Chapter 39 Catching Piglets 2
Fubao secretly ate the fried rice, his mouth was full of fragrance and his heart was sweet, so he secretly ran back to Gu's house.
When he was returning, he was spotted by Gu Shengtian, who was puzzled: "Where did you go, Fubao? Look, they're about to catch you."
Fubao said: "I just had to pee..."
Gu Shengtian was puzzled: "Didn't you say that girls should go home to pee?"
Fubao was speechless: "I really need to pee..."
Gu Shengtian had no choice but to stop asking, but he soon raised an eyebrow and twitched his nose: "Hey, Fubao, why do I smell a sweet fragrance? It smells so good. What did you eat?"
Fubao was slightly surprised: "I... I didn't eat anything..."
Gu Shengtian was puzzled. He came closer and sniffed Fubao's mouth: "Why do I smell a fragrance? It's the fragrance of flour. It smells so good..."
Fubao quickly covered his mouth and said guiltily, "No, you smelled it wrong."
Gu Shengtian sniffed a few times but couldn't figure out what it was. Just then it was Miao Xiujiu's turn to draw lots, so he stopped sniffing and pulled Fubao over to watch the lot drawing.
Fubao finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was almost discovered.
Brother Dingkun said that we must not let others know.
At this time, the drawing of lots had already begun. Gu Shengtian and Fubao held hands and looked intently at the people queuing up to draw lots.
Each family sent someone to draw lots, and Fubao could see that the last one in line was Shengyin from Nie Laosan's family. People around them whispered that Shengyin had asked to draw lots, saying she wanted to draw lots. Nie Laosan's wife was having bad luck and had no hope at all, so seeing Shengyin insisted on drawing lots, they just let her go.
Fubao looked over from a distance and saw that Shengyin was dressed neatly and cleanly today, looking very different from usual, and he even had a necklace around his neck.
When Fubao saw the necklace, he immediately remembered it.
The necklace was a piece of snow-white jade tied with a red string. She saw Nie Laosan's wife take it out and play with it, but as soon as she saw her looking at it, she quickly put it away.
In fact, she had never coveted this piece of jade, but Nie Lao San's wife was of course on guard against her and would not let her even take a look at it.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw that it was Miao Xiuju's turn to draw lots. Gu Shengtian excitedly shook Fubao's hand and said, "Look, look, it's our grandma's turn!"
Fubao stopped looking at the raw silver and looked at Miao Xiujiu. She saw Miao Xiujiu holding her breath, putting her hands together, muttering something, and then, like when she was offering dumplings to the gods during the New Year, she reached into the bamboo basket with a mysterious and solemn movement, then closed her eyes, clenched her teeth, and as if she had made up her mind, she suddenly grabbed a ball of yellow paper from it.
After Miao Xiuju grabbed the yellow paper ball, she didn't open it immediately. She still clasped her hands together, holding the paper ball and muttering to herself. The members around her became impatient and urged Miao Xiuju to open it. Even Wang Baiou said, "Open it and take a look."
Miao Xiujiu took a deep breath and slowly opened the yellow paper ball with trembling hands.
Everyone around came over to watch.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "There are words! There are words on it! There are actually words! There were no words on the ones they caught before!"
Miao Xiuju was excited, but she couldn't read, so she could only wonder, "What is this? What does it say?"
The crowd suddenly became excited and came over to take a look. Wang Baiou also went over to help.
After taking a look, Wang Baiou, the accountant of the production team, announced loudly: "This is number one, number one! The Gu family has caught number one!"
Number one?
What does number one mean?
This means they get to pick the first piglets, the biggest, strongest, and most energetic, and they even get to pick a sow! There are nine piglets in total, and their family gets to pick the best. The other eight families get to pick the rest! You know, even though they're all born from the same sow, there are always some big, some small, some fat, some thin. Being the first to pick is definitely a great thing!
When the Gu family heard this, their eyes sparkled with surprise and they almost jumped for joy. The children shouted loudly, "We have little piglets, we have little piglets!"
The men looked at each other with joy, rubbing their hands, not knowing what to do. Liu Guizhi was so happy that she was about to cry.
When Miao Xiujiu first heard that it was number one, she was dumbfounded and didn't understand what it meant.
After a while, she looked at the envious and jealous eyes of the people around her, and saw Wang Baiou smiling at her. She felt dazed, and suddenly she understood.
Did I win the lottery? Can I get a little piglet?
Oh my God!
Miao Xiuju suddenly laughed: "That's great! Oh, I actually won the lottery! I won! I can raise piglets!"
No wonder she was so happy. These days, you need to report to the team leader how many chickens you raise and what you do for a living. Don't be too extreme.
For example, their family made a living by making bamboo baskets and straw mats, and could at least earn a few cents, or use the bamboo baskets and straw mats to exchange for some coarse grains. The team leader knew about it and turned a blind eye.
After all, there are many children in the family. You can't force them to death. You have to leave them a chance to survive, so no one cares about this.
But if you raise a pig openly, people will ask you why you are raising pigs and where the piglets come from. This will cause big trouble.
Now the production team distributes piglets. Although one has to hand over 100 kilograms of pork at the end of the year, the rest is theirs. It just takes a little more effort.
In the countryside, people have plenty of energy and are not afraid of being tired, but they are afraid of having no work to do and not being able to earn enough food to eat, so everyone is scrambling for the opportunity to get piglets.
After Miao Xiujiu won the lottery, she looked like she was dreaming, with a smile all over her face, unable to close her mouth, and she even walked unsteadily. When Shen Hongying saw this, she ran over and pulled Miao Xiujiu to choose the piglets.
Miao Xiujiu suddenly realized what was going on and hurried to the pigpen of the production team.
The Gu family looked at the nine piglets for a long time before finally selecting one. It had the shiniest fur and looked strong and robust. Of the nine, it was the most aggressive in grabbing milk. And crucially, it was a female. If it were a male, they would have to fatten it up and slaughter it. But if it were a female, with good care and a bit of luck, she might even give birth to a litter of piglets, making them rich. Piglets were very valuable these days.
The Gu family was satisfied with their choice of the piglet and had Gu Weiguo and Gu Weimin carry it back home. By then, the other families had also drawn lots. A few were overjoyed, but most hadn't won. Those who returned empty-handed looked at the Gu family's squealing piglet with envy, praising it with a sour look in their eyes: "The Gu family is so lucky!"
"His family is number one, and the piglets he picked look strong! And they're female! This is incredible, what luck!"
Listening to the envy of the people around her, Miao Xiujiu straightened her back more than ever before, felt full of energy, and was filled with joy, smiling from ear to ear.
The Gu family is having a really smooth life these days. Everything they wish for has come true and everything goes as they wish. They always catch the number one prize. What great luck they have!
After returning home, Miao Xiujiu directed her sons to dig a pigpen next to the manure pit behind the house and put up a fence. She also assigned tasks to her daughters-in-law and children, specifying clearly who had to cut how much grass for the pigs every day and how many times a day they were responsible for feeding the pigs.
She counted on her fingers, "If we feed them well, we can ask a boar to come and breed them. Maybe with luck we'll have a litter of piglets before the New Year. Even if we can't have any piglets, we can raise a big pig weighing 200 or 300 kilograms, and we'll get more than 100 kilograms of pork!"
More than a hundred pounds of pork, the children of the Gu family were drooling.
What does it mean to have over 100 kilograms of pork during the Chinese New Year? It means you can eat as much as you want!
Miao Xiuju saw through the children's thoughts with a glance and said with a curled lip, "You wish! When the time comes, keep 20 kilograms for yourself to eat and sell the rest! Otherwise, how will you pay for your tuition? I'll change it for you."
Think about it, everyone just woke up from a beautiful dream.
It would be great if I had twenty pounds of pork to eat!
And just when the Gu family was filled with joy, Nie Lao San's wife was also overjoyed. She was so happy that she was crying and laughing. She actually caught the silver, number nine!
Although she was only number nine and could only pick up the last piglet left, she was still happy enough.
The Nie family has been unlucky recently, and nothing has gone well for them. Now they have managed to catch number nine and get a piglet. Nie Lao San's wife was so happy that she almost collapsed on the ground.
When Shengyin caught the last number nine, everyone around him became envious and talked about it, thinking that Shengyin was really lucky.
Shengyin didn't even smile. Her hand touched the jade around her neck inconspicuously.
Is this really the reason? Is there something strange about this jade?
Recently, the Nie family has been unlucky in every way. Shengyin doesn't understand what's going on and why all the good days that belonged to the Nie family are gone. They should have dug up ginseng, caught a lot of fish, and their family should have been recognized as an advanced five-good family in the city. Her father should have had the opportunity to see the world in the big city!
All of this is gone, all gone to the Gu family.
Shengyin couldn't figure it out at all. He wondered what method Fubao had used.
Even if she had the same memories of her past life as herself, she wouldn't be so powerful that she could change the original trajectory of the world!
Until that day, Shengyin accidentally saw her mother tidying up things and found this jade pendant.
In fact, this thing is said to be a jade pendant, but it doesn’t look like one at all. It doesn’t have the crystal clearness and exquisiteness of jade. It is just an ordinary white stone. If it is special, it is at most whiter and brighter than ordinary stones.
But Shengyin clearly remembered that Fubao had always worn this stone in his previous life.
She always wears this stone, even when she takes a bath.
This gave Shengyin a lot of ideas. Could it be that Fubao's secret was related to this stone?
When Shengyin thought of this, she had a bold idea. She wanted to wear this stone and catch the little pig.
Because according to the course of fate, the Nie family should have been able to catch the little piglet on this day.
Shengyin found a way to beg her mother to let her come and draw lots.
What she didn't expect was that she actually caught it.
Even though it was just number nine, she caught it!
What does this mean? It means that the good days of the Nie family in their previous life are still there, but they have been changed by someone. As long as she wears this stone, can she get everything that belongs to the Nie family back?
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