Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

Chapter 56 My Qilin

Saturday, slaughterhouse.

"Yes, there is improvement compared to yesterday. If you practice a little more, you will basically be able to reach the normal level of a slaughterer!"

Xiang Yunduan smiled at his luck, and then said to Wang Shitou who was slaughtering the fat pig.

When he went to work in the morning, he slaughtered three fat pigs himself. In the afternoon, he stopped doing it. He only gave instructions from the side and directed Wang Shitou and Zhang Dahe to do the work.

If you want to become an official butcher, it is not enough to just kill pigs. You must learn to cut pigs, and the speed must be fast, and the meat must be as complete as possible, and piecemeal pieces will not work.

In order to gain more luck in the future, Xiang Yunduan must teach more apprentices and strive to make all of these apprentices official slaughterers.

So now he takes time to teach Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang every day when he goes to work.

There is still half a year until the worker grading assessment at the end of the year, and he will try to train a few more apprentices within this half year.

……

At six o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the slaughterhouse got off work, Xiang Yunduan didn't even return to the courtyard. He directly rode on his newly acquired bicycle and rushed to Liangjiazhuang.

This time I finally don’t have to squeeze in the bus to go home.

He pedaled very fast on the road. In addition to wanting to go home early, he also wanted to test the strength of this bicycle.

The result is quite ideal.

After this bicycle has been strengthened, its performance is much more powerful than ordinary bicycles. Not only has it become more durable, but it is also quite comfortable.

We set off at six o'clock, and by around eight o'clock, Xiang Yunduan had already arrived home.

This speed is faster than taking a bus.

The buses these days are not very good on the one hand, and the roads are not good on the other hand. In addition, there are passengers getting on and off the bus, so they have to stop from time to time, so the speed is not very fast.

It is not a fantasy that riding a bicycle is faster than taking a bus.

It was just after eight o'clock in the evening, and the Xiang family had not rested yet. Today was the first day of summer harvest. They had just returned home from the fields, washed themselves, and were ready to start cooking dinner.

"Woof woof woof~"

Xiang Yunduan was greeted by two dogs, Huzi and Hua Niu. As soon as he entered the village, the dog playing at the gate saw him and ran over to him wagging his tail from a distance.

"The boss is back!"

In the yard, the whole family was there. When they saw Xiang Yunduan pushing a bicycle in, his father, Xiang Chuanzong, was a little surprised and asked: "Boss, is this bicycle?"

"I bought a second-hand car mainly to make it more convenient for commuting to get off work and going home!" Xiang Yunduan said.

"Oh my god, this car isn't cheap, how much does it cost?"

The old woman who was cooking in the kitchen heard the noise and ran out.

"It's not expensive, seventy yuan!" Xiang Yunduan said.

"That's not expensive!"

Xiang Chuanzong nodded, there were bicycles in the village, but there was only one, and it belonged to the Party Secretary's family. Did he know that the Party Secretary's family's bike cost more than 100 yuan.

And looking at the car that my son bought, except that it is a little older, it is better than the party secretary's car in other aspects. This car has a basket and headlights.

"That's not right, boss, where did you get the money to buy a bicycle? Didn't you say you wanted to find a job for Longlong? What? Is the job a thing?"

Liang Honghua suddenly reacted and asked worriedly.

He didn't doubt that Xiang Yunduan gave up his planning job to buy a bicycle, but he was just worried that something had happened at work.

After hearing Liang Honghua's words, the eyes of several people nearby were all questioning, especially Xiang Yunlong, who looked anxious.

Since his eldest brother left last week, he has been thinking about work, worried about gains and losses, for fear of any bad news. Seeing this situation now, he can imagine.

"It's not dirty, it's basically done. When I come back this time, I want to take Longlong into the city. On Monday next week, I'll go to the factory to go through the formalities. Deputy Director Cui said it himself, there won't be anything." Problem." Xiang Yunduan said quickly, not wanting to worry his family.

"Ah? Did it really succeed? You didn't lie to your mother, did you?" Liang Honghua almost jumped up with excitement after hearing what her eldest son said.

Although I knew the boss was reliable, I was still very surprised to learn the definite news.

"Brother, I... can I really become a worker? I... thank you, brother!"

Xiang Yunlong was also very happy. He grabbed his eldest brother's arm and couldn't contain his excitement.

"How can I thank you? You are my brother. We are brothers. If I don't help you, who will I help?" Xiang Yunduan patted his brother on the shoulder and said.

"Boss, didn't you give a gift to Deputy Director Cui? Or did you only give a little? Didn't you say that honey can only be sold for one or two hundred yuan? You bought a bicycle now, how much is left? "

The family was happy for a while, and then Liang Honghua hurried into the kitchen to take care of the food. Xiang Chuanzong asked her doubts.

"Hey, speaking of this, there is a story!"

Xiang Yunduan had already thought about how to explain to his family that he couldn't talk about the gold now, so he could only make up another story.

"After I sold the honey that day, I was preparing to give gifts. Although I planned to give money, I had to bring some gifts when I came to visit, right?
  I just happened to pass by a shop selling medicinal wine, so I went in, thinking about buying a few kilograms of medicinal wine to take with me. But I didn’t bring the bottle when I bought the wine. There happened to be no bottles in the store. In the end, I had no choice but to take it with me. A porcelain bottle on the counter that usually holds a feather duster was used, and I was charged a few cents for this bottle.

It was a coincidence. I finished drinking the medicinal wine and was walking back with the duster bottle in my arms. I was going to find a glass wine bottle and put the medicinal wine in it to give as gifts. An old man walked towards me on the street and stopped me. Come down.

The old man also poked his nose, pretending to be attracted by the smell of wine, and then insisted on dragging me to buy the medicinal wine.

Of course I don't sell it, and the store selling medicinal wine is not far away, so I told the man to go to the store to buy wine, but the man hesitated and wanted to buy wine from me, and said He asked me to sell him the porcelain bottle containing the wine, and he was willing to pay ten yuan.

I'm not stupid, and I quickly realized that this guy didn't want to buy wine, but wanted to buy a bottle of wine.

Later, I took the duster bottle to an antique shop in Liulichang and asked the master there to identify it. Hey, guess what?

That duster vase is really an antique. The master said it was called the square-eared blue and white landscape duster vase. It was from the Kangxi period and the early Qing Dynasty. Although it was not an official kiln, the price was not low and could be worth several hundred yuan.

I thought, what a coincidence, why don't I just give this duster bottle to Deputy Director Cui?

Just like that, I came to the door with a duster, but Deputy Director Cui didn't know antiques, and he wasn't good at it. I thought Mingzhu was secretly interested in it, but I didn't expect that Deputy Director Cui and his father-in-law were very good at this.

Later, the bottle arrived in the hands of Deputy Director Cui and his father-in-law. Deputy Director Cui said that his father-in-law was very happy after getting the duster bottle and even praised him.

No, because of this, Longlong’s matter became a thing! "

In order to make the story smooth and believable, Xiang Yunduan also took great pains and used all the jokes about antiques he saw before traveling through time.

Sure enough, after listening to what he said, no matter it was his brother, father or grandfather, they all believed it. "Oh, why do I feel that the boss's luck during this period seems to be a bit too good? How come all the good things have happened to him? Could it be that our old lady has appeared? I haven't burned paper for the old lady during this period. ah!"

After a long time, Xiang Chuanzong said with some emotion.

"This shows that my eldest grandson is a man of great fortune. He will definitely be rich in the future. It seems that our family will become prosperous in the hands of his eldest grandson.

Last week I came back and talked about the family heritage, and now it seems that the heritage is about to rise! "The old man was very happy and even found a reason.

This is called being poor for more than three generations!

The old saying is still very reasonable. It's time for the Xiang family to become prosperous, and it's still at the point of changing dynasties, so everything needs to be renewed!

"I always listen to operas on the stage, and the lyrics say things like 'my unicorn', 'my thousand-mile horse' and the like. Dad, do you mean that the clouds are my family's unicorn and thousand-mile horse?" Xiang Chuanzong looked at Xiang Cunbao and asked.

"Hahaha, when you say that, it's true!" Xiang Cunbao proudly stroked the goatee on his chin and said.

Seeing his father and grandfather say this, Xiang Yunduan felt a little ashamed. He was just making up a story, why did he involve Qilin'er Qianliju?

Fortunately, my father is not a time traveler and only knows Qilin'er Qianliju. Otherwise, if you had told him "My son has the appearance of an emperor in the clouds", that would be a big deal!

Xiang Yunduan didn't dare to take the issue, but changed the subject, took off the brown jar in the net pocket from the handlebar, handed it to Xiang Chuanzong, and said: "Dad, I bought this from that medicinal wine shop too, Lu. Blood wine is said to strengthen muscles and bones, and is very healthy. Let’s all try some during dinner later.”

What's in the jar is the fortified deer blood wine, which can enhance the body's immunity and lifespan.

"Okay, let's try it later!"

Xiang Chuanzong took the wine jar and said with a smile.

The second son's work was also solved. He was so happy that he originally planned to have some drinks at night.

"Brother, where's my candied haws?"

Little Yunjin, who was very discerning, had finished talking to the adults. At this time, she hugged her elder brother's legs and started acting coquettishly.

"Little girl, do you regard your brother as the God of Wealth? Do you still want to eat candied haws on a stick every week? Candied haws on a stick are very expensive. How about I buy it for you after my brother gets his salary?"

Xiang Yunduan stretched out his hand to hug his sister and comforted her.

Although it is said that the poor raise a son and the rich raise a daughter, we cannot always get used to it. What kind of family eats candied haws every week?
  Besides, most of the snacks and snacks he bought last week were not eaten by the adults. They were all left to the two little ones, Yun Jie and Yun Jin. Don't keep them in your mouth, otherwise it would be bad.

Pampering is absolutely unacceptable!
  "Wow~"

When Yun Jin heard that there were no candied haws, she burst into tears. The little guy had been thinking about it. He had been looking forward to it for a week, so you can imagine how aggrieved he felt at this moment.

In the kitchen, Liang Honghua heard her little daughter crying and thought something had happened. When she came out and asked, she immediately lowered her face and slapped the little girl twice on the buttocks.

This time, Yun Jin cried louder and crawled into her elder brother's arms while crying.

"Okay, okay, stop crying, big brother, can I take you to ride a bicycle?"

Xiang Yunduan gave his mother a wink, then put Yunjin on the bicycle seat and let her little hands grasp the crossbar in front. Then he pushed the bicycle and walked out of the gate.

Sure enough, a child's temper goes away as quickly as it comes, and soon Yun Jin was attracted by the novelty of sitting on a bicycle.

After a while, she was having a lot of fun, asking her elder brother to ring the car bell, and then turning on the car lights.

There is no electricity in Liangjiazhuang, so naturally there are no electric lights. There are only a few flashlights in the village. Yun Jin has never seen anything like a grinding lamp that can emit light. Especially at night, when the light is turned on, the front will be illuminated brightly. .

Later in the game, the third brother Xiang Yunjie couldn't hold himself back and wanted to ride a bicycle.

Xiang Yunduan asked Yunjie to sit in the back seat again, then put Yunjin on the frame of the car, got on his bicycle, and drove around the village.

Because Yun Jin and Yun Jie were very excited and shouted, many people in the village were alarmed after this circle.

This time, the people in the village were envious.

I had heard that the eldest son of the Xiang family had gone to the city to work as a worker, and everyone was envious of him. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, this cloud service was actually riding a bicycle.

That night, Xiang Yunduan's image in the hearts of the villagers was equated with that of Officer Niu in the township, because Officer Niu always rode a bicycle every time he came to the village to convey policies.

Even the party secretary of the village specially pulled Xiang Yunduan to talk for a long time.

This book has a seniority in the village, and the family is very powerful. They are always very serious in the village, and they have never looked down upon the Xiang family, whose surname is "thorn head". Today, they are unprecedented. Xiang Yunduan, a junior, had been asking for help for a long time.

"Why did you play for so long? Come over for dinner quickly, it's just the three of you!"

Xiang Yunduan finally got rid of the party secretary. As soon as he returned home, he found that wine and food had been placed in the house.

"I met the branch secretary and asked me to say a few words." Xiang Yunduan said.

"Oh? What did the old guy say to you?" Liang Honghua asked with a raised eyebrow.

When she heard that the party secretary actually greeted her son with greetings, Liang Honghua immediately burst into laughter. Even Xiang Chuanzong and Xiang Cunbao looked proud.

The dinner was sumptuous, including fried Guokui steamed buns, stir-fried spicy peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes with scrambled eggs, and millet porridge.

Grandma Xiang Yunduan died early, and Xiang Chuanzong was raised by Xiang Cumbao, so the Xiang family’s eating habits still retain some of the characteristics of their hometown in Qin Province. After Liang Honghua married here, she also learned the authentic flavor of Qin Province. , such as Liangpi, Roujiamo, Saozi Noodles, Trouser Noodles, Stir-fried Rice Balls, Laolu Sa and the like, it’s all out of the question.

Tonight is not so rich because Xiang Yunduan came back, but because today is the first day of the summer harvest. In the following days, we will have to work hard, so we must eat well, otherwise we will not be able to withstand it.

"Hey~ This wine is very good. It feels warm when I drink it. I harvested wheat all day today and my back is sore. Why do I feel like this glass of wine has spread into my whole body? It's so warm. The soreness has also been reduced a lot!”

After eating a few bites of the food, the whole family had a drink together. Naturally, what they drank was the fortified deer blood wine that Xiang Yunduan brought back. As soon as it entered his stomach, Xiang Chuanzong immediately felt something different.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, Xiang Cunbao, Liang Honghua, and Xiang Yunlong nodded again and again.

"It's good if it works. I'm afraid of being fooled. This wine costs more than eight yuan per catty!" Xiang Yunduan said.

"Is it so expensive? I also asked you to bring some more next time. You can't afford it if it's so expensive!" Xiang Cunbao shook his head and said.

Compared to Sanbai, which costs two cents a pound, this deer blood wine is indeed ridiculously expensive.

"It's okay. This is medicinal wine after all. You can't drink too much at one time. This pound is enough for two or three months. I'll buy it when it's all finished!" Xiang Yunduan said.

It doesn't matter if it's expensive, I'm afraid it won't have the same effect next time.

The meal was lively. When the meal was finished, Xiang Chuanzong took the mat and walked outside.

He was going to defend the field, and the stacks of wheat that were cut today were still lying in the wheat field.

(End of this chapter)