readsfreenovel Chapter 952 Chinese New Year (2)
Chapter 952 Chinese New Year (2)
When Mrs. Zhang returned home from her shift, there were several elderly ladies from the neighborhood at home, chatting with her, and their tone was full of compliments.
Seeing Zhang Laosi coming back, they all left tactfully.
The fourth brother said: "Eat your meal first!"
"Boss Zhang is very particular! But we won't have dinner. We'll come back to help tomorrow."
After they left, Zhang Laosi smiled and shook his head. The neighbors were reluctant to light the stove, but Lao Zhang was afraid that his wife and son would be cold, so he kept the stove burning all day long to keep the house warm. These old ladies came to enjoy the warmth.
But let it go. My wife is bored at home alone, and these old ladies have experience in taking care of children, so they can help.
Zhang Laosi looked at his sleeping son and said, "My son is so lucky! He is like a young master, with several old maids for himself."
His wife rolled her eyes at him. "How can you light the stove like that? It's not cold at noon. You can light two briquettes to cook and keep warm all afternoon. At night, you turn on the stove before going to bed. If it gets cold in the middle of the night, you can add more briquettes. That way, you use six briquettes a day. Who's like you? You burn more than ten briquettes a day. Even if you have money, you can't spend it like that!"
Zhang Laosi disagreed, but said, "Just burn less tomorrow."
The wife knew that the head of the household was concerned about her, and she felt a surge of sweetness in her heart. She could only let him go. "What would you like to eat tonight? We have some knife fish at home. I can fry it for you to go with the wine."
"On my way back, I passed by Huixianju and saw someone selling pigeon stews. They put a pigeon in each stew and stewed it for a long time. There were also various medicinal herbs in it. I ordered two stews to nourish you. The waiter will bring it to you later."
The woman was anxious, "You're wasting money again. I eat and drink well all day long and don't do any work. What do I need to replenish my money?"
The man waved his hand and said, "I've already bought it. I'm still the boss of our family, so listen to me!"
Money is a man's courage. Nowadays, Lao Zhang doesn't just receive the eight yuan salary. He also gets seven or eight yuan as a monthly allowance, and a holiday bonus during the holidays...
Every time he thought about it, he felt like he was dreaming!
An occasional "luxury" like ordering food from a restaurant might draw the wife's scolding, but this scolding would make Mr. Zhang very proud!
It's one feeling to be scolded by your wife for wasting money, but it's another feeling to be speechless as a poor couple!
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"pig!"
"Hey, kid, why are you still swearing?"
"What pigs! A bunch of fat pigs, stuck in the pen!"
"Why is this pig so big and fat, and why is it white?"
At the port construction site, news spread quickly.
A group of fat pigs were brought up by truck. These pigs were very white and different from those I had seen before.
A large pigpen was temporarily built with wood at the underground vent of the construction site, and the group of fat pigs were kept there.
Lin Ze came to inspect the construction site again, but this time he was not here to check on the progress of the project. The weather was already very cold, and even though the project had not stopped, the speed had been greatly reduced.
He came this time to see how the workers' material and spiritual lives had improved.
In those days, if you gave people three white flour buns a day, they would work hard for you.
Give out three white flour buns a day, arrange some entertainment activities such as storytelling and opera singing in the evening, and integrate some moral principles into it, then the common people...
Let me put it this way, if it was announced on the construction site that Lin Ze would ascend the throne to become emperor tomorrow, these people would cheer and shout "Long live the emperor!"
Zhou Xuejin introduced, "Master Lin, before the shipping route was cut off, we had already stockpiled a large amount of food, but it was mainly grain and canned food. As for meat, we will have to find a way to get it ourselves. The pig breeds and breeding techniques you introduced earlier are already showing initial results. These Yorkshire pigs grow fast and produce a lot of meat. We've already sold a batch and will be slaughtered before the New Year to provide everyone with a snack."
Previously, Dominic was responsible for the food supply on the construction site.
For the wealthy American Intelligence Agency, the food, drink, and defecation of these tens of thousands of people is not a problem at all. America's food industry has developed ridiculously these days. Not to mention eating meat every now and then, even if they provide meat for these people every day, it doesn't cost much, and they eat beef.
Now the meat canning plants built by American capitalists in the Pampas only have machine, labor and transportation costs, but no raw material costs.
The reason why it is not sold to China is that after it has been shipped across the ocean, the poor people just cannot afford it, and the rich people who can eat meat will not eat this kind of foreign canned food that is not very suitable for Chinese taste.
But no matter whether the workers like it or not, it’s meat!
In addition to meat, there is also food. Lao Mi's food is also ridiculously cheap. They donated a lot of food to the south through the Burma Road. Just load a ship and ship it to Tianjin, and it will be enough for the construction site to eat for a month or so.
But now, with the Japanese and the Americans fighting in the Pacific, this channel has been cut off, and Dominic even apologized for this.
But Lin Ze was well prepared. He had previously introduced some breeding pigs through German channels and built a breeding farm in the southern suburbs of Tianjin.
This Yorkshire Large White pig has the bloodline of native Chinese pigs and can be hybridized with local pig breeds to adapt to the environment. Practice has proved that scientific breeding management is very successful. Due to the constraints of feed, pig farming at this time may not reach the fattening rate and meat yield level of later generations, but in terms of large-scale breeding, it is definitely the leader in East Asia.
Many friends who love to eat meat actually don’t know that before the introduction of Yorkshire Large White pigs, Chinese pigs were basically spotted pigs or black pigs. They were relatively small in size, mostly weighing more than 100 kilograms, and rarely weighing over 200 kilograms.
So when the workers on the construction site saw such a fat and white pig, they were a little surprised for a moment.
But the surprise soon turned into joy, because word spread from above that a commendation meeting would be held before the New Year, and pigs would be slaughtered and eaten!
Now, both the elderly and children are looking forward to it.
Black pig or white pig, the good pig is the one that can be eaten by everyone!
After finishing his work, Old Man Li hurriedly got his meal from the cafeteria and returned to his residence.
Grandson Li Muen is almost recovered after the operation. After all, he is a young man, and he is full of energy after the stitches were removed. However, old man Li forced him to stay in bed and rest, which made the child feel suffocated.
"My dear grandson, come and eat! You don't know, but the higher-ups got a bunch of fat pigs from somewhere, and they say they're going to kill them for the New Year!"
"Grandpa, I can go to the fields now. I have to go to school. Look, the Lin family pays us wages and provides us with food. They even slaughter pigs for the New Year. I just lie here every day. How can I repay the Lin family? I have to go to school and learn to read and do math so that I can work for the Lin family in the future!"
Old man Li hesitated for a moment, looked at his rosy-cheeked grandson, and finally agreed: "Tomorrow, tomorrow you will go to school!"