Chapter 43 Wedding Candy
In this day and age, meat is not something that ordinary people can often afford, and bacon is even more scarce.
Jinfeng Farm in Niuling Town is mainly engaged in planting, but some ripe fruits and vegetables fell to the ground, which was unhygienic and of poor quality, but it was a pity to throw them away, so they also set up a pig farm.
Wan'an Farm in Lingxi County is mainly engaged in breeding, and it also has a meat processing plant under its name. The meat for several factories in nearby counties is almost all supplied by Wan'an Meat Processing Plant.
Recently, due to an outbreak of swine fever in several large pig pens in Wan'an Farm, a large number of pigs died, resulting in a major shortage of pork raw pigs in the meat processing plant.
It was Su Qing's help that facilitated the cooperation between the two major farms, Jinfeng and Wan'an.
The adult pigs produced by Jinfeng Farm are undoubtedly a timely help to Wan'an Farm.
One can imagine how grateful Wan'an Farm is to Su Qing.
The bacon produced by Wan'an Neilin Factory is usually only supplied to some state-owned units or canteens of political institutions.
Ordinary people have only heard of it and rarely seen it in person.
Wan'an bacon is well-known, and the brand's huge influence has long taken root in the hearts of local people and is a household name.
Bai Lanfang stared at the bags of bacon in Lu Xingchen's hands, with greed in her eyes.
"Second Uncle, give me the bacon. Come, I'll show you my cooking skills at noon and let everyone taste my best clay pot rice." Bai Banfang put down the wool in his hand, stood up, and was about to snatch it from Lu Xingchen's hand.
"Don't even think about it!" Su Qing flashed out at some point and snatched all the bacon from Lu Xingchen's hands.
"I still won't give you a penny of the bacon cakes, egg cakes, peach pastries and crispy peanuts." Su Qing had completely broken off relations with Bai Lanfang.
Ever since Su Qing came, Bai Lanfang's position as the head of the family has been challenged repeatedly.
"Second Uncle, you are an ungrateful person. You have forgotten your roots after getting married. Don't you forget that you can work in the government compound because we gave you the opportunity for the people? You are ungrateful and you will get your retribution sooner or later!" Bai Banfang was so angry that she uttered all kinds of dirty words, like a shrew.
"Sister-in-law, stop flattering big brother. Don't you have any idea how he was fired from his job?" Li Yuemei couldn't help but retort when she saw Bai Lanfang distorting the facts.
Li Weimin, who had been silent all the time, had a burning face. He knew it best. At that time, Li Tiejun was the first one to help Li Weimin arrange a good job, but Li Weimin himself was color blind, and a major mistake occurred during one of his work, resulting in serious injuries to his co-workers.
In that accident, the state-owned enterprise studied and decided that not only did it require Li Weimin to pay compensation, but it also directly fired him.
It was difficult to find a job at that time, and it was even more difficult to find a stable job. I couldn't stay in the county, so I returned to the village and earned work points with the production team.
"Go back to your room and don't embarrass yourself here." Li Weimin, who has always been afraid of his wife, pulled Bai Lanfang into his room.
Li Weimin knew that if he did this, the washboard in front of the bed would be busy again.
Su Qing heard Bai Lanfang's cursing in the room, as well as some strange crackling sounds. Now Li Weimin was in trouble.
Su Qing thanked Li Yuemei for her rebuttal and clarification. "Big sister, I'll give these to you. If grandma can't use them all, you can take them back to the provincial capital."
Su Qing pointed to a pile of food in grandma's room and said.
Li Yuemei was a little flattered. "In fact, since you guys rarely come back this time, I suggest you go to Third Uncle's house. You can take these as souvenirs."
This is good advice.
My grandmother, Liupo, is the sixth among the elders. The only one of her generation still alive in the village is my third uncle.
Anyway, I plan to go back today, so it doesn’t hurt to go for a walk.
With the help of Li Yuemei, Su Qing divided the things into two parts.
"Is there a store in the village?" After getting Lu Xingchen's affirmation, "Then let's go buy some candy. We didn't have a wedding banquet, so we still need to give out wedding candy."
The news that the villagers had assigned someone to Wan'an Farm to deliver Wan'an bacon to their homes had already spread like wildfire.
This is a great thing. You have to know that whether you can get enough meat for the New Year depends entirely on Wan'an Farm. If you have a good relationship with Wan'an Farm, you will not have to worry about not having meat to eat.
Su Qing still vividly remembers the derogatory comments and ugly ridicule people made toward her, the new daughter-in-law, when she first came to Kengkou Village.
It’s different now. Almost all the people and passers-by she met on the street cast approving glances at Su Qing.
Almost all of them praised Su Qing's beauty, as if she had walked out of a painting; they said she was capable, had great cooking skills, could fight three people alone, and was as good as any man; they said she was enthusiastic and helpful, and had saved many people in just a few days, reuniting countless sons of abducted women with their families.
They all praised her for her virtuousness and praised Lu Xingchen for finding a good wife. They all praised Lu Xingchen and Su Qing for their talent and beauty, saying they were a perfect match made in heaven.
The village's opinion of Su Qing has been completely reversed.
The previous sarcasm and contempt for Su Qing has now turned her into the object of everyone's envy, with everyone giving her a thumbs up in praise.
We came to the store at the east end of the village. It would be better to call it a place for the circulation of goods rather than a store. Although it is small in scale and area, the variety of goods is quite complete.
After her rebirth, Su Qing had an idea to make money. She wanted to rent a shop in the county town, probably to turn it into a marketing center like this. However, the marketing center she planned would be much larger than the small grocery store in front of her.
If this can be done, making money and getting rich will take a solid step forward and open up a good situation.
"Give me five bags of White Rabbit milk candy." Su Qing was in a good mood when she saw what she wanted in the store. She said as she took money out of her backpack.
The boss was stunned for a moment. Normally, the White Rabbit milk candies were sold at one or two yuan, or at most a few taels or half a pound. But he bought five bags at once. This was the first time he had encountered such a wealthy customer.
These five bags of candy are enough to last for a year.
Lu Xingchen interrupted Su Qing's actions. He looked at the price tag, took out money from his pocket, collected five yuan and sixty cents, and handed it to the store owner.
Su Qing was not polite either. She opened a bag and shared it with everyone she met. The two children who were playing in the mud and sand at the door heard about the candy in the house and ran in without caring about getting their hands dirty.
After getting the candy, the child ran happily towards home, as if he wanted to show off back home.
Don't take things from strangers or eat food given by strangers. In this era, such parenting education is not yet known to everyone.
As soon as the child left, more children kept coming from all directions. Su Qing assigned each one to them. Along the way, all the children in the village came running over, and Su Qing accepted all of them.
Everyone who sees it will have a share, no one will be left out.