Chapter 271: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 271: Wang Xiaohua's Suggestion

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Zhang Zhongtian said that from now on, rural areas won't allow private pig slaughtering, telling us to hurry up and process the two pigs we're raising in the pigsty these two days."

During dinner, Li Xiulan mentioned this to Wang Zhanggen.

"Those two pigs are still very small, they've only been raised for a few months, how to process them?"

Wang Zhanggen immediately became unwilling.

"Let Zhu Rou Rong help slaughter them; if they can be sold, sell them, if not, eat them ourselves."

Li Xiulan replied like this.

Wang Zhanggen's face darkened, and he suddenly swore:

"Those dog things, they really fucking have to meddle in everything! What's wrong with us rural people raising two pigs? Are we in their way?"

Li Xiulan's face was full of speechlessness:

"Just do as they say, otherwise the ones who suffer losses in the end will still be us."

Over these many years, Li Xiulan had endured countless hardships; she had long learned to endure passively, and as for resistance, she no longer had the energy for it.

She also couldn't be bothered to resist anymore.

Just live her own life well; as long as she doesn't die, it's fine.

However, Wang Zhanggen said:

"Those two pigs will just keep being raised like this, not killing them for now; I want to see what they can do to us."

Li Xiulan's brows furrowed slightly:

"What are you trying to do?"

Wang Zhanggen said:

"I'm not trying to do anything, I just can't bear to part with those two pigs; besides, if we slaughter those two pigs, who will eat our leftover food and dishes?"

Li Xiulan fell silent.

Actually, she also couldn't bear to part with them.

After all, they'd only been raised for a few months.

She was still thinking of waiting until next winter, when they'd fattened up, to kill them and use them to make cured sausage and cured meat.

"What if those people pursue the matter, what then?"

Li Xiulan asked a sentence at this time.

Wang Zhanggen said:

"We'll just secretly raise them, not let those people know, wouldn't that work?"

Hearing this, Li Xiulan also felt it made a bit of sense.

Wang Zhanggen said again:

"By next winter, if Zhu Rou Rong doesn't dare help us kill pigs, then we'll kill them ourselves; after killing, we'll keep a portion to make cured meat, sell a portion to people in the village; as long as you don't speak and I don't speak, everyone doesn't speak, those people fundamentally won't be able to know about us killing pigs!"

Li Xiulan felt it made a bit of sense.

Wang Xiaohua, who was eating dinner on the side and not saying much, spoke up at this moment:

"Just afraid someone will secretly report you; your connections in the village haven't gotten good enough that everyone would choose to cover for you; on the contrary, many people are jealous of you."

As soon as Wang Xiaohua's words came out, Wang Zhanggen couldn't help but be stunned.

He had to admit, what this youngest son of his said had a few points of reason.

Not to mention his sworn enemy Yang Xiaocai, some other villagers had long been jealous that he had three sons, jealous that his sons were so promising, and had long wanted to mess with his family.

Wang Xiaohua said at this time:

"Not allowing rural areas to privately raise and slaughter pigs is indeed a bit excessive, even somewhat absurd; but analyzing it carefully, the reason is clear — nothing more than adding more restrictions on rural areas to further drive rural people into cities, providing cheap labor for cities to take on cities' sky-high debts, like real estate. Similar red tape will probably only increase in the future."

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan both couldn't quite understand the things Wang Xiaohua said.

They didn't have much education, so they hadn't thought about such deep-level things.

They only knew, I'm a rural person, if even raising a few pigs isn't allowed, then what's the point of being a rural person?

Rural areas are actually the fundamental base of the country's economic development.

The rural self-sufficiency, self-reliance system, if it is dismantled, countless rural people will become rootless duckweed; if there's even a slight turbulence in the future, big problems will arise.

It's just a pity that meat-eaters are shortsighted; to prolong land finance, for their own political achievements, knowing it cannot be done yet forcing it through, introducing one absurd policy of drinking poison to quench thirst after another.

"Xiao Hua, then what do you mean? Is it to not raise them anymore?"

Li Xiulan hurriedly asked.

She was still quite willing to listen to Wang Xiaohua's suggestions.

After all, she was old now, her mind not sharp anymore, while this youngest son of hers happened to be the one with the cleverest mind in the family.

"It's definitely better not to raise them; continuing to raise them carries quite large potential risks, because we fundamentally cannot contend with those people; you also don't want to invite unnecessary trouble because of raising pigs, right? Besides, our family doesn't rely on those two pigs to live; you go out doing masonry work, earning more money than raising pigs earns."

In a few words, Wang Xiaohua clearly explained the pros and cons.

Li Xiulan nodded; she actually felt the same way.

Wang Zhanggen, however, said with a stiff face:

"Afraid of what? Just keep raising them! I just don't believe they can do anything to us!"

Wang Zhanggen was very obviously very unconvinced.

He held a natural aversion and disgust toward those people.

After all, their positions were different, their stances were different.

He naturally did not want to follow the red tape those people had formulated.

Seeing his father so stubborn and refusing advice, Wang Xiaohua could only force a laugh:

"Whether to raise them or not, you all decide for yourselves; I won't say anything more."

Because he knew that no matter how much he said, it was impossible to change their minds.

Additionally, he felt that rural people raising a few pigs at home, slaughtering them for food during festivals and selling some on the side, was actually harmless and should be allowed.

Li Xiulan's face showed a look of hesitation.

She still wanted to keep raising those two pigs in her heart, but she was also afraid those people would come to her door and cause trouble.

She clearly remembered that when she was pregnant with Wang Xiaohua, a group of people had come to her home to cause trouble; at that time Wang Zhanggen was working away, she was alone at home, and as a result, all the valuable things in her home were taken by those people.

This matter brought her great psychological trauma, making it impossible for her to forget it for a lifetime, and impossible to forgive those people.

Should those two pigs continue to be raised or not?

Li Xiulan could not make up her mind for a moment.

She hesitated.

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.

Early that morning Li Xiulan went to Zhu Rou Rong's pig slaughter shop early in the morning, preparing to buy some pork to eat, and inquire about the situation along the way.

At the pig slaughter shop, many villagers who had come to buy meat had already arrived.

The villagers came here early every day to wait.

Zhu Rou Rong had just finished slaughtering the pigs, and they had not yet been cut into pieces; the pork was still fresh enough to twitch, and they began to choose the parts they wanted.

Only those who came early could buy the good parts.

For example, plum blossom meat and tenderloin; those had to be reserved in advance to be bought.

After all, a pig only had that small piece of plum blossom meat and tenderloin.

"Xiulan, good morning, which part of pork do you want?"

Zhu Rou Rong greeted her with a laugh.

Li Xiulan responded with a laugh:

"Brother Rong, give me one jin of lean meat and one jin of pork belly."

"Okay! Wait a moment! I'll weigh theirs first and then prepare yours!"

Zhu Rou Rong answered like this.

Li Xiulan asked at this time:

"Brother Rong, I heard Party Secretary Zhang say that you can only slaughter pigs for the last month, and starting next month you can't slaughter pigs anymore; is that true?"