Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 330 - 0330: Killing the Pig and Dividing the Meat 2_1

Chapter 330: Chapter 0330: Killing the Pig and Dividing the Meat 2_1

Wanglou Brigade also raised pigs as part of their tasks, without exception.

The chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, and sheep sold in the city’s grocery stores were all raised by farmers and then handed over.

For safety’s sake, the Wanglou Brigade, confident in their ample supplies of feed grain and with men and women of all ages willing to gather pig feed in their spare time for work points, raised two extra piglets. Fortunately, though one died halfway, the remaining three pigs grew healthily.

After turning in two work pigs, the production brigade still had one pig left, weighing about 120 kg.

Upon hearing this news, Feng Qingxue checked the calendar and found out that Wang Zhenguo had set the day of the pig slaughtering on New Year’s Eve, at the vacant ground in front of the branch secretary’s office.

Unaware of why such a day and place were chosen, Feng Qingxue made sure to go have a look.

Early in the morning, before dawn, people had already gathered in the open area and started bustling with preparation. Everyone’s face was lit up with excited smiles, and children continually wiped drool from the corners of their mouths.

Some sturdy workers carried the dark pig onto the open area, while Miao Fengqin led many women in processing a large pile of cabbage, radishes, potatoes, pickled cabbage, red peppers, etc. which were collected from every household. All these were washed, cut cleanly, and filled into many big basins.

As if sensing its fate, the black pig let out a tragic cry.

The scream startled Feng Qingxue, she placed her hand over her chest and said to the children at home, "The younger ones stay here and play, the older ones go home and help me out — no more gawking."

They couldn’t just prepare for the feast of the production brigade’s New Year’s pig, neglecting their own meals at home.

Guan Cheng and Lu Tianjun promptly followed her back home.

A couple days ago, after receiving a letter from Lu Jiang, Feng Qingxue went to the city to mail a letter and brought back a lot of goods, including white flour and a piece of pork for dumpling stuffing.

With many people at home and the cold weather, they could freeze dumplings. She prepared five types of filling.

Pork leek filling, leek egg filling, oil residue cabbage filling, pumpkin filling, pickled cabbage filling.

Lu’s father and Uncle Xu, as well Aunt Xu came to help.

Everyone in the production brigade gathered at the pig slaughtering site, so nobody noticed whether the elderly couple entered or exited the Lu Family’s home.

Once the dumplings were wrapped and frozen, they were stored in a crock buried in snow outside. After a few children rushed back home, their loud voices echoed before they even entered the home, "Hurry up and get a bowl to divide up the meat!"

Turns out, the New Year’s pig was immediately cooked after being slaughtered.

Four large pots were used to boil bone soup, the offal, pork, and pork blood were all tossed into another pot for stew. With so much meat, of course, it wasn’t just one pot. There were several large pots of meat stew, more vegetables than meat inside, but oh how aromatic it was — the rich scent filled the air.

By the time Feng Qingxue’s family arrived, a long queue had already formed in front of the stove. Regardless of gender or age, everyone was holding a bowl. Wang Zhenguo and each team leader stood in front of the pots with ladles, filling bowls for their comrades. Each person received one big ladle, and whether that ladle held more meat or vegetables or soup depended purely on luck.

Feng Qingxue didn’t deliberately line up in the queues overseen by Wang Zhenguo or Wang Dachun. However, when it was her turn, the person serving meat did not dare to be careless. He filled the ladle to the brim, seven parts meat to three parts vegetables, with very little broth.

The meat was at the bottom and the vegetables on top, barely noticeable at all.

After receiving the meat, each person could also get a large bowl of bone soup.

Everyone got a share, except Uncle Xu and Aunt Xu. Both Lu’s Father and they were tactful enough not to go to the event.