The next morning, Song Yuehua called everyone to go to Dongshan together.
The farmhands were still collecting leftover cotton in the cotton fields. Although there wasn't much left, they still managed to collect more than ten pounds a day.
After Xie Wenwu received the task of preparing the pig-slaughtering banquet, he was very enthusiastic and went out early in the morning.
When Song Yuehua came over, he was digging vegetables in the vegetable garden with Zhou Xiaohu and Liu Youfu.
Hu Jinshui and Ma Yong drove a pig out of the pig farm, and Zhou Ergui, Ma Ye, and Zhou Lizheng held it down together.
Just when everyone was holding him down and preparing to cut, Gao Wazi also came over and stared at Hu Jinshui's every move.
Hu Jinshui raised his head and shouted, "Kid, get out of the way."
After hearing the voice, Liu Xue also ran over and said, "Just let him stay, it won't bother you."
Hu Jinshui chuckled at her and said, "Okay, you have the final say."
Gao Wazi stood up and said, "Sister Liu, let's go. I don't want to watch anymore."
"It's not easy to kill a pig, why don't you just watch it?" Liu Xue held him down, "Don't you like it? If you study hard, you may be able to become a butcher in the future."
Gao Wazi hummed softly and squatted back down, watching as Hu Jinshui stabbed the pig to death with a single knife.
He squatted aside and watched Hu Jinshui shave the pig and cut it into pieces without saying a word. The whole process was smooth and seamless.
In fact, Hu Jinshui was not afraid of being imitated by others, mainly because the child's eyes stared at you, which made people feel creepy.
After the pig was slaughtered, all the parts were arranged in an orderly manner by Xie Wenwu.
The two stoves in the big courtyard and the two stoves in the small courtyard were all used, and the stove for boiling water in the bathroom was also used by him to make soup.
After selling all the cotton, there were still 400 kilograms left. I moved 100 kilograms home and kept them. There were still 300 kilograms of cotton in the yard.
Song Yuehua asked Grandma Wang and Zhu Yanli to pack 40 bags at a rate of 1 jin per bag.
When Xie Wenwu was almost ready, Song Yuehua asked Zhou Dafu to notify all the farmhands to have lunch.
At lunch time, three large tables were set up in the courtyard, and Zong Yi directed people to serve the dishes until each table had ten dishes.
All ten dishes are meat, and each bowl is filled with meat, including braised pork with preserved vegetables, braised pork blood with pickled vegetables, spicy braised pig's trotters, stewed radish with large bones, pig heart and lotus seed soup, stir-fried pig large intestine, pig liver with leek, cold pork cheek, spicy pig lungs, and pig tripe and chicken.
I have never eaten such meat dishes at banquets in the countryside, and they are always served with corn rice.
The scene was extremely lively for a while. Everyone was wiping their sweat while eating.
After everyone had finished eating, Zhou Dafu called out to the farmhands, "We had a good cotton harvest a few days ago. Thank you all for your hard work. To reward everyone, anyone who participated in picking cotton on that day can receive 1 kilogram of cotton. No more after the deadline."
As soon as the words came out, the crowd went wild. They had just been treated to a meat feast, and now each of them was given a pound of cotton. A pound of cotton cost 120 wen, which was almost half a month's wages for them.
Even if you are a country person, you would feel embarrassed because helping the employer is your duty, but in the end you get to eat and take things.
At this time, someone asked, "Are there farmhands as well?"
Zhou Dafu said, "Of course there are."
Old man Ren, who had just spoken, stood up and said, "There are six of us in our family, can we get 5 kilograms?"
Zhou Dafu stared at him without saying anything.
Old Man Ren then said, "Not counting the little girl, 5?"
Zhou Dafu continued, "Listen carefully, each of you must take your own."
Old Man Ren stood at the door of the hut, waving his hand and saying, "Old woman, you guys come over here quickly."
Fu sighed and had no choice but to stand up.
"Where did Xi go?" Old Man Ren looked around but couldn't find her, so he asked Shu.
Shu Shi didn't care and said, "How would I know where she went?"
"What's the use of you if you just eat white rice every day!" Old man Ren scolded.
Ren Xiaoxi happened to see Jin Shaoyang while he was having the meal. He took two quick bites and ran over.
As soon as I walked over, I saw Master Duan and Jin Shaoyang. They both had serious expressions and I didn't know what they were talking about.
When she came closer, Duan Yidao didn't say anything else, and only said to Jin Shaoyang, "You figure it out yourself."
After Duan Yidao left, Ren Xiaoxi came to Jin Shaoyang and asked, "Brother Shaoyang, aren't you going to the banquet?"
"I'll eat by myself when I'm hungry. Why do you care so much about me?" Jin Shaoyang said impatiently.
Ren Xiaoxi stood there, head lowered, tears dropping to the ground.
Jin Shaoyang seemed not to hear it. Ren Xiaoxi gritted his teeth and rushed over, grabbed his hair, and started punching and kicking him.
While beating him, he cursed, "Mr. Jin, what's wrong with you? It was you who asked me to see the flowers, and you provoked me first. What do you want to do with this attitude now? I am also a person, and I have feelings. Why do you treat me like this!"
Jin Shaoyang didn't expect Ren Xiaoxi to suddenly attack him, and he didn't dare to fight back. He could only hold his head and shouted, "Stop, if you don't stop, I..."
"What do you mean by 'you'? Are you going to hit me again? It would be better if you beat me to death. There is no point in me living anyway. I have thrown my sincerity away. My heart is not clean anymore. Who will want it in the future? You have to compensate me..."
Ren Xiaoxi stopped, covered her face and started crying.
Jin Shaoyang, "..."
"What do you mean by having a dirty heart? What nonsense are you talking about," Jin Shaoyang finally realized how much trouble he had gotten himself into.
Ren Xiaoxi raised her tear-stained face and said, "Anyway, there is no room for another person in my heart. What do you think I should do?"
Jin Shaoyang stood up, looked at Ren Xiaoxi, sighed, and turned and left.
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