The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

Chang Wei was relieved to see that the matter had been settled. If he messed around, the cannery would be in big trouble.

After thinking about the boasting behind him, he said, "Uncle, remember not to be greedy for success and rush into things. The common people live for truth and pragmatism. Only hard work and honesty are true."

Qin Zhengshan applauded repeatedly. "Good, good, these few words are well said, uncle, remember them, we ordinary people must be diligent and honest."

Qin Zhengchuan said cheerfully. "Boss, what Awei said, we have to make a banner and hang it in the pig farm."

Qin Zhenghai smiled proudly. "See? When it comes to major matters, Awei still has to make the decision. He thinks things through more thoroughly than any of us."

This is his legal son-in-law, and the eldest son can only be considered a secret one.

Qin Zhengshan laughed. "You don't have to tell me. If it weren't for Awei, the people in our village would still be working hard in the fields to make a living."

The old brothers took turns bombarding Chang Wei with sugar-coated bullets. Chang Wei quickly changed the subject and suggested going for a walk in the village. He also took out the cans of cigarettes and alcohol that were secretly placed in the trunk and gave each person a portion. Only then did he end the conversation.

The two sons immediately volunteered. These two little guys were more familiar with the new Qinjia Village than Chang Wei. After taking a look around the village and the new pig farm, they found that the changes were indeed significant.

After lunch, he brought some cans of cigarettes and alcohol to visit Zhou Qiao's family.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Chang Wei took his son back to the city.

The purpose of his return was to prevent the Twenty-Seventh Village from following suit during the Great Leap Forward and ruining the good life they had worked so hard for all these years.

When they left, the old brothers of the Qin family packed a lot of cured chickens, cured rabbits and cured meat, and they also caught two fresh roosters weighing seven or eight kilograms.

The main thing is that the life in Qinjia Village has not changed. Chang Wei also saw that the chicken coops in each family's yard still had chickens. This is the benefit of being of one mind. If it were somewhere else, if someone dared to do this openly, they would have been reported eight hundred times.

Return to the courtyard.

A group of middle-aged women and young wives were enjoying the cool air and chatting in the outer courtyard. When they saw Chang Wei and his son, they greeted them.

"Director Chang, where did this go?"

"Is Director Chang back?"

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Chang Wei nodded and smiled in response. "I'm going back to the village. I haven't been back for two years. I'm going to go back and take a look..."

Wu Yanzhi quickly stood up and walked forward to invite him. "Director Chang, if you are free tonight, please come to my house for dinner. Our little Lingzi will bother you..."

Chang Wei smiled and continued, "Aunt, what's the use of calling me factory director or not? Just call me A Wei.

I will definitely be there in the evening, just in time to try Auntie's cooking. You can take this back and stew it, and I will add two dishes to go with the wine."

As he said this, he took the big rooster and the cured rabbit in his hand and handed them over.

She is Xu Ling's mother and mother-in-law, right? Although Wu Yanzhi is a bit aggressive, she is a nice person.

Wu Yanzhi waved her hands repeatedly. "Director, no~Awei, this is not appropriate."

She had been waiting here for a few days to treat Chang Wei to this meal, but unfortunately Chang Wei had not come back to stay overnight in recent days. How could she expect Chang Wei to bring his own food to her house when she couldn't even invite him?

Chang Wei stuffed it directly into her hand. "Aunt, listen to me, or I won't go."

Wu Yanzhi hesitated for a moment after hearing this. "Okay, Awei, I'll go home and cook now."

Chang Wei said with satisfaction. "Aunt, cook the cured rabbit a little spicier, I like that taste."

Wu Yanzhi responded with joy. "Hey!"

With this kind of character, if her daughter could marry him in the future, even if she became his eighteenth concubine, she would be very satisfied.

Chang Wei said hello to the aunts and young wives, then took his son home.

Aunt Qu from the back house said with a smile, "I wonder why Old Wu always hangs out in the outer courtyard in the afternoons these days. Is he inviting people to dinner or staying there?"

The third aunt said, "Isn't this as it should be? Her daughter Ling can go to school in Xiangjiang with Yu Shui, all thanks to Chang Wei's help. And Old Wu didn't lose out on this meal. He just served a 7-8 catties rooster and a 2 kg cured rabbit. One person can't finish them all, it's enough for the whole family."

Aunt Gao Shuzhen teased her. "Auntie, you just saw the big rooster and the dried rabbit. That's Chang Wei's good character and his excellent style as a leading cadre."

Her words seemed to be teasing Third Aunt Yang Ruihua, but in fact she was speaking well of Chang Wei.

"Yes, what Auntie said makes sense."

"That's right. These are the basic requirements for people to become senior officials."

Several of the aunties laughed and agreed.

Zhang Xiaoyu listened and smiled on the surface, but when she looked at the two children of the Chang family, she suddenly had something in mind.

She thought to herself, the Chang family has a son, and she has a daughter. They grew up together in the same courtyard, so they are childhood sweethearts. Sometimes, if they have a good relationship, they can transcend class. If they can get together in the future, then the Jia family will be different. With this relationship, they don't have to worry about their son's future...

The second aunt suddenly said with envy, "In fact, the luckiest one is Yu Shui. If He Daqing hadn't run away, she wouldn't have been able to live like this.

Since I came to the Chang family, I have been well fed, clothed, housed and transported. Now I can go to school in Hong Kong. I heard that the expenses there are very high. Just for this, He Daqing's salary is definitely not enough.

Besides, when she looks for a husband in the future, the Chang family is her natal family. Given the Chang family's current situation, shouldn't she find a cadre family that is equally matched?"

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And He Daqing in Baoding was sitting happily at the door of the kitchen smoking.

After receiving the letter in the morning, he was shocked for a long time. Chang Wei is now a department-level cadre and the director of Shengli Cannery.

Moreover, for Yu Shui's future, he was sent to Hong Kong to study. When he graduates, he will have Chang Wei's connections and is expected to start as a cadre at the section level.

I feel that the best thing I have done in my life is to give Yu Shui to the Chang family to raise. Look at this, it's like smoke is coming out of the He family's ancestral grave. This is a great thing!

I'm happy, but I have to pay for the expenses! Chang Wei used his connections to send his daughter to school in Hong Kong, which must have taken a lot of effort. I can't let him pay for it again.

My daughter didn't ask for much. She just wanted to double the original amount. It's 35 yuan in a big city, but 70 yuan is not enough in Hong Kong where expenses are high.

It only doubled. Does this mean you look down on your father or you feel sorry for him?

The main reason was that he had the capital to show off. His monthly salary including subsidies at the restaurant was about 80 yuan, plus 35 yuan a month at the bun shop. Even if he deducted the 70 yuan he gave to He Yushui every month, he still had 45 yuan left, which was still very rich.

After thinking it over, I realized that my daughter was going to be a cadre in the future, and it was a big honor for the family, so I couldn't let her suffer any loss. So I decided to increase the price by ten yuan.

Ever since the widow drove away her son and daughter two years ago, He Daqing has been wary of this.

He didn't spend money to arrange jobs for the widow's son and daughter, so they could only do temporary work. He thought that if they didn't have a job, they wouldn't have to marry a wife, so wouldn't they have to spend money? He now had some assets, and he had saved more than a thousand yuan in the past two years.

That's not all. He also used various excuses to deduct the living expenses submitted. From the initial 20 yuan, now only 10 yuan is submitted each month.

Too little? Then I'll leave?

How could a widow be willing to give up her meal ticket? She could only obey. Now he had food and drink when he returned home, and at night there was a woman who served him wholeheartedly and accompanied him to sleep.

Really! You can’t afford to suffer a loss or be cheated with ten dollars.

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