Han Yuanfang had already decided not to buy the two pigs, but to keep them in the space and sell them later when the opportunity arose and the price was right.
"Okay, I need two yuan to help others kill pigs, so I'll just keep you one and a half yuan."
"Thank you, Master Wu."
Grandpa Han didn't say anything. His granddaughter lived her own life, so let her make her own decisions.
On the way back, "Master, in fact, we will sell them faster in the county and the countryside. If my two pigs go smoothly, yours will also sell like this."
Grandpa Han shook his head: "No, the pigs at home will produce some meat, and we will keep some at home."
Han Yuanfang didn't say anything.
When I came back, I saw that Grandma Han had chopped off all the cabbage with a kitchen knife. Her cellar was in the side room, which was not big, about half the size of a room. It was actually used to store some vegetables.
They were all put into the cellar, and the old couple went back. Han Yuanfang then went into the house to light the stove and continue to light the fire.
We have to feed the pigs for another week, but it doesn’t matter. Just feed them. There are more than twenty days until the final exam. Before the exam, the house is packed.
The next day at school, when class was over, Han Dongmei asked, "Yuanfang, what did you do yesterday? The door was locked twice when I went to your house."
"Going to the city."
"Did you really go to the city?"
"Yeah, but I'm not going to sell roasted sweet potatoes anymore."
"What do you want to do?"
"Me? You will know later. I won't tell you now."
"Haha, it's quite mysterious."
Now that all the courses have been taught, there are exams every day. The students are miserable and dare not show it, otherwise the teacher's homework will be doubled.
All minor subjects were stopped, "Yuanfang, my boss doesn't want us all to be admitted to junior high school, right?"
"Is there anything wrong? Of course teachers hope that their students will be successful."
"Yuanfang, my mother saw that my grades have improved, so she doesn't let my family talk every night. My brother doesn't sleep at home now, for fear of disturbing me.
I'm really stressed because I'm afraid I won't do well in the exam and I'll be sorry for my parents." Han Dongmei said dejectedly.
"You think too much. Don't be nervous, just perform normally. Dongmei, you must go to junior high school and work hard for three more years. If you really don't want to go to high school, you might as well take the exam for a technical secondary school."
How popular are technical secondary schools now? If you can be assigned work, then you will be a formal employee. You can sit in the office every day without being exposed to the wind and sun, and you can still get a salary and a pension. How great would that be?"
Han Dongmei nodded, "I think so too. My cousin is preparing to take the high school entrance examination, and he will definitely pass it.
Yuanfang, you said you will go to high school for three years and then go to college for another four years. Think about it, it will take my cousin seven years to graduate."
Han Yuanfang just smiled. Han Dongmei's cousin was also a well-known scholar in the village. Of course such a person would want to go to high school.
On Saturday morning, Han Yuanfang found her head teacher and said, "Teacher, I want to take leave this afternoon."
"Ask for leave?"
"Yes, I hired a butcher to kill a pig. It's too inconvenient to feed the pigs in the morning and evening now."
The teacher nodded happily, "Okay, I'll give you leave."
Grandpa Han and Grandma Han came over and helped drive the pigs to Butcher Liu’s house.
This work was so strenuous, and the two pigs were disobedient. There was no other way. Han Yuanfang and Grandma Han were holding sticks on both sides, and Grandpa Han was behind. In this way, the pigs ran away several times.
Finally, we arrived at Butcher Liu's house and came here to kill pigs. The main reason was that they had all the skills.
Grandma Han was afraid that Han Yuanfang would be afraid, "Yuanfang, your grandpa and I will be fine here. You can come back in an hour."
"Milk, I'll go back first. I'll push the cart over in a moment."
"Why don't you let your father go with you to send it off?"
"No, I can just ride the bike by myself."
Han Yuanfang went home, and Butcher Liu also started working here. "Brother, your Yuanfang is really amazing."
"It's okay, I can live my life on my own."
Butcher Liu did this very quickly, after all, he had been killing pigs for so many years. He was energetic and worked quickly. In less than an hour, a pig was already unloaded.
Han Yuanfang found two baskets and ropes at home, and thought about carrying the baskets on both sides of the bicycle, so that the pork would be safe on the back seat of the car with two baskets supporting it.
When we arrived at Liu's house, Butcher Liu was already killing the second one.
"Yuanfang, what are you bringing?"
"Master, take the bones and meat with you. They didn't ask for it, and I don't know how to do it. Let me go back and stew it."
Grandpa Han nodded and put the bones into the two baskets so that they could be balanced. The pork was unloaded into two fans and the two of them placed them on the back seat of the car.
Grandpa Han helped tie it up, and then Han Yuanfang pushed the cart out of Liu's house.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. She couldn't get on the bicycle, so she had no choice but to push it.
This was too tiring. The handlebars were light and the back was too heavy. Grandpa told her that the weight alone weighed one hundred and thirty kilograms.
Seeing a pile of stones in front of her, Han Yuanfang pushed it over and stepped on the stones. She finally got on the car and rode away in a swaying manner.
After riding on the bike, it was no longer so strenuous. She also weighed dozens of kilograms, so when she was pressed in front, she no longer felt that light and airy.
There was a large forest on the way to the countryside. It was not easy for Han Yuanfang to get out of the car. He put one leg on the ground and the other on the beam of the car. He got down carefully and pushed into the woods.
In fact, this is really not a good idea. But this is the first step to take the clear path.
He untied the rope and put away the meat and bones, then rested against the car for a while.
It's such a cold day that I'm already sweating. I can't go back now, I can only freeze here.
After a while, I felt cold, so I thought I might as well walk back by myself.
When she arrived at home, she saw the pork placed on the table in the main room. The two keys to the house were next to the pork.
The old couple are also understanding people and don't want their granddaughter to think too much.
Han Yuanfang didn't touch the pork because she was afraid that the old couple would come over.
There are only three hens and two roosters left at home. The chickens will be killed tomorrow.
Grandma Han really came over, and she went back relieved when her granddaughter came back.
I heated hot water outside and went into the space to take a shower.
I cooked porridge for myself after I came out, so that I could light more fires and keep the house and kang warm.
The alarm clock was set for five o'clock. No one would come out at this time. It was just in time for her to ride an empty bicycle to the countryside.
When Grandpa Han came over at six o'clock, the door to the house was already locked. The old man was still thinking about how his granddaughter loaded it into the car.
Han Yuanfang had breakfast in the countryside and bought a few more fried cakes to put in the lunch box, which she wanted to take back to the old couple to try.
