Chapter 438: Let me give you two pieces of pig shit each.
"Okay, let's weigh first." After saying this, squad leader Zhang turned around and told the wine to be warmed up. "Sister, go stand in the old man's room, so that the pig won't rush out and hit you."
Wen Jiu nodded obediently, "Okay."
The old man yelled, "Niuniu, come and take this sister inside."
His granddaughter came running over, grabbed the woman who was warming the wine, and pulled her into the main room.
"Then shall we go in and catch them?" Squad Leader Zhang pointed at the pigs in the pigsty and asked the old man.
The pigpen is quite clean. It is covered with leaves brought back from the mountains, and there is also a straw shed to shelter the pigs from rain.
The old man smiled and said, "No problem, go in and grab me to get the rope and scale."
"Okay!"
"Then let's go catch it."
After squad leader Zhang finished speaking, he spat on his hands, rubbed them, put his hands on the wooden stake beside the pigsty, and jumped into the pigsty nimbly. The others followed suit.
“Ah——”
The pig was so frightened that it stood up suddenly and stared at them with its black eyes.
"Yoho!"
"You are so energetic!"
"The meat of this pig must be delicious!"
Hearing Wang Ergou say this, squad leader Chen couldn't help but laugh and curse a few times, "You idiot, you haven't even caught the pig yet and you're already thinking about eating it. There's pig shit out there, why don't you grab a handful and taste it first."
Wang Ergou chuckled twice, "Am I not pumping myself with chicken blood? How can we have the energy to catch pigs if we don't think about the wonderful taste of meat?"
"Is that right, brothers?"
"If you can't do it, just say so. Don't bring all the brothers along. We don't need to do any bullshit mental preparation to be strong!"
“Ouch, ouch!”
"You don't even have a wife, and you're saying this?"
Seeing that the topic was about to go off track, squad leader Zhang couldn't help but scold: "Shut up! If you keep talking, I'll give each of you two piles of pig shit to chew on."
What are you doing here?
Are you talking nonsense before finishing the business?
Seeing the old man bring the rope and scale, squad leader Zhang began to direct, "You two go to the left and we go to the right, tie it at that corner, do you understand?"
"no problem!"
"Come on baby!"
Wang Ergou rubbed his hands excitedly and soon attacked the fat pig.
“Ahhhhhhh——”
The pig was stimulated to roar loudly. Wenjiu, who was listening in the main room, felt itchy and curiously poked his head out and stretched his neck to look around.
Niuniu tilted her head back and said, "Sister, aren't you afraid of pigs? Why do you want to watch?"
Wen Jiu asked back: "Aren't you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid!"
Niuniu puffed out her chest and said proudly, "I feed it, it won't bite me. Every time I bring a handful of food to it, it jumps up happily and runs around!"
"Grandpa said I had made great contributions and he would send me to school after he sold the pigs!"
Her face was very red, cracked by the wind and looked a little dirty, but her eyes were particularly pure, filled with a desire to read and learn.
Wen Jiu squatted down, looked at her and smiled: "Your grandfather is right, you have made great contributions, and you are more powerful than your sister."
"My sister is afraid of pigs, but you are not afraid!"
"Reading is a good thing. You should study hard to gain knowledge and insights."
"Yes, I will definitely study hard." Niuniu nodded heavily, "Grandpa said that if I study well, I will be better than boys, and no one will dare to look down on us anymore."
After hearing what Niu Niu said, Wenjiu realized that there seemed to be only the two of them, the grandfather and grandson, at home, and he suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
She said seriously, "Yes, there is no difference between us and boys except for our gender. If you have the determination, you will definitely be better than them."
“Hmmmm!”
Niuniu was so happy that her face was dancing with joy. "I beat them up yesterday, so badly that they cried and howled. How could I be worse than them?"
"Why did you fight them?"
"They said I was born by a father but not raised by a mother, and that I was a bastard that no one wanted." Niuniu gnashed her teeth in anger when she said this, "I have a grandfather, so why does no one want me?"
"No one wants them!"
Wen Jiu touched her face and said, "Great! People like this deserve to be beaten!"
It's the first time for you to be a human being. Why should you endure it?
It has to be done when it has to be done!
"Sister, you are so nice. I like you. Grandpa said I shouldn't fight and it's not like a girl, but you said I did the right thing." Niuniu was very happy. She took Wenjiu's hand and ran out. "Let's go. Aren't you afraid of pigs?"
"It must be tied up now. I'll take you to see it."
She is right.
The pig had been tied up, and it seemed like it was tired of screaming and had given up struggling. Squad Leader Zhang and Wang Ergou were lifting it with wooden sticks, and an old man was standing on a stool, moving the weight back and forth to weigh it.
Old-style scales have small dots engraved on the beam. When the beam is balanced, the position where the rope hanging the weight is pressed is the actual weight of the goods.
Seeing that the scale was balanced, the old man quickly turned around and asked squad leader Zhang to check, "Look, it's 165 pounds, right?"
He has been honest and sincere all his life and never lied about such things.
"Yes, that's right!"
"You come down first and we'll put the pig down."
After the pig was put down, it wanted to run, but its limbs were tied and it couldn't get up after struggling for a long time. It could only lie on the ground and breathe heavily.
Squad leader Zhang said, "Uncle, it's not easy for you two to raise pigs. Sixty cents is too low. I appreciate your sympathy for us, but at least we are supported by the country and we won't starve. It's even harder for you two to live. Let's just calculate it based on sixty-six cents!"
"No one takes advantage of anyone else!"
"If this gets out, I'll be punished when I return to the army."
The army has clear regulations that prohibit taking even a single needle or thread from the masses.
Violators will be dealt with.
When the old man heard what Squad Leader Zhang said, he was so scared that he dared not say anything and just nodded vigorously, fearing that he would harm them.
Seeing that they had reached an agreement, Wenjiu knew it was his turn. He took out the money and handed it to the old man, and even went out of his way to praise Niu Niu in front of him.
"Uncle, have you counted enough?"
"Your granddaughter is ambitious. Please take good care of yourself. When she grows up, it will be your time to enjoy your life!"
Without even counting, the old man said, "Enough, how could it not be enough?"
"The PLA won't lie."
"It's almost noon, why don't you have lunch at my house before leaving? Although I don't have anything good to treat you, the food is enough."
In the eyes of the older generation, anyone who serves in the army is a member of the People's Liberation Army, and anyone who serves in the army must be honest and reliable. They have strict filters for soldiers.
Niuniu also took Wenjiu's hand and said, "Sisters, you two can have dinner at my house. The tofu my grandfather makes is delicious."
Wen Jiu smiled and said, "We have things to do. If we delay any longer, we may not be able to return until dark. Thank you and your grandfather for your kindness."
Squad leader Zhang also smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle. We won't bother you. The troops have other things to do and we can't delay."
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