Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 23
Butcher Hu turned pale with fright, and hurriedly walked around the pigsty to check.The bricks of the pigsty had never collapsed, and the fences had never been loose, and there was no gap at all for the pig to escape.

But when Butcher Hu turned to the gate of the courtyard, he discovered the clue.When I went to bed yesterday, I clearly remembered that the courtyard door was bolted backwards, but now, the courtyard door is only a crack open.

Butcher Hu thought, some thieves must have climbed in from the courtyard wall in the middle of the night when no one was there, and drove the three pigs away.But then I thought, besides the three lean pigs in my pen, there are also two fat pigs that I sold earlier, if I wanted to steal them, why didn't the thieves drive them away together?

After thinking about it, Hu Tuhu still couldn't find a clue.But fortunately, the cost of the three lean pigs was not much, even if they were lost, it would not cost too much.Helplessly, Zuixianlou still had to send pigs, so the butcher Hu had no choice but to slaughter a mouthful of the fat pigs in reserve, put them in a cart, and send them to Niu Er.

On the way back, butcher Hu ran into that man named Lai Qing again.When the two met, Lai Qing was walking quickly, holding a cotton locust branch in his hand, and driving three lean pigs.

The more Butcher Hu looked at it, the more he felt that the three lean pigs looked like the ones he had sold to him.In addition, Lai Qing was originally a sneaky and stupid person, maybe he sold it to him and then stole it.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Hu Tuhu became, he threw down the cart and grabbed Lai Qing by the collar to beat him.Na Lai Qing didn't expect to meet Hu Tuhu here, and she panicked.But when he heard Hu Tuhu's questioning, he killed the three pigs he had just brought from other villages.

The two of you won't let me, and I won't let you either, and the fight is so blushing and thick necked.In the end, Lai Qing was worried that there would be too much noise and people would ask him about the crime of theft, so he gave in first and agreed to let Butcher Hu take the pig away.

Seeing that the lost pig was found again, the butcher Hu didn't care about arguing with Lai Qing, so he spat and drove the three pigs back home.

Back home, Butcher Hu re-penned the pigs and bolted the gate tightly.Butcher Hu thought to himself: At that time, Lai Qing had a good time, so there must be something tricky, maybe he wanted to repeat the old trick, and sneaked into his house to steal the pig.

Considering this verse, Hu Tuhu blew out the oil lamp in the house early on, making the illusion of sleeping.But he secretly hid behind the door, stealthily staring at the movements in the courtyard.As soon as Lai Qing came, he rushed out immediately and took all his stolen goods.

Hu Tuhu thought so, and more than half an hour slowly passed.Just as the tiredness gradually came up, there was a sudden sound in the courtyard.

Well done!
Hu Tuhu regained his spirits and immediately became vigilant.But what he never expected was that it was not Lai Qing who made the noise, but the three lean pigs in the backyard circle.

The three lean pigs were next to each other and formed a row, walking slowly towards the gate of the courtyard.When they came to the edge of the courtyard door, one of them stood upright, raised its front hoof, and pushed the door bolt aside.

Hu Tuhu's back turned cold, and he stood there dumbfounded.That pig is a stupid thing, how can it pull the latch like a living person?
After the latch was removed, the courtyard door opened wide.As soon as the three lean pigs lowered their bodies, they wanted to squeeze out the door and slip away.Butcher Hu was about to run away when he saw the three pigs, so how could he have any doubts?He hurriedly touched a butcher's knife from the table, and hurriedly chased him out of the house.

Hearing some movement behind them, the three pigs turned their necks and looked back. Seeing that it was the butcher Hu butcher chasing him with claws and claws, they all screamed and ran wildly in fright.Hu Tuhu was also really impatient, and while scolding with a knife, he chased after him.

One person and three pigs ran wildly around the village.But the three lean pigs didn't know the roads in the village, so they fled and ran into a dead-end alley.Hu Tuhu was overjoyed when he saw it.Regardless of losing one of the shoes on his feet, he quickly blocked it with a butcher's knife.

Butcher Hu pressed on every step of the way, and the three lean pigs huddled together trembling with fright.Seeing that there was really no way to escape, the three lean pigs lay on the ground in unison, arching their heads and shaking their shoulders, as if begging for mercy.

Seeing this, Hu Tuhu was puzzled, thinking that he had killed a pig for half his life, but this was the first time he had encountered such a strange thing.He wiped off his sweat, and planned to get closer to see what happened.

Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, two lean pigs suddenly screamed strangely, flicked their hind hooves, and rushed towards Hu Tuhu from left to right.

Butcher Hu was unprepared and trembled in horror. The butcher's knife in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

Taking advantage of this time, the two lean pigs passed by the butcher Hu and rushed to the entrance of the alley.Seeing the situation, the rest of them were also eager to try.

At this moment, the butcher came back to his senses, knowing that he had been tricked by those skinny pigs.Just as he was about to bend down to pick up the knife, he caught a glimpse of the third pig coming up to him.Without even thinking about it, he raised his foot and stomped firmly on the pig's beak.

With a sound of "hum chirp", the pig wailed and fell sideways.Butcher Hu was still angry, so he jumped on the pig, picked up the pig's ears, and punched the pig's face with his fist.

(End of this chapter)