short series

Meat in 1979

share time: 2025-07-03 02:30:08

Winter 1979, meat is scarce. Wang Daqiang, a cannery worker, spends half his month's wages on three pounds of pork from the black market, tearfully promising his wife and son a meat feast. As the aroma of braised pork fills their rundown apartment building, the neighbors' prying eyes, their son's excitement, and his wife's tearful hesitation cast a shadow over the hard-earned reunion dinner. Hidden beneath the greasy bowl lies a devastating truth: Daqiang was fired due to a workplace injury two weeks ago. The meat money came from pawning his family heirloom – a Shanghai brand watch. Late at night, his wife stitches his empty sleeve cuff, finding beneath the greasy bowl a crisp new recruitment notice from the textile factory...

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