Rebirth in the 1970s with Space

Chapter 62: Dividing the Meat (Part 4)

Some villagers also felt that if the property was divided, each family would get less. In that case, they would have less to control. This idea was very common. Many of the heads of each family were old ladies.

They care a lot about the rights they have left in their hands and are used to controlling the distribution of family items. They are all old, and if the family is divided, it is uncertain whether their descendants will be filial.

The older generation who are in charge of the family all think so. After all, they are the ones in charge of the family, so no matter how they divide it, they will not lose out.

As for the interests of the younger generation, everyone has grown up from the younger generation to the older generation. When they are old, they can make the decision.

Generation after generation has lived like this, and life has been going on like this. Therefore, many elderly people in the village adhere to the old idea that the family will not be divided while their parents are still alive. This has led to some families with long-lived parents living together for three or four generations, and the number of people in a household has increased.

Although the younger generation wants to split up the family, they dare not express their thoughts out of filial piety. In some cases, the family is in chaos, but the older generation forces them not to split up the family, and because of filial piety, they cannot split up the family.

Moreover, the older generation thought that they did not divide the family for the benefit of the younger generation. They never treated their children and grandchildren unfairly, and always gave them the good food first. If they had not taken control of the things in the family, they might have run out of food before the time came to divide the food.

In this way, the older generation feels that they are considering the younger generation. And the younger generation is also dissatisfied that some of them are grandparents and still cannot make their own decisions.

In particular, some families have elderly people who are too partial to each other, and there are conflicts every day. Today one family quarrels, and tomorrow the other family quarrels. If they can't solve the problem at home, they will go to the team leader, which makes the leadership team members very annoyed.

The team tried many methods to solve this problem, but none of them worked. The stubbornness of old ideas cannot be overturned overnight, but the team still persisted in their efforts

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How to divide the meat in the youth camp? Zhang Xue thought that the old and new youths were not getting along, and if they were counted as one household, they might quarrel. So he discussed it with Zhang Baoguo and decided to divide the meat per person, with each person getting about half a pound of meat.

As for the members of the Chinese herbal medicine research team, everyone ignored their existence. This was the meat being divided among the people of their village, and they were not from the village, so how could they share the meat of their village?

After calculating how to divide the meat, the meat distribution work officially began. The village accountant took the village roll call and distributed the meat according to the average number of work points per household. Those with more work points were given priority when the meat was distributed. This also encouraged the villagers to work hard and earn more work points.

However, in order to stimulate those stubborn old people in the village who refused to divide the family property, Zhang Xue and Zhang Baoguo discussed and decided to give the meat to Zhang Qingzhu first.

The reason is that Zhang Qingzhu, a skilled technician, settled in the village, and the village gave her rewards and gave her priority in meat distribution. It is hoped that she can see the sincerity of the village and make more contributions to the village.

When Zhang Qingzhu heard that she was the first to get the meat, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. But she didn't refuse, but walked over to pick the meat.

It was getting late, so she should finish her selection early and go home early. Zhang Qingzhu wanted more bones to make soup. So when she was choosing meat, she didn't choose pure meat, but either ribs or bones.

The village has a rule that if you choose spare ribs when selecting meat, you will be given twice the amount of pure meat. Zhang Qingzhu chose spare ribs and bones, and suddenly the amount of meat increased from more than five kilograms to more than ten kilograms.

The people distributing the meat saw that Zhang Qingzhu had chosen only ribs and bones, which were disliked by the villagers, so they gave him more. This time, there was more meat.

All the people in the village who were waiting to share the meat felt jealous when they saw that Zhang Qingzhu got so much meat, but she ate it all by herself. They felt jealous but also relieved. Although Zhang Qingzhu was the first to share the meat, she didn't pick the fat meat that they liked, which was really great.

Seeing how much Zhang Qingzhu got, many villagers waiting for their share of meat had the urge to pick more bones, but they held back. There were many bones, but there was less meat to eat, so the meat that could be eaten was still substantial.

Moreover, many of them cannot be the masters of the family. It would be bad if they get scolded when they get home. It is better for them to just take the meat home honestly.

Some people saw Zhang Qingzhu picking so many bones and thought that since Zhang Qingzhu was a city dweller, he must have a reason to like these bones. They could decide what kind of meat to cut, so they planned to change less bones when changing the meat and taste it. They also asked Zhang Qingzhu how to eat it. Of course, there were only a few people like this.

Zhang Qingzhu did not hide his secrets from people who came to ask how to eat bones, and told them some economical and simple soup recipes. After listening to Zhang Qingzhu's recipes, they found that it really didn't cost much, so they planned to go back and try it.

Anyway, the seasonings in the recipe given by Zhang Qingzhu can be found in the mountains, and they are things that they can get with a little effort. Zhang Qingzhu also said that drinking more bone soup can supplement calcium. From then on, many villagers would ask for some bones when distributing meat.

In normal times, some families would ask their families to go to the commune to buy some unwanted bones to make soup. They didn't have meat coupons, but they didn't need meat coupons to buy bones, and they could taste the meat and satisfy their cravings. This gave many villagers a nice and delicious meal on their dinner tables.

These people kept thinking that city people know how to eat. They can eat bones that are despised by others and make them taste good. Most of the villagers are simple and honest.

In order to thank Zhang Qingzhu, they would send him some of the good things they found every time they went up the mountain. After that, Zhang Qingzhu would receive various mountain products from the villagers every now and then.

In order to stimulate the villagers to the greatest extent, Zhang Xue asked the people who distributed the meat to put the meatless bones selected by Zhang Qingzhu into Zhang Qingzhu's backpack. He also asked the people who distributed the meat to give Zhang Qingzhu some more meatless bones so that the small backpack that Zhang Qingzhu brought was filled to the brim.

When Zhang Qingzhu came, he knew that the meat was to be divided, but thought that he would not be able to get much meat, so he took a small backpack. However, thanks to Zhang Xue's clever operation, the backpack was full after he put some big bones in it.

The ribs with meat that Zhang Qingzhu had chosen could only be tied up with straw ropes and carried away. Zhang Xue even asked Zhang Qingsong to carry the ribs and walk through the crowd before sending Zhang Qingzhu and her meat back.

Zhang Xue's trick really worked, and the villagers were very jealous of the meat that Zhang Qingzhu got. Especially after they got their own share of the meat, they felt even worse.

When he thought about the meat in his hand that he would share with the whole family, while Zhang Qingzhu would eat it alone, there would be no harm without comparison. When there is comparison, there will be harm.