Chapter 110: That Water Ghost
“It’s you, that water ghost!”
Hearing such a clear shout, everyone, including Yun Jiao, looked towards the young man.
Yun Jiao’s family members were displeased.
“What are you talking about? What water ghost? Can’t you speak properly?”
The young man knew he had spoken out of turn, so he quickly apologized with his hand over his mouth.
“I’m sorry, but… but I really saw her push that wild boar into the water.”
Who wouldn’t misunderstand the scene?
“It wasn’t just me; these few people also saw it.”
These were the ones who had swum after the wild boar and personally witnessed how fiercely Yun Jiao had pinned down the big wild boar’s tusks and pulled it underwater.
Yun Xiaowu said indignantly, “That doesn’t mean she’s a water ghost! Is there a ghost as good-looking as my sister? She’s clearly a little fairy!”
Yun Jiao: “Brother, keep a low profile, a low profile.”
Everyone glanced at Yun Jiao’s picturesque and beautiful little face and seemed to think it wasn’t unreasonable.
“Cough… so that wild boar was you…”
The elder person steered the conversation back, but looking at Yun Jiao’s small frame, he couldn’t bring himself to say the rest: “Did you kill it?”
This… how old is this child?
It’s impossible.
Yun Xiaojiu proudly puffed out his chest, “That’s right, my sister killed it!”
She was a little crybaby before, but now she was as proud as a rooster.
If you didn’t know better, you’d think he was the one who killed the wild boar.
“My sister is young, but she’s strong. We live by the seaside, so let alone this little wild boar, even big fish weighing hundreds of jin can’t escape her grasp.”
Yun Jiao: …………
She gently tugged on her ninth brother’s sleeve, “Brother, that’s an exaggeration.”
She didn’t have that much strength and ability yet.
“But she’s so small.”
They looked at Yun Jiao’s small frame, her fair skin, and her delicate body. She didn’t look like someone who could kill a wild boar at all.
Grandmother Shen stepped forward, “Who cares how my granddaughter killed the wild boar? In any case, this wild boar belongs to our family. Do you have any objections?”
No objections, but quite a few were envious.
Such a big wild boar, looking like at least two hundred jin of meat, how long would that last them!
Yun Jiao’s family members, beaming with joy, carried the large wild boar towards home, temporarily neglecting the corn in the field, prioritizing bringing the wild boar home first.
Yun Xiaojiu walked a few steps forward and suddenly remembered he had forgotten to bring the basket.
“Wait for me, Dad and Mom, and there’s still such a big fish; sister caught that too.”
Everyone took a look and indeed, the fish was not small.
Their gaze towards Yun Jiao instantly changed.
At such a young age, how could she be so capable?
No wonder her family doted on her. If it were them, they would also dote on such a capable young girl!
Those who had come to join the fun followed along.
“Da Niu, are you selling the meat from your wild boar?”
Da Niu was Grandfather Shen’s name.
Grandfather Shen smiled so much on the way that the wrinkles on his face piled up, and the corners of his mouth never stopped turning up.
“No rush, no rush. I need to discuss it with my son-in-law. His family also has many people.”
This meat had to be shared with his son-in-law’s family at least partially.
This is how in-law relationships are fostered. His son-in-law’s family treated their daughter well, always bringing many things when she visited her maternal home, and this time they even brought a barrel of sea snake wine.
Not to mention the medicinal materials in that medicinal wine, and all that wine was not cheap.
Their family naturally couldn’t be stingy, and besides, this wild boar was caught by Jiao Jiao, so they had to give a large portion to their son-in-law’s family.
On the way back, villagers who heard the news came to join the fun.
When they returned home, the neighbors had just finished dividing their family property. Old Woman Li was furious because her old man had done something crazy and given all the land that should have gone to Shen Jiang to him.
Since they were dividing the family, she couldn’t accept it and wanted to use her status to take some of the eldest son’s land for the youngest son, but she was immediately reprimanded and even had to give them money.
And the second son’s family had also moved out.
How was she supposed to assert her authority at home from now on? Her heart ached with anger.
Just then, the commotion from next door reached her ears, and Old Woman Li vaguely heard something about a wild boar.
She quickly went out to see and learned that the family of the old woman she had argued with just yesterday had obtained a whole wild boar, and it wasn’t a small one, weighing over two hundred jin!
The good fortune of her nemesis made her feel even more like a failure.
Therefore, in a fit of rage, Old Woman Li rolled her eyes and fainted.
“Aiyo, what happened!”
“She fainted, Old Woman Li fainted.”
“Why did she faint?”
“Could it be that she fainted after seeing Da Niu’s family get such a wild boar? I heard the two families almost got into a fight yesterday.”
There were no secrets in the village, and the incident where the two families almost fought yesterday had already spread, and everyone knew the details.
One could only say that everyone had witnessed Old Woman Li’s usual favoritism, and they all felt she deserved it.
Someone kindly brought chicken soup for her daughter-in-law, but instead of being grateful, the mother-in-law started arguing with her.
This stingy person, perhaps seeing that they got such a big wild boar today, fainted from anger and couldn’t take it?
Old Woman Li was sent to see a barefoot doctor by her family members.
Meanwhile, Grandfather Shen and Yun Linhai had also come to an agreement.
They would sell one hundred jin of wild boar meat and not sell the rest; the two families would share and eat it.
In the past two years, their village had only recently started raising pigs in every household, but these pigs had to be carefully raised for a year to be eaten during the New Year.
Piglets were also not cheap, and many people couldn’t even afford them.
For the entire year, pork was only eaten around the New Year.
It was currently the farming season, with high physical exertion, so having wild boar meat was incredibly tempting.
However, only one hundred jin was not enough to go around.
Even with a purchase limit of one jin of meat per family, it was still not enough to distribute.
This wild boar meat was cheap and didn’t require coupons. As soon as the news spread, their doorstep was almost overwhelmed.
Some people, in order to get to the front and fearing they wouldn’t get meat later, almost started fighting.
“It’s gone; sell no more. Everyone else, don’t crowd forward.”
“How can it be gone? How can such a big wild boar only sell one hundred jin? There’s still over a hundred jin left; can’t you eat it all? Sell a bit more, sell a bit more.”
“How can we not eat it all? My son-in-law’s family has several mouths to feed, a total of nine growing boys. How many days will this meat last?”
A growing boy alone could consume at least two large bowls of grain, not to mention the vegetables.
His in-laws had a total of nine growing boys.
Grandfather Shen shook his head and sighed for his in-laws.
No wonder they were so poor before; life was tough.
They weren’t selling any more pork, so Grandfather Shen and Uncle Shen sent all those people away.
“Aren’t there still a few people who hunted wild boars? Go ask them.”
After saying that, he closed the door.
