Chapter 75: Wild Boar Descends the Mountain [VIP]

With a monthly salary of 500 wen plus a 10% profit, as long as these handicrafts sell well, she can earn one tael of silver a month, or even more.

This is more than her previous monthly allowance.

After Miao and Shen Yao explained the specific work content to Xu, they took out an employment contract and handed it over.

Xu felt that this "employment contract" was a bit hot to the touch and didn't know whether she should take the job.

"Can you wait until my son finishes his exams and comes back from the city? I'll discuss it with him and then give you an answer?" Mrs. Xu was a little worried, afraid that she would fail to live up to their expectations by taking on such an important task.

Miao and Shen Yao nodded, and asked Xu to come home for dinner tomorrow.

Xu knew that they were going to host a banquet for the villagers who had helped out these days, but how could she have the nerve to come? Her family had not contributed anything to the construction of the silkworm room and rabbit house.

Why didn't you put in any effort?

"Brother Xiaofu is helping Zi'an draw the blueprints. You are here to represent him." Chen Yao said so, and Xu agreed.

Before leaving, I asked about the auspicious day for starting the construction of the rabbit house. When I learned that it was April 15th, I made a firm note of it.

The rabbit house in the village has been completed, and the silkworm room in Wanhe Township is also in full swing with the final step.

Chen Youfu and his two other brothers not only helped build the silkworm room in the village, but also used torches to open up wasteland at night.

Yes, it is about reclaiming wasteland. Their village decided not to rent land from those big families anymore. When they make money, they will buy wasteland like Chen Yao did.

The land that was previously rented was overgrown with weeds. Rather than planting cassava on land that had to pay taxes, it would be better to reclaim the land and save some tax money.

Anyway, cassava can grow anywhere, so they also planted the chicken feet millet they brought back from the quarry.

That evening, Shen Qingshan and five other men from the village tidied up the silkworm room once more, packed their farm tools into backpacks, and called out to the busy figures in the fields, "Don't work too late. You have to get up and come to my house for dinner tomorrow."

"Brother Chen, don't worry, we have a plan in mind. Goudan, Maizi, go and see your uncles off." Chen Youfu kicked his son who was squatting at his feet weeding.

Ever since he came back, this kid has been sticking to him every day.

Chen Goudan threw away the weed roots, grabbed Maizi's hand and ran quickly towards Shen Qingshan and others.

At the village entrance, Shen Qingshan stroked the two children's dull hair and said, "Brother Baolai will come to pick you and grandma up tomorrow with a mule cart. You two must take good care of grandma in the cart, understand?"

"Uncle Shen, we know." The two kids said in unison, extremely excited.

They have never ridden in a mule cart in their lives.

When he returned home, Shen Qingshan smelled the aroma of frying meatballs and the kitchen was bustling with activity.

Shen Qingshan put the farm tools against the wall of the main house, washed his hands and was about to go to help, when he saw his daughter bringing out a basket full of meatballs.

"Dad, why are you feeding this to your mouth without washing your hands?" Chen Yao glared at her father. These were all prepared for entertaining guests tomorrow.

Shen Qingshan swallowed the hot meatball and grinned: "I washed it. I washed it when Dad came back. It's clean now."

Afraid that his daughter would glare at him again, he quickly rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen.

Yang Jizong's wrists were sore from rolling the dough, and seeing Shen Qingshan was like seeing a savior. Without waiting for him to say anything, Huang Xing brought another basin of fermented dough to her husband.

Shen Qingshan tutted his lips, sounding somewhat unhappy, but his hands were diligently kneading the dough. He grabbed the dough and taunted Yang Jizong, "Can't you do this little bit of work?"

Yang Jizong smiled bitterly. He really couldn't do it. He couldn't roll the dough as fast as two people could wrap it.

Huang Xing, clutching a steamed bun stuffed with chives and egg, started to scold her husband: "Before you came back, the children had already helped me with a lot of housework. You did the least at home. What? You don't want to do anything?"

"Wife, look at what you are saying. I am willing to do it." Shen Qingshan worked hard to roll the dough into sheets and stacked two or three sheets in a pile.

Huang Xing and Yang Wenying's speed in making dumplings gradually increased.

The whole family worked until midnight to prepare for tomorrow's banquet.

The prepared ingredients were covered with a dustpan and placed in the two little girls' room. The fragrance made it impossible for the two girls to sleep.

Chen Yao couldn't help but get up and pulled out two meatballs, stuffed one into herself, and stuffed one into Yang Wenying.

One meatball wasn’t enough, so I also grabbed a handful of the crispy fried sesame seeds.

The two little girls squatted face to face in front of the winnowing basket and ate secretly, like mice falling into a rice jar. They would not rest until they were full.

The next day, it was dawn.

Huang Mei and Miao came to the Shen family to help, and borrowed pots, bowls, plates, and chopsticks from the villagers, and then rinsed them after boiling water.

The three sisters-in-law were steaming buns in the kitchen.

Several children gathered in Yang Jizong's house to take extra lessons, while Shen Qingshan, Tian Zhongzheng and Huang Songbai were cleaning the mule stable and chicken coop, and the manure shoveled out from both sides was poured into the manure basket.

Yes.

As the freshly-baked buns were brought into the main room, everyone sat around the table, eating rice porridge and hot buns while discussing their plans for the day.

Yang went home, Baozhu also had to go to school, Tian Baolai had to go to Wanhe Township to pick up people and then deliver goods after eating buns, and Huang Dong gave birth to a child.

Huang Dongsheng was very distressed because he could not have the lunch meal at home. It was time to hire a clerk to help run the shop. How could he do without his participation in the important matters at home?

Miao Shi ate the dishes on the table, and mother left a portion for you. Go to the city to do business and listen to her.

"Mom, you, I was a little embarrassed to laugh and cry because of the feast.

After breakfast, Chen Yao followed the elders in the family and went down Wufeng Mountain carrying dung baskets.

As soon as they left, the daughters-in-law from various families who came to the banquet came to the Shen family on time to help pick and wash. It was difficult for the three sisters-in-law of the Shen family to handle the food for more than 20 people.

As soon as Xu entered the yard and before she could offer her help, the women enthusiastically pushed her into Wenying's room and asked the two of them to talk about embroidery.

It’s no wonder that the old and the young can really talk about embroidery.

At the same time, Chen Yao, along with his father, uncle and uncle, had not yet reached his own wheat field when he discovered from afar that a group of wild boars had broken into the wheat field and mulberry field. The leading pig was as tall as a hill, and its mane was really eye-catching in the wheat field.

Tanaka Masa suddenly became furious. The crops he had worked so hard to grow were eaten by wild boars. Anyone would be furious.

He put down the dung basket, picked up the carrying pole in his hand and ran towards the wild boar.

Shen Qingshan and Huang Songbai didn't expect their brother-in-law to suddenly rush over, so they had no choice but to pick up the carrying pole and rush over to pull the man back: "Ayao, go back to the village and call for help."

Chen Yao didn't dare to stay and ran back as fast as she could, even losing one of her shoes. There was a group of wild boars there, and she couldn't cause trouble for her father and uncle, so she had to go and get help.

"Someone come, come quickly, wild boars are coming down the mountain to eat our food." Chen Yao ran very fast regardless of the pain in her feet, shouting at the village at the top of her voice.

As soon as the villagers heard A Yao's voice, they ran out immediately. When they learned that a group of wild boars had come down the mountain to eat the food, they immediately picked up their machetes, hoes, and hammers and rushed to the fields.

We have to save people and kill wild boars.

The whole village was in an uproar. Even the children in school heard their father's roar at home and poked their heads out of the window.

Yang Jizong closed the classroom door and did not allow the children to go out. He quickly ran back home and saw Chen Yao surrounded by a group of aunts. He pushed through the crowd and pulled Chen Yao in front of him, looking her up and down.

"I'm fine. My aunt and uncle are still in the wheat field. They didn't bring any knives." Chen Yao was so anxious that her eyes turned red. She was afraid that something might have happened to her family. She was shaking all over when she got home.

"I'll go deliver it to them." Yang Jizong picked up Shen Yao and let her sit on a low stool. He also told the women in the yard not to go out, as the wild boar would run around everywhere and it would be bad if it hurt anyone. He himself ran out to deliver weapons to Shen Qingshan.

Huang Xing brought a basin of hot water for her daughter to wash her feet. She found that the soles of her daughter's feet were covered with red marks from the stones. She couldn't help crying. Fortunately, her daughter was not injured.

Chen Yao watched as Yang Jizong caught up with a group of uncles and aunts from the village. From a distance, they could hear the squealing of wild boars and the roars of men.

Tanaka was knocked to the ground by a wild boar. Fortunately, Yang Jizong pulled him up from the ground in time, so he was not bitten by the wild boar. Then he looked at his two brothers-in-law Shen Qingshan and Huang Songbai who were fighting for him, and he couldn't help feeling regretful.

He shouldn't act impulsively.

Yang Jizong handed the long iron hoe to the three elders, and he picked up the axe and stabbed it into the wild boar's belly. The wild boar screamed and fell to the ground with a bang.

This move was really inspiring, and the villagers killed even more vigorously.

The leading wild boar originally thought that there were only three people, and attacked them fiercely at first. Even after being hit on the head, it refused to leave the wheat field.

It was not until a group of people appeared wielding machetes and hammers that the leading wild boar gave up eating the wheat fields and fled into the mountains with the rest of the wild boars, seeing his companions being surrounded and stabbed to death by several people, their bodies riddled with holes.

The villagers were not willing to let them go easily, so they followed Yang Jizong and continued to chase the wild boars into the mountains with their farm tools. They did not turn back until they had driven the wild boars into the mountains and disappeared from sight.

Tanaka was looking at Maizi who had fallen to the ground due to being beaten. Regardless of the pain in his waist, he wanted to save her. But no matter how hard he tried, Maizi could not be saved.

"It's my fault. It's my fault that I didn't come to check in time today. If I had come earlier, I could have discovered it earlier." Tanaka was sitting on the ground, holding the bare wheat stalks and crying.

Seeing this, Shen Qingshan and Huang Songbai stepped forward to comfort them: "This is not your fault. If anyone is to blame, it's the wild boars. Fortunately, we arrived in time and the crops in the fields were not completely destroyed."

"Brother-in-law, it's good that everyone is okay. As long as everyone is okay, we can still grow crops."

Shen Qingshan helped the man up again.

Tanaka wiped his tears and said, "You are right, I was too impulsive. Fortunately, you were not hurt."

Yang Jizong came back with his fellow villagers and saw three elders dragging a dead wild boar out of the wheat field, so he hurried forward to help.

Shen Qingshan looked at the boy's bloody face, and the corners of his mouth gradually rose. He was very satisfied with Yang Jizong today, but the words that came out of his mouth were to ask Yang Jizong to wipe his face and not to scare A Yao.

When the villagers carried two wild boars, one big and one small, back to the village, the men, women, and children in the village were just about to beat drums and gongs to celebrate.

When Tian Baolai drove the old man and the children home, no one was home. He only heard cheers coming from the drying yard, and the children were shouting, "It's time to kill the pig for the New Year!"