Knowing that the team would be fishing in a couple of days, Xue Fu has been working even harder these past few days.
She was afraid that she might accidentally feed the fish in the pond too much and make them thin.
Therefore, she has been measuring carefully every day for the past few days, ensuring that the fish food is never shortchanged and is plentiful.
On the day the team herded the pigs to the commune, Gu Chong came over and asked her if she wanted to go to the commune to see them.
He said that after the commune weighed the pigs, the butcher would slaughter them and then hand over the pork to the designated area.
The remaining meat was divided among everyone in the village.
Gu Chong, in a very straightforward manner, asked her, "Do you want to go watch a pig being slaughtered?"
He seemed to think it was something worth seeing and invited her to go with him.
However, Xue Fu had a big question: ?
Xue Fu: But what's so interesting about slaughtering a pig?
Is the sound of a pig screaming during slaughter more pleasant, or the smell of blood and gore after slaughter?
Xue Fu suddenly felt a chill and shook her head directly: "I don't want to go, I'm not interested."
She really didn't want to watch. She's a very simple person; all she wanted to do was eat pork.
"Okay." Gu Chong didn't insist. "Then I'll go get the pork by myself. I'll bring yours back too."
The meat in the village is distributed per person. Team leader Zhou Jianguo does this well; the meat isn't based on work points, and everyone gets some. It's just that those who line up earlier get better quality meat.
However, the amount of grain distributed during the opening of the granary depended on each person's work points over the course of a year. After deducting the rations, the grain was distributed according to the work points.
"Okay, okay!"
Then Xue Fu remembered something and quickly grabbed Gu Chongfei, adding, "For my portion, I want lean meat!"
These days, fatty meat is worth much more than lean meat.
Fatty meat is oily and juicy, so everyone likes to buy and eat fatty meat.
Every time the meat counters in state-run stores and vegetable markets were stocked, the fatty meat was always sold out first, followed by the mixed fat and lean meat, and finally the lean meat.
People who can only afford lean meat in the end always ask the clerk to give them some bones or offal for free, saying that this way they won't lose out when buying lean meat.
Since they're all priced the same, those who buy lean meat are obviously losing out.
Even after being here for so long, Xue Fu still can't get used to eating fatty meat.
Those who don't know her would say she's wasting resources, that she even dislikes and can't eat fatty meat.
If you can't stand someone, you can exaggerate a bit and criticize her for having the airs of a bourgeois lady.
Gu Chong was aware of her eating habits.
Actually, she didn't need to bring it up; he already knew how to cut her losses.
For the past few months, their family has been buying pork belly with a good balance of fat and lean meat.
Gu Chong specially cut off the lean part of the pork belly and cooked it separately for her, while he and Xiao Fei preferred the fatty part.
One piece of pork belly is just right, enough to satisfy their different tastes.
Gu Chong nodded: "Yes, I know."
Gu Chong went to the commune to wait for the pig to be slaughtered and the meat to be distributed.
Gu Fei also went out with his friends to join in the fun and went to the commune to watch the pig slaughter.
Xue Fu went to the fishpond alone, intending to walk around it a couple of times to check on its condition.
However, something unexpected happened to Xue Fu that afternoon.
Her parents, who lived far away in Haicheng, came to her door.
After much difficulty, both parents managed to secure their annual leave from their workplaces, and they embarked on a journey to find their daughter without hesitation.
Xue Fu has really grown wings; she's trying to fly to the sky!
Just as Xue Fu finished walking around the fishpond and was about to rest in the nearby wooden house, the commune's loudspeaker suddenly crackled a few times, followed by a piercing buzzing sound.
Her ears were ringing with the resonance, which was uncomfortable.
The next second, the broadcast began, featuring a familiar, clear female voice. The announcement read: "Comrade Xue Fu, a former educated youth from Qingtang Village, please come to the commune's broadcasting room; someone is looking for you..."
Upon hearing her name, Xue Fu's eyelids twitched and her heart skipped a beat.
What the heck... not again!?
A new storm has begun; could it be a new blind date?
Xue Fu twitched her eye, somewhat reluctant to move.
But before the announcer could finish speaking, the microphone suddenly buzzed, crackled with static, and a low human voice explained something, as if the microphone had been taken away.
The next second, Xue Fu heard a voice that terrified her, was deafening, and was familiar.
"Rongrong, come here quickly, Mom and Dad have come to see you. We're waiting for you at the broadcasting station."
Her mother's voice was steady and composed, with an exceptionally gentle and pleasant tone.
But when Xue Fu heard it, she only felt a murderous intent, and she had only one thought: to escape!
Why did her mom and dad show up here?!
Xue Fu froze, her body moving against her will, and obediently took a step toward the broadcasting room.
Although she was spoiled by her parents from a young age, they didn't spoil her mindlessly.
If Xue Fu does something bad, her parents will beat her in a joint effort.
Xue Fu skipped evening self-study twice when she first entered high school.
The two days I skipped class were for the monthly exam. During the day, I was doing practice tests in the exam hall until my head ached, and when I returned to the classroom after the exam, the top students in the class were comparing answers.
The voice proclaiming the answer remained unrestrained, as if he wanted to tell the whole class how well he had performed on the exam and how high a score he would get.
The chattering voices entered Xue Fu's ears, irritating her.
She already felt she hadn't performed well on the exam and probably wouldn't get a good score, which was already frustrating, and then she heard her classmates talking about it.
Feeling agitated and restless, she picked up her backpack, turned around, and left the classroom, skipping evening self-study.
She skipped class, but didn't go anywhere to wander around or play.
She sat in a coffee shop near the school gate that was still open and ordered a few desserts.
The old saying is true: eating something sweet will make you feel better.
As a result, her skipping class was discovered and caught by the teacher who was patrolling during evening self-study, and the teacher immediately reported it to her homeroom teacher and her parents.
Xue Fu suffered the consequences.
Her parents, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, managed to keep her in line.
Although she wasn't physically punished, she spent two days every weekend for a whole month copying the Analects of Confucius by hand at home.
It's not just copying it once, it's copying it three times!!!
Xue Fu has learned her lesson.
You'll be punished for doing bad things.
But on her way to the commune, Xue Fu kept replaying her mother's words on the radio, and she suddenly realized a blind spot.
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