Chapter 100 Chapter 100
Although everyone in the village was asking Ye Qing to pick the best ones, Ye Qing didn't really do so.
If she could take away 100 kilograms of meat, her hunting trip into the mountains would not be in vain. She couldn't become arrogant just because the people in the village wanted to please her. It would be better for her to quit while she was ahead.
After all, she is still living in the era of planned economy. Now everything in the mountains, including every blade of grass and every tree, belongs to the public. If you really look into it, the prey they hunted in the village are actually not in compliance with regulations and are considered to be undermining the socialist wall.
It was simply because Changbai Mountain was rich in resources, and most of the dozens of communes at the foot of the mountain had production teams that would go into the mountains to hunt in the winter as a matter of custom. So the villages near the mountains were not an isolated case, and no one would really report it.
But if people's hearts really lose balance because of the uneven distribution of the meat, who knows if there will be someone with a dark mind who will go to the Revolutionary Committee and expose the matter one day because he is unhappy. Rather than being stabbed in the back by a villain, it is better for her to suffer a little loss now and reduce disputes as much as possible.
Moreover, people at this time prefer to eat white meat. Their eyes light up when they see fat meat, but they are not very interested in pure lean meat.
But Ye Qing has a special preference for lean tenderloin and pork belly, so her choice of meat does not conflict with the villagers in the village.
After Ye Qing looked at all the prey one by one, she asked the butcher in charge of cutting the meat to pick out some of each type of prey for her. Among them, venison and wild boar were what she wanted the most, but what she wanted were basically the lean meat that others didn't want.
Naturally, the other villagers all saw the meat that Ye Qing took. After seeing Ye Qing's choice, everyone immediately knew what was going on and became more and more satisfied with this urban educated youth. Although he took away 100 kilograms of meat, this educated youth did not pick up any fat at all. He knew the measure very well and no one could find any fault with him.
Ye Qing was very satisfied with his selection, but the old branch secretary and Captain Wu were unhappy after seeing the meat in Ye Qing's frame.
Both of them knew how much contribution Ye Qing had made in this hunting process. Adhering to the idea that the hero should not suffer loss, the two of them took a tough stance and directly picked up a large piece of fat meat weighing four or five pounds and threw it into Ye Qing's frame. They would not agree to let Ye Qing take it back no matter what.
Ye Qing had no choice but to accept the kindness of these two uncles.
The meat was sent back by the people in the village, so Ye Qing was not in a hurry to leave and stayed in the threshing ground to help.
There were so many large bones and offal from the prey, but not many people were willing to pick them, so in the end Ye Qing discussed with the old branch secretary and decided to just make another big pot of food before the New Year. Her pharmacy could provide spices, so they could boil the large bones into soup and marinate the offal to make a side dish for drinking.
In such a cold day, all we need to do is bring a basin, scoop a large basin of water and take it home to freeze, and use it for soup or cooking. Add brine and cut the food into a plate and serve. It is much better than what ordinary people can do when they take it home.
Wu Yongbing had tasted the brine made by Ye Qing at her home, and he had always been thinking about the taste. Now that Ye Qing was no longer hiding her craftsmanship and was going to share the brine spices she made with the people in the village, Wu Yongbing would definitely raise his hands in approval.
Other people in the village were also eager to do so, so the big pots were heated up again and the large bones that had been picked out were put into the pots one after another.
Ye Qing asked Meng Jia to get the brine buns. The family had the spices that Ye Qing had prepared with Chinese medicinal herbs earlier, so they could be used right away. After the brine was boiled, the villagers over there had already cleaned up the wastewater in a hurry.
Several large pots of brine were boiled, and in just an hour or so, a rich aroma wafted into the air. Looking at the thick red sauce bubbling in the pot, even before tasting it, the onlookers could already feel that this pot of brine would definitely taste good.
Adults and children alike were all salivating with anticipation, even though it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Normally at this time, everyone would have been sleeping soundly in the warm quilts on the kang, but today no one wanted to go home to sleep, and everyone was silently waiting for these salty offal to be served.
It was ten o'clock in the evening when they waited. Ye Qing asked Wu Yongbing and the old branch secretary to taste the food and make sure that all the offal had been prepared. Then they asked each family to line up to receive it.
There was no need for anyone to maintain order, as the villagers had already spontaneously lined up, each family holding a basin and craning their necks to wait. The chlorinated offal was taken out of the pot and cut into pieces, and each family was given a portion. The brine in the pot was then scooped out in a few ladles, and only then did each household happily carry the steaming hot chlorinated dishes back.
The Youth Farm was also very happy. Although the two male educated youth who followed into the mountains did not make any contribution this time, because they participated in the hunt, even if they were a hindrance, the village still gave them 60 kilograms of meat.
In addition, the other educated youth, like the other members of the village, received more than two kilograms of meat each, and two pots of salted offal were also distributed to their educated youth dormitory.
This made the new and old educated youth in the Youth Home so excited that their eyes welled up with tears. Several female educated youth who had not eaten meat for several years after going to the countryside even couldn't help crying while standing in the grain drying field after getting the meat.
Just as the villagers were queuing up to receive the brine, the educated youth Liu, who had injured his thigh, limped over to Ye Qing with a few other educated youths and bowed to him solemnly to express his gratitude.
They got 60 kilograms of meat, whether it was smoked or directly thrown into the snow to freeze, this amount of meat was enough for the Youth League to eat for a long time.
They were all educated youth who had been sent to the countryside for several years. In the past, they had to tighten their belts and trousers every winter. This was the first year that they could have a hearty meal of dumplings and stewed meat during the Chinese New Year.
Of course, these old educated youth were grateful to Ye Qing not just because of the distribution of meat.
Originally, it seemed that their hard days in the countryside would never end. But after Ye Qing came, although he did not live with them, thanks to Ye Qing, the treatment of the old educated youth was gradually changing.
The villages were no longer so hostile to these educated youth from the city, and their views on them began to gradually change.
Even though most of them were unable to carry anything, the village was slowly accepting them. They would even consider these educated youth for some minor, light jobs that required cultural knowledge.
These "useless firewood" that were useless for farm work finally began to be put to good use.
Ye Qing already felt sorry for this educated youth Liu, and now seeing him coming to thank him so solemnly with others, Ye Qing felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
When he first went to the countryside, Ye Qing felt that living with these educated youth would cause too much trouble, so fearing trouble, he tried to move into Grandma Zou's house.
But now, as she has established herself firmly in Kaoshantun, the Youth League Institute has also gone through several disturbances.
After cleaning out the two bad apples, Jian Ming and Liu Mei, the remaining educated youth in the Youth House are now much more normal.
During this period of time, Ye Qing had dealt with this group of old educated youth several times, and he found that these people, apart from not being very good at farm work and having their own little thoughts, actually did not have any major problems. At least most of them would not do such evil things as using underhanded tricks to harm others for personal gain.
They are all ordinary people who are affected by the current situation and policies, so Ye Qing doesn't mind giving them a hand.
After all, they are all educated youth, and she is showing kindness to them now. Maybe in the future when these people leave Kaoshantun and return to the city, they will have better development in the vast world outside.
By that time, maybe Ye Qing will have the chance to ask for help from these people.
Thinking of this, Ye Qing made a plan in his mind.
When Gu Weidong took out the ointment similar to safflower oil earlier, Ye Qing had an idea.
She felt that the medicinal effect of the ointment was no worse than that of safflower oil. It made no sense that safflower oil would be so popular and sold out in China a dozen or twenty years later, while the ointment from Kaoshantun had no one interested in it and could not be sold at all.
Instead of allowing a foreign product to become popular in the country, it is better to make plans early and pave the way before the policy is fully relaxed, allowing domestic products to dominate the market and directly block these imported products from entering the country.
Ye Qing was not only familiar with all kinds of promotional methods used in later commercial businesses, but she had at least experienced various advertisements and promotional methods. So, if she thought about it carefully, she could list seven or eight plans on how to promote this ointment.
It should be easy to sell, so the most important thing is the production of this ointment.
But in the current situation, whether it is possible to legally and compliantly establish a pharmaceutical factory in Kaoshantun to mass-produce this ointment is the key and focus of the issue.
If the pharmaceutical factory can really be established, not only will the employment problems of the educated youth in the Youth Home be solved, but the more than 300 households in Kaoshantun will also benefit.
If the ointment can sell out and become a household name or even a must-have daily necessity in every household, then production will definitely be expanded.
By that time, not only Kaoshantun, but also Hongqi Commune and even the entire Qingshan Town may undergo earth-shaking changes thanks to this "Internet celebrity ointment".
Of course, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. Ye Qing still needs to think carefully about how to do it.
The plan had not yet been finalized, so Ye Qing did not mention it to anyone for the time being. But after returning home, she began to write a letter to Gu Weidong, writing down all her thoughts on the plaster in the letter.
On the one hand, she was consulting Gu Weidong about whether his family's ointment recipe could be put into mass production. After all, the recipe was a private product passed down by Gu's grandmother. This involved issues of intellectual property and patent protection, and the consent of the parties involved must be obtained.
On the other hand, Gu Weidong was reborn in the 1990s. He should have a better understanding of the flourishing of all industries in the country after the opening up of the market economy. If it is managed properly, the Gu family can soar to fame with the secret recipe of this ointment, and the next three generations may not have to worry about money anymore. By then, when his family eats meat, the surrounding villages adjacent to them can also drink soup together, and the whole town will benefit. Why not do it?
Ye Qing wrote down her thoughts in her heart without reservation, but whether Gu Weidong agreed with her suggestion or not depended on his own choice. Ye Qing could not force him.
However, Ye Qing felt that Gu Weidong would not refuse.
After all, this guy wanted to shine in the army and achieve great things, but he also wanted to help his former comrades who had suffered setbacks in their careers and were living in poverty after retirement. The idea that Ye Qing provided him with might be a good idea to solve the problem that had troubled him for many years.
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