Chapter 79 The wild boar was slaughtered and sold for 70 yuan.
For example, if a man borrows oil this time, many men wouldn't even think about helping their wives pay it back.
Wang Yuqing was very happy and praised, "You still remember this? You really are a good man."
She added regretfully, "I didn't even get a good look at what that wild boar looked like. I just touched it in the middle of the night. I wasn't there watching when you slaughtered it."
Some people are still curious about it.
Ji Xuening said, "It smelled bad, it was dirty, and it was noisy. I just slaughtered it while you were still asleep. There were a lot of people outside just now."
Wang Yuqing smiled and said, "Is it because a bunch of people are jealous of you, saying how lucky you are?"
Ji Xuening nodded.
Speaking of good luck, she remembered that Ji Xuening hadn't been selected as the militia company commander, and looked at him with heartache: "What are your thoughts on the militia company commander position?"
Ji Xuening's expression didn't change much: "I'm disappointed, but it's not a big problem."
Wang Yuqing sighed and said, "Now we know that you didn't correspond with Chen Xiangxue while you were in the army. You're innocent. It was Liu Huo who wrote the letters for you. You can go to the brigade headquarters and explain the situation to the director and secretary..."
"it's useless."
“Since Liu Huo handed in this letter, it means he also considered this point. He is not afraid because my few words cannot prove anything. Even if the handwriting is not similar to mine, it is useless. Liu Huo can insist that I asked him to write it. Unless, he goes to the army to investigate in person, or finds Chen Xiangxue himself to confront me face to face.”
"It will probably take a year or two to investigate this matter thoroughly, and the military base is located in a remote suburb of the northeast."
Wang Yuqing and Ji Xuening thought the same thing: it was indeed very troublesome to sort this out, but they couldn't let Liu Huo off the hook!
She then asked, "If the director arranges for you to go to the brick kiln, will you really go?"
Ji Xuening's eyes dimmed considerably, and there was some sadness between his brows. He pretended to be indifferent and said, "It's all the same no matter what I do. I'm not stupid. When I agreed, I made the director promise that once the kiln was dug, I would get a subsidy of ten yuan, and everyone else would get three yuan."
"Is it for that 100 yuan bonus at the end of the month? Even if that brick kiln job is really tough on you..."
Wang Yuqing asked with heartache.
Ji Xuening recalled the scene of his parents being crushed to death in the kiln. His eyes reddened slightly, and the pain in his heart felt like a knife cutting into him.
His eyes held a hint of guilt and inferiority: "I promised your mother that I would give her 100 yuan for milk at the end of the month. I feel quite useless. I thought that once I became the militia company commander, I could ask the secretary to collect a year's worth of subsidies in advance, and then sell some stools to earn enough for the 100 yuan for milk."
Hearing him say that, Wang Yuqing felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart. She smiled and said, "But you're lucky. Although you didn't become the militia company commander, you accidentally killed a wild boar."
She waved a large wad of cash in her hand: "You made 70 yuan, and you still have meat to eat at home. Isn't that better than being a militia company commander? When you become a militia company commander, you get an advance on a year's subsidy. This 70 yuan is free. That director and Liu Huo probably never expected this. Right now, they're probably so angry they're spitting blood at home."
Ji Xuening felt much better. He realized that the person in front of him was sometimes spoiled, sometimes cute, sometimes quiet, sometimes absent-minded, and now he was very warm-hearted, like a little sun shining brightly.
How could he possibly be interested in that Chen Xiangxue when she's such a wonderful girl?
However, he still said anxiously, "But if I become the militia company commander, I will receive a subsidy every year, and our family's life will be better in the future. I don't want you to suffer with me."
Wang Yuqing almost let slip: "What's the big deal? In four years you'll be..."
Ji Xuening: "Hmm?"
Wang Yuqing smiled and said, "I believe in you. In four years, you will definitely be able to lead our whole family to a good life!"
What man doesn't like to hear words of encouragement? Ji Xuening was even more motivated after hearing this. He said, "Yes, we have seventy yuan now, and there are only two weeks left until the end of the month. I can work harder to make more stools to sell. We can also finish digging the brick kiln by the end of the month and get a subsidy of 10 yuan. Then we'll have enough for 100 yuan in milk money."
He was very farsighted: "After giving your mother 100 yuan for milk, starting next month, I will continue to make some money to buy a sow. A sow can produce two litters of piglets a year, with at least seven or eight piglets per litter, and sometimes more than a dozen."
"Now the people's commune and production brigade encourage more pig farming. Recently, we have also implemented a policy of 'buy one, keep one.' The pigs we raise will be handed over to the state at the purchase price, and we will keep one for ourselves to slaughter each year. In this way, our family will have pork to eat every year."
When Ji Xuening spoke, his eyes shone with energy and hope for the future.
Wang Yuqing knew that in the late 1980s, the only way for farmers to get rich was to raise pigs, but many people were not knowledgeable enough to raise pigs, thinking it was not worthwhile and that they could not raise them well.
Ji Xuening was different. He found the right direction, put in all his effort, and embarked on the road to wealth through hard work by raising pigs.
Right now, he's probably just thinking about buying another sow for breeding, so he'll have meat to eat and pigs to sell to the government. Maybe in a few years, he'll be raising a dozen pigs, then starting his own pig farm, and eventually founding a company...
Wang Yuqing clenched her fists, her eyes bright and clear: "Go for it! Go for it! You're the best!"
Ji Xuening thought she was cute, but then thought that her seemingly weak little fists could take down several grown men, so he felt that describing her as cute was not quite appropriate.
Wang Yuqing added, "But you forgot about me? I can make money too. I can sell snails. Today is Saturday, so I can go to the market to sell them tomorrow."
Ji Xuening wouldn't let her go.
Wang Yuqing was a little unhappy: "What? Only men are allowed to earn money, but women aren't?"
Ji Xuening's voice softened a bit: "Then don't go tomorrow, you're still sick."
He even blamed himself, saying, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten sick from being in the rain."
Speaking of this, Wang Yuqing was a little embarrassed: "But it seems like I was more of a hindrance than a help. I didn't do anything, and I even made you carry me home."
Thinking of that princess carry, her face flushed and her throat went dry. She asked softly, "Am I very heavy?"
Ji Xuening said, "It's not heavy, it's very light. Eat more meat tonight. I told you, I'm going to fatten you up."
Wang Yuqing thought of the pig in the pigpen by the door. Although the words were unpleasant, she felt a little warm inside. She tilted her head and said, "However, there's one thing you have to listen to me about."
Ji Xuening looked at her.
Wang Yuqing's gaze lingered on the bluish stubble on his chin, and she said, "Don't go to the brick kiln anymore, just be a good technician."
Ji Xuening hesitated for a moment: "But there's a ten-yuan subsidy if we dig it up."
Wang Yuqing said, "If you won't let me give all the milk money, then I can at least give ten yuan, right? If you consider me family, then agree. Don't be so fussy."
She added very seriously, "Anyway, you're not allowed to go to the brick kiln. Go directly to the brigade headquarters and tell the director that you don't care about going to the brick kiln. The director will definitely think that you have no other choice but to go to the brick kiln, and that he is deliberately trying to get revenge on you for his daughter's sake."
"Now look how great it is! He went to the kiln, caught a wild boar, and made 70 yuan. Now you won't even want to go to the kiln anymore. That'll make him furious."
Ji Xuening thought the person in front of him was a bit childish, but he nodded in agreement: "Okay!"
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