By distributing some of her attention elsewhere, she can not only divert everyone's focus but also make better plans for herself later.
"Alright, I'll let Dad know." Zhang Qinghua was a little surprised. He had thought that given how happy Lili was just now, it would be good if she could get a quarter of it.
To my surprise, she was so generous and immediately gave away half of it.
Half is not too little, several dozen kilograms of pork is enough.
Soon, Zhang Shengtian arrived with Uncle Fang. Song Lili and Lin Xue had also boiled water and were waiting to use it.
Song Lili's prediction was correct; as soon as Uncle Fang made his move, people were already peeking in from outside the door.
"Uncle, come in." Song Lili called out from the courtyard.
"Lili, I heard you hunted a wild boar, so I came to see." Seeing that Song Lili had discovered them, the person didn't hide and came out to see for themselves.
"Yeah, I was lucky today, that's why I ran into him." I almost got killed.
"Then...then could you spare some of this meat for me? My family hasn't had meat in a long time, and I'm thinking of giving the kids a treat." The person rubbed their hands nervously, feeling embarrassed.
Song Lili smiled brightly, "Sure, why not?" She glanced outside the door and saw several people listening intently. "But I probably won't be able to give you too much, Uncle."
"That's alright, that's alright. Just give me a little bit, enough for one meal at my family. We don't need much." We can't afford more anyway.
"No problem, Uncle, please come in and wait." Song Lili smiled broadly, making everyone feel incredibly comfortable.
Upon hearing this, the people behind immediately rushed over, saying, "Lili, I want some too!"
"I...I want one too."
"Yes, me too, me too."
"I want one too..." I'm afraid it will be too late, and there won't be any left.
"Uncles and aunts, don't worry, we'll divide it up for you. Don't worry."
It was something I had anticipated, so of course I had to agree in a way that would make everyone happy.
Sure enough, everyone was happy, laughing joyfully, and compliments poured out of them like crazy.
"Lili, you're so kind. Thank you so much, Auntie."
"Exactly. This girl is kind-hearted. Qinghua is so lucky to have married you."
"Yeah, this girl is great in every way."
Song Lili kept smiling and listened quietly to the shower of compliments without saying a word.
The little devil in my head thought smugly, "I won't fall for it. I know you're only saying this because you want to eat meat, and I won't take it seriously."
But I'm happy inside.
With Song Lili's agreement, some people felt embarrassed to stand and wait, and several men rolled up their sleeves and went over to help.
With someone helping, the process is naturally faster.
Seeing more and more people in the yard, Song Lili quickly went to the kitchen. "Lin Xue, take out the dried vegetables and soak them. After we finish cooking the meat, we'll make some dishes and deliver a bowl to each household."
Meat broth with dried vegetables and a few slices of meat is similar to pork stew, which I believe everyone will like.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Song Lili poured most of the water into the pot and started boiling it.
Outside, the wild boar's hair had been plucked off, the whole boar was hung up, the meat was cut into pieces, and soon only bones remained.
Song Lili cleaned the meat that was brought in, put in a few pieces, and then cooked some offal and tail together.
Outside, after the whole pig was butchered into eight pieces, Zhang Qinghua was busy cutting meat for everyone.
Everyone has different needs; some people have more, some people have less.
However, Zhang Qinghua always tried to give as much as possible, since they were all fellow villagers and wanted to take care of each other.
Besides, the whole team has been quite united and has gotten along well over the years, so he's willing to do these little things.
And so, everyone who got the meat was all smiles and readily paid for it.
Everyone knows perfectly well that what they call "sharing some" is actually just buying, but buying and selling is not allowed now.
Everyone understood the unspoken agreement, and there was a shared sense of unity among them, so no one felt that this was wrong.
Zhang Qingguo collected the money, Zhang Qinghua cut the meat, and while his uncle helped, Zhang Shengtian stayed with his two grandsons and talked to the others.
Of course, all of this was done behind closed doors.
As time went by, fewer and fewer people remained in the courtyard, and the pork had been almost completely distributed.
In the kitchen, Song Lili took the meat out, put the soaked dried vegetables in, and prepared to cut the meat and put it in. "Lin Xue, put in the seasonings."
"good"
Lin Xue had no objections and did whatever Song Lili said. Sometimes Song Lili would sigh and say that this sister-in-law was really too good.
Once everything was tidied up outside, Song Lili had prepared the pork stew in the kitchen.
"Big Brother, please come inside quickly. I've finished cooking here. Have a bite first. It's so late, everyone must be hungry."
I've been busy since I got back, and it's already eight or nine o'clock. Everyone must be hungry.
"Okay," Zhang Shengtian agreed and helped Uncle Fang into the house.
Song Lili and Lin Xue then each filled a bowl with the stewed pork and brought it to the main room. "I've made some dishes, hurry up and eat."
"Wow, your wife is good at managing people and living a good life. Right now, she's thinking about this." Uncle Fang said with a hearty laugh.
People in the countryside can't afford meat, so they always crave more oil and fat. For them, a stew made with pork is already a great treat.
So, looking at the pork stew glistening with oil, Uncle Fang was very happy.
"Uncle Fang, you're joking. I just wanted to make the broth so it wouldn't go to waste. It's not as good as you say."
"Eat it while it's hot, there's more in the pot if you're not full. I made a lot, so there's plenty."
"Haha, then I won't stand on ceremony," Uncle Fang said to Zhang Shengtian with a smile.
They were already good friends, otherwise Zhang Shengtian wouldn't have approached him, so they didn't hold back when they talked.
“Eat up, Lili said there’s plenty, so there’s definitely plenty,” Zhang Shengtian said with a smile.
When someone praised his daughter-in-law, Zhang Shengtian was overjoyed, because he had chosen her, which showed that he had good taste.
Song Lili had no idea what Zhang Shengtian was thinking. She left the main room and told Lin Xue to take the two children to eat while she went to prepare the meat for Uncle Fang to take away.
Uncle Fang has been working very hard today, so we can't let him go home empty-handed, can we?
Song Lili wasn't sure what to give as a gift, so she gave the pork belly to Uncle Fang. It was a family tradition that pork belly was always given to the butcher.
I don't know if this is right or wrong.
When Zhang Qinghua finished eating and came in to put the bowls down, he saw Song Lili still busy. "Why are you still cutting meat? Have you eaten?"
"I'll eat later. I'll cut out the meat for Uncle Fang to take with him later, otherwise I'm afraid we won't have enough time."
"You eat first, I'll do this." Zhang Qinghua pulled Song Lili over and let her eat.
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