Chapter 127: What a Lovely Bunch of People

There was indeed nothing at home.

But compared to the hardships of the soldiers, she was much more relaxed.

“Xiao Wang, take the lard back. There are only two or three of us, we can’t eat that much.”

“The soldiers work harder than me, they should eat more oil and salt to have strength.”

How could Wang Linjun agree?

He was on a mission!

“Sister-in-law, just keep this lard and cook it slowly. All the soldiers in the camp have oil tickets, they don’t lack oil.”

“The meat and bones can be soaked in salt, they won’t go bad.”

“The instructor said if I take it back again, I will be punished!”

Li Xinyue was truly moved.

These soldiers were simple, hardworking, humble, grateful, and loyal.

It was her credit that they had meat to eat.

But the soldiers in the camp treated her household chores as their own, and it was only right to share some meat with them, wasn’t it?

Next time she had the chance, she would go up the mountain more often.

The family members were about to get off work, so Li Xinyue didn’t say much and let them help carry the things inside.

In this era of extreme material scarcity, if people saw this meat, wouldn’t they be envious?

But just as they were carrying the things inside, Auntie Sun, who seemed to have heard the noise, came out of her house…

“Oh, you really need to be a leader to get things, huh? You’ve brought more stuff back?”

Li Xinyue, holding the last few cabbages, ignored her and went straight into the house.

Seeing her ignoring her, Auntie Sun was furious!

“What kind of person are you! Humph, officials are all no good!”

“They eat and take more every day, they’re really shameless!”

“Mom, what are you talking about?”

Song Mei had just arrived at the door when she heard her mother-in-law muttering.

Auntie Sun looked at the Chen family with a sullen face: “What am I saying? I’m saying that these officials are shameless, they’re always embezzling public funds.”

“Meizi, you didn’t see, two soldiers just pulled a cart of things from the camp into the Chen family’s house.”

Song Mei worked far away in the city, and she usually got home late. She hadn’t seen these new neighbors in the past two days.

However, as soon as the new neighbors arrived, they demolished the fence, and she had no good feelings for Li Xinyue.

She worked at an elementary school in the city, a formal civil servant, with a higher income than those working in factories.

She wasn’t feeling well today, so she took an afternoon off and came back an hour early, which is why she got home earlier.

It was a bit tiring to walk from the military headquarters to the city. The army’s morning bus went back and forth, and there were buses passing by after walking a kilometer.

She took a local bus back today.

She was a bit tired from walking, and only glanced at the Chen family’s house before entering.

“Mom, why haven’t you started cooking dinner yet? It’s getting late.”

Auntie Sun had overslept after her nap and just got up. Hearing Song Mei’s tone, she was immediately unhappy.

“What’s the rush? You’ll just be lying in bed after eating, what’s the difference between eating early or late?”

“What? You’re complaining after I cook for you every day?”

“If you have a temper, I don’t mind. You can give birth to two grandsons for me, and I’ll treat you like an ancestor!”

Now Song Mei was angry: “Is it because I don’t want to have children?”

“I can’t give birth, it’s not just my fault.”

“You only focus on me, why don’t you think if your son has a problem!”

What?

This bitch, she can’t give birth, and she blames it on her son?

Auntie Sun was even angrier!

“Song Mei, who are you saying has a problem?”

“You’re a hen that doesn’t lay eggs, can’t your old lady say anything?”

With a loud “bang”, Li Xinyue, who was directing Wang Linjun and the others to put away the meat, was startled.

“Oh my god, what happened?”

Wang Linjun seemed to know something, he smiled: “Sister-in-law, it’s probably the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from the Technician Sun’s house fighting again.”

Li Xinyue winced at the news: “What? They fight often?”

Wang Linjun nodded: “Yeah, they have a fight every three or five days. Everyone in the family compound knows and it’s become commonplace!”

“Auntie Sun complains that Sister Song doesn’t have children, but Sister Song says it’s not her fault.”

“Anyway, those two, they fight at least once every three or five days.”

Oh my goodness, how do they even live like this?

Li Xinyue’s teeth ached.

She wasn’t close to the Sun family, so it wasn’t her business.

The meat was cut into chunks of about two or three pounds each, and all the bristles were removed.

But in this hot weather, with so much meat, eating salted meat too much is not good for your health…

Li Xinyue was a little worried.

“Mom, Brother Tengfei gave me some sweet potato sticks.”

Chen Yiheng, who had just come home from school, ran in with a few pieces of sweet potato sticks, his face beaming.

Sweet potato sticks…meat jerky…

Li Xinyue slapped her forehead: Got it! Fresh meat is not good for keeping, so make jerky!

Make some jerky, some cured meat, some braised pork in a jar, and some spicy meat sauce!

Especially Sichuan-style braised pork in a jar, it’s a delicious treat!

And jerky, it can be a dish and a snack.

In an instant, Li Xinyue no longer felt like she had too much meat.

It felt like even another wild boar wouldn’t be too much!

“Yiheng, go see if Aunt Xu is back.”

Chen Yiheng chewed on the sweet potato stick: “She’s back, I just saw her.”

“Okay.”

She picked out a piece of pork belly, with fat and lean.

There wasn’t much fat, wild boars are naturally lean, there’s no way around it.

Seeing that there were plenty of ribs and bone marrow, she took a large bowl and filled it with about two pounds.

Leaving the kitchen, Li Xinyue went to Li Jianshan’s house.

She stood at the door and called out: “Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law, are you home?”

Xu Hongqin was in the back room, and hearing her voice, she immediately came out.

“I’m here, I’m here, Xiao Li, what’s up?”

Li Xinyue quickly handed over the food in her hand: “Sister-in-law, this is for Tengfei and the others to eat, take it.”

Xu Hongqin saw it and waved her hands repeatedly: “What are you doing?”

“No, no, no! Every family in the camp was given two pounds of meat, and we’re all going to eat together tonight.”

“Take this back.”

“I heard Lao Li say that this wild boar was hunted by you and Commander Chen.”

“Let me tell you, these wild boars on the mountain are a scourge, they’re always ruining the crops, the villagers hate them to death.”

“But they’re very fierce, ordinary people don’t dare to mess with them.”

“It’s still your Commander Chen who’s amazing, he took down three in one go!”

The soldiers who delivered the meat just now had mentioned the source of the meat, and Xu Hongqin went on and on.

Li Xinyue smiled: “Sister-in-law, I got more than you, just take this.”

“The pig head and innards, I’ll make some braised five-flavor later, and I’ll give you some to try then.”

Xu Hongqin looked embarrassed: “How can that be? Such expensive things, you gave me so much.”

“Xiao Li, this is too much.”

One pound of meat, 74 cents.

A day’s wages, about the price of one pound of meat.

It can be said that it is indeed expensive.

Moreover, it’s not something you can buy even if you have money.

But Li Xinyue is very generous to friendly people, and Xu Hongqin is the first person to show her kindness after she arrived here.

“Sister-in-law, take it, I’ll need your help later.”

“Just don’t say I’m annoying then.”