SFS Chapter 232 Wild boar, share the meat with the whole village
Chapter 232 Wild boar, share the meat with the whole village
When Yao Qingnian returned to the village, it was already dark and there were no people walking around. A few people carried the wild boar to the Lu family's tofu shop, intending to process it overnight while it was still fresh.
"Huai Jin, how do we divide this wild boar? Hey! After all the hard work, we can finally eat meat! It's so big that it can last us several days!" Lu Daqing said with a smile.
There are four families in the group. If they divide the money directly, there will be no problem. However, it is an extraordinary period now and everyone can barely afford to eat. If others find out, not only will there be gossip, but it will also cause trouble.
"We four families will share some of this wild boar, and the rest will be given to the villagers and distributed to everyone. What do you think? The Chinese New Year is coming in two days. If we share the meat, everyone can have some broth and have a good New Year."
Lu Huaijin didn't mean to be a good guy. He was doing this for everyone's good. If they disagreed, then so be it.
"Brother Huaijin has a point."
"I have no opinion!"
"I have no objection either." Huang Jiabao also spoke softly.
"Since everyone has no objection, let's deal with the pig tonight." So several people started to deal with the wild boar. It took them a whole night to deal with it.
First, the four families divided it up, with each family getting one pig's leg. Yao Qingnian didn't want the leg, so he only cut off a pig's trotter, and the rest was shared by the three of them.
The bones, pig heads, and offal were all given to Yao Qingnian's family.
"Hey, Yao Qingnian, why do you only pick up bones without meat? Are bones more delicious than meat? And this offal, you don't even want it as a gift, but you act like you have a treasure." Lu Daqing couldn't help asking.
"You don't know this! Offal is a good thing." They had never been back before and had never eaten braised food, so it was normal for them to ask such questions. Ye Youcai helped Yao Qingnian with his work, and he was the only one who knew how delicious the braised food was.
"Good stuff? Youcai brother, I haven't seen you for a few years. Have you changed your taste?"
Lu Daqing shook his head and said he would rather die than eat this thing.
After the few of them divided the meat, they asked the village chief to come and take care of the rest. By the time they finished, it was already dawn. Lu Huaijin asked them to take the meat back and rest, while he stayed here to guard it.
"Then we'll go back first, brother. I'll leave it to you." Lu Daqing yawned.
After everyone left, Yao Qingnian asked Lu Huaijin to go wash up and sleep, and she stayed here to guard. She had already taken a nap last night while they were slaughtering the pig.
"Okay, then I'll go back and sleep for a while. Call me if you need anything." Lu Huaijin was indeed tired, so he went home to rest.
When the village chief came over, he was also stunned when he saw such a big wild boar: "Where did this come from?"
It was dark last night and no one had time to tell the village chief.
"I was lucky yesterday and ran into him."
"Did you call me over here to help sell it?"
"No, village chief, we divided some among ourselves, and we will not sell the rest. We will distribute it to the villagers and refugees so that everyone can have a good New Year." Yao Qingnian explained.
"What? Share it with everyone!"
"Yes."
"Have you thought it through? Such a big wild boar is worth a lot of silver. If you sell it, you can sell it all in the village." How come this girl is so lucky? The last time she ate wild boar meat, she was lucky enough to get it. Why is it the same this time?
"Well, we've discussed it. It's snowing heavily now, and the villagers can't go out, and they can't buy food. If we share this wild boar, we can also have some meat soup."
"Okay! Okay! Thank you on behalf of everyone!"
"The meat is here, you decide how to divide it."
The village chief was so happy that he immediately asked someone to tell everyone the good news.
The whole village was in an uproar, everyone thought it was a scam. Now they couldn't even afford brown rice soup, so how could they share the meat?
Only when they saw someone actually holding the meat did they believe it and rushed to the tofu shop next to Yao Qingnian's house.
The village chief knew that such a scene would occur, so he called people to help maintain order.
"Everyone, don't push, don't panic, line up, come one by one, everyone will get a seat! Anyone who causes trouble and doesn't line up will not get a seat!"
When the villagers heard this, they all lined up consciously.
"The wild boar meat today was hunted by Lu Huaijin, Daqing, Ye Youcai and Huang Jiaming. Now is an extraordinary period. Originally, they could sell it for a lot of silver, but they thought of the village and gave it to everyone for free. Everyone should remember this kindness and thank them!" The village chief first explained to everyone the source of the meat.
The scene fell silent.
They said they would give such a big wild boar to them, but if it were us, we might not be able to do it, and we could survive the winter by eating it ourselves even if we didn't sell it. But they gave it to them, and the villagers were immediately very grateful.
"Yes, these young people are righteous!"
"Who says it's not true? If it were me, I would definitely keep it for myself."
The villagers praised it one after another.
"Without further ado, each family should send a representative to register for the meat. It's so cold, the rest of you should go back if necessary!"
The meat certainly cannot be calculated by headcount, so the village chief first counted the number of people, and then divided the meat according to the weight to ensure that every family could get some. After deducting the meat for the four families, there were still more than 180 kilograms of meat left. After calculating it this way, there were only a few ounces of meat left for everyone.
But it's better to have something than nothing. Eating some broth can satisfy your craving. It's very comfortable in this cold weather.
The refugees were sensible. When they heard about this, they did not join in. They thought that the village was willing to take them in, which was a great favor. They did not dare to think about the meat and could only envy it.
After the meat was distributed among the villagers, the village chief did not see the refugees, so he divided the remaining meat into four parts and had people make broth directly, which was sent to the four courtyards of the refugees.
When the refugees saw the steaming meat soup, they were so moved that tears welled up in their eyes. They had never expected that they would get a share of the meat. They knelt down and kowtowed to the village chief and others: "Thank you! Thank you!"
On that day, the whole village was filled with the aroma of meat, but of course some people were not satisfied.
Old Mrs. Huang’s home.
"The eldest brother is an ungrateful bastard. The family can barely make ends meet, yet he went out to hunt wild boars and didn't even bring them to me, instead letting outsiders take advantage of him." The more Old Mrs. Huang thought about it, the angrier she became. The broth in her mouth no longer tasted good.
"Mom, who told you to be so impulsive and break off the relationship with eldest brother? Otherwise, we would have been able to get a few pounds of meat. Now, we can only have the soup." Huang Jiabao was also angry and blamed his mother.
Li Rouer was pregnant and couldn't go hungry. The chickens at home were almost gone, and there wasn't much brown rice left. Old Mrs. Huang was also tightening her stomach every day. But who could she blame? She wanted to go to the old house to make trouble, but she didn't dare to go when she thought of the money she had to pay last time. She could only stay at home and scold Huang Jiaming and his wife every day...