Chapter 594: Divide the Wild Boar
Yu Dayong hurriedly pinched Anxin's little face, "Okay, it's the uncle who said it wrong, the son and daughter are all right, all right." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" and glanced at He comfortingly, as if apologizing.
As soon as He's heart warmed, the tears were about to bubble out, so he had to turn his head in time and quietly wipe the corners of his eyes.
Mrs. Zhang looked at the wild boar in the courtyard, "Friend, you said that this wild boar must be at least a few hundred catties, have you thought about how to deal with it?"
Zeng Youqu and Zhang Zhimin were sharpening their knives, and when they heard this, they raised their heads and said, "What do you think?"
Mrs. Zhang's face was wrinkled and piled together, and she smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, "You are the head of the family, even if I am your mother-in-law, I don't dare to be your master, just talk about it." ”
Zeng Youqu asked tentatively, "Then will the Zeng Qiao family be divided?"
As soon as Yu Dayong, who had just come out of the house, heard this, he quickly excused himself and said, "No, no, this Qingyu Mountain belongs to your family, and the things on this mountain are naturally yours' family, I am at most just a handful of strength, when the sister-in-law of the Zeng family cooks this meat, give our family a piece and let us taste it, then I will be grateful, where do you dare to say that it is equally divided." ”
His reminder made Mrs. Zhang happy, yes, how could she forget that this Qingyu Mountain is now all the property of her son-in-law's family.
Zhang Zhimin and others want to kill wild boars and peel them, of course Yu Dayong He will not be idle, they all come to help, remove all the internal organs, weigh the net weight, heh, there are actually 400 catties.
Yu Dayong was dumbfounded, and looked at Zeng Youqu with great admiration, "Brother Zeng, you used to have a lot of strength, but I didn't expect that after this leg injury was healed, your strength increased even more, this wild boar is so heavy, you actually carried it to the foot of the mountain alone, it's too powerful." ”
It turned out that there was a dog at that time, and it was inconvenient to bring it, so he asked Yu Dayong to go home to pick a basket and a flat pole, and the result was that Dayong took something, and when he returned with Zeng Gaoda He and Zhang Zhimin, he found that Zeng Youqu had already reached the foot of the mountain, and it was the dying dog and wild boar placed at his feet.
Because at that time, the wild boar and the dog were put into the basket together, and the big guy carried it, and he only felt that it was very heavy on his shoulders, but he didn't expect it to be so heavy.
It can be imagined how powerful Zeng Youqu was, and he actually carried more than 400 catties of wild boar from the mountain alone.
In fact, Zeng Youqu just cheated, put the wild boar in the green garden space, walked down by himself, and then took it out and waited for someone.
Zeng Youqu just smiled and didn't explain.
Mrs. Zhang happened to ask her daughter how to distribute wild boar, and she also changed the topic in time.
Zhang's slight groan, "It's true that the mountain is our family, but in the future, the mountain will have to bother the villagers, I plan to do so, the village chief and the clan elder, as well as Mr. You, will send five catties of wild boar meat to each family, and one catty to each other family, which is considered a taste." Give Sister He's family another fifty catties, and the rest, mother, let's divide it equally between the two of us. ”
When He heard this, he hurriedly stood up and shook his hand, "No, no, this mountain belongs to your family, and the wild boar is also your family, our family is just exerting a lot of strength, and we have to take away fifty catties, which is absolutely impossible." ”
Yu Dayong immediately calculated the account for Zeng Youqu, there are two clan elders in the village, plus the village chief and Mr. You, that is, four households, and they will take away twenty catties at once, and there are more than 20 other scattered village households, which add up to a total of fifty catties of meat.
The key is that this wild boar is rare, I heard that the restaurants in the town are very scarce, and a pound of pork can be sold for a hundred yuan, and fifty catties is five taels of silver.
He can't ask for it, the Zeng family is now short of money, where can he get it.
After listening to her daughter's words, Mrs. Zhang's face turned bad, and she looked at Zeng Youqu again, "Son-in-law, tell me, what are your plans for this wild boar?"
Zeng Youqu grinned, "I listen to Cui Niang, what does Cui Niang say?"
Zhang Zhimin hurriedly looked at Mrs. Zhang as if asking for help, and became excited, "Sister, you can't do this, do you know how much this wild boar meat sells for a pound in the restaurant in the town? A hundred dollars a pound, and a 400 pound can get forty taels of silver." ”
Old Mrs. Zhang glared at Zhang and Zeng Youqu angrily, "Look at you big spenders, no wonder you couldn't save money before." One only thinks about being a good person, and the other only knows how to listen to his daughter-in-law, so how can this be done? This mountain belongs to your family, and even if you don't give it to the people in the village to eat, they won't say anything. ”
Zhang hurriedly said, "If there is no big guy to help, I don't know when and when this thatched house can be built, isn't this okay? At that time, the house was burned, if it weren't for Sister He, our whole family would be blown in the north wind, and whether we could survive or not is a matter of two words." ”
"What kind of person do you think your mother is, did I say that I wouldn't give them food? But there is no such division as you, there are not 30 households in this Taoyuan Village, there are more than 20 households, according to your point, a small half will go. ”
Zeng Youqu stopped Zhang's with his eyes, and quickly patted Mrs. Zhang's sycophants and said, "We don't know what to do, or if my mother gives me an idea." ”
In fact, according to Zeng Youqu's thoughts, of course, a pot of stew, call everyone to eat, this is also the bold personality he cultivated in the army in his previous life, but now he is in a different position, and his biggest characteristic is filial piety, so he naturally looks forward to Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang sat down, patted the dust on her trouser legs, glanced at the people in the courtyard and said, "Dayong and He are indeed good people, I will be in charge of this, cut ten catties to their family, He's don't shirk it, although ten catties is not too much, but it is enough for your whole family to eat for a while." ”
He still wanted to excuse himself, but when he saw the old lady's eyes, he swallowed it and hurriedly responded gratefully.
Ten catties of wild boar are also worth one or two silver, this is originally other people's things, they just have a little coolie, they have to get a tael of silver, what is not satisfied?
"In addition, cut ten catties down and make it into a dish, and invite the village chief and the old villagers to come over for a meal, and it's okay. Although your eldest brother's family has never eaten wild boar, but life is good, meat and vegetables are common, we don't want it, you keep another twenty catties to pickle and eat, and the rest are sent to the town restaurant to sell, and if you get money, you can also make up for the family, right?"
Zhang hesitated, "Mother, the whole village came to eat, is ten catties too little?
Zeng Youqu took out the power of a black-faced god, coughed dryly, and said, "That's it, I'll make a decision." Give the Dayong family fifteen catties, take fifteen catties to invite everyone to eat, three hundred catties to the town to sell, and the remaining seventy catties are divided equally between our Zeng Miao and two families, eldest brother, you are not allowed to shirk anymore, this is my filial piety to my father. ”
After all, Zeng Youqu is the head of the family, and Mrs. Zhang is not good at smearing his face too much, but this method is much better than the previous method, so she also nodded, and said, "Your filial piety, your father will receive it, but don't expect him to eat your wild boar, the next time I see you, I will speak better." ”
Zeng Youqu grinned, and his honest meaning was overflowing: "It is appropriate for the father-in-law to teach his son-in-law." ”
The Zeng family discussed the method and began to distribute it, He was really embarrassed, and took fifteen catties of wild boar for nothing, so he worked harder and harder to help with the work.
Yu Dayong also helped inform the villagers to come to Zeng's house for dinner in the evening.
When the Taoyuan villagers heard that the Zeng family had another treat, they were all taken aback, and they heard that it was a wild boar, and they were envious.
On the one hand, envy and gratitude on the other hand, the Zeng family did not have selfish exclusivity, but thought of everyone, so they did not come empty-handed, or if there was a woman in the family, they also told their mother-in-law to help pick up as soon as possible.
Everyone came with excitement and returned with joy.
Wild boar meat should not be left for a long time, so after killing and processing, Zeng Gaoda rented an ox cart from the village and sent the wild boar meat to the town.
Mrs. Shangguan naturally knew Zeng Gaoda, sent a chef to see, and learned that the wild boar was excellent, just two days later, the town will hold a spring children's semi-finals, and then there will be a meal for the judges to eat, it is really good to have this wild boar, and it is a special dish, so she took down all the three hundred catties, and said to Zeng Gaoda, if there is any game in the future, just send it here.
Because Zeng was tall and pragmatic, and her husband also appreciated it, Mrs. Shangguan deliberately gave an extra ten cents per catty of meat, and three hundred catties of pork were sold for a total of thirty-three taels of silver.
Other things on the boar are also treasures, such as fangs that can be used to grind small things in bones, and pig hair that can be made into brushes or stiff brushes.
Thirty-five taels in total!
The He family took fifteen kilograms of wild boar, thinking about the poor eldest daughter Qiao Zhaodi, the family had a hard time, kept a widow, and suffered from the anger of her mother-in-law, so she quickly asked Yu Dayong to send eight catties to Nanjiagou, and sent five catties to Shengli Village to the second daughter Qiao Laidi, and only left two catties of meat for her own family to taste.
When Yu Dayong came back at night, he pulled his hair and said with a painful face, "Xiaoli damn, I want to discuss something with you." ”
He was sewing clothes for Zhang's child, and when he heard him ask, he bit off the thread with his teeth, stopped the needlework in his hand, and looked at him: "What's the matter, you can tell it." ”
Yu Dayong squatted under the porch, buried his head and pulled his hair straight, and pulled off a lot of his hair, and then said with difficulty, "Brother Zeng's mountain, after the beginning of spring, I will definitely recruit someone to help, can you tell the eldest sister of the Zhang family, let our family Zhaodi also come over to help?"
As soon as He heard the name of his eldest daughter, he immediately raised his head, his face full of urgency, "What's wrong with Zhaodi?"
"Don't worry, it's nothing. It's just that today I went over and saw Zhao Di in that house, the days were too hard, her mother-in-law was like a hanged ghost, and she followed her step by step. I wanted to see her, but the woman refused, and then I took out the wild boar, and she was willing to let Zhao Di come to see me, and before I could say a word, I drove her to the backyard to chop wood. Zhao Di's whole person was thin and could float away with the wind, the woman took the wild boar, and she didn't say anything nice, and kept counting Zhao Di, saying that she was too lazy to do it, I really couldn't sit still, so I got up and left. ”
He Shifu picked up the needle again, put it on his head, let out a long sigh, his eyes turned red, he suddenly covered his lips with his hand, and choked out a few broken words, "Zhaodi, my poor son." It's all your mother who hurt you. ”
She really shouldn't believe the matchmaker's words, who knew that the man was short-lived, what did he say about falling in love with Zhao Di at first sight, in fact, he was looking for Zhao Di's eight-character to rush to joy, but she didn't rush well, so she said that Zhao Di was Kefu's life, her poor daughter, I don't know how much she suffered.
Yu Dayong also clenched his fist and slammed it on the door frame, "Xiaoli and her mother, don't cry, what can you do, this is the child's life." I thought that if I let her come to help the Zeng family, even if I had to go home every day, at least I wouldn't be angry with that woman for most of the day. ”
He wiped away his tears with his sleeve, "Brother Zeng's family are all good people, let's go and say, it must be no problem, but I'm afraid that Zhao Di's mother-in-law will not let go, I heard that the mother-in-law is lazy to do it herself, and the family doesn't even stretch out her fingers, everything depends on our family Zhaodi, even the work in the field, in the field, and those that were originally done by men, we have to let Zhao Di do it, do you think she will be willing to let Zhao Di go?"
"I estimate that when the time comes, Brother Zeng's wages for the workers will be at least 100 yuan a day, and the mother-in-law will be open-minded when she sees the money, so I don't believe that she is not moved. ”
"That's true, but Brother Zeng is so good to our family, we are embarrassed to ask him for this salary?"
When Yu Dayong heard this, he immediately fell silent again, and began to pull his hair again.
The couple was silent for a long time before He Shi recovered, and continued to sew up against the dim oil lamp.
"By the way, today you went to Laidi's house, do you have anything to say to Laidi?"
Yu Dayong took a deep breath and said, "What else can I say, isn't it just that I am old and talking, I always tell me that Luo Quan'er doesn't care about her family, and she only cares about going out to drink flower wine after taking the money, but this is her husband's business, she can't care about it, and I, the old man who can't get on the stage, can I take care of it." ”
He also sighed, and put together the needlework and said, "At that time, I didn't agree with this family business, the gap between our two families was too big, and she had to marry." also said that she didn't want to live a hard life anymore, she married into the Luo family, and she was originally Gao Pan, no wonder Luo Quan'er didn't treat her as a number. Fortunately, her belly is more angry than my mother, and she gave birth to a male baby in time, otherwise she would be even sadder. A person's life is all chosen by himself, who can he blame?"