Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

Courtyard house

At night, as soon as I walked into the Moon Gate, I smelled the aroma of meat.

Are the Xu family father and son going to the countryside to show movies again?

Whenever their family went to the countryside, they would prepare delicious food when they came back. Xu Damao said that it was for replenishing the body for revolutionary work, but in fact it was just to get rid of the things they brought back.

Some mountain products, or onions, ginger and garlic for home use were fine, but too much chicken and duck meat would be an eyesore. So Xu Fugui never kept these things at home, either selling them or eating them.

When I reached my door, I was surprised to find the smell of meat coming from the house. Could it be that the sun was rising from the west and my mother was willing to eat meat?

No, it seems like we really need to eat meat, but we don’t have to buy it.

I pushed the door open and walked in, only to see my father, mother, eldest brother, and youngest sister all there. My eldest brother was wearing a brand new blue work suit, and his face was full of energy.

"Brother, is it done?"

"Haha, it's done! Director Li also told me to work hard, and said that if I do well, he would help me become a regular employee by the end of the year! The factory slaughtered a pig today, and I even brought back a piece of meat."

Compared to the calmness he showed when he returned home in the past, he seemed like a completely different person today.

"Ah."

It is not difficult to guess what Li Huaide is thinking. He just wants to make himself contribute to ensure that there are enough materials for daily purchase. As time goes by, the supply of materials in the market will be further tightened. By then, it will be a matter of a word for the eldest brother's apprentice to become a regular employee.

But I really didn't expect that my eldest brother could actually bring back a piece of meat. He is really a good man who cares about his family.

"Guohua, today I went to the brigade around the steel mill and collected a few kilograms of millet and a few eggs. What do you think we should do tomorrow?"

Li Guoliang thought about tomorrow's matter and couldn't help but feel distressed again. His second brother had promised Li Huaide that he would be able to get the meat.

At the beginning, he thought that as long as he went to the countryside, the people from the commune would rush to sell to the steel mill when they came to purchase goods.

After all, the purchase price of the steel mill has a floating range, which is higher than the price of the supply and marketing cooperative purchasing station. Who knew that the actual gap is so big.

"Don't worry, I've prepared everything for you."

Li Guohua pointed to a torn sack he had brought into the house.

Li Guoliang ran over quickly, opened the bag and saw two rabbits and two chickens, quietly staying in the bag without making any noise.

"Guohua, where did you get this? Can you teach me? Otherwise, what should I do in the future?"

After seeing the things, Li Guoliang was happy and sad. He was happy that he could hand them in tomorrow, but sad about what to do in the next few days.

"Where else can I get it? I just go to the countryside to collect it. But it's also through friends' introductions. They really won't sell it to ordinary people. Don't worry, brother. I will prepare the things during this period of time. But you have to give me the money when the time comes. I haven't paid them yet."

Li Guohua lied. It is hard to say where this thing came from.

Seeing Li Guohua coming back, the family prepared to eat. Mother Chen Lan and Camellia brought the food to the table.

There is actually a bowl of braised pork. Is my mom just not living a normal life?

Li Guohua couldn't help it and directly reached out and grabbed a piece of half lean and half fat. Hmm, it tasted like my mother's, fragrant and delicious.

Chen Lan was so angry that she picked up chopsticks to hit him, but he quickly dodged.

Seeing her son escape, Chen Lan did not chase him. Instead, she said seriously, "Guohua, Mom has something to tell you."

Seeing his mother suddenly become so formal, Li Guohua asked curiously, "Mom, what's the matter?"

"Mom collected the money from the wild boars sold by your eldest brother's factory. You spend money lavishly and can't save it. I'll have to help you find a wife in the future!"

"Mom, just keep it!" Li Guohua said with a wry smile

Well, I scared myself, thinking something big had happened, and after all this time it turned out to be just this, which I wasn't prepared for in the first place.

When a child grows up, he is no longer under the control of his mother. Sometimes it is not good to be too strict with her, and sometimes it is not good to ignore her. After hearing what Li Guohua said, Chen Lan, the mother, laughed.

"Dad, do we have any relatives in the countryside or anyone we can trust?"

Li Guohua briefly talked about the textile factory farm, saying only that they needed to grow some vegetables first and that they needed to find a few temporary workers. He was now in charge of this matter.

"Relatives, where are the relatives? Some have left, some have dispersed, and I don't know if any of them are still alive!" Li Chuwu thought of the past, shook his head gently, and his whole body seemed to become heavy.

In the old society, the situation was turbulent, wars and conflicts arose, young men were conscripted, and tenants were exploited. Seventy percent of the harvest from one acre of land had to be handed over to the landlord, and the lives of ordinary people were not worth mentioning.

Xu family

Xu Fugui was very happy today, humming a little tune, drinking a little wine, and eating meat, because the commune he went to today slaughtered a pig and gave him a large piece of meat before leaving.

As projectionists at the steel rolling mill, in addition to showing films in the factory, they also have to respond to the call from their superiors and go to the countryside to show films for the people and enrich everyone's spiritual life.

Isn’t that what the saying goes, using light and shadow to illuminate the countryside and warm the people’s “spiritual garden”?

In the eyes of the farmers in the commune, what they hold in their hands is a key to open the door to a fantasy world, a window that allows people to escape from reality and enter a beautiful dream.

It is also a way to understand the outside world. Everyone is very interested in it, and being ten miles away is no big deal.

But there were only a few projectionists, while the commune was populated by a large number of people. It was the projectionists who decided where to go and where not to go.

So, many people from the commune brigades tried to win over the projectionists, wanting them to come more often and show more shows each time.

This is also the reason why Xu Damao can always get things.

Originally, the more Xu Fugui drank this wine, the better it tasted, and the more proud he became of it.

Nowadays, which family in the courtyard can live such a good life, eating big chunks of meat and drinking big gulps of wine?

My son Xu Damao is also an apprentice in the steel rolling mill. As long as he takes over, he will have no worries in the future.

But soon he was no longer happy because of the noisy sounds coming from next door.

The second son of the Li family graduated from a technical secondary school and was assigned to a textile factory, so I won't talk about that. But the eldest son of the Li family somehow ended up working as a purchasing apprentice at a steel mill, so who can he complain to?

What’s even more hateful is that while my family eats meat, they also eat meat and the whole family is laughing and happy.

What kind of status is this Li Chuwu? How could he have the same dinner with me?

The Li family has three children, two sons and one daughter. I have a son and a daughter in my own family, which is not bad either.

Li Chuwu is a rag collector, and I am a projectionist. He is not as good as me.

The Li family had a back room and an east wing, both of which were public! His own two east wing rooms were private properties, and he was directly stepped on and rubbed.

Who knew that fate would play such a trick on them? Ten years later, the children grew up.

Now three people in their family are working, their two sons are promising, and they have hope for the future, so it’s better not to talk about this idiot in their family.

Widow Zhang from Hongxing Village has been my friend for more than ten years.

Last time I went to Hongxing Village to show a movie, I drank too much at the brigade secretary's house and wanted to go to an old friend to have a chat by candlelight in the middle of the night. But when I got to the door of the house, I heard Xu Damao's voice coming from inside. What the hell was going on?

His old friend's son climbed into bed with him. What a sin! From now on, he didn't plan to look for widow Zhang again. It was disgusting.

I was originally planning to have another child, just like the Li family next door, with two sons and a daughter. But considering my own health condition, I had to give up the idea.