Pig Killer

Chapter 230

"I have heard of it. My mother told us that before we went to bed. I really like it. I really wish I had their power." The big tiger looked at her with eyes as bright as diamonds.

"Little fool, that's a fake story." Huang Zhongchang said to them with gentle eyes.

"You've heard of it too." Shen Hui'e looked at him in surprise.

"Am I surprised by what I've heard?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with a smile on his face and said, "When I was a child, on summer nights, I would lie on a straw mat in the yard, and my mother would fan me and gently rock me while she told me these mythological stories." There was a deep sense of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Then we who grew up listening to these stories should understand that public interests last forever, while private interests are temporary. This is the spirit of justice that is rooted in our blood." Shen Hui'e looked at them with burning eyes and said, "Otherwise, these stories would not be passed down from generation to generation."

Huang Zhongchang's dark eyes flickered as he looked at her and said, "Is this what you are fighting for? And those who rebel against the court are doomed to fail."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded heavily, "How many heroes want to save people from suffering and help the country in troubled times, but after they succeed, they often fall into maximizing their own personal interests and drift away from the common people." She pointed her index finger at the sky and said, "Like the current emperor, he has built palaces lavishly and doesn't care about the lives of the common people. What's the result?" She looked at them with a smile.

"The smoke of war is rising, and the anger of the common people cannot be suppressed." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with deep eyes and said.

"That's right." Shen Hui'e nodded slightly.

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"Why do some people believe it? And accept their fate?" Da Chong looked at his mother curiously and asked.

"I believe it without a doubt." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her ink-black eyes.

"What should we do then?" said the big tiger worriedly.

Shen Hui'e spread her hands and looked at them and said, "You can't wake up such a person, and it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. We can only respect his choice." After a pause, she said, "But if you tell him that believing this will affect his fortune, he will definitely not believe it immediately."

Huang Zhongchang was stunned when he heard this, and then he burst into laughter. The laughter was so loud that it scared the birds in the forest and made them fly away.

Shen Hui'e looked at him exaggeratingly, "Is it that funny?"

Huang Zhongchang stopped laughing, coughed twice and said, "Ahem... I am so naive."

"I'm telling the truth." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her innocent eyes and said, "Who has a grudge against money? Everyone dreams of becoming rich."

"What if you don't have good fortune?" Huang Zhongchang asked her leisurely, looking at her with interested eyes.

"We must have made money." Shen Hui'e said confidently.

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhongchang blinked his clear eyes and looked at her and asked.

"If you want to make money, you must offer offerings or money to ghosts and gods..."

Before Shen Hui'e finished speaking, Huang Zhongchang smiled and said, "I see, the money saved is earned."

"Isn't it?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"I have nothing to say." Huang Zhongchang looked at her with disapproval.

Shen Hui'e looked at the felled trees and the remaining wooden stumps with her sparkling eyes, "You cut down so many trees, you must replant them in time."

"What do you mean?" Huang Zhongchang couldn't keep up with her train of thought. It was totally unrelated.

"You've cut down too many trees. Shouldn't you replant them? Otherwise, the villagers will have no firewood to burn in the future." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep, clear eyes and said.

"How is this possible?" Huang Zhongchang pointed to the dense forest.

"Replant!" Shen Hui'e stopped and looked at him with bright eyes. "It's not just for burning firewood. As the population increases, we need to build houses and buy furniture, which all require wood. Even though there is a lot now, there will be more in the future. It takes time for trees to grow."

"Okay! Okay!" Huang Zhongchang finally agreed. He was really scared by the speed at which the rabbit gave birth.

"But we have to replant the seeds next spring. If we plant them now, they will freeze to death in winter." Huang Zhongchang said, looking up at the blue sky.

"The weather is getting colder. It's not suitable for you to wear straw sandals!" Shen Hui'e said, looking down at him who was wearing straw sandals.

"What else can I wear if not straw sandals? It's better than being barefoot!" Huang Zhongchang said as he lifted up his feet. "I've been wearing straw sandals all year round for the past two years. If I'm not at home, why would I be so particular?"

"What?" Shen Hui'e said angrily.

"Why are you so surprised? We are all the same." Huang Zhongchang looked at her calmly and said, "We are used to it."

"We have your shoes at home, why didn't you tell me?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with her ink-black eyes.

"I can't be different from everyone else!" Huang Zhongchang stamped his feet and said, "It's okay. Now I have a fire bed, I just need to go out less."

"It's winter training! How can you go out less?" Shen Hui'e looked at him unhappily and said, "And the soldiers are not training in straw sandals, are they?"

"Uh..." Huang Zhongchang's eyes wandered and he didn't dare to look at her angry face.

"Mother, I'm barefoot." The big tiger said in a low voice.

"Go home!" Shen Hui'e turned around with a dark face and walked down the mountain.

"Mother, mother!" The big tiger and the cat slave chased after her.

"Madam, madam, training is important." Huang Zhongchang took two steps to catch up with her and said.

"What kind of training is that? If you keep going like this, your legs will be broken." Shen Hui'e said bluntly.

"Then what are you going to do now?" Huang Zhongchang walked around her, stood in front of her, and blocked her way.

"Making shoes." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright eyes.

"How to make these shoes? There are simply not enough animal skins." Huang Zhongchang said immediately after hearing this.

"Make cloth shoes!" Shen Hui'e walked around him and went down the mountain.

"Cloth shoes? Where can we get so much cloth?" Huang Zhongchang asked as he chased her.

"Linen, use linen to make cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles." Shen Hui'e said as she walked, "Don't worry about it, I'll find Da Chong's grandmother and the women in the village to make cloth shoes for you. Cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, it will be done quickly."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Huang Zhongchang chased after her and said, "What kind of shoes are those?"

"You'll know when it's done." Shen Hui'e waved at him and said, "You go back first! I'll tell Da Chong's grandmother how to make it, and then I'll come find you." Then she added, "By the way, if we let the women in the village make shoes, we can't let them do it for nothing."

"I understand. Exchange it with wheat." Huang Zhongchang nodded in understanding.

"A bowl of wheat and five pairs of cloth shoes." Shen Hui'e thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this for now!" She waved at them and said, "Don't follow me." She then ran down the mountain at such a speed that they didn't have time to react.

"What kind of shoes?" asked the big tiger curiously.

"I don't know, don't ask me." Huang Zhongchang waved his hand gently and said, "You'll know when it's done." Looking at the two of them, he said, "Let's go!"

"Why didn't mother mention cloth shoes?" Li Nu said as he walked.

"Our straw sandals have thick cloth padding inside, so they are soft! They don't hurt your feet when you run." The big tiger looked at his father with his round eyes and said, "Wait until mother makes them, and then you will know."

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Shen Hui'e ran all the way to Huang's house, and this had to be taught to Huang's mother to organize and do it.

"Why are you here?" Huang's mother, who was twisting hemp rope on the bed, looked at her standing at the door and said, "At this time."

"I have something to talk to you about." Shen Hui'e walked forward, leaned forward and sat on the edge of the bed.

"His second aunt." Jiang looked at her tenderly and said, "What do you want from us?"

Shen Hui'e looked at her with her bright black eyes and said, "Big Chong's aunt." Then she said, "I want you to make shoes for me. Cloth shoes. Use linen."

"Wrap the straw sandals with linen?" Huang's mother blinked and looked at her.

"No, no." Shen Hui'e shook her head slightly and said, "It's all linen from inside to outside."

"But what about the soles?" Jiang looked at her with her dark eyes and said, "We either have straw sandals, animal skin boots, wooden clogs, or even go barefoot most of the time. How can we make shoes with linen?"

"This is simple, use linen as the base." Shen Hui'e said to them with her gentle eyes.

"That linen is too thin! How can it be used to make shoe soles?" Huang's mother frowned and shook her head slightly, "It's too loose when folded, it's not easy to make!"

"Paste the jacket." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright black eyes and said, "Use flour paste to brush it on the linen and iron it on the wall, layer by layer."

"Ah!" Huang's mother and Jiang looked at her in surprise.

"Is this okay?" Huang's mother looked at her without blinking.

"Yes! It sticks very firmly." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "Dry it in the sun, peel it off, cut it into the shape of shoe soles, and put them together. It should be this thick! More than one finger thick, and then sew the soles together with fine hemp rope."

"This is not difficult to make. The rest of the upper is easy." Huang's mother said simply, "No problem."

"Is this what you're wearing?" Jiang looked at her curiously and asked, "It's getting cold, doesn't his second aunt have boots?"

"They are for the soldiers. They are still wearing straw sandals." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "Let alone winter, how can they train intensively in straw sandals? Training with straw sandals will ruin their feet."

"Then I will organize the women to make cloth shoes." Huang's mother looked at her and said with understanding.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e nodded and smiled, "It's not in vain! Five pairs of shoes per person, and a bowl of wheat."

"Then they will be very happy." Huang's mother said with a smile.

"But the soles of the shoes are thick, so you need a special needle to poke a hole first. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to poke a hole through it using just my hands." Shen Hui'e looked at them with great concern.

"How about this awl?" Jiang said as she rummaged through the sewing basket and took out an awl.

"Hey, this is it." Shen Hui'e nodded vigorously when she saw the awl, "How come we have this at home?"

"Sewing animal skins! You have to pay for them when you bring them to the store!" Jiang looked at her with a smile on her face and said, "We sewed the animal skins ourselves."