Pig Killer

"Curtain? Straw curtain?" Shen Hui'e looked up at her son and said, thinking from memory, "Go to the utility room and get it and hang it up directly."

"Hey!" Da Chong turned around and went to the utility room, and took out a rolled up and cleaned straw mat.

"I'll hang up!" Cheng Donglai said as he saw this.

Cheng Donglai was almost as tall as an adult and he easily hung the straw curtain on the door.

The light in the room suddenly became much dimmer.

"Wash your hands and come in and sit down." Shen Hui'e said to them outside the curtain.

Da Chong came in excitedly, took off his straw sandals and sat on the bed.

Cheng Donglai and the other three brought small stools in and sat in a circle around the bed.

"Don't be polite, bring your bowls and we'll eat while we grill." Shen Hui'e urged them by pointing her chin.

"Oh!" Cheng Donglai and the others took the coarse pottery bowls handed over by the Dachong brother and sister.

"It's delicious. The fish fillets baked with lard are delicious." Li Nu's beautiful eyes curved into crescents as she said contentedly.

"Today, you can have as much as you want!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with a smile on her face, "Eat as much as you want."

The iron plate was too small, and it took nearly an hour to grill the fish.

Drink some water and get to work!

Shen Hui'e looked up at the dark roof, and it was time to put the suspended ceiling on the agenda.

"Li Nu, come with me to grandma's house." Shen Hui'e called Li Nu.

"What do you want to see grandma for?" said the raccoon as he put on his straw sandals quickly.

"Prepare some straw mats." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with deep and penetrating eyes.

"Fix the roof, otherwise it's too high." Shen Hui'e pointed at the thatched roof of her house with her index finger.

"How do we do it?" the raccoon slave asked her with curious eyes.

"First, go and straighten the straw curtain from vertical to horizontal." Shen Hui'e pointed at the door curtain and gestured with her fingers.

"Ah!" The raccoon looked at her with sparkling eyes, and then said worriedly, "Is this okay? It will fall down."

"Use something to prop up the straw curtain." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her pearly eyes and said.

"What are you using to support it?" The raccoon slave looked at her with his watery eyes and said.

"Use?" Shen Hui'e's deep eyes moved slightly, and suddenly her eyes lit up and said, "I got it. Use reed stems!" Without waiting for the raccoon slave to ask, she explained directly, "Use the reed stems to tie them into small squares." She crossed her index fingers.

"Is that okay?" Li Nu asked, looking at the dark roof.

Shen Hui'e didn't dare to say it outright, so she said, "Let's try!" and then she smiled and said, "It's just cutting some reed stems."

"Why did you build a roof, mother?" Li Nu looked at her in confusion and asked, "It's okay to keep it like this!"

"A straw roof will keep dust out and improve the lighting in the room." Shen Hui'e explained with a smile, "The roof is too high. When we lie on the bed, it's so dark that it feels like it's going to swallow us up."

Li Nu took off his shoes and lay directly on the bed, staring at the ceiling. "It's so dark, it's really uncomfortable to keep looking at it."

"Right!" Shen Hui'e looked at her with a smile and said, "If there were straw curtains hanging from the ceiling, the room wouldn't be so dim."

"Then let's go and find grandma." Li Nu said to his mother with great interest.

As soon as the mother and daughter left the house, they saw Da Chong and Cheng Donglai laying cobblestones at the street corner.

"Mom, where are you going?" The big tiger squatting on the ground looked up at the two of them and asked.

"Aunt." Cheng Donglai and the others stood up.

"Let's go find grandma." Li Nu said to them with a smile.

"What do you want to see grandma for?" Da Chong looked at them in confusion and asked.

"We'll talk about it later." Shen Hui'e said to them with her bright eyes.

"Well then!" The tiger had no choice but to say, "Mom, take care."

Shen Hui'e and her daughter separated from Dachong and his companions and walked out of the city.

"Mother, why does she want Brother Cheng and the others to pave the way?" Li Nu Hu looked at her with puzzled eyes and asked.

"What do you think?" Shen Hui'e looked at her with interest.

"It's convenient for us to walk." Li Nu said simply, "and everyone doesn't look down on Brother Cheng and the others."

"That's right! Helping others is helping yourself." Shen Hui'e looked at her with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Although everyone has compassion, nothing in this world is taken for granted. People owe you something! It's not like she's your mother, who will tolerate everything you do."

"Mother! God helps those who help themselves." The cat slave looked at her smartly and said.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e smiled and nodded, "Depend on others and they will run away, depend on mountains and they will fall. It is still the most reliable to rely on yourself."

"Do you have any skills?" The raccoon slave looked at her with his watery eyes and said.

"That's right. With a skill in hand, you won't have to worry about food and drink." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at her with her starry eyes.

Nowadays, having a skill does indeed mean a higher standard of living than ordinary people, and you can tell from your physique.

He is tall and strong with a strong build!

"Then what should I learn?" Li Nu looked at her with a sad face and said.

"Take your time to think about it. There's no rush." ​​Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade and said.

"I don't think I can learn much." The raccoon slave looked at her with a pout.

"Why do you say that?" Shen Hui'e asked her with her sparkling eyes.

"Just look at you and you will know! What can you do? There are even fewer women." Li Nu looked at her with innocent eyes and said.

"What do you want to do? I support you." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her jade-like eyes and said, "Don't worry too much about what others think. This life is your own, and no one can replace you." Her index finger stroked across her brow and said, "Did you hear others muttering behind me that I was killing a pig?"

"Yes! They think that butchering pigs is done by men." The raccoon slave said with a dull look in her bright eyes, "Women shouldn't do it! They also said that my mother has become fierce since she started butchering pigs, and she doesn't have the gentleness that a woman should have."

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed, "Is Li Nu sad?"

"Angry!" The raccoon said angrily, puffing up his cheeks, "Why do they say that to my mother?"

"Yes! Next time you hear this, just confront them. We didn't eat or drink at their house. What does it have to do with them if we kill pigs?" Shen Hui'e said unceremoniously with a cold look in her eyes.

"It's nosy of the dog to catch the mouse. I won't pay any attention to them." Li Nu said proudly with his chin slightly raised.

"Right! Let's not argue." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her deep and penetrating black eyes and said, "Swearing is not good."

"I'll take this barbecue to his house and eat it." The raccoon's eyes, like black grapes, shone brightly as he looked at his mother and said, "They will be so greedy."

"You are so cute." Shen Hui'e looked at her in surprise.

"The pork is delicious." The cat slave looked at her with green eyes.

Shen Hui'e looked at her with clear eyes and said, "What does Li Nu think of A Niang? Do you mind what they say?"