Su Nanxi knew that the person was definitely not from an ordinary family. She didn't even know anything about the other party's background, so she didn't want to get involved rashly. Meeting was fate, and saving him was a blessing.
She had the idea of making her own braised meat. She figured that since she would have to buy meat often, it would be better to just slaughter a pig. If she couldn't finish the meat, she could sell it cheaply to the villagers, and she could also make it into braised meat and sell it at the breakfast stall.
Her space was too crowded with pigs running all over the orchard, so she let one out to make some room.
Mo Jiaxing and the others were getting impatient and were about to look for someone when they saw their third aunt rush out of the woods.
"Third Aunt! What's wrong?" Mo Jiaxing thought something had happened and quickly stepped forward, looking behind Su Nanxi. "Is something chasing you?"
Su Nanxi gasped for breath, took a moment to catch her breath before nodding, and then grabbed a bunch of children and ran off.
The four children, unaware of what was happening, ran while looking back, but saw nothing behind them. Puzzled, they continued running.
We encountered a group of four people going uphill for breakfast at a downhill bend, and we almost knocked them over.
Boss Mo opened his arms and helped Mo Jiaxing, who had bumped into him, and scolded, "What are you doing, being so reckless?"
Mo Jiaxing gasped for breath, "No, I don't know, my third aunt dragged me away."
The four looked at Su Nanxi, who didn't explain anything, grabbed Zhao Shi next to her and ran back, leaving the others to follow and see what was going on.
Zhao was secretly excited. She had a feeling that something good was going to happen, so she ran even faster than Su Nanxi and asked which way to go when she came to a fork in the road.
When they stopped, Zhao was shocked by what she saw and jumped back in fright.
The people behind caught up, looked ahead, and were instantly dumbfounded!
"This, this, this..." He couldn't finish a sentence for a long time.
Boss Mo was calm and experienced. He quickly recovered and patted everyone to their senses. "Don't just stand there. We can't stay here any longer. Let's move the pig out first and see if we can carry it back. If we can't, we'll have to go back and call for help."
A group of people hurriedly moved the pig out of the pit, panting heavily from exhaustion.
Su Nanxi thought to herself, "I made a mistake. I should have found a place with a shallower pit!"
Old Master Mo, panting, said to Mo Jiaxing, "Xing-ge'er, you're fast! Go back and find Grandpa and Grandma! Remember to bring a rope!"
"Okay!" Mo Jiaxing disappeared in a flash.
The others took the opportunity to cut down trees and vines, made a makeshift stretcher, and worked together to move the big fat pig onto it.
They couldn't lift it, so they could only rest and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
When Old Mo heard that they were going to go up the mountain to carry a fat pig, he was so startled that he stumbled and almost fell.
Realizing what had happened, he quickly went to the village entrance to find his older brother, Mo Yunhai, for help.
The two brothers were biological brothers and both were very poor. After they separated their households, they lived far apart and did not visit each other often, each leading their own lives. However, their kinship remained, and they would come together for important matters.
Upon hearing this, Mo Yunhai realized something was amiss and quickly told his sons to grab their weapons and leave together.
The group rushed up the mountain and gasped when they saw the huge, fat pig. It was truly enormous!
With help, they quickly carried the pig back.
When Mo Qinghe saw a group of people carrying something in unsteadily, his heart skipped a beat. Was it a person or something else they were carrying?
I was so nervous that I quickly pushed my wheelchair over to check on things.
When I saw it was a fat pig, I was startled, but at the same time I felt relieved.
Su Nanxi didn't need any help carrying it, so she carried the basket on her back and followed back. Once back in the courtyard, she ran to Mo Qinghe, grabbed his hand, and shook it excitedly.
Seeing that she was happy, Mo Qinghe let her shake, and gently tucked the stray strands of hair behind her ear.
Upon hearing that the Mo family had brought back a fat pig, many people rushed to see what was going on, and the Mo family's courtyard suddenly became even more lively than the market.
Ignoring the commotion over there, Su Nanxi washed her hands and face, took out some fruit, washed it clean, and handed it to Mo Qinghe. Then she sat down and started eating as well.
"Mute girl! What are you going to do with this pig?"
Grandma Mo ran over to ask Su Nanxi, her face beaming with excitement, her eyes practically squinting.
When Mo Yunmei saw a big, fat pig being carried into the house, and heard that it belonged to her family, she jumped up excitedly. Turning around, she saw her mother asking that ugly man for his opinion, and she immediately became unhappy and ran to pull the old lady away.
"Mom! Why are you asking her? Why do we need to consult her about our pigs? You're the mother-in-law, you can do whatever you want with them!"
Mo Yunmei felt that she was right, and even raised her head to glance at Su Nanxi disdainfully.
Grandma Mo pulled Mo Yunmei's hand away, ignoring her, and continued to ask Su Nanxi kindly, "Mute Mother, look, this pig is so heavy, it's hard to lift. We've discussed that it would be better to slaughter it on the spot, what do you think?"
Su Nanxi pulled Mo Qinghe's hand and started drawing lines on his palm.
Others also stepped forward, wanting to see how to handle the situation.
Old Mrs. Mo knew that her third daughter-in-law had spoken to her third son, so she looked at her third son to see what he would say.
Mo Qinghe looked at his palm and said calmly, "The mute woman said, then let's kill it. Keep half for our own family, and sell the other half for three coins less than the market price. Anyone who wants it can come and buy it."
Upon hearing this, everyone agreed and quickly helped boil water and slaughter the pig.
Seeing that pork was so cheap and freshly slaughtered, the villagers decided to buy a pound to take home for their families to enjoy. So they all went home to get their money.
After slaughtering the pig, half of it was carried into the Mo family's kitchen, while the other half was sold on the spot.
Aunt Zhou, an old neighbor of the Mo family, also came to watch the excitement. Seeing how good the pork looked and how eagerly the villagers were buying it, she wanted to buy some too, but she wanted the Mo family to give it to her even more.
“Hey Yuqing, we’re all from the same village, neighbors and relatives. It’s not right for you to make money off us like this, is it? This pig was caught on the mountain, it’s free. Look, we haven’t tasted meat for months, why don’t we do a good deed and give it to everyone to try? We don’t need much, just two or three pounds per family will be fine, everyone will be happy!”
Aunt Zhou spoke to Old Lady Mo, who was busy, and deliberately raised her voice.
Upon hearing this, some people agreed, thinking that this was the right way to do it, since they were all from the same village and there was no need to charge them money.
Some immediately retorted, "Are you out of your mind? What are you thinking in broad daylight! They set a trap to catch it, and then went through the trouble of carrying it back. Selling it to you at such a low price is already more than fair. If you want to buy it, then buy it. If not, go back to your daydreams and don't block my way. I want to pick out a good piece of meat!"
Someone nearby also chimed in, "That's right! Your chickens and ducks are free, why don't you give them away to everyone? You just want to take advantage of others! Why don't you ask the butcher if you haven't had meat in a long time, and ask him to give you a few pounds, and maybe give some to the villagers too? See if he'll give them to you!"
When Aunt Zhou realized her thoughts had been exposed, she became furious and embarrassed. "If I were to give them to you, wouldn't you all have to eat them? Why are you so upset? Don't you want to eat them?"
"Tsk tsk! We do want to eat, but we'd rather buy it with our own money! We don't want to force others to give it to us. How can we possibly eat that?"
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