The groom was kidnapped on the wedding day? Fine! I'll marry someone else.

In addition to Jiang Yi's comrades-in-arms, everyone in the Xu family, Jiang Laosan's family, Dr. Huang, Dr. Chang and others, there were also several families who had a good relationship with their family and came to help. Later, Jiang Qingyun also went to invite the village chief of their village to come over.

Barbecue is all about eating and chatting.

Especially when drinking.

After three rounds of drinks, many people started talking more.

Jiang Laosan cried and said gratefully: "If it weren't for the help of my eldest brother's family, how could our family become better? My eldest brother's family is our benefactor!"

The other members of their family also started crying.

Jiang Jun even said: "When my leg is healed, I will do whatever my uncle asks me to do."

Seeing the heartfelt statement from Jiang Laosan's family, Xu Jianping hummed with a bit of a bad taste in his heart, "It's because my brother-in-law's family is doing well now. If it were in the past, they would definitely not be so close to my brother-in-law's family."

Zhang Hongmei hit him and warned him in a low voice: "Jianping, keep your mouth shut."

Xu Jianping was somewhat unwilling and snorted coldly again.

His voice was not loud, but Xiao Tang heard it.

Xiao Tang thought for a moment and called out Xu Jianping.

When Xu Jianping looked at her, he said, "I think there's nothing wrong with what Comrade Jiang's uncle's family did. After all, they were struggling before, so it's understandable that they didn't step forward. Now that their family's life has improved thanks to Xiaoyu and the others' help, they know that gratitude is a good thing. It's better than those who don't know how to be grateful even after receiving help."

Xu Jianping thought about her words seriously and still didn't like Jiang Laosan's family very much. Seeing that his younger brother took Huanhuan to the side after eating, he simply picked up his wine glass and bowl and chopsticks and sat next to her, discussing with her whether Jiang Laosan's family was good or not.

Xiao Tang said: "When everyone is poor, it's good enough if brothers don't kick each other when they're down."

Xu Jianping disagreed: "Since we are brothers, no matter how good or bad our lives are, we should help each other. Only in this way can we all live a good life."

Xiao Tang laughed and said, "Xu Jianping, don't generalize your family's situation to all families, especially since you and Big Brother Xu are both capable. There are very few families with such capable people. As long as they don't kick you when you're down and don't hold you back when times are good, that's good enough."

After being praised by Xiao Tang, Xu Jianping suddenly felt a little flattered. He did not refute what was said afterwards. He felt that chatting with Xiao Tang could make him feel better, so he simply went to get some barbecue, and the two of them ate while chatting.

At this time, everyone else was chatting, laughing and drinking, and no one paid attention to them.

Xiao Tang didn't keep talking about this topic. After chatting with him for a few sentences, he turned the topic to pig farming.

Xiao Tang asked, "Xu Jianping, your pig farming was very successful this year. Will you raise more pigs next year?"

Having tasted the sweetness of raising pigs, Xu Jianping has already planned to raise more next year.

"Well, our pig farm will have a new batch of sows before the New Year, at least twenty or so. When the piglets are sold at the beginning of the New Year, I plan to buy fifty at once."

"Not enough." Xiao Tang shook his head: "I think you can be bolder and raise more than a hundred pigs at the beginning of next year."

“I have so many to raise, but I can’t sell them.”

"If you can't sell pork in the county, you can go to the city. State-owned restaurants and large factories in the city have a greater demand for pork."

Xu Jianping fell silent.

He thought for a while before saying, "It's too far from here to the city. There's no direct delivery service, so the delay would be too long. If the weather is cool, it's fine. But if it's even slightly hot, the pork won't keep well. Even if we send it to the city, it might go bad."

"The most important thing is that it's definitely harder to sell pork in the city than in the county. I may not be able to get into the canteens of those big factories."

He must have thought about these things.

But the reality is that he doesn't have a special vehicle to transport pork. He has been bothering Jiang Yi this year, and Jiang Yi doesn't charge a penny. He already feels embarrassed. Moreover, the transportation time is too long, and the pork will definitely go bad by the time the weather gets hot.

Especially since the city is different from the county, at least people in the county would give Jiang Yi face and ask for his pork, but he had no way to find anyone in the city.

In fact, he raises sixty or seventy sows after the New Year, just to prepare for selling them for a year. Even if the sows give birth to more piglets in the middle of the year, the extra meat can allow the villagers to get more at the end of the year.

After hearing what Xu Jianping said, Xiao Tang felt a little embarrassed for him.

She picked up the wine glass and took a sip. She was about to help him think of a solution when she suddenly saw Xu Yu being supported by Jiang Yi.

Xiao Tang's eyes lit up, and he called Xu Yu directly: "Xiao Yu."

Xu Yu had just returned from the bathroom when she heard Xiao Tang calling her. Seeing her sitting with her second brother, she said to Jiang Yi, "Brother Yi, I'm going to sit with Xiao Tang and the others."

Jiang Yi sent her over.

After Xu Yu sat down, Jiang Yi did not immediately return to where they had just sat.

The four of them sat together, and Xiao Tang briefly told the two of them about their conversation just now.

After hearing this, Xu Yu smiled and said, "It's no big deal. It doesn't matter if it's a little far away. We can just drag it over there and kill it when the time comes, or we can make some ice and freeze it and send it over."

These words stunned Brother Xu and Xiao Tang.

After Xiao Tang realized what was happening, he looked like he had just opened the door to a new century. "Yeah, if we can find a way to make ice, even if the weather is bad, we can freeze the pork and ship it to the city. If we can't sell it all that day, it won't go bad."

Xu Jianping shook his head and said to them, "You make it sound so simple. Do you know how to make ice?"

Xiao Tang stopped talking. Although she had heard of this thing when she was in school, she had no idea how to make it.

She looked at Xu Yu.

Xu Yu didn't rush to answer, but turned his head and looked at Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi said: "One of the men who left us knew how to make ice, and he also told us how to make ice."

Xu Jianping and Xiao Tang showed expressions of shock and admiration.

Xu Yu smiled and said, "Do you really think that I asked the gentlemen to stay and recuperate just to help them recuperate? I wanted Brother Yi and I to learn more from them."

Xu Jianping and Xiao Tang were both silent.

After a while, both of them gave them a thumbs up at the same time.

Xiao Tang praised: "Comrade Jiang, Xiaoyu, you are more open-minded."

Xu Jianping felt a little regretful: "If I had known this would happen, I should have taken some time every day to learn it."

Now that this problem can be solved, other things don't seem so difficult.

Then Xiao Tang told Xu Jianping again the ideas she had discussed with Xu Yu.

Xu Jianping listened carefully and obviously believed what she said.

However, “even if the ice can be made, it would take too long to deliver it directly to the city without a truck.”

"Then find a way to buy a car." Xu Yu said, "Didn't you learn to drive from Brother Yi? When you buy a car, you can drive it over there yourself."

"How can I afford to buy a car?"

Having said that, Xu Jianping immediately turned off the engine.

Xiao Tang stopped talking too.

Even if the policy is more relaxed next year, it will not be easy to buy a truck. Even if it is possible, a truck is too expensive and is not something that ordinary people like them dare to think about.

Xu Yu remembered that individuals were only allowed to purchase freight trucks in the late 1980s. It is indeed difficult to buy one now, especially since a single truck seems to cost tens of thousands of yuan.

However, most people can't afford it, but her brother Yi should have a way.

So Xu Yu looked at Jiang Yi again.

Jiang Yi was obviously thinking about it. After a while, he said, "We can slowly figure it out. Even if you want to sell pigs in the city, it should be the second half of next year."

Xu Yu and Xiao Tang nodded.

Xu Jianping was also considering this, but he was still hesitant to take such a big risk: "If I don't have a car, I'll have too many pigs and end up with nothing. Especially since I'll need more people to manage them, and I don't think many villagers will be willing to support me."

"And Xiao Tang mentioned the possibility of collective farming being converted to family farming. If that happens, I'll be raising pigs on my own, and the risks I'll take will be even greater."

Xu Yu said to him, "Second brother, what are you afraid of? At worst, we can invest in your pig farming. Even if you need manpower, there are so many people in your uncles' families, they will definitely help."

"But……"

Xu Jianping thought that he couldn't let their support be in vain, nor could he let his uncles and aunts' help be in vain.

Jiang Yi added, "Even if there is a policy, it will not be implemented until the second half of next year. You can think about it carefully in the first half of next year, and then go to the city more often to see which way the wind is blowing."

Xu Yu and Xiao Tang both agreed with this point.

Xu Jianping was already tempted, and after hearing what Jiang Yi said, he wanted to give it a try even more.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

After saying that, he grinned.