The butcher was very experienced, and dealt with the pigs efficiently. When the meat was portioned out, everyone queued up to get their share. The brigade leader, Wang Mingtao, stood by to supervise while Wang Qingshan kept the records.
The Gu family also got some meat, but not much.
Gu Conghua was a landlord and Wen Ruyu was the daughter of a capitalist. They usually had no part in such events. Even the old men and women in the cowshed had not come.
Although they reared the pigs, chickens and ducks, they had no share in the meat.
But Gu Conghua was a doctor and had treated everyone in the surrounding villages, so he was treated a little better. Wang Mingtao made the decision to give Gu Conghua a share, but Gu Conghua did not ask for much - only half a portion.
He only took half a share at the annual meat distribution, and even then, his sons or grandchildren came to collect it. He never involved himself.
