Pig Killer

Chapter 165

"Eggs." Li Nu blinked and said, "Mother, didn't you say to save them for Fourth Aunt to use during her confinement?"

"I'm preparing it! I fried one." Shen Hui'e raised her index finger and looked at them and said, "If you calculate the date, it's the right time to eat meat during the confinement period." She added with a smile, "This child really knows how to pick the right time."

"It's so cold, will it be hard to give birth?" Li Nu asked with concern.

"It's hard to have a baby no matter when." Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade and said, "It's okay in the winter, as long as the house is warm. Summer is uncomfortable! Both adults and children suffer. They will get prickly heat all over their bodies."

"Hiss..." The raccoon shuddered when he heard this, "There's really nowhere to hide."

"Yes! It's equally hot everywhere." Shen Hui'e poured the fried vegetables into a large iron pot, added an appropriate amount of salt, and tasted the saltiness.

Put the chopped green onion into the pot, pour in sesame oil, and remove from heat!

After eating two bowls of noodle soup, I felt warm all over.

"It feels like time is passing so slowly." Da Chong said as he looked at them with his hands behind his back.

"It's not as busy as before, so naturally I feel like time is slow." Shen Hui'e looked at him with amusement and said, "Wouldn't it be better to take a break?"

"Of course it would be nice to have food and drink to rest, but now the food is not good and there is no money coming in, so we are just living off our savings." The big tiger looked at her with his dark eyes and said with a pout.

The raccoon blinked his black grape-like eyes and said, "Really, I'm upset."

"This is because we don't have much confidence in the future." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and said, "If there is a purpose in life, we will feel that time flies by quickly."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The big tiger nodded vigorously after hearing this, "I'm a little scared now."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her jade-like eyes and said, "These days will pass quickly."

"Yes!" The big tiger nodded obediently.

Shen Hui'e and her group, who were returning from their morning run, were blocked by a crowd gathered in front of them.

"What's going on?" The big tiger asked as he tiptoed to look inside.

I’m not tall enough, so I can’t see anything.

"What happened?" Shen Hui'e asked the person in front directly.

"Oh! The officials are here to collect taxes."

"What's so good about this?" Shen Hui'e looked at him in confusion.

"He refused to hand it over, so the officials came directly to his house."

When Shen Hui'e heard this, only two words came to her mind: forced conscription!

There were cries from inside:

"Sir, Sir, this is all the corn we have at home. Please be kind and leave some for me!"

"Bargaining with us is an imperial order. If you dare to disobey the imperial order, you will be punished!" The official kicked the man over. "I advise you to be honest and don't disobey the imperial order and be sent to jail."

"I can't live this life."

The official carried the grain and looked at the crowd, shouting, "What are you looking at? Have you paid the taxes? Don't let us come to your door in person, otherwise it will make everyone look bad."

The crowd made way for them and watched them walk through the crowd with such arrogance.

"Why did you take away all the chickens?"

"We don't have enough food. Can't we use this to make up for it?"

"Humph!"

Shen Hui'e watched them leave before saying, "Let's go home and talk about it."

The crowd had not left yet, and the streets were quiet with only the sound of the wind and the heartbreaking cries.

&*&

Shen Hui'e and the others returned home and looked at them, still in a daze, and said, "They were frightened."

"I've never seen an official so fierce. How did he become like this? I don't even recognize him anymore." The tiger stared at her with his round eyes wide open. "Why is he like this?"

"I don't know that either." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "I don't know the specific situation either."

"Isn't this fact obvious?" said the raccoon slave, looking at her with dim eyes.

"I mean, why is it like this all of a sudden?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with confusion on her face and said, "It's for no reason. There must be a reason!"

"Could it be that these captured chickens were really used to pay taxes?" Shen Hui'e said with deep doubt.

"You mean, if the tax is not enough, then why do they catch chickens?" Da Chong looked at her in confusion and asked.

"Eat it yourself!" Shen Hui'e said without thinking, "It's really suspicious to catch a chicken. Can you send it to the capital? It's not easy to send a live chicken. The journey is long and winding."

"He's dead!" asked the raccoon slave, looking at her with innocent eyes.

"Although it's cold now, this dead chicken has gone bad after traveling such a long distance. Can we still eat it?" Shen Hui'e said to them with her deep and bright eyes.

"It would be despicable if they ate it themselves. This is simply taking advantage of the situation." Li Nu said angrily.

"Like a bandit." Da Chong looked at her in confusion and said, "How could this happen? She has changed beyond all recognition, as if she has become a completely different person."

"I'm not sure about this either?" Shen Hui'e pinched her brows and said, the information asymmetry, who gave them such courage, it was so exaggerated that she couldn't believe it.

"Mother, what should we do?" Da Chong looked at her worriedly and said.

"Be prepared for the worst." Shen Hui'e said to them with cold eyes.

"What are we going to do? Who knows what will happen in the future?" Li Nu looked at her worriedly.

"The worst plan is that we lose our family and become savages in the mountains." Shen Hui'e looked at them solemnly and said.

"Cough cough..." Da Chong was so frightened by his mother's shocking words that he kept coughing.

"Why are you so surprised? If this goes on, I really don't know what will happen?" Shen Hui'e said to them with a frown.

"No, no." Da Chong said, unwilling to believe his mother.

"Isn't this what we want?" Shen Hui'e tapped his head with her fingers, "Face the reality. We can't avoid the problem."

"It's all my fault..." Da Chong's words were stopped by his mother's eyes.

"Trouble comes from the mouth. Some things should be kept in your heart. Just know them and don't say them out loud." Shen Hui'e pointed at him with her index finger and said seriously.

"I see. I see it but I don't say it." The tiger pouted and said indignantly, and said quickly, "I look like the person on the bamboo slips, who doesn't care about the lives of the common people."

"You still have something to say!" Shen Hui'e looked at him anxiously.

"No more talking, no more talking." Da Chong said in a muffled voice, covering his mouth.

&*&

"Bang, bang..." The rapid knock on the door startled Da Chong and the others who were still sleeping.

The big tiger jumped up, rubbed his eyes, and muttered, "Who is this? It's so early in the morning, and it's not even daybreak yet!"

"You guys continue sleeping, I'll go see what's going on." Shen Hui'e, who had already gotten up, tied her hair up casually and put on a dog-skin hat to cover everything.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Shen Hui'e opened the door, closed it casually, and shouted towards the courtyard gate.

"Woof woof..." Huang Er grabbed the door bolt and shouted loudly.

"Huang Er!" Shen Hui'e called out to the barking Huang Er.

The yellow-eared cat standing on the door obediently put down its front hooves and woofed... looked at her, then looked at the door.

"I know there are people outside." Shen Hui'e walked over to it and patted its furry head, "Be good, make way."

Huang Er moved the door open, and Shen Hui'e pulled out the bolt and opened the door with a creak.

"Plop..." The man knelt in front of Shen Hui'e.

Shen Hui'e was so frightened that she quickly avoided him. She saw who it was, Wang Su, and said, "You...what are you doing? Brother Wang."

"Pig-killing lady, pig-killing lady, you have to save me." Wang Su moved his position and said to her.

"Get up first, we can talk when we get up." Shen Hui'e moved away and looked at him and said, "You have to tell me something, right?" She said gently, "Get up, if you encounter any difficulties, let's discuss it together." Her eyes moved slightly and she said, "Come in, let's talk in the room, it's too cold outside."

Wang Su stood up after hearing this, took two steps, and suddenly said, "I'd better talk here!"

"Then let's sit down and talk." Shen Hui'e looked towards the main room, and said to the big bug that had come out, "Bring two stools over."

"Hey!" Da Chong responded crisply, and he and Li Nu moved two benches and placed them in front of the meat stall.

"Sit down, let's sit down and talk about what's going on." Shen Hui'e said with her clear and bright eyes as she looked at him who was feeling uneasy.

"I..." Wang Su rubbed his hands and looked at her anxiously as he sat down.

"Just tell me what you want to say." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes.

"I know I'm asking too much, but I really don't have any other choice." Wang Su looked at her uneasily.

"What do you want to say first?" Shen Hui'e looked at him gently and said.

"I asked everyone for help and finally found you. I hope you can help me." Wang Su looked at her pleadingly.

"What difficulties have you encountered?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with her glassy eyes.

"There is not enough food at home. I plan to sell the pigs and buy food." Wang Su said without a trace of light in his eyes.

"It's very expensive to buy food now." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her black eyes flashing and reminded him that this is not a good time.

"I know, but I'm afraid it will be gone if it's too late." Wang Su looked at her with some fear and anxiety.

"You don't have enough food? This year the weather is good and the harvest is good!" Shen Hui'e looked at him in surprise and said.

"We have to borrow grain every year to get by. This year, we exchanged the bumper wheat harvest for corn." Wang Su said regretfully, "Originally, we had a good harvest this year and paid back the borrowed grain. Who would have thought of this? Suddenly, life is tight again."

"What do you want me to do?" Shen Hui'e nodded in understanding and looked at him gently.

"I... I... want to... sell the pig to you." Wang Su looked at her anxiously and said.

"We can't sell the pigs even if we kill them now!" said the big tiger without thinking.

"I know." Wang Su looked at her with red eyes and said in a nasal voice, "I found a big farmer in the city, but they pushed the price too low." With a bitter face, she cried, "Now these pigs can't be sold, and I have to raise them, which is even more difficult."