Chapter 217 Making a Phone Call

Liu Yinyin giggled: "Dad, if you really don't want the pork, I'll ask the village chief to come and move the wild boar away?"

Naturally, they were unwilling to give away the wild boars they had worked so hard to catch by digging traps.

Liu Laifu was not a bodhisattva either, so he said, "Let's divide it equally between the two families."

Although the trap was dug by them, the idea was thought up by Liu Yinyin. Moreover, she was the one who killed the wild boars.

Liu Yinyin didn't want it but there was nothing she could do. However, she had just sold two wild boars and didn't agree to share the pork equally with the Liu family.

In the end, Liu Yinyin only took one little wild boar, and the other big wild boar and one little wild boar were given to the Liu family.

It's not easy to carry such a big wild boar back directly.

They could only kill the pig at Liu Yinyin's house first, then put it in a basket and carry it back.

The Liu family father and sons began to kill the pigs and divide the meat.

Liu Yinyin went to the kitchen to boil water...

The piglet that Liu Yinyin was given was relatively large. Even after scraping off the hair, it still weighed 120 kilograms.

The two pigs of the Liu family weigh about three hundred and sixty kilograms.

The Liu family and their sons were all excited to get so much pork at once.

Liu Laifu even felt it was unreal. He paused for a while before saying to Liu Yinyin, "You helped to make the pig's offal into salty food? I'll give you half of the money I make."

Liu Mingyuan has been going to the county town frequently to exchange things recently, so he doesn't need to bother Liu Yinyin anymore.

However, no one in the Liu family knows how to cook salted pork.

Liu Laifu remembered that Liu Yinyin was very good at making brine. The brine she made with pig offal was sold at the same price as pork.

Liu Laifu thought that it was not cost-effective to keep the pig offal for himself, so he might as well make it into salted food and then take it to the county town to exchange for some food.

Liu Yinyin said quickly: "...Okay."

It's not difficult to be a salty person, and there's no need to pay her. However, I thought that Liu Lai Fu would definitely not let her help for nothing.

Liu Yinyin swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

Pork can be stored for a long time in winter, so Liu Yinyin placed a wooden basin in the yard, put the pork in it, and then covered it with a layer of snow.

This way the pork will freeze quickly, and as long as the snow doesn't melt, it will be fine to eat until the New Year.

Liu Yinyin actually doesn't like wild boar very much, but she will be joining the army soon.

At this juncture, there is no need to go to the county town to exchange supplies.

When the weather gets better, Liu Yinyin will make the wild boar into bacon.

When the matter of accompanying the troops is settled, we can send the bacon to the troops.

The military should not allow military wives to raise pigs, and should stockpile more pork.

The two pigs of the Liu family...

Liu Yinyin doesn't need to worry about it. Recently, she often takes vegetables to the county town to exchange for food.

Liu Mingyuan is now quite familiar with the black market. The two pigs of the Liu family are most likely to be taken to the county town to exchange for food or money.

She was not wrong.

A few days later, Jiang Cuihua came home and told her, "We have almost sold all the wild boar meat. Guess how much food we got in exchange?"

She could no longer conceal the smile between her eyebrows.

Of the two wild boars, Jiang Cuihua only kept ten pounds of pork meat, and the rest...including the brine that Liu Yinyin helped make, were all sold.

Liu Yinyin roughly guessed, "It should be around 700 to 800 kilograms, right?"

The Liu family exchanged for coarse grains, two wild boars...including the brine made from the pig's offal, which weighed nearly 350 kilograms.

Aunt Li also had to make some money. On average, one pound of pork could be exchanged for about two pounds of coarse grains.

Jiang Cuihua shook her head: "I got 500 kilograms of coarse grain in exchange, and more than 300 yuan in cash."

Just thinking about her makes me happy.

Originally, the food stored at home was almost gone, so they relied on growing vegetables to exchange for some food to improve their diet.

Because of the wild boar hunt, the family suddenly had a lot of food.

And money...Because of rising prices, pork is very expensive now.

In the past, when the harvest was good, it would take a whole family several years of hard work in the fields to earn more than 300 yuan.

Jiang Cuihua couldn't help it and sold some pork for money.

Food is important, but not having money is not enough.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and asked her, "Mom, do you still want to buy food?"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Cuihua asked.

Liu Yinyin smiled and explained, "I'm going to join the army soon, and I thought that I couldn't take the food at home with me all at once, so I might as well sell it."

It’s not a good idea to keep the food in the cellar all the time. What if she doesn’t come back for a long time and the food goes bad?

Jiang Cuihua thought for a moment and asked Liu Yinyin, "How much food has your family stockpiled?"

Liu Yinyin told the truth: "There are about 1,200 kilograms in the cellar. I stockpiled some before, and Gu Cheng also bought a lot."

It was thanks to her that she had sold several hundred kilograms of grain before, otherwise the quantity would have been much greater.

Jiang Cuihua took a breath of cool air when she heard this. She didn't expect that the lady's family had so much food.

If Liu Yinyin went to join the army, she really wouldn't be able to take so much food with her.

Moreover, the lady's family is small, and Gu Cheng provides food subsidies every month, so the consumption of food is not large......

Jiang Cuihua thought about it and said, "Okay, you can sell me 300 to 400 kilograms of it later, and store the rest first. If you join the army in the future, I will send you some food every month."

She thought that after all, the girl was not a city resident and had no food subsidies.

From then on, Jiang Cuihua sent her food every month to prevent her from being looked down upon by other military wives in the army.

Liu Yinyin was slightly stunned and thought...this method seems good.

This way, she would have a clear way to smuggle food out of the system in the future.

Liu Yinyin said thoughtfully: "Mom, how about this... I'll sell you three or four hundred kilograms of food, and you don't have to give me money. When the time comes, it will be considered as the cost of sending the things."

Since Gu Cheng's troops are far away, the shipping costs are naturally high.

Jiang Cuihua cannot be asked to bear this money.

Jiang Cuihua nodded: "Then I will keep the account when the time comes."

After hunting five wild boars, nothing was stolen in the village anymore.

After several days of inspection, no new signs of the beast coming down the mountain were found.

I guess the crisis has been resolved.

For fear of hurting the villagers, the trap dug near Liu Yinyin's yard was filled up again.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the end of November and there is still one month before the Chinese New Year.

The weather was good this morning.

Liu Yinyin packed up and prepared to take Gu Yanyan to the county town to answer Gu Cheng's call.

Two days ago, Gu Cheng sent another telegram saying that he had something important to tell her.

Ask Liu Yinyin to go to the post office at ten o'clock tomorrow, and he will call her then.

Thinking that Gu Yanyan was always thinking about looking for his father, and today was a sunny day, Liu Yinyin decided to take the little boy to the post office.

There was still snow on the road, and it was impossible for her to ride a bicycle alone with the child.