"Shaoping, Shaoping, there is someone looking for you at the gate."
"Liu Hong, thank you," Sun Shaoping thanked the classmate who reported the news, put down the book in his hand, and walked out of the dormitory. He thought it must be Sister Run Ye, and he knew Sister Run Ye in the county.
Run Ye stood at the gate of the middle school and kept looking into the school. When he saw Sun Shaoping, he waved happily, "Shaoping!"
Sun Shaoping took two steps quickly and said happily, "Sister Runye."
Runye took out two apples from his bag and stuffed them into Shaoping's hands, "Take them."
"Thank you, Sister Runye." Sun Shaoping took the apple and asked, "Sister Runye, who are you looking for?"
"Can you go back today?"
"Go back, what happened?"
Runye said, "Go back and tell your brother that I have to make up lessons for students tomorrow, so I can't go back to Shuangshui Village. I will definitely go back next week."
"Oh, I see."
"That's it, I'm leaving."
"Sister Runye, goodbye." Shaoping waved goodbye to Sister Runye and turned back to the dormitory. Looking at the two apples in his hands, Hao Hongmei's figure suddenly appeared in his mind. "Shaoping, where did you get the apples?" Tian Runsheng walked into the dormitory.
, saw the two apples in Shaoping's hand and said curiously.
Sun Shaoping gave Runsheng an apple and said, "Sister Run Ye came to see me just now to give it to me. It just so happened that we both had one."
Tian Runsheng wiped the apple with his sleeve, put it to his mouth and took a bite of 'Kacha', "My sister is much better to you than me. It's almost half a semester, and she came to see me when the semester just started.
Return."
Sun Shaoping picked up the apple and took a bite. "You go to Sister Run Ye's place every now and then to have your teeth cut. By the way, are you going back today?"
Runsheng nodded. The school organized a labor rally last Sunday. He hasn't been back for two weeks. "What about you? Are you coming back?"
"Go back."
"Then how about we go catch loaches together tomorrow?"
While they were talking, the bell rang for the first class in the afternoon. The two of them looked at each other and realized that it was time to do hard work. The two of them left the dormitory together and went to the playground to pick up work tools. Then they followed the large army to the back mountain and waved.
shovel hoe
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Sun Shaoping and Tian Runsheng, who were almost dead from exhaustion, rode out of the school on the 28th big bar. They took turns changing riding along the way, and it took them nearly two hours to return to Shuangshui Village.
"I'll call you tomorrow morning."
"good."
Sun Shaoping said goodbye to Runsheng and returned home. He saw his family sitting neatly on the kang, and there were two plates of black noodle buns and several bowls of black bean porridge on the dining table, waiting for him to eat.
"Grandma, dad, brother, Lanxiang"
The younger sister Lan Xiang ran to the door, looked outside, and then locked the door.
"Lanxiang, why are you closing the door?" Sun Shaoping looked puzzled. It's almost April and it's not winter.
Lan Xiang said mysteriously, "Second brother, you will know later." After saying this, he walked to the cupboard, opened the cupboard door, and brought out a pot of barbecue. Sun Shaoping's eyes widened in shock, looking at the cupboard.
A large plate of unknown barbecue made me swallow two mouthfuls of saliva. "What kind of meat is this? Where did it come from?"
Wang Lidong said, "Roasted rabbit, from Houshantao. Eat more."
Sun Shaoping didn't think much about it. Now all he could think about was roast rabbit. After his father Sun Yuhou started cooking, he quickly picked up a piece of roast rabbit and stuffed it into his mouth. It was so delicious.
Wang Lidong picked up a piece of rabbit meat and put it in the old lady's bowl. In order to take care of the two elderly people at home, he specially used the "beggar's chicken" method to make the rabbit meat crispy.
The old lady took a bite of the meat and said happily, "An'an, we caught the rabbit again."
Wang Lidong smiled and said, "Well, I trapped another big fat rabbit today."
Shaoping swallowed the meat in his mouth and said in surprise, "Brother, how many rabbits have you trapped in these days?"
Wang Lidong said, "Well, I don't know what will happen this year. After spring, rabbits are everywhere in our back mountain."
Sun Shaoping's heart moved. Dried loach is delicious, but rabbit meat is even better. How about catching rabbits with Runsheng tomorrow? "Brother, what kind of trap do you use for rabbits?"
Wang Lidong glanced at his younger brother and said, "What, you want to trap a rabbit too?"
Sun Shaoping nodded.
Wang Lidong casually mentioned a method of trapping a rabbit, which would definitely work, but whether he could trap a rabbit or not was not something he could decide.
Sun Shaoping listened to it once and found it a bit complicated. He took out a pen and paper from his schoolbag and wrote down the steps.
The younger sister Lanxiang rolled her eyes. Her second brother was probably too stupid to study, and he actually believed his elder brother's lies. For so many years, there were not many rabbits in the back of his house. Since the beginning of this spring, she often went there.
It's wild grass, let alone a rabbit, I haven't even seen a single rabbit hair.
After Sun Shaoping finished recording, he checked it with his elder brother and found that there were no mistakes or omissions before stuffing the notebook back into his schoolbag. Then he told Wang Lidong what Sister Runye had asked him to bring.
Wang Lidong said, "Sister Runye, didn't you let me go to the county town to find her?"
Sun Shaoping shook his head.
Wang Lidong thought to himself that he might be afraid that he could not afford the ticket. He dug into his pocket and found two 10-cent coins and two one-cent coins.
The bus ticket from Shuangshui Village to Yuanxi County costs 063 yuan.
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The family had a pleasant dinner while listening to Shaoping chatting about all kinds of interesting things that happened in school. After finishing dinner and just clearing the dining table, the second father Sun Yuting's shout came from outside the door, "Brother
"Sun Shaoping got off the kang and opened the door, "Second dad."
"Shaoping, you're back."
Sun Yuting entered the house carrying dry tobacco, and could smell the faint aroma of meat. He sat on the edge of the kang, took his elder brother's tobacco bag, and grabbed a handful of tobacco leaves from inside. His eyes were like radar, scanning the corners of the room.
I scanned the corners and found no trace of meat.
Sun Yuhou smoked dry smoke and said, "Is something wrong?"
"I haven't come to see my mother for several days." Sun Yuting lit up a dry cigarette, took two puffs and looked at Wang Lidong and said, "Shaoan, the pig feed plot has been divided. You can rest assured and continue to be the captain."
Wang Lidong looked puzzled and said, "Second Dad, when did I say that I wanted to be the captain of the first team again?"
Seeing that his nephew didn't seem to be joking, Sun Yuting was a little panicked. The new captain Tian Fugao couldn't suppress the team members at all. After a few days, the first team had become disorganized. After going to the fields, they all started to work hard. If this continues, by the end of the year they will
The first team's harvest will definitely drop a lot compared to last year.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is related to everyone's dividends, and if he is surpassed by the second team, Tian Futang's position will be shaken, and Sun Yuting, as Tian Futang's right-hand man, will definitely be affected as well.
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Sun Shaoping said in surprise, "Brother, you don't want to be the captain of the first team anymore?"
"Yeah." Wang Lidong excused himself as tired, got up and went back to his small earth cave, took off his shoes and got on the kang. He had to go hunting in the middle of the night, so he had to take the time to rest.
Sun Yuting looked at his eldest brother and said, "What do you think Shaoan! Brother, why don't you persuade Shaoan? Hundreds of work points will be lost a year. There will be a famine in the family next year. What about the tuition fees of Shaoping and Lanxiang?"
Sun Yuhou took two puffs of dry cigarette and said in a low voice, "The tuition fees for Shaoping and Lanxiang are enough from selling pigs. Now that the family has meat to eat every day, don't worry about it."
It hurts!
Sun Yuting looked at the piles of dried loaches under the eaves. Unknowingly, his eldest brother's family was able to eat meat every meal. He thought that his family was still hungry and full, and his mouth felt a little bitter, so he stopped talking.
With his thoughts in mind, he filled his pipe with tobacco, said hello, and left the eldest brother's house.
Tian Futang was sitting on the stone mill in the yard of Sun Yuting's house. Seeing the dejected look on his deputy's face, Tian Futang had a bad feeling in his heart. He quickly asked Sun Shaoan about it and learned that Sun Shaoan really didn't want to be the captain anymore. He was a little numb.
"If it's not right, then it's wrong. I don't believe it anymore. Without him, Sun Shaoan, our team will not be able to farm well."
In the middle of the night, the entire Shuangshui Village was immersed in sleep. Wang Lidong gently opened the door. The creaking sound was particularly harsh in this quiet night.
I pricked up my ears and listened to what was going on at home. The old man and grandma were both sleeping soundly.
He checked the equipment, including two kettles, a butcher's knife, two large sacks, several condiments for barbecue, a big straw hat, and a towel.
Everything is ready.
Wang Lidong activated his internal energy, tapped his toes, and his entire body disappeared instantly, appearing at the top of the cave dwelling. After confirming the direction of the Shige Festival Commune, his entire body flew towards the southwest like a black light and shadow.
A while ago, he spent a day exploring the ten miles around Shuangshui Village. He was a little disappointed. There were only two places with wild animals. One was the Fairy Mountain in Jinjiawan, and most of them were small animals.
There is also a place on a few barren hills next to Shigejie Commune. There are several groups of wild boars on it. It is estimated that there are forty or fifty animals in total. Today he plans to kill a wild boar and then sell it at the market to exchange for some.
money.
Four or five minutes later, Wang Lidong stood on the top of an unknown barren mountain near Shigejie Commune. He found a big tree, jumped on the top of the tree, looked around, and soon found his target. A group of wild boars were humming half a mile away.
He groaned and fell to the ground.
After a few breaths, he stood next to the group of wild boars and counted. There were 13 wild boars in total, 5 big ones, and 8 half-sized piglets. The largest one was estimated to weigh more than 300 kilograms, and his whole body was shining with black light.
Liang, with two big fangs on his forehead, faintly telling the intruder, "I'm not someone to mess with."
When more than a dozen wild boars were enjoying their meal, they suddenly noticed that there was a two-legged beast beside them. The leader grunted twice, paved the ground twice with his hind hooves, and prepared to charge and kill the intruder. Suddenly, he woke up.
As soon as the neck hurt, the big black pig fell to the ground with a "pop", twitched twice, and then became silent.
After a moment of "thump, thump", a dozen wild boars were lying on the ground, which looked quite spectacular.
Wang Lidong casually grabbed a half-large wild boar next to him, opened its hind legs, and found that it was a small boar. He pulled out the butcher's knife, "Whoosh", and the two 'balls' fell to the ground. From then on, his troubles disappeared.
The comatose little boar woke up from the pain, rolled over and wanted to run away
It hasn’t been sterilized or disinfected yet, so why worry!
"Pah!" Wang Lidong stretched out his hand and patted the boar's neck gently. The little boar rolled his eyes and fell to the ground again with a "thump" sound.
The simplest and most practical method of disinfection and sterilization in rural areas is to use plant ash. He cut two large bales of hay, chopped a pile of firewood, and made a fire.
Ten minutes later, the entire pig herd, except for the 6 sows, and the other 7 boars, all became eunuchs. One little boar and the largest wild boar were left behind, and the other wild boars were let go.
Wang Lidong picked up the big boar and weighed it. It was estimated to be 330 to 40 kilograms. Even though it was so heavy, after it was slaughtered, there would only be about 1670 kilograms of meat left.
The meat production rate of wild boars is not high to begin with, but now that it is spring again, after being hungry all winter, a meat production rate of 50 is very good.
Hang the big wild boar on a big tree, shave the pig's hair cleanly with a knife, then put it on the fire and roast it twice with the fire, and the body will become clean and smooth, and it will be gone to the touch.
A pricking feeling.
Then he disemboweled the pig, put the pig's head and offal into a sack, and stuffed it with the remaining pork, which was estimated to be 150 kilograms.
Just as he was about to slaughter another little boar, Wang Lidong suddenly turned his head and looked to the rear right. He saw seven or eight wild wolves appearing forty or fifty meters away, looking at him eagerly.
These beasts have very sensitive noses. It must be the smell of wild boar blood that attracts them.
After a few glances, he no longer paid attention to the fact that the wild wolf's meat was too unpalatable and could not be sold for a high price.
After he slaughtered the little boar, he skewered it with wooden sticks, took the kettle, poured out onion, ginger, and garlic water and wiped it with water. After doing a simple removal of the fishy smell, he put it on the fire and turned it over.
After a while, the roasted pig made a sizzling sound, and drops of lard fell into the fire, and the flames "suddenly" spread out for several centimeters.
I glanced at the direction where the wild wolves appeared, and saw that it was completely empty. I didn’t know when they had walked away, so I didn’t know where they were.
After half an hour, Wang Lidong cut off a front leg and took a bite. His mouth was filled with the smell of pork, and the meat was neither woody nor fishy!
Within a few minutes, a pig thigh entered his stomach. "Ouch!" A big cat suddenly appeared ten meters away. It stared at the roasted wild boar in front of Wang Lidong and meowed several times.
What the hell is that sound?
Wang Lidong took a look at the visitor. There were two tufts of black hair standing on both ears. It turned out to be a lynx. The slightly bulging belly was a pregnant lynx cat. It looked so skinny that you could see its ribs.
I don't know how long I haven't eaten.
"Pa", he cut off the head of the roasted pig and threw it in front of the lynx. The big guy looked at him and then at the head. He didn't move for a long time, but he didn't move away either.
Looking at the lynx with a troubled face, Wang Lidong cut off one of its front legs and started to chew it happily. When he finished chewing the pig leg, he burped with satisfaction, and the lynx still squatted on the spot, squealing from time to time.
Two sounds.
A cigarette after a meal is better than being a god.
Wang Lidong took out his drink from the front door, lit one, and after taking two puffs, a feeling of comfort filled his heart.
Half an hour later, he carried 150 kilograms of wild boar, carried the pig into the water, and carried most of the roast pig to the market of Shige Festival Commune.
Originally, he was thinking that he might have arrived a little early, fearing that there wouldn't be many people there, but he didn't expect that there were quite a lot of people in the ghost market, at least a hundred people, most of whom were wearing hats and covering their faces to prevent them from being recognized by acquaintances.
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Wang Lidong did not set up a stall first, but carried the pork and walked around the market. He came here often during the day, but this was his first time visiting the black market.
The stalls sell everything, including white flour, cornmeal, vegetable oil, chicken and duck, all of which are purchased and sold under a centralized system.
The prices were several times higher than those sold to the relevant departments of the imperial court, and some were even five or six times higher. No wonder they all risked being "fighted" to sell them here.
After shopping around, I found that there was only one store selling pork in the entire black market, and the price was extremely high. A pound of pork actually cost 13 yuan, which was almost double the official price.
After feeling confident, Wang Lidong found an open space, took out a sack and spread it on the ground. As soon as he took the wild boar meat out of the sack, several people gathered around him.
"Young man, how do you sell your meat?"
"How much is this wild boar meat per pound?"
Wang Lidong quoted, "8 cents per catty."
A short old man squatted down and looked at the pig's head. It must have been killed not long ago. The fat was a bit thin, only half the thickness of his little finger. He whispered, "It's too expensive! This is wild boar meat. We always have it here."
It’s selling for 65 cents per catty. I want to sell it for 60 cents per catty, so I’ll give you 20 catties.”
His son is going to have a wedding soon, but he doesn’t have a meat ticket, so he can only buy black market meat. But after walking around just now, there is only one stall selling pork. Although 13 yuan per catty is a bit expensive, it is still acceptable.
But the meat was not very fresh and had a faint smell, so how could he dare to buy it?
Wang Lidong said, "This is the price, no counter-offer!"
He had already inquired about it, and the market price of wild boar meat was only ** cents. If you wanted to ship it quickly, it would be 80 cents, and if you were not in a hurry, it would be 9 cents.
The old man hesitated for a while and whispered, "Don't you want meat tickets?"
Wang Lidong waved his hand, "No need."
"Here comes 20 pounds." The old man pointed to the pig's belly and asked Wang Lidong to cut it here, which is the fattest part of the pig.
Wang Lidong raised his knife and picked up a large piece of meat, looked at the old man and said, "16 yuan."
The old man asked in confusion, "Why don't you weigh me?"
Wang Lidong said, "20 pounds is just a little more than a few pounds. If you lose one or two pounds, I will pay you a pound."
A steel scale is not cheap. The Sun family is so poor that they are almost eating dirt. They usually only sell vegetables from their own land. Where can you find such a thing?
The old man took the meat and weighed it. He felt that the weight should be quite a lot. After paying for it, he went to an acquaintance's stall not far away and had someone help him weigh it. It was 203 kilograms.
"I want 5 pounds."
"I want 3 pounds, close to the back thigh."
"How to sell pig heads?"
After more than an hour, Wang Lidong felt something was wrong. Many vendors in the market were closing their stalls. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
"Hurry up, the Shige Festival militia is coming soon."
"It's not even five o'clock yet. It's usually half past five, isn't it? Why are you here so early today?"
"Someone went to report"
"Which bastard is it?"
“I heard it’s the melon skin of Pork Biao”
"It's him again!"
From the nickname, he knew he was selling pork. Wang Lidong glanced at the other pork stall, but it was empty. He didn't know when the stall was closed!
He quickly closed the stall. If he was caught, it would be a big loss.
Moreover, Tian Futang was worried about how to deal with him.
Business was good today. I brought a whole wild boar and sold only a dozen kilograms and two pig trotters.
Just as he was about to stuff the meat into the sack, two strong men suddenly appeared in front of the stall. One of them, with a bald head, pointed at the pig's head and said, "How do you sell this meat?"
"It's 8 cents per catty, and there are 11 catties left. You can take it for 8 yuan and 50 cents."
"It's all bones, you still sell it for 8 cents, is it cheaper?"
The two strong men said one moment that the meat was too thin, and another that the meat was not fresh. They were just being unreasonable. Wang Lidong noticed something strange, stuffed the meat into a sack, and left with it.
2 When the strong men saw that he was leaving, they immediately surrounded him one after another and said, "Hey! How do you do business?"
At this time, five or six militiamen with long guns appeared at the entrance of the market. "Get out!" Wang Lidong punched the person in front of him on the waist, then pushed his elbow back, and "Puff" the two of them spurted blood.
This time he used 50% of his strength. If these two bastards dare to trick him, they will spend the rest of their lives in bed!
Seeing several militiamen take off their guns from their shoulders, Wang Lidong's hair stood on end. Using his internal strength, he rushed into an alley in the upper right corner of the market.
Scurrying left and right, after a dozen breaths, he looked at the Shigejie Commune a few hundred meters behind him. No one was chasing him, and he exhaled.
It's safe.
p!
I almost got shot because I was just selling pork!
Is this still a tyrannical country?
Ten minutes later, Wang Lidong returned home and entered his small cave dwelling. He took out today's harvest from his pocket and looked at the pile of cents. His depressed mood immediately improved a lot.
"Pah," he lit a cigarette and took two puffs. When he was about to count the money, he heard footsteps in the small courtyard. It belonged to his younger sister Lan Xiang, who was walking towards his house.
With a creak, the door was pushed open. Lanxiang saw that her eldest brother was at home. She had been here ten minutes ago. Seeing the kang covered with banknotes, she was surprised and said, "Brother, where did you get it?"
So much money?”
After Wang Lidong asked the little girl to close the door, he ordered, "Click the coins."
"Yeah." Lan Xiang didn't ask any more questions and counted the coins carefully. After Wang Lidong counted the banknotes, the little girl reported the amount of the coins after a while, "Brother, the total is 1,056 yuan."
He has a total of yuan in his hand, plus the coins, the total is yuan.
Wang Lidong took out five pieces of one dollar and handed them to Lan Xiang, "With your pocket money, you can buy whatever you want. From now on, I will give you five yuan in pocket money every month."
Seeing that Lan Xiang didn't accept the five yuan, he rubbed the little girl's head and said, "Don't worry, the money comes cleanly. Your brother, I will not be short of money in the future."
The black market in Shigejie Commune is temporarily closed, but there are many towns nearby, such as Mijia Town, Yuanxi County, etc. These days, as long as you have good things on hand, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell them.
Seeing her elder brother's firm attitude, Lan Xiang didn't refuse any more. She happily stuffed the huge sum of five yuan into her jacket pocket and patted it with worry.
"looking for me?"
Lan Xiang said, "Today is a good day, I just want to wash some of my brother's dirty clothes."
What a good boy.
After Wang Lidong asked Lan Xiang to go out, he changed out of the two dirty clothes he was wearing, and then handed the pile of several pairs of pants and clothes to the little girl.
"By the way, Lan Xiang, have you brought your lunch box back?"
"I brought it back, what happened?"
Wang Lidong said, "Go and get the lunch box now. I want to use it."
"Oh," Lan Xiang came out of the small cave dwelling with a lot of smelly clothes, put them into a big wooden basin, ran into the cave dwelling, took the lunch box and ran back to her elder brother's small cave dwelling.
"Wow, brother, where did it come from?" Lan Xiang said in surprise when she saw her brother pulling out most of the roasted pig from the cotton bag.
"Didn't you just ask where the money came from? The eldest brother caught two wild boars, one big and one small, in the back mountain. The big one was sold. Let's beat the teeth of the little one ourselves as a sacrifice. By the way, remember to keep the big pig a secret."
Wang Lidong cut off a piece of pork belly and stuffed it into the little girl's mouth.
Although the pork was already cold, Lan Xiang ate it with gusto, her little head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.
Wang Lidong cut up a lunch box full of roast pork, stuffed the remaining pork into a cotton bag, handed it to his little sister and said, "I'll take it out and cut it during lunch."
Lan Xiang took the bag and said, "Brother, aren't you at home for lunch?"
"Well," Wang Lidong said, "I want to go to the county."