Lu Xiang's Craving for Pork

Everyone was shocked when Lu Zhaodi ran away. Although the rules in 1980 were not as strict as before, it was still impossible to travel far away without social connections and a household registration!

Someone was missing in the village, and Aunt Lu hurried to the county to report the case, but this time even the village didn't show up.

This girl Lu Zhaodi is too naughty.

After hearing this, Xiao Cailian was so shocked by her audacity that she didn't know what to say.

After Lu Xiang finished washing the clothes, she went back and saw her little niece Lu Bao standing on the shore waiting for her. She quickly waved to Lu Bao.

"Aunt." Lu Bao said, and then ran towards Lu Xiang. Lu Bao was a very quiet person, probably because he had been frightened before, so he always looked at people timidly, and he just liked Lu Xiang.

Xiao Cailian looked at the little girl and said, "This is your eldest sister's child."

Lu Xiang taught the shy Lu Bao, "This is Grandma Xiao."

Lu Bao timidly called out, "Grandma Xiao."

Xiao Cailian was suddenly happy and said, "Girls are still considerate." People in the village said that his family had a "boy." Not only did Xiao Cailian give birth to four sons, but her daughter-in-law also gave birth to sons!

Most people in the village favored boys over girls, but for Xiao Cailian, it was the other way around. If she were given such a lively and lovely granddaughter, she wouldn't want to let the child suffer at all!

Xiao Cailian was curious for a long time and wanted to take out some candy for the child, but she realized she didn't bring any. She could only give up with regret.

After Lu Bao came to Dayu Village, the adults in the village felt sorry for her for having such a father at such a young age, and asked their own children to take care of the little sister.

The children in the village were very loyal, and every day you could see several of them holding hands and calling Lu Bao to go out and play. Gradually, Lu Bao became a little bolder than before.

Lu Bao took Lu Xiang's hand. His niece looked more energetic than before. Perhaps due to malnutrition as a child, her hair was a little thin and dry. The doctor at the hospital said that eating more would help.

Lu Bao came to Lu Xiang and said, "Second Aunt is back. I'll let you eat at home tonight!"

Since marrying a cripple, Second Sister Lu has never returned to the village. Unlike her cowardly parents, she hates Grandma Lu so much that she wants to visit them whenever she returns to the village, but Second Sister Lu is unwilling to do so.

It was because Sister Lu got into trouble this time that the sisters got in touch again.

After hearing what Lu Xiang and Lu Bao said, Xiao Cailian said to Lu Xiang, "Your mother's family has something to do, so come home for dinner today."

"Thank you, Mom." Lu Xiang said.

Seeing that she still treated her mother-in-law as usual, Xiao Cailian became even kinder to Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang and Lu Bao returned to the Lu family together.

From a distance, I saw an ox cart parked in front of her house, and Lu Erjie and the driver were unloading the goods.

Lu Xiang hurried over to help, saying, "Second sister, you've brought your family home." She took a look and saw over thirty pounds of pork, two ducks, and a small basket of eggs. She also brought some unused clothes.

The Lu family's house was small to begin with, and the unloaded items almost filled up the courtyard. Fortunately, it was work time, otherwise there would be a bunch of people gathered around the house, gossiping and envious.

Lu Erjie said, "It's rare for you to come back. I can't come back empty-handed." After moving the things, she let the driver go back.

Lu Xiang and Lu Erjie worked together to bring the clothes and other things into the house.

Sister Lu lived in the house, and the air was filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. Lu Ping could walk and get out of bed, but he couldn't do any heavy work. At the hospital, the doctor said Lu Ping's body was like a broken paper kite.

She's suffered a lot of damage internally, but luckily she's young, so maybe she can recover after some rest. Lu Ping was also very close to Lu Erjie when he saw her. It was Lu Erjie who had been accompanying her during her hospitalization.

Everything else is easy to handle, but I don't know what to do with this thirty pounds of pork. It's hot now, so I have to handle it properly. It'll go bad in a few days.

Second Sister Lu said, "Let Xiangxiang take this piece of meat back." Now Lu Xiang has married and lives with her mother-in-law. She always thinks that she can only survive by pleasing her mother-in-law.

Second Sister Lu said, "This is the pig our family adopted from the village. It's grown to over 200 kilograms. We've been running out of food lately, and it's been losing weight from hunger. My mother-in-law felt sorry for it and asked someone to kill it and divide the meat among them!"

Lu Xiang was very interested in this cooperative pig farming: "Does your village allow raising such large animals?"

Dayu Village doesn't allow this. Each family in Dayu Village is allowed to raise a maximum of two chickens. If they raise more than that, they will be considered a capitalist tail.

The Fu family disliked the chickens running around the yard and making their droppings dirty, so they stopped raising any. As for the Lu family, they simply couldn't afford to raise any. They had to go out and buy meat, and who would have thought that the neighboring village would allow them to raise pigs?

Second Sister Lu said, "We weren't allowed to raise pigs before. Then a guy named Chou Laojiu came to our area. He used to run a ranch and raised hundreds of cattle and sheep. The village chief wanted him to help raise pigs to offset his work. But the village was short of money, so he suggested that each family contribute money to buy piglets, beans, and feed."

Second Sister Lu's in-laws were well-off, having the skill to make vinegar. They adopted two pigs themselves, slaughtering one and the other for Chinese New Year. Other families pooled their money to raise one, while some didn't. Currently, the village has over a dozen pigs.

Lu Xiang was envious. This farm pig was the most delicious. "Can someone from another village adopt one?" she asked. She had some money now, so she was a little tempted.

Now you still need a meat coupon to eat meat. Fu Qinhui is the only one in the family who has a formal job. If the entire Fu family eats those few kilograms of meat coupons, how much will it cost if everyone shares it?

The Fu family was pinning their hopes on distributing grain and slaughtering pigs after the autumn harvest. But according to Lu Xiang's memory, the pigs were slaughtered, but the whole village didn't get much meat, and she was greedy.

Although we use duck necks when making braised duck at home, how can duck necks be compared with meat?

Second Sister Lu said, "That's definitely not possible. Raising pigs in our village still needs to be reported to the county and approved. You're from another village, so don't even think about it. Otherwise, you'll be easily labeled as such."

Lu Xiang said, "Oh." She was a little disappointed. But she quickly said to Lu Erjie, "I'll talk to our village chief later. This cooperative pig farming method is very good. Let's learn from it too."

Lu Erjie laughed and said, "You little greedy girl, you just want something good." The village chief is a cadre, it would be strange if he would listen to her.

Second Sister Lu said, "I heard you're a good cook. You can do whatever you want with these. I've already taken care of them. I can't cook, and the meat was ruined in my hands!"

After that, he brought Sister Lu a large bag of zippers, buckles, needles, and thread, and said, "Your second brother-in-law is a tailor. These handicrafts are distributed by piecework, at two cents each. I thought it would be better to work for you than for others. It will at least bring in some income."

This was purely Lu Erjie's concern. How could her eldest sister, who was raising a child and living at home, survive without a penny? Zippering was a good job, and she wouldn't pay ordinary people.

Lu Xiang didn't tell them what was in her heart. She was looking at the duck and pork, wondering what to do with them.

Soon Lu Xiang started to divide the meat, planning to use 20 kilograms of smoked bacon and 8 kilograms of meat sauce, which could be kept for a longer time, and the remaining 2 kilograms for making meat buns.

Lu Xiang was a quick person and she quickly picked it up. The kitchen knife seemed to come alive in her hands. Even Lu Erjie was surprised by her excellent knife skills.

Regardless of how it tastes, just looking at the appearance is good, it looks like someone who can cook.