By the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Shen family had killed a total of five large boars and were forced to raise four piglets in the backyard. These piglets were all leftovers.
The backyard storage room was overflowing with cured and smoked meat. "Did the wild boar bring us meat?"
Dr. Li, picking his teeth with a greasy face, laughed: "That's right, we've been eating wild boar meat every day this year, and we've all gotten fat."
"We've got enough meat for the next six months!" Wang Lan said with a big smile!
Originally, everyone was terrified of wild boars, especially on the first night when the Lu family was unprepared and two people were injured, causing widespread panic. But later, they couldn't resist the fact that wild boars could be sold for money. Seeing the potential profits, the villagers acted as if they didn't care about their lives. Later, people from other villages also wanted a piece of the pie. In total, more than two hundred men hunted wild boars. Eventually, it turned into a chase after wild boars, and they even fought them all the way to the West Mountain. It's said that they also brought back wolves and sheep from the West Mountain.
But that's a story for another time.
The snow finally stopped on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the funeral procession began after the body had been lying in state in the Wang Family Ancestral Hall.
The ancestral graves of Wangjia Village are in the south. Dozens of people went to dig up the graves early in the morning. These families are not related to the Lu family. After all, they are from the same village. Wang Lan still asked Lu Yunfeng to go and deliver incense and paper money.
The two elderly people who were killed by the snowstorm were buried quietly.
Wang Li sent Daya over early in the morning and went to Li Zhen's house alone, but she did not return until evening, so Daya had to stay at the Lu family's house.
This year's Lu family didn't have a happy reunion. The bamboo in Qingzhugou was flattened, and even the river in their backyard was frozen over. As soon as the sun came out, the children in the village, who had been cooped up for more than half a month, couldn't resist coming out to play. On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, several children around ten years old were playing by the river. The ice in the stream behind the Lu family's old house was thick, and the children found it fun to jump and hop on it. Suddenly, a child named Shitou stepped on it, and the ice cracked. The children found it even more fun, and with a snap, the ice shattered into pieces, and the children fell into the water. The icy water was bone-chillingly cold. Fortunately, it was the dry season of winter, and the snow had just stopped yesterday, so the snow hadn't melted yet. The water was shallow and wouldn't drown, but in such cold weather, it could still freeze someone to death.
The children were terrified and desperately scrambled to the shore, crying out in pain.
As soon as the snow stopped, Zhao Fang rushed over to check on the damage caused by the wild boars. She happened to see several children in the stream, whose feet were likely to freeze. She quickly called over the Lu brothers, who scooped the children out and led them, covered in mud and shivering, to the village.
Zhao Fang was both angry and annoyed. She said to the child's parents, "The child is ignorant. Can't you adults take better care of him? If he gets a leg cramp in this cold weather and something bad happens, leaving him with a chronic illness, you'll have something to cry about. Don't blame my family then."
Even a clay figure has some temper, and besides, she had been managing the shop in the county town for several months, so she was no longer as weak and easily bullied as before.
The dog's mother grabbed a rock and spanked its bottom twice, saying, "Serves you right for being naughty..."
Zhao Fang couldn't stand it anymore. "Hurry up and take the child to wash up, soak him in hot water, and change him into clean clothes. The snow hasn't melted yet, and he's bound to catch a cold."
Dog's mother then pulled Dog into the house, saying, "All you do is cause trouble all day long. Do you think you can mess with the Lu family? They have a young master who is a scholar. Be careful, or you'll get a beating."
Zhao Fang was so angry she felt dizzy. She spat out a curse: When has the Lu family ever made things difficult for anyone?
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