Chapter 47

“I bought it from the town yesterday.” Li Yao smiled and looked at Ning Jia as he explained, “I do know the woman you saw yesterday. She is the same age as my second sister Li Hong and we have a very good relationship. She took me to buy this meat.”

“Is she married?” Ning Jia asked.

“She’s married. Her husband is a pig collector at the food station. This meat was made by her husband.”

Ning Jia vaguely knew this.

Just like collecting public grain, the commune also collected pigs.

The state assigned a task, and each production brigade had to hand over a certain number of kilograms of pigs every year. When the time came, the food station would come to collect the pigs.

Part of these pigs are used to supply meat to the cities, and the rest are exported to foreign countries to exchange for foreign exchange.

If enough pork is collected, notices will be posted about the remaining pork so that people can buy it and eat it.

Several other villages have already started handing in pork, and it will soon be the turn of Laohuaishu Village. Once enough pork has been handed in, the remaining pork can be distributed to the villagers as dividends.

If anyone doesn’t want pork, they can exchange it for money.

After the commune collected the pigs, they were quarantined and then sent to the slaughterhouse.

Of course, the pig collectors have connections and channels, so it is relatively easy to get some pork.

Ning Jia’s expression eased a lot. Besides, the piece of meat in front of him was really good, with three layers of fat. If it was made into braised pork, wouldn’t it be delicious?

“This is a pretty good piece of meat.” She smiled.

Seeing her smile, Li Yao also breathed a sigh of relief: “Are you not angry anymore?”

“What are you angry about? I don’t understand what you are saying!” Ning Jia pretended to be stupid.

Li Yao didn’t argue with her: “Okay, I’m glad you’re not angry. There’s about five pounds of meat here, and it’s up to you to decide how to eat it.”

“Okay.” Ning Jia was happy.

Such a big piece of meat must be covered well and must not be discovered by anyone.

“Yesterday I bought some big bones. There’s not much meat on them, but they’re cheap, five cents a pound, so I bought ten pounds. Let’s take them to the kitchen to make soup today, so that everyone can get a taste of meat.” Li Yao said again.

“Okay.” Ning Jia agreed.

After Li Yao gave Ning Jia the meat, he took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to her: “This is the money from selling eggs yesterday. After buying meat and bones, there is still this much left. You can keep it all.”

“No, this five dollars is for your pocket money.” Ning Jiayi was so happy that he simply refused to take the money.

Li Yao was stunned.

This is five dollars!

It was not a small amount! Ning Jia gave it to him with a wave of his hand!

“What? You don’t want it?” Seeing that he didn’t put it away, Ning Jia joked with him, “If you don’t put it away, I will put it away.”

“Take it. It doesn’t cost me much. You can save it and use it to pay for any expenses at home.”

“Give it to me!” Ning Jia forced it into his pocket. “You go to town so often. How are you going to eat without some money in your pocket? You can’t just eat cold pancakes every day! We will have plenty of opportunities to make money in the future. This little bit won’t make a difference.”

Looking at the five dollars in his hand, Li Yao decided to accept it.

I silently sighed in my heart: Having a wife who can make money seems to be… pretty good,

After all the hassle, Ning Jia was no longer sleepy. She simply put on her clothes and got off the kang: “I have something good for you too.”

As soon as she came in yesterday, she stuffed the things she bought under the table.

At this moment, she was lying on the ground, sticking her butt out and trying hard to pull the bag out of the shoulder bag.

Li Yao originally wanted to help her, but when his eyes fell on her small and firm buttocks, his heart was filled with anger.

He wanted to look away, but couldn’t help but want to take two more looks.

“Ouch, my waist!” Ning Jia finally pulled out the bag, dumped everything inside onto the table, and took out the clothes he bought for Li Yao, “Try what I bought for you.”

Li Yao looked at her in surprise: “It’s very expensive.”

“It’s OK. Stop asking so many questions. Put it on and show it to me.”

“good.”

Sure enough, Ning Jia felt that his taste was really good. This man’s body was like a natural clothes hanger. Even patched clothes looked good on him, let alone clothes that were specially bought.

“Looks good, very handsome!”

Facing Ning Jia’s praise, Li Yao blushed: “Thank…thank you. Did you buy one for yourself?”

Ning Jia shook her head: “No. I’ll buy it for you first, and you can buy it for me next time.”

Li Yao looked at Ning Jia, with something stuck in his throat that he wanted to say but couldn’t utter.

Ning Jia saw the change in Li Yao’s eyes and understood what he was thinking.

“Are you very touched?” Ning Jia looked up at him with a smile, and stood on tiptoe to whisper in his ear, “Want to thank me? Do you want to pledge your love to me?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Li Yao’s ears turn red.

Ning Jia stared at the red spot on his face and smiled.

“Okay.” Li Yao suddenly spoke.

Ning Jia was startled, and the smile froze on her lips: “You…you agreed?”

“Yeah.” Li Yao responded and raised his hand to unbutton his clothes, revealing his muscular chest.

He moved forward little by little, getting closer and closer to Ning Jia.

An ambiguous atmosphere flowed between the two people. Ning Jia’s face suddenly turned red and she hurriedly took a step back: “This… this is too fast.”

“Hurry? Didn’t you ask me to pledge myself to you?” Li Yao raised his eyebrows.

“I……”

“Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready!” Before Ning Jia could finish her words, Bai Jinfeng started shouting in the yard.

“I’m hungry. Let me go eat first…” Ning Jia left as if escaping.

Li Yao raised his lips and said, “What? You ran away after flirting with me?”

Ning Jia left in a hurry, leaving behind a bag of things. When Li Yao helped her pack, he saw two bottles of Erguotou.

And bought him some wine?

Li Yao’s smile widened.

At breakfast.

The whole family sat at the table. Liang Lanlan looked like an eggplant hit by frost, looking wilted.

“Huh? Third sister-in-law doesn’t look very well. What happened? Are you tired?” Ning Jia asked deliberately.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Liang Lanlan waved her hands hurriedly, “I just have a slight fever, but nothing else is serious.”

“Why do you have a fever when you’re fine?” An Ye interrupted.

“Maybe I’m cold.” Liang Lanlan had an awkward smile on her face.

“Then you must keep warm.” Ning Jia asked with concern.

“Thank you, sister-in-law.” Liang Lanlan forced a smile.

Old Mrs. Xu looked at An Ye and then at Ning Jia with her triangular eyes: “Why haven’t I seen you care about your sisters-in-law before? Today, each of you is more attentive than the other. Are you holding back on something?”

“Look at what you said. We are caring about the wrong person.” Ning Jia curled her lips. “I wanted to care about you, but after hearing what you said, I think I’d better forget it.”

Old Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes at her and said, “I don’t need you to care about me. It’s good enough that you don’t scheme against me.”

“That’s what you said!”

“I said so.”

“Everyone, listen carefully. This is what the old lady said herself! Since she doesn’t need my concern, forget it. She doesn’t have to drink the bone soup either.”

“Bone soup?!” Bai Jinfeng’s eyes lit up when she heard these words, “Sister-in-law, did I hear it right?”

Seeing that everyone’s eyes were looking at her, Ning Jia’s mouth curled up: “You heard it right. Li Yao went to the town to do some work yesterday and bought ten kilograms of big bones. Even if we can’t eat meat, at least we can drink the broth!”

“That’s great!” Li Xuejiao was overjoyed. “The child needs nutrition right now. I’ll make two big bowls of bone soup tonight!”

“Drink more. You’re pregnant, so drink more to replenish your body.” Ning Jia agreed readily.

Old Mrs. Xu’s eyes widened: “Ning Jia, you did this on purpose!”

“Whatever you say, there’s nothing for you to eat anyway.” Ning Jia snorted coldly.

Old Mrs. Xu: “…”

What kind of daughter-in-law is this? She is like a loach that has become a spirit.

“I see that you and Lao Liu are not short of money. In that case, your seventh brother is still short of the bride price for his marriage. You can give him fifty cents!” Old Mrs. Xu said slowly.