"How can that be done? Auntie, we are making clothes for the wedding. These are all very particular. How can we let auntie work in vain?"
Of course, Sheng Xiping was not happy to owe favors, so he insisted on paying.
The two sides gave in for a while, but in the end Zhang Caifeng had no choice but to say that if Sheng Xiping hunted wild boars again, especially older wild boars, he would leave the pig belly to her.
Zhang Caifeng had a bad stomach. After hearing people say that pork belly can cure gastric problems, she was thinking of asking Sheng Xiping to help find a pig belly to try.
Wild boars feed on a variety of crops, wild fruits, twigs, buds, herbs, bird eggs, mushrooms, and even mountain rats, poisonous snakes, centipedes, etc. They dare to eat anything they can eat.
Since wild boars often eat various herbs on the ground, they have a certain degree of resistance to poison, so even if they eat venomous snakes, they will be fine.
The old hunter said that after wild boars eat venomous snakes, granules will grow in their stomachs, which are sometimes called boils.
The more snakes you eat, the more boils there will be, and the higher the medicinal value of the pork belly will be.
Elderly people say that wild boar belly is a treasure, good for qi and detoxifying, especially in the treatment of stomach problems, it has a miraculous effect.
Someone had tried to trick Zhang Caifeng before, saying that it would be good for her stomach to get a wild boar belly to eat.
But there were not many people in Qianchuan Forest Farm who knew how to hunt, and Zhang Caifeng didn't have much friendship with the Sheng family, so it was hard to ask for it.
It just so happened that Sheng Xiping was making clothes this time, so when he finished talking in a hurry, Zhang Caifeng mentioned it casually.
"Ahem, I thought it was something important. I have wild boar belly at home. I'll bring it to my aunt later.
Auntie will use it first. If it's not enough, I'll leave the pork belly for auntie when I go hunting in the mountains again."
Sheng Xiping laughed when he heard it. He didn't dare to say anything else. Isn't the wild boar belly already ready?
"Hey, thank you my eldest nephew.
Eldest nephew and nephew-in-law, don’t worry, I will definitely make these beautiful clothes for you."
When Zhang Caifeng heard this, she was so happy that she even called her eldest nephew and niece-in-law.
"Then I'll bother Auntie. The clothes will be ready in a few days. Auntie will send the children to tell me and I'll come and get them."
Sheng Xiping took a look and saw that the food was all put away on the table, waiting for Zhang Caifeng to eat.
So the two of them didn't stay much longer, took the measurements, and said goodbye and left Yang's house.
It was rare for the two of them to be alone together, and they were not in a hurry to go home, so they wandered around outside before going home for dinner.
Sheng Liancheng was guarding the generator and did not remove it with the workers. It was estimated that it would be a day or two late.
At home, Zhang Shuzhen took her children, had dinner, chatted and rested for a while.
After a while, Zhou Qinglan, Li Xue and Wang Lin started packing their things and moving to the Sheng family's old house.
The Sheng family on the other side of the old house had no intention of throwing it away from the beginning. In the winter, Zhang Shuzhen sent her children away and went over to burn the kang the next day.
So the maintenance of the old house is okay, but if you haven't lived in it for a long time, there is some dust in the house and you need to clean it up.
The three girls are all very popular. When they heard that they were moving, many educated youths came to help.
Everyone worked hard all morning, tidying up the old house, and Zhou Qinglan and the other three moved all the luggage there.
After moving, Zhou Qinglan called Songjianghe and told Wang Chunxiu about the situation here.
Wang Chunxiu already knew that Li Yuqin's parents-in-law came to support them in their old age, and the couple was also wondering how to get married.
When he heard that the Sheng family had vacated their old house, Wang Chunxiu also felt that this was the most appropriate and reasonable way.
So I told my daughter on the phone that she should be kind to her parents-in-law in the future, move out quickly, and don't build a house that is not decent for others.
The couple chatted on the phone for a while, and then Zhou Qinglan hung up.
Just as he was about to come out of the field, he was stopped by Wang Jiachuan. "Hey, Xiao Zhou, just in time, I have something to ask you."
Zhou Qinglan was stunned for a moment. She was not familiar with the leaders in the field and didn't know what Wang Jiachuan wanted from her.
"Secretary Wang, just tell me if you have anything." Zhou Qinglan replied with a smile.
"Oh, that's right. Teacher Huang, who is in the third grade of our forest farm primary school, isn't he leaving because of a job transfer?
Right now, there are not enough teachers at that end of the school, and no one can teach that class.
I heard Xiping say that you are quite educated and your grades were good when you were studying.
The little six son of the Sheng family was so naughty before and was always at the bottom. You even taught me how to rank third in the class.
I was thinking, how about you go to school and be a substitute teacher for a while? Do you think that would be okay?" Wang Jiachuan didn't mince words and said straightforwardly.
The issue of education for the children of forest farm workers has always been a top concern for farm leaders.
Qianchuan Forest Farm is located in a deep mountain and old forest, with inconvenient transportation and a lack of talents. Only a small number of teachers have truly graduated from normal schools.
Moreover, these people's jobs are transferred very frequently. Most of them come to the forestry farm to teach for two or three years. After gaining qualifications, they are transferred to the bureau's No. 1, No. 2, or other forestry bureaus.
Very few people can really take root in the forest farm and teach in the forest farm in a down-to-earth manner.
A larger portion of forest farm teachers are actually forest farm workers.
Due to various reasons, I could no longer work in the work team. Since I had some education, I was assigned to teach in a school.
These people are not from majors and have not received relevant training, so their teaching skills are limited.
The third-grade teacher Wang Jiachuan mentioned was transferred from elsewhere a few years ago, and now he will be transferred to the Tanghe Forestry Bureau Central School that was just established a few years ago to teach.
Once this teacher left, there was no one to teach the third-grade class at Maekawa Elementary and Middle School.
The principal was very anxious and went to Wang Jiachuan to discuss whether he could first select a similar educated youth from the forest farm to take over as a substitute teacher.
In corporate schools like Maekawa Primary and Middle School, the forest farm has the right to decide on the appointment and dismissal of teachers. From the perspective of labor management regulations, it is called "work instead of work" or "teaching on behalf of teachers."
Teachers who are not government-sponsored by the state have the same salary and status as forest farm workers.
What Wang Jiachuan meant was that Zhou Qinglan, a female educated youth, had to go to the mountains to work hard and be tired, so she might as well teach.
Although he is just a substitute teacher at the moment, as long as Zhou Qinglan teaches well, wouldn't he become a formal teacher if the forestry farm will ask for a place to become a full-time teacher in a few years?
"Ah? Let me go to school to be a teacher? Can I do it?"
Zhou Qinglan never imagined that the forest farm would arrange for her to go to school to be a teacher.
Even if you are just a substitute teacher, it is better than growing vegetables in the agricultural team or measuring rulers in the work team.
Zhou Qinglan is well-educated and loves to read. It would be great for her to teach students.
The good news came so suddenly that Zhou Qinglan couldn't react.
"I didn't tell you this in advance, so maybe you weren't mentally prepared.
Let's do this, you go back and discuss it with Xiping, ask him what he thinks, and then give me a reply as soon as possible."
When Wang Jiachuan saw Zhou Qinglan acting like that, he thought she had some worries.
Also, Zhou Qinglan is getting married soon, and she should seek her husband’s opinion on this work matter.
"Hey, okay, then I'll go back and discuss it with Xiping. Thank you Secretary."
Zhou Qinglan had come to her senses at this time, and hurriedly thanked Wang Jiachuan, and then ran home happily.