Chapter 535 The Pig Ran Away
Standing atop the highest Lama Mountain, feeling the late spring breeze caress my face, my heart surges with emotion.
In her past life, after Sanwa gave birth to five children, there was not much firewood at home, so she would shovel wild grass on the mountain, dry it, and bring it home to burn.
At that time, she felt that she had lived too long. People of similar age to her were dying one after another, so why couldn't it be her turn?
Now that her children are all around her, she doesn't need to rely on anyone to get through her old age, and this ease and relief makes her feel completely comfortable.
She felt incredibly relieved when she shed tears for her past self.
She began to feel compassion for humanity, and now she desperately needs a breakthrough.
But her senior brother wasn't there, so she had to figure it out on her own.
Standing on the mountaintop, looking towards the Jiang family ancestral graves across the mountain, she thought that her child's father could finally rest easy.
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With three daughters-in-law, one daughter, and Li Mengchun's wife, who is quite a good cook, the kitchen was exceptionally busy.
More and more people came to Jiang Yeming's house. Before 9 a.m., Song Chunxue's older sister and second brother, as well as her older brothers who didn't keep in touch much, and her cousins and brothers of the same generation as Sanwa, a large group of people, held red cloths hanging around Sanwa's neck. When it was time to sit down, there were five tables.
When the eldest son got married, Song Chunxue's family members couldn't even fill one table.
More people kept coming in, and since the courtyard was too crowded, they stood outside chatting. Whether they knew each other or not, they were all there to see Sanwa.
Xie Dong and Li Mengchun arranged for the Jiang brothers to greet people, while the young people from the village were responsible for serving dishes and washing dishes.
At first, Mulan was still in the kitchen, but then she was pulled out of the kitchen and followed Sanwa out to greet the guests.
Song Chunxue held Yan'er in her arms and sat on a chair in the main room, chatting with her family members who had already eaten at the banquet.
"Family members are just more genuine," the second and third sisters kept remarking.
"Tsk tsk, Fifth Brother, you can really put your mind at ease now. You'll be the mother of an official from now on, and your life will be complete."
"Third son is such a good man. It's a blessing you've accumulated over several lifetimes to have such a promising son." Second sister said with a smile in her eyes. "Now I can go out and tell people that my nephew passed the imperial examination. No one can brag about it as much as I do, haha."
The third sister exclaimed, "That's right! When we passed the provincial examination, we were all overjoyed. Let alone passing the imperial examination!"
The fourth sister remained relatively calm. "Fifth brother, how about I call you the mother of the scholar from now on?"
Song Chunxue patted her fourth sister's arm with a smile, "Sisters, please don't make fun of me. That's all Sanwa's own ability. It's the result of his hard work studying day and night. I only gave him money and didn't do anything else."
Second Brother Song Zhizhu laughed and said, "Haha, that's right. You not only gave Third Brother money, but also gave us some money to spend. Fifth Brother is our God of Wealth."
He then stopped smiling and said, "But it hasn't been easy. I remember when I visited you seven years ago, you were so thin and small, your face was covered in dirt, you must have suffered a lot. Now you've finally achieved your goal, we're not jealous, it's what you deserve."
These words immediately brought tears to Song Chunxue's eyes.
"Second brother, look at you. Today is such a wonderful day, so you're just saying nice things." Second sister stood up. "I see there are more and more people outside, a huge crowd, even more than when we were handing over grain. We're not here just as relatives, let's go out and help."
The third and fourth sisters stood up. "Yes, I reckon we won't be able to serve all the dishes in time. Let's go see if we need to chop any vegetables or something. Ugh, just looking at so many people is giving me a headache."
Song Chunxue led the children out of the house, but it was so crowded that there was no room for the children to run around. The yard was noisy with people talking, but she couldn't feel happy.
Two hours later, it got dark.
The kitchen had finished serving all the meat and vegetables, and they had finished drinking the whole cartload of wine they brought, but people were still coming to the gate.
Xie Dong sat on the steps and couldn't help but sigh, "The villagers are so warm-hearted. I just heard that a man walked thirty miles to see the scholar, drank a bowl of potato starch soup, asked Sanwa for a piece of calligraphy for his grandson, and then left. He won't be back until midnight."
Li Mengchun, standing to the side, looked pale and said, “I can’t walk anymore. My feet are sore from the blisters. Those who come late only get soup. They’ve already eaten all the steamed buns and pancakes. They’ve brought steamed buns from every household in our village. Even the old man with the black face has finished eating. You can send someone else to serve them. I can’t do it anymore.”
On the steps of the west-facing room, the Jiang brothers, He Chuan, Tian Qi, and Xu Dahong were all very sleepy, having long lost the excitement and joy they had felt at noon.
At least 500 people came today. The cleavers were smoking from cutting, why are they still coming?
Zhao Yufang, An Jia's wife, and Song Chunxue's sisters and cousins couldn't bear to see them like this, so they helped them busy in the kitchen, as it wouldn't be good for the guests to leave on an empty stomach.
Fortunately, the chicken was gone, but there was still chicken soup. With extra sesame oil, it was quite nice to have a bowl without having to spend any money.
Song Chunxue brought out several plates of delicate pastries and cold dishes from the kitchen, and placed them on the kang table in front of them.
"You've worked hard. Make do with this and I'll make you some noodle soup later before you go to sleep, otherwise you'll be hungry at night."
Everyone looked up at her in surprise.
"Weren't the snacks all eaten a long time ago? Where did Mother get these?"
"Yes, aren't these cold dishes only available at restaurants in Jincheng? And the words on these pastries, is Mother performing magic for us?"
Despite saying that, everyone picked up their chopsticks and began to wolf down their food.
They were so busy that they didn't have a proper meal. They hurriedly ate a few bites of meat and vegetables with steamed buns while standing in the kitchen, and they were still hungry.
Song Chunxue laughed and said, "Eat it if you have it. Just think of it as me performing magic."
Seeing her spirited back, the fourth brother lowered his voice and said, "Does Mother have some kind of powerful magic weapon? Her bundle didn't contain much, but Mother brought a lot of things with her. It's very strange. Tian Qi also said that when there was no meat before, two slaughtered chickens appeared in the kitchen."
Sanwa held a snack in one hand and caught the crumbs with the other. "You just realized? I knew last year. Don't tell anyone, or others will get interested."
"Yes, that's true." The fourth brother glanced at Li Mengchun, who was engrossed in eating his food not far away, and said no more.
The eldest brother took a couple of bites, got up, and walked out. "The livestock were forgotten to be fed and given water. The gate is probably about to be kicked down."
Sanwa followed, "I'm going too, is the grass still there?"
"Don't go. You're dressed so elegantly and expensively. Don't snag your clothes. Second brother, come with me."
Just then, Xu Dahong, who had just put the child to sleep, ran out of the house, saying, "I forgot to feed the piglets too, I'll go check on them."
She hurriedly walked to the corner, picked up the pig feed trough, scooped out wheat bran and buckwheat stalks from the broken jar, poured in some dirty water from washing dishes to simmer it, and rushed out of the yard.
Upon arriving at the pigsty, she greeted it as usual, "Ooh ooh ooh~"
There was no movement in the pigsty.
The piglets I picked up at the market this year were really naughty; they almost caused the pigpen to collapse. It was only after putting an iron ring on them that they were a little better.
Xu Dahong felt a chill run down his spine. Could they have run away?
She called to the piglets around the pigpen, but there was no response.
Oh no, the piglet has run away!
Xu Dahong, on the verge of tears, ran into the yard, clutching the hem of her clothes, and cried out in a sob, "Honey, our pigs have run away!"
Xu Dahong burst into tears upon hearing about the piglet she had raised for over three months.
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