After all, Wei Mo had obtained quite a bit of gold, and all of this gold came from Li Taiping. Li Taiping had only created the current situation because he was helping Wei Mo with the transactions.
Although he gained some benefits, he looks extremely miserable now.
Wei Mo thought for a moment, then continued,
"I need your help to settle the food issue. Don't worry, it won't be too difficult."
Li Taiping's eyes lit up when he heard Wei Mo say that. He was also a man of his word, so he asked Wei Mo, "..."
"What is it?"
Before Wei Mo could speak, Wang Zhenhua, who was standing to the side, said something.
“I released a wild boar in the dilapidated temple. Go over there in a bit and deliver it to my godfather’s house. Tell him it was bought for us. Remember, it must be delivered to my godfather’s house, which is also the old village chief’s house.”
Li Taiping's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had been in frequent contact with Wei Mo recently and had become familiar with the old man, but he was still a little apprehensive, since this was considered buying and selling.
Seeing Wei Mo's expression, he decided to take a gamble, nodded to Wei Mo, and said,
"Okay, I'll go now. Once I get the wild boar, I'll deliver it to the old village chief's house."
Wei Mo nodded and greeted him.
"Wait a moment, I'll leave first. Let's not get so close."
Li Taiping couldn't help but sigh, realizing that he wasn't as alert as a child. It seemed he would have to be more careful next time.
"Okay, you guys go first, I'll go later."
Li Taiping nodded, accepting Wei Mo's suggestion, and then watched Wei Mo and Wang Zhenhua leave.
On the way out, Wang Zhenhua thought for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Is it really okay for my son to do this?"
Wei Mo shook his head and said to his mother,
"Don't worry, Grandpa is overjoyed to get so much pork for free. Don't let his upright character fool you, he doesn't care about anything when it comes to our family."
"Mom, let's go to the abandoned temple first, hide the wild boar there, and then go home and wait."
Wei's mother nodded, looking at her son in front of her, who was worrying about the family like an adult.
"Alright then, I'm just worried your grandfather won't agree, so as not to implicate Li Taiping."
Wei Mo sighed. It seemed that Wei's mother still hadn't grasped the old man's feelings for their family.
Wei Mo estimated that if anything really happened, the old man would risk his life to protect his family.
Wei Mo and his mother went to the dilapidated temple together and put the wild boar in the place where they usually hid grain. They didn't cover it with grass, since no one would come here after dark.
Then the mother and son went home to wait for news and for Li Taiping to arrive.
Not long after the two left, Li Taiping pushed a small cart he had made himself, which he had made for convenient transportation in the black market, and quietly arrived at the dilapidated temple.
They then began searching the vicinity and soon found the wild boar.
Upon closer inspection, wow! This must weigh at least 300 pounds!
Li Taiping spent a great deal of effort to load the wild boar onto the truck, and then quietly delivered it to the old village chief's door.
He made it through without any major incidents and was not discovered by anyone else. This is a habit he has developed now, making him extra careful when doing such things.
After all, the lesson learned is still fresh in my mind!
"Knock, knock, knock." A knock sounded at the door. The old village chief, who had already lain down, asked...
Who is it?
Li Taiping, standing outside the door, cleared his throat and said,
"Wei Mo sent me here. I am Li Taiping, an educated youth from the village."
Upon hearing Li Taiping's words outside the door, the old man said...
"Wait a minute, I'll be right there."
He quickly put on a coat, got off the kang (a heated brick bed), and opened the door.
Looking at Li Taiping, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"What does my eldest grandson want from me?"
Li Taiping lowered his voice and quietly spoke to the old man.
"Grandpa, this is a wild boar that Wei Mo asked me to buy. He's already paid me, so the transaction is settled. I'll unload it here first."
The old man glanced to the side and exclaimed, "Wow! Such a big wild boar!" Then he looked at Li Taiping.
Li Taiping was startled, but he was relieved after the old man spoke.
"Okay, unload it here, then go back. In the future, try to avoid walking alone at night and avoid doing these things, understand?"
Li Taiping let out a breath, nodded, unloaded the wild boar onto the ground, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Grandpa Yu, I'll be going now."
The old village chief didn't say a word more. Li Taiping happily pushed the cart back to the male educated youth settlement, thus completing one transaction.
At least he didn't get arrested by the old village chief, and he even completed the deal with Wei Mo, which was equivalent to returning the grain to Wei Mo.
He laughed somewhat happily, then endured the pain, lay down on the bed, and began to sleep, thinking that he would definitely be more careful next time.
Upon seeing the wild boar, the old man couldn't sleep anymore. He quickly woke up his wife and told her to go to their daughter's house to spread the word, as such a large wild boar needed to be dealt with quickly.
"Old woman, get up quickly and go over there to wake up the girls. It's inconvenient for me to go."
Grandma Yu glanced at her old man and asked,
"What's wrong? What happened? Who was here just now?"
Grandma Yu spoke three times in a row, so the old man had to pick out the important ones to talk about.
"Xiao Wei, you bought a wild boar. Hurry up, hurry up. Let's clean it up tonight so no one else finds out."
Upon hearing the name "wild boar," Grandma Yu quickly got up from the kang (a heated brick bed) and started getting dressed. When she saw the wild boar outside the door, she burst into laughter.
Then the old lady jogged towards the direction of Wei Mo's house. Wei Mo's house was not closed at all, and Wei's mother was waiting for news.
Seeing the old lady push the door open and enter, Wei Ma pretended to be confused and asked,
"Godmother, what's wrong?"
The old lady thought for a moment, then lowered her voice and said to her goddaughter,
"Xiao Mo bought a wild boar and has already delivered it to our place. Quickly wake up Manman and the others so we can clean it out tonight. This winter, we'll have meat to eat."
"Really? That's great! That brat didn't tell me."
I didn't tell you I was going with you!
Upon hearing the news, Wei's mother pretended to be shocked and hurriedly knocked on Wang Lingling and Wei Mo's door. As everyone got up, Grandma Yu returned home.
Li Xiuxiu was unable to go because of her injury, so the others went together. They had to cut up the wild boar first, otherwise they wouldn't be able to carry it back, since Li Xiuxiu, the only one with strength, was seriously injured on the kang (a heated brick bed).
So we can only finish processing it at the old man's house and then take it to Wei Mo's house for further cleaning.
Otherwise, only Wei Mo could lift the 300-pound wild boar; the others would be completely helpless against it, and even four people would find it quite difficult to lift.
After the wild boar was butchered at the old man's house, the meat was brought to Wei Mo's house, and Qian Manman was in charge of cutting the meat into strips.
She sprinkled salt on the wild boar meat and put it into the jar, her whole body beaming with joy.
"Great! Great! Now we'll have meat to eat all winter!"
And it was wild boar meat, but it was a bit lean; it would have been better if it were fatter.
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