"Even if she applied to not work, let alone cut pig feed and cook, we would agree. A big wild boar is worth several hundred yuan. If it were someone else, they would probably secretly take it outside and sell it. Why would they hand it over to everyone to eat?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue felt both admiration and worry for Wen Xi. Shen Jiaojiao even pinched Wen Xi's waist, saying, "Xiao Xi, aren't you too bold? You dare to provoke a wild boar? Don't you value your life?"
Wen Xi looked at Shen Jiaojiao with a wronged expression. "It wasn't me who provoked the wild boar! It was the wild boar that provoked me! I was digging for wild vegetables and I was doing just fine when suddenly a wild boar pounced on me. I quickly dropped my basket and climbed a tree. The wild boar went crazy and kept ramming the tree until it was exhausted. That's when I climbed down and hacked it to death. I was all alone at the time, and I couldn't call for help anywhere. I had to save myself!"
Shen Jiaojiao sighed and said nothing more. What could she say? Wen Xi had almost been in danger, and they had almost never seen Wen Xi again. Could she still blame Wen Xi?
Shen Jiaojiao, still shaken, reached out and hugged Wen Xi.
Wen Xi patted Shen Jiaojiao's shoulder with amusement, "It's okay, don't worry. Wild boars rarely appear on these mountains. It's probably because someone came up the mountain a while ago and startled the wild boars, so they came here."
The sudden appearance of wild boars on a mountain where they had never been before is a very strange thing in itself. However, the fact that so many people were stationed on the mountain recently can be explained by the following reasoning.
Wen Xi turned her head and whispered to Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue, "I'll ask you two to be my helpers when I cook. You can go to work during the off-season and cook with me during the busy season, so you won't be too tired."
"Xiaoxi, thank you," Jiang Yue said gratefully.
She hadn't expected that Wenxi would even think of them. They had never done farm work before, and while they could manage when things weren't busy, they definitely wouldn't be able to handle it during the busy farming season. Now, Wenxi had helped them apply for cooking duties, so all they would have to do was cook, and they wouldn't have to work hard in the fields.
How could she not be grateful to Wenxi?
Her family wouldn't care about her, but Wenxi was just a friend she met on the train to the countryside! A friend who treated her better than her family.
"Then I'll call out the names from the work point register. Whoever's name is called, they should bring their whole family to sign and put their fingerprints on the document," Captain Qian said, and began calling out names. When a family's name was called, they would bring their entire family forward. If they wanted to eat pork, they would sign and put their fingerprints on the document; if they didn't want to eat pork, they could take their whole family home.
The team rarely gets to eat meat more than twice a year, but this time the wild boar was divided equally among the members.
This wild boar must weigh at least three or four hundred pounds. I estimate that each person could get a pound of meat, and a large family with many members could get ten pounds or so. This is something we never dared to dream of before.
They didn't need to spend money or work points; it was like they got it for free. Nobody's that stupid as to not even want pork.
So everyone signed and put their fingerprints on the papers without hesitation. Those who couldn't write had Captain Qian sign their names for them, and then they pressed their red handprints on their names.
Wenxi knew that there were many people in the team and one piece of paper was not enough for everyone to sign and put their fingerprints on, so she specially prepared several application forms. When Captain Qian handed the application forms to her, she saw that they were covered with red handprints.
Wenxi was very satisfied.
Without having to go to work, she can do whatever she wants.
Pig offal is difficult to divide, and each family gets only a small amount, which is troublesome to clean up afterward. Therefore, everyone decided to eat "pig-killing feast," and Aunt Meihua arranged for someone to prepare it.
If we start making it now, everyone can enjoy a hot and fragrant pork stew tonight.
After the pork was processed, Captain Qian had everyone line up to receive their share. Wenxi and her two friends each received four and a half jin of pork, which means each person received one and a half jin. This shows that the wild boar was really fat and had a high meat yield.
Those who received the meat carried it home with beaming faces. They had been given so much meat this time that they could eat it for several days, or they could marinate it, dry it, and cut off a few pieces to steam every few days.
When Wenxi and the others returned, Lin Yiwan and her group gathered around. Lin Chuyang had gone to work in the city after the New Year, so now it was just Lin Jing, Lin Lan, and Lin Qing.
"Wenxi, aren't you incredibly brave? You even dared to provoke a wild boar." Lin Yiwan looked at Wenxi with disapproval, then asked with concern, "I heard you came down the mountain covered in blood. Were you injured?"
Wen Xi shook her head. "I wasn't injured. That was all pig's blood. I really didn't mean to provoke the wild boar. I was all alone on the mountain. I had no choice but to find a way to save myself. Otherwise, if I had been eaten by the wild boar, the only things people would have found of me on the mountain would probably be my clothes."
"If you ever want to go up the mountain again, remember to call me. We'll go together. There's strength in numbers, and we won't be afraid of wild boars."
Lin Yiwan also found it strange. This place is neither the Northeast nor the mountains of the South. She has never heard of wild boars in all the years she has been here. It must be that a group of people went up the mountain before and startled the wild boars, so the wild boars ran over from somewhere else!
Wen Xi knew that Lin Yiwan was concerned about her, and she was touched. She smiled gratefully and said, "It's okay. There are no wild boars here, and it's unlikely that we'll encounter any more."
Lin Yiwan let everyone walk in front, while she took Wenxi's arm and walked behind. Looking at her mysterious appearance, Wenxi knew that she must have some gossip to share.
Wenxi either goes up the mountain or to the black market when she goes out, and rarely interacts with the villagers, so she doesn't know much about the village gossip.
Lin Yiwan actually shared two things with Wen Xi.
The first thing is that after Chu Wan'er married that older man, Qian Qiusheng lost everything. He didn't get either of the two women, so he shamelessly went to beg his ex-fiancée to let the wedding go ahead as scheduled. That way, he could not only get back the 500 yuan he had paid in compensation, but he would also have a wife. However, his ex-fiancée simply refused to see him.
Wen Xi nodded thoughtfully, "This girl is a rational person. If Qian Qiusheng can change his mind and like Chu Wan'er, he can change his mind and like other female educated youths in the future. Moreover, he only apologized to get his money back and to have a wife. He didn't apologize because he liked her at all. Marrying someone who doesn't like you or may even hate you means you may never be able to warm his heart. You may have to work hard for a lifetime and suffer grievances for a lifetime. He might even hate you for a lifetime."
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