Chapter 15: Dividing the Meat



Everyone who lives in the mountains knows that wild boars are very difficult to deal with even if they are injured, and some of them are even more powerful than before.

Tian Cai also thought of this and explained, "When I encountered it, it had already collapsed at the foot of the mountain. It was only breathing its last breath. I poked it with a stick but it didn't have the strength to get up. It died not long after."

"We'll talk about it later," Zhang Defa smiled and waved his hand to interrupt her. "Hurry up and tie up the wild boar and carry it away. The smell of blood is too strong and we don't want to attract others. Hurry up."

"Okay!"

Several young men immediately took action, quickly tied the wild boar's four hooves to the front and back sticks respectively, and carried it back together.

Dongzi didn't get the chance to carry the wild boar because he was too small. He kept jumping around excitedly on the way. Seeing that Tian Cai was also skinny and small, but he could beat a wild boar, he couldn't help but admire him and said, "You are really good."

Tian Cai smiled but said nothing. She had deliberately come to the fore today in order to demonstrate her strength and create a deterrent effect.

After the group turned over the small bridge, Zhang Defa directed everyone to carry the wild boar to Tian Cai.

"No, no, no." Tian Cai hurriedly trotted forward to stop him.

How enviable it is to see such a big wild boar. She is not stupid, and there are so many eyes watching her.

"You killed the wild boar," Zhang Defa wanted to say something else.

"Uncle Captain, just leave me some of the hind legs and ribs of this pig. My house will be put up with beams tomorrow, so this is a good dish for the villagers who come to help. You can distribute the rest to the villagers. I have troubled everyone with my house." The uncut bricks used to repair the house were collected by the villagers. Tian Cai was not willing to pay for it, so she decided to exchange it for meat.

Anyway, this wild boar was brought back in full view of the public, so it is impossible to sell it, and private transactions are not allowed now.

Moreover, Zhang Defa was not a bully, unlike the black-hearted captain that Tian Cai had heard of before. At that time, the wild boars in the mountains were also collective property, and it was already very good that he did not say that the team had confiscated them.

"Girl, are you sure you want to share such a big wild boar with everyone?" Zhang Defa asked again in a raised voice so that many team members who came out to see the wild boar could hear it.

Before, Zhang Defa led this group of young men up the mountain to carry wild boars, and everyone working in the fields heard it.

So when they came back carrying the wild boar, they were surrounded by onlookers.

Now when they heard that the wild boar was hunted by Tian Cai and that she wanted to share it with everyone, the crowd was immediately excited.

Everyone knows how precious meat is these days. Most of the pigs raised in the village have to be delivered at the end of the year, and people are reluctant to slaughter them for meat. Now the new doctor Tian has caught a wild boar by himself and shared it with everyone. The little grudges in their hearts against Tian Cai for taking so many centimeters of meat have disappeared.

"Okay!" Zhang Defa gave Tian Cai an admiring look. This girl was really insightful. He had been thinking about how to convince her to give up some pork as a favor, but she turned out to be much more generous than him. "Let's slaughter the pig tonight and divide the meat!"

"Very good!"

"Share the meat, share the meat!"

"They're going to slaughter a pig. Come and watch!"

Several strong men came forward to replace the young men, but the four refused. They were still excited and felt full of strength.

The wild boar was not released until the group of people arrived at the threshing ground outside the brigade headquarters.

The production team members formed a big circle, and several children were running back and forth between the adults' legs. Everyone had a smile on their face.

In the past, the village would slaughter the New Year pig here, and the pig-killing expert, Lao Wang, also brought his tools here.

The village had not officially slaughtered wild boars for many years. Many people came this time, except for the women who were cooking at home and the younger children, almost everyone was present.

"Quiet, quiet!" Zhang Defa walked to the wild boar, cleared his throat and said.

"Before we start slaughtering the pig, let me say a few words. This wild boar was hunted by Doctor Tian in the mountains. It was just weighed and it weighs a full 188 kilograms!"

"Doctor Tian thought that we hadn't eaten much all year, and the busy farming season was about to begin, so she wanted to give us some early nutrition. She offered to give out most of the food to share with everyone!"

"Doctor Tian's house will be putting up its beams tomorrow, and the remaining pork will be used to treat the people who come to help!"

"This pig was hunted by Doctor Tian, ​​so we naturally have to listen to her on how to divide it. After discussion, we decided to divide it by household. Whether your family has ten people or just two, as long as it's one household, you get one share. Since our village is small, we'll set it at two and a half kilograms per share! There are a total of forty-six households in the village, so that's exactly one hundred and fifteen kilograms!"

As soon as the distribution method was announced, families with large populations were unhappy. Some families with more than ten people refused to separate and quarreled and fought every day. Zhang Deming hinted many times that they should separate but they still disagreed. This time when the meat was divided, they finally experienced the pain of not being able to separate.

The Ding family was the leader among those who refused to divide the family property. The old couple in the Ding family had four sons, all of whom were married and had children, making a total of eighteen people.

Ding Lao Er was unhappy when he heard about this way of dividing the meat. He spat out the straw he was holding in his mouth and said, "No, this is not fair! I don't agree!"

Luo Fuli stood up and retorted, "Everyone else agrees, but your family disagrees. Why are you so troubled by the wild boar you hunted?"

"You!" Ding Laoer was furious. He had long disliked Luo Fuli. He was not as good as him, but he was more lenient. Ever since he became the team leader, he had always made things difficult for him. "Anyway, I just don't agree. You guys are bullying me because I have a big family!"

Zhang Defa could hardly bear to listen any longer, but there were some things that were not suitable for him as the captain to say, so he gave his brother-in-law a look.

Gao Laoer immediately understood, "Don't your family earn a lot of work points? Every time the team distributes food, you never seem to be left out. I wonder if you are born under the sign of a grasshopper, why are you jumping around so happily every day?"

Ding Laosan was so angry that he was about to punch Gao Laoer twice, but was stopped by Chen Mujiang.

At this time, Zhang Defa stood up and said, "Since some people are dissatisfied with this distribution method, let's all vote here. Those who agree to distribute it by head, please raise your hands."

...Only the people from Lao Ding's family raised their hands.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Okay, eight votes," Zhang Defa counted them and put them down. "Now, those who agree to distribute according to household accounts, raise your hands."

Swish, swish, swish, everyone raised their hands except Old Ding's family.

The faces of the Ding family members were extremely ugly.

In fact, it’s no wonder that the villagers deliberately went against his family. The Ding family is unpopular in the village.

As mentioned before, the commune asked 100 households to form a brigade. The village chief at that time was Zhang Defa. Because he didn't want others to come and manage the village, he came up with a solution. As many families as possible were separated, so that at least there would be more people registered on the household registration and it would look better.

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