Chapter 66 Compensation with Pork
The families who received the wild boar meat were overjoyed and couldn't wait to take the meat home.
Fortunately, the Chen family had plenty of labor and earned a lot of work points, which they then used to exchange for fifteen catties of pork.
Seeing so much pork, Helian Jiao became happy again, "Grandma, I want to eat braised pig's trotters!"
Ma Xiulian naturally agreed indulgently: "Okay, Grandma will cook it for you when we get back later."
As for why she's not going back now, it's because she still needs to stay and collect the debt.
When it was the Song family's turn to receive their share of the pork, she stepped forward and shouted in a strong voice, "You can't take this pork!"
Old Mrs. Song immediately glared at him and said, "Why can't I take it?!"
Ma Xiulian said with a self-righteous expression, "Just because I saved your life! Everyone saw it, if it weren't for me, Zhang Qingmiao would have been stabbed through the belly by a wild boar's tusks! So as a thank you gift, you have to give me all the wild boar meat that your family was allocated!"
Helian Jiao's eyes lit up immediately, and she looked at her with admiration: Grandma is so smart!
Most of the people in the production team, including the brigade leader, witnessed Old Lady Song being caught by a wild boar. If it weren't for Ma Xiulian, Old Lady Song might have really lost her life.
Immediately, someone who usually couldn't stand Old Lady Song's sharp tongue said, "Aunt Chen is right. Old Lady Song's family should give her some pork to thank her for saving their lives."
"That's right, Aunt Song was almost caught by that wild boar back then. If it weren't for Aunt Chen, she would probably be in big trouble."
Old Mrs. Song was so angry that her face turned black, and she really wanted to curse!
Even if Ma Xiulian hadn't suddenly appeared, she would have been fine; it would have been Ma Xiulian's granddaughter who got her stomach pierced by the wild boar!
However, she absolutely could not say such heinous things, but she also absolutely could not give the pork to Ma Xiulian!!
So he yelled at the top of his lungs, "I was beaten so badly by Ma Xiulian that I vomited blood, she has to compensate me with pork!"
The Song family didn't have many able-bodied men to begin with, and Old Mrs. Song was stingy. She only exchanged her work points for six catties of pork. Asking her to take the pork out was like cutting off her own flesh!
When the brigade leader heard her bring it up again, he immediately put on a stern face and said in a serious tone, "Aunt Song, this matter is over. If you bring it up again, your family will have three months' work points deducted."
Old Mrs. Song choked, and the next second she sat down on the ground, wailing, "Heavens above, my life is so miserable! I finally get to eat pork, and it gets stolen! My poor eldest daughter-in-law, she's almost eight months pregnant and hasn't had a decent meal yet. Is this trying to force us to die?"
Seeing her throw a tantrum on the ground, the Song family's sons and daughters-in-law felt ashamed, but they kept their heads down and remained silent.
They haven't had any meat or oil at home for almost four months, and they're really craving it.
The captain was also quite troubled. He was most afraid that these old ladies would start crying, making a scene, or even threatening suicide, so he simply shut up and ignored them.
The little princess, realizing that she didn't want to give her meat, clenched her little fists and said fiercely, "Grandma, I want to go downstairs."
Ma Xiulian knew her granddaughter was angry, so she patted her on the back to comfort her.
Then he looked at Old Man Song and said sharply, "If you think your old woman's life is not worth more than a few pounds of pork, then I don't want this pork."
As soon as she finished speaking, Old Mrs. Song's crying stopped for a moment.
Ma Xiulian: Ha, you're still too green to fight me, Zhang Qingmiao!
Old Man Song: "..."
I should have known he would stay home and not come.
(End of this chapter)
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