Chapter 27 How could my precious grandson steal meat?
I observed for a whole day yesterday. The strips of smoked meat from Lin Xi's house were hanging there. This kid knows everything.
It was still early and there was no one around. Sun Xiaomao climbed over the courtyard wall and went straight into the shed where Lin Xi used to smoke meat.
After a night of smoking, the fire was basically extinguished.
Looking at the rows of black smoked meat on the shelves, Sun Xiaomao was a little skeptical. Could this stuff really be eaten?
The little guy was short and couldn't reach the bacon at all. In desperation, he had to go back to the yard, bring a small stool, and stand on the stool to get the bacon.
After doing all this, the little guy was already sweating profusely.
Carrying the bacon, Sun Xiaomao quickly slipped away while Lin Xi and the others were still asleep.
Along the way, the little guy was very happy carrying the bacon, because he could finally eat meat.
However, after taking a bite, I found it a bit hard, and my mouth was full of black ash.
Sun Xiaomao couldn't understand what Lin Xi had made as he couldn't even eat it.
At this time, the sky was already bright. Some of Sun Xiaomao's good friends saw that his mouth was full of black ash and laughed at him, "You have nothing to eat at home, but you are eating the ash at the bottom of the pot."
Sun Xiaomao was furious. "Who is eating the ash from the bottom of the pot? I am eating meat! Do you have a kitchen knife at home? Take it out and use it."
When the friend saw that Sun Xiaomao was indeed holding meat in his hand, his eyes lit up and he quickly ran home to get a knife.
Sun Xiaomao and a few of his friends hid in a corner and divided the whole piece of bacon up.
Although it was a bit hard to bite, it tasted really good and several people ate it with great relish.
When Lin Xi woke up in the morning, he opened the shed and saw that one piece of bacon was missing. A smile appeared on his face.
There was a sudden knock on the door of the house, and several brothers of the Ma family came in carrying two large baskets.
"Girl, the pork you asked for is here. Don't worry, we have processed it all cleanly for you. We have also picked a deserted place so no one should see us." Ma Shanfeng said.
Lin Xi walked forward and took a look. Under the fresh green leaves was blood-red pork.
"Brother Ma, thank you for your hard work." Lin Xi took out the silver money that he had prepared long ago and handed it to the other party. "If the bacon business is good, I will trouble you to raise more pigs in the future."
A pig was sold for ten taels of silver. Ma Shanfeng was extremely happy and readily agreed, "Sure, sister, just tell us how many you need. Our Ma family doesn't have anything else, but a large area, so it's enough to raise a few pigs!"
Xiao Yongyan came out of the house and saw the pork that Lin Xi had just bought. He asked curiously, "Was the smoked pork sent by the Wang family yesterday?"
Lin Xi nodded. "When Wang Xingxiong came to deliver the pork, I felt something was wrong. Now, after one night, a piece is missing. It's obvious that he has other plans."
Xiao Yongyan didn't ask any more questions and helped Lin Xi replace the pork on the shelf.
Sun family.
As soon as Sun Xiaomao entered the house, Wang Xiaoling grabbed his ear and scolded him, "Where did you go so early in the morning? I couldn't even find you for breakfast!"
Early this morning, Wang Xiaoling couldn't find Sun Xiaomao no matter what. She was scolded by her mother-in-law during dinner. Now that she saw Sun Xiaomao coming back, how could she not be angry.
Sun Xiaomao quickly begged for mercy, "Mom, I went to the river to catch fish this morning."
"Catching fish? With your physique, you'll be drowned if you go into the river. Do you think I'm stupid?" Wang Xiaoling didn't believe it at all. She picked up the broom at hand and was about to hit Sun Xiaomao.
"Mom, I was wrong!" Sun Xiaomao was also a man who knew the situation. He knew that he had no way to escape today, so he quickly admitted his mistake. However, Wang Xiaoling was already angry, and she would not calm down unless she beat Sun Xiaomao up.
Beating children is a common occurrence in the village, and no one would come out to stop it. Poor Sun Xiaomao could only be abused unilaterally by Wang Xiaoling.
After a while, Sun Xiaomao began to roll on the ground, "Mom, my stomach hurts! Stop hitting me!"
Wang Xiaoling was furious at the moment and thought that Sun Xiaomao was just trying to avoid being beaten. "Why does it hurt? Do you think you can fool me? Hurry up and get up!"
But Sun Xiaomao was not pretending this time, he was really in pain, "Mom, it hurts!"
As Sun Xiaomao was talking, tears began to fall. Wang Xiaoling paused for a moment, seeing that Sun Xiaomao still did not seem to be getting better and seemed to be really unwell.
"Don't pretend. If I find out, you'll be in big trouble!"
That being said, Sun Xiaomao couldn't hear a word. At this moment, his stomach felt like it was being cut by a knife and was in great pain.
Old Lady Sun came out of the house and saw Sun Xiaomao rolling on the ground. She immediately scolded Wang Xiaoling, "Xiaomao is in so much pain, how come you, as a mother, don't react at all!"
After saying that, Old Lady Sun quickly helped Sun Xiaomao up from the ground.
At this time, Wang Xiaoling finally realized that Sun Xiaomao might not be lying and he was probably in real pain.
Old Mrs. Sun placed her precious grandson in the house, but Sun Xiaomao kept crying in pain, so she asked Wang Xiaoling to quickly ask for a barefoot doctor from the next village.
Wang Xiaoling went out immediately, only to hear that the barefoot doctor had arrived and was standing at the door of the Sun family.
Several families came directly to the door with barefoot doctors, looking very bad.
"Wang Xiaoling, what happened to your Sun Xiaomao? He actually stole meat from other people's homes and caused my child to have a stomachache. If you don't give us an explanation today, we will never agree."
The other women echoed this.
Only Wang Xiaoling was confused and had no idea what was going on.
Amid the stern questioning of the crowd, she finally figured out what was going on. It turned out that Sun Xiaomao had gone out that morning and stolen some meat from someone's house, then shared it with a few friends.
Without exception, everyone who ate the meat had stomachaches. When asked, they all said it was because of the meat brought by Sun Xiaomao.
These adults gathered together and went to the Sun family to ask for an explanation.
Although everyone said the same thing, Wang Xiaoling didn't think this matter had anything to do with her Sun Xiaomao. They must have framed her.
When Old Mrs. Sun heard the noise outside, she came out and saw the barefoot doctor already standing at the door. She didn't even bother to ask the reason and pulled the doctor to Sun Xiaomao's side.
"Doctor, please check on my grandson. He suddenly has a stomachache today for some reason."
The barefoot doctor simply looked, smelled, asked and palpated the patient, and quickly concluded, "It's nothing, you just ate something you shouldn't have. I'll prescribe two doses of medicine later, and you'll be fine after taking them."
Grandma Sun was relieved and asked Sun Xiaomao, "My dear grandson, what did you eat?"
A group of women outside the house heard this and said unhappily, "You have a stomachache after eating stolen food. I guess this is retribution!"
Neither Old Lady Sun nor Wang Xiaoling believed that Sun Xiaomao had brought this upon himself.
"Sun Xiaomao, you know that if people don't tell the truth, this disease will not be cured even if they take medicine, and they will have pain every night from now on." A woman in the crowd said.
Sun Xiaomao had never been to school and just played around every day. He had no idea whether what he heard was true or not. He felt so hurt when he heard it and confessed everything immediately.
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