Chen Tan looked at the space and saw the seventeen kinds of vegetables, eight kinds of fruits, six kinds of flowers, and twenty-one kinds of common herbs that she had quietly grown in the past few days. She decided to give up as it was too hard to make money by crocheting shoes.
Two days later, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Li still had not returned.
Wu Xia finally had time to come.
She carried a bamboo basket and smiled as she pulled Chen Tan. "Today is Laba Festival. The brigade slaughtered a pig and everyone can get two taels of meat. Qin Li is not at home, so come with me to get it."
"OK!"
Chen Tan was not interested in the two taels of meat. She had never stopped eating meat since she came to the Qin family, but she still had to get the meat. She couldn't be completely separated from the group.
By the way, I also gave the slippers to Grandpa Xie and Sister Liu Xu.
"I just wanted to return the book to Grandpa Xie."
She had already copied a copy of the acupuncture book and memorized its contents, so she could now read another one.
Qin Qiuniang also agreed with her going, "Take Heizi with you. If anyone dares to bully you, let him bite back."
Wu Xia said with a smile: "Well, why bring Hei Zai with you? I'm here, so I'm not afraid."
Looking at the two people who truly loved him, Chen Tan clenched his fist and raised his arm, "I can fight two of them by myself. Whoever dares to offend me will have a miserable New Year."
Wu Xia laughed, "Haha, yes, he was beaten so badly that he couldn't celebrate the New Year."
"Then wait a moment, Auntie. I'll go back to the house and put on my hat."
After saying this, Chen Tan returned to her bedroom, put on a homemade mask, wrapped herself in the red scarf Qin Li bought for her, and put on a woolen hat, leaving only her eyes exposed.
She took out four pieces of each of the cake and peach cakes that Qin Li bought for her, wrapped them in oil paper bags and put them in the basket she always carried when she went out.
I grabbed a handful of fruit candies and took them with me.
Today, pork was distributed. Almost all of the more than 30 households in Dongwa Village, with a population of one or two hundred, came out and ran to the production team.
Wu Xia pulled Chen Tan and trotted to the back of the crowd.
The group soon arrived at the Hongyao Brigade Headquarters.
Because each brigade is assigned task pigs, task sheep and eggs.
The brigade secretary built a yard behind the barn specifically for raising pigs, sheep and chickens.
He was taken care of by the disabled Gong Dasong and the bachelor Ge Erdan in the village.
Unfortunately, it is not known whether the two of them did it carelessly or on purpose.
Of the piglets, chicks, and lambs caught at the beginning of the year, only half would survive by the end of the year.
Fortunately, every household was assigned extra pigs, sheep and chickens.
If the livestock raised in the village are not enough to cover the payment, each household will be asked to contribute their own livestock.
Qin Li's family submitted two pigs and sixty kilograms of eggs every year as standard. Just for this, Liu Kaishan, the captain of the Hongyao Brigade, and Meng Wenwu, the captain of the Dongwa Production Team, had to give him some preferential treatment.
This year, the pigs raised by each household in Hongyao Brigade are growing well, and the target number is sufficient.
Only then would they dare to kill a pig and eat it on the Laba Day.
A pig weighing more than 100 pounds was cut into pieces as big as a finger and placed on a large table in front of the brigade office.
A circle of people gathered around.
There are eight production teams under the Hongyao Brigade, so naturally each team does not get much.
But being able to eat meat on Laba Festival is more exciting than winning five million yuan for people in later generations.
Shi Wenju, the brigade accountant, and several production team leaders took small yellow notebooks and called people to come up and get the meat.
Seeing that there were quite a lot of people around, Chen Tan decided to go to Xie Junqian first.
Wu Xia was worried about her, so she naturally went with her.
Several educated youth came to the health center, which was deserted in the past.
I bought all the frostbite cream.
Since that day, Liang Yujin went home and bought six dollars of frostbite cream and applied it for a week.
The chilblains on my hands and feet disappeared, and my skin became soft and white, like tofu.
Therefore, she also became the spokesperson for frostbite cream.
More than fifty educated youth from the brigade came to Doctor Xie to buy frostbite cream.
Seeing her coming, Xie Shuijun rushed over, "Sister Tan, Aunt Wu!"
"Hey." Chen Tan walked in with a smile and helped Xie Junqian weigh the frostbite cream.
Wu Xia gave half of the pickled cabbage in her basket to Xie Junqian and his father, and sent the rest to the educated youth center for her future daughter-in-law.
After the educated youth who were buying ointments had left, Chen Tan took out the book and said, "Thank you, Grandpa. I copied a copy."
Then, she took out the woolen slippers for the father and son and said, "These are the slippers I crocheted for you. Wear them after washing your feet at night. Try them on quickly. If they don't fit, I'll make some changes."
"Wow, Sister Tan, you can also make shoes!"
Xie Shuijun took it with surprise and put it on.
Just the right size.
Xie Junqian also changed into it happily.
The back of his and Xie Shuijun's shoes had shallow heels, and there was a piece of elastic fabric hidden in the thread, which made it easy to put on and take off without falling off the feet.
Xie Junqian took a look around and liked it very much.
Looking at Chen Tan, his eyes were full of love, "Thank you, girl. How many acupuncture point locations did you memorize in the diagram?"
“I basically remember everything.”
She already knew it, but it was not as detailed as in Dr. Xie's book.
"When you have nothing to do, study the acupuncture point maps carefully. I will teach you acupuncture next spring."
After Xie Junqian finished speaking, he took out six medical records.
"You don't just have to memorize these six books; you also have to understand them. Read them slowly, and give them to me after the New Year."
Looking at the six thick books of different colors, Chen Tan felt awe in his heart. These were the essence of medical skills accumulated by Grandpa Xie and his ancestors over the years.
She took it respectfully, wrapped it in cloth, and put it in the basket.
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