"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and all the ghosts and monsters are out. You must be careful when you go out. Shall we go back to our hometown after the holiday?"
"I'll call my sister-in-law tomorrow and ask her about the situation at home. Things are not going well in my hometown this year. We will have a lot of trouble when we go home. It wouldn't be good if we don't go home. Our parents are at home and we won't go back. Some It doesn’t make sense.”
"The food is ready, let's eat."
"Su Wen, you're back. Do you know when your Damao brother will be back?"
"Sister-in-law, I left with Brother Damao. We separated around 11 o'clock in the morning. If we count the time, Brother Damao will be back soon."
"Sister Xiao'e, you haven't eaten yet. Come to my house to have something together. Wang Qianqian warmly invited Lou Xiao'e.
Lou Xiao'e smiled and shook her head, "No, you can eat first. I'm not hungry yet. Let's eat together when Brother Damao comes back."
Su Wen and Wang Qianqian began to enjoy their dinner. They chatted and enjoyed the wonderful time while eating.
Damaocai came back around eight o'clock in the evening, still carrying a pig's head in his hand. The pig's head was split in half from the middle. Xu Damao didn't go home and knocked on Su Wen's door.
"Xiao Wen, I've sold all of them, and there's only one pig's head left, which weighs about seven pounds. Your sister-in-law and I don't know how to cook it. You cook it, and our family takes half of it."
"Brother Damao sees you so happy, he must have made a lot of money, right?"
"I almost doubled my money. I didn't have any retail sales, so I gave it to a kid working in the black market all at once. I waited until now because he didn't have enough money to eat it all. I spent 350 yuan on buying pigs and got back 680 yuan. There was only one big pig head left. Xu Damao took out 150 yuan from his pocket and gave it to Su Wen. "Xiao Wen, this is the money I invested for the piglets. We agreed, I don't care how many you can feed, you give it to me at the end of the year." A pig weighing more than 100 kilograms is enough. "
Su Wen took the money and nodded, "Okay, Brother Damao, I have never raised one before, and I don't know what will happen at the end of the year, but I promise you that I will prepare the pig for you."
"Brother, I'm relieved by your words. It's getting late. I'll go home for dinner first."
Wang Qianqian took the pig's head from Su Wen's hand, "Brother Wen, should we cook this pig's head tonight or tomorrow?"
"Let's cook it tomorrow afternoon. I'll be back early."
"I don't need your help, I can do it myself."
"I know you can do it on your own. I didn't come back to help you cook the pig's head. I came back to help you protect yourself from the residents. The pig's head meat is so fragrant. Can you handle it by yourself after it's cooked and brought to you?"
Wang Qianqian laughed after hearing Su Wen's words, "Don't worry, I'm not afraid of them." Wang Qianqian patted her chest, showing a confident attitude.
Today is the last day of work before the Spring Festival. The office of Purchasing Section 3 is full of people. Only three people are absent. Lu Wenxiu has not been here for three days. Zhu Minghua was very happy to see so many people in the procurement department. "The section chief is not here today, so I will announce the New Year's gift for the section chief. Three pounds of cornmeal and one tael of brown sugar per person. Go to the General Affairs Department after get off work to get it."
Hearing the news, the office immediately became excited, cheers came and went, and everyone was happy for this New Year gift. Brown sugar is a rare thing, and so is cornmeal. Nowadays, when people are short of clothes and clothing, cornmeal is the most practical thing.
After lunch, Su Wen went to the General Affairs Department to receive his share of the gift, and then went to the Finance Department to receive his advance salary before leaving the Steel Steel Factory and going home.
When Su Wen returned home, there were crowds of people near the hanging flower door from the central courtyard to the backyard. As soon as he walked into the central courtyard, there was a strong smell of pork.
Su Wen walked through the crowd and walked to the backyard, where he saw Wang Qianqian busy on the chopping board. She was separating the pig skull from the meat. Wang Qianqian saw Su Wen coming back and nodded to him with a smile. Lou Xiao'e stood beside Wang Qianqian a little at a loss.
"Brother Wen, you are back." Wang Qianqian asked, "What gift did you get today?"
Su Wen handed her the gift bag in his hand, "Three pounds of cornmeal and one tael of brown sugar."
Wang Qianqian took the gift and said with a smile: "That's great. Now we can have a prosperous New Year."
"Su Wen, my eldest grandson is hungry for meat. Can you give him a piece of meat?" When Jia Zhang saw Su Wen come back, she asked for meat. When the pig head meat was cooked and out of the pot, they wanted to eat it. Wang Qianqian didn't give it. The smell of pork head meat was so tempting. They took advantage of the crowd and pressed forward step by step. In the end, Wang Qianqian used a kitchen knife to scare them away.
"Your grandson is greedy for meat and you go buy it. What does that have to do with me? He is not my grandson."
"My son was injured just to protect the safety of the compound. What's wrong with eating some of your meat?"
"Aunt Jia, please don't put gold on your son. Jia Dongxu was definitely not injured to protect the compound. I had no evidence that day. I also donated money. Later, I never saw the police coming to the compound to investigate and collect evidence. I knew that Jia Dongxu In all likelihood, you went to the black market to buy food and were robbed. Why didn't you call the police when you protected the compound? Why didn't you call the police if you were injured? Don't you want to avenge your son? Are you worthy of being a mother? Go call the police. , bring the bad guy who beat your son to justice? Do you dare to go?"
"You're talking nonsense. Why would my son go to the black market to buy food? He has a serious job." Mrs. Jia Zhang jumped in anger.
"Am I talking nonsense? Do you dare to go to the police and let the police investigate why your son was injured?" Su Wen mocked. "You have a family of three adults and two children. Only Jia Dongxu has a ration. Your family would have starved to death if you hadn't sold food on the black market."
"Shut up, you brat. What do you know? My son has a formal job. How could he go to the black market to buy food? What a joke." Jia Zhang glared at Su Wen with a look of disdain.
"Then you go to the police. Your son was beaten half to death, but you don't dare to call the police. What are you afraid of?"
"Stop talking nonsense here, what do I have to be afraid of? Mrs. Jia Zhang pretended to be calm.
"Then you call the police and avenge your son."
After hearing this, Jia Zhang was so angry that she couldn't speak. She glared at Su Wen, turned around, took Banggian's hand and left. Seeing that Su Wen had returned, the others dispersed and went home.
"Su Wen, there's quite a lot of pig head meat. It's okay to give it to the children. What I give to them can be counted as my family's half." Lou Xiao'e whispered to Su Wen.
"Sister-in-law, you'd better keep your sympathy away. Believe it or not, if you give it now, the whole hospital will go to your house to block the door in a while. When Damao comes back, they will take away your half. If you don't believe it, you can Try it yourself.”
After hearing Su Wen's words, Lou Xiao'e sighed, shook her head, and stopped talking.
