Chapter 15: Divide the Pork
Chapter 15: Divide the Pork
Thinking about dividing the meat, several men in the village who were good at slaughtering pigs quickly cooked the whole pig and put the pig's blood and offal in separate basins.
Shen Yuanxing reweighed the slaughtered pork. The meat yield of this wild boar was quite good. The gross weight of the pig was 512 kilograms, not counting the offal, and a total of 384 kilograms of meat was harvested.
What is surprising is that this wild boar is very fat, and the white fat under the skin is three fingers thick. If you take a piece of it, you can not only enjoy meat at home, but also make a lot of meat oil. Even if you stew cabbage, just put a spoonful of it and you can taste the flavor of meat.
"Fellow villagers, this time the pigs produced a total of 384 kilograms of meat. One-fifth, or 76.8 kilograms, was reserved for the Shen family, leaving 307.2 kilograms. There are 581 people in the village now, so each person will get half a kilogram of meat."
"The remaining offal and pig blood are distributed to the elderly and newborns in the village. It can be regarded as a small subsidy from the village."
"If everyone has no objection, each family can send a representative to come and line up, and we will divide the meat now!" The brigade's accountant went to the town in the afternoon to pick up the educated youth who came to the countryside. The branch secretary temporarily acted as the accountant, constantly fiddling with the abacus in his hand.
Most of the lonely elderly people in the team are families of martyrs, and the villagers usually help them a lot. This time, they share more with them as a gesture of care.
"This meat is so good, it will make your mouth water!"
"There are 11 people in our family. We can share five and a half pounds of meat this time. Let's be generous tomorrow and give the kids some delicious dumplings!"
"Stop talking, it's making me drool."
"Haha, look at what you've accomplished..."
When the village accountant Hu brought the educated youth to the threshing ground, what they saw was the whole village busily distributing meat.
The table carried out from the brigade headquarters was filled with white pork, which dazzled everyone's eyes.
"Accountant Hu, what is going on?" Zhang Wan asked curiously as she looked at the lively scene late at night.
"I don't know. Please wait here. I'll talk to the village chief and find a place for you to stay."
Accountant Hu was also a little confused, so he could only calm down the group of educated youth. He walked to the center of the crowd, called out Shen Yuanxing, and went aside to discuss the matter.
"What do you think is going on? Wanyang Village is so rich, and it's not even the time to slaughter pigs for the New Year!" Zhong Qing was also greatly shocked by this scene.
You have to know that they only have about seven taels of meat coupons per person per month in the city, and when supplies are tight, they can't buy meat even with the meat coupons. Every day before dawn, there are people waiting at the door of the meat processing plant just to grab a few taels of pork.
"What's the use of guessing? Just go and ask and you'll know." Zheng Chenlong said as he was about to find someone in the crowd to ask, but suddenly he saw a beautiful figure walking towards him.
With the help of the hazy moonlight, Zheng Chenlong felt that he had fallen in love at first sight!
Wang Pan'er had been paying attention to this side. As soon as Accountant Hu left, she walked towards Duan Hongzhe and his group.
Today, Wang Paner dressed up specially in order to make a good impression on her future husband. In addition to wearing her best clothes, she also tied her hair into a bun and even used charcoal sticks to carefully draw her eyebrows, which was really eye-catching.
Wang Pan'er ignored Zheng Chenlong's burning gaze, walked up to the crowd, and smiled gently, "You are the educated youth who came this time, right? Welcome to our Wanyang Village."
"My name is Wang Pan'er. If you have any difficulties in the village, you can come to me."
"That's great, Pan'er, we'll be friends from now on." Zhang Wan grabbed Wang Pan'er's hand and shook it familiarly, and Cao Yin nodded gratefully.
Perhaps the first kindness received in a strange place is always impressive. A group of people greeted Wang Paner warmly. Even Duan Hongzhe, who had suppressed his emotions all the way with a blank expression, couldn't help but have a good impression of this village girl.
Yes, country girl.
In Duan Hongzhe's opinion, even though Wang Pan'er looked good, her patched clothes and obviously rough skin made her look rustic.
When he decided to go to the countryside, he secretly made up his mind that he must not have anything to do with any woman in the village. He was going back to the city and could not let the peasants hold him back.
Wang Pan'er did not see the hypocrisy behind Duan Hongzhe's smile, and was only immersed in the joy of meeting her sweetheart for the first time.
"By the way, Pan'er, why are you distributing meat in your village at this time?"
Wang Paner's smile froze, but she still spoke softly about how Old Man Shen had killed a wild boar and the villagers had divided the meat, which caused a series of exclamations.
"This is incredible! One person can actually kill a 500-pound wild boar!"
"Everyone can actually get half a pound of meat. This is so happy!"
Duan Hongzhe immediately grasped the key point and said with regret, "Does it mean that everyone in the village can get half a pound of meat? Oh, we are just unlucky. It would have been better if we had arrived in the village in the afternoon."
"Yes, there are five of us. We can share two and a half kilograms of meat. If we save it, it can last for nearly half a month!" Zhong Qing felt a little distressed when he thought about it.
Zheng Chenlong noticed that Wang Pan'er had been secretly looking at Duan Hongzhe, and felt a little sour in his heart. When he heard this, he wanted to show off in front of his sweetheart.
"What's so difficult about this? You're all a bunch of cowards. I'm going to go find Accountant Hu and get our share of the meat back!"
"Hey, Zheng Chenlong, what are you doing? Come back quickly!"
After Zheng Chenlong finished speaking, he walked towards Accountant Hu with a heroic and confident look. Cao Yin failed to catch him and stamped her feet in anxiety.
"Let's go and stop him. This is only the first day we're here, let's not let anything go wrong." A group of people quickly chased after him. Duan Hongzhe walked at the back with a meaningful smile on his face.
"Accountant Hu, we are here to help you build the countryside. We are also part of the village, right? Shouldn't we have a share of the meat?"
When Accountant Hu heard Zheng Chenlong's words, he felt his anger rising. He had just said a lot of good things about these educated youth to Shen Yuancheng, but he didn't expect to be exposed so quickly.
Originally, Wanyang Village had not arranged for educated youth to come and join the team, but unexpectedly, the number of educated youth sent this time was much greater than previously agreed, so they were notified today to go to the town to pick them up.
However, due to lack of preparation in advance, there was no suitable place to accommodate them for a while. There were vacant houses in the village, but they were all in disrepair and would definitely not be habitable if they were not cleaned up.
Accountant Hu was just discussing with Shen Yuancheng that they would ask families with spare rooms in the village to help take in one or two people. The village would give them some work points as compensation and let them move out after the house was renovated.
Zheng Chenlong's voice was not small. Accountant Hu and the others happened to be standing not far from the meat distribution point, so as soon as he said this, the villagers who were distributing the meat looked over at once.
"Where did this young man come from? He comes up and demands a share of the meat. He's really shameless!"
"Why should we share it with them? We don't even have enough to eat ourselves. What a wishful thinking!"
"That's right, they're helping us build the countryside, but they're taking our meat without doing anything. If they really did some work, they'd definitely suck the blood of the whole village!"
As soon as Cao Yin and the others arrived, they heard the indignant condemnation of the surrounding villagers. Suddenly, their vision went dark. Oh no, they were still a step too late.
Duan Hongzhe frowned. It was a mistake. He didn't expect Zheng Chenlong to be so useless that he couldn't even handle such a small matter.
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