PFC Chapter 214 Containment
Chapter 214 Containment
But after all, he is not a professional pork seller, and he has no idea about the weight. He can only take out the scale to weigh it. If there is too much, cut it off, and if there is too little, add some. Anyway, the weight will not be off by them at all.
The old educated youth quickly bought the pork and left excitedly to prepare to make lard.
Luo Xinci, who was standing nearby, peeked over and saw Xue Li sitting outside the room. She quickly went over to ask her, "Are you selling meat? Do you have any left?"
"Go ask Wu Aiqing directly." Xue Li pushed her. There should be some left. After all, there were only a few educated youth with money. Only Zhao Chunjiang bought two kilograms, while the others bought one or half a kilogram.
Luo Xinci immediately ran back to the room to find money.
Yuan Jiaojiao was scooping cornmeal to make steamed corn bread. Seeing her like this, she asked what she was doing.
"Go buy some meat, Jiangyu and the others are selling it." Luo Xinci had long been craving for meat, but she couldn't take time off during the harvest season, so she hadn't been able to go out and spend money. Now that she had a chance to buy some meat, she should go grab it right away! ?
"Really? Do you have extra meat for sale? Then buy more. No, look at how much is left. It should not exceed 5 kilograms. We can take all of it." Yuan Jiaojiao also knows how to pickle bacon. Now she doesn't know when she can return to the city, but it will take at least a few months at the earliest. During this period, the 5 kilograms of bacon will definitely be consumed.
"Okay!" Luo Xinci put a big unity card in her pocket and went out.
When Wu Aiqing saw her coming, he stopped packing the meat and asked her directly how much she needed.
"How many pounds do you have left?" Luo Xinci looked at the pork on the chopping board and began to imagine the delicious taste of pork fried with cabbage.
Upon hearing this, Wu Aiqing weighed the remaining meat and said, "4 jin 7 liang."
"I want them all." Luo Xinci handed over the money.
Wu Aiqing gave her the change and said, "Then go get a plate and put the meat on it."
"Oh, oh, I forgot. Wait a minute." Luo Xinci stuffed the money into her pocket and hurried back to her room to get the bowl.
That night, lard was being boiled in the kitchen in the front yard, and the strong smell of meat wafted from the chimney along with the smoke.
In the backyard, Wu Aiqing prepared something simpler. He sliced the meat and stir-fried it, then added eggplant and potatoes to stew.
Yuan Jiaojiao next to her also cut off the fat, boiled it into lard, and finally fried the cabbage with the lard residue.
The educated youth who were lighting incense and passing by were so jealous that their eyes were about to bleed.
Several households nearby were in even greater chaos, with the sounds of children crying and adults beating and scolding one after another, and it only gradually stopped late into the night.
"This power is too great. Who knows, someone might cause trouble tomorrow." Fang Qianqian in the front yard felt uneasy and said to Chen Xiaohua, "Are we being too ostentatious?"
"Jiang Yu and the others have set such a good example, so what we have is nothing compared to that?" Chen Xiaohua had eaten Fang Qianqian's meat, so naturally he was willing to use his brain to persuade her.
"That's true, but Jiang Yu and the others are not going to work now, and we are still under the eyes of the villagers. I'm worried that they will say something nasty tomorrow." Fang Qianqian turned over, faced Chen Xiaohua, and sighed.
Chen Xiaohua also came over and said, "If you think about it this way, we have eaten, and we must face what will happen tomorrow. The team can't take our lives just because we eat a little meat, right?! If they can't, let them say whatever they want. No matter what, they can't let us lose a piece of meat. Don't take their words to heart, and life will naturally be better, right?"
Fang Qianqian thought about it again and again. Although it was true, she was still worried. The villagers were so tense that they looked like they were about to explode at any time. She was afraid that their eating of meat would become a spark and ignite them.
Chen Xiaohua didn't understand her worries. Instead, he gradually felt sleepy and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
There was also someone who was worried in the backyard, namely the frightened Yuan Jiaojiao.
This girl was frightened because she saw the other side of human nature. Eating meat felt good for a while, but afterwards... it's hard to say, but she was definitely scolded.
I really want to escape~~
Yuan Jiaojiao had tears in her eyes and fell asleep in a daze.
The next day, everyone in the small group was busy.
As for the other educated youth, even though some of them felt sad, they still had to bite the bullet and go to work together.
Xue Li saw that Yuan Jiaojiao looked pale, and glanced at her twice in confusion.
Chen Jinghan noticed it and asked her what was wrong?
"Maybe Yuan Jiaojiao caught a cold or didn't sleep well. She looks bad and has dark circles under her eyes." Xue Li was a little worried.
"Maybe you didn't sleep well last night." Chen Jinghan didn't pay attention to other people. Seeing her like this, she just said something to comfort her.
Xue Li nodded. Since Yuan Jiaojiao could still go to work, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Luo Chengli, who was lying in the next room, heard their conversation, but he was calm and didn't care at all.
When the educated youth arrived at the cornfield, they were surrounded by a group of middle-aged women before the team leader came to assign them work. They were talking so noisily that it hurt to hear.
"I heard that you educated youth held a banquet yesterday?"
"This is incredible! Is there some big happy event happening at the Youth League Center? Tell us about it so that we, the peasants, can also share in the joy!"
"That is to say, you didn't even bother to inform us when something good happened. Could it be that you educated youth are disgusted by us eating too much, so you celebrated secretly on purpose?"
"Oh, you don't know. The educated youths' place was so delicious last night. I passed by and when I got home, my little grandson kept making trouble for me, saying that I went out to eat meat secretly. Tsk!"
"You educated youth are the ones who have money. You are all so rich. How much pork have you hoarded? Is there any left? Share it. We are all from the same village and live so close. My child was crying because he was greedy yesterday, but you didn't even open the door to share a bite with him. You are so stingy."
"Yes, yes, yes. We won't take advantage of you. How much did you pay for the pork? We'll exchange some with you at the market price. How about 5 cents a pound?"
Not only the aunties are complaining, but the uncles are no less.
Everyone squeezed forward just to say a few words to the educated youth.
If you don’t know, you might think there are some good things in there that you can pick up for free.
The male educated youth subconsciously surrounded the female comrades in the middle, but the crowd became more and more crowded, and the educated youth were almost pushed together.
Yuan Jiaojiao was already scared, and now she pulled Luo Xinci and started crying.
Although Luo Xinci had heard about the villagers' cruelty, this was the first time he had faced their difficulties head-on, and he was frightened to the point of paleness.
He Yuanchao was so angry that he stretched out his finger and poked the man in the face who was leading the charge and started to curse, "Shameless old bastard, who are you trying to throw mud at! What do you mean by rich as hell? What do you mean by hoarding pork? Ugh! We work with you from dawn to dusk every day, how could you see us hoarding meat!"