The next morning, Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang took the wild boar meat left over from yesterday and rode their bicycles to the next village.
In a few days, Old Man Lu caught a lot of fish.
The two men efficiently weighed the fish, put them into bags, and then secured them to the bicycles.
After saying goodbye to Old Man Lu, the two went to the town to sell goods.
From the fish and wild boar meat on this trip, after deducting the share given to Chen Dazhuang and Old Man Lu, Chen Wang himself earned more than 250 yuan.
Compared with the income from previous visits to the town, it seems a bit barely enough, but in fact it is already a lot of money.
Chen Wang himself didn't feel that he earned less than before, so he was too lazy to work anymore.
Having worked like a slave for capitalists before, he knows how hard it is to make money. He should not become self-inflated and arrogant just because he had good luck in the past.
What's more, more than 200 yuan these days is equivalent to several months' salary for an ordinary worker.
In the following days, as long as the weather was good, Chen Wang would go hunting in the mountains with Chen Dazhuang.
We didn't catch anything big, just some pheasants, rabbits, deer, roe deer and the like, but it was better than nothing.
After accumulating a few days' catch, the two of them would ride their bicycles to the town market to buy the fish caught by Old Man Lu.
Time flies and it’s already the end of January.
Chen Wang planned to go to town again with Chen Dazhuang, and then rest at home for a few days.
It's been nearly a month, and both of them are really exhausted.
The family's savings were more than one thousand yuan, so Lin Xiuqin took out one thousand yuan and gave it to him, asking him to go to the town to deposit the money into the bank.
Together with the 150 yuan he earned from today’s sales, Chen Wang deposited a total of 1,150 yuan into the bank.
The total amount in the passbook increased again, reaching 9,200, which is only 800 away from the so-called "ten thousand yuan household" these days.
Chen Wang still had more than a hundred yuan in change in his hand, and his wife also had two or three hundred yuan hidden at home.
There is no shortage of meat, grain and other things at home, so this money is more than enough for us to have a good New Year.
The Chinese New Year is only half a month away. The market in the town has become more lively and the New Year atmosphere can already be felt.
Many households in the village who have been working hard outside have returned to celebrate the New Year.
As soon as Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang rode their bikes into the village, they heard Qian Xiangrong's voice at the door of the convenience store.
"Awang, Dazhuang, Lao Wang's family slaughtered a pig this morning. Let's go to the pig slaughtering feast together later."
"Really? Didn't you see Lao Wang looking for us?"
Chen Wang looked at Qian Xiangrong in surprise.
As the New Year approaches, the screams of the second brother can be heard almost every day in the village. It was because someone was slaughtering pigs.
To kill a pig, you have to sell it to the state and get a slaughter ticket.
If there is only one sheep in the family, they have to kill it and sell half of it to the government.
In addition, after slaughtering the pig, relatives and friends have to be invited to have a pig-slaughtering dinner.
Chen Wang has eaten it twice in the past month.
One time it was held at the village chief’s house, with more than a dozen tables, and it was very lively.
Another time was at the home of Master’s neighbors, the brothers Chen Weibing and Chen Weimin, who often helped them carry meat into the mountains.
"Didn't you two go to town early in the morning? You should have been to your house. Go back and ask your wife."
Qian Xiangrong was standing at the door of the convenience store, eating melon seeds and saying with a smile.
"Got it, let's have a couple of drinks together later!"
"Of course you two can do it together!"
"Fuck, Lao Qian, you're getting more and more arrogant. Don't pretend to be dead when you can't drink anymore!"
Chen Dazhuang yelled angrily.
"Hahaha……"
Qian Xiangrong laughed out loud.
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After returning home, Chen Wang handed the passbook to his wife and asked him whether Lao Wang had been there.
Lin Xiuqin nodded with a smile and gestured a few times, indicating that he should go to eat later.
"knew."
Chen Wang smiled and nodded.
He didn't even go to help with slaughtering the pig. It was very polite that someone came to his house to invite him. He should definitely go to show his support, but he couldn't bring his entire family with him.
No one's food comes from the wind, let alone such a sumptuous meal.
"Would you like to buy some meat?"
Chen Wang asked.
There is a lot of meat at home, but there is no domesticated pork, and the piglet in the pigpen that I brought from my uncle's house is not yet ready to be slaughtered.
Lin Xiuqin thought for a moment and made some gestures.
"Pig's trotters? Okay, I'll go see if there are any left. They'll be great for making soup."
Chen Wang smiled and agreed.
"Brother, I want to eat the pig-killing meal, too, is that ok?"
The little girl's eyes were full of eager requests.
"Why don't you just stay at home with your sister-in-law? Isn't the food your sister-in-law cooks better than that?"
Chen Wang said unhappily.
"Hey, there are so many people there, just let me go!"
The little girl hugged his arm and shook it, acting coquettishly and cutely.
Chen Wang looked at his wife helplessly.
Lin Xiuqin nodded with a smile, motioning him to take the little girl with him.
"What about you? How about we bring you some back after we finish eating?"
Chen Wang suggested.
Lin Xiuqin smiled and waved her hand, indicating that she could just cook the noodles herself.
Chen Wang nodded slightly and said nothing more.
At this moment, the sound of firecrackers suddenly came. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the Wang family who set off the firecrackers, which also meant that another Second Brother had ascended to heaven.
Chen Wang played with a few dogs at home for a while. When it was about four o'clock, he took the little girl out to Wang Fugui's house.
This was also his first time to attend Wang Fugui's family's pig-killing banquet. A few days ago, the relationship between the two families had not reached this point.
It’s interesting to say, it’s the emotion that was knocked out by the carrying pole.
The little girl also brought the puppy Ruyi with her.
For dogs, this pig-killing dinner is also a feast, with endless bones for them to chew.
When we arrived at Wang Fugui's house, we saw that the tables had already been set up outside, eight in total.
Although Wang Fugui is from a different family, he has an upright character and decent personality, and is quite popular in Chenjia Village.
There were already quite a few people sitting at the tables, chatting and laughing.
The slaughtering of the pig has been basically completed, and now the women in the kitchen are busy.
"Awang, here you are, over here."
"Awang, come sit over here with us and have a few drinks together."
"Don't go sit with those drunkards, Awang, come over here."
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Seeing Chen Wang coming, the villagers at several tables greeted him loudly.
Now Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang are both promising and handsome young men in Chenjia Village, and they are also powerful hunters. The villagers can't help but want to curry favor with them.
If you get along well with a good hunter, you will definitely get meat often.
For today's rural people, this is a huge benefit.
Chen Wang greeted the elders with a smile on his face, neither humbly nor arrogantly, then walked to a table with only two young people and sat down.
A young man and a girl. The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old and was Lao Wang's daughter. The young man was about twenty years old and was the girl's cousin.
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