Chapter 103: Apprenticeship Ceremony, Entry Ceremony
Zhang Guangzong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll find time to go to the commune and talk to the leaders about this matter. I'll send people to study."
He looked at Wang Qingli and said, "Study hard, but like your Director Yan said, don't put too much pressure on yourself. We will support our team no matter how well it develops. We won't let a little girl like you shoulder the responsibility."
You don't have to work during the training period, just take time off to attend the training. Study hard and concentrate on your studies. However, I can't give you full work points during the training period. I'll give you 7 work points per day, okay?"
"OK!"
The team leader added, "When you come back, I'll give you the responsibility of raising pigs for the brigade and give you some authority. If you work hard, and if you can make achievements next year, I'll give you a certificate of merit, a big red flower, and some actual rewards by the end of the year."
"Why!"
Wang Qingli was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation. After all, once she had mastered veterinary skills, that was her skill. As for raising the brigade's pigs, she was sure she would be no worse than before.
Everyone laughed too.
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According to the purchase restriction policy, the member in charge of distributing the meat cut three taels of meat for Xie Yun. Perhaps because she had little meat at home, the member was kind enough to cut her a piece of three-layer pork belly, passed it through a special meat hook, and tied a straw rope. Xie Yun held it with one finger, easily and without any weight.
The brigade sold meat to its members at 50 cents per pound, and Xie Yun spent 15 cents.
Xie Shen looked at the meat with a frown on his face, obviously feeling that this amount of meat was not worth giving away.
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the market tomorrow and see if there's any meat for sale. In previous years, the farm would slaughter a few pigs for the New Year, right?"
Xie Shen nodded: "Then let's go check again tomorrow. What if there's nothing?"
"Then I'll go to the restaurant and buy two portions of braised pork, and some cooked food to send over. My master can't cook it himself, so it would be better to send cooked food."
The pigs of this era were all local black pigs. They were small in size and grew slowly. They could grow a maximum of 200 kilograms in a year. Later, they were gradually replaced by the introduced Yorkshire Large White pigs.
The pork stored in Xie Yun's space includes ordinary white pork, as well as the more expensive wild pork and ecological black pork. However, she has made special comparisons and found that the pork at this time and the black pork she stored have obvious differences in taste, perhaps due to the different feeding methods. Therefore, she can only eat the meat she stored secretly.
Fortunately, she had previously purchased traditional black pigs from the mountains and raised them in the space. Some time ago, she had selected one and changed its feeding method, feeding it only grass. After a few days, the pig was so hungry that it ate dirt in the space.
The night before, Xie Yun had been a butcher for a while and had killed it. She had made it into red-braised pork and tasted it. It tasted similar to the pork we have today, perhaps even better.
She also made some jerky and meat sauce and stored them in the space.
She planned to give some of it to her master as a filial honor.
It was inconvenient for the old lady to cook meat, so she prepared it all.
After hearing this, Xie Shen stopped worrying and enthusiastically discussed with his sister the 108 ways to eat the three taels of pork.
After much discussion, we came to only one conclusion: chop the meat into filling and make dumplings. We have to eat dumplings on New Year's Eve.
Xie Yun didn't listen to him. At noon, he cut off a small piece and chopped it up. He also smuggled a little bit from the space and mixed it in to make a dish of meat sauce. The brother and sister had a meal of meat sauce noodles at noon.
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When Zhang Ruifeng came back in the evening, she brought back new clothes for Xie Yun and his sister.
A few days ago, she used up all the cloth coupons in her home to make a dark blue work cloth jacket and a pair of dark grey trousers for Xie Yun, and a set of dark blue work cloth casual clothes for Xie Shen.
[Worker uniform style. Specific cutting instructions are below.]
Since Zhang Ruifeng was given a set of work clothes, she didn't make a new one for herself.
The clothes were all baggy and big, so Xie Yun tried them on as soon as he got them. Zhang Ruifeng and Xie Shen both praised them highly.
Zhang Ruifeng circled around her, sighing, "My daughter deserves new clothes. Look, she looks so different now. She looks so pretty."
Xie Shen also followed her in praising.
He put on his new clothes as well, and looked at his mother and sister with sparkling eyes. After being praised by the two, he felt a little embarrassed on his little face.
However, the brother and sister quickly took off their new clothes and saved them for later.
Xie Yun told Zhang Ruifeng about buying meat, and Zhang Ruifeng laughed, "I had completely forgotten about this. Don't worry, Mom has some meat coupons. We only get one jin of meat coupons a month, and we got an extra jin for the New Year. If there's no meat at the market tomorrow, you can use the coupons to buy it. If there is, buy it there. I'll give one to your master and take one home."
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On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xie Yun went to the commune again.
This time she was not with Zhang Ruifeng, so she was not thinking about the fried dough sticks in the restaurant, and there was no need to get up early.
Zhang Ruifeng also wants the children to sleep a little longer.
She got up early, prepared breakfast and kept it warm in the pot. After eating, she went to work, letting her sister and brother stay in bed for a while.
Xie Yun left home at around eight o'clock and arrived at the commune around nine o'clock. He first went to the market for a walk and saw the farm selling meat.
A row of iron hooks hung on a wooden rack, each one laden with meat. Many people stood before the rack, pointing and picking, hoping to buy a fatter piece. Xie Yun didn't pick much, just picked a piece he liked and pointed, "I want three pounds."
The butcher cut the meat with one stroke and a three-pound gift strip came out.
She put the meat in the basket and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to use up the two kilograms of meat coupons. The main reason was that meat coupons had an expiration date and would become invalid after they expired, so there was no point in keeping them.
Then she went to Li's house.
Yu Ziqin smiled and asked her, "Why did you come here today?"
"My mother asked me to bring you a gift for becoming your disciple. Master, please excuse me if the gift is incomplete. I didn't find anything except meat."
Yu Ziqin said, "Your mother is too particular. Who still cares about these things at this time?" But her smile was very bright. As a master, who doesn't like his apprentice to have the good qualities of respecting teachers?
Xie Yun took out the three-jin gift note, a bag of jerky, a can of meat sauce, and two boxes of braised pork.
Yu Ziqin only accepted the last three. "That's enough. Take the raw meat back. Your mother just started working, and you have to make a living. I accepted you as my apprentice because it's fate between us. If you give me too many things, I won't teach you."
Xie Yun advised, "Master, it's almost Chinese New Year, and we need to chop some stuffing for dumplings. Please stay. Besides, this is only the first time I'll give you a gift of apprenticeship, and I won't give you any in the future."
Yu Ziqin thought for a moment and said with a smile, "You have given me a gift to become my disciple, so my master will also give you an initiation gift. Wait for me."
Xie Yun quickly stopped him and said, "Master, that's not necessary. You're teaching me knowledge. Is there a better initiation gift than this?"
Yu Ziqin ignored her and went back to the house. After a while, she came out with a gold ring in her hand. "You can't wear this thing now. You can hide it and play with it."
Xie Yun: “…”
This is really rich!
She had some gold, silver, and jewelry in her space, but not too much. After all, she wasn't a second-generation rich girl, and most of her earnings went toward tuition and necessities. Only a little was left for these things.
Yu Ziqin smiled and stuffed it into her hand, saying, "If this were before, when you became my disciple, I could have given you a lot. But times have changed now, and this is all I can give you. Please don't despise it."
Xie Yun: "How could I possibly dislike it? Thank you, Master!"
"Since you call me Master, don't be polite to me. Keep it away and don't let others see it."
"Why."
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