Chapter 57 Killing Pigs for the New Year
For the Chinese people, the most important festival of the year is undoubtedly the Spring Festival!
The usually deserted mountain village is now full of people, and there are many young people in the homes where only the elderly and children are at home, and they are dressed fashionably, but it is difficult to hide the character of rural people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A lot of people have already come back in their cars!
When Xu Zhen went to the town and county to buy New Year's goods, he noticed that some people's cars were relatively advanced, except for those high-end sports cars, he had seen various brands of cars.
Go back a few years, not to mention Mercedes-Benz BMW, even second-hand Alto can't see a few.
The town, which usually doesn't have a lot of cars, is even a little crowded!
The country's economic development has also allowed the farmers of this remote mountain village to catch up with the good times.
Xu Zhen thought that he used to be like these people, busy all year round, and even rarely went home once during the New Year, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
When will the rural people change their lives like migratory birds?
Xu Zhen once saw a post on the Internet, saying that those migrant workers from other places have gone home for the New Year, the air in Tianjing City is fresh, the smog is gone, the people on the road are not crowded, and even the subway is much more comfortable, I really hope that those people will not come back after they leave! Because these outsiders have robbed them of their jobs and created disasters for their environment.
For such a post, as a farmer's child, Xu is really angry! are also working hard in a city and rushing for life, who should be superior, is it those aborigines?
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For the peasants of Eucalyptus County, Samchuan Province, although the economy is developing and everyone's thinking is also broadening, there is a historical tradition that has been preserved.
That is to kill pigs for the New Year.
This may also be a tradition left over from the time when material life was not abundant, and in the past, farmers may have looked forward to eating a few pork meals with open stomachs during the Chinese New Year.
And now the killing of pigs for the New Year is more of a traditional commemorative significance.
"Erbao, hurry up and dig the stove and burn the fire, saying that the master who killed the pig is coming!" Xu Nian threw a hoe to Xu Zhen.
On the edge of a small plot outside the courtyard, the earthen stove from previous years was still kept, but there were some sundries and dirt piled up inside, and Xu Zhen quickly helped to clean up the contents inside.
There are several families in their yard, and the big guys killed the pigs a few days ago.
Xu Zhen has been busy selling vegetables and taking care of the geese, and only today did he spare time to kill the pigs. If you don't kill it, it's too late, and my mother has already invited relatives and friends to come to her home tomorrow for the New Year!
Of course, Xu Zhen also hopes to eat fresher pork.
During this time, the pigs raised by my mother did not eat less lettuce, cabbage and radish leaves that he had cultivated with nutrient solution! I guess it tastes much better than the pork of the past! He couldn't help but look forward to it.
It's a pity that the goose hasn't grown up yet! Otherwise, you can even boil a few geese to eat!
"Erbao, do you want my help?"
Xu Zhen, who was mixing water into the pot, heard a car stop, looked up, and saw Yang Haobo poking his head out of the car with a smile.
"You kid bought a car too!" Yang Haobo is Xu Zhen's cousin, that is, the son of Xu Zhen's aunt, less than half a year younger than Xu Zhen. This guy can't study, but he has a lot of strength to work, and he and Xu Zhen's uncle, Yang Haobo's son, Yang Jian, works as a mason in Chengjing City. It is said that the annual income is about 200,000 yuan.
Yang Haobo does a big job and can earn about 400 per day, and Yang Jian can also earn about 200 when he helps him. The father and son can earn 500 to 600 a day, and almost have about 400, which is not much worse than 200,000 a year. 200,000 should be the money earned by the father and son together!
Xu Zhen's father is also doing what they do, but he earns less than them, firstly, he is busy alone, and secondly, he is not in Chengjing City. Generally speaking, the salary level in Chengjing City is higher!
"Hehe, borrowed the east wind of the real estate market in the past two years, and earned almost 200,000 yuan this year, I just took the money a few days ago, mortgaged a car, and spent less than 40,000 yuan to pick up the car, drive and play first!"
"To be rich is to be capricious!" Xu Zhen looked at his car, the brand of the joint venture, it still looks very good, although the price may only be seventy or eighty thousand, plus various procedures less than 100,000 yuan.
"How can your brother be rich! Erbao, you have contracted more than 200 acres of lemon land! If there is a bumper harvest next year, then you will not earn hundreds of thousands! ”
"Hehe, we have to thank the country and the party! Alright, don't be poor, come and light a fire for me! ”
"Don't worry, I'll introduce you to someone! You're ahead of me now, but there's one thing I'm ahead of you! Ha ha! Yang Haobo got out of the car and opened the rear door.
Out of it came a young woman.
"Li Yu! You're Li Yu! How did this get into Ersuno's car! ”
Xu Zhen immediately thought of something, and hurriedly changed his words: "You won't soon become my brother's daughter-in-law, right?" ”
"BINGO, WORTHY OF THE SECOND TREASURE, WENT TO COLLEGE! How! The promise we made at the beginning is about to be fulfilled by me, what about you? Yang Haobo grinned.
Xu Zhen casually recalled the past when he and his cousin went to elementary school and junior high school together, at that time both of them were a little hazy, Yang Haobo liked a girl named Li Yu in the class, and Xu Zhen liked a younger sister named Wu Lijuan.
Of course, after graduating from junior high school, Xu Zhen quickly forgot about his kind of good impression that was not even a hazy first love, but he didn't expect this guy to really deceive Li Yu.
"Erbao, it's been a few years! You're still so handsome! Li Yu also got out of the car with a smile.
"Well, all I can say is that you are talented men and women! When to drink the joy wine! Xu Zhenzhen was really happy for them, and Yang Haobo could only be regarded as unrequited love at that time! This world is unpredictable, maybe there are lovers who will eventually become married!
"Labor Day at the earliest, next Spring Festival at the latest! After all, we're sure the relationship isn't long! Second uncle! Yang Haobo saw Xu Nian coming over with firewood, hurriedly greeted him, and handed over the cigarette!
Xu Nian has been quitting smoking for the past few months because of his son, and although he is an old smoker, he has the perseverance to overcome this smoking addiction.
"Who am I talking about! O Haobo, hurry up and sit in the house! I've quit smoking now. Who is this? Xu Nian put down the firewood and waved his hand, looking at Li Yu with a little face.
"Uncle Xu, you don't know me, I came to your house to play at the beginning, I am Xu Zhen's junior high school classmate!" Li Yu also greeted Xu Nian warmly!
"Now it's my girlfriend, and I'm going to be your nephew and daughter-in-law soon!" Yang Haobo said proudly.
"Ahh Let's go and sit in the house! That's nice! Haobo, you're getting married too! What about your parents and Xiaoxia? ”
"They didn't come today! Come back tomorrow! What about Grandma? ”
"At my uncle's house! Will come over in a moment! ”