Li Xiulan was worried until she got home from work and saw that everyone was fine, and then she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, please pay attention. At six o'clock tonight, everyone will gather at the brigade headquarters with their goodies. Let's distribute wild boar meat. Tell each other if you heard anything. Everyone, please pay attention..."
During dinner, I suddenly remembered the loudspeaker that was rarely used in the team. Halfway through the meal, I was afraid that I would not be able to grab a good seat for the meat later, so I immediately dropped my chopsticks and ran to the team headquarters to guard it.
"If you ask me, I shouldn't have handed over this pork today. Third brother and sister, how could you, such a smart person, do such a stupid thing?" Liu Yuemin suddenly felt a pain in her body when she heard the words on the radio.
That's more than 200 kilograms of wild boar. If sold, it would cost only 200 yuan. Even if the seller doesn't share it among the family members, each family can share dozens of kilograms of meat.
"Second sister-in-law, do you think no one knows what our family has been doing privately for so long? Even if it is to repay everyone, today's wild boar should be shared with everyone." Chen Lishu said.
Apart from anything else, just because the pigs at home were sold to the city instead of to the purchasing station a few years ago, this is due to everyone's silence.
"The third daughter-in-law has seen clearly. The couple did the right thing today. We can't lose the big for the small." Gu Shoufu glanced at Chen Lishu and nodded approvingly. A good daughter-in-law can benefit three generations. It was really good to choose this daughter-in-law.
The right choice.
After dinner, everyone took their bowls and basins and gathered in the courtyard of the brigade. A case board had been set up in front of the brigade department with the prepared pork on it.
The wild boar that Gu Xingdong shot this time totaled more than 260 kilograms. After removing the bones and internal organs, there was probably more than 150 kilograms of meat. Each family could get less than two kilograms of meat.
Although wild boar meat is not fatter than domestic pigs, it is still meat, and every villager has a satisfied smile on his face.
"Before I divide the meat, let me tell everyone that the pigs were beaten by the third son of the Gu family. Although they didn't say anything, I, the branch secretary, have to remember it. Although I can't calculate it according to the price at the purchasing station, I can still give it to others.
Work points, what do you think?"
"We don't have any objection." Meat is so hard to come by that it doesn't matter if you keep some work points.
"Isn't this wild boar from the mountain? If it's something from the mountain, it belongs to the collective. Why do we have to give separate work points to their family?" Chen Baozhu said dissatisfied.
Although a long time had passed, he still remembered that bitch Chen Lishu sent him to the detention center. Not only that, because he was not there when his wife gave birth to the child, he was severely punished by several uncles after he came out.
Zhang Changhe glanced at Chen Baozhu with half-squinted eyes: "Having said that, someone has to fight, right? Baozhu, if you don't agree, your work points will not be deducted at the end of the year. I don't think you will eat the meat today. You can eat it if you want."
Go to the mountain and fight it yourself."
Chen Baozhu choked. He couldn't have been beaten by his uncles. Seeing everyone looking at him with dissatisfied expressions, he had no choice but to shut up angrily.
"Here are five kilograms of meat, and there are also two big bones. The head, hoof, and water are all yours. What do you think, eldest niece?"
After everyone had finished dividing, Chen Lishu came forward, and Zhang Changhe pointed to the basin on the ground and said.
"Thank you, Uncle Changhe."
Chen Lishu said with a smile and took the meat home with Gu Xingdong.
"Xingdong, do you prefer sauced bacon or braised pork? Whichever you like, I'll cook it for you tomorrow."
Looking at the meat in her hand, Chen Lishu turned her head and asked with a smile.
The red clouds in the sky shone on her smiling face, as if her whole body was covered with a layer of light pink. The color in Gu Xingdong's eyes became a little darker, and he asked an unexpected question: "When will you join the army?"
After joining the army, he would be able to see his wife every day, and naturally he would be able to eat the food she cooked every day.
The smile on Chen Lishu's face faltered. Gu Xingdong had mentioned this question in a letter before, but he never mentioned it again after being pushed away by her. Unexpectedly, he asked about it again in person. It seemed that he was really anxious.
"I will go over to accompany you at the end of this year." At the end of the year, the country will resume the college entrance examination, and she will go there after the exam.
Seeing that she finally gave a clear answer, Gu Xingdong nodded and stopped asking further questions.
This man always has a cold appearance but a delicate mind. She never feels nervous when getting along with him. Chen Lishu feels that she has really found a treasure in this life, and she is more determined in her mind. No matter whether she passes the exam this time or
Even if he failed the exam, she would go over and stay with him.
The two carried the meat all the way home. Chen Lishu and Li Xiulan made several trips to clean it up.
"Mom, I want to make braised pork. Do you want to come together?" Making braised pork is not easy and requires a lot of seasonings. That's why Chen Lishu thought of asking everyone if they wanted to come together.
"Third brother and sister, can you do it well? If you don't do it right, the good pork will be wasted." Liu Yuemin couldn't help but ask.
No one was rich, especially the Chen family, who couldn't afford meat all year round. She really doubted Chen Lishu's craftsmanship.
"I think the cooking the third brother and sister usually makes is quite delicious. I can eat whatever I like. If the third brother and sister want to make it, just bring me a portion." Seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the meat can't be kept, so it is made into braised pork.
It can be stored for two more days.
Li Xiulan also believed in Chen Lishu's craftsmanship, so she gave her full authority to handle the meat she received.
When Liu Yuemin saw that everyone was handing over the meat with confidence, she hesitated and took it out. At the end, she did not forget to tell her: "Third brother and sister, you have to cook it well. You have a lot of meat at home, so don't cook it in vain."
It's just the third brother who is used to it, so much meat is enough to make her do trouble.
Put the prepared meat into a basin for later use. The next day, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong specially rode bicycles to the town and bought a lot of seasonings.
Chen Lishu started cooking braised pork at noon.
She first boiled ten eggs, fished them out and set them aside, then added water to the pot, then put the cut pieces of meat into the pot to light a fire, and then put the seasonings to be added into the sewn gauze bag.
This makes it easier to take out the seasoning when eating.
When the meat and seasonings were put into the pot and cooked, Chen Lishu went to the tofu maker in Murakami and bought two kilograms of dried tofu.
When you come back, put the hard-boiled eggs into the pot and cook them together with the meat. Use chopsticks to prick the meat a few times for the flavor.
After cooking until it was almost cooked, Chen Lishu put the dried tofu she bought in. After about ten minutes, she took out all the meat, eggs and dried tofu.
Gu Xingdong had already come over smelling the fragrance.
"How does it taste?" Chen Lishu took a chopstick and put it into his mouth. Gu Xingdong chewed it a few times and suddenly felt a rich meaty aroma filling his mouth. He nodded approvingly: "It's delicious."