Chapter 44: Dividing the Prey
Although Shen Xiangdong was injured and returned home after hunting for a short while, they still managed to catch a lot of prey. Because Shen Xiangdong was injured while saving someone, the Shen family got a lot more prey, and even Zhou Feng gave half of his share to the Shen family.
"Brother Zhou, we know that my brother's injury has nothing to do with you. We can even say that it's because of you that my brother was able to survive. There's no need for you to be like this." Shen Ruoqing was a little reluctant to accept it.
"Sister-in-law, I feel guilty, why don't you take it in? You're making me feel miserable and unable to sleep. Who knows what it's like up the mountain? I think it's because he led the team poorly that our family members got hurt. If it weren't for him, my brother would have earned a lot less! And he still needs someone to take care of him..." Wang's mouth was watering as she watched these preys. Shen Ruoqing, this stupid girl, was pushing the meat away. Isn't she a fool! Zhou Feng threw the meat away and ran away.
Shen Ruoqing turned to look at Wang: "This is none of their business, and my brother was able to survive thanks to Brother Zhou. Do you like eating meat so much?"
Wang was silent. Why did she feel that her sister-in-law's eyes were so creepy? The village hunted a total of four wild boars this time, as well as a wild roe deer, rabbits and pheasants. As a reward for leading them into the mountains, Zhou Feng got a whole wild boar and gave half to the Shen family.
The Shen family got half a wild boar, ten pounds of wild boar meat, two pheasants, a wild rabbit, some pig offal and two pig bones. The Shen family took the initiative to ask for the pig offal and the pig bones. Captain Tang usually took special care of them and usually didn't give them the offal when distributing meat. But the offal cooked by Shen Ruoqing was so delicious that the Shen family asked for some.
The Shen family was not happy about getting so much meat, because it was all earned at the cost of Shen Xiangdong's injury.
There was so much wild boar meat that they couldn't finish eating it, so Old Lady Ji decided to take it to the purchasing station to sell it. Half a wild boar weighed more than 90 kilograms, and the price at the purchasing station was 40 cents per kilogram, which earned 38 yuan. She also sold a pheasant and a rabbit and earned 5 yuan. She kept the remaining pig offal for herself. The offal was braised that day, and it tasted delicious. However, everyone was eating meat today, so no one cared about the aroma coming from the Shen family. The pheasant was slaughtered, and Wang Shi could have gotten two more pieces of meat, but because she was too talkative today, she was punished to only drink chicken soup. The Shen family picked out the fat pork, which was all used to make oil. The oil made from wild boar meat is so fragrant.
The pig bones were also boiled, and Grandma Ji brought the bone soup to Shen Xiangdong.
Captain Tang thought about it again and again, and decided to give the educated youth two pounds of meat. After all, the educated youth had not come when they went hunting, and it would be bad if the educated youth were left out to eat meat today, as it would make him look exclusive. It would be fine to give a little less as a token of appreciation.
The educated youths were very happy to know that they could get two kilograms of meat, but Yang Pingfang said, "Everyone in the village can get more than half a kilogram of meat, but only the six of us can get two kilograms of meat. Isn't this team leader bullying us educated youths because we are from outside?"
Qian Damei pulled Yang Pingfang and said, "Comrade Yang, we didn't participate in their hunting and we didn't even come yet. It's great that we can get two kilograms of meat right after we arrived. Don't make the captain unhappy and not give him even this little bit of meat."
She hasn't had meat for a long time.
Captain Tang really didn't have a good impression of this educated youth surnamed Yang. Look how sensible he is, but she is the only one who has so many problems. His face immediately turned ugly: "Although the things on the mountain are collective and everyone has a share, it must be distributed according to work. When we went hunting, you educated youth were not here. Every household in our family sent people to go hunting. You didn't contribute anything, and it's already very good to get two kilograms. Look at the villagers who didn't contribute anything, they only got this little meat. I have always treated the masses fairly and justly. If you want to eat meat, you can go up the mountain and hunt for it yourself."
Yang Pingfang knew she was in the wrong, but she still insisted, "It's impossible that there are only two kilograms of meat for the six of us."
Mu Bai asked, "Does the prey we hunt in the mountains belong to us personally?"
Captain Tang coughed twice. “If you want to hunt big game, you must hand it over to the team. But if you go up the mountain and catch one or two pheasants, hares, etc., the team can turn a blind eye. But Daqing Mountain is very dangerous. During this hunting trip, someone in our team was injured by a wolf. You should know that the meat you are holding now was brought back by others at the cost of their lives. I also don’t recommend you to go up the mountain. The wolves on the mountain are not vegetarians!”
Hearing that hunting in the mountains was so dangerous, Yang Pingfang stopped talking. Ding Zhongjiang and Ma Weiguang, who had originally thought of hunting, also gave up the idea.
"Have a good rest tomorrow, and don't be late for work the day after tomorrow."
Captain Tang slowly left the educated youth site.
Liu Xinyi secretly came to the cowshed carrying half a pound of meat.
"Grandpa Hao, the village is distributing meat today, and I specially brought some for you."
"Girl Liu, Captain Tang is a good man. He gave us some meat. You can take this meat home. We have something to eat." Grandpa Hao said, "Thank you for sending cornmeal last time, but we are doing well here. We don't need you to come over often. This is the cornmeal you brought last time. You should take it. It will be bad if your family finds out."
Captain Tang actually distributed meat to the people in the cowshed? This was something Liu Xinyi had not expected. She did not expect that Captain Tang, such a cold-blooded person, would still distribute meat to Grandpa Hao.
Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Liu Xinyi's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"Grandpa Hao, I brought these things to nourish Grandma Hao and Grandma. How can I take them back? The great man said that we should help each other. I will help as much as I can. I admire intellectuals like you the most. Please accept them." Liu Xinyi said sweetly, stuffing the meat into Hao Dezhong's hands. "It's okay. My family doesn't know. Please accept them, Grandpa Hao."
This, no one in my family knows about it, so I shouldn’t have accepted it.
Hao Dezhong was thinking this in his mind, but Liu Xinyi had already run far away.
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"Well, old man, it's that girl from the Liu family again, right? What did she bring again?" asked Grandma Hao.
"She sent some meat over. Maybe she didn't know that Captain Tang also gave us some meat."
"I think this girl is weird. She always sends us gifts." What Grandma Hao wanted to say was that she only talked to Grandpa Hao outside every time and never came in to see her. If Grandpa Hao was not old, she would have thought that this girl was up to something.
"Don't always think she's weird. Maybe she's just a kind-hearted girl," said Hao Dezhong.
(End of this chapter)