The family worked until midnight to deal with a big wild boar.
Pig offal was stewing in the pot. Liu Guixiang and her daughter-in-law pickled another jar of bacon, and the oil tank was filled with oil again. Zhang Shengli and his sister ate the oil residue with salt.
They had bear paws for supper. Song Shouye was fine as he could often eat them at Laojun Temple, but the old couple and Su Hong were not so carefree.
Four bear paws can be sold for two thousand yuan if they are raw, let alone if they are cooked.
Moreover, the bear paws cooked in Laojun Temple are mixed with many precious medicinal materials.
Ginseng slices, deer antler slices, wolfberries, and many other medicinal herbs that they couldn’t name.
Rather than calling it a dish, it might be more appropriate to call it a medicinal food.
"Grandpa Steward, Grandma Guixiang, Second Aunt, please try some of this! My senior brother's medicinal food is a specialty of Laojun Temple. Not only is it delicious, but it's also very nutritious. Eating it will greatly benefit your body."
Song Shouye has no idea about money.
"Shouye, even without you telling me, Grandma Guixiang knows that this thing must be delicious, but she just can't eat it!
"Grandson, we're wasting this if we eat it. Why don't you collect it and sell it back to your factory tomorrow?"
Liu Guixiang looked at Zhang Shuguang with a pleading look. It seemed that asking her to eat bear paws was more difficult than asking her to eat poison.
"Grandma, what are you talking about? This is something Shouye specially gave to you and Grandpa as a filial gift. What will happen if we sell it? We can't do this even if we are short of money! Besides, our family is not short of money now."
"Grandson, you're right. We can't sell it. This is Shouye's gift. Grandson, go get the Moutai liquor. Let's eat and drink with Shouye."
The old man made up his mind and decided to have his cake and eat it too. He no longer cared about the Maotai that cost 2.89 yuan a bottle.
"You old spendthrift, not only do you eat bear paws, you also want to drink. You're really going to make me die of heartache!"
The old lady secretly pinched the old man.
"Big brother, it smells so good, give Panpan a bite."
The little girl, like Song Shouye, had no concept of money. She didn't care how much the bear paw was worth. She grabbed the corner of the table, tilted her head back and opened her mouth wide.
"Okay, big brother will feed you."
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Things had come to this point, and the old couple had no choice but to eat, so the Zhang family had the most luxurious midnight snack in history.
He ate a bicycle and a sewing machine in one bite, and finished the four bear paws with tears in his eyes.
Song Shouye did not stay at home because he had to learn Taoism from his master tomorrow morning.
After all the family members went to bed, Zhang Shuguang directly put the two wild boars into the system space.
"Xiao Guang, something terrible has happened. Two big wild boars have been stolen."
As soon as the sky was getting light, Su Hong came to the brothers' room with a nervous look on her face.
"Mom, it wasn't stolen. I hid it and will deliver it to the factory today."
Today is September 1st, the day Zhang Shengli officially starts school, and it is also the day when the purchasing department of the machinery factory refreshes its tasks.
While getting dressed and getting up, Zhang Shuguang silently opened the system panel.
[Today's commodities: soybeans, 10 gold coins per kilogram, mung beans, 10 gold coins per kilogram, millet, 10 gold coins per kilogram, sesame seeds, 20 gold coins per kilogram.]
What was refreshed today were all grains, and Zhang Shuguang didn't care. He spent 500 gold coins and bought 20 kilograms of it, as long as it didn't delay the refresh of the goods tomorrow.
Today's breakfast is very simple. I cooked some rice porridge and cut a large bowl of pork offal that I cooked yesterday.
Zhang Shuguang secretly decided that he would not bring any large game home until the pickled meat at home was finished. At most, he could bring some pheasant or fish to change the taste.
Zhang Shuguang couldn't handle the fact that they had only eaten animal offal and bones for several days!
After breakfast, Zhang Shuguang got on his tricycle. He planned to go directly to the county town to work after sending his brother off.
"Jianguo? Are you waiting for Shengli to go to school together? Why don't you go wait for him at home?"
As soon as I went out, I saw Zhang Jianguo squatting at the foot of the wall.
"Brother Shuguang, my dad won't let me in and told me to wait outside."
Zhang Jianguo’s colorful little schoolbag is still so eye-catching.
"Come up quickly, I'll take you to school."
Zhang Shuguang knew why Zhang Xiangyang asked this of his son. In an era of food and clothing shortages, no one would visit during mealtimes.
Along the way, the children going to school all cast envious glances at the two little guys on the tricycle.
In the mountain village in the 1960s, there was not even a single bicycle. Being able to go to school on a tricycle was definitely the coolest student in Liulin Primary School.
"Shengli, if I don't have time to pick you up at noon, just walk home with Jianguo, okay?"
Children nowadays are not as precious as those in later generations, and two miles is nothing to them.
"I understand, big brother. You can go to work. I won't have to pick you up from now on."
At the school gate, Zhang Shengli waved goodbye to his elder brother and walked into the school under the envious gaze of the students.
Zhang Shuguang rode his tricycle to the county town. When he was almost at the machinery factory, he released a wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms from the system space.
"Comrade Xiao Zhang, have you received another large shipment?"
The security guard, Old Huang, was as enthusiastic as ever. Even two security officers came out of the guard room to say hello.
If we receive pheasants or rabbits, they will definitely be sent to the small kitchen, but if we receive large prey, the whole factory can get a taste of the meat.
"We're lucky today! The hunting team has found a wild boar den. You guys are busy, I'll take the wild boar over first."
The purchasing department's office was packed with people, and the section chief, Liu Gangqiang, was passionately encouraging everyone.
Liu Gangqiang also knew the difficulties of his subordinates. In today's world, ordinary people have started to eat dirt. Where can they buy food to you?
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