Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Waiya was very angry about Pei Xiaohai's act of abandoning her, but it was difficult for her to stay angry with her. When the two met again the next day, she had already forgotten about it.

And Yu Meng didn't hit her, he just told her that if she hit the rock, she might die, and her head would break like a walnut...

He talked so much and in such detail that Waiya almost couldn't even eat her porridge. At dinner, unable to bear it any longer, she asked, "Is this how your family members died?"

Yu Meng stopped chattering and Waiya regretted it.

Her few kindnesses made her feel guilty, but the rebellious nature that kept her alive made it difficult for her to say words of apology, especially in front of adults.

It seems that admitting her mistake means she has lost.

So... let's not talk about it. Waiya put the matter behind her and continued to play with Pei Xiaohai.

But as soon as Pei Xiaohai mentioned Yu Meng, she became a silent scarecrow.

Let her be. Pei Xiaohai said the same thing when he was asked about the Liu family.

Things that you don't want to mention will disappear as long as you don't say them. They are each other's best friends, so they should shut up at this time and pretend nothing happened. They can then ask after everything is over.

There's a lot of water where they live, so they should know that during thunder and lightning, it's best for boats to stay on shore and not go anywhere, and the same goes for their friendship.

Don't take any risks. They are all suspicious landlubbers. If they encounter strong winds and big waves, they will definitely try to kick the other party off the boat so that they can reach the shore quickly.

Ignore these things, they are the best friends.

The closer it got to the end of the year, the less time Pei had to play. Not seeing her for a few days became commonplace. She didn't even have time to find out how Waiya and Yu Meng had reconciled.

Because... the Liu family started to think about the chickens, ducks and geese.

"Since we don't eat much at home, we might as well sell them. Shuanzi, ask Hu Rouer to come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to take away all the chickens, ducks, and geese. We can only keep a few for offering sacrifices to our ancestors and entertaining guests."

Liu Renben was leaning on a cane, looking at these little things that he was not familiar with at all, and he opened his mouth to threaten them. He had mentioned it once or twice before, but he never said a specific date. This time he was serious.

Hu Rouer is the godfather Hu who sells pork and has a bad relationship with Pei Xiaohai's midwife Wang Ganniang.

Hu Rouer is a nickname, and few people can tell how it became popular. Just like his real name, it has long been blurred, but everyone calls him that anyway.

Perhaps it was because the Hu family's meat was fresh, delicious, and generous in portion, and therefore quite famous. His father was also called this name, but as he got older, the name changed from Hu Rou to Hu Lao Rou.

Maybe one day the old meat will turn into old meat.

It doesn't matter.

No matter how he called her, Pei Xiaohai didn't want to see him. After hearing what Liu Renben said, she felt terrible. She grabbed the bamboo fence and looked at the chickens in the cage sadly.

Liu Renben continued to say, "This pig..."

"You can't eat Pei pig's blood!" Little Pei looked up at him, frowned, pursed his lips, and his cheeks puffed up with anger.

Liu Renben hated her stubbornness: "Why would I keep it if I can't eat it?"

"What do you mean you raised it? It was obviously me who raised it. I fed it, bathed it, and talked to it and played with it!" Pei Xiaohai yelled unconvinced.

Liu Renben: "You raised it? What did you use to raise it? Everything it eats and drinks, every mouthful of bran and every sip of water, speaks of the surname Liu."

"I raised it. I cut grass for it and let it go to the hillside. It didn't eat much of your food. It's my pig!" Pei Xiaohai tried to reason with him.

But adults don’t reason with children:

"What's yours? You're all mine."

Liu Renben originally wanted to keep the pig for a while so that he could use its head to offer sacrifice to his ancestors, but after hearing this, he simply said:

"Shuanzi, come back and sell the pig together."

"You can't sell it. It's cultivating, just like that egg. Anyone who eats it will suffer retribution!"

Pei Xiaohai finally said it out loud. She thought this would scare Liu Renben.

But it was strange that Liu Renben believed her. In his eyes, Pei Zhuxue was just a skinny pig that didn't grow any meat. Although it looked a little better, if she raised it by giving it a bath and a meal from time to time, anything would look good.

"Stop talking nonsense, or I'll ask your mother to punish you."

"If you don't believe me, come and see me tonight..."

"I've seen it quite often at night. A few days ago, when I had diarrhea, I saw it every time I went to the toilet. It was snoring and wouldn't sleep. It just stood in the circle, looking stupid. What kind of spirit can act like this?"

Well, he couldn't see that either.

Pei Xiaohai was extremely angry, but suddenly he calmed down.

It's okay, she just needs to drain the pig's blood.

A sudden silence...

Liu Renben's anger hadn't finished yet, but she fell silent. This was so frustrating that he wanted to stir up the fire again:

"If you don't want to sell it, that's fine too. You can buy it with silver and then you won't have to sell it."

Pei Xiaohai said simply: "No money."

Liu Renben: "If you don't have money, just keep quiet."

The response he received was silence, which seemed like a win, but he didn't want this response to win.

"How about this, I'll charge you a little less. If you can give me two taels of silver, it will be yours."

Little Pei had only twenty coins, which he tied with red strings and hung on bracelets on his left and right hands.

One tael and one thousand wen.

Two taels means...

Pei Xiaohai was counting on his fingers, unable to count:

"How many twenty wen is that?"

"One hundred." Liu Renben didn't understand what he meant, but he still answered him, adding, "You can't use jewelry as collateral."

If he hadn't said it, Pei Xiaohai would never have thought that jewelry could also be valuable.

She murmured, "One hundred? Is he crazy?"

Who would take care of a child for a hundred and twenty cents?

She doesn't see a penny all year round.

Liu Renben: "I'll give you a month. If you don't have it, I'll roast it and offer it to our ancestors."

"Don't even think about it."

I'm releasing it tonight!

Liu Renben thought that this naughty kid had decided to make a bet with him, and left with satisfaction.

Little Pei smiled coldly.

Shuanzi came over and reminded her, "Miss, you can't let the pigs run away. The master and the mistress asked me to watch these animals. If you do this, I will be in trouble. Don't forget, I helped you before. Some things can only be done once."

Pei Xiaohai: ...It’s indeed him!

"then what do I do?"

"I don't know." Shuanzi said sullenly and left.

Little Pei angrily slapped the bamboo fence and got a thorn in his hand.

She went to find Waiya with tears in her eyes.

Waiya scratched her head and said, "I can't do anything about the money, but my hands are easy to deal with. Wait a moment."

She pulled out a needle.

Little Pei shook his head slowly and put his hands into his sleeves: "No."

"Okay, then just wait for it to fester and pus to ooze out. See this scar? It was punctured and no one took care of it, so it festered."

Waiya spread out her hand to show her a huge scar.

Pei Xiaohai handed her her hand. Waiya's skill in picking out the flaws was really not very good, and it hurt. After she was done, the child asked tearfully, "Is what you just said true?"

Waiya put the needle away nonchalantly. "It's true the ulcers are festering and oozing pus, but it's not from the puncture. That old guy was drunk, and I tried to steal his snacks, and he bit me right in the gulp."

"When did it happen? How come I don't know?"

"When I was four or five, I didn't even know you then." Waiya came up with a brilliant idea. "I don't have any money, but you can go ask them to boil that old thing and use the pig's blood as a sacrifice to the ancestors."

Pei Xiaohai also hopes so.

The idea was outrageous, but she did ask.

Liu Renben and Pei Zhu looked at her in amazement.

It seems not possible.

so troublesome!

It doesn’t matter what you offer as a sacrifice. If you offer pig heads every year, your ancestors will be annoyed!