Chapter 38 Catching Piglets 1
Catching piglets is a big event.
For example, the Gu family, in addition to working in the production team to earn work points, also did some business in weaving bamboo baskets, apricot baskets and straw mats privately. They also planted crops and raised chickens at home. These were all the income they could get privately. Otherwise, they could not support the family and send so many children to school relying solely on those work points.
Of course, the Gu family hopes to do more work. After all, there are many strong laborers in the family, and these strong laborers have endless energy. They just regret that they have no chance to earn money to contribute to the family.
If you can raise a pig, take good care of it and raise a big fat pig weighing more than 200 kilograms in a year. When the time comes, you can hand it over to the commune. They will take 100 kilograms, and the rest is yours.
If you don't want the leftover meat, you can use the market price to convert the pork into cash for the commune. The commune's minimum purchase weight for a pig is 200 kilograms, so if you calculate based on that, after deducting the 100 kilograms you're supposed to hand over, you can still earn over 30 yuan on the remaining 100 kilograms.
Besides, raising a pig is not troublesome. You can let the children at home go to the mountains to pick grass to feed the pigs, and you can add a little bit of leftover泔水porridge to it. It doesn't consume much of your food.
No matter how you look at it, it's a sure-win business, so the Gu family rolled up their sleeves and tried to catch a piglet.
Naturally, there were many people who shared the same idea as the Gu family. After dinner that day, everyone came to the threshing ground and began to prepare to draw lots.
Everyone's face was filled with excitement and anticipation. Some people even went to worship their ancestors and burn three incense sticks before coming, just to catch the piglet.
Before leaving, Miao Xiuju ate a sour apricot, washed her hands, and burned incense. Finally, she held Fubao's hand and came to the threshing ground. She even thought: "Fubao, how about you help me draw lots?"
She thought Fubao was lucky and might be able to catch it.
Shen Hongying listened from the side and immediately disagreed: "Mom, how can we let Fubao catch this? Fubao is still a child, we dare not hand it over to her!"
Normally, drawing lots on behalf of the whole family is a big deal. Other families would ask the most fortunate old person in the family to draw lots, but the Gu family would of course ask Miao Xiuju to draw lots. Miao Xiuju is the head of the family and she is very powerful. How could she let Fubao draw lots for no reason?
Who was Fubao? Besides, Nie Laosan’s wife had been cursing Fubao a few days ago, saying that he was a jinx and that if she hadn’t raised him for those few years, her family would have lived a good life.
Shen Hongying disagreed.
Liu Zhaodi was also unhappy: "If children are lucky, it must be my youngest, Sanya. It will never be Fubao's turn to catch it."
Miao Xiuju was displeased when she heard her two daughters-in-law nagging like this: "I can catch whoever I want, so stop nagging me!"
Chen Hongying and Liu Zhaodi suddenly dared not say a word.
They were afraid of Miao Xiuju, who did have plenty of ways to torture them. Moreover, Gu Weiguo and Gu Weijun were all filial to Miao Xiuju, and if the wives were disobedient, they would definitely be criticized by their husbands.
However, after being nagged by her two daughters-in-law, Miao Xiujiu really gave up the idea of letting Fubao draw lots.
This was not because she was afraid of her two daughters-in-law, but because she thought of another thing.
You know, many people in the production team are secretly saying that Fubao is a lucky person and has brought good luck to the Gu family. Some people are even beginning to be jealous.
This kind of good thing should be kept private and private. How can anyone else know about it? What if someone else snatches Fubao away? Especially that unlucky Nie Lao San's wife, what if she insists on taking Fubao back and then cries, makes a scene, or even threatens to hang herself?
Although Miao Xiujiu is not afraid of Nie Lao San's wife, but if you run into a shameless person, won't you get yourself into trouble for no reason?
After thinking it over, Miao Xiujiu felt that she couldn't let Fubao draw the lot. If he won the lottery, everyone would know that Fubao was lucky.
So she glanced at her two daughters-in-law and said calmly, "But I thought about it, Fubao is just a little kid, I'd better catch it myself."
When the two daughters-in-law heard this, they were immediately delighted. It seemed that their mother didn’t take Fubao so seriously!
Miao Xiujiu looked at the two daughters-in-law who were secretly happy and laughed secretly, what silly daughters-in-law!
Just as I was thinking about it, the drawing of lots had already begun. Chen Youfu first spoke in front of the loudspeaker, expressing his gratitude to the new China, the Party and the people.
When the members below heard the little piglets, they became excited, and some even started to jeer: "Catch them, catch them quickly!"
Seeing the members so happy, Chen Youfu also became passionate: "Members, a year's plan depends on spring. We must dedicate our enthusiasm to our great motherland in this beautiful spring. The old sow in our commune gave birth to nine piglets in one breath, which embodies the spirit of wholehearted dedication to the people. Each of us must--"
At this point, he suddenly got stuck.
What must each of us do? Learn from the old sow that gave birth to nine piglets?
Chen Youfu held it in.
Chen Youfu, who was holding back his laughter, saw that all the members below were looking at him excitedly.
He felt he couldn't lose heart at this moment, so he clenched his fists and shouted, "As long as each of us firmly follows the socialist path, obeys the Party, and works diligently, we will be able to plow the fields without oxen, light lamps without oil, and have electricity and telephones upstairs and downstairs!"
After I said this in one breath, everyone applauded warmly.
Chen Youfu continued, "Now we must contribute our wisdom and labor to our great motherland, raise piglets wholeheartedly, and strive to make our due contribution to the people!"
Finally it went smoothly, and Chen Youfu shouted until he was hoarse.
The members below were in an uproar, shouting, "Give us the piglets! Give us the piglets!"
Amidst the commotion, Fubao felt someone tugging at her clothes from behind. She turned her head in surprise and saw Xiao Dingkun standing beside her.
Xiao Dingkun waved his hand and then walked behind a haystack.
Fubao hesitated and looked at Gu Shengtian beside him. Gu Shengtian was also excitedly shouting slogans with everyone. Everyone was immersed in the excitement of serving the people and distributing piglets.
She was small and sneaky. She came out of the crowd and ran into the woods behind the haystack.
After entering, I saw Xiao Dingkun sitting on a rock, holding a familiar bag of super flour in his hand: "Eat this."
She set her eyes on the bag at first sight and couldn't take her eyes off it.
Xiao Dingkun patted the stone beside him and motioned her to sit down.
She sat there obediently, blinking her eyes.
Xiao Dingkun looked at her greedy look and said helplessly: "Do you usually not have enough to eat?"
Fubao blushed a little and whispered, "The fried noodles are delicious."
Xiao Dingkun suddenly smiled, spread out the fried noodles, and stuffed the small wooden spoon into her hand: "Eat, eat as much as you want."
As he spoke, he took out a water bottle, the kind used by soldiers on the march. "If you think it's too dry, you can eat it with water. In fact, it's meant to be eaten with water, and it tastes better that way."
However, there was no bowl, and it was not convenient for him to take her to the educated youth site to eat with a bowl.
Fubao was a little embarrassed: "Is it really okay? This is your fried noodles..."
Xiao Dingkun said seriously, "Just eat whatever you want, don't be embarrassed."
Fubao felt embarrassed, thinking she was eating someone else's food, but the fragrant fried noodles were so delicious that she couldn't help drooling.
Picking up the wooden spoon, she scooped a small spoonful, put it in her mouth, sipped it gently, and savored the aroma of fried noodles mixed with sugar and sesame.
Seeing that she was restrained, Xiao Dingkun stuffed the entire cloth bag into Fubao's hands.
Fubao took a small spoon and ate five or six mouthfuls before he stopped eating: "No more, no more, I'm almost full."
It was only five or six bites, so he definitely wouldn’t be too full, but Xiao Dingkun didn’t force him.
He put away the bag of fried noodles, unscrewed the kettle, and handed it to Fubao for her to drink.
Fubao took it, tilted his head back and drank a few sips.
This should be the spring water from the mountain, clear and sweet.
Fubao wiped his lips, hugged the military water bottle, and looked at Xiao Dingkun curiously: "Why are you so nice to me?"
Xiao Dingkun raised his eyebrows when she asked: "I'm nice to you and give you delicious food, aren't you happy?"
Fubao was stunned. Of course she liked and was grateful when others were nice to her. Then she thought about how good Xiao Dingkun was to her and smiled.
Her smile was clear and pure, like a translucent lotus blooming on a snowy mountain, pure without a trace of distractions.
Looking at Xiao Fubao like this, Xiao Dingkun suddenly remembered something and asked, "When you were in the Nie family before, they often beat you, right? And they didn't even give you enough food?"
Fubao thought about it and nodded: "When the mother of the Nie family is unhappy, she beats and scolds me. Sometimes she feeds me enough, and sometimes she doesn't."
Xiao Dingkun: "She was a bad person, and she got her comeuppance. Are you happy about being beaten?"
Fubao was stunned for a moment and tilted his head to think about this question.
She didn't think about whether Nie Laosan's wife was happy when she was beaten. She felt that she was no longer her mother and had nothing to do with her. She didn't feel anything about Nie Laosan's wife being beaten.
After thinking hard for a while, she finally shook her head: "I don't know...it seems to have nothing to do with me..."
Xiao Dingkun raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance.
He knew that Fubao was a kind and simple girl. She had no evil thoughts in her heart and had never thought of revenge. If others hit her, she would feel wronged but would not be too angry.
That's just the kind of person she is.
Although he had never come into contact with her before, he subconsciously knew that she was like this.
But Xiao Dingkun is different. He is completely different from Fubao.
Anyone who offends him will be repaid tenfold.
He doesn't understand what kindness is, nor does he understand mercy and sympathy. He can even ignore the norms of the world and do whatever he wants.
When Xiao Dingkun looked at the distant sky, Fubao was also looking at him.
For Fubao, this boy from the city is different from the brothers around him. His dress and temperament are different in all aspects.
She was a little afraid of him at first, but now she finds him to be a very nice person.
She recalled the day when the captain caught the robbers and couldn't help but say, "Luckily you were fast that day and managed to get down the mountain so quickly. You also had a sister to testify for you, otherwise you would have been in trouble."
Xiao Dingkun retracted his gaze: "Yes, yes, if I wasn't so fast, others would have thought that I hit Nie Lao San's wife."
Upon hearing this, Fubao flatly rejected it: "How is that possible? You are not that kind of person! Everyone must know that you are a good person. Uncle Chen will definitely clear your name!"
Hearing this, Xiao Dingkun couldn't help but want to laugh: "Why am I not that kind of person?"
Fu Bao said firmly: "You are a good person, you can tell at a glance that you are a good person, you will definitely not do such a bad thing!"
Only bad people do bad things. Xiao Dingkun gave himself fried noodles and is a kind and good person.
Xiao Dingkun couldn't help laughing when he saw Fubao, whose face looked childish but extremely serious.
"Fubao, you know my name, right?"
"I know, your name is Xiao Dingkun."
Fubao was still very smart and had a good memory. She knew that this was the Xiao Dingkun, the Xiao Dingkun that her father occasionally mentioned with fear and admiration.
Xiao Dingkun said solemnly: "Okay, then Fubao must remember what you said. Xiao Dingkun is a good man. You can tell at a glance that he is a good man. He is a good man who will not do bad things."
Fubao tilted his head to look at him, with confusion in his clear eyes.
But she thought about it, tilted her head and looked at Xiao Dingkun in confusion: "Of course I will remember!"
She is not stupid, how could she forget?
Xiao Dingkun nodded and looked over there to see that the piglets were about to be pumped out. "They're about to start pumping, go over and take a look."
A child as old as Fubao would probably like to join in the fun.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Dingkun said that, Fubao immediately jumped up in joy: "Okay, then I'll go back."
She wants to see her grandma catch piglets!
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