Within minutes, a crowd of villagers had gathered inside and outside the courtyard. Everyone was looking at the wild boar meat on the snakeskin bag and already planning how to cook it that night.
"Jianguo, cut me the front leg meat, and give me plenty of fat. I'll take it back and render some lard!"
The speaker was the wife of the village chief of Qingshan Village. A middle-aged man behind her also started shouting when he saw this.
"What do you eat with the front leg? I want the hind leg meat, with a good balance of fat and lean, so I can stir-fry it and have it with my drinks."
After saying that, he felt it wasn't enough and continued to shout, "Jianguo, can you give me another spare rib? Spare ribs are all bones and they weigh a lot, so give me a discount!"
The village chief's wife couldn't stand it anymore. "I'll give you a discount, Erluzi. Why don't you just ask Jianguo to deliver it to you? His price is already half of what it is at the market. How dare you ask him for a discount?"
"Yeah, pork ribs cost four or five cents a pound at the market, Erluzi, you're shameless!"
"Hehe, if Erluzi had any shame, would he still be called Erluzi? He's called Erluzi because he has a long face, isn't that right, Erluzi!"
Erluzi wasn't angry even after being rebuffed several times; he just chuckled along.
"Go away, go away, it's none of your business! Jianguo himself hasn't said anything yet, you bunch of busybodies. Hurry up and line up, or I'll buy them all and you'll be starving!"
"Wow, you think you're so tough? Go ahead and buy one if you dare, I don't believe you can come up with that much money!"
Ye Jianguo paid no attention to the villagers' laughter and chatter; he was still busy dividing the pork.
Cutting pork is a meticulous task, and Ye Jianguo is not a professional butcher, so he can only assist the butcher.
No sooner had the front and hind legs separated than Ye Jianguo waved and called Fu Wan and Fu Ming over.
"Ah Wan, Ah Ming, quickly tell me which leg you want?"
Fu Ming looked at Fu Wan and said, "I'm fine with anything. Just let Wan make the decision."
Fu Wan didn't mince words and pointed directly to the strong hind leg, saying, "How about that hind leg? It looks pretty good."
Seeing this, Li Chunhua advised, "Awan, the hind leg is mostly lean meat with little fat, and it's easy to get stuck in your teeth. Why don't you take the front leg instead? The front leg tastes much better when roasted!"
Wild boars are generally not as fat as domestic pigs, but this wild boar was clearly well-fed. The fat in its belly was even a bit yellow, and its forelegs were visibly fat. I really don't know what it ate to grow up like this.
Considering this guy ate a variety of things, if he weren't so greedy, he wouldn't have gone to the chicken farm to kill the chickens, and ultimately died at Ye Jianguo's hands.
Fu Wan shook her head and refused, insisting on holding back.
"Lingling and Mingzhu don't like to eat fatty foods, and I also prefer leaner ones."
"Uncle and Aunt, please get me that one. Could you please chop it up a few times for me later, so my dad won't have to do it himself when we get back?"
Seeing that she insisted, Ye Jianguo and Li Chunhua didn't say anything more.
"Alright, I'll give you half a piece of that lard too. Go back and have your mother render it into oil!"
Ye Jianguo swiftly sliced the thick piece of lard in two.
Half of it was given to Fu Wan to take back, while the other half was left for Li Chunhua to refine into oil for their own consumption.
Although they have peanut oil and sesame oil at home, Ye Jianguo's family still feels that lard tastes better.
After Fu Wan finished choosing the pig's feet, Ye Jianguo kept a front leg for himself, and the two chefs also took a front leg, sharing it half with each of them.
So only the hind leg was left. Fortunately, the pig weighed five or six hundred jin, and even after removing the four legs and the head, the total amount of meat was still three or four hundred jin.
"Alright, everyone line up to buy meat! We're all from the same village, so I won't say too much. Lean and fatty meat are both 40 cents each, and bones are 30 cents each. Each family can only buy a maximum of five catties, otherwise the people at the back won't be able to buy any!"
Upon hearing Ye Jianguo's words, the villagers at the back of the line immediately felt relieved.
"Wow, Jian Guo is so reliable, he's even thinking about those of us who are behind him!"
"That's right! I just came back from the fields. I thought I wouldn't make it in time. Great! It looks like we'll be able to have meat tonight!"
The village chief of Qingshan Village happened to be passing by and overheard Ye Jianguo's words, and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Well, you have to admit Ye Jianguo is clever. Actually, he could definitely sell the wild boar for more money in the city, but the villagers would definitely have some objections.
According to the old saying, wild boars belong to the collective, and even if Ye Jianguo killed one, he couldn't keep it all to himself.
Now Ye Jianguo is selling meat to the villagers at a low price, so everyone can eat meat and they are grateful to Ye Jianguo.
As for what Ye Jianguo kept for himself and what he gave to Fu Wan's family, the villagers didn't say anything.
Even though Ye Xiaocui is married out, she is still a person from Qingshan Village. Ye Jianguo only has this one sister who is still alive. He even thought of having his nieces come and get the meat after hunting wild boar, which shows that he is a kind-hearted person!
The two chefs divided the meat; Ye Lin and Ye Jun weighed it and collected the money, respectively. Ye Jianguo finally had a free hand, and after thinking for a moment, he simply picked up a large knife and chopped the pork leg that Fu Wan and his family had been allocated into small pieces without waiting for the two chefs to do so.
Seeing this, Li Chunhua quickly found a snakeskin bag and put the meat that Fu Wan's family had divided up into it.
In addition to the pork leg and lard, Ye Jianguo also stuffed three spare ribs, a pork bone, and about two pounds of pork belly into the snakeskin bag.
With the addition of the mallard duck that Li Chunhua had cleaned up, and a chicken that had been gored to death by a wild boar, the snakeskin bag was instantly filled to the brim.
Seeing that it was getting late, Fu Wan turned around and said goodbye to Ye Jianguo and the others.
"Uncle, Aunt, it's about time, we need to go back."
"Hey, you're leaving already?"
Li Chunhua thought it could be a little later; she was already thinking of starting to cook.
"I have no choice, I have to rush back to pick up Lingling and the others from school!"
Seeing this, Ye Jianguo wiped his hands and said, "Awan, you should go ahead if you have something to do. The weather has been unstable lately. Have you decided when to go out to sea?"
Fu Wan shook her head, "Not necessarily, it depends on the weather these next few days. If you're planning to go out to sea, I'll call you again."
"Okay, then drive carefully."
Ye Jianguo, Li Chunhua, and Ye Xiaofeng saw them off all the way to the gate of the courtyard. Ye Xiaofeng's eyes were red. She didn't quite understand why Fu Wan and the others left so soon after they arrived.
Fu Wan noticed her mood and reached out to pat Ye Xiaofeng's head.
"Be a good girl, Xiaofeng. Auntie will come to see you again next time."
"Bring Lingling and Mingzhu along!"
"Alright, alright, take them with you!"
Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated. She stood up and whispered to Ye Jianguo and Li Chunhua, "Uncle and Aunt, Xiaofeng is not young anymore. Why don't you plan to send her to school?"
Ye Jianguo was stunned. He had been so busy that he hadn't thought about this at all.
Li Chunhua patted Ye Xiaofeng's head and said, "She's not young anymore, but the schools in town are far away, and I'm worried about Zhenxing. So a few days ago I went to inquire about it. The next village is planning to open a primary school. I'd like to send her there to take a look next spring."
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