Changhe Brigade.
Today, everyone is celebrating like it's Chinese New Year again. Several large iron pots have been set up on the threshing ground, and not far away, several wild boars, as big as small mountains, are piled up.
The men were busy weighing and plucking the hair from the wild boar, while the women were boiling water and preparing the stew. Everyone was working enthusiastically, their faces beaming with smiles.
Lu Yuan didn't join in the fun here. After going down the mountain, he went to the brigade headquarters to call Xiao Fan. This guy is currently working as a temporary worker for the county magistrate. Last time, the county magistrate wanted to recruit a secretary, but in the end, he kept two around him, saying that he would make a decision after a three-month trial period.
Today, Lu Yuan and Xiao Fan came to deliver their sales figures.
"The village has hunted a few large wild boars, which will be sent to the commune later. You can tell your leader in advance to ask the commune to reserve one large one for the county. The largest one weighs 800 jin."
Xiao Fan gasped when he heard about the 800-pound wild boar. After chatting for a few more minutes, Lu Yuan hung up the phone. He didn't care about what happened next and, using the excuse of being tired, took Su Tingxiao and the others home.
There were many wild boars today, and he hunted them all by himself. The brigade leader decided to give him a wild boar weighing over 200 jin (100 kg), so he no longer needed to secretly get wild boars from his spatial storage. The brigade kept one wild boar weighing 600 jin (300 kg) and another weighing over 200 jin (100 kg), and Lu Yuanchao and Xu Dong drove the rest to the commune in a tractor.
Lu Yuan returned home and started getting busy, preparing to slaughter the pig himself. Su Tingxiao and the others helped him.
All two hundred-odd pounds of meat were made into cured pork, and some were planned to be sent to Old Zhang's family later, as well as some to his uncle's family and his eldest uncle's family in the provincial capital. Lu Yuan also gave ten pounds each to Su Tingxiao and the other three, as well as Wen Gang, so that they could take them back with them when they went home for the New Year.
This year, Gao Weishan allowed all of them to go home for the Spring Festival, because they might not be able to go back every year in the future.
Gao Weishan had already secretly processed the tiger. Every part of a tiger is valuable; its muscles and tendons can be used to treat rheumatism and pain, its kidneys and gallbladder are excellent for tonifying the kidneys and strengthening virility, its teeth and claws can be used to make painkillers, and its gallbladder and stomach can be used to make stomach medicine. And its bones and kneecaps, when soaked to make tiger bone wine, are even more precious.
In addition, tiger skin is a rare and valuable material that can be used to make blankets or high-end clothing.
In any case, Gao Weishan made full use of the entire tiger, turning everything that could be used to make medicine into medicine.
After several busy days, Lu Yuan sent the New Year's gifts to his father-in-law's family. Besides cured meat, there were dried pheasant and rabbit, dried mushrooms, dried wood ear fungus, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds, and other nuts. The postage alone was quite high. As for the gifts for the provincial capital, Lu Yuan had Su Tingxiao and a few others take them there; he didn't mail them.
Yu Shaoheng also bought a lot of New Year's goods from him. He also bought the same things that Lu Yuan sent to his father-in-law and sent them back to Kyoto.
He had asked for the medicine before, and this time Lu Yuan also asked his wife to get him a few pills. They were aphrodisiac and kidney tonics made by Gao Weishan using tiger kidneys and gallbladders. Wen Moxue added spiritual spring water, which doubled the effect.
Yu Shaoheng treasured the medicine bottle so much that he wrapped it in several layers of newspaper before sending it along with the New Year's gifts. He also included a letter, specifically instructing that the medicine was for his father and that he must take it.
Still not reassured, he called home and told his grandmother to make sure his father took his medicine, guaranteeing a cure.
Grandma Yu didn't take it seriously, and neither did the rest of the Yu family. They only agreed because they appreciated the boy's filial piety.
"Don't worry, grandson, I will make sure your father takes his medicine every day."
Three days before the Lunar New Year, the Yu family finally received a large package sent by their grandson. The family was shocked by the weight of the package. They were even more astonished when they opened it.
They thought the piece of cured meat their grandson was talking about was only the size of a palm, and that the team had given it to him, which he had saved up and sent home. The family had been talking about how filial the child was for several days.
Who knew that the meat alone weighed at least 10 to 20 pounds, along with pheasants, rabbits, walnuts, melon seeds, dried mushrooms, and other items, each weighing one to two pounds.
The family was deeply moved, and a huge weight was finally lifted from their hearts.
"It seems my grandson wasn't lying to me; he didn't go hungry over there."
Then she asked someone to find medicine, pulled out a medicine bottle from a pile of newspapers, and immediately wanted to give Mr. Yu a pill.
Yu Yuneng was a little reluctant, "Mom, it's not good to take medicine during the New Year. Why don't I wait until after the New Year to take it?"
I was thinking of quietly throwing away this bottle of medicine later.
Grandma Yu didn't want to waste her grandson's filial piety, so she personally fed him the medicine, saying, "I promised Xiao Heng that I would make sure you take it every day, even if it's poison, you have to take it, no matter if it's the New Year or not."
Yu Yuneng was on the verge of tears. "Mom, I'm your own son. Now that you have a grandson, do you not want your son anymore?"
"Hmph, after taking the medicine, you still have a son?"
Helpless, Yu Yuneng could only pinch his nose and swallow the pill under the sympathetic gazes of his father and wife.
The pill melted in his mouth, and contrary to his expectations of bitterness, it had a lingering sweetness. He smacked his lips a few times and said, "This kid isn't trying to fool me with a few candies, is he?"
Grandma Yu rolled her eyes at her son, "Even if I'm just trying to fool you with candy, it's still my grandson's way of showing filial piety to make you happy. You should treat it like medicine."
Whether it was a trick or not, Yu Yuneng found out that very night. The effect was immediate, and he and his wife enjoyed themselves immensely that night, having not had such a good time in a long time.
Yu Yuneng was worried that his son had given him some kind of aphrodisiac, but the next day he was in great spirits and felt no discomfort at all. On the contrary, he felt very comfortable.
After that, without his mother reminding him, he was able to take his medicine on time every day.
The Wen family in Hangzhou.
They received their New Year's gifts the day before the Lunar New Year. Looking at the dozens of kilograms of meat, several pheasants and rabbits, as well as various mountain products and nuts, the family of three couldn't stop smiling.
"Oh dear, we haven't even finished eating the things Ahang brought back last time, and now he's sent so much more. How are we going to finish it all?"
Wen Qihang's lips twitched. "Mom, if you didn't hide it from me, you could finish even the most food."
Normally, his mother would be reluctant to let him eat it, and when he wanted to eat it, he had to pick a day, and each time it was just a small handful, which was far from enough to finish.
"Alright, alright, you can eat as much as you want from now on." Mo Yitao was generous this time.
Prepare a little of everything for Uncle Mo's family and have Wen Qihang deliver it.
"Your second uncle's family won't send any this year. Just send some more to your partner's family."
The family buildings were not far apart, and soon both Uncle Mo and Wen Moyu's family received news that the Wen family had sent a very generous New Year's gift. They heard that there was a large piece of meat, weighing about five or six pounds, as well as pheasants and rabbits, which made them extremely envious.
Goods are hard to come by these days, and meat is even harder to get. Even during the Lunar New Year, the two families didn't hesitate to bring their own gifts and visit each other first.
The Wen family of three was extremely annoyed. They had clearly said they would not have any contact with each other and told their eldest daughter not to visit again, but now they were clinging to them like leech. What was their purpose?
"What else could it be but wanting meat?" Wen Qihang said.
Mo Yitao snorted, "Hmph, it's no use thinking about it. They're too ashamed to eat the things Xiaoxue sent us. I'd rather throw them away than share them with them."
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