Friendship between girls comes easily, even in this era.
By the time a few people came to the front of the line, Ding Qiunan and Yu Juhua were already as good as sisters and had left each other's contact information.
Selling pigs requires rating first.
Yu Juhua found a large bamboo stick with the mouth of a bowl, and together with Li Donglai, they carried the big fat pig in front of the rater.
The rater is a tall and thin man, sitting behind a square desk.
On the table are an enamel jar, cigarettes, notebooks, pens and a pair of scissors.
He obviously knew Yu Juhua and said with a smile: "Sister Juhua, is this a relative of yours?"
"You're from my hometown, don't be naughty!" Yu Juhua pinched her waist and said angrily.
"Look what you said, who in our food station dares to act cunning in front of Sister Juhua."
The rater places the notebook and pen on the table.
Stand up and walk to the fat pig, squat down, press the back of the pig's ridge hard, and hold up the pig's belly.
Uncle Qin next to him looked a little nervous. He leaned into Li Donglai's ear and whispered: "He is grading the pigs. The higher the grade, the more money the pig will earn when sold. Generally, pigs will be graded into four grades, and the best ones will be graded."
It’s first class. To the rater, the difference between good and bad depends entirely on his words.”
"It's all good or bad in his words?" Li Donglai was surprised.
Yu Juhua explained from the side: "Of course not. The rating is estimated based on the meat yield. The higher the meat yield of a pig, the higher the rating. If the member who sells the pig is not satisfied with the rating result, and the rater insists on his opinion
, when there is a stalemate, they will 'see the knife' and slaughter the disputed pigs on the spot, and grade them based on the actual meat yield rate."
Li Donglai nodded silently.
This pig is fat and strong, with shiny black hair. It is obviously much better than the pigs next to it.
He didn't believe that with Yu Juhua following him, this rater dared to cause trouble.
Sure enough, after careful inspection, the grader raised his head and exclaimed: "This pig is really good, it deserves to be in the first class!"
After making notes in a notebook, the rater took scissors and cut out a series of crooked numbers on the pig.
"This is Su Liao code. With this line of numbers, you can continue to perform the following inspections." This time the rater took the initiative to introduce.
Of course, Li Donglai did not forget to take out Daqianmen cigarettes and distribute them to the raters.
The pig was rated one level, and Uncle Qin looked very happy, with fewer wrinkles on his face.
This is the first time he has been rated first-class after raising pigs for so many years.
Glory!
After the grade is determined, it’s time to weigh.
Weighing uses a steel-lifting scale, which is an old-fashioned scale that is carried by two people and can weigh hundreds of kilograms at a time.
The huge weight was rusty and the hemp rope hanging it was shiny and looked like it had been there for some time.
Weighing is a delicate job.
The comrade in charge of weighing kept adjusting the sight, which made both Li Donglai and Yu Juhua sweat.
However, the final result is also pleasing to the eye.
Two hundred and thirty pounds.
Such a fat pig had not been seen at the food station for half a year, and it quickly attracted many people to watch.
Many of them knew Uncle Qin. After all, livestock herders need to communicate frequently.
"Tsk, tsk, old Mr. Qin, your Qinjiagou has made a lot of money this time."
"That's right, an average pig only weighs 180 kilograms. How much more can this pig weighing more than 200 kilograms be sold for?"
"I have been watching from the side just now, and the rating is still Level 1!"
"Hey, if you calculate it this way, you can get at least fifteen yuan more for it."
...
Of course, I couldn't sell it for an extra fifteen yuan in the end because I had to sell it after weighing it.
To sell is to subtract the weight of the pig food in the pig's stomach from the weight of the pig. This is decided by the purchaser at the food station.
The big fat pig in Qinjiagou finally lost ten kilograms of weight, and the total weight on the notebook was two hundred and twenty kilograms.
Based on the purchase price of first-class pigs of 4.5 cents per catty, plus the subsidy from the food station, Uncle Qin received a total of 104 yuan.
Even so, the livestock herders in other communes are envious because their pigs can only be sold for 40 to 60 yuan.
With the extra forty yuan, Qinjiagou can buy more new year's goods for the villagers at the end of the year.
The person responsible for issuing receipts is naturally Gu Shen.
At a glance, he saw Ding Qiunan standing next to Li Donglai, sticking his head out of the small window, and said with a smile: "This is my sister-in-law, right? She is prettier than the girls in the compound."
Li Donglai glared at him: "You'd better find a wife quickly and don't let your old man worry about you all day long."
Speaking of which, Gu Shen is not young either.
As a child of the Gu family, there is naturally no shortage of matchmakers who come to your door.
There are many girls who are well matched and have excellent conditions.
But Gu Shen came to reject one, and rejected two pairs.
In the end, Mr. Gu could only let it go.
Anyway, Gu Zheng's wife is pregnant, and the Gu family has a successor.
Li Donglai once secretly asked Gu Shen.
Gu Shen said something that shocked him: The motherland is not yet strong and prosperous, so why should I call it home?
If he hadn't known about Gu Shen's nature, Li Donglai would have thought that he was lying to cover up his unusual hobbies.
However, Gu Shen spoke loudly, but he felt a little guilty.
He knew very well in his heart that the main reason why he was not married at this age was because he had not met the right person.
The girls introduced by matchmakers often come from superior backgrounds.
Either he behaves in a domineering manner, or he is too narrow-minded.
He just hopes to meet a simple girl.
So when faced with Li Donglai's exposure, he wisely chose to avoid it and looked at Ding Qiunan with an aggrieved face: "Sister-in-law, look, Brother Donglai bullies me like this on weekdays. You must discipline him well in the future."
Ding Qiunan was amused by Gu Shen.
This is the big webmaster of the food station, he is obviously a child.
A few people wanted to chat for a while, but there was already a queue behind them.
"Let's go first. When we get married, I will personally send you an invitation. Remember not to forget to bring a gift."
Li Donglai said goodbye to Gu Shen and left the food station.
He originally planned to go back with Uncle Qin, but he still had to take the quilt back to the courtyard, so he asked Uncle Qin to pull the carriage back to Qinjiagou first.
I took Ding Qiunan back to the courtyard.
As soon as I entered the middle courtyard, I saw a tall and thin young man arguing with Liu Haizhong.
Liu Haizhong was so angry that his face was trembling: "Guangqi, you are such a good young man, and you want to become someone else's son-in-law. Isn't it embarrassing?"
The tall and thin man looked blank: "Dad, it's not like you don't know what's going on in our family. Where will I live after I get married? Besides, I managed to arrange my work in Shishi through my connections. If I don't report it, then
There is no such shop just past this village."
Liu Haizhong was speechless for a moment, his face turned red from holding back, he pointed at the tall and thin man and cursed:
"You, get out! I won't have a son like you from now on."
"I can't make sense to you." The tall and thin man sighed helplessly and looked at the two people behind Liu Haizhong: "Guangtian, Guangfu, my brother is gone, you should be more filial in the future."
Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at the tall and thin man, then at Liu Haizhong, and couldn't help but shiver.
Li Dong took a look and understood it.
This tall and thin man should be Liu Guangqi, Liu Haizhong's eldest son.
Liu Haizhong liked this eldest son the most and beat and scolded Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.
I didn't expect Liu Guangqi to step in the door, no wonder he was so angry.
