When I woke up, the setting sun dyed half the sky red. The people around me had left long ago. Listening to the noise outside, I thought they were chopping wood.
Seeing Jiang Wanwan coming out, Lu Xiao also put down the axe.
"Wife, why are you up? Are you hungry? I'm going to cook."
Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, Lu Xiao was not in a hurry to cook.
Jiang Wanwan was hungry a long time ago. She didn't eat much at noon because there were so many people around, and she also exercised for most of the day. If she wasn't so tired, she would have eaten something long ago.
I asked Lu Xiao to make something simple. There was still a lot of food left from lunch, so I heated it up and cooked some porridge. We had dinner in less than half an hour.
He ate two big steamed buns in a row, which made Lu Xiao surprised.
"Wife, I think we should exercise more in the future so that you can have a good appetite. Don't you always say that more exercise is good for health?"
Jiang Wanwan was so angry at his matter-of-fact attitude that she laughed, "Comrade Lu, your face is getting thicker and thicker."
Lu Xiao smiled and picked up a piece of lean meat for her. "Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Jiang."
The two of them had their meal. After Lu Xiao washed the dishes, he used the water used to wash the pot to mix with pig feed. Jiang Wanwan followed him and fed the chickens.
The hen hasn't laid any eggs since the beginning of winter, so Jiang Wanwan decided to slaughter it during the Spring Festival, as a ritual to celebrate the festival.
The piglet is more than twice as big as when it was first caught, and looks to weigh at least 70 or 80 kilograms.
They are willing to feed the pigs, and even in winter, the pigs grow faster than those of other families.
But even though the pig is this big, it still hasn't been castrated.
"Lu Xiao, are you planning to raise sows?" Jiang Wanwan asked.
Lu Xiao didn't make excuses this time and nodded. "We have a yard, so we can make it more concealed and not easily discovered. But if we want to build a house next year, we really have to think of a way to deal with these two pigs."
In the past two years, in order to increase food production, the government encouraged farmers to raise pigs to produce pig manure as organic fertilizer.
At that time, there was a slogan: one pig per person, one pig per acre, which means that pig farming had been liberalized.
It’s just that the breeding of sows has always been in the hands of the collective.
After feeding the pigs, Lu Xiao pulled Jiang Wanwan into the house and told her his plan.
The day he knew he could raise pigs, Lu Xiao made up his mind that he was not satisfied with raising one or two pigs. If possible, he wanted to raise more pigs.
As early as when he went to the black market to sell the prey he hunted, he realized that pork would be easy to sell, and he also found some sales channels.
Not only do they have two sows, but Li Ergou's family also has two.
"I'm sorry, wife, I shouldn't have kept this from you. I originally thought that as long as you didn't know, I could take responsibility for anything that happened in the future."
If his wife hadn't confessed to him about selling snacks on the black market, he might have kept it a secret.
Jiang Wanwan knew that he was doing this for her own good, but she had already guessed it.
"Forget it this time. Let's just call it a draw. But we've agreed that if anything happens in the future, we'll work together to figure it out and work hard together."
"Okay, let's work together."
Lu Xiao likes this feeling of sharing weal and woe.
"Let's go shopping for New Year's goods tomorrow. I'll buy you two new clothes. We don't have a watch at home, so I'll buy you another one." After buying a bicycle, I also need to buy a watch. My wife doesn't know how to make clothes, so a sewing machine should also be put on the agenda.
Hadn't the city long been talking about the "three turns and one ring"? Although there were few people in their village who could afford all of these, he wanted to give his wife all of them.
Jiang Wanwan agreed readily.
This is her first year in this world and also her first year celebrating the Spring Festival with Lu Xiao, so she must take it seriously.
The next morning after breakfast, Lu Xiao took the money and all the tickets, rode his bicycle and took Jiang Wanwan into the city.
They planned to go directly to the county town.
Before leaving the village, I saw the village's ox cart, which was already full of men, women, young and old, and some people were still looking for seats.
"Oh, Aunt Wang, why are you still going to the county town at your age? It's so cold, you should stay at home and give your place to the young people."
"Aunt Sun, please come in and sit down. You have such a big butt that you're taking up the space of two people."
"I have such a big butt? How can you talk like that? You want to have a big butt. Your man stares at other people's big butts every day, isn't it because you don't have one?"
"Aunt Sun, what do you mean by that? My man would never stare at you even if he stares at others. He's quite old, don't you know what he's like?"
"I'm talking to Xiaogang's family, how come I didn't count? The bus ride is based on first come first served. You couldn't get up in the morning and came back late so there was no place to sit. Why are you insulting me?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking. It's a big holiday and everyone wants to go to the city to buy some New Year's goods. Let's squeeze in so there's room."
Someone came out to smooth things over, and there was another commotion in the car.
Li Meiling was sitting in the car with a frown on her face. She had arrived quite early, but was squeezed into a corner.
But she has already booked a trip to the county town, and Wang Dong has promised to buy her new clothes, so of course she has to give him the opportunity to show his abilities.
At this time, the sound of bicycle bells was heard at the entrance of the village, and Wang Dong was seen riding a bicycle towards him, but before he got there, he was stopped by someone behind him.
Wang Fang took a few quick steps and came to Wang Dong panting.
"Brother San, please tell me clearly, if you're not taking me to the county town, did you make an appointment with Li Zhiqing that the two of you would go together?"
Wang Dong scratched the back of his head and glanced at the ox cart in the distance. Among so many people, he still saw the person he wanted to see at once. He didn't say anything, but his face turned red.
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