Chapter 22 Returning Home with the Wild Boar

"Sister, let's go out and find someone to help us find mom!" Erya said crying.

She can't live without her mother.

She can live without meat for the rest of her life, but she cannot live without her mother.

Daya's eyes were also filled with tears, but she was more rational than Erya. "We have to go find the village head. His words are effective. Otherwise, I'm afraid others will not be willing to help."

It's freezing and snowy, and you can't see your hand in front of you. Who would be willing to go up the mountain to look for someone?

"Er Ya, take good care of San Ya and don't run around. I'm going to the headman's house first, and then I'll go to the Xiao family."

The Xiao family, where she failed to get married, had father and son who were all hunters and were most familiar with the terrain of the mountains.

"They won't help while that old hag Zhao is here."

"I know that if they help find my mother, then she promised to return our ten taels of betrothal gift, and everything will be written off."

There was a look of approval in Xiao Yan's eyes.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward.

Human life is at stake, I can’t care less about anything else.

What can he do?

"Daya, do you know Yunqueli?" Xiao Yan said.

"I know. That area is where the rich and powerful live."

Yunqueli was originally the site of the Taimiao of the previous dynasty, and is now a place where the powerful and wealthy gather.

"Yes," Xiao Yan nodded, "Do you dare to go to the Yunguo Mansion and deliver a letter?"

"Do you want to find someone to help find my mother?" Daya was smart and quickly figured out Xiao Yan's intention.

"right."

"Then I dare!"

"Okay. I'll write the letter right away, and you can send it to me when it's finished."

"I'm not going. Should I ask someone to see me off?" Daya said, "I have to go into the mountains to help find my mother."

"As long as you can find someone reliable."

"Okay, let me think about it. It should be about right. You write the letter first. I'll go to the headman's house first."

"Go." Xiao Yan thought, if Daya was a boy, with such a calm personality and the ability to remain calm in times of crisis, he would have a good future.

What a pity.

"There's no reliable person here. I'll go!" Erya said to Xiao Yan, "Hurry up and write. I'll deliver it when you're done. Keep an eye on Sanya!"

"Second sister is afraid of the dark." San Ya said, "Lead me and I will give you courage."

"Nonsense, I'm not afraid."

Just as Xiao Yan was about to write a letter, he heard Daya crying outside the yard.

His heart sank suddenly.

Something happened to Lu Qiniang!

He struggled to get off the kang, slipped on his shoes, and stumbled out.

I don't know when it started snowing outside, fluttering lightly.

When the day is warm, the water from the melted snow forms a layer of ice on the ground, and the ice is covered with snow, making the road extremely slippery.

Xiao Yan fell heavily to the ground as soon as he walked out of the door.

"Ouch, who fell?"

Xiao Yan was lying on the ground when he heard Lu Qiniang's familiar loud voice.

The pain of falling hard was instantly replaced by surprise.

Lu Qiniang is still alive, she is back alive!

Only then did Xiao Yan feel scared.

He couldn't imagine how this family would continue without Lu Qinniang, and what the future of the three girls would be.

Lu Qiniang is the soul of the family.

Fortunately, she is fine. It is probably what she said, good people will be rewarded.

She's so kind-hearted, nothing will happen to her.

"Xiao Yan, why did you come out? Look, is anything broken?"

Lu Qiniang came in hurriedly, but she slipped and fell to the ground.

Oh no, he didn't fall to the ground, but fell onto Xiao Yan.

The two men were facing each other head to toe, and feet to head.

Xiao Yan felt as if he was being pressed heavily into the snow. His mouth was full of snow, so cold that it made him shiver. Even his ears seemed to have snow in them.

He seemed to have suffered internal injuries, and his chest was squeezed so hard that there was no air left.

Lu Qi Niang, this is really a bit heavy...

"Pfft, pfft, pfft," Lu Qiniang spat out the snow in her mouth and rolled to the side, "Xiao Yan, are you okay?"

Xiao Yan felt the air begin to flow into his chest again, and he felt relieved and alive again.

"It's okay." He endured the pain in his body.

"I'm glad you're okay. My day was truly awful... but the outcome was good. Come, I'll help you inside and then I'll tell you. Daya, keep an eye on the wild boar. I'll deal with it after I finish dealing with your father."

Xiao Yan: "Wild boar?"

It turns out that Lu Qiniang went out to hunt wild boars today, so she came back so late?

A hint of anger appeared on his face, and he wanted to teach her a lesson.

——Her behavior is very dangerous.

But on second thought, if it weren't for me dragging her down, why would she have ended up like this?

After all, it’s all because of myself.

Xiao Yan felt severe pain in his chest, and it hurt whenever he moved.

But he still endured it and returned to the kang with the help of Lu Qiniang.

He pushed open the window and saw Lu Qinniang carrying a wild boar in and throwing it in the yard. She said proudly, "This wild boar is huge, it must be nearly 200 kilograms. Wild boars are not usually this big. Maybe it can be sold for a good price."

Daya was beside her, sobbing and unable to speak.

Erya was furious. "Mom, didn't you promise me not to go into the mountains? If anything happens to you today, we'll all eat some arsenic and die together. There's no point in living!"

This hot-tempered little pepper never spares anyone with her mouth.

San Ya hugged Lu Qin's thighs and cried uncontrollably.

"Okay, okay, Mom didn't mean it. Let's go inside and explain."

Lu Qiniang couldn't stand being so dirty, so she changed her clothes first, and then told the whole story of today.

She really didn't go deep into the mountains.

Making money is good, but life is more important.

But just as she made two buckles, she saw Hutou crawling down the mountain, taking one deep step and one shallow step.

"Tiger Head!" she called out to him.

Hu Tou was just a young boy after all, and he panicked when something happened. Now his face was covered with tears, and he said that Xiao Dashan encountered a wild boar and was pushed into a trap by the wild boar.

He wanted to save his father, but Xiao Dashan scolded him and told him to run away and go back to find someone.

"...I thought, saving lives is like putting out a fire, so I asked Hu Tou to take me to save his father."

The result was that Lu Qiniang subdued the wild boar, even captured it alive, and then tied it up.

She made a simple stretcher and together with Hu Tou carried the injured Xiao Dashan down.

She also wrapped vines around herself and dragged the wild boar down the mountain.

"I sent Hutou and his father back, and then I was afraid that others would see the wild boar and get jealous, so I carried the wild boar and ran away. I ran home in a flash, and I was exhausted."

Daya was just on her way to the headman's house and ran into her headfirst.

Mother came back, safe and sound, chatting and laughing like before.

The panic in Daya's heart just now instantly turned into grievance, and she burst into tears.

Lu Qiniang put the pig down and covered her mouth. "Big girl, please stop crying. Don't attract people, or we won't be able to hide the wild boar anymore."

She specifically told Xiao Dashan and his son about it.

There is no need to mention the life-saving grace or anything like that. Just keep the wild boar incident in your heart and that will be your way of repaying her.

She got a wild boar!

Seeing her excitedly describing the process of rescuing people, Xiao Yan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

But the pain in his chest made him frown again.

"Mom, why did you save him? He even stole twenty taels of silver from our family as a betrothal gift!" Erya said angrily.