1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 195 Wow! There's a monster!
Qingshigou Production Team.

Dusk was falling, and a heavy snowfall in the afternoon covered the entire village with a thin blanket.

A few women were taking large brooms and clearing the snow in front of their homes.

A group of men gathered around the village pigpen with anxious looks on their faces.

At this time, the pigsty was cleaned up and there was no snow at all, but seven black pigs were curled up in the corner.

The ears of several of them were an abnormal purple-red color, and their tails, covered in diarrhea, hung limply to the side, without any of their usual agility.

An elderly man was holding a barefoot doctor's manual in his hand.

He was muttering to himself as he watched.

"Why is it useless? It's useful even when you show it to others. Is it because you're not feeding enough? How about feeding more?"

Hearing the old man's words, the breeder glared.

"I fed the pigs garlic paste mixed with wood ash three times today, and you see, not only is the pig not getting better, but it's getting worse."

"Old Zhu, do you know how to treat illness?"

Hearing what the breeder said, the old man couldn't keep a straight face and snorted coldly.

"I don't know how to do that. Why did you ask me to come? Besides, I treat people, not pigs. Since you don't trust me, don't ask me to come to your production team in the future."

Having said that, he was about to leave.

However, from the Qingshigou Production Team, an old man immediately stepped forward to stop them.

"Old Zhu, why are you so anxious? How can I not trust you? Fugen is anxious because he sees that the pigs are not doing well."

"Look again!"

The old man called Lao Zhutou shook his head.

"I can't treat it. You should go to the county veterinary station to find someone!"

The old man said anxiously.

"You know how far we are from the county. We sent people this morning, but it snowed this afternoon. I guess it will take until tomorrow morning even if we bring people. Please help us. At least we have to hold on until tomorrow morning."

The other team members who were watching also became agitated, and a woman in a floral cotton jacket started to curse at the top of her voice.

"It's all the fault of that truck driver. If we had known earlier, we should have slaughtered the pigs together with the task pigs before the New Year. Who told you to listen to the truck driver who said that everyone would slaughter the pigs before the New Year, and the subsidy would be the least."

"He told us to keep them until the spring ploughing season this year, saying that there would be fewer fat pigs available by then, so he would help us sell them to big cities."

"Now we can sell them to big cities. If they all die, not only will we have to pay for the extra feed we spent during this period, but we won't even get back the money we earned from the pigs."

Hearing the woman's complaint, one of the men immediately shouted impatiently.

"Shut up. It was the decision of everyone in the team to stay until the spring ploughing begins. What's the matter with Master Zheng?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll slap you!"

Hearing this, the woman suddenly calmed down. Obviously, she knew that the man was probably not joking.

But he kept muttering to himself.

"If it weren't for him, we would have sold the pigs long ago and divided up the money! When he comes back, he will have to pay for it!"

Hearing this, the old man raised his hand.

"Everyone, go home! Clear the snow from the team, eat when it's time to eat, sleep when it's time to sleep, Fugen, you stay here tonight!"

"I hope I can hold on until the veterinarian from the veterinary station comes tomorrow."

Obviously, he also knew that Old Zhu's skills were so poor that he could only treat people carelessly, let alone pigs.

He was just trying to give it a try.

On the other side, a large truck circled around for a long time before slowly turning into the village entrance.

The huge tire rolled over the brambles covered with light snow on the roadside. The flying brambles startled the hens that were digging for food behind the haystacks, and they fluttered up to the low earthen wall.

A little kid who was peeing on the snow at the entrance of the village with his butt sticking up heard the noise and stretched his head to look at the truck turning in.

The moment I saw it.

It was not convenient either, because I was wearing open-crotch pants, so I didn't even need to pull up my pants and could just run towards the village.

He shouted loudly.

"The big car is coming, the big car is coming!"

"There's a big car coming!"

When the production team members heard the noise, many of them immediately put down what they were holding and gathered from all directions.

However, in the front was a group of half-grown children, running around the car excitedly!
Su Wenchen looked at the woman in the coarse cloth jacket in the distance. There was no strange or vigilant look in the other person's eyes.

On the contrary, some showed a hint of expectation, while others showed a hint of resentment.

This made him feel a little strange. This should be their first time here. Did they think they were people from the city transportation station?
But when I saw the excited children surrounding the big car.

Su Wenchen thought that people from the Municipal Transport Station would occasionally come here to spend the night, so the people from this production team did not show any strange look when they saw the freight truck that looked similar to the one from the Municipal Transport Station.

It is even possible that the city transportation station would often help them carry some small things, otherwise the other party would not have such an expression.

However, Su Wenchen still brought a lot of things this time, because they made sufficient preparations before going out in the car.

It was certainly expected that sometimes I would have to stay overnight in someone else's production team.

Although there may be unexpected accidents, we will not make mistakes in such small matters.

In this case, you usually just need to give something to express your goodwill.

Giving a piece of candy is more useful than saying ten words.

However, in the previous few days, they stopped in the county town to rest along the way. Today was indeed the first time in the production team below. If it hadn't snowed, Su Wenchen and his team had originally planned to go to the county ahead to rest today.

Su Wenchen turned his head.

"Lao Zhao, please stop the car first! I'll go down and ask where to park the car!"

"See if I can have a hot meal tonight. It's so cold, I don't want to drink cold water."

Zhao Weiguo said directly.

"Captain, how about I go down? This is my first time here after all."

Su Wenchen knew what Zhao Weiguo meant and patted his waist.

"No need. I have my stuff with me. Besides, the city transportation station gave me the map, so they shouldn't be lying. Otherwise, it wouldn't be that easy to get rid of them."

As the truck stopped, Su Wenchen opened the door and jumped out.

I saw a few little kids rushing towards the back carriage.

I saw several pairs of cracked little hands clinging to the iron railings welded to the truck bed with nimble hands, and sticking their heads into the straw mats and quilts, trying to see what was inside.

Suddenly, a grunting sound was heard from the truck bed.

The fastest kid, as soon as he put his head into the truck bed, was face to face with the ferocious face of a big black pig, and the sky was gradually getting darker.

Even though the plastic film allows light to pass through, the carriage is still dim.

Even though domestic pigs don't have protruding fangs, the sudden attack still scared the kid so much that he started howling on the spot.

"Wow! There's a monster!"

The little kid's hands that had grabbed onto the carriage were immediately frightened and he let go.

Just as he was about to fall, an old man carrying a big broom behind him immediately grabbed him by the clothes.

Looking at the crying baby and the grunting sounds coming from the carriage.

The old man knew very well that this was a truck carrying pigs.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

He slapped the kid's butt hard a few more times.

"You deserve it! I told you not to climb on the car and call it a monster. Why didn't the monster eat you?"

"You're scared by a pig, you idiot. If you try to climb a car without permission again, I'll beat you up."

After saying that, he threw it to the ground, with no intention of tolerating it at all.

The other children were climbing the bike slower, but when they saw the old man appear, they immediately stopped and jumped off.

However, although he didn't dare to climb, he still poked his head into the carriage.

It seemed as if he wanted to see what the pig that scared his friend to tears looked like.

There was only a child on the ground, with tears in his eyes, looking at the truck bed in confusion.

Did I just see it wrong?
Su Wenchen closed the car door, saw the old man's actions, and walked over to hand him a cigarette.

"Fellow villagers, we are from Lanshi Livestock Farm. It's snowing today and the roads are hard to travel on. I'm afraid we can only stop at your production team tonight to repair them."

When the old man heard Su Wenchen say this, his eyes immediately lit up, as if he saw hope.

Said excitedly

"You are from Lan City. Master Zheng from the city transportation station told you that! Otherwise, our production team is not near the roadside, and you definitely can't come here without asking."

"Master Zheng is really something. We only helped him lift a car once, but he introduced us to several car mechanics."

"This really helps our production team leader."

Then enthusiasm led the way directly.

"Come on, come on, park the car on the threshing ground first. We have built a shelter for the car over there. We also have a stove over there. It's used for cooking big pot meals during the harvest. You can use it, too."

Then he shouted to the woman in the distance who was wearing light blue coarse cloth.

"Qingmiao mother, please take someone back and fetch a basin of hot water and send it to the threshing ground! Then go to my house and stew the preserved duck my daughter gave me during the New Year."

"We must treat our comrades at the livestock farm well"

Su Wenchen was a little dazed by the huge enthusiasm.

Is this production team so hospitable? Or do they have other plans?
But no matter what, Su Wenchen had no intention of eating other people's food. It would be ok to use a basin of hot water, but meat was so precious in that era.

So he immediately refused.

"My fellow countryman, this won't work. I can just borrow your place to stay for one night. Why would I trouble you?"

"Eating is even worse. We can cook for ourselves."

Apparently, Su Wenchen thought the old man was a bit too enthusiastic. After all, even if the conditions were good, it was impossible for him to treat every car that came by like this!
The old man waved his hand.

"What's the trouble with a basin of hot water? I can cook the meal at the same time. Let's go! I'll take you to the threshing floor."

As he spoke, the old man put the cigarette that Su Wenchen handed to him behind his ear and picked up the big broom that seemed to be sweeping the snow.

Hurrying footsteps led the way ahead.

Su Wenchen was stunned. Are they so hospitable? Why is it like a service area?

Even more enthusiastic than the service area.

Su Wenchen didn't expect that the place that most looked like a service area along the way was actually in a production team.

(End of this chapter)