Chapter 138

After unloading the live pigs, his father-in-law's family enthusiastically wanted to keep Wang An for a meal, especially his sister-in-law, Mu Xueting, who was even more reluctant to part with Wang An, hugging Wang An's thigh and not letting go, while saying, "Brother-in-law, can you play with me for a while?" This made Wang An laugh and cry.

After comforting Mu Xueting, Wang An drove the sled and walked back.

Entering the courtyard was a roar, and the whole family rushed out in a hurry! It wouldn't do not to roar; the main thing was that the whole family was already accustomed to what harvest Wang An would have when he returned.

Seeing the live pigs, his family's expressions were basically exactly the same as his father-in-law's family's expressions—all full of smiles and extremely excited!

Although the wild boars weren't very clean, everyone touched them and couldn't put them down; they simply liked them to death.

Only the two younger sisters didn't care much. Wang Xiaoli even asked Wang An suspiciously, "Big Brother, why don't you catch sheep? Sheep are good to eat, pigs aren't good to eat."

She completely forgot who was there when Wang An caught the first pig after being reborn, stuffing meat into her mouth while muttering about wanting to show off to other little friends.

Wang An touched his younger sister Wang Xiaoli's head and said with a smile, "Sheep are good to eat? Then next time I go into the mountains, Big Brother will catch sheep for you to eat."

"Humph, annoying, Big Brother is imitating me."

"Hahahaha..." The whole family laughed.

Liu Guilan patted the wild boars everywhere, her mouth unable to close from happiness, and her mouth kept repeating the same words: "My eldest son is truly capable, hahaha..., this big wild boar is truly fat!"

This was truly talking nonsense with her eyes wide open. In this season, where would there be fat wild boars?

However, the "boss" of the family was happy, and no one dared to argue. Just let her say whatever she wanted; getting scolded wasn't worth it.

After unloading the live pigs, Wang An hurriedly stopped his old man who wanted to unload the meat and hares, and told him about Qiao Xiaohu. Upon hearing this, Wang Dazhu was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of happiness.

Then he only took down the pheasants, hazel grouse, and hazel grouse.

In fact, Wang Dazhu's personality wasn't suitable for selling meat. Besides, in this freezing cold weather, freezing for a whole day at the market, and only being able to stomp his feet to keep warm, was also a very miserable thing.

The main thing was that in the afternoon, he couldn't sell it at a good price, and most of it was sold at a discount, which was a very losing thing! The family had a lot of meat, and if he brought it back, it would be even less worth it.

When Wang An finished tying the horse and came out of the shed, he found the whole family surrounding the pig head.

Seeing Wang An come out, Liu Guilan asked, "What should we do with this pig head and pig trotters? Can we sell them for some money?"

Wang An, hearing his mother's meaning that she wanted to sell the pig head for money, felt that she was truly obsessed with money. He felt helpless and said, "Just leave them on the sled; I'll use them to give to someone tomorrow."

Liu Guilan said while taking out the pig stomach, "Give these offal to someone too; our family won't keep them."

"Hmm, just throw them all on the sled," Wang An answered casually and turned into the room.

In this era, wild boar heads weren't worth money; saying they were worthless wasn't wrong. Mountain-gatherers without large livestock, whether going into the mountains or coming down, relied on their legs.

You have to know that mountain roads are difficult to walk, and the distance is far. Whether dragging it with a simple sled or carrying it directly, as long as you are carrying a load and walking in the mountains, it is seriously not a simple and easy thing!

Therefore, after hunting a wild boar, to reduce the burden, the normal operation was to throw away the wild boar head, trotters, and all the offal!

Sometimes, going too far into the mountains, in order to be able to walk home, they would throw the whole wild boar on the mountain and find a sled to pull it back the next day. It was just that how much would be left when pulling it back, that could only depend on luck!

You have to know that there are quite a lot of carnivorous animals in the mountains. If there is ready-made meat to eat, they will call their friends and relatives and have a good feast!

And wild boars, this kind of thing, are completely different from domestic pigs. Only at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter are they the fattest of the whole year. By now, they have all become very thin, with little meat on their bodies, and the pig head only has a layer of skin, and cleaning it is seriously exhausting!

If you give it to someone, it's even less like that!

If you give meat and happen to give a pig head, there is no problem at all, and people will even say you are a decent person!

But if you only give a pig head, those who don't mind are fine, but those who mind might curse your ancestors for eight generations, because a single pig head belongs to a sacrificial offering! I can ask you for it, but you can't take the initiative to give it to me!

Besides, you hunted prey, and you just give me a pig head with no meat? Why are you so stingy? Who are you looking down on? Who are you not treating as a person?

If you don't give it, the relationship continues as usual; if you give it, the relationship will become stiff! It's that simple!

The next morning.

Wang An packed the money and coupons belonging to Lu Yueyue, loaded the revolver with bullets and put it in his pocket, and the remaining 54 revolver bullets were useless at home, so he packed them together.

After thinking about it, he took a knife at random, which was one of the knives of the four idiots.

To tell the truth, these four knives were seriously quite good, beautifully crafted, and even had leather sheaths. Even with Wang An's experience in his past life, he hadn't seen this style of knife.

And Wang An had tried it before; this knife was particularly sharp and had good steel, but the blade was too short, only fifteen or sixteen centimeters long including the handle, somewhat similar to a dagger, and not suitable for use as a skinning knife.

It belonged to the chicken ribs among knives, only good for keeping, with no use at all!

After preparing, he drove the sled and pulled the meat to the county town.

And Wang Dazhu and his wife, along with Mu Xueqing, were preparing to kill the pig at home, and early in the morning, Wang Dazhu had called over Wang An's eldest uncle, Wang Dashu, and second uncle, Wang Daliang.

When Wang An drove the sled out of the courtyard, his eldest brother Wang Yong, third brother Wang Gan, second brother Wang Shun, fifth younger brother Wang Li, and a large group of women and children all came over with bowls, chopsticks, tables, and stools.

In the Northeast, killing a pig is a great happy event. Basically, the whole family in the same village will be called over. Not only are there many people, but one pig will basically be eaten until nothing is left!

"The whole family" here also refers to "family members," generally referring to Wang Dazhu's brothers and sisters, and his paternal cousins, as well as their families!

Of course, if it is the woman's side, that is, Liu Guilan's biological brothers and sisters, if they also live in the same village, they must also be called!

Wang An didn't care how things were handled at home. After saying goodbye to these relatives, he walked toward the county town.

Passing by Lu Yueyue's house, he found Lu Yueyue walking back and forth in the courtyard, looking toward the gate from time to time.

When she saw Wang An driving the sled appearing at the gate, she immediately smiled and shouted, "Going to the county town? Can you give me a ride?"

Hearing this, Wang An felt amused. This woman, even at this time, was still pretending to do this, but he still cooperated and said, "Hmm, hurry up and get on."

In fact, even if Wang An didn't say it, Lu Yueyue was walking out of the courtyard. At this time, Lu Yueyue was carrying a very old, old gray labor cloth schoolbag diagonally, which might contain dry food!

On her back, there was also a small bundle wrapped in a mattress sheet. It was estimated that it contained a few changes of clothes, and nothing else, simple and neat.

Lu Yueyue sat on the sled with a face full of joy, seemingly happy to have finally escaped this cage.

After going far out of the village, Lu Yueyue could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart and shouted toward the distant mountains, "Ah, I am free! Ah, I am going home!"

The sound was deafening and heart-rending!

After hearing it, although there was a feeling of bitterness and sweetness, it also contained inexplicable sorrow!

Begging for continued reading, begging for tickets!

(End of chapter)