Ever since Jiang Cheng's mother passed away and his father married a stepmother, he had always acted subserviently at home. After learning that he was to marry in place of his sister, he resolu...
Jiang Cheng dreamed of a wild boar again. He dreamed of the worst possible outcome and was frightened awake.
Jiang Cheng felt the soft and warm bedding, glanced around the room, and knew he was back.
At this time, Song Tingzhi came in with a bowl.
"woke up?"
Song Tingzhi quickly walked to his side and gently helped Jiang Cheng up.
"How's Xiaoyu?"
Jiang Cheng asked anxiously.
"Xiao Yu is fine!" Song Tingzhi patted Jiang Cheng on the back, "Give him the medicine first!"
Xu Sanniang prepared some tranquilizer and asked Jiang Cheng and Song Yu to drink it.
After Jiang Cheng drank the medicine, Song Tingzhi told him what happened next.
In the morning, when Song Tingzhi went up the mountain, he felt uneasy and turned back halfway.
I met Song Qiangnan on the way and we went together.
Not long after he left, he heard Song Yu's voice. Song Tingzhi felt something was wrong and immediately ran towards the direction of the voice.
When Song Tingzhi arrived at the place, he didn't see Song Yu, but saw Jiang Cheng being chased by a wild boar.
Song Tingzhi ran over and took advantage of the situation by slashing at him with the machete he was carrying.
Later, Jiang Cheng fainted, and Song Tingzhi carried Jiang Cheng back.
On the way, I met Xu Sanniang and He Xiaomi, as well as Song Wei from Aunt Jiang's family and Song Qiangdong and Song Qiangbei from the village chief's family.
Xu Sanniang looked at Song Tingzhi holding Jiang Cheng and hurriedly asked him where Song Yu was.
Song Tingzhi couldn't answer, and at this moment, Song Qiangnan's voice came from behind.
"Aunt Xu, Xiaoyu is here!"
Song Qiangnan held the crying Song Yu and stood in the bushes.
When Xu Sanniang saw Song Yulin, she quickly ran over and hugged Song Yulin tightly in her arms.
Afterwards, Song Qiangnan led a few big men to move the wild boar back.
Because it was Song Tingzhi who killed the wild boar, they moved the wild boar to the Song family yard, and the Song family had the final say on how to deal with it.
Jiang Cheng slept for only an hour and a half, just in time for the meat to be divided.
It can't be called dividing the meat. Song Tingzhi planned to give it to the few families who contributed, and everyone else had to pay to buy it.
I wish the price of pork was a little cheaper.
Everyone in the village knew that Song Tingzhi had hunted a wild boar, and they all gathered outside the Song family yard to watch.
After Jiang Cheng finished packing, Song Tingzhi pulled him out.
A table had been set up in the yard, and the wild boar was placed on it.
Song Tingzhi had already kept the meat to be distributed and had the pig's blood in a basin, waiting to sell the pork.
"Everyone who wants to buy pork, please line up, come one by one. Pig's blood is eight cents a pound, pork is twenty cents a pound, and pig's offal is ten cents a pound."
This was the price Jiang Cheng had agreed upon with Song Tingzhi in the house.
After hearing this, some people shook their heads and left, while others stayed and queued up to buy meat.
The meat sold by the Song family is indeed cheaper than that in town.
Buy some to add some oil to your home.
Everyone lined up and prepared to buy meat.
Although Song Tingzhi usually hunts, he also helps distribute meat to the villagers during festivals.
He has good skills and with one cut he can make it almost exactly what people want.
I can earn one or two taels of silver every year by helping the villagers cut meat.
"Half a pound."
"Okay!"
Song Tingzhi cut a piece of meat with his knife and put it on the scale. It was just right, with a little extra.
"Is it okay?" Song Tingzhi asked.
"OK."
Jiang Cheng collected the money, Song Tingzhi cut the meat, and Xu Sanniang took care of Song Yu in the house.
The child was so frightened that he was in a bad mood.
After a while, the wild boar meat was almost cut up, leaving only the pig head and some offal that no one wanted.
Seeing that there were not many people around, Song Tingzhi decided to collect them and pickle them for his family to eat later.
Song Tingzhi was tidying up in the yard, and Jiang Cheng went into the house with the money box to count the money.
Counting it one cent at a time, it was about one and a half taels.
Jiang Cheng took out half of it and put it into the money box in the cabinet. There were more than sixty taels of silver in it.
Jiang Cheng put the money away and put the remaining money into his purse.
After everything was put away, Jiang Cheng went out to help Song Tingzhi clean the yard, and went to the woodshed to cook a pot of porridge.
Afterwards, Jiang Cheng and Song Tingzhi went to distribute the pork to the people who helped today.
The two found the village chief's house. Song Tingzhi shouted and pushed the door open.
"Uncle."
According to seniority, Song Tingzhi should call Village Chief Song "Uncle".
"Tingzhi is here."
Village Chief Song walked out of the house.
"Uncle, send some meat to your house."
Song Tingzhi carried five pounds of meat to Village Chief Song's house.
"Hey, why are you being so polite?"
Song Jiang said with a smile.
"Thank you so much to Brother Qiangnan and the others for coming to help us today, otherwise we wouldn't be able to move the pig back!"
Song Tingzhi forced the thing into Song Bo's hand.
"Okay, okay, thank you very much."
Song Bo couldn't refuse, so he accepted it with a smile.
Song Tingzhi chatted with Song Bo for a few more words, and when he saw that the three Song Qiangnan brothers were not there, he left.
After returning home, Song Tingzhi took the meat to Aunt Jiang's house next door, and Jiang Cheng went to He Xiaomi's house to find him.
"Millet!"
Jiang Cheng pushed the door open and went straight to He Xiaomi's room.
"Chengcheng, are you okay?"
As soon as Jiang Cheng entered the room, He Xiaomi pulled him around and made him feel dizzy.
"Xiaomi! Xiaomi!" Jiang Cheng pulled He Xiaomi to the bedside and sat down.
"I'm fine!"
"I'm glad you're okay!" He Xiaomi sighed. "You don't know, I was almost scared to death today. My legs were shaking when I went to look for someone."
He Xiaomi swallowed a breath and felt a little scared when she thought about it now.
When He Xiaomi went to look for someone, fortunately Xu Sanniang was washing clothes by the river, otherwise it would have taken a while to call someone over.
When Xu Sanniang heard the news, she almost fainted. Coincidentally, the village head's wife, Aunt Wang, was nearby at the time and she quickly went back to call her son for help.
The group hurried over and just saw Song Tingzhi carrying Jiang Cheng out.
Then she saw Song Qiangnan holding Song Yu behind her, and Xu Sanniang felt relieved.
When Song Qiangnan arrived at the place, he heard someone crying.
Following the sound, I saw Song Yu crying while hugging a tree trunk.
"Xiaoyu?"
"Brother Qiangnan..." Song Yu was panicking to death, and cried even louder when she saw someone familiar.
"Come on, come down first!"
Song Qiangnan picked up Song Yu, held him in his arms, and then went to find Song Tingzhi.
Then happened the scene that He Xiaomi saw.
"Fortunately, you are okay today, otherwise..."
He Xiaomi said fearfully.
"It's okay, Xiaomi, it's all over."
Jiang Cheng knew what He Xiaomi was thinking and comforted her.
"By the way, I brought you some meat. It's for Auntie." Jiang Cheng said, "Tingzhi said wild boar meat is delicious and more elastic."
"Really? I haven't eaten it yet!"
He Xiaomi's attention was instantly diverted.
I felt like my mouth was flooded with saliva.
Jiang Cheng knew what He Xiaomi was thinking just by looking at his expression.
"Okay, I have to go back now. I want to see how Xiaoyu is doing. I'll come see you later!"
Jiang Cheng came here today to deliver pork. It was getting late, so he went back first.
"Okay, then go back and see Xiaoyu first!"
He Xiaomi also knew that Song Yu was very scared today, so she quickly asked Jiang Cheng to go back.