Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

The village chief turned around and talked to other villagers about the dinner.

Li Bowen pulled the fox and the hunter aside and whispered, "You can take half a pig and a wolf back later, so that you can have a meal together in the village. I will keep the bigger one for myself, and we will divide it equally among the three families. The rest will be given to the factory, and we will distribute the money we get back. What do you think?"

After listening to this, the two nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's do it according to your method!"

When the villagers learned that they had meat to eat, they were all very excited. Some people immediately started to build racks and iron pots to boil water to remove the hair from the pigs. However, in this joyful atmosphere, only grandpa, grandma and Chen Qiao seemed unhappy.

Chen Qiao looked at Li Bowen's injured arm with heartache, tears streaming down her face.

She held his hand tightly and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"

Li Bowen smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, it was just a slight bite. And luckily it only bit my arm and didn't hurt my face, so I'm still very handsome!"

He tried to lighten the atmosphere with humor, but Chen Qiao's mood was still heavy.

Then he coaxed her, "It will be fine in two days. Look, I can still move freely! If you are not satisfied, eat a few more bites of meat and avenge me, okay?"

After everything was packed up, the fox and the hunter returned to their village, pulling half a pig and a green skin.

Li Bowen also returned to his home, and as soon as he entered the house, he couldn't wait to check the internal conditions of the space.

At this time, Wu Lei had already prepared the rabies vaccine and various disinfectant and anti-inflammatory drugs, and wrote down in detail the precautions such as how to inject and the interval between each injection.

While Chen Qiao went to the brigade gate to get food, Li Bowen first gave himself an injection and then took anti-inflammatory drugs.

We must not take it lightly now. Who can guarantee that wolves do not carry any germs in their mouths? If they are accidentally infected or contract rabies, the consequences will be disastrous. Even in later times, once rabies breaks out, it is certain to be fatal.

The wound was cleaned, disinfected, and applied with medicine again, then re-bandaged. At this time, Chen Qiao also came back with the meal.

Seeing the big piece of fat in the bowl, Li Bowen couldn't help but frown, thinking that the meat was too fat, and he didn't know why people nowadays like to eat big fat meat. But Chen Qiao liked it before, so he kept putting meat into Chen Qiao's bowl and said, "Wife, eat more!"

Chen Qiao had a good living condition these days and had no shortage of food, but because of her pregnancy, she was suffering from morning sickness. At first, she happily ate two pieces of meat, but when the third piece of meat entered her mouth, she suddenly felt nauseous, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and ran to a corner to vomit.

Seeing this, Li Bowen hurried over and gently patted her back to try to relieve her discomfort. Then he quickly handed her a glass of water and asked her to rinse her mouth.

Chen Qiao sighed, looked at the big bowl in front of her, and said helplessly: "Oh, why am I like this? Such delicious food is in front of me, but I can't eat it." They all knew that this was caused by pregnancy reactions. Since she couldn't eat meat, Chen Qiao could only choose to eat some light cabbage, radish and potatoes.

But Li Bowen felt that it was not nutritious, so he said, "It's okay, you can't eat this, I'll buy you something good to eat from the city later!"

Chen Qiao shook her head. She didn't want her husband to spend money: "Forget it. It's a waste of money. I'm fine with this!" As she said that, she picked up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth, but as soon as she put it in her mouth, she frowned and spit it out.

Seeing this, Li Bowen patted Chen Qiao's back with heartache: "Alright, alright, don't force it. It's not like our family can't afford it. Your man is now a deputy section chief, and I earn about a hundred yuan a month. Let alone supporting you, I can even support you if you give birth to ten or eight kids." He smiled, trying to ease his wife's discomfort.

After hearing this, Chen Qiao chuckled and said angrily, "Bah, you think I'm an old sow." The two smiled at each other, and a warm atmosphere filled the room.

At this time, Chen Qiao suddenly remembered that Li Bowen had said that he would go to the commune to buy pigs, and couldn't help asking: "Now that you have these wild boars, do you still want to go to the commune over there?"

Li Bowen nodded: "Well, we have to go. There are thousands of people in the steel mill. How can this little meat be enough? We still have to go and see."

"Then see if there are any piglets. We can catch one and raise it. We can't have meat this year, but we can still eat meat during the New Year next year."

"Do you have time to take care of it after you get it back? Next year, your belly will be so big that it will be difficult for you to bend over. Why don't you wait until you give birth to the baby?"

"It's too early for me to have a baby. Besides, I have grandparents at home. Just grab one for me!" Chen Qiao also knows how to act coquettishly.

Li Bowen had no choice but to agree with a smile.

Grandpa and grandma didn't come back until it was almost dark. Uncle San led a few young men to carry the meat to the yard. It was not without benefits to invite the villagers to eat meat. The wild boars were cleaned up neatly and carried back to Li Bowen's home. Li Bowen kept four pieces of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, large intestines, kidneys, etc., and the rest was divided among the people who helped with the work.

The next day, Li Bowen didn't even bother to rest, and went straight to find the fox again. The two of them went towards Changling Commune.

The person who received them at Changling Commune was a short, fat, dark-skinned middle-aged man named Wang Heyi. He was sitting behind a desk, smoking a cigarette and crossing his legs, holding the letter of introduction handed to him by Li Bowen.

Wang Heyi smacked his lips and said with an embarrassed look, "Ordinarily, workers and farmers are one family. The New Year is coming soon, and we should support the workers. However, there are so many units that are eyeing these pigs, such as the cotton mill, the food factory, the supply and marketing cooperative, and the commercial bureau. People from all these units have come. I am really embarrassed."

Li Bowen smiled and said, "Director Wang, we know you have difficulties here, but we have no choice. The employees in our factory are all waiting for meat to eat. Please be kind and give us some."

Fox said, "Yes, Director Wang, our families are from the Ming Tombs Commune next to us, so we are fellow villagers. Please help us."

"It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that you guys are too late. I've already made an agreement with them to give you the pig, so how can I explain it to them? You better leave!"

After saying that, he pushed the letter of introduction back to Li Bowen, picked up the newspaper on the table and ignored the two of them.

Fox was about to say something else, but was pulled back by Li Bowen, and the two of them walked out of the office.

"Why don't you let me continue? There must be pigs in their commune. How could they all be ordered?"

Li Bowen pulled Fox outside, and the two of them squatted at the foot of the wall and lit a cigarette: "I know he has it, but we have nothing. Do you think he can give it to you? Look at him. He's so fat that he's almost as big as a water tank."

"What should I do? Do I have to give him some benefits before I can get two pigs?"