Su Mianmian smiled, and after washing her hands with Shen Yuandao, she walked over, picked up little Ayan and put him on the kang.
Little Ayan mumbled something and fell asleep.
Su Mianmian then sat back at the table, and Grandma Su took the rice out of the pot.
"You two should eat some, I've been keeping it warm in the pot!"
Su Mianmian and Shen Yuandao started eating. They hadn't eaten anything in the afternoon and were obviously very hungry.
Su Mianmian took the time to glance at Qin Huaichuan who was sitting with Su Qingqing. "How was your day? Did the principal say anything?"
Qin Huaichuan raised his head when he heard this, "No, don't worry!"
Su Mianmian nodded, stopped worrying, and concentrated on eating.
"Mianmian, didn't they say they encountered a pack of wolves? What happened in the end?" Su Qingqing asked.
The others nodded. Su Mianmian swallowed the food in her mouth and pointed to Shen Yuandao beside her and said, "He thought of a way. We made some noise and used torches to scare the wolves away."
Grandpa Su listened and nodded, "I have heard that wolves are afraid of fire, but I don't know if it will work."
Grandma Su looked terrified. "Anyway, no matter what, I'm glad nothing happened to you two."
"Yes, that's right. As long as everyone is okay, that's good."
After dinner, Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan went back.
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The next day, Su Mianmian and Su Qingqing were on vacation. They slept until dawn, woke up, packed up, and went to the threshing ground with their family members, carrying backpacks.
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan were also among them.
A few people arrived at the threshing ground. It was bustling with many people there.
The team leader stood on a high platform holding a loud speaker. His appearance instantly quieted the originally noisy threshing ground.
The captain looked at everyone and jokingly said, "Why are you all silent? Are you so happy because I'm here?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
San Gouzi even shouted louder, "Captain, you can share the meat when you come! We are all waiting!"
The captain also laughed. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, okay. So you're all waiting for the meat! I thought you were silent because I was here."
San Gouzi quickly flattered him, saying, "Captain, we're glad you're here."
The captain raised his eyebrows, looked at everyone and said, "Since you said so, let's chat for a while and then divide the meat."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone on the threshing floor suddenly became depressed. They looked at each other with disappointment on their faces.
"Ah~Captain~"
Suddenly there were shouts all over the threshing floor.
At this time, Uncle Yang smiled and said, "Captain, it's so cold chatting here in the middle of winter. It would be much nicer if we could just sit on the kang at home and chat after dividing the meat!"
When San Gouzi heard this, he immediately agreed, "Yes, yes, Uncle Yang is right!"
Secretary Duan also watched this scene with a smile and said, "Alright, alright, Old Dong, stop keeping us in suspense and hurry up."
Seeing this, the captain stopped joking and picked up the loudspeaker, saying, "Alright, alright, everyone, listen to me. Shuanzi and Xiaonan, take a few people and go get those three wild boars and two silly roe deer that we dealt with yesterday."
Upon hearing this, Shuanzi and Dong Xiangnan took a few young men to the warehouse to carry meat.
After a while, they carried the processed wild boar meat and placed it in the middle of the threshing floor.
The captain looked at everyone and said, "Come on, everyone, find a good seat and line up! Every household will get a share. This year's harvest is quite good, and I guarantee everyone will have a good New Year!"
Hearing the captain's words, everyone began to cheer:
"Very good!"
"Great! We have meat to eat!"
But soon they stopped again and lined up obediently to wait for their share of the meat.
Shen Yuandao asked Qin Huaichuan and Su Guangbai to line up.
Shuanzi and a few others worked together to carry the processed wild boar meat out of the warehouse.
The wild boar meat was processed in an orderly manner, with the hair on the skin removed cleanly, revealing the tender meat.
The captain took a look at the boar meat, then picked up the loudspeaker and said, "There are three wild boars and two roe deer in total. It seems that the families who went up the mountain to hunt should each get a larger share, and the others should be divided equally. Is everyone okay with this?"
"No problem, Captain."
"Yes, yes, no problem. Let's do it as we should."
What's your opinion? It's good enough to have meat to eat.
The team leader nodded slightly and turned to Secretary Duan, "Old Duan, take out the account book we worked so hard to calculate yesterday and let everyone review it."
Upon hearing this, Secretary Duan fumbled out a slightly worn but neat little notebook from his big pocket, which was densely packed with records of the weight of meat weighed yesterday.
The team leader took the bill from Secretary Duan, cleared his throat, and began to read:
"Everyone, listen carefully. We weighed the meat yesterday. The wild boar meat weighed 845 kilograms, and the roe deer weighed 47 kilograms."
"There are fifteen people going hunting in the mountains this time. Each of their families will receive twelve pounds of meat, and the remaining families will each receive six pounds. If everyone has no objection, then let's start lining up to collect our meat from Secretary Duan."
"No objection! No objection!" Everyone answered in unison, and then rushed to the position where Secretary Duan was.
Su Guangbai also went to queue up, and Su Mianmian stopped him when he saw him. "Uncle, I want to eat pig's trotters and roe deer meat."
Su Guangbai waved his hand and said, "Okay, wait for uncle to get the meat."
Seeing this, Shen Yuandao also said: “Then I will get some pig’s trotters later.”
Qin Huaichuan looked at Su Qingqing and asked gently, "Qingqing, what do you want to eat? Old Shen and I will get it for you."
Su shook her head gently. She was fine with anything. Her family's Mianmian was a good cook and everything she made was delicious. She wasn't picky and would eat anything as long as it tasted good.
"I'm fine with it. You decide. Besides, each family can only take 12 kilograms, so we can't take more."
Qin Huaichuan nodded, and then the three of them walked towards Secretary Duan.
By the time the three of them arrived, there was already a long line in front of them.
Fortunately, they were not too far in line, so there were still quite a few pig's trotters left.
Su Guangbai picked out four pig's trotters, and took more than five pounds of spare ribs and five pounds of pork belly. He remembered that his children liked to eat spare ribs, so he took some extra.
Su Guangbai took four pig's trotters, more than five pounds of ribs, and five pounds of pork belly.
He remembered that the kids liked to eat ribs, and all of them took the same amount of ribs and pork belly.
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan took two pig's trotters, seven pounds of pork belly and four pounds of ribs.
After the three of them came over with the backpacks, they returned to the Yun family.
When they got home, Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan also handed the meat to Su Mianmian.
Su Mianmian thought for a moment, then looked at Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan and said, "Why don't we send these five pounds of pork belly and four pounds of spare ribs to the cowshed. The remaining seven pounds of pork belly and five pounds of spare ribs will be enough for us to eat. If it's not enough, we can buy more when we go to the commune to buy New Year's goods."
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