Chapter 11 Selling Wild Boars

Along the way, Mi Xia and Mi Qiu chatted about this and that. During the time, Mi Xia tried to push the cart but Mi Qiu refused to let her. At daybreak, they arrived at the address Zhang Xiaoyu had given them last time.

Mi Xiaxiao knocked on the door and a man's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Zhang Xiaoyu, is that you? I'm Su Xiaohua."

Su Xiaohua was a fake name that Mi Xia gave to Zhang Xiaoyu once. Mi Qiu was stunned for a moment when he heard the name.

The door opened from the inside in an hour. Mi Xia blinked at Zhang Xiaoyu, glanced outside the door, and knew what it meant.

Mi Xia spoke first: "Brother Zhang, do you remember that Brother Mo brought me here once before? He asked me to come to you for something. This cart is made of wild boars that my brother hunted in the mountains. He plans to exchange them for money. Will you take them?"

Then he pointed at Mi Qiu and introduced him, "This is my brother."

"Sister Su, it's collected. Brother Mo specifically told me to do this before he left. Brother Su, please take the trouble to push the car into the yard." Zhang Xiaoyu greeted.

As expected of a businessman, he has strong adaptability and can tell what someone means in just a blink of an eye.

Zhang Xiaoyu came over and took over Mi Qiu's cart, and pushed it easily into the yard. "I'll go get someone to move the pigs down. Wait a moment."

Mi Xia looked around casually. There were many bags and a scale on one side of the yard, and some seasonal vegetables planted on the other side.

After a few minutes, Zhang Xiaoyu came out with a few men, "Come on, guys, move the wild boar off the cart."

Mi Qiu went to help, and soon all the pigs were moved down. Zhang Xiaoyu then directed them to move the pigs and weigh them. An adult wild boar weighed a total of 508 kilograms.

Wild boar meat is not as delicious as domesticated pork, so it is a little cheaper, 1.4 yuan per catty, plus tickets, 508 catties is a total of 711.2 yuan plus various tickets.

Mi Xia put away the money and bills, and Mi Qiu put them down. She said hello to Zhang Xiaoyu and left with Mi Qiu. Before leaving, she secretly told Zhang Xiaoyu that she would come again tomorrow.

Mi Qiu was stunned, it was sold for so much money, and she had never even seen it in her life, let alone taken it.

"Brother, let's go. I'll take you to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cloth and shoes, see what the family needs, and buy some food."

Mi Qiu instinctively pushed the cart out. When she heard Mi Xia calling her, she came to her senses, "Little sister, is this true?"

Mi Xia smiled and said, "You can tell if it's real by touching the money."

"No, don't take it out. Don't show your wealth to others." Mi Qiu said nervously.

The two of them arrived outside the supply and marketing cooperative. Mi Xia found a place to park the cart and then took Mi Qiu inside.

It was still crowded inside, just like the last time she came. Mi Xia took Mi Qiu to the cloth counter. An adult could make a set of clothes with six feet of cloth, and ordinary cloth cost 60 cents per foot. There were three adults and one child in the family, so they bought more.

Mi Xia asked the teller for a 24-foot blue pair, a 12-foot black pair, and an 18-foot gray pair, which were enough for both adults and children. The rest would depend on what her sister-in-law did. She handed the money and the ticket to the teller, and took Mi Qiu to buy shoes, buying a pair for each of them.

I bought Mi Qiu a pair of loafers. Zhang Hongxia and she both wear T-strap shoes. Modern shoes are too monotonous and have few styles. I bought a pair for each of the children.

"Little sister, you don't have to buy it for me and your sister-in-law, ours can still be worn."

"Brother, didn't you promise me yesterday that you are not allowed to say that again?"

Mi Qiu nodded helplessly, and then she bought another pound of White Rabbit milk candy, wanting to try out what was so special about the milk candy of this era. She spent more than 50 yuan in total.

I put the things in the cart and went to buy rice and flour. Thinking about sending my children to school, I bought pencils, notebooks and erasers. I would ask my sister-in-law to sew a few school bags for them when the time comes.

Mi Qiu saw how her younger sister spent money and felt pain all morning, but the money was earned by her younger sister, so she didn't say anything.

When they first got home, Mi Xia and Mi Qiu were starving.

"Sister-in-law, we are back." Mi Xia shouted.

"Oh, you're finally back. I was so worried about you." Zhang Hongxia put the baby back into her stomach only after she saw that they were back safely.

"Go wash your hands and eat, I've prepared everything."

"Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go right away. I'm almost starving to death."

When Mi Xia entered, she saw several pieces of braised pork, pork rib soup, braised pig's trotters and stir-fried pig's intestines on the table. It was a particularly sumptuous meal.

"Sister-in-law, the food you cook is so delicious." Mi Xia did not forget to flatter her while eating.

Zhang Hongxia was very amused. Who doesn't like others to praise the delicious food they cook?

After dinner, Mi Xia took out the cloth first, "Sister-in-law, I bought cloth for my family to make clothes, all here."

"You're spending money recklessly again. Why don't you save some money so that you won't be panicked if something happens in the future?" Zhang Hongxia warned.

"I understand, sister-in-law. I will definitely save all the money in the future, and none of you can spend it." Mi Xia said jokingly.

Zhang Hongxia tapped Mi Xia's forehead helplessly, "You kid."

Mi Xia smiled and gave the children's things to them. The children were very happy and kept saying good things for free.

The three adults laughed out loud.

"Sister-in-law, the tuition for elementary school is only two or three yuan per semester, send the children to school."

Mi Xia said, "You need a schoolbag for school, let's make a schoolbag for the child first."

When the children heard that they could learn, they jumped up happily and said, "Thank you, auntie."

Then Mi Xia took out the remaining money, counted out ten big unity notes and handed them to Zhang Hongxia, "Sister-in-law, this is for you. I won't care about the tuition fees for the children."

Zhang Hongxia waved her hands quickly, "Little sister, I won't, you keep it for yourself. The child's father is gone, you should save more money for future use."

"Take it, sister-in-law. The children will go to school soon. They need to eat better so that they can study more energetically. They need new clothes and shoes when they go to school. They need to buy exercise books frequently. You take the money and use it to pay the children's tuition."

Mi Qiu felt very upset after hearing this, as he himself, a grown man, couldn't even support his family and still had to rely on his younger sister for help.

Mi Xia sensed that something was wrong with her eldest brother, and hurriedly said, "Brother, Xia Xia and I will rely on you from now on. Mo Haoyue... Fortunately, you and sister-in-law took us in, otherwise Xia Xia and I would not know where to go."

"What are you talking about, little sister? This is your home. If you want to come back, just don't come back. No one will blame you." Mi Qiu's attention was indeed diverted.

"My little sister is right. From now on, the mother and daughter will rely on you as their brother. Otherwise, no one will support them if they are bullied." Zhang Hongxia continued.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to be out for a while. Xia Xia is left to you."

Zhang Hongxia pretended to be disgusted and said, "Go ahead."

Mi Xia went out with a backpack on her back, smiling playfully.

During the nap, Zhang Hongxia was afraid that Mi Qiu would get stuck in a rut, so she consoled him, "Boss, if someone knew how good my little sister is to our family, I guess you guys would be envious to death."

"My little sister is so good to our family. She is not selfish at all. She gives me money and lets us eat whatever we want. Why is that? It's because you are her brother."

Mi Qiu nodded in appreciation, then curled up dejectedly.

Zhang Hongxia hugged Mi Qiu gently, "My little sister is so outstanding, we should be happy for her.

"Although you are not as good at hunting as my little sister, you are very good at farm work. Everyone has their strengths. I think you are very good. You have raised me and the children so well by yourself."

"Now our family, because my little sister is living so well, we will remember that if she has any problems in the future, we will do our best to help her." Zhang Hongxia felt uncomfortable seeing her head of the family like this.

"Well, wife, I know. I just feel like I owe my younger sister. Tell the children tomorrow that they should be filial to their sister-in-law in the future." Mi Qiu felt that his wife was right, everyone has their own strengths.

In the mountains, Mi Xia didn't think too much, and drove all the way, catching hares, pheasants, wild goats, wild boars, and roe deer.

There was also a deer, bird eggs, pheasant eggs, various mushrooms, fungus, and a ginseng that was a hundred years old.

I spent the whole afternoon in the mountains and returned home when it was almost dark.

There were a pheasant and two hares in the backpack, some mushrooms and fungus, and the top layer was covered with grass.

As soon as I got to the door of my house, I smelled the fragrance and my stomach rumbled immediately.

"Sister-in-law, I'm back and I'm so hungry." Mi Xia said coquettishly.

"Go wash your hands and then we can have dinner." Zhang Hongxia replied with a smile.

Mi Qiu came over, took Mi Xia's backpack and went to the kitchen.

Mi Xia washed her hands and went to see Mo Zhixia. She had been too busy recently and hadn't spent enough time with her children. She would go to the county tomorrow and come back to spend a few days with Xia Xia.