Pig Killer

"A basket full of them." Huang Bochang pointed to his back and said, "Look for yourself, mother."

"Oh my God, how did you catch so much?" Huang's mother took three or two steps forward and said in disbelief, "The river surface is frozen, how did you catch it?" She turned around and looked at Shen Hui'e and her two daughters. Their bodies were dry, as if they had not gone into the water!

"You can't catch so many even if you fish in the summer!" Huang's mother looked at them with a puzzled look on her face and asked.

"This fish jumped up by itself." The big insect said with a sly smile.

"Nonsense, how could the fish jump up by itself when the ice is so thick?" Huang's mother looked at them in disbelief.

"I smashed a hole in the ice, and then the fish jumped out by themselves." The cat slave looked at her and said with a smile, "Grandma is real."

"It's true. Anyone who lies to you is a puppy." Shen Hui'e said seriously, meeting their gazes.

"How is this possible?" Huang's mother said in disbelief, "This is too magical, it's even more exciting than fishing."

"Yes! We were all frightened. We picked up the fish and brought some to you." Shen Hui'e looked at her tenderly and said, "I'm sorry to bother you these days. Da Chong's father's friends also came to visit with gifts. I was just thinking about how to return the favor. Now it's just a coincidence."

"Of course, of course." Huang's mother nodded hurriedly when she heard that, "It's only courtesy." Suddenly her eyes widened and she said, "Wait a minute, there's an ice hole, how did you make that?" She reached out and pulled her arm and asked anxiously.

"Just use a pebble as big as your head to break the ice!" The tiger gestured with his hand.

"You're going to die, aren't you afraid of falling into the water? People can die today." Huang's mother patted her arm and said, "If anything happens to you, how can I explain it to the second son and your eldest brother?"

"Uh..." Shen Hui'e was stunned. She was not used to other people's enthusiasm.

Isn’t it said that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies, and that the three battles have been going on since ancient times?

"Aren't we fine now?" Shen Hui'e said timidly in a low voice.

"Just because everything is fine now doesn't mean there won't be any trouble in the future. Don't do such dangerous things again." Huang's mother looked at her with a stern face and scolded her.

"No, let's start catching rabbits tomorrow." Shen Hui'e changed the subject obediently, "There are too many fish bones and not much meat."

"Rabbit?" Huang's mother looked at her questioningly and said, "Catching rabbits is harder than catching fish."

"Let's block the rabbit hole." Shen Hui'e briefly explained how to dig a rabbit hole.

"Will this work?" Huang's mother looked at her in disbelief.

"Big Chong's uncle, Third Uncle, and the children should go together. If they catch it, they will have meat to eat. If they don't catch it..."

Before Shen Hui'e finished her words, Huang Jichang chuckled and said, "If we can't catch them, we'll just chop wood and come back."

Huang's mother moved her lips and said, "Okay! It would be great if we could catch some rabbits before the spring plowing."

"Brother, hurry up and catch some fish so that I can accompany my second sister-in-law to deliver the thank-you gift." Huang Jichang looked at his eldest brother and urged him.

"Okay, okay!" Huang Bochang put down the backpack, took out two fish from it and said, "Okay, let's go! The sooner we go, the sooner we can come back."

"This is too little. There are so many people in the family. Take two more." Shen Hui'e looked at the fish in Huang Bochang's hand with her bright eyes.

"That's enough, that's enough, you still have to give some to other families!" Huang's mother said, "This fish is big enough." She gestured with her hand, "Look at how long it is."

Shen Hui'e took out two more fish from the backpack and said, "That's enough." She put them directly into the basket on the rack in the yard for drying things. Without waiting for her to react, she said, "Let's go." She called the children and Huang Jichang.

"Mother, I'll be back soon." Huang Jichang walked out quickly carrying the backpack.

"How can you be so?" Huang's mother said with a reproachful look as she looked at them as they walked out of the yard.

"Mom, my brother and sister-in-law want to kill a pig." Huang Bochang looked at his mother and said this after he could no longer see his brother and sister-in-law.

"What?" Huang's mother stared at him with eyes wide open, saying in disbelief, "Killing pigs? She...she...killed pigs."

"Yes! My sister-in-law said so when we came back just now." Huang Bochang looked at her with his dark eyes.

"Her arms and legs are not even as thick as the pig's thighs!" Huang's mother patted her arms and said, "When that pig gets crazy, it's like one pig, two bears and three tigers. It's no joke."

Huang Bochang was stunned when he heard this, then he shook his head and laughed, "Mother, that's a wild boar. Domestic pigs are not that fierce."

"She can't control the domestic pigs," Huang's mother said worriedly.

"We'll help out when the time comes." Huang Bochang pursed his lips and looked at his mother and said, "My second brother is not at home, so we can only lend a hand. My sister-in-law has to support the family. There is still a long way to go!"

Huang's mother swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and rolled them on the tip of her tongue. She said, "We'll talk about it when the time comes."

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Shen Hui'e and her family gave the fish in the basket to her relatives and friends who came to visit her. In the end, only two fish were left in the basket, enough for the three of them to eat.

Huang Zhongchang has many bad friends, and they are from all walks of life.

There are street thugs who are not doing their jobs properly, people who work in the county government, and local gentry.

This is a wide range of friends.

"Thank you for accompanying us all the way." Shen Hui'e said embarrassedly.

"Why are you being so polite, sister-in-law?" Huang Jichang said with a smile, "This is not something that can be done easily." He patted his body and said, "I'm leaving now. You guys should go home quickly too! It's cold outside!"

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e and the others watched Huang Jichang leave until he disappeared from their sight, then they turned around, crossed the moat and headed home.

"Mother, go quickly, go quickly." The tiger said hurriedly.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e said with a smile on her lips.

Shen Hui'e and the other two hurried back home.

The big tiger said sensibly, "My husband boils water."

"I'll kill the fish." Shen Hui'e took out a butcher knife from the utility room.

The large knife has not been used for such a long time but has not rusted. Shen Hui'e gently touched the blade that was shining with cold light with her thumb. Wow... it's so sharp.

Shen Hui'e grabbed the fish, squatted in the yard, scraped the scales quickly, used her fingers to remove the internal organs, and after cleaning it, she rinsed the fish with well water.

Shen Hui'e's technique of killing the fish was as smooth as flowing water, and she did it in one go, which left Li Nu stunned.

"Mom is so amazing." The cat slave looked at her with amazement in his eyes.

"Practice makes perfect." Shen Hui'e raised her eyes slightly and looked at her with a smile, "You will get it if you practice more."

"But mother has never killed so many fish!" The raccoon looked at her with eyes as round as black grapes and said, "How do you practice?"

Facing the curious baby, Shen Hui'e had no choice but to say, "You will learn it if you cook more. You will learn it naturally without any teacher!"