OBS Chapter 226 Sending Letters
Chapter 226 Sending Letters
After returning home, Liu Jingxue put the meat into the space warehouse and hung the dumplings with the skin.
She planned to go with Tuanzi later. Except for keeping 30 kilograms of wild boar meat, 10 kilograms for trading with Sister Jin and 20 kilograms for sending to the cowshed, the rest of the meat would be made into bacon.
The wild boar meat was too tough and not very tasty, so she didn't plan to keep it for herself.
After making the bacon, she plans to send it to her elder brother and Grandpa Zhang in batches.
The sheep and deer she killed last time had almost used up all the supplies for herself and the cowshed, so she planned to slaughter two more each.
One end is kept for eating fresh, and the other end is made into bacon.
The pigs raised in the space have multiplied a lot, and she plans to kill one in the afternoon.
Half of the pork is stored in the warehouse and eaten fresh, and the other half is pickled and made into bacon.
It is not easy to send meat from domestic pigs to the cowshed because they cannot find a suitable source. After the bacon is made, they probably cannot tell whether it is domestic or wild boar meat.
Liu Jingxue took the backpack and went back to the cafeteria to return the borrowed backpack.
Considering that a lot of wine had been ordered for the cowshed, she planned to use her work points to exchange for two pig heads and send them to them.
Pig's head is a great dish to go with wine.
As for the work points from last time, they have been distributed into grain and cleared, so she has no work points now.
This doesn’t matter. The team leader said that we can borrow money first and deduct it later. The villagers also do this.
When Liu Jingxue returned, the villagers had not yet finished dividing the meat.
This time there were a lot of prey, so the villagers got a lot of meat. Those with large families almost all got more than 100 kilograms of meat.
Even the educated youth at the educated youth points were given more than ten pounds of meat each.
Zhou Wenbing and Chen Guoqing, who joined the hunting team and were responsible for transporting the prey, each received more than 30 kilograms of meat.
Liu Jingxue looked around and did not see Li Jie among the educated youth.
Seeing Zhang Yingchun standing there waiting for the other educated youth to go back after distributing the meat, she went over to ask,
"Yingchun, why don't you see Li Jie?
Did you go back after dividing the meat?"
Zhang Yingchun said nonchalantly, "He left early in the morning."
"He doesn't know that the meat will be distributed today?"
"Yes, I told him last night.
He asked Zheng Zhiqing to help him get the meat, saying that he was busy and could not come.
I don’t know what he is doing every day, leaving early and returning late.”
As if he suddenly thought of something, Zhang Yingchun said, "Oh, Xiaoxue, the educated youth Zheng said that the team leader informed him two days ago that the educated youth who have been in the countryside for two years are allowed to take leave to go home and visit their families.
Each person can take a maximum of one and a half months of vacation.
Zheng Jianmin, Tang Qiangjun, Li Jie, Qin Fang, Yu Li, and Wang Lihua, who are working at the educated youth camp, all said they wanted to go back."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, her heart tightened, "Li Jie said he wanted to go back on vacation, when will that be?"
Zhang Yingchun shook his head. "He didn't say that."
"Xiaoxue, why do you only ask Li Jie and not others?
Why are you so concerned about Li Jie today?"
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she quickly said, "You have to ask everyone one by one. I was just planning to ask the others when they are going back."
Hearing Liu Jingxue's words, Zhang Yingchun did not doubt, "Zheng Jianmin and Sister Qin Fang plan to come back soon.
But since we distributed the meat today, I think they should make it into bacon before returning.
After all, the journey is long and it is difficult to carry fresh meat.
As for the others, they didn't say.
I guess they should go back before the New Year and spend the New Year at home before coming back."
Others don’t know, but Li Jie and Liu Jingxue are basically certain that asking for leave to go home is fake, and staying in the mountains for a long time to find the map is real.
This matter must be reported immediately to the military comrades who are investigating Li Jie, lest Li Jie sneaks into the mountains after taking leave and they fail to discover him and lose him from then on.
Zhang Yingchun sighed, "We have only been here for over a month, but it feels like I have been here for a long time.
According to this rule, we won’t be able to go back next year and will have to wait until the year after.
I miss my parents and my brother so much."
"It will be fine after a while, when you get used to it," Liu Jingxue said perfunctorily.
Just then, Qin Fang and the others came over after receiving the meat, "Liu Zhiqing is here too.
Yingchun, let’s go back.
Wait until you get home and put the meat away, then come back for the pig-killing meal."
Zhang Yingchun followed them, and Liu Jingxue breathed a sigh of relief, finally she didn't have to be the confidant sister anymore.
She didn't even activate this skill.
Liu Jingxue carried a backpack with a large basin of pig-killing food in it, and went home with a large wild boar head in one hand.
When Zhang Guiying brought her the big pot of pig-killing dishes, she felt quite embarrassed.
The basin was really too big. It was the enamel basin used for washing face in that era.
But when she saw that everyone in the village was using this kind of big basin, and some people even used laundry basins, she calmed down.
After having lunch with slaughtered pork, Liu Jingxue put on a down jacket and down pants as an inner layer, and a full military coat and boots as an outer layer, and put on a thick cotton hat, scarf, and leather gloves, preparing to go out.
Before going out, she carried an empty backpack.
It was snowing outside. Today we were having the pig-slaughtering dinner and there was so much meat distributed that the villagers were all having fun at home and there was no one on the streets.
After leaving the village in the snow and wind, Liu Jingxue walked forward for a while and put the bicycle aside after making sure that there was no one around.
After putting the backpack into the space, Liu Jingxue rode her bicycle to the commune.
She planned to go to the commune first, find those soldiers, and tell them that Li Jie was going to take a vacation.
Let them be careful and guard against Li Jie escaping their surveillance without anyone noticing.
Before arriving at the commune, Liu Jingxue put her bicycle into the space and walked to the courtyard she had visited before.
I don’t know if those soldiers sent people to look after the house.
If no one is there, then I have to wait for them to come back, and I don’t know if I can wait that long.
"Tuanzi, check to see if there is anyone in the yard.
If so, are they the soldiers we met before? "
Before knocking on the door, Liu Jingxue asked Tuanzi to check it out.
Soon, Tuanzi brought her good news.
"Master, there is someone in the yard. It is one of the soldiers I have seen before."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she felt relieved and started knocking on the door.
After a while someone came to open the door.
Seeing the man outside wearing a military coat, wrapped so tightly that even his face couldn't be seen, the soldier who opened the door asked cautiously,
"Comrade, who are you and who are you looking for?"
Liu Jingxue pulled down her scarf, revealing her face, "Comrade, it's me."
After seeing the person standing outside, the man said in surprise, "It's Comrade Liu. Please come in."
Liu Jingxue walked into the yard and asked him, "Comrade, is your captain or deputy captain here?"
The young soldier shook his head and said, "They all went out, leaving me in charge of liaison.
Comrade Liu, what brings you here for?
Liu Jingxue told Li Jie that he was planning to take a long vacation and shared her own speculation.
The young soldier said gratefully, "Comrade Liu, thank you very much. This situation is very important to us."
Liu Jingxue apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't find out the approximate time of his leave.
I'm worried that if I ask further questions, it will arouse his vigilance, so I can only rely on you now."
"Comrade Liu, you were right not to continue to inquire.
After a period of investigation, we found that Li Jie is indeed a master and he will easily discover any abnormality if we are not careful.
Don't worry about the rest. We will keep a close eye on him and won't let him escape our surveillance."
Having finished talking, Liu Jingxue said goodbye.
"Comrade, I have something else to do so I will leave now.
Please report this matter to your captain."
"Thank you, Comrade Liu, for coming here to report the news.
Don't worry, I will report this to the captain as soon as he returns."