Chapter 462: Several Hundred Jin of Meat
Liu Changquan is the village chief. Logically, he should be able to arrange a better job for his eldest grandson in the village.
But there is no future for you if you do anything else than being a soldier.
After Li Chunfang finished explaining what happened, he sat at Liu Yinyin's house for a while and then left.
Liu Yinyin didn't have any other thoughts about what Li Chunfang said. She just wanted to find out more and would go if she could join the army.
As long as you follow the normal process, nothing will go wrong.
After a busy afternoon, Liu Yinyin started to cook dinner, including braised pork, scrambled eggs with celery, and stir-fried rapeseed with mushrooms.
The staple food is rice.
It was getting dark outside, and Liu Yinyin calculated the time to make dinner.
Gu Cheng told her this morning that he would definitely come back today.
Sure enough, it didn't take long.
Liu Yinyin heard some noise outside and ran to open the door. Sure enough, it was Gu Cheng and Liu Mingyuan who came back.
The two gained a lot.
Gu Cheng was carrying a wild goat weighing over 100 kilograms on his shoulders and a large bag filled with several pheasants in his hand.
Liu Mingyuan was carrying a little wild boar on his back and holding a few rabbits.
After putting down their things, they were ready to go out again.
Liu Yinyin: “…”
Gu Cheng wiped his sweat and said, "There is still a big wild boar at the foot of the mountain that has not been carried back."
"Yes, little sister." The two of them caught so many prey. Liu Mingyuan was very happy today. "That wild boar was really big. It must have weighed at least 300 kilograms."
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "It's getting dark, you guys should be careful."
"It's okay." Liu Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "My brother-in-law is with his family, don't be afraid."
Several large prey, two wild boars, one large and one small, and a wild goat were all dead.
The pheasants and hares were all alive. Liu Yinyin counted them and found there were five pheasants and seven hares in total.
The living ones can be kept first, and the dead ones...
The weather is still quite hot right now, so I guess leaving it overnight won’t work. I’m afraid there will be a strange smell tomorrow.
There was a cart at home, so Gu Cheng said, "My third brother and I will go to the village and bring the wild boars and wild goats over. We will ask the village chief to help us arrange for the meat to be sold."
If that doesn't work, marinate the meat.
Of course, it would be best if we could sell it, otherwise pickling so much meat would be a huge project.
Liu Yinyin said, "You've been tired all day. Let's eat first. We can still go after dinner. Also... Aunt Li came this afternoon and said she has something to ask you."
Gu Cheng washed his hands and ate his meal as he was told. He was confused for a moment and asked, "Auntie Li?"
Liu Yinyin nodded: "It's the village chief's wife."
Gu Chengran asked, "What's wrong? What does she want to talk to me about?"
Liu Yinyin told Gu Cheng about Li Chunfang's plan to send her eldest grandson to join the army...
Liu Mingyuan was also eating at home. Hearing this, he said, "Liu Pingzhe is a good kid. He doesn't have any major problems."
Liu Changquan is a good village chief. The children he raises will not have bad character.
If you want to join the army, you must have good character first, otherwise why would you join the army?
Gu Cheng said calmly, "I understand. I'll call the village chief later."
Liu Yinyin nodded without asking any more questions.
She was just passing on a message. Whether it would work or not was not something she could decide.
Liu Yinyin didn't want to get involved in this matter either.
After dinner, Gu Cheng and Liu Mingyuan left on the cart.
Liu Yinyin had to take care of the child, so she didn't go with them.
She was busy with other things at home, so she put a few pheasants and rabbits in cages in the sundry room and fed them some food.
If we want to sell wild boar and wild mutton, Gu Cheng will not be able to come back for a while.
Liu Yinyin gave the children a bath and coaxed them to sleep first...
It was almost nine o'clock when Gu Chengcai came back pulling a cart.
Liu Yinyin asked hurriedly: "What happened?"
Gu Cheng: "We kept some meat for the birthday party and sold the rest."
He sent ten kilograms of wild boar and two kilograms of mutton to the Liu family.
We kept 20 kilograms of wild boar and 10 kilograms of wild goat meat for the birthday banquet.
The weather is hot, so wild boar and wild goat need to be pickled.
Liu Yinyin nodded and said, "I'll do it, you go take a shower."
Gu Cheng: "Let's do it together, finish it early and rest early."
Liu Yinyin hummed: "...By the way, what about the village chief's family? Can his eldest grandson join the army?"
Gu Cheng took the meat off the cart and said, "Liu Pingzhe's qualifications are quite suitable for military service. When I return to the army, I will see if the new military region has any vacancies for recruiting soldiers from outside the army."
"If that doesn't work, recommend him to go to the military district on the island."
Liu Yinyin said thoughtfully: "Will this have any impact on you?"
Gu Cheng shook his head: "It's okay, I just wrote a letter of recommendation for him. As for whether he can be successfully selected, it depends on whether he can pass the exam."
Unlike before, the military now recruits soldiers very strictly, with special procedures and selection criteria, family background, education level, physical fitness...
There are requirements in all aspects, and it is not something that can be decided by just his opinion.
Liu Yinyin said contentedly, "That's good."
To be honest, joining the army is indeed a good way out now. In the next ten or even twenty years, having a formal job will still be very popular.
The two of them were quick and efficient and quickly marinated thirty kilograms of meat.
The rest was exchanged for some food.
This time we sold about 300 kilograms of pork and 70 to 80 kilograms of mutton. Not a bit of pork blood or mutton blood or internal organs were left behind. Even the ones that were bought or given away were disposed of.
Thinking that wild boar and wild goat meat are not durable, Gu Cheng did not ask for a high price.
Two pounds of coarse grain can be exchanged for one pound of meat, and one pound of fine grain can be exchanged for one pound of meat.
If it is dried sweet potatoes, five pounds of dried sweet potatoes can be exchanged for one pound of meat.
This price is not only on the black market, but even buying meat at the supply and marketing cooperative is not that cheap.
Therefore, Gu Cheng was able to process three to four hundred kilograms of prey within two or three hours.
The food they exchanged was quite a lot. Liu Yinyin sorted it out and found that there were about thirty or forty kilograms of white flour, and the amount of rice was almost the same as that of white flour.
Cornmeal was the largest item, about 300 kilograms, and there were two bags of dried sweet potatoes, almost 200 kilograms.
The rest are some soybeans, red beans, peanuts and so on, which add up to about a hundred pounds.
There are also some scattered things, eggs, vegetables, dried mushrooms, chestnuts, dried wild fruits...
It was a miscellaneous collection, mostly dry goods, and Gu Cheng was not picky and would exchange them for anything he was given.
Liu Yinyin thought to herself that even if she exchanged so much food, she would not be able to finish it.
They couldn't stay at home for more than a few days, so even if they wanted to hold a full-month banquet, they wouldn't need so much food.
Gu Cheng also thought of this: "After the first birthday party for the child, we will see how much food is left and send the fine food to the troops."
"As for the rest, give everything you can to your parents. Every time we come back, they give us food. This is just a way to repay them."