Chapter 10, "Selling Pigs"
The two mothers were busy all morning, (pushing/grinding bean flowers to entertain Li Fadong) Yangyang's mother cooked and asked Yangyang to go to the uncle's house to call Li Fadong over for dinner!
Yangyang answered, and walked to the uncle's house, before he arrived at the uncle's house, he heard the punch inside, Yangyang opened the door to see, Li Fadong was drunk and dizzy, and he was punching with the uncle.
The eldest aunt watched Yangyang come in, "Yangyang didn't eat, didn't eat, came and sat down to eat!" "The eldest aunt is 36 years old, about one meter six, a little fat, with a national face, the eldest aunt is ten years younger than Yangyang's mother, and Yangyang's mother is 11 years older than her father!
"Uncle, my family is ready, my mother asked me to come over and invite Grandpa Li over for dinner."
The uncle said, "This kid, didn't you see Uncle Li eating here?" You can sit down and eat some too! "Uncle is 38 years old, 1.68 meters, and his face is similar to that of his aunt.
"No, I'm done there, uncle!"
Li Fadong said dizzily, "Yangyang, what about the meal, I ate at your uncle's house, but this money is still ready for your mother, because I will go back in the afternoon." ”
"Okay, Grandpa Li, you eat slowly, I'll go tell my mother," After speaking, Yangyang came out!
Yangyang ran home, and his mother asked, "What about Grandpa Li?" ”
"If I had this kind of grandfather, I would just dig a pit and bury him, and I would be as good as a beast." Angry Yang Yang went straight into the house.
Yangyang's mother hurriedly came in with tofu, afraid that Yangyang would provoke Li Fadong, "Say it well, what's the matter?" ”
"Li Fadong drank at my uncle's house, and asked you to prepare the money, saying that he would go back in the afternoon, as if we couldn't afford it."
"You eat first, I'll go to your uncle's house to see," quickly took off his apron and ran out, because the two mothers were going to take the pigs to the street to sell, and there was no one at home, afraid that he would drink too much and forget to fill his own cattle.
Yangyang watched her mother go out, took out Li Fadong's bag, opened a small box, there were many needles in it, went outside to take a lump of mud, and forked the needles into the mud! (Naughty bar, but I personally feel okay)
There were springs on the pliers, and the springs were all taken down for him and thrown into the fire.
"Yangyang, have you eaten well," Hearing his mother's voice sounding outside, Yangyang hurriedly put Li Fadong's bag back in its place, and responded at the same time, "Eat well, Mom!" ”
Mother walked in, "When you're done, go get the pig out." ”
"Mom, aren't you eating?"
"Don't eat it, your grandfather Li wants money, let's hurry up and sell the pig and give it to him, so that he won't gossip." While talking, he took the basin from last night, poured the medicine into it, and poured the prepared boiling water into it!
My mother is very thin, and she is only more than 80 pounds tall at 1.68 meters, (my mother later weighed it when she was sick and went to the hospital for examination)
"Mom, you better eat something, it will take a few hours to go to the street." Yangyang was in the cupboard, took out a bowl, and served rice to his mother. (This cabinet is still Yangyang's mother's dowry, but there are a few things, let my father take it and sell it, even when my grandfather passed away, when he returned to his senses, he gave his mother a silver bracelet, and let Yangyang's father take it and sell it)
Yangyang's mother didn't eat it, so she asked Yangyang to stuff the bowl in her hand, quickly slashed it down in a few bites, and gave the bowl to Yangyang, and she had to change her clothes.
Although some clothes are picked up, my mother will wash the clothes cleanly and can wear old clothes, but my mother will never be sloppy and wear unwashed clothes on her body!
The same is true for the three sisters and brothers, as long as the clothes are dirty, no matter how tired Yangyang's mother is, they will wash the clothes, put them on the return stove, and dry them.
"You go and get the pigs out first." After saying that, Yangyang's mother went to the inner room to change clothes!
Yang Yang answered, and walked towards the pig pen, the pig pen door is made of a fast wooden plank, one meter long, fifteen centimeters wide, with two small wooden strips on both sides of the vertical place, full of nails, put the plank down, so that the pig will not come out.
I took the planks away piece by piece, went in and brought out the pigs, and as soon as they came out, all three came out, all about the same size, and went back and forth several times, and finally separated them!
The two pigs were brought in and closed, and the mother also changed her clothes and came out, and the two mothers drove the pigs down the street.
Halfway through, Yangyang's eyes kept jumping, "Mom, my eyes are jumping, will something happen?" ”
"Say something nice," the mother began to drive the pig forward again, and Yangyang hurriedly followed!
Three hours later, the two mothers drove the pig to the place where it was sold in previous years, because this person has the same surname as his mother, surnamed Huang, called Huang Daogang, and Yangyang called him uncle.
(When he was a child, he was not sensible, he came home, drove the pig away, Yangyang didn't let him live or die, and scolded others, because the price was not negotiated, and his mother was not at home, crying all the way, scolding all the way, until there was no shadow, Yangyang didn't go home)
Watching Yangyang's mother and the two enter the house, a one-meter-eight man got up and said with a smile, "Second sister, you are here, sit down, Yangyang is also here, come and sit together!" "Because my mother is at my grandfather's house, she is the second in line.
"Good!"
"Okay, uncle."
Yangyang and her mother responded and began to sit down!
"Second sister, why are you free?" That's what my aunt said!
Yangyang responded, "We're here to sell pigs, auntie." ”
"Xiao Ti, go cook with the second sister, I'll go out and call the pig with the second sister!"
"No need, uncle him, we have a bit of an urgent matter at home, you help me weigh it, we have to rush back." What Yangyang just said on the road, my mother was a little worried and just wanted to go back quickly.
The eldest aunt asked, "What's wrong second sister?" ”
Yang Yang's mouth was fast, and he said it at once, "My cow is sick, aunt!" ”
Yangyang's mother glared at Yangyang, "It's not a big deal, it's just a little problem, and it's not in the way." ”
The uncle said, "Second sister, since you have something at home, let's hurry up and weigh it, and you can go and busy yourself, after all, cattle are a big deal!" ”
Yangyang's mother smiled and said, "Okay." ”
The four of them went out together, Huang Daogang went to get the machine to weigh, Yangyang and his mother went to bring the pig over, and Huang Daogang said, "Second sister, it may be broken, or let's roughly estimate it." ”
Yangyang was still young, so he naturally didn't know the reason, so his mother agreed, "Okay." "Because in my heart, I seem to have a big bag, blocked in my heart, and it is very uncomfortable.
Huang Daogang looked at the pig, "Second sister, your pig is only about 300 catties at most, and I will give you 260 yuan, what do you think?" ”
"Uncle, our pig is 400 pounds."
Mom thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay!" ”
"Mom......"
"Mom, mom, go and help your uncle get the pigs into the enclosure, go quickly."
Huang Daogang made a face with his wife, and his wife quickly took out 260 yuan and handed it to Yangyang's mother, who said, "His aunt, can you lend me a hundred yuan, I will sell the grain in a few days, and then I will return it to you." ”