Chapter 96: Harvest before the Lunar New Year
Chapter 96: Harvest before the Lunar New Year
The east wing of the front yard of the quadrangle.
After listening to Chen Jun's introduction to the situation in the courtyard, Uncle Chen was also frightened by Wang Dong's fierce attack.
But he didn't say much.
Yi Zhonghai has already taken action against Wang Dong and the Chen family several times. It is time to fight back, otherwise everyone will think that Wang Dong and the Chen family are sick cats that are bullied by others.
But he did not forget the ruthless side of Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, and still raised his eyebrows to remind them: "Dongzi..."
"Although you won the battle with Yi Zhonghai this time, Yi Zhonghai will definitely not let it go!"
"There's a deaf old lady standing behind him..."
"She didn't help Yi Zhonghai during the entire hospital meeting. She must be hiding some conspiracy that we don't know about..."
"So we can be happy, but we have to be on guard against them."
Wang Dong answered readily: "Don't worry, uncle..."
"I know all about it..."
"The reason I attacked Yi Zhonghai today was not because I wanted to beat him to death with a stick!"
"Besides, we don't have the strength to beat them to death with one stick now!"
"As long as I can keep them quiet for a while and let everyone spend a good New Year in peace, my move today will be worth it!"
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In order to have a good New Year and save more money for the upcoming difficult times.
Wang Dong has been so busy these three days that he has hardly been able to rest.
At dawn, I took Chen Jun and Chen Li to go ice fishing...
If there is a banquet at noon, we will rush to prepare it, leaving Chen Jun and Chen Li to continue fishing.
After the banquet at noon, I returned to the fishing spot and continued fishing.
When it is almost dark, take the caught fish to the pigeon market to sell.
Maybe it’s because the New Year is coming soon and the superiors also want everyone to buy good things through multiple channels.
The pigeon market was particularly lively these days and lasted until midnight.
The fish brought by Wang Dong were also particularly popular.
Food in the countryside is becoming increasingly scarce, causing more and more farmers to stop feeding pigs in order to fill their stomachs. Pork, which was already in short supply, has become even more scarce because of the Chinese New Year.
Many people have to work very hard to buy half a pound of pork.
This amount of pork is obviously not enough for the New Year.
Since pork is not available, everyone can only turn to chicken, duck and fish.
The dozens of kilograms of fish caught every day would be sold out as soon as they were sent to the Pigeon Market!
The money and tickets earned can be exchanged for food or other supplies...
Every night, they would carry baskets of rice home.
Fortunately, the courtyard and the ear room had been completed, so Wang Dong only needed to climb over the wall to get the things back home.
Otherwise, if he went through the main gate, the baskets of supplies Wang Dong carried back would definitely shock everyone in the courtyard!
After finishing fishing on the last day before the New Year, Wang Dong did not send all the catches to Gezi City, but gave one third of the catch to Chen Jun to take home.
After Uncle Chen was injured, the poor families in the backyard had no money, but they contributed a lot.
Although this was because Uncle Chen had helped them before, Wang Dong, as a junior, could not forget this kindness.
I gave them two bowls of pork offal and some radish and bone soup...all as a way of repaying their kindness.
These poor households are not bad either!
Even if he was ostracized by Yi Zhonghai in the hospital, he should stand up and support himself!
If there is anything at home that needs help, they will help without hesitation.
Considering their family’s financial situation was relatively poor, there would definitely not be any delicious dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Wang Dong originally planned to give each of them a pound of pork.
Later I felt that this was too conspicuous.
If those villains in the yard report me to the higher-ups and ask me where the pork came from, I would not be able to hide the fact that I had stored smoked and bacon at home any longer.
This is completely contrary to Wang Dong's idea of low-key development and is definitely not suitable.
After much deliberation, Wang Dong decided to replace pork with fish!
Everyone in the courtyard knows that I have been breaking the ice to fish every day recently, and they know that I have a good catch... I give some of the fish I catch to poor households, so no one can find a reason to report me.
Amid the gratitude of several needy families, Wang Dong and Chen Jun carried the empty buckets back to the east wing and began to count the various harvests of the past three days in front of everyone.
"Uncle...Aunt...and Sister Jun..."
"In the past three days, through fishing and selling fish, we have exchanged a total of 68 kilograms of white flour, 128 kilograms of corn flour... three cured chickens, five cured ducks, six kilograms of oil coupons, eight kilograms of national food coupons, two kilograms of non-staple food coupons, and two living old hens..."
“The rest of the money is here!”
"A total of 13 yuan..."
"Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year..."
"This year is my first year at work, and it's also the first year that Sister Jun agreed to get engaged to me. The steel mill also allocated me a house and made me the canteen monitor..."
"The decoration of the ear room is also ready..."
"Five good things coming together..."
"We must have a prosperous New Year, and let's celebrate!"
Uncle Chen was also very happy!
Although I suffered a lumbar injury this year and may never be able to stand up again, I have received good news in other aspects.
His face was flushed, and he looked at Wang Dong happily and said, "Dongzi..."
"You are the master of our family. You decide how we want to celebrate the New Year this year!"
Wang Dong did not refuse. He first took out three dollars from the pile of change on the table and handed it to Chen Li!
"Little sister..."
"Here's the three dollars I promised you..."
"Help me and Sister Jun catch three fish, and I'll give you one dollar a day, a total of three dollars!"
"Keep it for your own pocket money!"
Looking at the handful of dimes that Wang Dong handed over, Chen Li's eyes suddenly lit up.
I want to answer but I don’t dare.
As far as she could remember, she had never taken a bill worth more than fifty cents.
As a result, Wang Dong gave three dollars at a time.
He immediately shifted his gaze to Uncle Chen, his face full of desire, hoping that his father would nod.
Uncle Chen was not a fool, and answered readily: "Since your brother promised you...you can keep it for yourself...but you must not spend it recklessly!"
Chen Li was so happy that she almost jumped up from the ground... She grabbed a handful of banknotes that Wang Dong handed over and went back to her little room. It was obvious that he was going to hide the money.
Wang Dong then took out three yuan from the table and handed it to Chen Jun: "Sister Jun..."
"These three dollars are for you..."
"Tomorrow you can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some hair bands and small things like hairpins..."
Then he handed the remaining six or seven yuan to Aunt Li: "Auntie..."
"You keep this money!"
"Tomorrow I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pound of oil, and then buy some candy and cakes..."
"If there is any meat, buy some pork!"
"I'll stay home and cook the New Year's Eve dinner!"
"First, make the carrot and pork bone soup, share some with the poor families, and then make some dishes for our family!"
Hearing about food, Chen Li rushed out of the room: "Brother..."
"What delicious food shall we have tomorrow?"
Wang Dong proudly replied: "For soup, I would eat carrots stewed with bones..."
"Cook some sweet and sour spareribs, braised carp, stir-fried pork intestines, steamed preserved meat, Chinese cabbage with oil residue, and steamed egg..."
"How about six dishes and one soup?"
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