When the woman got home and weighed herself on her own scale, she finally understood why Er Ya had winked at her. She felt a warmth in her heart; she had only been telling the truth, and she hadn't expected such an extra reward. She secretly thought to herself that if anyone ever spoke ill of her family again, she would get angry with them.

The scene shifts to Er Ya's house. Seeing so many spare ribs and pig's trotters left over, Er Ya is worried. There are only a few of them, and they can't possibly drink that much rib soup. If only they had a refrigerator. I guess rich people have started using refrigerators by now.

I forgot to cut some ribs for my aunt earlier. Er Ya was holding the knife and gesturing at the ribs, which made Li Taohua's heart pound with fear. She snatched the knife away and said, "Little darling, don't scare me. This knife is so big. It's too dangerous for your little hands to handle it like that. Tell your aunt how you want to do it, and I'll do it for you."

Looking at the knife, which was bigger than both of his hands, he knew it was something he couldn't handle right now. Pointing at the ribs, he said, "Auntie, I want to cut them into big pieces so they'll be easier to divide."

Following Er Ya's idea, the ribs were divided into pieces, and the remaining wild boar meat was also divided into several pieces, each weighing about three or four pounds, resulting in more than a dozen pieces.

Er Ya pointed to the largest piece of pork and said to Li Taohua, "Auntie, take this piece home and eat it. Also, take a piece of these ribs; they'll make a good soup."

Over the past few months, Li Taohua seemed to have gotten used to taking things from Er Ya's house. At first, she would refuse a few times, but now she was numb to it. She smiled and nodded, calling out to Gou Dan, who was playing with stones with Lin Xiao, and told him to take the meat home and leave it there. She would go home after she cleaned up the place.

"Brother Lin Xiao, since you eat at my house most of the time anyway, I won't give you any meat. You can have a few more pieces after I cook it."

Lin Xiao nodded. Seeing that his good friend had been called away, and that it was no fun playing alone, he quietly picked up the pig feed from the bucket and went to feed the pigs.

After he fell out with his parents, he used the money he had earned from selling his goods to rent a small house through the village chief. It cost thirty yuan a year. The yard was small, with only two rooms, but it was enough for him to live in by himself.

He goes to the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs every day and doesn't dare to be idle for a moment. Now he has saved some money. His godmother feels sorry for him having to come back to cook after finishing his work every day, so she often asks Er Ya to call him to eat, saying that it is normal to eat at his godmother's house. As a result, he can't cook more than a few times a month in his rented house.

His stepmother had her share of troubles, feeling resentful seeing him living such a comfortable life.

She would sneak into Lin Xiao's house while he was away and rummage through his things. Once, she actually managed to steal two yuan from him.

When Er Ya found out, she put Da Hei in his yard and quietly taught Da Hei how to deal with Li Cuihua.

Big Black is quite different now than it was a few months ago. With good food and water, Big Black has grown into a large adult dog weighing over 100 pounds. If you don't look closely, you might mistake it for a wolf.

Unaware of the situation, Li Cuihua still wanted to do what she did last time and secretly open the door to rummage through things.

As soon as she opened the door, a huge black creature slammed her to the ground, scaring her so much that she screamed. This attracted a lot of onlookers who laughed at her. Some people couldn't bear to see her like that and helped her distract the big black creature with a bone. She scrambled to her feet and fled home in a panic. That night, she developed a fever and never dared to come back to this place again.

Er Ya cut the meat into pieces and called Lin Jianguo over: "Dad, take these two pieces of meat to Grandma."

Lin Jianguo was deeply moved. His daughter was the best; she knew how to care for him. He picked up the piece of meat, put it in the basket, and wobbled as he walked back to the old house.

Actually, Er Ya just wanted to spend money to avoid trouble. She didn't want Old Lady Shen to come and cause trouble again over some meat, as Jiang's mother was already in her second trimester and couldn't take the stress.

They set aside another piece for the village chief, who had helped their family a lot these past few months. The rest could be left for them to eat slowly, since their family was large, plus Big Black who needed to eat meat every day, so this small amount would be enough to last them.

Just then, Lin Xiao jogged over and called out, "Er Ya, the pigs in the house are circling around and squealing. Are they about to give birth? Where's Godfather?"

"Oh? Now? My dad went to the old house, he just left, what should we do?"

Er Ya was so anxious that she paced around the yard. Although she was in the body of an adult, she really didn't know how to help a pig give birth. What should she do? Suddenly, her eyes lit up. That's right, Grandma is here!

She ran to Jiang's mother's house, grabbed Chen Xiuhua who was chatting with her, and ran outside, saying as she ran, "Grandma, my pig is about to give birth to piglets, you have to go and see!"

The birth of piglets? That's a big deal! Farm families rely on growing crops and raising pigs to make a living.

Chen Xiuhua ran towards the pigsty. Jiang's mother, who was heavily pregnant, wanted to follow her, but Er Ya stopped her: "Mom, don't go. Grandma is here. I'll go and call Aunt Taohua."

Jiang's mother nodded. Er Ya was right. She had been too nervous. At a time like this, she shouldn't go over there and cause trouble.

Li Taohua had just returned home and hadn't even sat down when Er Ya called her away again. By the time she got there, two piglets had already been born.

Chen Xiuhua was watching the sow from the side to keep her from moving around, and she was stroking the sow with her hand. This was the sow's first litter, and the piglets she gave birth to looked quite big, but she must have suffered a lot.

Li Taohua instructed Lin Xiao and Er Ya to go out and find some softer grass to lay in the pigsty for the newborn piglets to lie on.

After the two brought the grass over, Chen Xiuhua chased them away again. It's best for children not to see such a bloody scene.

Hearing the sow's repeated squeals, accompanied by Chen Xiuhua's calm counting: "Three."

"Four, five."

As it was getting dark, the sow finally stopped squealing and lay down on the ground to eat her feed. Chen Xiuhua touched her belly, which was empty; it seemed she had finished.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, he turned and asked, "How many did you get?"

At first, she slowly counted the numbers, but later the game started too fast and she couldn't keep up.

Li Taohua said excitedly, "Her grandma gave birth to twelve piglets! My goodness, whose sow can give birth to so many piglets?"

Looking at the plump white piglets in front of her, Li Taohua was amazed. She had never heard of such a thing before. Other people's sows could only manage five or six piglets at most, and that was already considered quite good.

To be continued!