The poor girl from the 1970s was forced to kiss by the damp educated youth.

In the afternoon, Chen Zhi cooked dinner early, fed the pigs, and cooked pig feed.

After finishing all that, the sun went down, and she quietly went into the mountains.

At this moment, the Shi family was eating. On the table were rat meat and cured fish. The family members ate with their mouths turned red, and kept saying how delicious it was.

Shi Xin: "I'm going back to take a nap in a bit. Wake me up at one o'clock."

Sister-in-law Shi: "I remember. You've said this several times already. I won't sleep tonight; I'll sleep after you wake me up."

Shi Xin was relieved. "I wonder how many fish my sister-in-law can get for me. If there are a lot of fish, I'll just find a place to smoke them, make them into preserved fish, pack them into pretty gift boxes, and sell them in the provincial capital."

Sister-in-law Shi: "That's a good idea."

Uncle Shi: "Zhizhi's chicken is also delicious. The taste is amazing. After eating her chicken, other chickens just don't compare."

Aunt Shi: "Her stuff is really good. Doesn't she raise pigs? Should we slaughter them now and smoke them? That would fetch a higher price."

Shi Xin's eyes lit up. "That's feasible. Her pork must taste amazing. We can go for the high-end market and set the price higher. Don't underestimate our small town just because it's poor. There are plenty of wealthy people in the provincial capital. Supply in the city is limited, and you need ration coupons. Many people have nowhere to spend their money. Once they've tasted our food, they'll definitely be willing to buy it. I'll ask my sister-in-law tonight and see if she's willing to go all out with me."

Chen Zhi was unaware that someone had their eyes on her three fat pigs; she had already gone into the water.

Because she had a clear goal, she didn't wander around aimlessly; she went straight into the water to catch fish.

Chen Zhi brought all the empty sacks from home, fifteen in total. She didn't come out of the water until all the sacks were full. She changed into dry clothes she had brought and then began transporting the fish home.

It took four trips to transport all the fish.

Chen Zhi lit a fire at home and cooked a bowl of noodles. After finishing the noodles, she heard the sound of a truck.

As soon as Shi Xin arrived, he asked, "Where are the fish?"

Chen Zhi: "In the courtyard."

Looking at the row of sacks, Shi Xin immediately understood. There must be several thousand kilograms of them. He could do business selling high-end gift boxes.

The two loaded the fish into the car, and Shi Xin drove off without delay. Perhaps preoccupied with the fish, he completely forgot to ask about selling the pigs.

The next morning, Chen Zhi was drying corn in the yard when Zhao Jinbao came in to fetch water. He glanced at the kitchen and saw it was empty. His heart sank. He looked at Chen Zhi with a resentful gaze, "Didn't we say we'd pool our money to buy fish with you at the end of the year?"

Chen Zhi: "..."

Just because there are no fish now doesn't mean there won't be any in a few days.

Zhao Jinbao: "I heard a truck yesterday. Was it your Brother Shi who came to take the fish away?"

Chen Zhi nodded.

Zhao Jinbao was even more disappointed. "Sure enough, your Brother Shi is still the closest to you."

Chen Zhi couldn't refute it; she had become closer and more intimate with the Shi family.

Fine, she'll go into the mountains again tonight and bring back another batch of fish to smoke.

Two days later, the village began distributing sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Chen Zhi received 110 jin of sweet potatoes and 60 jin of potatoes, which, if stored properly, would be enough for her to eat for a year.

Two days later, the brigade was due to hand in the task pigs.

This year, the brigade raised ten pigs, one of which died of illness, leaving nine. These nine pigs vary in size, with the largest weighing over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg) and the smallest appearing to weigh only 140-150 jin (approximately 70-75 kg).

"Every year there are always one or two that are particularly small. I don't know if they're picky eaters or if they can't compete with the other pigs for food," the team leader said with a headache.

Chen Jun: "I'll deliver this to the commune."

There were seven pigs in total for the mission. If one hadn't died of illness, their village would have had three left. Now that one has died, they only have two left.

If we keep this little one, there won't be enough meat to go around this year.

The brigade leader gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, we'll send it to the commune. It's unreasonable that after a year of hard work, we can't even get a few pieces of fatty meat."

The task pigs are delivered to the commune, weighed, and the brigade receives some money and tickets.

On the third day after the task was completed, the brigade began distributing money and tickets.

Everyone was excited and gathered together, guessing how much money they would receive this year.

"This year will definitely see more than in previous years."

Why?

"Besides some crops and mission pigs, this year we also got wolf pelts—so many wolf pelts, have you forgotten?"

Everyone remembered it when this matter was mentioned.

"I'll never forget it. My family received more than 20 jin of wolf meat back then."

"That wolf meat was really delicious. My kids were even happier those few days than during the Chinese New Year."

"Everyone's family is like that, eating meat every day. Not only are the kids happy, but the adults are happy too."

"It's strange, but I never saw any wolves again when I went into the mountains. I don't know where those wolves came from."

"Who knows? They're probably migrating and got lost."

.....

Chen Zhi muttered to herself in the crowd, referring to the people she had attracted.

As everyone expected, each household received several tens of yuan more this year than in previous years. Everyone was both surprised and delighted, grinning from ear to ear. This was the happiest time of the year.

With more money, they can have a good New Year. They can pay off their debts, get married, and arrange all those things.

Chen Zhi was the last to receive the money, and together with Xi Lang's share, they received a total of 188 yuan.

The villagers didn't know that Xi Lang killed the wolf, but the village officials knew perfectly well, and there was no way to hide it.

The first thing the people at the educated youth settlement did after receiving their money was to go to Chen Zhi to buy preserved fish.

Chen Zhi: "It's not smoked yet, we'll have to wait a few more days."

Zhao Jinbao: "Then let's choose one first. You can't give away the fish we've chosen."

Chen Zhi: "Of course, I promise."

They come to see us once a day; I'm really scared of them.

After the brigade distributed money to the villagers, they also put the slaughtering of the New Year pig on the agenda.

Since there were only two pigs, the pig-slaughtering feast was skipped, and the pig's blood, offal, and other such items were distributed to everyone.

When Chen Zhi took her wooden basin to join the queue, there were already two long lines ahead of her, and she was the last one. Seeing this, she wasn't in a hurry anymore and simply found a place to sit down.

Today is the 18th of the twelfth lunar month, and the day after tomorrow is the 20th. She mentioned to Sister-in-law Shi that she wanted to slaughter a pig on the 20th. She hasn't decided yet whether she should slaughter the pig herself or hire someone else. If she hires someone else, she'll have to pay a fee.

Chen Zhi felt that this expense could actually be saved.

But she really had no experience.

When it was Chen Zhi's turn in line, she still hadn't decided whether or not to hire someone to help her slaughter the pig.

To be honest, she's not very good at dealing with elders, and she doesn't feel comfortable when unfamiliar people come to her home.

"Why are you so late?" Chen Renzheng asked.

Chen Zhi answered honestly, "I came over after I finished the housework."

Chen Renzheng was having a headache. "Everyone is scrambling for the fatty meat, so only the lean meat is left."

Chen Zhi: "It's okay."

Chen Renzheng put a large piece of lean meat into her wooden basin without even weighing it.

Seemingly feeling it wasn't enough, he thought for a moment and threw in another pig's ear. "After we've finished distributing the offal and other things, I'll give you another pig's ear."

"Thank you," Chen Zhi said, the weight in the basin far exceeding the weight of the pork she was entitled to.

When Chen Renzheng handed these things to her, Chen Jun, who was standing to the side, didn't say anything, nor did the butcher; they all tacitly agreed.