My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 21 I really can't stay here any longer
Fortunately, when I got back, I saw Erfeng coming!
In early December, although it was not yet the winter solstice, the mountainous area was already freezing cold.

Weidong was indeed thinking about buying two silk quilts for his parents and a few pairs of autumn trousers.

But it’s not worth making a wasted trip to the provincial capital, so I have to bring some bacon.

Now Erfeng and Goudan were seen carrying three fully loaded backpacks, sitting on the roadside opposite the sealed trading house.

That’s right, this is where Goudan knew Weidong should stay every time he came to the city.

I don’t know where the rented house is, but I’ll stay here anyway!

If I hadn't happened to pass by here on my way back from the park, I wouldn't have seen it.

When Weidong saw the rebel jumping up and wagging his tail, he just wanted to kick him away!
Erfeng, however, looked directly at the city girl behind her with a woman's sensitivity.

Weidong was indifferent to the gaze. He looked through the bacon in the basket and sniffed it with his fingers: "It's okay. Not too dry. It's probably within a year. The taste is okay. City people recognize the smell of green oak wood."

The old woman had already caught up with him, smiling: "Do you want to buy some bacon? My mom makes delicious fried bacon. How about blackmailing her for a meal?"

Rang Weidong didn't even raise his head: "Buy a fart, this is my good friend from the same hometown, you go back first, we have something to do."

What kind of thing is it to secretly do business without paying taxes in front of the family members of tax bureau officials?

The female college student suddenly got excited: "Your friend? Then let's go to a restaurant together. The one outside No. 1 Middle School is delicious. I'll treat you!"

Goudan immediately swallowed loudly.

Rang Weidong then stood up and was puzzled to see Erfeng turning her back and wiping her tears!
Looking back at the beautiful teacher, he didn't even notice the huge visual impact on the rural girl.

Erfeng put on a brand new flowery cotton jacket, which was obviously the same flowery cloth that had been used to wrap the pure titanium ingots. When she wore it, she was the most beautiful girl in the area.

But compared with the female teachers at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, she is just so unsophisticated.

Mainly bloat.

She was wearing a beige tweed short coat with a wide belt of the same color that defined her waist. A large white lapel and a silk scarf were visible at the collar. She was also wearing jeans and small leather shoes, and had a fashionable wavy hairstyle.

Although Weidong still felt it was a bit tacky, he now even felt it was not as festive as a floral cotton jacket.

It seems that all the internet celebrities in short videos wear floral cotton-padded jackets, and none of them wear this kind of outdated coat.

But it is already the pinnacle of fashion that is unrivaled in the entire city.

And I don’t know if it was because Shi Linyan’s inner competitive female mode was activated. She smiled like a flower and posed for the photo with one leg stretched forward and put her hands in her pockets. She looked very beautiful.

Unfortunately, the straight man frowned when he saw the legs and necks exposed by the flared jeans: "You should behave yourself. The weather is so cold, don't force yourself to wear long johns. It's a serious matter to choose style over temperature."

Erfeng quickly turned her head to take a peek, and her tone was not good.

The delicate girl's train of thought was different. She giggled and covered her mouth with her hands, "You talk so funny. What do you mean by 'personal'? Are you caring about me?"

Weidong was speechless: "I don't understand what you say. I don't know how you teach students. Let me introduce you, Erfeng, Goudan, this country boy's friend, and this is Mr. Shi, the English teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in the city."

Erfeng remained strong: "I am his wife!" Her voice was a little shaky, but her words were clear.

Weidong didn't bother to explain, and waved his hand like a fly in pure Hong Kong movie style: "Psycho!"

He reached out and lifted the extra backpack onto his back, then scolded Goudan again: "Look at you, you're so useless! I won't take you out with me anymore!"

Goudan was thick-skinned and quickly followed suit: "What are you eating? Eat later!"

Weidong was only concerned: "How did they suddenly get so much bacon, and it's so heavy!"

Goudan boasted with a cheerful smile, "I gave the money to Erfeng when I got home, and she bought two pigs to kill and smoke. We've been smoking them every day this month. Look, I've even made them smell like green oak wood!"

She even stood on tiptoe and put her armpits close to Weidong's face!

Damn, who wants to hear this!

Weidong laughed and scolded and ran away quickly, and Goudan chased after him.

He was wearing a short coat and a flowered cotton jacket, and said with a pleasant face: "I have never seen him so relaxed. He always seems to be thinking about something and is busy working every day. Welcome to visit us."

Erfeng didn't even look at the hand she extended, picked up the backpack and walked around to follow her.

Shi Linyan made a face and then turned around slowly. She finally seemed to be thinking about something.

Rang Weidong then raised his finger and said to Erfeng who followed him, "Awesome!"
He was trapped by stereotypes and always wanted to go back to slaughter the New Year pig during the Spring Festival. However, Erfeng, upon hearing that they were going to slaughter a pig and smoke the meat, started to do it right away.

Why do we have to wait until the New Year? Now that the weather is cold, it is the slack season for farmers and people have firewood.

It couldn't be easier to do.

She also calculated the cost shrewdly: "The current purchase price of live pigs is 49.2 cents per pound. They have to be over 100 pounds and they have to be hungry for two days to empty their stomachs. I directly give 60 yuan for a 100-pound pig. People are rushing to sell it. My dad slaughtered it and we smoked it."

It is forbidden to slaughter and sell pigs privately, but if you kill a few extra pigs under the name of slaughtering the New Year pigs and don’t sell them publicly, no one will care.

She was much more confident when she talked about this: "Old bacon is sold at 6.5 jin, which means that out of 10 jin of meat, only 6.5 jin can be sold. This quick-smoked meat is 8.2 jin, which is much more cost-effective."

Wei Dong was amazed. In his previous life, he would occasionally hear news about her or meet Erfeng once or twice during the Chinese New Year. She was an ordinary rural woman with nothing special about her.

Now he couldn't help but turn around and scold this side: "Look, you don't have the subjective initiative and enthusiasm of Erfeng!"

Goudan just laughed happily.

Erfeng said: "I am your wife, so of course I have to do everything I can to get your things done. He does nothing all day long, only jumps when kicked, and does whatever he is told. He never has to think for himself." When Weidong saw the heroic Erfeng, he actually felt that she was more attractive than the English teacher.

But it couldn't attract him: "You're talking nonsense again. I can't stay here any longer. Let's see. If you have this intention, your life will definitely be very different."

He knocked on the door and showed his mother: "Erfeng Goudan is here. After dinner, let's go to the provincial capital."

It was a bit awkward for my mother to see her daughter-in-law who hadn't married yet. Maybe the couple stayed in the city because they didn't want to go back and face the issue of breaking off the engagement.

In her previous life, Erfeng's father did something like pulling his daughter away from the fire pit. No matter how many people criticized him, in fact, most other families would do the same thing if they gritted their teeth.

This is a lifelong hardship, and everyone will consider it.

If you want to cancel the engagement now that your family is doing well, you will be criticized a lot more and it will last for a long time.

Moreover, Erfeng was very enthusiastic in seizing the high ground of public opinion: "Mom, I have been helping Weidong make bacon. I have been wanting to see Dad for a long time. How is Dad?"

The mother-in-law felt even more guilty: "No, no, okay, okay, much better, he's at work..."

Especially when he saw the city girl coming in with her hands in her pockets, he finally wondered if his son was acting like Chen Shimei.

Nowadays, all the unfaithful men who abandon their country wives and turn to city women will be given this name.

Let Shimei go home mainly to test the quick-smoked bacon.

To be honest, this is already a tactic used by unscrupulous businessmen.

Fresh pork is smoked and roasted continuously and then the process is accelerated. The taste is similar, but it is not at all the same as the effect of old bacon that has been naturally air-dried for two or three years.

Most of the bacon sold in farmers' markets is of this kind, and cannot be called old bacon.

Moreover, it saves the several-year air-drying process, and the oil and moisture in the meat are still sealed inside, so the same amount of pork will be much heavier.

Can sell for more money.

I can only say that the advantage is that it has the added bonus of the charcoal specialty. I left a piece to cut and stir-fry into a dish and it tasted pretty good.

It retains the smoky aroma of fresh bacon, but has a softer and more glutinous texture than the woody texture of old bacon.

Rang Weidong commented: "If you're making this kind of dish, you can use less salt to make the carbon and pine aromas more pronounced. In fact, most city dwellers don't like salty food."

Applying salt generously not only makes it easier for the fresh meat to be marinated and preserve its flavor for longer, but also makes stir-fried dishes with salted meat more appetizing.

You can make more rice by consuming less meat.

It’s similar to the line in TV dramas that the poorer the place, the heavier the flavors of the dishes.

It is a great blessing to be able to eat as much as possible.

There is no question of eating well.

Erfeng agreed and focused on picking up some food for Rang's mother, while also keeping an eye on Rang Weidong's bowl to get some if there was no rice.

She was busy cooking and her hands felt weathered.

Goudan just focused on eating, eating, eating, eating, and ate many bowls of rice.

Erfeng was so angry that she didn't give it to him and wanted to leave it to her father.

Rang Ma quickly explained: "He is working the day shift today. There is a cafeteria at the company. You can eat there and eat your fill!"

I don’t even dare to ask Teacher Shi.

Shi Linyan usually eats very politely, and today she was also smiling and picking up her chopsticks frequently: "Auntie should go to the cafeteria to cook. This cold dish is delicious, better than the ones we used to have in the university cafeteria."

Weidong could tell that his mother would probably be able to go to work in the cafeteria tomorrow.

He already felt that working here was boring. "Don't talk nonsense. Do you really think it tastes good?"

The female university students were more knowledgeable. "Our university has teachers and students from all over the country, but most of them are from the three southwestern provinces, so the best-selling dishes in the cafeteria are vegetarian dishes like the three fresh salads. Many students at the Normal College don't come from well-off families, but they can afford it with the subsidies. Auntie, this garlic flavor is very unique, hehe, but you have to rinse your mouth after eating it."

Rang Ma quickly said modestly: "I learned this by cooking for them when I was working in the construction team. As long as they like it, it's fine!"

Wei Dong had an idea: "Okay, give Teacher Shi a piece of bacon, and this cut piece will be considered as my family's purchase. Erfeng, come with us to Jiangzhou to take a look. Maybe you can run this business on your own in the future."

Erfeng only cares: "This is the bacon at home, why do you have to buy more? I'm helping mom wash the dishes!"

Let Weidong threaten her: "We are leaving now. If you don't follow us, you won't be able to find us."

Erfeng quickly said goodbye to her mother.

Shi Linyan was of course extremely curious: "Why are you going to Jiangzhou? I'm very familiar with it. Can you take me with you?!"

Let Weidong chuckle: "You have classes tomorrow, we'll be gone for several days, let's go!"

I was even humming in my heart, thinking that you forced me to do this.

He wanted to send his parents to live in Jiangzhou.

Sooner or later, we have to leave here.

(End of this chapter)