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"Mom, it's time to share the pork. I'll rush over and take my seat first."

There is something wrong with not being active in eating meat. Cao Dahua did not understand what her mother-in-law and her siblings' mothers were doing. Anyway, she wanted to see the pig slaughterer first.

If you do it well, you will get more pig blood and pig water, and you will be able to cook more good dishes during the Chinese New Year.

It was not convenient for Chang Zhirong, so Qi Yulan stayed at home to take care of him, and Jiang Tang had not returned yet.

So the main force at the forefront of the old Chang family was Chang Wuwen, Cao Dahua, and even the four-year-old little kid Niuniu.

Su Huijuan, on the other hand, did not squeeze in with everyone else. She was small and did not want to rush forward with the strong women in the team. She would be at a disadvantage if she turned around and bumped into each other.

Anyway, she is only one person, her work points are not many, and she probably won’t get much pork.

She can't eat much good food when cooking alone, but Su Huijuan is inexplicably confident in her daughter and in-laws, and feels that she will not be particularly bad at home alone even during the Chinese New Year this year.

Therefore, in fact, Su Huijuan is not that caring.

Qi Yulan was different. Sharing the meat was a big deal. No matter what happened today, the family had to have a good meal.

Moreover, it was Tangtang who bought good things before and the whole family ate them together, so they took advantage.

In any case, Qi Yulan wanted to make amends.

With a sudden change of heart, Qi Yulan took out the money receipt from the corner of the box where the money was hidden in the room, intending to buy some soy sauce, vinegar and rock sugar.

The pigs will be slaughtered today to share the fresh meat. Then I will make braised pork for everyone. I have been busy for a while.

I still have some dried mushrooms at home, which I can use to make soup with the big bones.

As the village party secretary, there are no other benefits, but Chang Zhirong can at least get a few more meatless bones every year.

After a while, Chang Wuwen came back happily with his wife and children. Looking at what they were carrying on their shoulders, you could tell that they had gained a lot.

"Mom, our family got a lot of pork this time, as well as big bones and pig's trotters." As soon as she came back, Cao Dahua ran to her mother-in-law to take credit, looking very happy.

She was holding a basin in her hand, which contained four large pig's trotters, a pig's ear and a pig's tongue.

These are my father-in-law's rewards for working hard for the villagers for a year as party secretary. I can't share the pork, but I can give a little more to the village cadres for other things.

Because Niuniu was small, she was definitely not allowed to take things, but she was cheering on with a smile.

The main force is Chang Wuwen. What he is holding is the pork and ribs that the old Chang family received this time based on work points. He looks much older.

The eldest and his wife are the main laborers who can get full work points. Together with the others, the family can still get a lot of pork and grain in a year.

Even Chang Wuwen, who has always been tight-lipped, couldn't help but speak this time, happily:

“The accountant said that because the brigade performed well this year and the pigs were raised well, the commune specially left some for us.

So each household can share more, so that everyone can have a happy New Year. "

"Yes, boss and wife, please watch. If there is enough fat, let's refine some more oil this year." Qi Yulan also smiled and asked.

She didn't want to be a calculating and stingy housekeeper, but it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. In the past, there was no way she could do it if the family didn't have it.

Seeing that life is getting much better now, Qi Yulan, as the head of a family, will of course find ways to feed her family more good food.

Only when you have oil and water in your stomach can you have the strength to work, and only then will you get sick. In fact, it is worth it after all.

The oil extracted from the fat meat is reserved for cooking, and the remaining lard residue is also a good thing.

Whether it's stir-fry or bibimbap, it's all fragrant and delicious. The strange thing is that the person with the worst cooking skills in this family is Cao Dahua, because she has not had the opportunity to practice her skills before.

As for mountain people, if something is good to eat, they don’t care whether it tastes good or not.

But she was very good at refining lard residue, and the oil she produced was the most fragrant and delicious.

So every year when the village divided the meat, Qi Yulan would ask Cao Dahua to refine the oil. As a reward, she could eat a small bowl of oil residue alone.

Sprinkle a little salt and eat it like this. It is a rare delicious food for both adults and children.

First, clean the fat, cut it into small square pieces, add it to the pot and cook it slowly over medium heat and then over high heat.

When the diced meat is cooked to a light yellow color and a lot of clear oil comes out, the lard is ready.

The oily residue is usually used for cooking. When you make the pot at the beginning, you can give some to the family as snacks, and keep the rest for stir-frying vegetables or Chinese cabbage.

The family can eat it for several days and be very happy.

As for the refined lard, it is stored in earthen jars. For many people, it is the source of household oil for the next year.

Braised Pork and Bone Soup is a big dish and takes time. There is no need to eat all the good stuff in one go. It’s just something that can hold the food.

So Qi Yulan decided to eat the pig blood first tonight. The pig blood cabbage and fried lard residue are already a very good dish.

As for Su Huijuan, the situation was not as miserable as she thought. At any rate, she was now the only "doctor" in the village.

Anyone who can guarantee that they will not get sick, especially those with children at home, cannot be sent to the commune immediately if they have a fever in the middle of the night or other problems.

At this time, the importance of Su Huijuan in the village was reflected, and of course Jiang Tang.

But that was not her daughter, which proved that she was from Dr. Su's family.

So this time the captain made the decision directly and gave Su Huijuan five kilograms of meat, which was still the best pork belly.

She couldn't eat much by herself. Except for cutting a small piece for toothpaste, the rest was marinated and prepared for bacon.

When there is no good food at home next spring, you can take it out to eat, and then you can ask Tangtang to come back for a good meal. This is Su Huijuan's plan.

It's the New Year's Eve, and everyone in the village is still very excited.

Year after year, life always goes like this.

When you have a good life, you will think that you have had a good year this year and hope you can have a better life next year;

As for the poor people, they were thinking, well, it’s been another year since they starved to death.

There are only so many years in a person's life. After one year, it is considered a year.

Among the several production teams in Qiaolin Commune, the Harvest Brigade is located in a relatively remote location.

Being close to Shanaoao, it is always prone to snow in winter.

The old people in the village often say, "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest." Snow is a good sign and the wheat harvest will be much better in the coming year.

But if the snow falls too hard, it may not be good. Not to mention that the snow will bury the road and even block the door of some people's courtyards, making it impossible for people to get out.

If the snow falls too much, the wheat in the ground will be frozen, which will put the whole village's food rations in danger next year.

Therefore, whenever it snows, as the captain of the harvest team, Chang Guangrong is also very busy.

As soon as the snow stops, the team leader will set an example by putting on a big cotton-padded jacket and taking the young and middle-aged labor force in the village to shovel the snow without fear of hardship, fatigue or cold.