The brigade couldn't just watch the two families starve to death, so they had to give them some food rations. But once the food rations were used up, the brigade didn't care whether the families lived or died.
The amazing thing is that these two families did this year after year and never starved to death.
The two idiots kept expressing their gratitude, carrying the grain while cursing at each other as they walked away.
As for their men, they didn't dare to come at all; they felt ashamed.
Xu Guoqiang shook his head. Fortunately, there weren't many people like this in the brigade; otherwise, the entire brigade would have been dragged down to death!
After the grain and money were distributed, you might think the year was over, but it's far from over.
In the south, there is still a lot of work to do after the autumn harvest. In brigades with mountains, tea seeds need to be picked. Tea seeds can be pressed for oil, and the pressed oil is distributed to each household, which can save a lot of money.
In addition, vegetables must continue to be planted in the fields and rice paddies, such as cold-resistant vegetables like white radishes, carrots, cabbage, spinach, rapeseed, ginger, and garlic, so that we can have vegetables to eat next spring.
Rapeseed and tea seeds can both be pressed for oil. If you are careful with your oil intake, the whole family's oil supply will depend on these.
Besides planting tea, there were other odd jobs, and all of them added up to keep me busy until the depths of winter.
The weather grew colder day by day. When Li Xiyue woke up and opened the door, she saw that everything around her was covered in white snow.
After the snow fell and the work was finished, the team was finally able to have a holiday.
This year, everyone at the educated youth settlement took leave to go home for the Spring Festival, so the settlement is completely empty.
Li Xiyue had nowhere to visit, so she gave Xu Baiwei homework to do. In the midst of her busy schedule, the eve of the Lunar New Year arrived. The most anticipated event was the slaughtering of the New Year's pig.
Last year, Li Xiyue returned to the capital early and missed the New Year's pig slaughtering. This year, Chu Xun was on a mission and didn't return. He is estimated to return to the capital for the New Year in the last two days of the year, so she made it this year.
"Sister, they're slaughtering the pig for the New Year today, let's go watch!" Xu Guoqing, dressed like a snowman, ran over, his feet sinking deep into the snow, his excitement palpable.
Li Xiyue nodded, went back inside, donned a hat, gloves, and scarf, fully armed, and led Xiaobai and him to the threshing ground.
The threshing ground is large, and it's where most group activities are held.
When Li Xiyue arrived, the snow on the drying grain had already been cleared away, and the area was crowded with people.
Two sows that had given birth in the summer were tied to a frame, awaiting their fate of being slaughtered.
The butcher was hired by the commune; he was very experienced in slaughtering pigs.
Slaughtering pigs yields lots of fat and oil, and he was quite plump; he was currently sharpening his knife.
They've already set up a pot to boil water for plucking feathers.
This was the first time Li Xiyue had ever seen a pig being slaughtered; she was quite curious and not afraid at all.
Just kidding, she's willing to kill people, why would she be afraid to kill pigs?
Xu Guoqing wasn't afraid at all; his eyes shone like light bulbs.
The butcher was very experienced; he found the right spot and stabbed the wound, causing blood to gush out.
A large basin of pig's blood was placed below, and it filled up quickly. It was then dragged away and replaced with an empty basin.
It took two basins to fill one pig with blood.
After the bleeding stopped, immediately apply hot water to remove the hair, then cut open the abdomen...
Li Xiyue stopped looking after that; her nose was too sensitive, and the smell was too strong for her to handle.
Xiao Bai and Xu Guoqing remained steadfastly at the scene, their eyes fixed on the fat pig, drool dripping all over the place.
Xu Guoqing was simply curious about the pig slaughtering, and as he watched, he even started helping out.
Li Xiyue didn't leave, thinking that after the pork was divided, she would buy some fresh pork to make soup.
After waiting for about an hour, she finally picked up the meat she wanted, took Xiaobai with her, and ran back home.
Xu Guoqing was dragged back by his father, who had come back for the New Year. When he left, Xu Guoqing was carrying a string of stinky intestines, which was the reward he received for helping with the work.
Halfway there, a young man carrying luggage walked towards them. Li Xiyue looked closely and exclaimed, "Xu Xiangyang?"
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