Chapter 59:
“Third sister-in-law, do you mean you suspect this pig didn’t die from eating poisonous grass, but from some illness?”
“Exactly!” Luo Zhi’er affirmed.
Li Daqiang thought to himself, this third sister-in-law is fooling around, San Mao is fooling around with her too, but… their feelings are really good.
“Hehe, San Mao, I only heard about it this afternoon when I came back from the field, I didn’t see Mom beat Miaomiao!”
“Uh… your eldest sister-in-law is ill and can’t get out of bed… so…”
He worried that Li Sanmao would find out, think they didn’t help pull Mom away, and hold a grudge against him.
“Mm…”
Li Sanmao’s hands didn’t stop moving, he hummed through his nose.
Luo Zhi’er picked up the torch nearby, brought it close to illuminate every part of the pig’s body, while Li Sanmao shaved the pork she watched there…
The two discussed their conclusion…
Seeing their relationship so good, Li Daqiang felt a bit envious; once upon a time his wife was like that too…
Luo Zhi’er turned her head, “Oldest Brother, you’d better cover your mouth too, put on gloves, trouble you to help me turn over this pig large intestines…”
“Hey!”
Once the meat was shaved almost done, they threw the intestines, internal organs and those things into the large wooden basin, dumping out the dirty stuff inside…
Zhou Shi picked the right thorns, came out from the room, and suddenly smelled a foul stench.
Walking closer, she saw Luo Zhi’er holding a torch, using a stick to poke around inside the intestines with Li Daqiang and Li Sanmao.
Li Daqiang squeezed out the stuff from the large intestines and small intestines, the few people flipped it over and over, still discussing…
She got so angry she cursed loudly!
Luo Zhi’er calmly ignored her; she had been in the manure pile and no one said anything about her, yet she complains about this taste?
She only fetched the cleaver, directing Li Sanmao to cut open that pig stomach…
Instantly the stuff inside was even more stinky, the whole yard filled with that smell, Zhou Shi nearly got smoked to vomit…
While cursing, she went back to her bedroom to find something to cover her nose, “This damned Luo Zhi’er was sent by heaven to torment me!”
“Either messing with that stuff to eat, or messing with that stuff to stink up people! Dead just flush down the big river, yet flip it out, making the whole yard stink…”
Old Li Tou originally wanted to come in and lie down, he was injured, butt hurt, face hurt, feet hurt.
Before he could lie down peacefully the old woman came in again, seeing her furious, hearing her say that, he couldn’t help mocking: “Fake clean!”
“What did you say? Old fart, what do you mean?”
Old Li Tou ignored her, put on his clothes again and went out to see…
She spent her whole life bearing children for him and toiling away, and in the end, he still despised her?
The pig stomach was cut open, and inside were food from a long time ago, bloated full. Just now I saw that the pig trough also had hardly been eaten from. Recalling, this pig indeed hadn’t eaten much for a very long time…
These things are all from before, there is no new food pig feed……
Therefore, Miaomiao poisoning the pig to death does not hold.
Luo Zhi’er raised her eyes and looked at Old Li Tou: “Dad, there is no fresh pig feed in the pig large intestines, small intestines, or pig stomach. Big Brother can testify. You can flip it open and look again.”
“And the mouth, I pried it open and looked just now. The pig hasn’t eaten anything at all… Look at the belly, it’s flat and deflated, starved and much thinner…”
“Yeah, Dad, this pig is so strange. There’s no digestion in its stomach at all… it’s still the previous food, so it stinks a lot!”
Old Li Tou looked carefully, and sure enough, the skinny pig’s belly was just a layer of skin stretched tight…
“Zhou Shi, this old woman, really needs to be properly taught a lesson. This pig is clearly sick. She’s been feeding pigs for so many years—what has she been doing?”
Thinking about it, at noon today she sent Miaomiao to gather pig feed, and he told Liuliu to go too, but the old woman stopped her…
He also said that the old woman had changed her ways and wouldn’t hold a grudge against Daqiang’s wife anymore?
So that’s his intention? This old face of his, originally he thought that Miaomiao poisoning the pig to death and San Mao going hunting wasn’t a big deal, it could just make up for the loss of the pig, but unexpectedly, it was deliberately designed!
Not only did she hit him with a few bamboo strips, but it turns out she was treating him like a monkey to toy with?
“Zhou Meizhen, get out here!”
Zhou Shi shrank her neck in fright in the room……
She dawdled for a long time before coming out: “What is it? Old man, I’ve already gone to sleep…”
“Asleep? Can you fall asleep? Tell me, how did this pig die?”
“How did he die? Miaomiao poisoned him to death!”
Zhou Shi still stubbornly insisted!
Luo Zhi’er snorted coldly, “Mom, today you misunderstood that Miaomiao poisoned the pig to death and even hit Miaomiao. You apologize to Miaomiao! That way, I, Luo Zhi’er, won’t go to the clan to seek justice!”
“What?”
“How about letting Miaomiao hit back!”
“Third Wife, have you gone mad?”
Old Li Tou was startled. This was truly outrageous!
“Then you choose yourself. Apologize, go to the clan, or let Miaomiao hit you back?”
“I, I won’t choose any!”
Choose what? The world turned upside down? She, as Grandmother, hit a granddaughter from the younger generation, and still apologize?
How would she stay in this family from now on?
“Old man, say something…”
“I won’t apologize…”
“Third Daughter-in-law…”
Luo Zhi’er chuckled lightly, took out the money bag from her bosom and shook it. “Are you sure?”
“What? This is…”
“What do you think?”
“…Silver? My silver, give it back to me quickly!”
She leaped up excitedly and jumped to grab it, but Luo Zhi’er pulled it back and tucked it into her bosom again.
Zhou Shi stepped forward to paw at her chest clothes. Luo Zhi’er swung her arm, and she fell flat on her back!
“Fat hoof, you dare hit me?”
“I didn’t hit you. You just didn’t stand steady and fell yourself!”
Old Li Tou hadn’t seen clearly how she fell just now. What shocked him was that she really sold that termite mushroom oil today?
When she came back earlier, she said the smoked meat was brought back intact. He had tried to sell that termite mushroom oil yesterday, but no one was interested. He didn’t think much of it!
“Third Daughter-in-law, tell us quickly. Where did the silver come from? Did you really sell that termite mushroom oil?”
“Exactly!”
Luo Zhi’er lifted her gaze slightly.
“Ahem… how much silver did you sell it for?”
“Dad, anyway, not a little… You make Mom apologize to Miaomiao first, and I’ll give you the money bag! Otherwise… we’ll go to the clan. As for this business…”
Leave a suspense…
Old Li Tou hurriedly scolded Zhou Shi on the ground: “What are you standing there for? Get up. If you did wrong yourself, you have to take responsibility and apologize to Miaomiao… ahem… apologize!”
“His Father…”
“Hurry up!”
Luo Zhi’er pulled Miaomiao behind her forward. Miaomiao looked at her timidly, and she gave her an encouraging look.
Zhou Shi tremblingly got up from the ground and walked over unwillingly, her eyes showing reluctance…
“Dead girl, you still want me, your Grandmother, to apologize to you!”
Miaomiao’s small figure had clear black-and-white eyes looking at her.
“Grandmother, Miaomiao won’t count today’s beating, but you wronged Miaomiao. This pig wasn’t poisoned by Miaomiao. You have to apologize to Miaomiao for this!”
Old Li Tou nodded. This Miaomiao girl was really good. He hadn’t noticed before.
“You…”
She glanced at Luo Zhi’er and saw her take out the money bag and shake it again…
Old Li Tou’s oppressive gaze was beyond doubt…
And this dead girl Miaomiao, how was she just like her mom!
Liuliu was just about to come out to pour the foot washing water for her mom. She stuck her head out from behind the door and happened to see this scene…
The little girl’s eyes showed shock and also envy.
“Ahem…” She cleared her throat. “Miao… Miao, sorry, Grandmother misunderstood you!”
After speaking, she looked at Luo Zhi’er: “This should be fine now, right?”
“Mm.”
She hummed softly, tossed the money bag to her, turned around and took Miaomiao into the room first to change clothes and freshen up…
Zhou Shi picked up the money bag and immediately pulled out the silver inside. Her eyes gleamed with gold: one ingot of ten taels of silver, two ingots of two taels, and one ingot of one tael, a total of fifteen taels!
“Oh my god, old man, are we dreaming? We were just worrying about not having silver for Gui’er to go to school tomorrow, and this silver came right to our door!”
Relief also showed in Old Li Tou’s eyes. This Third Wife had really helped a lot. He didn’t know how that jar of stuff was worth so much?
After thinking, he told Li Daqiang to go call Li Sanmao and his wife over later…
