Strange

In the courtyard, Lu Jiao threw the wild boar to the ground with a thud. The four little ones in the east bedroom heard the movement outside and ran out quickly. When they saw the wild boar on the ground, they were frightened.

Many villagers heard the news and rushed over to see what was going on.

"My God, what a big wild boar."

"Did Yunjin's wife hunt it? Does she have the ability?"

"I heard that she set a trap to catch it."

"What trap is so powerful?"

"The hunters in the village may not be able to catch such a big wild boar."

One of them raised his voice to ask Lu Jiao, "Yunjin's wife, will this wild boar be slaughtered?"

When one person spoke, the others also thought about it, including Mrs Zhao.

If Lu Jiao slaughtered the wild boar, their family would also order some meat to taste it. It had been a long time since they had eaten meat.

Although Xie Clan Village is near the mountain, most of the villagers are illiterate and cannot identify most of the things on the mountain, so they dare not touch them.

The only thing people in the village can count on is the food in the fields. But because Xie Clan Village is near the mountains, the air is too humid and the sunlight is blocked, so the food harvest in the fields is not good.

Because of this, Xie Clan Village is very poor, so poor that many people can't get enough grains to eat, let alone meat.

Lu Jiao glanced at the villagers outside the fence. Some of them were not good, but most of them were of good character. Although some people had quarreled with the original owner, they were good to Xie Yunjin and the four children.

Xie Yunjin is from Xie Clan Village, and even if he goes out in the future, his roots will still be in Xie Clan Village.

People in this era attach great importance to the family. If one did not value their family, they would be impeached by the imperial officials even if they entered the court in the future.

Xie Yunjin will take the imperial examinations in the future. He will be the champion and become the First Assistant, so building up a good reputation in Xie Clan Village is very important. Besides, the four children will also go out in the future. Their reputation is also very significant.

Lu Jiao thought about it, looked at the person in front of the courtyard with a smile, and said aloud.

"Since everyone wants to eat meat, then I will let someone slaughter the wild boar."

When she finished, she looked at Mrs. Zhao and said, "Sister-in-law, I remember that your son Hu seems to know how to slaughter pigs. Could you please ask him to slaughter it for me?"

Mrs Zhao immediately nodded happily, "Okay, okay."

After that, she looked around and saw her daughter-in-law standing outside the fence and ordered her immediately, "Chunyan, go and ask your husband to come and slaughter the wild boar for Yunjin's wife."

Xie Hu's wife, Lin Chunyan, hadn't had children after she married Xie Hu. So she can't hold her head up at her husband's house. She usually doesn't dare disobey her mother-in-law's words. Hearing what Mrs Zhao said, she immediately responded, "Okay, mother."

Lu Jiao glanced at the villagers outside the courtyard and said, "I'll slaughter the boar later. If anyone wants it, come and get it after weighing. Because everyone is a villager from the same village, I won't charge much, just fifteen cents a pound."

Pork in the market is 20 cents a pound. Wild boar is rare, so it costs a little higher.

Unexpectedly, Yunjin's wife lowered the rate by five cents. So everyone was happy.

"Okay, I'll come over and weigh a pound later."

"My family will also weigh a pound to satisfy cravings."

Everyone went back happily, but of course some people were unhappy.

Widow Li was very unhappy and said angrily, "Yunjin's wife, as a villager from the same village, how can you charge everyone for wild boar meat?"

As soon as Widow Li's words fell, someone whispered, "Yeah, how can she collect money from us villagers?"

Lu Jiao looked at Widow Li outside the fence. This woman was the mother of Shen Xiu, the girl who had a crush on Xie Yunjin. She not only had a vicious mouth but was also very greedy for petty gains and had bad manners.

She had heard that she had some relationships with many men in the village to gain some small favors.

Lu Jiao looked at Widow Li with a sneer, "Then my family's Yunjin is seriously injured. Why don't you, as a villager from the same village, bring some money to treat our family's Yunjin's injuries? There is a seriously injured patient in my family, and there are four children to take care of. Why don't you help me a little bit?"

As soon as Lu Jiao's words fell, outside the fence, many people surnamed Xie scolded Widow Li.

"Save some face. There's no end to being petty and cheap."

"You're jealous of other people's meat. Why don't you see what's going on with them? How shameless!"

Lu Jiao felt a little better when she heard the words of the people surnamed Xie, and spoke with a gentle expression.

"Actually, if I had taken this wild boar to the restaurant, I could have sold it for at least three taels of silver. If I slaughter it, I can only get half the money, but as a native of Xie Clan Village, I can't forget my roots. Everyone's life is not easy. Since I caught a wild boar, it's not good for me to be unsympathetic, so if anyone wants to, they can come over later and weigh and pay fifteen cents a pound."

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, she ignored the people outside the fence. It was getting late, and Xie Yunjin and the four little ones hadn't had breakfast yet.

Mrs Zhao took the eggs and followed her into the kitchen, putting the eggs down.

"Don't pay attention to that narrow-minded woman. It's like she's never seen a good thing in her life. Let alone meat, even a bunch of weeds on the roadside, she can't wait to pick it up."

Lu Jiao nodded, "Well, I won't reason with her. This kind of person just gets more and more unreasonable."

After the two said a few words, Mrs Zhao left while Lu Jiao boiled a pot of hot water for Xie Hu to use when slaughtering the boar, and then cooked half a pot of corn mush, and added boiled eggs, which Mrs Zhao had brought earlier. Lu Jiao boiled six of the twenty eggs, one for each member of the family.

When the breakfast was ready, Xie Hu came to her to slaughter the boar. Many children had gathered in the yard, and the four little ones also ran out of the room to watch.

Lu Jiao ignored this and rushed over with a bowl of sugar water to the east bedroom. Xie Yunjin was seriously injured and needed to drink more water. Of course, she didn't forget to add some spiritual water to recuperate his body.

Xie Yunjin's body is very weak right now. If she doesn't take good care of it, it will be a little troublesome to do the surgery later. So she will recuperate his body first, so that the surgery can be done smoothly later.

In the room, Xie Yunjin listened to the lively noise outside, as if it were New Year's Eve.

By this time, he already knew that Lu Jiao had gone out in the morning and caught a wild boar.

Xie Yunjin thought that yesterday Lu Jiao went out and caught two pheasants and a hare, and also picked two Ganoderma lucidum, and today she went out and caught a wild boar.

Are there so many good things in the mountains of Xie Clan Village?

Xie Yunjin subconsciously narrowed his eyes. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Lu Jiao was strange.

Lu Jiao came in with sugar water, asking, "Are you thirsty? Drink some water. Breakfast is already cooked. I'll bring it in to feed you later."

Xie Yunjin didn't say a word. When Lu Jiao finished feeding the water, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Lu Jiao, saying, "How did you catch the wild boar?"

As she was being stared at by his cold eyes, she felt guilty for a while, and then she said calmly, "I had set a trap. The wild boar ran into the trap and was stabbed by the bamboo piece, so I brought it back."

"Yesterday you caught a pheasant, a hare, and picked Ganoderma lucidum, and today you caught a wild boar. Why didn't I know you had such a skill?"