farmer's wife

Chapter 62

Cui Xinghua also went to the ancestral hall today, and came back casually after hearing what the village chief said.

Of course she wanted the pork and the rice noodles, oil, salt and cloth as rewards, but she couldn't bear her son Dabao to take risks.

Cui Xinghua sneered: "Speaking is better than singing! Who doesn't know, going up the mountain is a risk of life, who knows if you will be short of arms and short legs when you come back."

She turned around and told Xiao Qiang: "You are the head of our family. If something happens to you, how will our three mothers live in the future? Besides, you are getting old, and the people in the village can definitely make up enough. You Just don't join in the fun."

Xiao Qiang walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back, with a sullen face as if he was thinking about this matter, when he heard what Cui Xinghua said, he immediately went down the steps: "Understood, I just don't want to go, you are not annoying!"

If they didn't sign up or participate, then the matter in the village had nothing to do with them, and Cui Xinghua's family ate and drank as usual.

After Xiao Lie returned to the village, he first picked up Xiao Jian and went down the mountain. After dinner at home, he went to the village chief's house to ask who would go up the mountain with him tomorrow.

The village head introduced to Xiao Lie one by one the people who signed up today.

There are the two sons of grandson, butcher sun and his eldest son... all of them are selected men and young men in their prime of life in the village.

"I've made an agreement with everyone. After breakfast tomorrow, you can go together. Safety first, don't fight hard!" The village head couldn't let it go, and told him tirelessly.

Xiao Lie could understand him, so he also sat and listened seriously.

Aunt Zhang came out to see that it was getting late, the old man was still grabbing Xiao Lie and his son and babbling, he couldn't help interrupting them.

"Okay, you've said a lot of things over and over again, let Ariel go back to rest quickly, and you have to get up early tomorrow."

Sun Changgeng shut his mouth embarrassingly, and sent Xiao Lie out.

The next day, everyone had their meal early, and each took the tools they had at home to meet at the foot of the back mountain.

"Not much to say, I'm waiting for you to return safely with your prey!" The village chief toasted first.

All the men also picked up the small cups of bold rice wine in their hands and drank them all in one gulp.

After drinking, everyone followed Xiao Lie up the mountain, met Sun Changming halfway up the mountain, and then entered the deep mountain.

The relatives who came to see off the men from each family also went home and waited with anxiety.

With less than a dozen people missing, the village seemed much quieter, and no one was in the mood to chat.

Fu Yan always felt that time was slowing down, and she was out of her mind at home.

Waiting and waiting, the sun is westward, and they have been gone for almost a day.

Seeing that it was getting dark, some anxious people gathered at the village head's house to wait for news.

Suddenly, a teenager who went up the mountain together ran in panting.

His clothes were scratched, with strips of cloth floating and stained with spots of blood, but his eyes were piercing: "Village chief! Village chief! Hurry up..."

Coincidentally, the boy's mother was also waiting at the village chief's house.

Seeing her son like this, she was so frightened that she almost flew out of her wits. She rushed forward and hugged her son, saying repeatedly: "My son! My son! You are not hurt, don't scare mother! Blame your damn father for letting you go after saying no to going."

As she spoke, she frightened herself, hugged her son and began to cry.

Seeing this, the women around were also anxious, and stepped forward to surround him.

"Ah Ping, have you seen your third uncle? How is he?"

"My son! Where is my son?"

……

The young man was surrounded by these aunts and sisters-in-law asking questions with a dazed expression. His mother was still holding him, crying and touching him, so he couldn't get in a word for a while.

"Okay! Get out of the way, let Aping talk about it one by one!"

At the critical moment, it was the village chief who stopped the women.

When the village chief spoke, everyone fell silent and stared at the boy.

Only then did the young man regain his senses, and happily announced the good news: "I caught it, I caught it all! Uncle Changming and Brother Alie led everyone to go around and grabbed the two big ones first, and then caught the big one." Four small ones. But the wild boar is so big and heavy that we can’t carry it, so let me go down the mountain and call for people to fight the pig.”

Sun Changgeng breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again, "Is anyone injured?"

The young man waved his hand: "No, no, we all scattered around with that pig to grind our strength, and when they were almost exhausted, we led them into the trap, and finally smashed the wild boar to death."

"These methods just took a long time, and people are fine. I just got some blood splashed on me."

"As long as people are fine, it's fine to spend some time." Sun Changgeng finally felt relieved.

Hearing that the wild boar caught people and they were all right, the aunts and daughters-in-law present also became excited.

After that, it's about dividing meat and things.

They have a share in their family.

Sun Changgeng also happily informed the village of the news, and asked the young people in the village to take their own rope poles and go to the mountain to carry the wild boar down.

This is a great thing. Many people, old and young, from the village went, and some who liked to watch the excitement also went up the mountain.

When Cui Xinghua heard the news, she went back to the yard unhappily.

"Hey, these people are lucky this time. Didn't you see that one by one, like dogs that have smelled meat for hundreds of years, all ran to the mountains."

"Heideng blind, not afraid of falling!"

This is a good thing in the village, but it has nothing to do with her family at all.

She didn't get any benefit from those meat, rice, and noodles, so Cui Xinghua would be mad at her.

But she also knew that she could only complain in her own home, if she said it in front of the villagers, she would definitely be beaten back by that fierce woman.

Cui Xinghua's eyes turned red with jealousy when she thought about the meat and money she couldn't share, and she kept cursing.

Xiao Dabao had been depressed at home for the past two days, and now he heard his mother keep cursing and saying that Xiao Lie and the others would soon have money, he was also furious.

Why!
Why do they get money when they go to the mountains?
But he was teased because of a mere ten taels of silver, and he couldn't even get married.

Who is to blame?Who is to blame?

They are all Xiao Lie!It was Xiao Lie's fault!

If it wasn't for his refusal to borrow money, how could he be in this situation? !
The more Xiao Dabao thought about it, the more reasonable he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

He stood up abruptly, and asked Cui Xinghua gloomyly, "Mother, do you think most people in the village have gone up the mountain?"

Cui Xinghua was tired after scolding for a long time, now she sat down and drank her saliva, and replied: "Yeah, it's as if I haven't seen any excitement in eight lifetimes."

Xiao Dabao turned around and went to the kitchen to get a fire bag and stuffed it into his sleeve, then walked out of the courtyard gate.

Cui Xinghua stood up and asked, "Dabao, are you going to watch the fun this evening? Don't go, the mountain road is not easy!"

Xiao Dabao ignored Cui Xinghua, and left the yard without looking back.

The thick night covered up the bewilderment and madness in his eyes...

(End of this chapter)