My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 15 The Last Going to the Countryside
At the end of January, the new year has just passed.

After breakfast, Xu Dong first drove the Coco sisters to the door of the dance class.

The school has winter vacation in mid-January.

After getting out of the car, Coco asked anxiously, "Dad, how long are you going to go out this time?"

"Dad went to buy you New Year's gifts, and he will definitely come back before the New Year." Xu Dong smiled and comforted.

Lele raised her hand and said, "Dad, I want Princess Elsa's doll."

"I also want!"

"Okay, I'll buy them all for you." Xu Dong stroked the collars for the sisters. "However, you two need to listen to your mother at home and help your grandma take care of your younger brothers. Can you do that?"

"Yes!" The little sisters said in unison.

"So nice."

Xu Dong kissed each other, and the two sisters followed the tutor reluctantly.

Back home, Yang Lina handed over the luggage that she had packed in advance to Xu Dong, and told Xu Dong, "Drive slowly on the road and come back early."

"Understood, this time around the suburbs to buy some New Year's goods, not to go to Jizhou."

Xu's mother came over and explained, "try to buy as many chickens and ducks as possible, as well as geese, don't send them to your dad, they don't earn as much as I do."

Xu Dong, of course, could not ask for it, and quickly agreed.

……

Familiar with the road, Xu Dong traveled westward along Fushi Road.

After passing Wangping Town and driving for another half an hour, we arrived at the first destination of the trip, Liujia Village.

Liujia Village is located in the middle of a mountain valley, surrounded by mountains, which is the poorest place in Yanjing.

This is not the first time Xu Dong has come here. As soon as the villagers saw him, they knew that Xiao Xu, who was not bad for money, was here again.

"Xiao Xu, are you here to collect chickens again?"

Next to the car, several aunts who are five or 60 years old are extremely enthusiastic.

"Yeah, isn't it going to be New Year's Eve soon? Let's get the last wave." Xu Dong smiled and gave each aunt a cigarette.

A shrewd aunt suddenly said: "I said Xiao Xu, today is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, what do you say about the price?"

"It's usually 41 catties, but now it's 61 catties. I repeat, I want free-range chickens. Don't fool me with chickens that eat feed."

Now rural people have learned to be smart. They buy chickens that eat feed from the market, keep them at home for a month or two, and then sell them at the price of native chickens.

Xu Dong had suffered a lot before.

"Xiao Xu, don't worry, we're not only doing business with you once, how could we lie to you?"

Xu Dong smiled and his tone slowed down: "I know this, we Lao Liucun are all honest people, so I often come here to buy."

"That's right." Everyone nodded.

"By the way, in addition to chickens, ducks and geese this time, I will also accept hares, pork, etc."

Xu Dong paused and continued to ask: "Is there anyone who wants to kill pigs in the past two days? I have all the pork."

"Yes, my family will kill pigs tomorrow, and then I will buy all the meat for you."

"Good thing, I accept 31 catties."

The current pigs in rural areas are basically mixed with grains and feed. In addition, the price of pork has generally fallen this year, and the price is naturally not comparable to that of native chickens.

"So many, then my family will be killed tomorrow." Someone was immediately moved.

"It's a pity that my family doesn't raise pigs."

Xu Dong clapped his palms to calm everyone down, and explained casually, "This time I want to collect [-] catties of pork, and if I want to sell it, I will quickly arrange to kill the pig, and I will be leaving tomorrow."

When the aunts heard it, they hurriedly went home to find someone to kill the pigs, or told their relatives and neighbors the news.

In the evening, I stayed with a family, and Xu Dong gave 300 yuan, including three meals.

The next day, he received a total of more than 50 chickens, [-] ducks, and a whole six slices of pork, and some of the pig's feet and pig's internal organs were also kept.

Now that the economic conditions in the countryside are better, especially when their children have to come back for the Chinese New Year, few people sell their own chickens and ducks, and even if they kill pigs, they will save enough food for the New Year.

After leaving Liujia Village, Xu Dong went to Baodiwa Village next door. The mountain road here is even more difficult to walk, and the mountain road is truly eighteen bends.

The next day in Baodiwa Village, Xu Dong received more than twenty chickens, seven ducks, two geese, three pork fans, and five rabbits.

Rabbits are raised by farmers themselves, and the price is not expensive.

Next, Xu Dong ran to the last village, Shangshuiyu Village, which he passed by during the return journey.

The same price, the same process, except that Shangshuiyu Village is relatively large, and Xu Dong received a lot of goods this time.

Counting it down, there are more than 100 chickens, [-] ducks, [-] geese, [-] rabbits, [-] pieces of pork, and [-] catties of donkey meat.

This time, the small truck with a load of more than one ton was finally fully loaded.

In less than three hours, near lunchtime, Xu Dong drove the truck into his yard all the way.

The Coco sisters were playing in the yard, and when they heard the sound of the car, they knew that it was Dad who came back.

"Dad, Daddy, why did you come back? Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve." Lele said with a sullen mouth.

Xu Dong picked up his little daughter and kissed her, "Dad is wrong. Daddy has forgotten the time."

"Dad, did you buy Princess Elsa?" Coco's eyes were full of expectations.

Xu Dong put down Lele, pretended to have forgotten, and lightly hammered his head with his fist.

Seeing that the two girls were extremely nervous, Xu Dong finally satisfied the bad taste, and quickly took out two oversized gift boxes from the passenger seat of the minivan, and stuffed one for each person.

"Thank you dad."

The sisters ran all the way to the living room, looking for scissors to unpack the wrapping paper.

Xu Ma walked to the rear of the car and asked Xu Dong directly, "How much did you charge?"

"How much is collected, I forgot, it's full anyway."

After Xu Dong finished speaking, he opened the trunk door, and a gust of cold air hit his face.

I saw a fan of pork piled neatly, piled up with processed chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, and a large piece of unrecognizable meat near the door.

Xu's mother was almost dumbfounded. Usually, when Xu Dong came back, he only had half a truckload of goods at most, and half of them were still eggs. How did he stuff a whole truckload of meat this time?

"Why so many? It's New Year's Day tomorrow. Are they all sold out?" Xu Ma worried.

"What to sell? This is privately slaughtered pork. It cannot be sold in convenience stores without a quarantine stamp." Xu Dong explained.

"Then you are an idiot, why do you buy so much?" Xu Ma yelled directly.

Xu Dong touched his nose and said "smilingly", "Didn't you always say you want to buy more?"

Anyway, throwing the pot is right!
Xu Ma was choked for a moment, but she was unable to refute for a while, and paused for a while before saying:
"Even if I want to make air-dried meat, how can I make this car of meat by myself?"

Xu Dong patted his chest quickly: "Mom, Nana and I will help you do it together."

"That can't be done!" Xu Ma said sadly.

"Don't worry, there is a chainsaw at home, let's use the chainsaw directly, it should be very fast."

Xu Ma thought about it for a while, but still felt a little unreliable, considering whether to sell it to the dancers.

The so-called dancers are actually a square dance group in a nearby community, which Xu Ma only joined last month.

Xu Dong naturally saw his mother's hesitation, so he bewitched: "Mom, if you look at so much meat, how much money will you make if you make it into air-dried meat?"

Xu Ma's mouth twitched, obviously excited.

(End of this chapter)