Chapter 140 A Pound of Pork for a Daughter-in-law
"Second Uncle, please take these big bones and pork back!" Wang Chunmei walked out of the kitchen carrying a pound of pork and several big bones.
Li Juncai is the fourth eldest among the clan members in the village. However, he and Grandpa Li Wen are biological brothers, so they usually call him "Second Uncle" when they are together, so they are close to each other.
"I don't want it, why are you giving it to me? Take it back." Li Juncai said with a straight face.
"I have some for my family, and I will send them to my aunt and uncle's family this afternoon, so don't refuse." Li Deyou said.
"I don't want pork and big bone. Your aunt brought a lot of braised pork today! Give uncle some of the broth. I like rice with broth." Li Juncai said to Wang Chunmei.
"Okay, I'll serve you some more. There's a lot of broth. It's too hot in the summer and I can't keep it." Wang Chunmei said as she took out a small pot of broth from the kitchen and walked out.
After seeing off Party Secretary Li Juncai, Li Wen's family can finally rest.
"Everyone was so noisy at noon, but it's finally quiet now." Wang Chunmei said with a smile while sitting in the yard.
"How much meat is left at home? Cut some and divide it up and send some to relatives in the afternoon." Li Deyou asked.
A few adults and the old lady sat in the yard and began to tally up. Finally, they calculated that there were a total of thirteen relatives to send away.
Arrangements were made for the Li Deyou brothers to send their uncles, aunts, and aunts to their homes.
The two daughters-in-law were sent to their parents' homes and to their siblings' homes respectively. Li Wen was sent the farthest away, to the eldest sister Li Li's home.
"Mom, please stop sending meat to my grandma's house. I just sent it two days ago."
"You can just bring some braised pork and pig's blood with you in the afternoon. Bring more pig's blood, which is nutritious and is very good for the elderly." Li Wen said to his mother Wang Chunmei.
"Okay, I know, I don't need you to teach me."
Finally, everyone discussed for a while and divided seventeen pounds of pork among them according to their relationship, and then gave each family half a pound of braised pork.
At noon, Li Wen made a total of more than 30 kilograms of braised pork. There were no refrigerators in this era, so the braised pork could be kept for two days at most.
Even if Li Wen's family ate meat as rice, they wouldn't be able to finish it in two days. So they could only give some to each of their relatives.
Finally, one pig was divided, and Li Wen's family got more than 20 kilograms of pork, more than 50 yuan and dozens of kilograms of cornmeal. It can be said that the profit exploded.
"Awen, you spent five yuan to buy the pig, and I will give you another ten yuan as a reward." Li Deyou smiled and took out fifteen yuan and handed it to Li Wen.
"Dad, I don't want it anymore. I have money. Meat is enough for me. You can keep it!" Li Wen smiled and waved his hand.
"Mom, take these thirty yuan." Li Deyou smiled and gave the thirty yuan to his old mother.
"Okay, I'll keep the thirty yuan for public use. Chunmei, Yanzi, if the public school needs money in the future, you can still take it from me as before." The old lady smiled and took the money.
"Uncle, what about ours? We have been feeding Xiaohei's." Tie Erhan Li Yong stood up again at the instigation of Li Tao.
"Fuck you, get out of here, or I'll slap you with the soles of my big shoes." Li Dezhong said as he took off his rubber shoes and prepared to beat Li Yong.
"You have such a donkey temper that you beat your children at every turn. These children have been the main force in feeding pigs in the past two years. What A Yong said is absolutely right." The old lady quickly pulled her grandson into her arms and scolded Li Dezhong.
"What you said is right. Come on, uncle will give each of you 10 cents as a reward." Li Deyou smiled and took out 40 cents from his pocket and handed it to the little guys.
"Wow, we have money, so much money!" Several little guys each held a dime in their hands and jumped up happily.
Children are so innocent, even a dime surprises them.
"From the second brother's family, these ten dollars are for you." Then Li Deyou handed ten dollars from the remaining twenty dollars in his hand to Cui Yanzi.
"Brother, we don't want it. This pig was raised by Awen and not from a public servant. How can we accept the money?" Li Dezhong quickly refused.
"Here you go, just take it. We are all one family, and there is still hard work without credit! These ten dollars should be regarded as Xiaoyong's hard-earned money." Li Deyou said with a smile.
"Yes, Second Uncle! The village will re-divide the homestead land after the summer harvest. Aren't you planning to build a house in the second half of the year? The more money the better at this time." Li Wen said with a smile.
"You kid, you just say some words that no one has heard of all day long. That's okay, brother, let's continue." Cui Yanzi took the stack of change with a smile on her face.
"Mom, let's go together later. I'll take you on my bicycle."
"Okay, wait a minute, Mom, I'll clean up the kitchen first." Wang Chunmei quickly got up and went back to the kitchen to clean up.
"Mom, I have two kilograms of meat coupons here. You can give them to my grandpa when you get there, and let him buy them from the town if he wants to eat meat." When he arrived in the town, Li Wen took out four half-kilo meat coupons from his pocket.
Pass it to Wang Chunmei.
Wang Chunmei was not polite to her son, she took the meat ticket and put it directly into her pocket.
"Okay, hurry up and leave. Your eldest sister's home is still dozens of miles away!" Wang Chunmei urged.
After leaving the town, Li Wen put his satchel directly into the space and started racing on the dirt road.
It hasn't rained much recently, so the loess road has been driven out of a layer of fine soil, and the bicycle rides on it very smoothly, so there are no bumps in Li Wen's speed.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, after an hour's journey, Li Wen arrived at Wangle Township, where his eldest sister's home is located, at noon.
After riding a bicycle for an hour, Li Wen's body was covered with dirt and his whole body was covered with disgrace.
Outside the town, Li Wen got into the warehouse space, washed his face and hair, and arranged his clothes at the same time.
After cleaning up, Li Wen carried two kilograms of pork and came to Qingshui Village.
"It's Xiaoli's brother!" Li Wen knocked on the door and it was his brother-in-law's grandmother who opened the door.
"Grandma, is my sister at home?" Li Wen propped up the car and asked with a smile.
"Your sister has gone to work in the wheat field, why don't you come in and sit down first?" the old lady said enthusiastically, her eyes fixed on the pork hanging on the front of Li Wen's car.
"Grandma, I'd better go and see where the wheat farm is?" Li Wen declined politely.
As long as Li Wen goes in and sits down, the old lady will immediately take away the pork, and Li Wen won't do it.
The old lady was obviously a little disappointed. She smiled and said to her grandson behind her, "Dabao took this uncle to the wheat field to find your Aunt Xiaoli."
"Uncle, does your pork look so delicious?" Dabao was sitting in the back seat, with his head stretched out like a wild goose, looking at the pork at the front of the car, swallowing his saliva.
"This is for your aunt and little brother. When your aunt comes back, ask her to make it for you." Li Wen smiled and handed the little guy a candy behind his back. He didn't want to be touched by the little guy.
Rubbing his saliva on his back.
A few minutes later, Li Wen arrived at the field. Li Wen did not go in and asked Dabao to run in and call someone.
"Awen, why are you here?" The eldest sister ran over in a hurry. Li Wen saw Li Li wearing a straw hat on her head and her cheeks were red from the sun.
Li Wen couldn't help but feel sorry for his sister. His little nephew was less than one year old. In future generations, he would be at home looking after children, but there was nothing he could do about it in this era.
"Sister, please take a leave from the scorer and go back. I'll bring you meat." Li Wen pointed to the pork at the front of the car and said.
"Okay, you go back first and I'll talk to the scorer." Li Li looked at the pork and quickly ran towards the scorer in the field.
"Dabao is gone, go home." Li Wen shouted towards Dabao who was playing with several children in the field.
"I'm not going to play anymore, I'm going home to eat meat!" Dabao dropped the leaves in his hand and ran towards Li Wen.
"Sister, where is my little nephew? Take it out and let me have a look." Li Wen shouted to Li Li as he walked through the door.
"The child just fell asleep now. Just take a look and don't wake him up. It's hard to coax him," the old lady said.
"The little guy is so cute, he's also spitting bubbles!" Li Wen gently touched the little guy's face with his finger and whispered.
"This child is growing up so fast. During the Chinese New Year, I thought he was a little bigger than a brick. Now he is as tall as a stool, but his face is a little less fleshy." Li Wen said with a smile as he walked out of the room.
"You're still thin! This little guy has a round face. The three cans of milk powder you gave me are all extra for this little guy."
"I brought you a can of milk powder today, and you can secretly give it to your child to drink when the time comes." Li Wen said quietly when he saw that no one was in the room.
"Okay, sister, I won't be polite to you anymore. From now on, when your nephew grows up, he will be more filial to you." Li Li said with a smile.
Li Wen secretly took out the milk powder and braised pork from the bag.
The family only gave Li Li half a kilogram of braised pork, and Li Wen took more than a kilogram from the space. These two kilograms of braised pork were enough for the eldest sister and brother-in-law to eat for two days.
"Awen, why did you remember to give pork to your sister today?" Li Li picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into her mouth, and asked in a low voice.
"I killed the big pig at home today, and my mother said I would bring you some to replenish your health."
"Our mother is really good at calculating things! Your brother-in-law and his younger brother are planning to get married recently. The woman wants a pound of pork as a gift, and you just happened to be in time." Li Li sighed and said.
"Ah! Can one pound of pork really marry a wife?" Li Wen looked at his eldest sister Li Li and said in shock.
"Why not? The woman's family wants a pound of pork and nothing else."
"I haven't seen it before. I've only heard of it before. This is the first time it happened to me today." Li Wen said with a smile.
"What do you know? The year before last year, I only gave you two yuan as a gift when I married your brother-in-law, which is not as valuable as a pound of pork!" Li Li snorted coldly.
Li Wen was speechless. Really, although two yuan is a lot of money, it is not as valuable as pork.
"Why are you sighing? Even if you don't use these two kilograms of pork as a gift for your brother-in-law, you won't be able to eat much. You might as well eat the braised pork I brought you." Li Wen analyzed with a smile.
"Forget it, this is the only way. I have to lock the braised pork in the cabinet, otherwise it will be eaten secretly."
Li Li took a few bites of braised pork, quickly put the things away in the cabinet, and locked it with a lock.
"Sister, thank you for your hard work." Li Wen felt very uncomfortable when he saw Li Li eating his own food like a thief.
Chapter completed!