Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 339 The Jia Family Got the Meat

After a while, He Daqing and his team packed up everything. Everyone gathered together, waiting for He to share the meat.

"As for the meat, it's still the same as before. One pound of meat per household in the two courtyards, 70 cents. Uncle Er and Uncle Niu, please take some effort and help me get it."

He Lai first gave the money to the residents in the courtyard. There were twenty-three households in Courtyard No. 94, which meant twenty-three kilograms. After all, Widow Dong’s family didn’t have to give any this time.

In Courtyard No. 95, excluding the Sha Zhu family, Xu Damao's family, and the Jia family, there are only nineteen families that don't have to pay, which means nineteen jin.

Liu Haizhong and Uncle Niu immediately agreed and followed He Daqing out to cut meat.

"Aunt Dong, I'll give you 100 kilograms of pork and four birds, is that okay?"

He Lai turned to Widow Dong and said.

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you." Widow Dong agreed very happily. After all, she knew that He Lai had taken good care of her.

"Then you can go get some meat from Uncle He."

"Okay." Widow Dong smiled and walked out of Wu Juan's house to get the meat from He Daqing.

"Brother Damao, you should also take 100 kilograms of pork and four birds."

"Okay." Xu Damao agreed, but still sat there without moving, wanting to see how many Sha Zhus there were.

"Brother Zhuzi, you are injured and didn't help, so just give me a snake as a token of your appreciation!"

He Lai smiled deliberately.

Sha Zhu's face suddenly turned bitter, but he didn't say anything to object. He really didn't make any contribution today.

"What are you talking about, kid? Zhuzi, go get a hundred kilograms of meat from your father. You can get as much as others get! Auntie has the final say!"

Wu Juan immediately said, what are you going to do with so much meat? Sha Zhu has so many children in his family and they are in need of meat.

"Thank you, Auntie!" When Sha Zhu heard Wu Juan's words, he ran out immediately.

Qin Huairu was sitting on the side and laughing secretly. She knew He Lai was just joking. After all, He Lai liked to tease his silly Zhuzi.

"Xiao Yangzi, come here." He Lai didn't care about Wu Juan's words and turned to Xiao Yangzi.

Xiao Yangzi immediately came to He Lai and asked, "Uncle Lai, do you want to give me some meat too? I just handed the knife to grandpa."

"As for your meat, go ask your father for it. Wait a minute, bring 20 kilograms of meat to Banggeng. Banggeng's mother also worked hard today, you know?"

He Lai touched Xiao Yangzi's head and said.

"Okay, I'll give it to him now!" Xiao Yangzi ran out after hearing that.

"Xiao Laizi, what's going on? Why did you bring her along? Don't you always dislike the Jia family?" Wu Juan asked puzzledly.

“Hey, mother, you don’t know, as soon as we got on the bus, we found that the sister-in-law of the Jia family was already sitting in the car.

I guess, I was talking at Zhuzi's house last night, and Jia Zhang heard it, so she forced Jia's sister-in-law to go to Wild Duck Lake. Do you think I can ignore her? Wild Duck Lake is so big, what should I do if something happens?"

He Lai explained.

"Hey, this Jia Zhang is such a piece of shit. You should at least let Jia Dongxu go. What are this family thinking? Letting a woman go out to get food."

Wu Juan sighed.

"Aunt He, you don't know this, right? I think that Jia Zhang is taking advantage of Xiao Laizi's soft heart. She knows that Xiao Laizi will definitely not ignore her daughter-in-law, so she let Jia's sister-in-law go."

Qin Huairu analyzed.

"What Huairu said makes sense. It's something this old woman can do." When Wu Juan heard it, she thought it made sense.

"But, having said that, the sister-in-law of the Jia family is quite capable. She went into the reed marsh by herself, found a lot of wild duck eggs, and even caught a snake. Brother Zhuzi exchanged her for a big bird."

He Lai said with a smile.

When Qin Huairu heard what He Lai said, her face suddenly darkened and she thought to herself: You idiot, this snake only weighs a few pounds. How can it be compared with a bird weighing more than ten pounds? Just wait, I will deal with you when I get back!

"Wow, this guy is quite capable!" Wu Juan didn't expect that Zhang Guihua was so powerful and dared to go to the reed marsh.

"That's right. I saw her pants were all covered in mud. I guess the reed marsh is quite deep. It was hard for her. Brother Zhuzi was injured, so we asked her to help carry a pig. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get it back. That's why we gave her 20 kilograms of pork."

He Lai explained.

"That's what you should give. If someone does the work, you should give them something."

Wu Juan also agreed with He Lai's approach.

Qin Huairu became even more angry. It was all Shazhu's fault. She would definitely not be able to get into bed tonight.

Qin Huairu no longer cared about Sha Zhu's injured hand.

Jia family

"Guihua, can Xiao Laizi really give you 20 kilograms? Otherwise, let me go and ask."

When Jia Zhang saw that He Lai was slow to deliver the meat, she thought he had changed his mind.

"Mom, don't go. If he says he will give it to me, he will definitely give it to me. He has so much meat. I guess he will wait until they have divided it up before he gives it to me."

Zhang Guihua hurriedly advised that she couldn't let Jia Zhang go, because if she let Jia Zhang say something nonsense, it would ruin their relationship.

"Okay, okay, I won't go. Hey, can't this He family kid be given to our family first?"

Jia Zhang muttered something, cracked a cooked wild duck egg and started eating it. After finishing the egg, she lay down again.

"Mom! Mom! Uncle Lai asked Xiao Yangzi to bring me 20 kilograms of meat, saying it's for you."

Banggeng ran into the house excitedly, holding a large piece of pork in his hand, and ran into the house while shouting.

When Jia Zhang in the room heard the sound, she immediately sat up from the kang, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

She couldn't wait to ask, "Really? Bring it here for grandma to see."

Banggeng ran to the kang and handed the pork in his hand to Jia Zhang.

"My eldest grandson is so good. Come and have a wild duck egg first."

Jia Zhang took the pork and handed a wild duck egg to Bang Geng. Then she looked at the pork in front of her and the corners of her mouth rose up in a satisfied smile.

"You're sweating all over after running. Mom will make you braised pork tonight, okay?" Zhang Guihua wiped the sweat from Banggeng's forehead and said to him gently.

"Okay, let's eat braised pork, let's eat braised pork." When Banggeng heard this, he immediately jumped up with joy, with a happy smile on his face.

Jia Zhang looked at the piece of pork and thought to herself. She suddenly suggested, "Oh, you see, the meat is quite fatty. Guihua, why don't you boil out the fat first? It's all oil!"

"Okay, mother."

Zhang Guihua felt that what Jia Zhang said made sense. With so much fat, a lot of oil would surely be produced, so she nodded in agreement.

After all, in those days, fat meat was Grade A meat and was the most popular among the common people.

So she took the meat from Jia Zhang and went into the kitchen, ready to start boiling oil.

Banggeng followed Zhang Guihua into the kitchen, ready to help her light the fire. He sat in front of the stove, adding wood and fuel to the fire, hoping to eat meat as soon as possible.

Usually he would get some of Xiao Yangzi's meat, but this time he finally got to eat his own meat.

Jia Dongxu lay on the bed without saying a word the whole time. He knew that he was a little embarrassed today. His wife went out to get so much food, but he just lay at home and did nothing. It was a bit unreasonable. He thought that he would go with his wife next time.