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Chapter 517: The Big Pig King digs the grave and Li San sits on the ground and curses
Xu Laonian pondered for a moment and thought that the trick given by the little jerk could barely serve as an excuse. Seeing that Meng Quezi and others were about to enter the house, he could not stay in the house any longer. After all, Meng Quezi was his father-in-law, and there were also Wang Jinbao, Wang Zhongcai and others. So he got up and walked to the outer room to greet them.

A group of old ladies who were making dumplings next to the kitchen looked up at his miserable appearance, and couldn't help but smile. It felt like the punch they had given Liu Lizhen in her dream was too direct, and it completely covered Xu Laonian's left eye bubble, which turned blue and a little red and swollen.

Before Xu Laonian could open his mouth, Meng Quezi noticed that his left eye was blue, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Brother, what happened to your eye?"

Xu Laonian slapped his thigh and said helplessly: "Oh, don't mention it, last night..."

At this time, Liu Lizhen laughed and said, "Last night he said that I punched him in a dream. How could I hit him so accurately? It's really puzzling."

At that moment, Xu Laonian was stunned. He never expected that Liu Lizhen could disrupt his words. Didn't this reduce his credibility from 80% to 30%?

The crowd gathered in the outer room looked at each other, and saw Wang Erli winking. A group of old women raised their arms to cover their mouths and giggled. The masters had all been through a lot, so they saw through the clues at a glance.

“Hahahaha…” Suddenly, everyone in the outer room burst into laughter.

Especially the old ladies, they have been holding it in for the whole morning and now they can finally let it out.

Xu Laonian's face turned pale and his innocence disappeared, and his credibility dropped to zero. He slapped his thigh and covered his face with his hands before going into the house. He said something and set the tone: "What are you laughing at? It must be your sister-in-law who dreamed of fighting with someone and accidentally punched me..."

Xu Feng stood at the door of the west room, her face wrinkled with laughter. She half-knelt on the ground, holding her stomach, and shouted, "Haha, Dad, who can believe what you said?"

Xu Laonian was so angry that he lifted the door curtain and went into the house. If his family members were present, he would not do this as he was so shameless. But Wang Zhongcai, Zhang Jinbao, Li Fengxia and others were here. If outsiders saw his disgraceful side, he would be too ashamed to face anyone!

Everyone tacitly put away their smiles in the outer room, and turned into normal faces when they came into the house. They each found a seat and sat down, and started chatting about anything they could.

Xu Ning leaned against the floor cabinet to talk, and Li Fuqiang turned his head and said, "After dinner, Mantang and I will leave first. Are you going to Dongshan after you finish your business?"

"Well, I'll go check on Lao Ma. This old man is not obedient. Yan has just made him a set of clothes. Let him try them on. If there are any inappropriate places, I can modify them in time..."

"Then I'll go with you."

Xu Ning nodded. He had two things to do recently. One was to go to Mangliutun to find the person introduced by Lao Deng and ask him to patrol the mountain at No. 3 Lengchang. The other was to discuss with Yu Kaihe and Lao Wei how many workers to recruit. As for what kind of salary they would get, he would just give them the same salary as the other Lengchang.

But we cannot disrupt the market wages. Besides, if you work in the yard now, as long as you work hard, you can earn more than 30 yuan a month. If you have cows, donkeys, horses, or mules, you can earn about 50 just by pulling wood.

The 12 family settlements in Qing'an all depend on the forest farm for their survival. Winter is the peak season for felling trees and collecting materials. If they don't make money at this time, they will starve to death in the summer.

"Second brother, shall we get some old birds later? I'm thinking of catching some birds and frying them." Wang Hu said.

Xu Ning raised his hand and picked up the almanac hanging on the wall. When he saw that today was suitable for: burial, sacrifice, groundbreaking, Pudu, hunting, he nodded and said, "Okay! It's only a little after 6 o'clock now. It will be almost 7 o'clock after dinner and less than 10 o'clock after burning paper. We should be able to catch up with dinner."

People in Qing'an pay more attention to dinner during the Ghost Festival. They can have a simple bite at noon, or drink some porridge or caozi cake, and dinner starts at around 4: and lasts until they can no longer drink.

Some places pay more attention to lunch, which is related to local customs. Since the time for ancestor worship is usually in the early afternoon, but noon is when the sun is the strongest, the Qing'an area believes that it is not appropriate to have a big banquet at noon, but instead moves the dinner time to the evening. In this way, everyone can enjoy themselves, and even the ancestors will be happy when they come back and see them.

Li Fuqiang tilted his head and said, "Then give Lao Juebazi and 56-and-a-half as well, just in case we see animals. We haven't been out in the mountains for a long time."

It has indeed been a while. Before, when Sun Jiye came to find Xu Ning to go to Sandaohe to hunt black bears, he did not bring Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei with him. They had not hunted for several months.

"Okay, Huzi, go to the west room and clean your gun. Our main purpose today is not hunting. We will hunt if we can find anything. Even if we can find something, we have to choose the right time. We must be back before dinner..."

"OK!"

Guan Lei is not going today. He burned paper for his parents at the fork in the road a few nights ago. Sun Lianfang, Xu Ning and others were there with him. Guan Lei also reported to his parents about his experiences since Qingming Festival, such as the wedding date he set with Sun Lianfang and how much money he made, so that his parents can rest assured...

The staple food for breakfast is dumplings stuffed with mutton. Mutton alone is definitely not enough for so many people, so Liu Lizhen also made a lot of dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs. There are also egg cakes, tiger vegetables, etc. In this hot weather, smashed cucumbers and tomatoes mixed with white sugar are the best way to relieve the greasiness.

After the meal, everyone hardly took a break. As soon as they put down their chopsticks, Wang Zhongcai and others went to the bridal chamber, while Zhang Jinbao took his apprentice to Guan Lei's house.

They came here to work, and when they encountered the situation where they could not go home to worship their ancestors, they usually did the same as Guan Lei, buying some paper and finding a way to burn it.

Xu Ning, Xu Laonian and others drove a four-wheeled vehicle, Li Fuqiang rode a donkey and pulled Li Mantang, they separated at the west entrance of the village and went up the mountain respectively.

The vegetation in the mountains is still lush now, because August is the time with the heaviest rainfall. With the nourishment of the rain, the branches and leaves grow wildly. Some wild vegetables are no longer edible because they are too tough to chew in the mouth, but many mountain fruits are ripe.

For example, black blind fruit, dry grape (black currant), thorny rose fruit, etc.

Xu Laonian parked the tractor at the foot of the mountain, and everyone split into three groups and walked towards the top of the mountain. The Xu and Wang families were on the way, but Liu Daming and Meng Quezi were not. However, the cemeteries of their two families were not far away.

Before they parted, Xu Laonian acted like a big brother and warned them, "Be careful, if anything happens just shoot!"

Xu Ning and Wang Hu brought all the guns in their homes and distributed them to the two old men, Meng Quezi and Liu Daming. Even though it was August and most of the livestock had gone to the mountains, there could be livestock with special characteristics wandering around the mountains. They must not be careless at this time, because there was a possibility that the livestock would dig up their graves when they visited them!

That was two or three years ago. There was an old man named Zhang in Beitun. He was attacked by a black bear before he could even go up the mountain. A layer of skin peeled off his face and six or seven small cuts were made on his head by the bear's claws. In the end, the black bear let him go. Why? Because there was no shortage of food at that time. The bear attacked him because of the territorial consciousness of the animals.

After arriving at the place, Xu Long and Xu Laonian pulled out the weeds, while Xu Ning used a chain saw to cut down the crooked branches, clearing out a spacious area. Then they placed offerings and burned paper while chanting.

After doing these things, everyone walked down the mountain.

"I'm going to Dongshan later."

Xu Laonian frowned and said, "Did you buy anything? You went empty-handed."

"Let's go to the grocery store and buy some. My uncle Ma is not as picky as you..."

"Fuck you? I'll slap you in the face, do you believe me?" Xu Ning said with a smile, "If you touch me, I'll let my mom punch you in the right eye."

"Hahaha, big brother, let's not suffer this anymore, just pull it out."

Xu Laonian sneered and said, "It was your second uncle who stopped me, otherwise I would..."

At this moment, as everyone walked down the mountain, they ran into Liu Daming, Lao Tang, and Lao Tang's two sons and nephew.

"Fuck! Brother-in-law, something big has happened!" Liu Daming saw Xu Laonian and immediately rushed over, followed by Lao Tang.

Xu Laonian frowned and said, "What's the matter? You're so flustered. How old are you? Why are you still like a child? You don't act like an adult at all!"

Liu Daming ignored his teachings and said with a heavy breath: "Brother-in-law, something really happened. Oh my god, you don't know..."

"Hurry up and tell me what's going on! You're an adult, but you don't know what's serious or minor."

Xu Laonian took out all his anger towards the little jerk on his brother-in-law, but Liu Daming didn't care at all.

He clapped his hands and said, "Oh my god, what a sin! Well, isn't Li San's grave next to Old Tang's? When Old Tang went to burn paper, he saw Li San holding his waist and cursing wildly. The cursing was so ugly! Guess what?"

"How the hell should I know what happened? Just tell me now, stop wasting time!"

Liu Daming slapped his thigh and said, "The tomb of Li San's family was dug up by pigs! Oh my god, if you don't believe me, ask Old Tang..."

Old Tang nodded. "Yeah, Li San was so angry. His eldest son was buried less than a year ago, but the grave was flattened by pigs. I said before that his family was guilty of something..."

Liu Daming continued, "Guess what happened next? Li San was cursing when suddenly a big pig rushed out and pushed Li San away!"

Old Tang nodded solemnly: "That pig must have weighed 600 to 700 kilograms. I saw it with my own eyes! I guess Li San must have been in big trouble. Li Feng asked me to help go down the mountain to find a car to take his father to the street clinic..."

This story begins half an hour ago.

At that time, Li San and Li Feng, who had already taken off their demonic disguises, came to the cemetery carrying two sacks of paper, tributes, axes and other things. As soon as they got to the bottom, they saw that the slope was in a mess.

Li San hurriedly threw away the sack and ran forward. He saw that Li Shan’s new grave and his parents’ graves above had been dug up. Black soil covered the green vegetation. A small tree on the left had fallen and pressed on the top grave.

Immediately, Li San glared and yelled, "Which bastard has bad intentions? I'll fuck your ancestors for eight generations..."

He thought someone had deliberately dug up his family's grave, but Li Feng, who was standing next to him, was very calm. He took out an axe from the sack, walked to the top and took a look, and said, "Dad, this tree was chopped, not cut down by someone else. And there seems to be black hair on the tombstone of my great grandfather and great grandmother. It must be from a black bear or a wild boar."

"Bullshit!" Li San was really a bastard. When he got angry, he even cursed his own wife. He walked over with his eyes wide open and said, "What are you doing here, black blind bastard? Why are you digging up our graves? Don't let me know who did it, or I'll sit outside his house and curse him for a year. I'll make them die a miserable death!"

Li San was standing at the root of the fallen tree on the left, and next to it was a dense forest with many walnut trees, hawthorn trees, elm trees, etc.

Li Feng swung an axe and cut branches from the crown of the tree. Although the tree was not thick, they couldn't pull it up because they might hit the graveyard...

On the side, Old Tang heard the noise and rushed over. He saw Li San sitting on a fallen tree trunk and cursing wildly. He didn't dare to show his head at all. He was afraid that Li San would blame him, so he just listened for a while and went back to do his work. After a while, when Old Tang finished everything, he brought his two sons and nephew over to watch the fun.

At this moment, Li Feng was still chopping branches and clearing weeds on the ground, and Li San was still sitting on the fallen tree branch and cursing. When Li Feng lit the paper, Li San cried and cursed.

This time, the one he scolded was not someone else, but Li Feng who was burning paper. Li San pointed at him and scolded him cryingly: "Oh my God, look at this Li Feng, he doesn't support me, he ran away and lived alone, leaving me alone at home, I have to eat rotten rice all day long..."

"My poor eldest son, why did he leave like this? If this continues, I will die in two days, starved to death. He is not someone who can be easily beaten. He didn't give me food, and he stole the glass of the house where I lived, hoping to freeze me to death in the winter..."

Old Tang was listening on the top of the hill and looking at the three people next to him, with a bit of embarrassment on his face. The whole village knew about Li San's family affairs, and it was a topic of conversation after dinner. They were quite clear about what happened in his family. Now Li San was being so unreasonable, it was simply disgusting.

After hearing this, Old Tang was about to wave his hand and call his two sons and nephew to go down the mountain, but at this moment, the nephew suddenly grabbed his arm and said in surprise: "Uncle! Look quickly, is that a big pig?"

Old Tang turned his head and saw an animal similar to a small mountain rushing towards Li San's left side. It had bristles on its back and black hair all over its body covered with mud. Its strong forelimbs were raised, and it lowered its head, raised its long mouth, and arched towards Li Shan's legs.

This is a big pig weighing more than 700 kilograms, which is even bigger than the 600-kilogram pig king that Xu Ning killed last winter! It is not an exaggeration to call it the big pig king, because no matter in terms of body size or fangs on its long mouth, it is stronger and sharper than the pig king, especially the two fangs that are similar to the spear head of a spear...

The shouting of Old Tang's nephew was heard by Li Feng who was working, and Li San who was screaming at the top of his lungs.

It was quiet in an instant. Li Feng turned his head and glanced in the direction of Lao Tang, but he didn't see anyone there. He only heard a "grunt" sound. He turned his head and saw a big pig rushing towards Li San.

At this time, because Li San had been crying for too long, his head felt a little swollen, his eardrums were filled with noise, and his eyes were blurry, so he did not notice the big pig.

"Dad! Pig!"

Li San sobbed and cursed, "You little brat, how dare you call me a pig?"

"There really is a pig! Hide quickly!" Li Feng was extremely anxious, but he was 10 meters away from Li Sandu and could not get around it at all.

This time Li San heard it clearly. He turned his head suddenly and saw a pig's head.

The pig's head was less than half a meter away from him. The next moment, the fangs on the pig's mouth pierced into his buttocks, and then the pig raised its mouth upwards and pushed Li San away from the branch of the fallen tree.

Li San screamed in mid-air: "Fuck you!"

(End of this chapter)