On the last day of June, the Hua family got up and started working before dawn.
There were many people working that day, including the construction team, villagers, and Hao Li's 500-plus brothers. Hua Yuanyuan was responsible for their food and drink. She made sure everyone was well fed and provided three meals a day.
A pig weighs two or three hundred pounds. If we count six hundred people, each person would only have half a pound of meat on average.
Half a pound of meat is a lot for one person, but for Hao Li's group, half a pound of meat is just enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
Judging by current financial resources, Hua Yuanyuan is definitely a wealthy woman, with a house, a car and savings.
This is the first time I have invited Hao Li’s brothers, so we must be fair.
When the pork is delivered, ask for help to add two pigs temporarily. It doesn't have to be in the morning, noon can be used too.
The master readily agreed and said, no problem, there is a way.
The Hua family raises three pigs a day, which is equivalent to his income from the market for a month.
The family is really busy. Chen Qin, Li Chunlan, Liu Haixia, Wang Juan, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Wang, Chen Qin's mother-in-law...
The baskets of vegetables in the yard are not enough, Hua Yuanyuan is still picking them in the vegetable garden outside!
People arrived one after another. Hao Li, Hua Youcai and Hua Fangfang were all at the construction site.
The brothers were holding their food utensils and lined up. People who didn't know what they were doing wondered what they were doing.
Knowing that so many people would come to help last night, Hua Youcai went door to door to borrow tools.
Hua Youcai took a group of people to build the pigpen, and all the necessary materials were there.
The camp also raises pigs and grows vegetables, needless to say there are more, the places have been marked with lime.
The soldiers didn't say much or ask many questions, they just did it.
A group of people built a workshop, which was as big as six houses, but they only built it into one large room.
There are twenty stoves inside, which is comparable to the canteen in the camp.
A group of people built a warehouse, which was about the size of eight rooms, with two large rooms, one for storing grain and the other for storing other things.
We will first build six rooms for our own house, making it the same as the house that Uncle Wang lives in now.
Together with Hao Li's brothers, with so many people, it can be done in one day.
Even if it can't be done completely, Big Head will definitely be able to finish it.
Hua Yuanyuan reminded the three men in the family that their main task today was not to do a lot of work.
Their main job is to command and maximize the effectiveness of human resources.
Don't be in the middle of doing something and then realize that something is missing, so you can't do what you want to do.
They are responsible for ensuring logistics. If the materials are not available, buy them quickly and don’t wait. It is better to have more than not enough.
Several ox carts set out from the village early in the morning to replenish bricks, cement, sand, lime and other things.
Breakfast was ready just after seven o'clock.
Bone soup is served with vegetable steamed buns. Only salt and chopped green onions are added to the bone soup, and there is a layer of oil floating on top.
Yang Jing came over with her three children at this time. The three children took the initiative to knock on the gong to call people to eat.
We have been working for more than two hours. I feel more energetic after eating. This is physical work and I must ensure my physical strength.
There is not any diced meat in the buns, only dried shrimps, but they taste delicious.
You can serve yourself soup, get your own buns, and feed yourself by sitting on the roadside in front of the door.
It's the end of June and the temperature rises as soon as the sun comes out.
The sun was very bright today and they were all sweating.
Hao Li, Zhang Xiangnan and a few others were eating at the roadside with hundreds of their friends.
"We are short on time in the morning, so just eat something first. There is meat for lunch, stewing in the pot."
Hua Yuanyuan came out to say something specifically. Hao Li's words were valuable, so she didn't say a word extra. She just said a few more words.
"Sister-in-law, we all smell meat."
"It smells so good, sister-in-law. We won't eat much, hehe, just a little meat is enough."
"That's right, sister-in-law, we don't eat much."
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Hahaha, Hua Yuanyuan was amused, "You guys have to eat a lot, there are three pigs today, we have to eat them all, they can't be left out in such a hot day."
The young men’s eyes were as wide as cows’. Three pigs, are they all theirs?
"Sister-in-law, don't spend so much money, just cut a few pounds of meat."
"That's right, sister-in-law, just put a few pieces of meat in the dish as a token of your appreciation."
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"Okay, what do you know? A few pounds of meat is not enough for Hao Li to eat alone."
Zhang Xiangnan thought about inviting his uncle to dinner during the Chinese New Year, as the food provided by the Hua family was all pure meat.
Hao Li swallowed the bun in his mouth, took three more and put them on the plate in his hand, "What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you clamoring for meat? Work hard and finish the work today."
He inadvertently glanced at the plate in his hand, his hand trembled, and he almost dropped it.
His wife gave it to him, and he didn’t look at it carefully. Isn’t this the tableware that his wife bought for the man she bought the house last time?
Hua Yuanyuan really didn't mean it. She usually used this plate and just now she put the buns on it and gave it to Hao Li.
Hao Li quickly finished all the buns, raised his head to drink up the soup in the bowl, went to the well to wash it, and put it on the table in their room.
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It’s a hot day today, so Hua Yuanyuan specially made mung bean soup, added two drops of space water and white sugar to it.
I also added it when mashing the meat, because I was afraid that they usually eat too light a diet, and their stomachs would feel uncomfortable if they ate so much meat all at once.
Lunch was a pig-killing dish, with large slices of meat cut into pieces and dipped in mashed garlic, stir-fried vegetables, a plate of cold cucumber salad, and a large steamed bun as the staple food.
I add two green vegetables because I’m afraid the meat will be too greasy, and they can help you eat more by clearing your mouth.
Every time Hua Fangfang came back to get something, she would excitedly tell her elder sister how much had been built. She said the speed was so fast that it could be completed right before her eyes.
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