At noon on this day, every household ate pork.
Even if the wild boar firewood costs a ladle of water, no one will feel sorry for it.
Li Laoer and Li Laosi brought wild boars into the city. Wild boars were not as expensive as domestic pigs, but the butcher shop still happily took them.
Moreover, the two pigs were given eight taels of silver, one tael more than usual.
Not for anything else, because it's rare!
There is a severe drought this year. With no crops to harvest and no one has enough to eat, who will raise pigs?
Some butcher shops in the county are out of stock.
Some people wandered around the villages outside the county town and bought back piglets that each family could not afford to raise. A pig weighing 70 to 80 pounds would be good.
The Li family sent these two pigs, both of which were nearly three hundred kilograms. Lard can cook a lot...
Li Lao Er and Li Lao Si were also very satisfied, and walked around the city after leaving the butcher shop.
When the drought started, they rarely went into the city. Look now, the streets are as depressed as ever.
There was a long queue in front of the grain store. Everyone looked anxious and looked inside the grain store with their feet up.
On the wooden board in front of the grain store, it is written that the price of grain has more than tripled...
Another crowded place is the four deep wells dug during the construction of the city.
There is one in the southeast and one in the northwest of the county. Because the digging is so deep, water can be barely obtained during such a drought.
The county government specially sent officials to take care of it. Each household could only take half a bucket, and they had to endure whether it was enough.
The two brothers missed Jiaren and made a special trip to the academy.
Jiaren quickly ran to the back door and was very happy to see his father and uncle.
Jiaren was a little thin, and his lips didn't look thirsty.
Li Laoer was a little relieved and asked carefully.
It turns out that the dean of the college saw the misery of a severe drought when he was studying abroad when he was young. When the college was built, a hundred taels of silver were spent on digging a deep well, which was even deeper than the four wells in the city.
These days, the college's water use is not affected much.
Jiaren was also thinking about his family, so he said.
"Dad, please discuss this with grandma. Let's move our family into the city! Rent a yard nearby and I will bring water home every day. It may not be enough, but at least we won't be too thirsty."
Li The second child was pleased that his son was filial and understanding. He whispered about the water in the well at home, which made Jiaren's eyes red with joy.
"It's great, it's great. I'm afraid in my dreams that there will be no water at home. Grandma always said that Fu Niuer is blessed, and our family will all benefit from it.
Now look at it, grandma is right. Our family's terrain is relatively high in the village. , but our well is the only one with water."
Li Laosi was pleased to hear that Fu Niu was his daughter, so he directly gave Jiaren two taels of money from selling the wild boar.
"At this time, stay and defend yourself. If things get difficult in the academy, go home quickly."
"I understand, fourth uncle." Jiaren didn't refuse.
After chatting for a few more times, Li Lao Er and Li Lao Si left the city and went home.
Not to mention that the two brothers were rushing home, but in the courtyard in the north of the city, Wu Cuihua was setting up a pot to cook sorghum rice porridge, sweating profusely from the heat.
As a result, the porridge was ready, and she drank it all as soon as she turned around.
Wu Ergou was holding a big bowl and purring.
Liu Laifu and Guo were also standing on one side. The two women also had a big bowl each, and they drank and disliked it.
"I said Cuihua, you can't put an extra handful of rice in the porridge. Look at how well the porridge is cooked, you can even see people's shadows."
Mrs. Guo's lips curled up to the sky, and her face was full of displeasure.
Wu Cuihua was so furious that she couldn't bear it anymore, so she snatched Guo's bowl with her bare hands.
"Your family is so shameless! I have been here all day long since I moved into this yard. Is it easy for you to treat me as a hard worker to earn some food? I am so tired that I am half dead after a day, and I am jumping around like an animal! You think this porridge is too thin, why don't you Why are you still here to eat? When you were secretly cooking porridge, why didn't you give me a bowl?"
Ms. Guo jumped in anger and wanted to snatch the porridge bowl back, but Wu Cuihua drank up the porridge in one gulp.
Mrs. Guo pinched her waist and cursed, "You bitch, if I take a sip of your porridge, I'm giving you face! I'm your aunt, and juniors should be filial to their elders! We've come to you, why don't you care. We didn't eat you either." Money and silver, you care about a mouthful of porridge like this! When our family becomes prosperous, you won't be able to find a way to flatter me!"
Wu Cuihua didn't show any weakness and immediately retorted.
"When our family defected to you, didn't you care about it? Our two families have been divorced a long time ago! What kind of aunt, stop coming here to pack big cloves of garlic! If you don't eat your own food, you come here every day to take advantage! If I had known this, I would have beaten you Even if I die, I won't help you rent a house!"
She regretted it ten thousand times, and her intestines were blue and purple.
Her brother had sold her rations before, but she had no choice but to wash an extra basin of clothes every day, coaxing the old lady of the host family to treat her better and give her the washed clothes to give away.
It was also her good luck that she got a legitimate son from a wealthy family, and the government gave her a reward.
She took the opportunity to kowtow and say happy words, and finally got a piece of silver from the noble man to buy some food. Before she could have a full meal, the drought started.
There is a shortage of water in the city, so the job of washing clothes is naturally gone. Although I don't have to work, the old lady of the house doesn't give me any food. She could only find a way to survive on her own, taking on any job, even helping pour night fragrance from house to house.
It was hard to get enough to survive, and I had to guard against my younger brother stealing one from time to time.
Then, the Liu family came over with Liu Laifu.
She was stunned by the good words of the Liu family. She helped the old lady of the house and rented two empty rooms in this yard, and this trouble would start endlessly.
In the past, Liu Laifu came to help with the meal, but now it's better, the whole family is staring at her rice pot.
As long as she cooks, everyone in the Liu family, young and old, will eat it.
It's not okay to scold or argue. If she hadn't hid her tightly, she would have taken away the food bag.
She missed the time in Qingshui Village very much, with her husband's family protecting her and the evil spirit Li Laosi. The Liu family did not even dare to pass by the gate easily.
At this time, it's time to bully her!
Mrs. Guo wiped her mouth, regretting that she hadn't finished the half bowl of porridge.
If she eats one bite here, she will lose a handful of rice at home. She didn't care if someone pointed at her nose.
"You are an unfilial thing. No wonder your husband's family doesn't want you. You scolded you for eating a mouthful of porridge. Huh, I eat you because I look up to you!"
She went back to the house without forgetting to throw it away. Next sentence.
"Just be content. I'm afraid those people in the village will die of thirst. It's good that your mother-in-law and her family haven't been found. If you
mess with me again, I will ask Su Niang to go back and deliver the message. It depends on what you will do then, don't say anything There is no food or a place to sleep."
As expected, Wu Cuihua shut up immediately.
Although she didn't know what the village was like, she felt bad no matter how she thought about it.
Mrs. Guo, don't be too clumsy. If everyone comes here, what will she do? Do you still have to work to support the Li family?
But thinking about it this way, she felt relieved.
The Li family probably didn't expect to kick her out, but instead saved her.
In fact, she was worried for nothing. Not only did the Li family have water to drink, they were even eating meat.
The wild boar has been stewed for nearly two hours and is already overcooked.
Not to mention the young and old in the family, even Jiayin had a bowl of meat porridge and ate it deliciously.