Because the pigs were raised well last year, the Fengshou Brigade expanded the pig farm this year, raising thirty pigs. After handing over fifteen pigs to the quota, fifteen pigs were left.
If they hadn't planted the watermelons, Captain Qian would definitely have arranged for everyone to sell ten pigs to the purchasing station, keeping five pigs for his own village to eat.
But this year, Captain Qian generously ordered all fifteen pigs to be slaughtered and distributed to everyone, so that everyone could eat their fill this year.
One person can get seven jin of pork.
Then, the offal, pig's head, pig's trotters, pig's blood, and other scraps were put together, weighing more than a thousand pounds. Each person could get about five or six pounds. However, since there was a variety of items and everyone wanted different things, we let everyone choose for themselves, one or several items, as the total weight was the same.
Families with new mothers who need to breastfeed will buy pig's trotters to make soup. A pig has four trotters, and fifteen pigs only have sixty trotters, so trotters are given priority to families with new mothers.
Moreover, pig trotters are much easier to clean than pig intestines and pig heart and lungs. It can be said that there are far more people who want to choose pig trotters than people who want to choose pig offal. However, there are only so many trotters, and it is impossible for everyone to get one.
There wasn't enough pork fat to go around to everyone, so each family got a piece and had to render their own pork fat at home.
When it was Wenxi's turn, the three of them each chose seven catties of pork. The offal was chosen together. Wenxi chose two pig trotters, two pieces of pig blood, a pig stomach, a set of pig heart and lungs, and then asked for three catties of bones and five catties of pig intestines, which totaled nearly eighteen catties.
"Wenxi, can you wait for me?" Zhou Bai came over and saw that Wenxi and the other two were about to leave, so he hurriedly stopped them.
"Zhou Bai, is there something you need?" Wen Xi asked curiously.
"I don't know how to handle those offal and other things..." Zhou Bai was a little embarrassed. He could help Tian Shengnan and Song Lan marinate the pork, but he really didn't know how to handle the offal.
"Okay, then I'll choose some offal for Tian Shengnan and the others!" Wen Xi hadn't left the stall yet, so she selected pig's trotters, pig's ears, and pig's large intestines for Tian Shengnan and Song Lan, a total of twelve catties.
These things can be pickled and dried for later consumption. If they are getting married after the New Year, these things will come in handy.
"Wenxi, thank you for your trouble," Zhou Bai said, also afraid of wasting good things.
Wen Xi nodded, "You can save those few pounds for the New Year and eat them slowly!"
“Hmm,” Zhou Bai said.
After that, Wenxi and the other two left, but not to go home. Instead, they went to the river bend to clean up the things.
Wash it clean outside first, then wash it a few times with well water when you get home.
In the large kitchen of the educated youth settlement, Yang Liling nudged Jiang Yang's shoulder. "Jiang Yang, I just saw your sister take a lot of meat. What right does a good-for-nothing like her have to eat meat? Let's go and ask her for some of her meat, okay?"
This time, the distribution of meat was based on the number of people. That is to say, each educated youth, including their children, would receive seven catties of pork and six catties of offal, for a total of thirteen catties.
Some people eat quickly and finish their meat in no time, so to prevent others from taking advantage of us, everyone eats their meat separately. We each cook our own, and once we've finished, there's no more meat left. We shouldn't think about taking other people's meat.
However, Yang Liling and Jiang Yang are now officially a couple, so their meat and offal are kept together, totaling 26 jin (approximately 13 catties).
They also decided to eat some of the leftovers, pickle and dry them, and save them to eat slowly so they could eat meat several times in the future. However, people are greedy, and after listening to Yang Liling's "pillow talk," Jiang Yang also became interested in Jiang Yue's meat.
So the two of them locked the meat and offal in the cupboard and went to Wenxi's house to find Jiang Yue.
Wenxi and the others had just finished cleaning the pig offal and returned home. Before they even had a sip of hot tea to warm themselves up, they heard a knock at the door. Wenxi turned to open it and saw Jiang Yang and Yang Liling standing outside. She was a little surprised and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
“I’m looking for my sister, not you,” Jiang Yang said.
"What do you want? Have you forgotten that we broke off our relationship? Should I repost the newspaper?" Jiang Yue went to the kitchen to get a cleaver, then came up behind Wen Xi, looking coldly at Jiang Yang and Yang Liling standing outside. "Jiang Yang, when you first came here, I told you that I owed Wen Xi eighty yuan. If you paid it back, I would acknowledge you as my brother. But what did you do? You clearly brought money, yet you wouldn't even help me pay back eighty yuan."
"You haven't contacted me for so long, but you suddenly came to see me today. Have you thought it through and decided to help me pay back the money?" Jiang Yue said, a hint of expectation rising in her eyes.
Wen Xi looked at Jiang Yang excitedly, "Jiang Yang, are you really here to help Jiang Yue pay off her debts? Then just give me 160 yuan. Last year it was 80 yuan, this year it's 80 yuan, so it's exactly 160 yuan."
Wen Xi proudly stretched out her hand to Jiang Yang, "As long as you give me the money, I promise I'll tear up the IOU right away."
"You good-for-nothing, how could you have spent so much money?" Jiang Yang roared in anger.
Jiang Yue raised the kitchen knife in her hand. "Where is it too much? Do you think I don't need to eat, drink, wear clothes, or wear shoes? You think eighty yuan is too much? Then tell me how much you spend in a year. From now on, I'll spend the same amount you spend in a year, okay? If you don't want to help me pay it back, I'll have my family pay it back for me. Anyway, if I can't make ends meet, I'll borrow money everywhere. In short, I won't wrong myself. If you don't like it, then get out."
"When are you going to pay back the money?" Wen Xi looked at Jiang Yang. "Since you ignored the agreement to sever ties, it means you acknowledge that you are Jiang Yue's brother and sister-in-law. So, each of you should pay eighty yuan to help Jiang Yue pay back the money she owes. Don't delay any longer. After all, I also need money to live. Yang Liling, as the elder sister-in-law, shouldn't you do something to show your support?"
Jiang Yang hadn't come before, but he's here now. What does that mean?
This means someone was stirring things up in his ear. There's no need to ask who that person is. In that case, don't blame her for being impolite.
Yang Liling sneered resentfully, "We're not here to reunite with her. We're just here to see how miserable a person abandoned by their family is! Only a fool like you would lend her so much money. Aren't you afraid she won't be able to pay it back?"
“What am I afraid of? Don’t you all have me? Even if things don’t go well, she still has a whole family. In a while, I’ll go to their house with the IOU and make a scene, asking them if Jiang Yue is really their biological daughter. How come their son was able to take so much money with him when he went to the countryside, while their daughter almost starved to death and had to beg others to lend her money to live on? As long as Jiang Yue is their biological child, I will definitely get the money back, and you won’t have to worry about Jiang Yue not being able to pay it back.”
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