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Chapter 017 Pig in the Water (Part 2)
"Secretary Liu?" Zhou Ningyu didn't react for a while. He frowned inadvertently. He always felt that his son Zhou Nan, who had recently graduated from Jinghua University, had become very "strange", so strange that he sometimes felt like thinking about it.
It's a bit weird. The way he speaks, acts, and moves doesn't look like a 22-year-old freshly graduated college student.
"Yes, Dad, Liu Xiangdong, Secretary Liu. Deputy Secretary of the Qing'an Municipal Party Committee, Secretary Liu in charge of the Party and Mass Affairs... If there hadn't been Secretary Liu, you wouldn't have been able to mention him. I think, Dad, you should go see Secretary Liu.
...people can never forget their origins
Right?" Zhou Nan knew that Zhou Ningyu must have had some kind of "suspiciousness" about him at this moment, because everything he said and done in the past two days was so inconsistent with his status. Just for the sake of his father's future and the future of the Zhou family, he also
I can't care about this anymore.
No matter how "suspected" Zhou Ningyu was, Zhou Nan was always his legitimate son... and that was enough.
Zhou Ningyu frowned and looked at the strange son in front of him, and was speechless for a moment. It wasn't a big deal to visit Liu Xiangdong, Secretary Liu, and Zhou Ningyu didn't object to it. As I said before,
Zhou Ningyu is a person who knows how to repay kindness.
He is quite a bookish person. For Liu Xiangdong, who appreciates him, he will basically pay a courtesy visit once a year. Each time, he takes the opportunity to return to his hometown during the Spring Festival to send Liu Xiangdong some pigs killed in his hometown for the New Year.
Fresh pig guts.
Because Liu Xiangdong doesn’t smoke, drink, or play mahjong. He doesn’t have any big hobbies in his life. He just wants to take a bite of fresh pig offal, such as pork liver, pork belly, pig intestine, pig heart, etc. Clean it and make it with various kinds of aniseed sauce.
, and then stir-fry with green chili peppers, onions, ginger and garlic, the taste is no less than delicacies from the mountains and seas.
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Next Tuesday is the engagement day for Zhou Ninghui's daughter Zhou Wenjing. The man is from a village in Linzhen, his name is Zhao Gang, and he and Zhou Wenjing work in the same factory in the town. According to the rural customs in this area, men and women must be engaged before they can officially get married.
The man and woman held banquets one after another for neighbors, relatives and friends.
The woman holds a banquet in front of her, and the man holds a banquet in the back. The day when the woman holds the banquet is actually the day when the man comes to the woman’s house to “deliver betrothal gifts”. Nowadays, the popular “three gold and one mole” for engagement in society means that the man
The woman should be given three pieces of gold jewelry and a women's scooter. If it is a man with a better family condition, he will also give some cash at the same time. Of course, this also has its own requirements, such as 3180 (we want to send it), 10001 (thousands of miles to choose).
1) Wait.
In short, whether it is a man or a woman, engagement is a big event, and it is no less important than marriage. In fact, this custom is a great burden for rural people who have just escaped poverty and become rich, but the social tradition of human relations is such that
There is nothing anyone can do.
Since Sunday, the Zhou family has been busy preparing for the engagement banquet to be held at noon next Tuesday. On Sunday afternoon, Zhou Ninghui invited a pig butcher in the village to kill a big fat pig raised at home, while Yue Ping helped
Zhou Ninghui's wife Wang Yuemei went to town to purchase various items, such as tobacco, wine, sugar and tea.
The process of killing a pig was very brutal. The big fat pig's shrill screams almost echoed through the whole village, attracting many children in the village to watch the fun. Zhou Nan was also very interested. He squatted at the door with great interest, and said enthusiastically
Watch the scene of pig killing in the countryside.
A large iron pot was placed on the open space at the entrance of the Zhou family's yard. Below it was a pile of blazing firewood. The firewood was poured with gasoline and burned very vigorously. It didn't take long for the water in the pot to boil.
Several men from the village who came to help tied up the fat pig's hooves and lifted it onto a bluestone platform. Then the pig butcher, or butcher, began to kill the pig. A group of children screamed
Covering his eyes as he shouted, Zhou Nan also turned his head away with some frustration. Although the sound of the pig howling desperately reached his ears, he still did not look back, let alone how the butcher ended up being so cruel.
Killed by a pig.
After the bloodletting was completed, there was another procedure that Zhou Nan thought was unhygienic but somewhat interesting: pig blowing.
The butcher used a steel drill to insert it into a pig's trotter, then took out a rubber tube from his pocket and stuffed it in. Then he took a long breath and leaned over to blow it away. This cycle continued, and the butcher's face turned pale.
The red cloth is covered with red cloth, and the pig's body gradually bulges out, becoming round and shiny.
This makes it easy to lose hair. Although Zhou Nan doesn't know why, he generally knows the purpose of pig blowing.
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At Zhou Nan's urging, Zhou Ningyu hesitated for a while, but cleaned the entire set of fresh pig offal that he took out, sealed it in a fresh-keeping bag with ice cubes, and took the only jeep in the village to the market.
Here, I went to visit the old leader, Secretary Liu, Liu Xiangdong.
As a high-ranking official outside the country, he has supreme authority in the village. He offered to borrow the village jeep, and the village cadres were not willing to accept it.
Zhou Nan originally wanted to follow him, but then he thought about it and let it go.
Liu Xiangdong is 50 years old this year and has been working at the deputy department level for nearly 8 years. At this time, he feels that the boat has basically arrived at the dock and the car has arrived, and his thoughts on further advancement have faded away.
People in the officialdom, especially leaders at the level of Liu Xiangdong, once their upward thinking has faded, they will not be very enthusiastic about political achievements and flattery. In this kind of mentality, some people will bend down and do something down-to-earth.
Real things can make up for the regrets of being an official for a long time, and some people have begun to grab money and crazily grab personal interests to pave the way for retirement. Liu Xiangdong belongs to the former.
Therefore, since the beginning of the year, he, the deputy secretary in charge of the party and the masses, who has always been relatively leisurely, has frequently gone deep into the grassroots and grasped a few practical matters.
That evening, as soon as he came home and entered, Zhou Ningyu knocked on the door of his house with an inconspicuous snakeskin bag. Zhou Ningyu came once a year and was familiar with the Liu family. Liu Xiangdong's family members looked at him.
After a few glances, he recognized Zhou Ningyu from the Haidu City Public Security Bureau, and let him in with a smile.
"Old Liu, Xiao Zhou from the Haidu Public Security Bureau is here."
Liu Huidong changed into a T-shirt and shorts that he wore at home and was drinking tea when he suddenly saw Zhou Ningyu coming to his door. He was a little surprised.
"Secretary Liu." Zhou Ningyu is not good at flattering, and he doesn't like to flatter. Fortunately, it's just some worthless pig waste. If it were other things, he couldn't bring it in. "Secretary Liu, I kill pigs in my hometown, and there are some fresh pig waste.
, I’ll bring it to you, you can try it!”
Liu Xiangdong was very surprised. He stood up and smiled slightly and said in surprise, "Xiao Zhou, why do you send pigs to my house for me in the summer... This is not a new year or a festival. Why are you killing pigs in your hometown?"
"Secretary Liu, my niece is engaged, and a pig was killed at home. I thought of your kindness, so I quickly sent it to you... Sister-in-law, you can put it in the refrigerator directly after you take it out. I have cleaned it at home. I also added ice cubes to keep it fresh, so it should be pretty good, don’t dislike it, hehe.”
"Xiao Zhou, you are serious. Old Liu is good at this. Thank you for keeping it in mind for so many years." Liu Xiangdong's family members smiled and took it. His old man was good at this, but Zhou Ningyu from the Haidu City Public Security Bureau has been doing this for a year. It has almost become a habit to give a fresh pig to the water, so she is not polite.
As deputy secretary of the Qing'an Municipal Party Committee, Liu Xiangdong is surrounded by people who flatter and even give gifts and bribes. There are too many cadres in the officialdom who are attracted by the power in his hands, but only Zhou Ningyu from the Haidu City Public Security Bureau. Make him feel different.
Although he never gave anything valuable, he never asked himself to do anything. Liu Xiangdong could feel Zhou Ningyu's sincerity from the bags of fresh pig waste.
Pig offal is very cheap. If Liu Xiangdong wants to eat it, how can he be short of it? But Zhou Ningyu remembers this year after year. No amount of money can exchange for this kind of heart. In official circles, like this There are not many honest cadres left. Liu Xiangdong glanced at Zhou Ningyu and felt a little emotional.
Zhou Ningyu had sent pigs to the water for so many years, but this time, Liu Xiangdong was deeply impressed.