The excitement of serving wine is over.
Old man Zhao asked someone to help carry the dining tables and chairs from each family back. Old lady Zhao called a group of women to clean up the mess. These people's help was not in vain. There were some dishes and other things left on the table. Those who helped would be divided. Leftovers from banquets are also a good thing in this day and age.
Zhao Youyin and Zhao Youcai stayed to help deal with the wild boar. This wild boar had less fat and more meat. It was estimated to weigh three hundred kilograms.
Pork, pork bones, pig heads, pork chops, pig feet, pig blood, pig offal... cut each part separately.
Wen is also helping to cut and organize.
Mrs. Sun was pregnant and could not see this, so she sat on the side and helped clean the pig's internal organs.
She didn't want to help at first, but if she didn't help, she would be too embarrassed to ask for meat.
While she was washing the pork belly and intestines, she was mentally calculating how many kilograms of meat would be appropriate to ask for. Half a kilogram should be enough. There were four people in their three-bedroom apartment, and each person could eat several bites of half a kilogram of meat. She just didn't know if her sister-in-law would be able to part with it I'm willing to give up half a catty...
While she was planning, someone from the village came over.
Aunt Wang handed over more than ten cents in her hand: "Da Shan Niang, can you pay eighteen cents per catty for wild boar?"
Pork in town costs 20 cents a pound, and wild boar costs 18 cents, which is very reasonable.
Cheng Wanwan took a knife and cut off a piece of meat. There was only a little bit of meat, and she handed it to Aunt Wang. Then she pointed to the pig blood basin beside her: "If the children like to eat pig blood, take some back with you. It's free." .”
"Oh, then I won't be polite."
Aunt Wang wasn't really rude. She took two pieces of pig blood and left them behind.
Li Zheng's wife took out more than twenty copper coins and said, "Cut me one and a half kilograms and go back to make dumplings to eat."
"Da Shan Niang, I also want a pound, a little more fat."
"I want a pig bone, it's cheaper."
"My daughter-in-law just gave birth, and I want pig's feet stewed in soup to increase her milk supply."
"..."
Many people in the village came to buy meat, but not every household had enough money to buy meat. In the end, seven or eighty pounds of meat was sold.
Mrs. Sun originally wanted to ask for half a catty of meat, but now she was too embarrassed to ask.
Others gave her money, but she asked for it in vain. If this spread, she would not be able to see anyone.
"His second and third uncles, thank you for your hard work." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "And the second and second aunts, thank you for staying to help, otherwise I don't know how long I would be busy. You can take all these things back. .”
In a dustpan, there was a large lump of pork, about seven or eight kilograms, a large bowl of pig blood, two pork ribs, a tube bone, and a large pig's foot.
Zhao Youyin immediately waved his hand: "There are many wild boar meats sent to the town because people want them. Let Ergoula sell them in the town. Only after selling the money can we have peace of mind. How can we eat for free?"
"Second brother, this is also my sister-in-law's good intention." Sun said with a smile, "The children haven't eaten meat for a long time. It's time to make up for it."
The sister-in-law is so generous, giving her seven or eight pounds of meat. It was all in vain that she had been struggling for so long.
Cheng Wanwan said: "If your second uncle and third uncle feel bad about it, then help me pick up a load of firewood."
Two temporary stoves are in the yard of the new house, and the piles of dry firewood have been burned. They are just starting to braise the meat. At least one load of firewood is needed to braise the hundreds of kilograms of meat.
Zhao Youyin and Zhao Youcai went to work without saying a word, and finally picked two loads of firewood and put them neatly in the yard.
Cheng Wanwan is busy here, checking on the progress of the new house from time to time. After the beams are put up, the tiles are put on, one by one, and it slowly starts to look like a home.
There are close to 200 households in Dahe Village. In fact, only 70 or 80 households can afford to build adobe houses, and most of them are thatched houses.
Her house is even more spacious than the adobe house of the Lizheng family, because each room has reserved windows. It is not only spacious, but also very bright, square and bright. It is currently the best in Dahe Village. house.
At the door of the new house, Sun Shuiqin stood silently.
It was because she disliked Zhao Ergou's family for not having a house to live in that she chose Zhao Shagen as the next best option.
If she had known that today would happen, she would never have...
She bit her lower lip, looked up, and saw Zhao Ergou walking over quickly.
Zhao Ergou walked quickly and looked ahead, as if he didn't notice her existence at all.
"Brother Ergou."
Sun Shuiqin couldn't help it anymore and shouted.
Zhao Ergou frowned suddenly: "What are you doing here? Shagen is looking for you everywhere."
"I……"
Sun Shuiqin was speechless.
She didn't know what she was doing here, she just regretted marrying Zhao Shagen.
Zhao Shagen is not as good-looking as Zhao Ergou, and she is not as smart as Zhao Ergou. She is stupid all day long and doesn't know what to enjoy. She feels that life is very boring.
"actually, I……"
She spoke again.
Cheng Wanwan's voice came from the yard: "Ergou, come here quickly."
Zhao Ergou didn't look at Sun Shuiqin again and walked in quickly: "Mom, what are you doing here?"
Cheng Wanwan didn't mention Sun Shuiqin's matter, she believed Ergou could handle it properly.
She said: "The original pig offal plus the game sent by Zhao Orion, total 70 kilograms, and the wild boar still has 120 or 30 kilograms left. Can we sell this much braised meat tomorrow? "
Zhao Ergou nodded: "Of course, shopkeeper Yang of Zuixianlou said before that he can eat three hundred kilograms a day."
He was busy building a house before and lacked manpower. After moving into the new house, he will start planning to increase the daily 70-80 kilograms of braised meat to 300 kilograms, or even more.
The more they sell, the more money the family can make, and they can buy a shop as soon as possible.
During this period, he sold seventy or eighty kilograms of braised meat every day, earning about two taels of silver. Apart from buying some delicious food for his family, the rest was given to Cheng Wanwan and accumulated. There are more than twenty taels of silver.
After people make money, they will feel confident and their horizons will gradually broaden.
The Zhao Ergou at this time was completely different from the Zhao Ergou whom Cheng Wanwan had just met.
No, it should be said that the four children in the family, as well as the eldest daughter-in-law, have all changed. This is an upward change.
Nearly two hundred kilograms of marinated meat was cooked in two pots together, and it didn't finish until late at night.
The next day, before dawn, Zhao Ergou and Shen Zheng took a bullock cart to the town.
Shen Zheng was going to Ping'an Town and went home to explain the matter clearly to his father. Zhao Ergou originally wanted to leave him separately, but for some reason he decided to go to the county government office with him.
The ox cart went to Ping'an Town first. When we arrived at the city gate, the sun had not yet come out.
Because Zhao Ergou had to deal with the owner of the restaurant, every time he came to town, he wore new clothes as a gift from Magistrate Shen on his previous visit.
Shen Zheng was afraid of being compared, so he also put on new clothes. The fabric of this dress was bought by Cheng Wanwan after the last autumn harvest, and Wu Huiniang took the time to sew it.
The two of them went to the gate of the county government office and walked in without any obstruction.
At this time, Magistrate Shen was handling government affairs in the study. Hearing from his subordinates that his son was back, he quickly got up and went out to greet him.
