Chapter 87 Compound
Zhao Jianguo was delighted when he heard this and said, "I'll go weigh the fruit for you."
Liu Yinyin had already packed up the fruits yesterday, including 58 kilograms of apples, 56 kilograms of peaches and dates, and 60 kilograms of figs and plums.
Twenty-eight pounds of grapes and four large watermelons weighing sixty-two pounds.
The total was 264 kilograms, but Zhao Jianguo removed the decimals and only counted them as 260 kilograms.
One pound of salted meat for two pounds of fruit.
Gu Cheng took out 46 kilograms of roe deer meat and 54 kilograms of wild boar meat, exactly 100 kilograms of salted meat, in exchange for the fruit.
Two hundred kilograms of fruit can be exchanged for salted meat, and an additional sixty yuan will be required.
After paying the bill, Liu Yinyin gave Zhao Jianguo five pounds of wild boar meat and said with a smile, "I said yesterday that I would treat you to meat."
Moreover, it was because Zhao Jianguo took care of them that the fruit was sold at such a low price, and the five kilograms of wild boar was a thank-you gift to him.
Zhao Jianguo was a little embarrassed: "Yesterday I didn't give you a pheasant and two hares."
Yesterday morning, when he and Gu Cheng went to the mountains, they also caught a few pheasants and rabbits.
Gu Cheng said to him, "Please keep them all."
Thanks to Zhao Jianguo, they were able to gain so much from this trip.
"Okay, then I won't be polite to you." Zhao Jianguo grinned and said, "Come and play again next time when you have time."
Having gained so much meat in a short time, Zhao Jianguo wished that Gu Chengduo would come a few more times.
Gu Cheng and his family of three had a good harvest, including 264 kilograms of fruit, 56 kilograms of salted pork, four pheasants and three rabbits.
And they only spent sixty dollars.
Zhao Jianguo called a driver to drive the truck over, loaded all the things into the truck and set off.
There is a canvas shed at the back of the truck, where people can sit on two benches.
It was pitch black inside and there weren't many things in the car, so Gu Cheng didn't put down all the canvas, otherwise it would be stuffy inside in such a hot day.
Liu Yinyin was a little worried about Gu Yanyan. Such a young child was going through so much hardship for the first time out, and she wondered if he would be able to adapt.
However, Gu Yanyan looks quite normal at this moment.
Sitting on Gu Cheng's lap, she was having a lot of fun holding a piece of dogtail grass in her chubby little hands.
Gu Cheng shook his chubby son in his arms and sneered, "Boys shouldn't be too coquettish. When he grows up, I'll take him running to exercise."
Liu Yinyin: “…”
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him. Your son can't even walk yet, and you're already thinking of taking him for a run. That's really cool.
The truck was faster than the bicycle, and after about an hour and a half, we arrived at Xin'an County.
It was not yet eight o'clock. When passing by the steel factory, Gu Cheng went in and asked for half a day off.
We didn't go back to Liujia Village and asked the driver to drive a little further and then stop.
Liu Yinyin asked curiously, "Why don't you go directly to the village?"
There were so many things sent to the county town that even the two of them couldn't move them back.
Gu Cheng said: "It's because there are too many things and we can't just go back like this."
There is a big truck to take us there. If we go directly back to the village, it would be too ostentatious.
Liu Yinyin asked in confusion: "But...if we don't go back to the village, where should we put these things?"
Gu Cheng smiled and said, "You forgot that the factory allocated a house to me. I got the key during the Chinese New Year, but I didn't tell you because you didn't want to live in the county town."
"Really?" Liu Yinyin said happily, "If you don't live in the factory, can we still give you a room? Where is the house? Is it big?"
I heard that housing conditions in the city are even worse than in the countryside, and many families are squeezed into one or two rooms.
Gu Cheng gave directions to the driver and said, "It's in Dongyuan Lane. I'll take you there. It's a small courtyard."
His rank is deputy factory director, so the house he was allocated is bigger.
Liu Yinyin exclaimed: "...Dongyuan Lane? The lane where Aunt Li lives?"
Gu Cheng nodded.
Liu Yinyin was surprised: "...That's really a coincidence."
When we arrived at Dongyuan Lane, the road was too narrow and the truck could not enter, so it had to park at the entrance of the lane.
Gu Cheng jumped down, took the son from Liu Yinyin's hands, and said, "The divorced house is not far away. I'll move the things over there."
Seeing this, the driver also jumped out to help move things.
Walk about a hundred meters into the alley and you will reach your destination.
The environment of Dongyuan Lane is nice. This lane is actually a worker compound, and most of the people living here are leaders of various factories in the county.
Gu Cheng took out his key to open the door, put the things in the yard, and went back with the driver to continue moving things.
Liu Yinyin held Gu Yanyan and looked around. The yard was not very big. There was a small vacant lot on the left, about 20 to 30 square meters. No one took care of the vacant lot and it was full of weeds.
On the right is a well and a dry toilet.
Like the houses in the village, it has three rooms, one is the kitchen, and the other two are empty and can be used as bedrooms or storage rooms.
The house looks quite new. This staff compound was built not long ago.
However, all three rooms were empty, without even a bed.
Supplies were scarce those days, so the previous tenant moved everything out very cleanly.
After Gu Cheng finished moving his things, Liu Yinyin said to him, "Should we clean up here?"
Liu Yinyin was quite satisfied with this yard. After decorating it, it might come in handy someday.
Gu Cheng had this idea a long time ago: "Okay, I'll find a master to make a set of furniture for you later."
In a year like this, I don’t know whether it will be safe to live in the village in the future. It’s okay for him to be at home at night, but during the day, it’s just the mother and son at home, and Gu Cheng is a little worried.
I have a house in the county town, so if anything happens in the future, I can move here.
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I'll come over and clean it up when I'm free later."
The house had been empty for several months and was covered in dust.
There was nothing to see in an empty house, so Liu Yinyin suddenly remembered something important and asked, "By the way, should we put the fruit and wild boar in here?"
Gu Cheng put his hands on his hips, looked at it, and said, "Put some in there, and I'll take it back slowly later."
Anyway, I can’t finish all these fruits in a short time.
As for the wild boar, it has been marinated for so long, it is time to take it out and dry it. Fortunately, the clothes drying rack under the eaves of the yard is still there.
The couple immediately decided to put the wild boar meat here to dry.
This is a staff compound, there are most likely no thieves here.
Moreover, Gu Cheng had to go to the county town to work in the afternoon, so he could collect the wild boar meat when he got off work.
There is straw in the fruit basket.
Fifty-six pounds of salted wild boar meat was strung together with straw ropes and hung on a rack to dry.
In this kind of weather, you can just put the pork outside to dry for two days.
After drying the wild boar, the family of three took half a basket of peaches, pheasants and rabbits and left the yard.
Peaches don’t last long, so they need to be taken home and eaten quickly. As for the grapes, I’ll take them back after Gu Cheng gets off work in the afternoon.
It was already past nine o'clock when they returned to Liujia Village, so they went straight home.