Yuelai Town is a very remote town, surrounded by the Yuelai River. Whenever the rainy season comes, the river water surges, often reaching more than ten meters in one night or half a day. It is normal for the town to have one floor flooded. After all, This happens every year, and everyone in the town is used to it.
As soon as the heavy rain fell, I must have tidied up the ground floor in advance.
Otherwise, when the river water recedes, the half-story house will not be able to be shoveled clean of the sediment.
Yuan Zha's house is not in town.
Although it can't be flooded, it's not far away.
The key point is that the heavy rain not only flooded the vegetable market, but also flooded a section of the road, and the ferries and buses would not run.
Raising pigs at home consumes a lot of food.
It's better to kill them and sell them.
That night, the wind blew through the bamboo forest, bringing a bit of coolness.
After dinner, the father and daughter got busy.
The second sister boils water.
Big sister helps.
The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.
By about four o'clock in the morning, the two pigs were finally cleaned up. Even the big bucket of fat intestines no longer smelled at all thanks to the efforts of the eldest sister and the second sister.
"You two go to sleep."
Nothing else happened.
He also has to squint for a while.
A large fan blows on the pork on the trolley to prevent mosquitoes and prevent the pork from becoming smelly.
Several coils of mosquito coils were burning not far away.
Half past five.
Song Shi opened his eyes and mercilessly woke up the girls, who were sleeping soundly.
The two girls opened their eyes in a daze.
Song Shi: "Get up! Go to work!"
Once this half day is over, you can sleep as much as you want.
The two of them got up with their brains in a state of confusion, and followed their body's instincts to move slowly, waking up as they moved.
The second sister looked confused.
Why do you want to help at the stall this time?
Song Shi only had four words for her, treating everyone equally.
It doesn't make sense to treat them differently, right?
Fairness starts from the baby.
Otherwise it will be very emotional.
The father and daughter pushed the overloaded cart slowly forward in the dim sky.
We all live by the river, and we all feel the changes in the weather. If we look at the old calendar, we will find that the rainy season is coming.
There are people carrying baskets on their backs on the road.
Song Shi turned on the cheating mode.
"Fresh pork, just killed this morning."
"Fooling? Who am I fooling? Who in this town this month doesn't know that I, Song Laosan, am the most honest and sincere person. I brought this pig back from so-and-so's house yesterday. If you don't believe me, just ask!"
"Buy! What can you buy more? I bought so much that I can't finish it. Oh, feed my brother. Look at the day. Then go look at the river and see how much the water has risen. If you don't stock up on some meat, it will rain heavily in two days. If the streets are flooded, at least two markets will not be open, and then you won’t be able to buy meat if you want.”
"Afraid of spoiling? It's not that simple. Buy some fat meat, buy some pork belly and fry it with home-made pickles. It won't spoil if soaked in oil. Or buy a pig's trotters and stew them, take out the fat ones and mix them with green peppers or something. It’s a stir-fry. There are so many people in the family and I’m worried that I won’t be able to finish it all!”
"Big sister and second sister, what are you doing standing around? Why don't you quickly find a bag and put it in it!"
Because the water in Yuelai River is about to rise, the pork sales today were very smooth. Later, some of them were sold at the stall, even the pig head was sold as a gift to thank the matchmaker, and in the end only a few were left. The good bubble meat was given to big customers who had been fooled into death by him as a topping.
The big customers left satisfied.
Song Shi sat on a stool with a bag containing money on his waist and directed his two girls to pack their things.
Zhou Lan came over with a basket on her back, glanced at the stall first, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she pretended not to care and said hello, "Hey, third child, the meat is sold so fast today!"
Song Shi raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then yawned, "Sister-in-law, you want to buy meat? Then you are late. The water in the river has started to rise. I was worried that the venue would not be open, so I bought more." Go back." Then he pointed to the other side, "Go over there and have a look, maybe there are some left."
Zhou Lan looked unbelieving, "All sold out? Don't you have any at home?"
What does this third child mean?
In the past, every now and then, I would leave some meat for the two girls to deliver.
It’s been how many days since I sent this!
She came to ask in person today, and the result was good, she said no!
Do you think she believes it?
He smiled softly, "My parents were still complaining about the lack of taste in my mouth two days ago."
"Sister-in-law, please add two more pinches of salt when cooking." Song Shi continued smoothly.
Zhou Lan: "."
Choked.
But the daughter-in-law in Yuelai Town will not give in easily when it comes to words.
He immediately laughed and said, "What you said is funny, third brother. What's the point of adding two more handfuls of salt? Can the meat be tasteful?"
"Then the meat will definitely not taste good, so why don't I ask my sister-in-law to go there and have a look? If we delay any longer, we really won't be able to buy meat."
Zhou Lan was so angry that she turned around and left.
Buying meat?
Buy a hammer!
It doesn’t matter whether those two old men are worthy of letting her spend money!
At worst, the whole family won’t eat it!
While walking, I was complaining to people, "I have two old people living in my house, and the third one, a pork seller, can't even bear to give his parents a piece of meat." "Who calls us the eldest sons?" "We are selfish. No wonder God doesn't allow it." When he gave birth to a son, etc., it was always her family's fault that the boss suffered.
So Song Shi went home a little later than usual today.
"I made good promises when we separated, and even invited the village chief and captain to be witnesses. But now I regret it. Don't fight for the old one when you have the ability." "You want me to take responsibility, okay, give me the old house and the original one." Their money was taken out and redistributed. "How long the two elders have been raising their children at his house and how much subsidy they have to pay for the children must be the same as mine." In the past, my family sent us a lot of meat, saying it was for the elders to eat. If anyone tells a lie, he will never have money to buy meat for the rest of his life.
It's not like he doesn't know how to say these words.
Zhou Lan stood in the yard and scolded Sang and Huai, then vented her anger on the man, "Your brother is more arrogant than a woman!"
Song Rong didn't care, "It's just a piece of pork, and it's not like my family can't afford it."
"Don't you have to spend money to buy meat? You earned a lot of money to buy meat for me!"
Zhou Lan's words left Song Rong speechless.
He can't make any money.
He has no place to make money.
But in this town, aren’t everyone from all over the country similar to him?
Song Rong shook his head and refused to argue with the angry woman. The weather was nice and cool today and he planned to go hoeing in the afternoon.
The meat has been sold out.
Song Shi put away the knives.
So I took my two daughters to go shopping in the market.
I bought some marinated spices and fruits, and weighed two kilograms of biscuits. When I passed by a grocery stall, I also bought beautiful hairpins for my eldest sister and my second sister.
Then he pushed the cart home.
Huang Simei made the rice noodles in advance, and each person had a big bowl of rice noodles with pickled cabbage and shredded pork at noon, which made everyone sweat profusely.
