Old Lady Li brought Si Niu to the old house to play.
"Come, do you know who your aunt is? Your aunt comes to see you every day."
“Aaaaaaa…”
Sun Jiaxue curiously pulled Si Niu's little hand.
"Si Niu, who am I~"
Li Mingfang said, "Mom, come, let me hold the child. She's as heavy as a weight."
"This child has a good appetite. There's no shortage of food at home. He eats two eggs a day. How can he not gain weight? He's like a lucky doll."
"She's really lovable. Every time the aunties and grandmothers in the village see her, they always make her laugh."
"Thinking back then, Da Niu and the others really suffered a lot. Being able to survive at that time was a great blessing."
Seeing everyone reminiscing about the good times, Li Mingqing said, "Just live a peaceful life."
"Old Four is right. You guys should never cause trouble when you're working outside."
"Mom, we know what's going on."
Old man Li ran over hurriedly, still wearing waders that were covered in pig manure.
"Old woman, go check on the piglet. He seems to be in bad shape."
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
This pig is no joke. It has to be handed over after it grows up. How can it die for no reason?
The family quickly went to the pigpen behind the house to see what was going on.
The two pigs lay on the dry grass, completely lacking their usual noisy behavior.
Mrs. Li checked around and didn't find anything. What happened? It was fine at noon.
"Old man, I'm afraid these two little pigs are in great danger."
"That's impossible. How will we explain ourselves if something goes wrong?"
"It's okay. There are always accidents when raising livestock. No one can guarantee that they will grow to over 200 kilograms."
Li Mingqing's expression changed when he looked at the herbs in the basket.
"Mom, have you gone to the mountains to pick pig grass?"
"No, there aren't a lot of sweet potato leaves here. There's no need to cut grass for the pigs."
"Did Big Girl and the others go?"
"No, they wanted to go but I stopped them. What happened?"
"Mom, this is vanilla. The tall stems give off a strong aroma that makes you drowsy if you smell it too much. Looking at the coriander in the fence, I'm afraid these two pigs have eaten a lot of it. It's the beauty snake among the grass."
"Can he be saved?"
"Of course, Dad. Give these two pigs this potion, and they'll be jumping around in less than half an hour."
Old man Li went to the pigpen, opened the pig's mouth and poured the wine in.
Half an hour later, the two little pigs really stood up and jumped around.
The whole family breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom, I'm afraid someone threw this vanilla in here on purpose."
"Which bad-hearted person would do such a wicked thing? But we didn't see it, so there's no point in guessing."
"Yes, there are a few people in the village who are jealous of our Li family."
"I can't say who did it."
When Yang Daya came back, she saw the people from Old Li's family coming back from behind the house with sad faces.
"What's going on?"
"The pig we raised in the backyard was almost killed. It was lying straight on the ground and was about to die."
"What! This is outrageous! Who did this?"
"We just don't know who did it, and no one saw anyone go behind the house."
Hearing this, Yang Daya remembered that she ran into Zhang Cuihua, who looked flustered, as soon as she walked out the door to her private plot.
It must be her.
Zhang Cuihua also raised a pig at home. It must be because she did not raise her own pig well that she became malicious.
"I know who did it."
"God has mercy on us. We have finally found the culprit. Who is this from the Third Brother's family?"
"Zhang Cuihua."
"Is it her? Are you sure?"
"I saw her in such a hurry as I was carrying a basket and she ran into me right away."
Old Lady Li yelled, "I'm going to go get this damned bastard!"
In front of Lao Wang’s house.
Zhang Cuihua and Wu Li were sitting on the doorstep, watching them weave baskets.
When Zhang Cuihua saw the people from Old Li's family coming, she felt guilty for two seconds and then immediately stood up.
"What are you and your family doing here?"
"You did this wicked thing yourself. How did my pig offend you? You're not a human being. Give the vanilla to my pig!"
"Bullshit, who saw it? I've been at home the whole time and haven't gone out."
Yang Daya straightened her back and said confidently, "I saw it, and you almost bumped into me."
"That's not very honest of you. I was just passing by."
"How could he be just passing by when he's so flustered and acting like a thief?"
"Don't let your Li family rely on your numbers to frame me. Did your family kill the two piglets and let me take the blame? No way!"
"Your pig is dead!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuihua asked, "Isn't he dead?"
"You still say it wasn't you! You black-hearted bastard."
"I didn't do it. I just asked what happened. You have no evidence and are bullying me."
Li Mingqing smelled a faint scent of vanilla on her.
He glanced again at the wild vegetables and the protruding herb leaves in the basket on the threshold.
"Is there any herbs you picked in this basket?"
"Nonsense, I don't know what vanilla is."
"Don't you know her? If you do, why do you smell like vanilla? Why don't you call out everyone in the village to see who has that smell? I guess it's impossible for anyone else to smell like her except you."
Zhang Cuihua stumbled and said, "You...you are lying."
Li Mingqing took the basket off the doorstep and opened the weeds inside, which contained half a basket of fragrant herbs.
There are both witnesses and evidence.
"I just think this grass smells good. Can't I use it as incense?"
"Making incense? You? You still refuse to admit it. Otherwise, we can call the village chief to seek justice. The piglet belongs to the commune. If you still want to go to the commune, that's perfect."
Wu Li felt very regretful.
Vanilla is poisonous and pigs cannot eat it.
He just said it casually. When he was a child, he saw the villagers' pigs die after eating vanilla by mistake. He didn't expect that Zhang Cuihua would use vanilla to poison other people's pigs.
Although they are raised in the village, they are the property of the commune.
It takes a fool to do such a thing.
Zhang Cuihua was completely panicked and had no idea what to do. She looked at Wu Li for help, but Wu Li ignored her.
Wang Daguo and Wang Daya came out of the house.
"What's going on?"
"Your mother poisoned my two little pigs."
Wang Daguo retorted, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. My mother would never do such a foolish thing."
"Has your mother done enough foolish things? We in the Li family offer you two options: pay compensation, or go to the commune."
After hearing Li Mingqing's words, Wang Daguo looked at Zhang Cuihua's guilty expression and knew it was true.
"Mom, how could you do such a thing!"
"I'm your mother, how dare you yell at me!"
Seeing that the mother and son were about to quarrel, Li Mingqing said, "Let's solve the problem first. You can quarrel as much as you want behind closed doors."
"Didn't you say those two pigs were alive and well? If they were fine, why should we pay compensation to the commune?"
Zhang Cuihua shouted loudly.
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