Chapter 15: Old Li, pig! Pig!

Li Xuewu's work was not finished yet, but he took out the steamed bun first and ate a lunch with pickles and hot water in the water bottle.

After eating and drinking, he rested for a while, watching the sun go down, and didn't dare to delay. He took out the dead trees from the space and cut them into the length of the board cart with a saw and axe. The branches were piled on one side first.

Sawing and chopping, he cleaned up twenty-seven trees, the roots were as thick as an adult's thigh, and the branches were piled into a pile.

Li Xuewu took out the male pig and placed it in the middle of the board cart. There were protective plates on the side of the cart wheels for people to sit, just clamping the pig in the middle.

First load the tree trunks, then load the branches, tied tightly with ropes, like a small hill.

Thanks to the big green horse, it didn't take much effort to pull, otherwise it wouldn't be able to pull it back.

On the way back, Li Xuewu didn't dare to sit on the cart, more than twenty miles, running and bumping all the way back, just afraid of tiring the big green horse. He rested several times on the way and drank water for the horse when crossing the river.

When he arrived at the alley entrance, it was already completely dark, and it should be past five-thirty.

When entering the alley, someone asked how to sell firewood.

Li Xuewu was as tired as the big green horse, and didn't even have the heart to reply. He perfunctorily parked the cart by the wall of the inverted seat room, tied the horse, and walked into the courtyard.

Just like yesterday, it was noisy, children hitting, cooking, quarreling, a scene of fireworks.

Li Xuewu walked into the front courtyard and saw Big Grandpa standing by the window looking out. Seeing Li Xuewu enter the courtyard, he hurriedly draped his clothes and came out.

Li Shun and Liu Yin followed Big Grandpa out.

"What's going on? Didn't you say you'd be back before dark? Is everything alright?"

"It's alright, Big Grandpa, encountered a small surprise, a little late."

Big Grandpa knocked Li Xuewu with his tobacco pipe.

"Stop fooling around! Go unload the cart."

Li Xuewu hurriedly stopped Big Grandpa.

"We can't unload it, let the whole family go!"

Liu Yin hurriedly went back to the room to call Xuewen and his wife, Xuecai, and Li Xue out.

Li Xuewen and Li Xuecai were reluctant when they came out.

Li Xuewen saw his second younger brother return without moving rough with him, and his courage grew, muttering in his mouth: "How much firewood can there be, why do we need the whole family to go out?"

Zhao Yafang pinched Li Xuewen behind her back while putting on clothes, and scolded: "If you are asked to work, work, why so much nonsense? Second younger brother didn't say he was tired after fetching firewood, why are your legs so precious?"

When the whole family went out of the main gate and saw the horse cart like a small hill, they were all surprised and couldn't speak.

Li Xue asked in surprise: "Second brother, you went to the logging yard to rob wood!"

Big Grandpa patted Li Xue on the head lightly from behind.

"Don't talk nonsense, this is your second brother entering the mountain. Didn't you see they are all dead trees? The dead trees outside the mountain were cut down long ago."

The family heard Big Grandpa's words and looked at Li Xuewu loosening the ropes with complex expressions, and seeing Big Grandpa step forward to help, they all reached out to help.

Those with small strength carried branches into the courtyard, those with large strength carried tree trunks into the courtyard. This busy work attracted the Third Master's family to watch, and Second Master came back from work and led his son Liu Guangtian to watch from the side. Before long, a crowd gathered at the door.

Everyone was discussing where Li's second boy got the firewood, which was enough to burn for a whole winter.

Some said it must be given by relatives, some said it might be stolen, and some said Li's second boy was capable.

There was also Third Master who was calculating: "How much coal can this cart of firewood save, how much money can it save!"

No matter how everyone discussed, no one came forward to help, letting the Li family go in and out to move firewood.

The firewood shed was full long ago, half of the horse shed was also full, and the tree trunks were finally piled under the eaves.

The Li family was very happy with everyone's discussion, and Li Xuewen and Li Xuecai worked the hardest.

"It has to be our old Li family."

Even Grandma Li came out to help hug branches, but was persuaded back by Liu Yin.

Soon the small hill was cleared. When Li Xuecai moved the tree trunk on the cart, he saw the cart bucket was black and prickly, and was startled.

"Ah!" he screamed.

Li Shun saw Li Xuecai scared back and sat on the ground, hurriedly stepped forward to help his son up.

"What's wrong? Tired your waist? If you can't move it, don't be brave!"

Li Xuecai sat on the ground and came to his senses, seeing that he was scared into this virtue, his face flushed, and he hurriedly found a reason for himself.

"Dad! There is something in the cart, with hair!"

Li Shun looked at the cart bucket pointed by Li Xuecai, and said: "What thing? What thing with hair?"

Only then did he see a black and prickly lump.

At this time, Li Xuewen and Big Grandpa also surrounded him, hurriedly moved the round wood on the cart bucket, and only then did they see a wild boar with hair lying in the cart bucket.

Li Xuecai lay behind Li Shun and looked secretly, and shouted in surprise when he saw the whole picture of the wild boar: "It's a pig! Heh, it's a pig!"

The crowd surrounding the outer circle all squeezed in.

"Where? Where? Where is the pig?"

"Heh! It's really a pig!"

"There really is a pig!"

"Where did the pig come from!"

The Li family was squeezed out of the circle. Liu Yin grabbed Li Xuewu's arm and asked: "Xuewu, where did the pig in the cart come from? Is it you..."

Liu Yin was really scared, scared of this son's ability to cause trouble.

Li Shun poked Liu Yin with his elbow when he came to Li Xuewu's side.

"Mother of the child, don't talk nonsense, that's a wild boar."

Liu Yin still didn't react.

"Wild boar? What wild boar? I'm talking to Xuewu about the pig in the cart, don't make trouble."

Saying that, she looked at Li Xuewu again, just wanted to open her mouth to ask again, suddenly realized, it turned out that everyone said the pig in the cart was a wild boar.

"Where did the wild boar come from? Did you go hunting? Why are you so worrying? What did you say when you went out? I'll hit you!"

Liu Yin said and raised her palm to hit Li Xuewu, and as she hit, she cried.

There were reasons for shock, reasons for being afraid for her son, and more thinking that her son had grown up, wanted to eat meat but didn't dare to say, and went into the mountains to hunt at the risk of danger.

Who doesn't feel heartache for their children as parents? Looking at the wound on Li Xuewu's face, and then looking at the red face frozen, she hurriedly pulled her son's face to her face.

Li Xuewu hugged Liu Yin and patted his mother's back to comfort her lightly: "Mom, it's alright, your son's body is strong, a wild boar of several hundred jin is not a problem."

Liu Yin listened to her son's joking words and hammered Li Xuewu with her fist twice.

"Only know how to brag!"

Li Shun patted Liu Yin on the shoulder and said to Li Xuewu: "Last time, don't go again. If you want to eat meat, tell your mother, I can still afford meat for you."

Li Xuewu returned home, this was the first time he heard Li Shun speak to him in such a good tone.

After Li Shun finished speaking, he pushed away the surrounding crowd.

"Alright, alright, it's dark, let our family move the firewood back."

At this time, Third Master stared at his small mother dog eyes and said excitedly to Li Shun: "Old Li, pig! Pig!"

Li Shun didn't pay attention to Third Master, because this Third Master was too unreasonable. Who was he scolding as a pig? Who was a pig? ===== CHAPTER 16 =====