Chapter 39 Second Update Star "Pig"
When Yang Xiuxiu and Zhao Chunjiao finally understood the "truth", their eyes when looking at Ye Yu changed. She was no longer the pretty and somewhat cold female educated youth, but the companion and noble person they urgently needed.
Zhao Chunjiao couldn't hold back any longer and invited, "Comrade Ye Yu, welcome to our village."
"Comrade Ye Yu, do you like eating chili peppers? I am from Jincheng in Shu, and I brought a lot of bean paste, dried chili peppers and peppercorn powder from home. The peppercorns are all wild in the mountains. We call them wild mountain peppercorns. We have a lot of them. After you finish eating them, you can ask my parents to send them to you. There are also Chuanzhike, Nardostachys grandiflora, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. that can be used for cooking seasonings. These things can be stored for a long time after being dried." Yang Xiuxiu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke. It seemed that this female educated youth comrade was a smart person because she was able to grasp the most important points from a long string of words.
There is no doubt that Ye Yu was extremely excited, and his mind began to automatically recall the recipes of Sichuan cuisine with strong flavors, such as boiled fish, spicy hot pot, and pickled pepper chicken feet.
The southwest region has many mountains and rivers, and rich flora and fauna. I feel like I really chose the wrong commune.
"Wait, wait, Ye Yu is from our village, Comrade Zhao, Comrade Li, you are not allowed to seduce her like this." Hua Feifei's words were three-quarters true and seven-quarters false to ease the dull atmosphere, her expression was exaggerated.
Liu Xinghua covered her mouth and laughed as she agreed, "Right, right, right. And since Xiaoyu's grandparents are both in Wangjiagou, no matter how many diamonds you have in your belly, she won't be willing to leave Wangjiagou. No amount of temptation will work."
Ye Yu: ...As far as the family ties in Wangjiagou are concerned, it is not impossible.
Hua Feifei and the other two grabbed her sleeves and said, "You can't... kill our friendship."
"Yes, yes, yes," Han Jing and Xu Fei nodded vigorously, "We are companions forever."
"A deep revolutionary friendship?" Ye Yu scratched his ear. "When did this thing come about between us?"
"Yes, I have!"
Very loud.
The adults who were enjoying the show also understood that the distribution of educated youth was related to the commune and it was not so easy to transfer them.
Even if some people really didn't understand, at least they could read the atmosphere. The educated youth from Wangjiagou and the educated youth from Hongqi Brigade both had smiles on their faces. They were not really arguing but joking.
The children didn't understand and kept shouting anxiously, "The aunt who is the master of Sanhai Creek is from their village", "No, no, aunt, you are not allowed to leave."
The adults are even more amused.
Ye Yu didn't quite understand. When did she become so popular with the adults in the village? And why did all the children in the village start calling her "Auntie"?
Thanks to this sitcom, Yang Xiuxiu and Zhao Chunjiao finally calmed down, from crying their eyes out at the beginning to laughing until tears came out.
Of course, their invitation was absolutely real. Not only Ye Yu was invited, but also Han Jing, Xu Fei, and Hua Feifei.
Yang Xiuxiu's promise to "exchange" seasonings with Ye Yu was naturally true. She really had bean paste, dried chili peppers, and wild peppercorns, but she didn't bring them with her. As for seasonings such as Chuanzhi Ke, Nardostachys odoratus, and Gardenia jasminoides, she had to write a letter and ask her family to send them over.
Hua Feifei and the other two also discussed with Yang Xiuxiu and the others the topic of how educated youth should go to the countryside to build the rural areas, and they also simplified and adapted some of Ye Yu's words that day.
Yang Xiuxiu and the others looked at Ye Yu with even more admiration, and felt even more regretful that they did not go to the countryside with her. For the first time, Ye Yu's reputation spread from Wangjiagou to the Hongqi Brigade.
Some people were chatting, laughing and joking together. When they encountered bumps or uphill slopes, someone would lend a hand to help, and the mountain road to Pingquan Town suddenly became easier.
It's really as lively as a market.
So when Yang Xiuxiu and Zhao Chunhua arrived in town, they were unwilling to separate from Ye Yu and the other three, and followed the people from Wangjiagou to the agricultural and sideline products station to hand in the New Year pigs.
Ye Yu didn't understand why she had to be here. She was dragged here by Hua Feifei under the pretext of witnessing her hard-earned personal achievements.
But Hua Feifei hadn't been feeding the pigs for many days, and she wasn't even a starter yet, so how could it be linked to her personal achievements? And how could she still be struggling?
Just use words randomly.
There are a lot of people at the agricultural and sideline product station today.
The pigs from the 12th Brigade of Pingquan Town were basically handed in during these two days. There were at least 30 to 40 people in each team who drove the pigs out from the village themselves.
It was clearly a major event for the brigade, but all the people who showed up were local villagers, and the educated youth basically did not come.
As a result, Ye Yu and a few others who joined in the fun with the villagers became conspicuous again.
Due to the short time, the appearance of the educated youth has not yet become rough due to working in the fields. However, their behavior is different, and some of them have obvious local accents. They are very easy to identify by local villagers and can be recognized at a glance.
When it was Wangjiagou's turn to weigh the pigs, Hua Feifei squeezed to the front and, together with her two aunts, held her breath, staring at the large scale in front of them without blinking.
"141 pounds!"
"Hurrah!"
Hua Feifei, Han Jing, Xu Fei and the villagers cheered together. Even in public places, they were more relaxed and cheered more enthusiastically and loudly.
"139 pounds"
“Great!”
"The next one is higher!"
He roared as if he was watching a live game.
"142 pounds."
“Ah ...
People who don’t know might think that their country has joined the WTO or successfully bid for the Olympic Games today.
In fact, the purchase price of pork weighing more than 120 kilograms this year is 1.5 yuan per kilogram.
That is, after Wangjiagou worked hard to raise pigs for a year, the total income was 141+139+142-1203=386 yuan, which seems not bad, but this was divided among hundreds of people in the village, and each person received less than one yuan. What's more, the village still had two annual pigs left to provide meat as a backup.
Having witnessed the modern people's laziness and the extinction of humanity in the end times, Ye Yu could not quite understand this kind of ever-positive spiritual vitality.
But she felt that she had changed during her time in the countryside. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been dragged here by Hua Feifei, or she wouldn't have generously shared a spoonful of soup with them each when she cooked pickled fish (Hua Feifei San: Is this very generous?)
At this moment, Ye Yu was also infected by this cheering and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
The people from other brigades were full of questions. They were not puzzled by the fact that the people from Wangjiagou were cheering for the New Year pig. In previous years, some brigades that raised pigs weighing less than 120 kilograms even knelt down and begged the staff of the agricultural and sideline products station. What they were curious about was why the villagers of Wangjiagou and the educated youth from their village got along so well.
The captain of the Red Flag Brigade and village cadres were also there. He also saw that the two educated youth in their team were completely integrated into the team and were cheering and jumping for the harvest in Wangjiagou.
???
What's going on?
The pigs raised by their Red Flag Brigade are miles ahead of those raised in Wangjiagou, right? Not only are they raising a large number of pigs, more than a dozen in total, but because they have access to a small amount of pig feed, the heaviest pig weighs 250 kilograms.
They can definitely be rated as the star pigs of Pingquan Commune. At the commune brigade representative meeting at the end of the year, the commune president will definitely praise them in front of all the commune leaders.
What’s so great about a 150-pound pig?
Ding Xiangsong, the captain of the Red Flag Society, was puzzled. He was always very competitive and even felt jealous.
When the agricultural and sideline cooperative staff were settling income for each village and issuing this year's pig slaughtering certificates, Ding Xiangsong approached Wang Zhiming, the team leader of Wangjiagou.
He pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Are the educated youth from your team here too? These spoiled city dwellers are incompetent and always the biggest troublemakers. Why are you praising them? Are you complaining that they don't have enough rice to eat?"
The other team leaders seemed to agree with this statement, and some even gave examples on the spot to strongly belittle and criticize the educated youth group, even going so far as to say that city people were useless.
"It takes a year or two for new recruits to blend in with the veterans. It's only been a few days, and you're already defining them as people who just eat and don't work?"
Wang Zhiming rolled his eyes. He had listened to the conflicts between the locals and the educated youth all the way and had thought they were exaggerated. But he didn't expect that they were all toned down.
He also hopes that those young people who have left their hometowns can have a better life. He also advised: "They have been studying for more than ten years. No matter how young and strong they are, they still need a learning process."
"Young and strong? They can't compare to the sixty-year-old grandfather in our village," Ding Xiangsong said firmly. "With their cowardly attitude, they won't earn ten work points a day even if they're given another ten or twenty years."
"Haha, the best worker in our village is a city kid."
None of the captains believed it.
Seeing Wang Zhiming's confident look and thinking of his identity as a veteran, they looked at Han Jing and others with suspicion. Those who were not from the Red Flag Brigade also included Yang Xiuxiu and Zhao Chunjiao, but they quickly excluded all the female educated youth.
Focus on the two men.
So what if Han Jing is tall? He is as thin as a bamboo pole and feels like the wind can blow him away; Xu Fei is a little better, but fat people are rare in this era. He is not fat, of average height, looks gentle, and wears a pair of glasses that only cultured people wear.
Still don't believe it.
Wang Zhiming didn't care whether they believed it or not, and he had no obligation to explain it to them.
At this moment, the herd of pigs that had been handed in suddenly got out of control and jumped out of the fences. The people at the agricultural and sideline station were unable to control these rampant wild boars for a while.
Especially the 250-pound pig, which was very energetic. It took the lead and rushed in the front. It not only knocked down two people, but also jumped out of the fence and rushed towards the crowd.
Although the fighting power of domestic pigs is certainly not comparable to that of wild boars, it is still quite scary visually to see something weighing more than 200 pounds suddenly rushing towards you.
There was a commotion among the crowd.
Before the burly men could regain control of the "star pig", a figure rushed out.
But Ye Yu stretched out his left hand to push Han Jingxu Fei away, and with his right hand he pulled
Hua Feifei moved sideways to avoid the star pig's reckless charge, and then "gently" kicked it.
Good news:
The pig didn't fly more than ten meters.
But the pig weighing more than 250 pounds fell to the ground at the seemingly effortless kick from Ye Yu, and even rolled sideways, screaming twice.
“…”
The whole audience was silent.
Team leader Ding Xiangsong and others finally believed that the "No. 1 working educated youth" mentioned by Wang Zhiming really existed and never dared to make any nonsense again. They looked around but still couldn't believe that it was this beautiful female educated youth.
It’s true that you can’t judge a book by its cover.
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