Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 462: Transferred to a New Position

Arriving at the entrance of the meat factory, Yaozi stopped the sled and let Yi Chichi and Liu Lan wait while he handled the negotiations.

They watched as he went to the gatehouse, chatted a bit with the elderly gatekeeper, and then returned to guide the sled through the gate.

Two main roads, one leading to the residential area—Yi Chichi had been there before and was experienced.

The other led to the slaughterhouse, which was the road Yaozi took.

She wondered, "Uncle, are we going directly to the slaughterhouse?"

"Yes."

Yaozi nodded, thinking they were scared, he reassured them warmly, "Don’t worry, we’re all acquaintances here, nothing will happen."

Yi Chichi and Liu Lan exchanged glances and voiced together that they weren’t afraid.

Ten minutes later, they reached their destination.

The strong stench of blood hit them, and the old bloodstains and sewage slowly flowed across the ground, freezing into ice within moments due to the low temperature.

A man wearing a leather apron, covered in blood and grime, squatting at the door against the wind smoking a cigarette, stood up waving his cigarette when he saw the sled.

"I thought you weren’t coming."

"That’s impossible!"

The sled slowly reached the man, Yaozi stopped it nicely, and Yi Chichi and Liu Lan crawled out from the sled frame.

"This is my grandniece, say hello. This is your Uncle Tu."

"Hello, Uncle Tu."

"Hey, hello, hello,"

Uncle Tu greeted them with a smile, and led the three inside, "Hurry and pick now that no one’s around."

From the outside, nothing much could be seen, but once inside, the temperature rose significantly.

But it was still cold.

The slaughter area of the meat factory was large, all the pigs sold in Baoshan County came from here.

Sometimes they even had to supply some to the city; if the area were smaller, they wouldn’t be able to keep up with the demand for pig slaughtering.

It was mealtime now, so the slaughter workers had gone to the canteen, leaving the entire large slaughter workshop with just Uncle Tu and the three of them.

Yi Chichi quickly spotted a half-side pig on the cutting board that hadn’t been divided yet, her eyes brightened and she poked Yaozi with her finger, signaling with her eyes that she wanted that half.

Yaozi, who got what she meant, followed her gaze, then with annoyance written on his face, said, "Wait here, I’ll go talk to Uncle Tu."

Before he finished speaking, he pulled Uncle Tu to the side to whisper.

Liu Lan pulled Yi Chichi aside to whisper too, "You have your eyes on that half?"

"Yes." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Yi Chichi nodded, whispering, "If we take this half, slaughter another New Year’s pig back at the village, and plan well, we could eat until spring."

If there were villagers who were reluctant to eat meat, she could additionally buy some more.

"What about you, which one caught your eye?"

"I want a big hind leg,"

Liu Lan said helplessly, "My grandpa wants to eat leg; he’s getting old, and as my dad says, we don’t know how much longer he’ll live, so we should satisfy him as much as we can."

Indeed, they should satisfy him.

Grandpa Liu had a tough life early on, his body covered with wounds from the war, and as he got older, his health deteriorated day by day.

When the weather was warmer, they could see the elderly man go out for walks, but as soon as it turned cold, his devoted children and daughters-in-law would keep him inside to prevent him from getting sick by going out.

It wasn’t that taking care of him was a hassle, but they were afraid that one illness could be his last.

In such circumstances, they would go to any lengths, even if it meant getting ten legs, if they had the means.

"Apart from the leg, does Grandpa like anything else to eat?"

"He wants to eat pig liver and blood tofu."

These are considered trimmings, easier to get than pork.

The leg is actually easy to get too, because the most popular parts on a pig nowadays are the big fat meat, followed by belly, and then lean meat, and such.

Bony parts with not much meat are always a last resort.

So, she glanced at the row of large wooden basins filled with innards, pig blood, and other trimmings, whispering, "There’s hope."

"Did you bring enough money and tickets?"

"I did."

She patted her pocket, whispering, "I brought a hundred yuan. I’ve sent all the food tickets, but I still have the sugar tickets."

At this, Liu Lan was a bit worried, "Uncle Yaozi has been negotiating for quite a while, are you sure he can secure the deal?"

Yi Chichi glanced at the two softly speaking men, "I have faith in Uncle Yaozi."

If he wasn’t confident, Uncle Yaozi wouldn’t have brought them along.

And indeed, it turned out to be true.

No one knew how he negotiated, but in the end, they left with half a pig, six sets of pig intestines, a pig head, two pig legs,

three pig livers,

six pounds of blood tofu, and twenty pounds of lard.

The half pig was divided between Yi Chichi and Uncle Yaozi, the pig head belonged to Uncle Yaozi, he took two sets of intestines, leaving four sets for Yi Chichi.

One pig leg was hers, and she got one pig liver.

The remaining two pig livers and one pig leg, along with four pounds of blood tofu, were Liu Lan’s.

As for the lard, it was split equally among the three.

After leaving the meat factory, the three went to the department store and bought a lot of stuff.

Next, Yi Chichi and Liu Lan lost their right to ride the sled.

The two of them had to walk to the commune hospital.

Thanks to the continuous snowfall, the ground wasn’t slippery; it was just that the snow was quite deep, reaching their calves.

Just past the street corner, Yi Chichi spotted Mu Da fully armed, standing expectantly at the hospital entrance, and she waved happily, "Aunt Mu, over here!"

Yaozi, "..."

This was clearly his wife, yet this careless girl Chichi seemed happier to see his wife than he was.

"Wife, over here!"

He shouted, unwilling to be outdone.

Liu Lan looked at one and then the other, feeling that if she didn’t join in, she’d seem out of place.

So, she joined in with a shout.

Mu Da was both amused and exasperated at this, walking over she said helplessly, "Once is enough, people might think you’re having a competition."

"Not at all."

Yaozi chuckled, "Old Mu, aren’t you going to take your clothes home to wash?"

"I washed them at the bathhouse when I took a shower."

Implying there was no need to take them back.

"Then let’s go home."

The sled frame was overloaded with stuff, no room for people.

Mu Da walked with Yi Chichi and Liu Lan.

Chatting as they walked, they didn’t feel cold anymore, their bodies warmed up.

However, they dared not take off their clothes, preferring to be hot rather than cold.

"Did you visit Xiao Qiao and the others this time?"

This referred to Qiao Jun and his group.

Yi Chichi shook her head, "Didn’t visit, but did run into them on the street once, they were so busy like dogs."

Mu Da got interested, "Isn’t their work supposed to be pretty easy?"

"I didn’t ask for details, just know they switched positions."

They had a brief chat when they met on the street, and Qiao Jun and the others hurriedly left, reportedly having skipped both breakfast and lunch, and during the chat, she heard their stomachs growling.

She even offered a few White Rabbit candies.

"Aunt, what kind of training did you receive in the city this time?"

Yi Chichi was curious about her training programs and asked out of interest.

Mu Da smiled, "Acupuncture!"

Liu Lan blurted out, "Can this be openly trained?"

"The Western medicine learning traditional Chinese medicine class and Chinese herbal training classes have been ongoing,"

Mu Da explained concisely, "Most village barefoot doctors practice an integrated approach of Western and Chinese medicine."

Otherwise, they couldn’t make up for the lack of medical supplies.

When Western medicine is unavailable, herbal medicine becomes useful.

"The herbal acquisition station needs cicada sloughs. Remember to pick up cicada sloughs next year and trade them at the procurement station in the name of the team."