Chapter 97: Dividing the Meat

When the father and daughter arrived at the foot of the mountain, the team carrying the pigs with torches and the crowd watching the excitement had already snaked from the village to the foot of the mountain like a fire dragon.

Before they reached the foot of the mountain, people were already shouting that the pigs were being carried back.

Shen Chuning felt a little disappointed but still listened carefully to the sounds from the mountain.

Either the shooters had already left, or they were too far away, she couldn’t hear anything anymore.

Everyone went back, and Shen Chuning could only go back too.

The brigade leader and the brigade secretary originally planned to have someone clean the wild boars tonight and distribute the meat tomorrow.

Returning to the village, they found that everyone was already up and waiting.

With a wave of his hand, he announced that they would process and distribute the wild boars tonight.

Hongyang Village Brigade had about two hundred households, although the two wild boars were large, after being processed, there was only about three hundred jin of meat.

Each household got a little over one jin.

To fit in, Shen Chuning also took a little over one jin of meat back.

The brigade leader, considering that she and Shen Zhengliang had hunted the wild boars, gave her and the Shen family the best piece of pork belly.

Knowing that Shen Chuning and her second brother had hunted the pigs, Lin Shulan’s heart was pounding.

Her daughter-in-law looked delicate and weak, if someone spoke to her a little loudly, she would cry.

How could she dare to hunt wild boars?

She nervously approached Shen Chuning, “Ningning, why did you run to the mountain when it was dark? It’s fortunate that your second brother worried about you and went up the mountain to find you, if you had encountered those two big wild boars alone…”

Lin Shulan couldn’t imagine the consequences.

Shen Chuning apologetically told Lin Shulan the same story she told Father Shen.

She also gave Lin Shulan the wild boar meat she got, “Mother, I don’t like wild boar meat, you and Dad can eat it!”

Wild boar meat was smelly and not very tasty.

Lin Shulan knew that her daughter-in-law was spoiled at her parents’ house, it was normal that she couldn’t eat wild boar meat.

She didn’t stand on ceremony and took it, “Okay, you don’t like it, I’ll take it back and make cured meat.”

After returning home, Shen Chuning went into the space.

Recently, she would enter the space every day to practice controlling crop growth with her mind.

With practice, she could now control dozens of plants at once.

At the same time, she found that every time she practiced to the end, she would feel drained, but she would be very energetic the next morning.

But now she could control the critical point and wouldn’t collapse in the space like the first time.

She lived alone, if she collapsed in the space, and someone came looking for her but couldn’t find her, she didn’t know what rumors would spread!

On the other side, the educated youth point also got three jin of meat, and everyone was overjoyed.

Only Wang Yumeng, although she had a happy smile on her face, her eyes were cold, even with a hint of hatred.

Taking advantage of everyone’s focus on the meat, she pulled Shen Zhengliang aside.

“Shen Zhengliang, what are you doing? Didn’t you promise to work hard to make money for our future?

Now that you’ve hunted two big wild boars and given them to the team, how will you make money? How will you let me live a good life without money?”

Wang Yumeng looked wronged, as if she was about to cry.

Shen Zhengliang quickly explained, telling Wang Yumeng what Shen Chuning had said about the strict investigation.

A dark look flashed in Wang Yumeng’s eyes.

Shen Chuning again!

Shen Chuning was indeed the heroine of the original book, even if the plot collapsed, her protagonist’s halo was still so dazzling.

She had originally planned to pretend to date Shen Zhengliang and let him give her the jade pendant as a betrothal gift.

After getting the jade pendant, she would say they weren’t suitable and return the other betrothal gifts, saying the jade pendant was lost.

After all, the jade pendant wasn’t valuable, even if the Shen family made a fuss, they could settle the matter by paying some money.

Unexpectedly, she had finally made Shen Zhengliang beg Shen Chuning to agree, but Shen Chuning required her to get a marriage certificate with Shen Zhengliang before giving her the jade pendant.

How could she really get a marriage certificate with Shen Zhengliang, a peasant, if she became a divorced woman, how could she cling to the hidden big shot in the book?

When she was at a loss, the person she was cooperating with gave her an idea.

To instigate Shen Zhengliang to go to the black market.

When Shen Zhengliang was caught, she would appear and ask for the jade pendant as a reward for getting Shen Zhengliang out.

How to get Shen Zhengliang out was the other person’s responsibility.

She had already persuaded Shen Zhengliang and put it into action, but she was stopped by Shen Chuning!

Although Wang Yumeng was resentful, she widened her eyes in feigned terror, “Really? Ningning really said that? My friend in the city wrote to me saying that the country doesn’t care much anymore.

She said that we educated youths might have a chance to return to the city soon, did she lie to me?”

“Maybe your friend didn’t lie to you, but different places have different policies!” Shen Zhengliang smiled awkwardly.

If the policy for educated youths to return to the city really came down.

Wang Yumeng would be a city person, would he, a rural peasant, still have a chance?

Wang Yumeng showed a strong and optimistic smile and comforted Shen Zhengliang, “A Liang, it’s okay, since it’s strictly controlled, don’t go. I’ll just eat and wear less, and I should be able to get through it. I just need to wait until the country allows us educated youths to return to the city!”

Seeing Wang Yumeng like this, Shen Zhengliang felt even more heartache and guilt.

He looked at Wang Yumeng firmly, “Yumeng, don’t worry, I’ll find a way. I won’t let you continue to be cold and hungry, wait for me.”

The next day, Shen Chuning woke up full of energy.

She went out on her bicycle at the usual time.

Pedaling, she found that the cold wind was already freezing her hands.

She was thinking about getting some gloves.

She saw Lin Shulan standing at the gate of Zhou’s courtyard looking towards her, she seemed to be waiting for her.

She quickly slid her bicycle over, “Mother, why are you up so early.”

The busy farming season was over, villagers didn’t need to go to work early.

Lin Shulan took out a pair of knitted gloves, “Here, put them on.”

Shen Chuning took the gloves and put them on, her icy hands instantly warmed up, and her heart warmed too.

“Thank you, Mother, I was just thinking that the wind was freezing my hands, and I needed to get some gloves, you prepared them for me. Mother is the most caring.” Shen Chuning smiled sweetly at Lin Shulan.

Lin Shulan’s lips also curled up unconsciously, “Can’t let Mother eat and drink for free, can I?”

Shen Chuning coaxed her mother-in-law and was about to ride away.

Lin Shulan called her again, “Ningning, have you felt anything unusual when you go to and from work recently, like someone following you?”