Chapter 536 Misunderstanding
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Did the piglet run away?
Everyone inside and outside the courtyard heard it; this was a big deal.
Farmers understand how difficult it is to raise a pig and how regrettable it is if it runs away.
In other villages, people had just finished drinking soup and were chewing on pieces of chicken when they picked up their bowls and walked out while eating.
"We need to hurry and look for it. Maybe it's looking for food in the nearby grain fields. We should search for it one by one with lanterns."
The fifty-year-old man had tattered sleeves, and by the time he reached the door, he had already finished his soup.
He went back, put down the bowl, and took two pieces of pastry from the table. "Let's go, let's look for it while we can, or we'll be caught before dawn."
Li Mengchun recognized him. "Uncle Liu, your home is behind the mountain. You'd better hurry home. We'll look for you. Otherwise, how will you get back?"
The old man picked up the sheep shovel by the door. "I'm not afraid of walking at night. With this sheep shovel, all the ghosts will avoid me. What's there to be afraid of if I go home late?"
The fourth brother shrank his neck. "What you said is kind of creepy. It's better to go back early. Walking at night is fine, just don't stay until midnight."
"It's alright, your mother knows how to draw talismans, right? Give me a ghost-repelling talisman and stick it on, I can go back sideways." With that, the old man swung his sheep shovel, "Let's split up and search."
Before long, the villagers heard that the Jiang family's pig had escaped, so they took lanterns and went out to search around their homes.
Song Chunxue was both amused and exasperated, and comforted Xu Dahong.
"It's okay, we'll definitely find it. It's probably grazing nearby. Let's look slowly, it's alright if we don't find it."
Xu Dahong wiped away her tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
"I raised them for so long, and now I'm buying a new piglet, but it won't even grow big by the New Year. I have to find a new one... Waaah..."
Jiang Hongying laughed and said, "Don't worry, if you can't find a piglet, your mother will buy you a big piglet. It will definitely be grown up by the New Year."
Xu Dahong shook his head, "We can't always take advantage of Mother. If we look carefully, we'll definitely find it."
As she spoke, she wiped away her tears, took the stick, and went to the vegetable garden in the afternoon to look for it.
Jiang Hongying was overjoyed and said to Song Chunxue with a smile, "He's still young. Where could a little pig go? He must be looking for something delicious. With so many of us, we're sure we can find him."
Song Chunxue thought to herself, "I can find it, but I'm afraid it might not be until dawn."
Sure enough, after searching for an hour, the whole village was alarmed, and they searched all around their homes but still couldn't find it.
The old shepherd looked at the sky and said, "You two keep looking. I'll ask your mother for some talismans. It's time to go back."
"Okay, everyone stop looking for it. Let's look again tomorrow morning. Sleep is the most important thing. It must be somewhere."
Song Chunxue called out and went home to draw several talismans for the old shepherd.
The old man chuckled and put the talisman in his pocket before leaving, sticking the ghost-repelling talisman on his back.
This person asked for several peach blossom charms, probably for his son to use in finding a wife.
After a long day of work, everyone was so exhausted they couldn't get up the next day.
The sun was already high in the sky, and the yard was quiet. The children were the first to wake up.
Xiao Xu dressed Xiao Long and took him to play in the yard.
There were many empty wine jars in the yard, and they each pushed two around, rolling them back and forth.
The fourth brother drank too much alcohol and went to the outhouse before dawn. When he came back, he forgot to close the door.
The two He brothers were having a great time when they heard a noise outside the door, something humming.
They put down the wine jar and walked outside curiously.
"Where did this piglet come from?"
Xiao Xu saw a small, dark pig swishing its tail as it climbed over the threshold, asking questions on the ground and occasionally grunting.
"Haha, little pig, little pig, its tail is so fun!" Xiaolong ran over and grabbed the pig's tail. "Brother, close the door, don't let it run away."
Xu Dahong suddenly woke up from her sleep, hurriedly put on her clothes, thinking that she still hadn't found the piglets she was raising.
She was sleeping on the same kang (heated brick bed) as Mulan and her daughter. She quietly closed the door and went out. Just as she lifted her foot to put her shoe on, she saw the toys the child was surrounding and suddenly stopped in her tracks.
"Kids, what are you playing? What's this little pig doing here? Where did you find it?"
Xu Dahong happily ran over, knelt down and scratched the piglet's fur. The children were very happy taking care of it, and it hummed comfortably.
The little black pig lay on the ground and even raised its legs so they could scratch its itch.
Xu Dahong noticed the lice on the piglet and quickly reached out to pull the child away.
"Quick, quick, this piglet is dirty, it has lice on it, be careful it crawls on you." Xu Dahong said this, but he chuckled and didn't seem to mind the piglet's dirtiness at all, and used all his strength to pick it up.
"Oh dear, my little piglet is back! I've wasted three months' worth of pig feed, and I still have fifty copper coins! Thank goodness you're back, my heart is finally at ease... Hmm... so heavy!"
She went to the pigpen, threw the piglet into the pen, and just as she put her hands on her hips, she saw the piglet run smoothly out of the pen.
"Hey hey hey...where did you run off from?" Xu Dahong glanced in the direction the piglet ran off from and found that it had made a hole in the wall that could turn corners!
She quickly grabbed a shovel and chased after it, shouting, "Come help me catch this pig! This little beast has iron rings on its body and can still poke at the wall with its snout. Is its snout made of stone?"
The children happily chased after him, "Mommy, Piglet ran to the Wang family's house and stole their chicken feed! Hahaha, even the rooster was scared away! Hahaha..."
The children's laughter carried from one to the other, and several children standing at the gate laughed heartily, startling the people in the yard.
When Song Chunxue came down from the old courtyard, she saw everyone looking sleepy, gathered around the pigsty.
The eldest son was pulling the piglet's ear, the second son was mixing mud to block the hole, and the fourth son was disciplining the piglet.
“If you don’t stay put in the pigsty, I’ll slaughter you. If you run away, I’d rather eat your meat sooner than let someone else have it. I’ve never eaten such tender piglet meat before.”
"Hey, it's surprisingly obedient. Look at its eyes, it looks like it's cursing me." The fourth brother poked its forehead. "It'd better be able to understand, otherwise we'll really slaughter it and have fresh pork to eat tonight."
The piglet nestled obediently on the ground.
Song Chunxue walked over, and for some reason, she suddenly didn't want to eat meat anymore.
She believed that all things have a spirit, and she had previously thought that the trees on the mountain would feel pain if they were cut down, so why did she eat meat so happily?
Because she didn't want to associate the meat on the table with a lively piglet.
She turned and went into the house, where she saw Xie Dong, the housekeeper, washing his face in the yard.
"These past two days must have been tough. You seem to be having trouble adjusting to the new environment; your lips are cracked. Why don't we go to the county today?"
Xie Dong smiled slightly, then felt the burning sensation on his lips and quickly stopped.
"Very well, the local customs and culture here have surprised me. I'd like to go up the mountain to take a look, but I really can't get used to this heated kang. I'm getting a serious case of internal heat, and my throat feels like it's on fire. I don't know how the adults got used to it before. No wonder the adults liked the honey you gave them so much."
Xie Dong asked casually, "Now that you're old, do you want to go back to this manor or to the fortress?"
"Um?"
"I'm afraid Lord Xie won't be used to living here."
"..." Is there something wrong with her ears?
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