Right now, she's busy chopping sauerkraut, waiting to stew the meat after it's cooked. She'll also buy some blood sausage later. She's been craving the taste of freshly slaughtered pork belly stewed with sauerkraut and blood sausage for a year.
Although there was still a lot of pork in her space supermarket, the pork from those raised on feed could never taste as good as the pork from those raised on grains and wild vegetables.
Because of this year's bumper harvest, every household has surplus grain and ample money, so everyone wants to celebrate a prosperous year.
The village's pig farm raised five more pigs this year than in previous years. After deducting the seven pigs that need to be handed over to the commune, the village can still slaughter seven pigs this year.
Looking at the large, fat pigs weighing over 200 pounds each, the villagers beamed with joy and were in high spirits.
Despite the deafening screams of the fat pigs on the chopping board, it did nothing to dampen the joyful smiles on people's faces.
Even the children stood fearlessly around the chopping board, eagerly awaiting the butcher's knife to slaughter them.
During this period, Shen Hongmei stayed at Yang Wanqiu's place.
Although she tried her best to please Chen Shuning during this time, she did not receive his forgiveness. However, she did not come away empty-handed, as she discovered that Yang Wanqiu's living conditions were much better than those in the Hongqi Brigade.
Especially the small single room where the two of them lived made Shen Hongmei really reluctant to go back to the large kang bed where eight or nine people were crammed together and it was difficult to even turn over.
Therefore, in order to stay here for a long time, Shen Hongmei began to plan how to transfer her relationship to this side.
Of course, during this period, she also had to try her best to please Yang Wanqiu, because no matter whether she could pull some strings to transfer herself to Qingshan Brigade, she would need to stay with Yang Wanqiu.
As a result, Shen Hongmei not only took the initiative to do the housework of preparing three meals a day, but also went up the mountain to chop firewood with the educated youth in the front yard whenever the weather was sunny.
With her outstanding looks and sweet words, Shen Hongmei quickly won the hearts of most of the educated youth in the area.
She was especially favored by the older, still single male educated youth in the front yard.
Whenever Shen Hongmei sweetly calls out "brother," the male educated youths would happily help her with the work.
Among these people, Xu Lu was the most proactive.
From the moment Shen Hongmei moved into the educated youth settlement, he was deeply attracted to this beautiful, gentle, and lovely woman.
Normally, Xu Lu would always look for opportunities to get close to Shen Hongmei, and whether he needed anything from her or not, he always liked to stay by her side.
Moreover, whenever Shen Hongmei needed help with something, he was always the first to step forward and volunteer to share the burden with her, doing far more than anyone else.
For example, today, Shen Hongmei casually mentioned that their brigade might also be slaughtering a pig today, and if they rushed back, they might be able to get a piece of pork.
Shen Hongmei was just casually remarking as she watched the pig slaughtering at Qingshan Brigade, and Xu Lu volunteered to accompany her back to take a look.
Before the other educated youth could react, he couldn't wait to run to Accountant Wang's house to borrow a bicycle, intending to take Shen Hongmei back to the Hongqi Brigade for a visit.
Shen Hongmei only brought a few dozen kilograms of grain this time; the rest she had locked in a box. She could bring the rest of the grain back with her when she went back this time.
She has a long-term perspective and naturally doesn't want this small amount of food to affect her future plans.
Moreover, since there were bicycles available, he didn't have to walk back himself, so he smiled and set off with Xu Lu on the road back to the Red Flag Brigade.
Just as the two drove out of the village, they ran into Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi, who were also riding bicycles back to the village.
Since everyone lived in the same educated youth settlement, it was natural for them to exchange pleasantries when they met, so both sides stopped their vehicles.
When Xu Lu saw the brand-new, shiny bicycle that Gao Hongyuan was riding, his eyes were filled with envy.
As soon as he got off the car, he looked at Gao Hongyuan's bicycle with a big smile and asked, "Hongyuan, is this a new bicycle you bought?"
Xu Lu was not very noticeable at the educated youth settlement. He always adhered to the principle of minding his own business and was not the kind of person who attracted attention.
However, since they were revolutionary comrades living in the same educated youth settlement, and since the person was the first to get off the bus to greet them, Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi also got off the bus and responded with friendly smiles: "Yes, this time when I went home, my family got me a bicycle ticket."
When we got off the bus in Wangshan County on our way back, we went to the supply and marketing cooperative and found that they had the goods, so we bought them.
That way it will be more convenient to go back and forth to town to buy things. By the way, Xu Zhiqing, are you going to town?
When this was mentioned, Xu Lu's eyes flashed with excitement, and he glanced shyly at Shen Hongmei beside him.
Then, with her face flushed, she replied, "Isn't it because the village is slaughtering pigs for the New Year today? Hongmei thought that their brigade must also be slaughtering pigs today, so she wanted to go back to the Hongqi brigade to see if they were also slaughtering pigs, and then she could take back the meat that she was allotted."
Oh right, I forgot to introduce her to you. Hongmei is Yang Wanqiu's friend, a former educated youth from the Hongqi Brigade. She's been staying at our educated youth settlement since winter is here and has nothing much to do. She's currently staying at Yang Wanqiu's place.
Gao Hongyuan didn't pay much attention to the woman standing next to Xu Lu—Shen Hongmei. After hearing Xu Lu's introduction, he simply nodded as a greeting.
Gao Hongyuan firmly believes that love should be focused and persistent, so once he has chosen someone, that person will never change for the rest of his life.
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