Chapter 115: Hiding Where Needs to Be Hidden
The brigade killed so many wild boars. After handing over some of them to the commune, the rest were killed and sold in the Five-Star Brigade.
After discussing with the team leader, Secretary Zhou unanimously decided that anyone who participated in the wild boar killing operation, whether they were from the thatched cottages in Beishan, or the educated youth and commune members, could each get five pounds of meat. If that was not enough, they could have priority in buying the meat.
Secretary Zhou asked Zhang the butcher from the brigade to cut out the twenty kilograms of meat from the thatched hut first, and then asked Huo Lanci to go there.
Huo Lanci was happy to do this and stood aside waiting for Butcher Zhang.
Everyone saw that the secretary only distributed some of the leaner meat to the people in Beishan. Some people couldn't help but mutter, "Secretary, cut a pound of pork fat."
"Yes, cut another two pounds of pork belly."
Butcher Zhang also participated in the wild boar hunting operation last night. When he learned that the people from Beishan had rescued their members last night, he was grateful from the bottom of his heart.
I think not all people in Beishan are bad.
Hearing everyone's suggestions at this moment, I couldn't help but look at Secretary Zhou.
Secretary Zhou looked embarrassed, but after thinking for a while he nodded: "Two pounds of pork fat, two pounds of pork belly, two ribs, and the rest is up to you."
Butcher Zhang smiled when he heard this: "Okay, leave it all to me."
Butcher Zhang is famous in the area for his one-knife cut. With just one cut, he can guarantee the weight you want, without having to weigh it.
So when Butcher Zhang cut it with his knife and said it was two pounds of pork fat, no one suspected anything.
He tied up the pork fat with straw and handed it to Huo Lanci: "Huo Zhiqing, hold it."
Huo Lanci took the pork fat and knew it was more than two kilograms. He smiled and looked at Zhang the butcher: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang, I will carry it well."
After everything was cut, Huo Lanci left.
Only he and Butcher Zhang knew that Huo Lanci definitely had more than 20 kilograms of pork in his hands.
Secretary Zhou was probably a wise man, but he kept silent.
After all the pork for those who participated in the wild boar hunting activity was cut, Accountant Ye called out the names one by one. After getting the pork, those who wanted to buy it could go to find Zhang the butcher.
Some people think that five pounds of meat is already a lot and there is no need to buy more, so they take the meat and rush home.
The people at the educated youth site had neither money nor meat. After each of them received their exclusive five kilograms of meat, they each bought another five kilograms.
As long as there was enough meat, they could eat some of the bacon from the past and no one would raise any suspicion.
Yu Wanqing also bought two extra pig's trotters, three ribs, and a pig's ear, and then left with the ten pounds of meat for her and Huo Lanci.
Some people were extremely jealous when they saw Yu Wanqing buying so many things, and they couldn't help but say a few sour words.
After hearing this, Auntie Zhou smiled and asked Secretary Zhou and the team leader, "Secretary, team leader, we heard that last night Yu Zhiqing punched the brains out of a wild boar."
"Is this true?"
Butcher Zhang witnessed the scene with his own eyes. He felt that he had the most say and nodded repeatedly: "It's true. We all saw it. Just one punch killed a living wild boar."
"Tsk tsk, that brain matter splashing everywhere, it's scary to look at."
His eyes fell on the person who had just said something sarcastic: "Some people, when they want to make trouble, think about whether their heads can withstand a punch from Yu Zhiqing."
"If you don't have that much strength, don't cause trouble and keep your mouth shut."
Sister-in-law Xie and Aunt Zhou looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. She shouted, "In fact, Yu Zhiqing is a very kind person. As long as you don't provoke her, she will smile at anyone."
"If she really hits someone, we can only say that person is a jerk who asked to be beaten."
Aunt Zhou nodded: "That's right. To have upset a girl as good-tempered as Yu Zhiqing, I can only say that the man was really too much."
Auntie Zhou San snorted softly, "You deserve to be beaten."
"If you don't beat up a person who talks too much, why do you keep him for the New Year?"
The aunts and sisters-in-law who were familiar with Yu Wanqing talked to each other and directly made those who had some ulterior motives change their faces.
In the crowd, Aunt Niu thought that her son Erzhuang couldn't walk properly now, and she wanted to kill Yu Wanqing.
Even though she had resentment in her heart, facing Yu Zhiqing who was so powerful, Aunt Niu was helpless.
I can only pray secretly in my heart that if another big wild boar comes next time, it will bite Yu Zhiqing to death directly.
Or a big snake could come and strangle her to death.
Aunt Niu murmured softly: Such a bad woman should be taken away by God.
Yu Wanqing didn't care what others thought. She carried her spoils home. Gao Qingmei, who was walking in front of her, smiled and said, "We won't be working today. Let's get together as members of the educated youth camp."
Gao Qingmei held up the bones in her hand and said, "Let's make some bone soup, and then go to the kitchen to make a few dishes."
Luo Hui said loudly: "I brought a bottle of wine from home, just enough for a few drinks."
The wine was sent to my father by the people in the clan, and he took it away when he went to the countryside.
For Luo Hui, it would be a waste not to accept the things sent by those people in the tribe.
Yu Wanqing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
"I have a pheasant in the basket, and I'm going to stew it with the potatoes."
Ji Qing listened to everyone's laughter and couldn't help saying to Zhong Yuliang, "Have you noticed that since Yu Zhiqing came, we can often eat meat?"
Zhong Yuliang nodded: "You just discovered it now? I discovered it a long time ago. This fact tells us that if we follow Yu Zhiqing, we will have meat to eat."
Both of them couldn't help laughing.
Li Guodong, who was walking nearby, also heard the conversation between the two. He couldn't help but smile: "After going to the countryside, I eat meat more often than I do in a year at home."
Although he was also from Beijing, his parents were workers in a pharmaceutical factory, and his three brothers all had jobs, so the family income was not low, but meat coupons were hard to come by, and they only had the opportunity to eat meat twice a month.
I thought life in the countryside would be hard and tiring.
It turns out that it is indeed tiring.
Very bitter?
Not really. On the contrary, I think the Five-Star Team is really good.
Everyone agreed with Li Guodong's words, and felt that they ate meat much more often after going to the countryside than at home.
"The educated youth from the neighboring brigade who went to the countryside last year are now trying to find a way to return to the city, or to join the army." Ou Jianguo thought of the fellow villagers who went to the countryside with him when he went to the commune some time ago, and he couldn't help laughing: "As long as everyone is here, I can live in the Five Star Brigade for a long time without thinking about returning to Beijing."
"My family does have a salary, but we don't have meat to eat."
He Xiaoyuan glanced at Ou Jianguo and said, "Don't tell your family about life here, or else many people will think of going to the countryside with the Five-Star Brigade."
"That's right, it's good the way it is here now." Wang Yuping was also afraid that some people with bad tempers who didn't get along with everyone would come.
By then, the educated youth site will be filled with smoke and miasma.
Lu Guohua nodded and said, "Don't tell anyone about this. Just write back and tell them that life here is hard."
Not all educated youth were as lucky as they were.
Some things should be hidden.