In the He family yard, Old Mrs. Wen was practicing darts against a jujube tree, while the old man was sitting on a bench under the eaves, holding a hookah, smoking and looking at his wife.
The old lady had just picked vegetables for a while when she was asked by her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law to go aside to rest. She was bored and practiced darts at the jujube tree.
As the saying goes, "Kung Fu never leaves your hands, and Kung Fu never leaves your lips. If you don't practice, it will rust." At this moment, the big wooden board tied to the jujube tree had already been riddled with holes by Mrs. Wen's darts.
Aunt Wang and Sister Zhang were plucking chicken feathers one at a time, and plucking hair from a pig's head the other.
There was a wooden table next to the well in the middle of the yard. On the table was a piece of pork belly weighing about 3 pounds, a pig fat net, and a basin of pig offal and half a basin of small fish on the ground.
The chicken was a pheasant shot by Old Lady Wen in the mountains, specially shot to help Bai Guoguo entertain the guests.
Bai Guoguo found an excuse to get the pig's head, pork belly, pig's offal and pork fat, and told others that he bought them from a friend in the commune, but in fact they were stockpiled in the space.
There was meat and offal from more than 30 pigs in her space, and she took the opportunity to take some out to entertain the guests.
The pig's head and offal have been cleaned by the merchant, so you just need to wash them briefly and clean the hair on the pig's head that has not been burned clean.
Aunt Wang and Sister Zhang were cleaning the pheasants one by one and the pig heads the other, and they would occasionally chat in low voices.
"Mom, Guoguo is really generous. How much did it cost to get so much meat and oil?"
Mrs. Zhang felt heartbroken when she saw these meats, and she felt sorry for Baiguo's money.
"Guoguo is such a capable little girl. She has so much stuff that even grown men can't get back. To buy so much meat, you need connections. But we won't ask questions that we shouldn't ask!"
Aunt Wang said this to remind her eldest daughter-in-law that everyone has their own secrets, and if Bai Guoguo doesn't tell them, she will pretend not to know.
"Mom, I get it, I just feel bad for her about the money, hehe!"
Mrs. Zhang smiled embarrassedly at her mother-in-law.
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at her daughter-in-law and couldn't help laughing too.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting when they heard a burst of laughter coming from outside.
Bai Guoguo pulled Hu Zi into the yard like a gust of wind.
He Gang followed the two of them with his long legs and also walked into the yard with a smile.
"Grandma, Grandma, Second Uncle is the Big Bad Wolf, he's coming to catch me and Sister Bai!"
Little Tiger grabbed Bai Guoguo and ran to hide behind his great-grandmother, and made a face at his second uncle.
Bai Guoguo also laughed and poked her head out from behind Old Lady Wen. She raised her eyebrows at He Gang and smiled cunningly.
"Hahaha...Okay, Grandma will protect you two. If Gangzi comes to catch you, just wait and see how I deal with him!"
Old Mrs. Wen also became interested and played with the young people like a child.
"Grandma, with you protecting me, what can I do to them? I give up!"
He Gang couldn't afford to offend any of them, so he simply smiled and raised his hands to admit defeat.
Aunt Wang and Mrs. Zhang were also laughing happily beside them.
For a moment, the He family's yard was filled with laughter and joy, and Mr. He, who was sitting under the eaves smoking a water pipe, also smiled.
Today, only He Gang's father went to work in the He family, and everyone else stayed at home to help Bai Guoguo.
Bai Guoguo had already put on an apron and started cooking, and He Gang was sitting in front of the stove helping him light the fire.
He wanted to help chop the chicken and cut the meat, but because one of his arms was injured, Bai Guoguo refused and only asked him to help sit and make the fire.
There are two pots on the He family's stove. Usually one is used for cooking and the other is used for boiling water. Today, both pots were requisitioned by Bai Guoguo.
There is also a small stove for boiling medicine, which Bai Guoguo also plans to use to stew braised pork. Braised pork tastes good only when it is stewed until it is cooked through, so this small stove is just right for this purpose.
Bai Guoguo prepared a lot of dishes today. She wanted to braise pig's head and pig's offal.
I also plan to make a dish of braised pork and potatoes, a dish of mixed fish pancakes, a dish of mushroom and pheasant soup, a dish of hot and sour shredded potatoes, and some scallion dipping sauce to relieve the greasiness.
The potatoes and green onions were kindly donated by Aunt Wang, and the pheasant was hunted by Old Lady Wen.
The small half bucket of fish was distributed to Bai Guoguo by the brigade. Two days ago, the brigade was catching river fish, and Bai Guoguo taught them how to make some spicy dried fish to sell.
Therefore, the members of the team can only get some small fish to satisfy their hunger this year. The big fish will be taken away by the government to sell for money. The money from the sales will be counted into the public cents at the end of the year and distributed to the team members according to their work points per person.
In the next two days, when the dried fish is almost done, it will be sent to Harbin along with this batch of mountain products.
Meat was hard to come by, and Director Du of the Harbin Supply and Marketing Cooperative was extremely happy. He asked the people from the Red Star Brigade to send over as much dried fish as they had so that they could eat it.
Although we didn’t eat any big fish this year, everyone was very happy. We can eat big fish and small fish. Money can’t be earned just by wanting it.
Everyone thanked Bai Guoguo for teaching them how to make money.
The boss said that he would reward Bai Guoguo with some bonuses when he made money, and everyone agreed.
Now when Bai Guoguo walks on the street, team members, whether they know him or not, will greet him enthusiastically.
Bai Guoguo has become a celebrity in the Red Star Production Brigade!
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