Erhuazi helped move the wild boar before, and he was also present now.
After hearing what his mother said, he was filled with righteous indignation and said, "My mother is right. That money was earned by my eldest brother with so much hard work. Why should I give it to her? If I give it to her, what will my eldest brother eat?"
"That's right, what about the whole year's money? If I don't want to come back, what will my eldest brother and Tugen do? Are they going to take advantage of the northwest wind?" Sanleizi said.
"No! This matter must be resolved now," Shen Su'e became angrier as she thought about it, and slapped her thigh hard, "I'm going to the Fang family now to ask for an explanation. We can't let them bully us like this!"
As she said this, she was about to walk out, but was pulled hard by her husband, "Why are you so anxious? Don't be anxious yet, this matter needs to be discussed carefully..."
"What's the counteroffer? The most important thing now is to get the money back!"
Jiang Qingshan frowned, "I think there is something fishy about this matter. Logically speaking, that family is not stupid. As long as they hide it, we will never know for the rest of our lives. Why did they tell Dadongzi this matter? ah?"
"Indeed, my eldest brother didn't find the clue first. Why did they expose this matter? It's really strange."
When Sihaizi was confused, Shen Su'e asked Wuchaozi to explain the situation in detail.
"Let me tell you."
Dadongzi sighed, told the general story, and finally sighed: "Maybe her mother really had a conscience and felt that she shouldn't hide this from me, so she told me the truth."
"No, no," Shen Su'e waved her hand, "I have seen Xiuyun's mother. She is a thief. If she had a conscience, she would not marry off her daughter with a baby in her belly."
"Yeah, this doesn't make sense."
The family thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a clue. Finally, they decided that they had to go to the Fang family to ask questions face to face.
"We need to have a good chat with them, but it's too late now," Jiang Qingshan said. "I'll just go with Dadongzi tomorrow. You guys stay at home."
As soon as he finished speaking, his sons all said they were going too, "How can you two go? We have to go and support our eldest brother!"
"That's right, Dad, I must go together tomorrow to let them know that our Jiang family is no less important than their Fang family! If they refuse to pay back the money to eldest brother, we will use it to rob him. We must get the money back!"
"But there is a wild boar lying in the yard. Our family has to leave someone to guard it, right? And we have to find a way to find someone to cut it open and see if the pig's head and feet are frozen first or salted," Jiang Qingshan said. .
Shen Su'e sighed helplessly, "That's right, I forgot about the wild boar. Alas! To be honest, that pig is too big, weighing several hundred kilograms. I really don't know what to do with it."
"If you can't do it, just sell it?"
As soon as Wu Chaozi finished speaking, his mother immediately shook her head, "We can't sell it! I thought we could sell it at first, and wanted Captain Li to lend us the oxcart. But Captain Li said that pig management is very strict and must be state-owned." Only food companies are qualified to sell pigs, and we farmers can only sell live pigs to food stations.
Dead wild boars like this can only be eaten by ourselves..."
"Wouldn't it be better to eat it yourself? You can eat it for a whole year!"
"You're overthinking it. Our Baihe Village has hot springs and hot summers. No matter how much salt you put into the meat, all the meat will become moldy and spoiled in the summer. Do you still remember the old Suntou who lived at the end of the village last year? He just put the meat for the New Year. It turned into bacon, and I couldn’t bear to eat it. As a result, in summer, I almost died from eating it.”
Everyone discussed the issue of handling pork for a long time.
"Let me tell you what I think..."
After a pause, Shen Su'e pulled Xiao Lingbao to her side, "Actually, I plan to hold a banquet and invite those people in the village who have a good relationship with our family to have a pork feast and officially announce that Lingbao is This matter about our daughter can be regarded as a formal introduction, what do you think?"
Sanleizi was the first to nod in agreement, "I think Mom's idea is a good one! People in the village are eager to see our family eating meat these days, and they must feel uncomfortable. If we invite them to eat meat, they will definitely be less prejudiced against our family. ."
"Wuchaozi, what do you think?" Shen Su'e asked.
"I don't have any objection. Anyway, if we keep this pork, we won't be able to eat it until the summer. The meat will be all spoiled by then, which is too wasteful. We might as well treat others to eat it, which is also a favor, lest those people are jealous of us and talk about it every day. Some mean words."
After he finished speaking, his mother asked again: "What about you, Sihaizi? What do you think?"
"I think it's good. In this way, everyone in the village will know that Lingbao is my sister," Sihaizi said. "And hosting such a big banquet can also show how much our family values Lingbao, right? ?”
"Haha, I heard that in the past, only wealthy families would invite a bunch of people to dinner when celebrating. Anyway, since I was born, I have never seen anyone in the village inviting a banquet. It's impressive just thinking about it!" Wu Chaozi said with a smile.
After saying that, he suddenly remembered that his eldest brother was deceived into marriage by Fang Xiuyun, and he quickly suppressed his smile, "There is just... a problem..."
"What's the problem?" Shen Su'e asked.
"Brother, as soon as something like this happened, wouldn't it be good if we held a banquet in the village to celebrate?"
As soon as Wu Chaozi finished speaking, Dadongzi said hurriedly: "Don't worry about me! I think your mother's idea is a good one, and I also agree to host this pork feast."
His father patted his shoulder and said, "Dad, I know you must be feeling very uncomfortable right now, but the more times this happens, the more you have to cheer yourself up.
There is no obstacle that this person cannot overcome. In the past, we survived by eating tree roots and bark. What does this mean? Isn’t it? This time you just treat it like you were unlucky enough to step on cow dung. There will definitely be good girls who are willing to be with you in the future. You have a lifetime."
Shen Su'e tugged on her husband's arm and said, "Okay, stop talking about these useless things. Let Dadongzi have some peace and quiet."
"Okay, okay, oh, I'm also stupid, I don't know what to say." Jiang Qingshan saw his eldest son looking lonely, with worry in his eyes.
"I'm fine, really! What dad said just now is very good. Compared with eating tree bark, it's nothing." Dadongzi said, "I just want to raise big soil roots now. No matter how you say it, soil roots are nothing." Gen must be my biological son."
Lingbao seemed to understand what she heard, and she thought to herself: Big brother is like a duck hatching eggs, thinking they are all his own eggs, but one of them turns out to be an egg... No, one of them should be an egg laid by another duck...
Thinking of this, she covered her little head and said in confusion: "They are all eggs laid by ducks. How can you tell which egg is yours?"
Her words made everyone look blank, "Ah? Lingbao, what did you say?"
"How does the elder brother know that Shugen is not your son, but Tugen is your son?" Milk Baby asked, "Lingbao looks at them and they all look similar. Unlike ducks and chickens, you can tell them apart at a glance."