Pig Killer

Chapter 162

"I'm afraid you'll get so angry that you'll start a fight with others." Shen Hui'e said, pointing her index finger at Dachong's forehead.

"No, I won't be so presumptuous." The big tiger looked at her with a bright gaze.

"Go! Go and see the various aspects of life." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her inky black eyes and said, "See how fickle the world is."

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The result was that every time the tiger came back from the grain store, his face was as dark as a dark cloud and his mouth was pouting so much that an oil bottle could be hung on it.

"I'm so angry. The price of grain has gone up again today." The tiger said angrily, stamping his feet.

"You... We are walking on cobblestones. Don't your feet hurt?" Shen Hui'e looked at him worriedly and said, "Aren't your feet numb?"

"Not bad." The big tiger moved his feet and said.

"He must be numb from the shock." Shen Hui'e looked at him helplessly and said, "I told you in advance that food prices would definitely go up like crazy. Why are you still angry?"

"I didn't expect it to grow every day, even after going to the toilet, it would grow again. And the corn was really bad, the corn grains were not one by one, as if they were all broken." The big insect raised its feet high and put them down gently under the fingers of its mother.

"I was so angry. The people who went to buy food were all aunts and grandmothers I knew," Da Chong sighed. "Everyone's eyes were red and they were almost crying."

"This year's harvest is good. Even if the grain has been paid as imperial grain, we shouldn't be so anxious to buy more grain!" Shen Hui'e said, looking at him with her ink-black eyes.

"They have a large population, with about seven or eight people in a family, or even ten people." The big insect looked at her with its dark eyes and said, "If you buy food early, you won't be in a hurry. Everyone thinks so, so they line up in a long queue, as if there will be nothing left if you're late. As a result, more and more people come, and the queue becomes longer and longer."

"It's too late. There might be nothing left." Shen Hui'e looked at them seriously and said, "The court is collecting grain, so naturally there will be less grain left among the people."

"Then we may run out of food before next summer's harvest," the raccoon said, grabbing her arm. "It will get colder and colder, and there will be no wild vegetables to dig."

"So, the time is right! By next spring, there will be wild vegetables to dig." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her glassy eyes and said in a deep voice.

"Aunt, I'm leaving tomorrow." Cheng Donglai walked in and looked at her and said.

"Everything is packed." Shen Hui'e looked at him with concern and asked.

"It's packed." Cheng Donglai looked at her with his black and white eyes.

"Put on your winter clothes before you leave." Shen Hui'e carefully reminded him, "Wait a moment." She went to the inner room and came out with five more gold coins in her hand, "Take this, poor family, rich road, hide it well."

After seeing what was stuffed into his hand, Cheng Dong waved his hands in panic and said, "I can't take this. I haven't spent much of the salary you gave me. I've saved it!"

"Take those with you on the road so that you can take them out easily and take them out at this critical moment." Shen Hui'e pointed at him with her index finger and said seriously.

"Aunt, please keep it to buy food! I think it will be more difficult to buy food in the future." Cheng Donglai said as he placed the gold coins on the wooden table.

"Your few gold coins are not needed to buy food." Shen Hui'e took the gold coins in her hand and stuffed them back into his hand. "After three months, we can still treat ourselves badly! Even if it's frozen, we can still catch fish." She smiled and teased, "You know that."

Cheng Donglai squeezed the gold coin in his hand and said, "Thank you, auntie."

"I accept your thanks, but don't show off wherever you go! Saving your life is the most important thing." Shen Hui'e walked to the kang and sat down, pointing her chin at the opposite side of the kang table and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

"Aunt, what do you want to tell me?" Cheng Donglai sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her and asked.

"Be smart, don't confront them head-on, and see the situation clearly first." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Make plans before you act."

"Yeah!" Cheng Donglai nodded vigorously.

"You must come back alive!" Shen Hui'e said to him with soft eyes.

"Yeah!" Cheng Donglai nodded with red eyes.

"It will definitely be different there than at home. Apart from the hard work, the food is incomparable." Shen Hui'e looked at him with concern.

"I know. I've also been through a hard life. As for food, I think it's good enough to have a wheat bran and wild vegetable dumpling." Cheng Donglai looked at her calmly and said, "The soup is bland, without any fat. I guess it's not even as good as what pigs eat!"

"Is that so?" Da Chong looked at him nervously and asked.

"We are common people. We are here to build a palace, not to enjoy ourselves." Cheng Donglai said to them with his dark eyes.

Upon hearing this, the cat slave burst into tears with a cry of “Wow…”

This suddenly frightened Cheng Donglai so much that he jumped up, "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, no, it has nothing to do with you. It's just that Li Nu missed her father." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her dark eyes and said, "She didn't expect you to mention food."

"You eat like a pig." Li Nu cried loudly, "Mom?" and threw himself into her arms.

"It's no use calling me!" Shen Hui'e looked at her with clear eyes and patted her back gently, "There's nothing we can do about this. There are so many people who want to go."

"Isn't the emperor's house enough to live in? Why does he need to build a palace?" Li Nu pushed her away and looked at her sobbingly, "The palace is big enough to live in, why does he need to build another one?"

"You're asking me this? What should I say? He's the emperor. He has the right to build the palace however he wants." Shen Hui'e looked at her with deep, bottomless eyes and said, "The whole world belongs to the king."

"We didn't eat very well before." Shen Hui'e comforted her dryly, "Your father never had good food before, so if I say this, do you feel better?"

"Wow..." Li Nu started crying again.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Shen Hui'e held her hand and comforted her, "Crying is useless!"

"Mother?" Da Chong looked at his sister worriedly.

"It's good to cry enough. It's good to vent." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "Go get some water. You'll be thirsty after crying for a while."

Da Chong looked at her in astonishment, got out of bed obediently, poured a bowl of hot water and placed it on the square table.

When the cat had cried enough, it was really dehydrated. It picked up the bowl and gulped down half of it.

Shen Hui'e took Li Nu's hand, looked at Cheng Donglai and said, "There are many people from our county going there. It would be good to be with them so that we can take care of them."

"Hey!" Cheng Donglai responded hurriedly.

"As for the labor service for the common people, I have never been there, and I don't know the details, I just know it was very hard." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "I can't give you any advice! Help each other with the people who go with you!"

"Yeah!" Cheng Donglai nodded slightly when he heard that.

"I don't know if I can still practice boxing and kicking, and I don't know if I can still write this character." Shen Hui'e looked at him regretfully and said.

"I won't give up." Cheng Donglai looked at her firmly with his dark eyes.

"It's not about whether you give up or not, but you don't have time." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her inky black eyes and said, "Take a good rest when you have time. Only by getting enough sleep can nothing go wrong."

"What could possibly happen?" The tiger looked at her in confusion and said, "Isn't it just building a palace? It's just like building a house."

"Silly boy, do you think you are building our chicken coop?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with a smile, "That palace is bigger than our county, and the steps..." After thinking carefully, she said, "The bluestone is bigger than the stone mill at the corner of our street. It takes a lot of effort for several people to lift it. If you are not paying attention and it falls on you, you will lose your arms and legs at best, or even your life at worst."

The big tiger and the raccoon slave looked at their mother in horror and said, "Mother, father..."

"No news is good news." Shen Hui'e held their hands and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild."

Shen Hui'e's gentle voice soothed the brother and sister's panicked hearts.

"These are all common accidents. There's also the roof." Shen Hui'e pointed to her own roof and said, "The palace roof is very high! It's more than ten feet high." Then she added, "Higher than the tree you climbed."

"Hiss..." The big insect gasped, "This fell down..."

"Yes! I didn't get enough rest and was working on the roof. I can't concentrate. If something goes wrong, it will be a big deal." Shen Hui'e looked at him seriously and said, "So, you should stop learning these boxing and kicking techniques. It's more important to save your life." She looked at him with deep and penetrating black eyes and said, "Come back alive and we'll make up for it."

"I understand." Cheng Donglai said seriously.

"Think about what you need to take away." Shen Hui'e looked at him gently and said.

"There's nothing to bring, just take the clothes you carry with you." Cheng Donglai said with his dark pupils turning.

"Pa..." Shen Hui'e clapped her hands and looked at him with bright eyes and said, "Take some medicine and go to Doctor Li to buy some medicine for treating colds and diarrhea."

"How are we going to carry these medicinal herbs? There's no place to boil them!" Da Chong reminded her when he heard it.

"Make it into powder!" Shen Hui'e said without thinking. She wanted to make it into pills, but there was no time left.

"Will it work?" said the big tiger worriedly.

"Why not? It's broken and bleeding. Isn't there hemostatic powder?" Shen Hui'e said quickly, "Go find Doctor Li. There's still time."

"I'll go." Da Chong jumped off the bed and ran out in his straw sandals.

"Brother Da Chong, I'll go." Cheng Donglai chased after him.

In the end, the two of them went to see Doctor Li together.

When he came back, he had two stoneware bottles in his hands, which were filled with medicinal powder for treating colds and diarrhea.

As for other illnesses, Doctor Li didn't have time to treat them.

Those who need to leave must leave.

Cheng Donglai followed the conscripted laborers and was escorted away by officials.

The brothers of the Shen and Huang families, or the younger generations who are old enough, want to stand out and do corvee labor.

I made enough money this year and was exempted from corvee labor.