Gu Zuozuo nodded, took the heavy pig hind leg, and under everyone's tense gaze, exchanged her work points for five spare ribs.
The butcher glanced at the delicate-looking young woman in front of him with surprise. Thinking she was young and might not understand, he whispered a reminder:
"Comrade educated youth, don't choose the ribs, they're all bones and don't taste good. Choose this piece, it's all fat!"
There wasn't much fat on the wild boar to begin with, and she chose it first, without even picking a better one to exchange for.
"No, thank you. I don't like fatty meat."
Under the relieved gazes of the butcher and bystanders who thought the man was a fool, Gu Zuozuo took the ribs, signed her name in the work points book, and then carried the five ribs and a pig's leg back to her basket.
She genuinely dislikes fatty meat; the sight of that greasy, soft stuff makes her nauseous, and she can't stand it, let alone eat it.
"Xiao Gu!"
A cheerful voice came from the side.
Gu Zuozuo turned her head and saw Liu Xi walking over with a dark-skinned man.
"Miss Gu! You have too much stuff for one person to carry, I'll have my husband bring it to you! He's a man, he's strong!"
After saying that, without paying attention to Gu Zuozuo's expression of refusal, she bent down, lifted the full basket, and placed it on her husband's back. She then picked up the jars and pots on the ground and put them into the basket she had brought, stuffing them into her husband's arms.
"Go and deliver it to Gu Meizi's educated youth settlement. She's a girl and doesn't have that much strength."
Duan Aniu chuckled foolishly, not refusing, and doing whatever his wife said.
Kan Lei, who was waiting to be assigned meat at the educated youth settlement, twitched the corner of his mouth. Even he, who was usually very reserved, wanted to chime in at this moment.
You think a woman who can kill five wild boars by herself isn't strong? Please! Do you believe she could lift your man up and swing him around a few times?
However, seeing the formidable Gu Zuozuo, and then looking at the kind-looking Liu Ximei and the five wild boars waiting in the long line for their share, the wise man chose to keep quiet.
Throughout the afternoon, people brought bundles of firewood to Gu Zuozuo one after another. Every now and then, someone would run over to bring her some dried vegetables and mushrooms, or some sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and eggs. When Gu Zuozuo returned from the mountain, their room was filled with things, and the woodshed was piled high with firewood.
"Don't even mention it. Mengmeng and I didn't dare go far all afternoon, just in case someone came to deliver something and there was no one at home."
They wouldn't let us deliver it, and when we refused, those older women got upset. They all spoke in the loudest voices, saying the gentlest things in the loudest voices.
In the words of the village chief's granddaughter, she had lived for seven years and had never heard her grandmother speak in that tone; it was sickeningly sweet!
"I feel that the villagers are actually quite nice, with cheerful, generous and unpretentious personalities."
They are particularly good at distinguishing right from wrong. They are genuinely annoyed by educated youth who like to slack off, complain, and have too much to do, which manifests as looking down on you whenever they meet.
I am grateful to you, and I am not embarrassed at all by the cold stare I gave you just a second ago. I express my gratitude to you in a generous and open manner.
Gu Zuozuo wiped the water off her face. She could hear Meng Tian and Qi Meng chattering away. She listened to their discussion without interrupting, her eyes softening as she listened to their back-and-forth conversation.
"Gu Zhiqing?"
A gentle, warm male voice sounded from outside the door. Gu Zuozuo paused in her actions and looked at the man standing outside the door.
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