Chapter 220 Letter

Jiang Cuihua nodded: "Don't worry, I know my limits."

After returning home, Liu Yinyin began to process the pork.

Excluding the meat for sale, the rest of the meat weighed nearly 160 kilograms.

Pig heads and offal are used to make the dish brine.

Twenty pounds of pork is made into jerky, thirty pounds of pork is made into bacon, and twenty pounds is made into sausages...

It took Liu Yinyin several days to finish the work by herself.

In the end, there were about 30 pounds of pork left, which, like the wild boar, was frozen outside and kept for the family to eat slowly.

Coincidentally, the pork stored at Liu's house was sold out in the past few days, not a single pound left.

Jiang Cuihua handed the money bag to her daughter and said, "I sold 112 pounds of pork, 3 yuan per pound, a total of 336 yuan. I put it all in the bag, you count it."

The villagers gave him some loose change, 336 yuan in total, filling a bag.

Jiang Cuihua felt a little envious when she thought about it. To be honest, it would be more cost-effective for them to sell the pork privately.

The pigs delivered to the collective were purchased at the meat price of the supply and marketing cooperative; a whole pig could not be sold for that much money.

The family now has the conditions, and Jiang Cuihua plans to raise two pigs next year.

Liu Yinyin said thoughtfully, "...Mom, doing business on the black market is just speculation after all. When the harvest season gets better, we'd better avoid going there. If the authorities crack down on us one day, our whole family will be in trouble."

Currently, the authorities do not take any action on the black market, but in the future...

It won't always be like this. After joining the army, Liu Yinyin plans to no longer have any contact with the black market.

There is enough food and clothing at home, so there is no need to take risks on the black market.

But she was worried that the Liu family had tasted the sweetness and would get out of control.

Hearing her daughter say this, Jiang Cuihua felt uneasy. She was just an ordinary country woman.

When I heard that the higher-ups would investigate this, I immediately became extremely worried: “Will the higher-ups even care about this?”

Liu Yinyin gave her a strong dose of medicine: "Probably. I heard that the control in big cities is stricter. If speculators are caught, they will be sent to labor reform, which is a light punishment. In our small county... they will be strictly punished sooner or later."

Jiang Cuihua took a deep breath and said, "Is it so serious?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Of course, if we are accused of speculation, our whole family will not be able to hold our heads up in the village in the future."

She is not exaggerating. When major turmoil comes, speculation and profiteering will be dealt with very strictly.

Liu Yinyin may not live in the village in the future, so some things should be told to the Liu family as soon as possible.

Jiang Cuihua would never dare to risk the safety of her family!

She was so frightened that she immediately said, "Okay, I won't let your third brother go there from now on."

In fact, Jiang Cuihua did not agree with exchanging things on the black market at first, because the authorities did not allow ordinary people to trade privately.

It's just that she had tasted the sweetness during this period and nothing happened, so Jiang Cuihua thought...as long as she was careful, this kind of thing would be fine.

Now hearing what her lady said, she immediately gave up the idea.

Our family is not so poor that we have to go to the black market to buy food.

Jiang Cuihua's words still carry a lot of weight in the Liu family.

Liu Yinyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She said in a gentle tone, "As long as you are careful, nothing should happen for now. But when the weather gets better in the future, you definitely can't go there again."

Not to mention the future, Jiang Cuihua doesn't dare to go now. Money is only external things. The safety of the family is more important than anything else.

Seeing that she was really frightened, Liu Yinyin opened her mouth to say something, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

Liu Yinyin went to open the door first.

It's the postman again...

"Comrade, there's a letter for you." The young postman handed a slightly thick envelope to Liu Yinyin and left.

"Who's here?" Jiang Cuihua stayed at home with her grandson.

"The village postman should have received a letter from Gu Cheng." Liu Yinyin held the envelope with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

If it is a letter, it is too thick. Even though Gu is a grown man, it is impossible for him to write a bunch of fancy things.

When Jiang Cuihua heard that it was a letter from her son-in-law, her eyes lit up.

Liu Yinyin opened the envelope and found not only a letter but also a stack of money and receipts.

Grain coupons, oil coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons...

There are twelve tickets for the big group, which cost one hundred and twenty dollars.

Gu Cheng said in the letter that this was his salary and allowance for last month.

Liu Yinyin didn't expect Gu Cheng's salary to be so high, one hundred and twenty yuan a month, probably more than that, he had to keep some change for himself.

This is much higher than his salary working in the steel factory.

When Jiang Cuihua saw that her son-in-law had sent back his salary and allowance, she immediately smiled. She had been worried that something might happen to her daughter-in-law when she followed the army.

Now it seems that she was overthinking.

Liu Yinyin put away the money and the bills, plus the 336 yuan Jiang Cuihua gave her...

I deposited nearly 500 yuan into my account today. Next time I go back to the county town, I have to go to the bank to deposit some money.

Jiang Cuihua asked casually: "What did my son-in-law say?"

Liu Yinyin quickly finished reading the letter and told her: "It just talked about some things about the new military district. Gu Cheng said that the new military district is quite close to here and can be reached in two days by train. Also..."

Liu Yinyin paused, her eyes showing some joy: "He said he should be able to come back for the New Year."

Gu Cheng said in his letter that after spending the New Year at home, he went directly to the new military district to report.

"I can go home for the New Year?" Jiang Cuihua said happily, "That's great..."

As she spoke, she patted her thigh, stood up and walked out, her face slightly excited, "I have to go back and tell your father about this good news. He will definitely be happy too."

And there's that gossipy guy in the village, don't think she doesn't know.

During the time when Gu Cheng was away, they were all whispering behind their backs, saying that Gu Cheng would never come back.

Some people also said that Gu Cheng left because he didn't want to live in the village.

This is sheer nonsense.

Now that her son-in-law has written to her, Jiang Cuihua will go out and show off later. Who is to blame for that group of women who like to gossip and can't stand seeing others do well?

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Mom, please stop talking. Gu Cheng only said that he would come back, but it's not certain yet."

If something changes by then, wouldn't that give people even more things to talk about?

Jiang Cuihua's smile froze, and after thinking for a while, she said, "...Okay, I'll bear with it for now."

It won’t be too late to talk about it when Gu Cheng decides to come back for the New Year.

After Jiang Cuihua left.

Liu Yinyin put the letter away. She did not tell Jiang Cuihua that Gu Cheng also said in the letter that he had a mission recently and might not be able to contact his family for some time.

For fear that Jiang Cuihua would worry, Liu Yinyin did not tell her about this.