Chapter 62 Dispute
As evening fell, Fen Su turned her head and saw villagers not far away fleeing in terror.
"What's wrong?"
Someone asked, puzzled.
"Wild boar! A wild boar is coming down the mountain! Run!"
Su Xiangwan was startled: "A wild boar?"
Wild boars actually came down from the mountain in broad daylight?
However, their assigned field was right next to the foot of the mountain, and wild boars did indeed come down the mountain to forage for food.
"Xiang Wan, you all go back first, I'll go check on things."
Gu Yanxiao stood up and said to Gu Yanfei and the others, "Mom and Dad, Yanfei, you go back first, I'll go check on things."
Mr. Gu nodded: "Okay, be careful."
Gu's mother and the others knew Gu Yanxiao all too well, so they didn't try to persuade him to go back with them. They nodded and tacitly escorted Su Xiangwan away.
Not long after Su Xiangwan and the others returned home, Gu Yanxiao also came back.
"How is the situation? Is anyone injured?" Su Xiangwan asked.
Gu Yanxiao nodded: "Two villagers were injured, but fortunately the injuries were not serious. Secretary Tong asked everyone to have a meeting at the threshing ground after dinner to discuss how to solve the problem of this wild boar threat."
"That's true. It's harvest time now. If we don't deal with the wild boar threat, it will be bad if someone gets injured later."
Gu Yanxiao ruffled her long hair and smiled, "It's nothing serious. We can take this opportunity to improve the lives of the villagers."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yanfei's eyes lit up immediately: "Brother, are you planning to deal with these wild boars?"
Gu Yanxiao nodded and glanced at her: "Didn't you crave pork yesterday?"
Gu Yanfei jumped up excitedly: "Wow, brother, you're so great! This way, we can eat fresh pork."
The Gu family certainly doesn't lack meat, but since they came to Bakeshu Village, they've been eating cured and smoked bacon.
It's been quite a few days since I've had this fresh pork.
As for whether hunting wild boars would be dangerous, that was not really on Gu Yanfei's mind.
What might be dangerous to others is simply a dish to Gu Yanxiao and his father.
After dinner.
The family strolled over to the threshing ground.
Gu Yanfei, Su Xiangwan, and Gu's mother sat down on the small stools they had brought, each cracking sunflower seeds in their hands.
I must say, in this golden autumn season, enjoying the night breeze, listening to the gossips of groups of friends on the threshing floor, and cracking sunflower seeds is truly a unique pleasure.
Xia Yi watched the three of them chatting and eating sunflower seeds from afar, and a sour feeling rose in her heart.
"The wild boar has already come down the mountain, and those women from the Gu family still have the leisure to eat sunflower seeds! It seems that it wasn't someone from the Gu family who was injured, so they don't care!"
Xia Yi's voice was not low, and many people around her heard it, immediately turning their attention to the Gu family.
Liu Xian quickly tugged at Xia Yi's sleeve and said, "Xia Yi, don't talk nonsense..."
Xia Yi slapped Liu Xian's hand away, and instead of backing down, she raised her voice: "Why can't I say it? Isn't everyone worried about the wild boar? And these people are just sitting here eating sunflower seeds, like they're watching a show? They're really heartless!"
Su Xiangwan glanced at her: "So you've been worried about the wild boar all this time. Do you have any ideas?"
Xia Yi choked, unsure how to answer.
Seeing this, Liu Xian, looking kind and compassionate, said, "Su Zhiqing, don't say that. Even if we don't have any ideas, we should at least have some attitude! If the injured villagers find out what you're doing, they'll probably feel bad."
"So you're feeling sorry for and worried about those injured villagers?"
Su Xiangwan countered with a question.
Liu Xian was taken aback. Although she didn't understand why Su Xiangwan would ask such a question, she still nodded: "Of course, but I am just a woman after all, and I can't help them much."
“Who said you can’t help them?” Su Xiangwan chuckled. “Just like you said, you’re a woman. Among the injured people today, there’s one who isn’t married yet. If you marry him, you can solve his biggest problem.”
"Hahaha!"
"Well said!"
“Gu’s daughter-in-law is right. Since Liu is so helpful, why not marry Zhu Laosan? Zhu Laosan dreams of getting married. Liu’s marriage to him would be the greatest help he could receive!”
Everyone burst into laughter, looking at Liu Xian and Xia Yi with mocking eyes.
They're not the kind of fools who get easily provoked by a few words.
The way Xia and Liu, the educated youths, just said that was clearly an attempt to provoke them into dealing with the Gu family.
But what's wrong with the Gu family eating some melon seeds here?
There are many people cracking sunflower seeds on this threshing ground, as well as peeling peanuts, cracking hazelnuts, and eating chestnuts.
Are all these people supposed to be labeled as heartless and cruel?
The methods used by Xia and Liu, these two educated youths, to sow discord were really too low-level.
"You... Su Zhiqing, you've gone too far!" Liu Xian's eyes instantly reddened.
Even if she has some cunning, she is still ultimately a girl who grew up in the city and never got married.
Now, being told by Su Xiangwan in front of so many people that she should marry Zhu Laosan, she was naturally extremely ashamed and angry.
Su Xiangwan raised an eyebrow: "How did I go too far? I just saw how much you care about those villagers and wanted to do something to help them, so I kindly gave you an idea."
"Su Xiangwan, what right do you have to talk about Liu Xian like that? If she's going to get married, Gu Xiaomei isn't married either, is she? You won't let her get married!"
Xia Yi stood up angrily and said.
"That's exactly what you're saying. We members of the Gu family are all heartless; we would never sacrifice ourselves for someone else. Don't try to use this kind of moral blackmail on us!"
Su Xiangwan retorted with the same words they had just used.
"You..." Xia Yi was speechless again. Su Xiangwan was really not afraid that her words would provoke public outrage.
Su Xiangwan raised an eyebrow. Provoke public anger? Well, it has to be something that actually provokes it.
"The Party Secretary is here!" Just then, Tong Liqun walked into the threshing ground carrying his old pipe.
"As you all have heard, the reason I called you all here tonight is to resolve this wild boar issue. Otherwise, I'm afraid no one will dare to go to those fields at the foot of the mountain for the autumn harvest."
Tong Liqun didn't waste any words and went straight to explaining the situation.
“I’ve discussed this with several village officials. De Cheng has a hunting rifle at home. Anyone who is confident can go up the mountain to hunt wild boar. Those who participate can share half of the wild boar meat.”
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