Chapter 106 Unbelievable
Yu Li never expected that her joke last night would come true.
Sure enough, her mouth is blessed.
Joking aside, slaughtering pigs is not only physically demanding, but also a skilled job.
Yesterday, Qi Chenyan had a hard time catching chickens, let alone pigs, which are many times larger than chickens.
Just as she was about to refuse on Qi Chenyan's behalf, the old woman opposite her grabbed her and started to judge the matter.
"Little Pear, tell me, am I right, or is this old woman right?"
"What old woman? You're older than me! If I were an old woman, wouldn't you be buried long ago?"
While Yu Li was busy, Qi Chenyan patted the back of her hand, got up, and left with the middle-aged man.
"Come on, young man, put on your apron. You look so handsome here, it would be a shame to get it dirty when you're slaughtering the pig."
Although Qi Chenyan had never slaughtered a pig, he believed that slaughtering a pig and slaughtering a chicken should be based on the same principle.
Until he was taken to the pigsty, the pungent smell was even more intoxicating than that of a chicken coop.
Even more thrilling is to go inside and grab it with your bare hands.
"Quick, quick, grab its tail!"
"Young man, it's coming for you! Grab its ears, both ears!"
Qi Chenyan was unusually flustered. Although he managed to grab the pig's ear in time, he didn't expect the pig to struggle so strongly. Not only did he fail to hold on, but he was also thrown out and stumbled and fell.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to brace himself with his palms, managing to avoid a close encounter with the ground while kneeling on one knee.
If the ground were clean, it wouldn't be so bad, but with all this pig manure, if Qi Chenyan were to slip and fall, he'd probably have several nightmares.
"Young man, are you alright?"
Someone noticed that Qi Chenyan had fallen and kindly inquired about his condition.
Qi Chenyan replied that he was fine, but when he got up, he found that his hands and knees were dirty, and the smell was so strong it went straight to the top of his head.
However, given the current situation, there was no time for him to clean the pigs, as they were about to break out of the pen in the chaos.
Fortunately, Qi Chenyan grabbed the pig's ears in time, controlled the pig, and finally successfully put it in an iron cage, carried it on a three-wheeled vehicle, and pushed it out to be slaughtered.
Finally out of the pigsty and breathing fresh air, a man walked over, patted Qi Chenyan on the shoulder like a good buddy, and offered him a cigarette.
"Young man, you're quite good. Is this your first time slaughtering a pig? Your reaction speed and strength are excellent. Xiao Li should have told you that to marry a girl from our Panxi Village, you have to pass the pig-slaughtering test, right?"
"When Old Li's son-in-law first came to visit, he was slaughtered and the pig bumped his butt. The guy screamed even more pitifully than the pig."
"And then there's Old Liang's grandson-in-law. His character is truly awful. If you ask him to slaughter a pig, he can come up with a hundred excuses. He even ran away with his suitcase to avoid slaughtering the pig."
"It's rare to find a young man like you who is tall, handsome, and clean-cut, yet you don't mind getting dirty and cooperate with us in catching pigs. It seems the Zhou family is truly blessed!"
The older generation in the village always approached the evaluation of their sons-in-law in such a simple and unpretentious way.
Qi Chenyan politely declined the cigarette offered by the other party: "Thank you, but I'm trying to quit smoking recently. I appreciate the sentiment."
The man was quite surprised: "You actually have the willpower to quit smoking?"
Actually, speaking of smoking, Yu Li and Qi Chenyan have been married for almost a month, and she has never seen him smoke, or even take out a cigarette.
But in fact, Qi Chenyan does smoke. After all, in diplomatic work, most of the time, off-camera, one has to rely on personal relationships to build connections.
However, Qi Chenyan's smoking habit wasn't very strong; most of the time, it was just for work.
He explained, "Lili can't stand the smell of cigarettes, so she quit."
Generally speaking, unless a girl herself smokes, most girls dislike the smell of smoke.
However, nowadays, the vast majority of men smoke, and very few men can actually get their partners to quit smoking for their sake.
Unexpectedly, Qi Chenyan didn't even mention this to Yu Li, and quietly quit smoking on his own.
The man listened with admiration and gave him a thumbs up, saying, "You young man, you have a really high level of awareness. I've been a smoker for decades and have never thought about quitting for my wife."
"If my wife knew I quit smoking for her, wouldn't she be so moved she'd cry her eyes out and give me a whole football team's worth of kids?"
Qi Chenyan smiled and said, "It's just a small thing, something I could easily do with a little control, so there's no need to tell her. Besides, it's something I, as a husband, should do for my wife, and it's nothing to be proud of."
The men standing nearby, upon hearing Qi Chenyan's words, all said they felt ashamed of themselves, realizing that their awareness was far inferior to that of a young man like Qi Chenyan.
The middle-aged man in charge even found Qi Chenyan very pleasing to the eye and entrusted him with the first cut of the pig slaughtering ceremony.
As the pig was being slaughtered, many guests arrived one after another.
Grandma He's family also came, and they brought their granddaughter along.
The young girl originally had absolutely no interest in this kind of wedding banquet.
Grandma He pointed in a direction and said, "Look, that's your little sister Li's husband. Isn't he handsome? He's just as good-looking as that Xiaoyun you keep calling out to, isn't he?"
"This young man is amazing. He can even slaughter pigs. This group of old men actually gave him the best start to the year. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it."
After all, in the eyes of the older generation, being number one always means good luck.
Weddings are not held very often throughout the year, and those who are the first to be instigated and have their weddings cut are usually people of a certain status in the village.
But this time, the first blow was actually delivered by Qi Chenyan, the newlywed son-in-law, which was simply unbelievable.
The little girl turned her head and looked, her eyes widening instantly.
Wait, is she seeing things? The more she looks at him, the more she thinks that the handsome man who slaughters pigs looks like Qi Chenyan, who is very popular online and is known as the youngest and most promising diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
No, no, no, how could that be!
She must have been staying up all night, her mind was foggy, and her eyesight was failing. How could she possibly meet such a big shot who only appears on TV in a small village like theirs?
What's more, this important figure was wearing an apron and carrying a blood-stained cleaver, which made him stand out among the group of men.
But this is completely different from the composed and dignified demeanor of someone dressed in a suit and tie in front of the television, who seems to vanish into thin air in the blink of an eye.
So it's impossible, they must just look alike, she must have mistaken them!
Despite her inner thoughts, she still took out her phone and secretly snapped a photo in Qi Chenyan's direction.
She zoomed in on the photo and the more she looked, the more she realized how amazing it was that there were people in the world who looked so alike!
Then it was resold and shared on Weibo.
[Fellow family members, who would have thought that I saw Director Qi's shadow in a pig butcher at the village wedding banquet? It must be because I woke up in the wrong position today!]
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