In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Wang You and Wang Liang watched him gesture and cursed in their hearts:

Raise your hand and you will find the last remaining wild boar meat?

Also, are you talking about our home? I'm afraid it's not your father-in-law's home.

You are so greedy, aren’t you afraid of starving your father-in-law’s family to death?

"This pork still needs to be sold. Aunt Zhang, Aunt Li, do you want it?" Wang You looked at the two aunts who were still standing not far away and shouted loudly to change the subject.

Hearing Wang You's call, the two spoke one after another:

"Yes! We came here to buy meat, why don't you want it?"

"Well, since no one else is buying it, we can split it between the two of us!"

During the conversation, the large piece of pork that Wang Tianci had just pointed out was divided between the two families.

Seeing his meat being bought by others, the fourth brother Wang Tianci was heartbroken.

But his eyes stayed on the copper coin for settlement!

He said shamelessly:

"Well, Lao Wu!"

"You can give me fifty copper coins."

"We're a family, so we can't sell pork without getting a piece of the pie, right? I'll take the copper coins to town and buy some domestic pork. Domestic pork doesn't taste as fishy as wild boar, and it tastes much better than wild boar."

Wang Wu, who was sitting in the distance resting and watching the excitement, jumped up immediately when he heard this!

"Coppers?"

"Don't even think about it!"

He looked like he would fight to the death with anyone who tried to take the money from selling pork.

After all, the image of Shen Qian as a strict mother was still imprinted in his mind. He was very sure that if something went wrong with the money, his mother would most likely not let him sit at the table for dinner!

His sudden viciousness really scared the fourth brother Wang Tianci.

"No... If you don't want to pay, then don't pay."

"I think these pork ribs are good too. Two ribs will do!" After adjusting his state, the fourth brother pointed at the remaining four ribs and said.

I thought to myself: You didn’t give me the ones before, and now I want some ribs, you can’t just not give them to me, right?

Looking at the only four remaining ribs, Wang You still shook his head.

All the meat has been sold out, leaving only these ribs. If the ribs are gone, what will we eat for dinner tonight?

Seeing that he was rejected again, Wang Tianci was speechless for a moment, and he was terrified. What happened to his brothers today? Are they hysterical? The money can't go into their pockets, so why are they watching so closely?

I have to say that at the critical moment, we still have to look at his wife: Wang Liu!

"Third brother, these are just pork ribs. There are four left. We can take two each from each of our two families. We'll go back and explain to Mother."

"I don't think mother will blame you."

"Besides, if we spread our family's good reputation in our Liu Village, it will be easier for my third, fifth and sixth brothers to find wives, right?" Wang Liu was eloquent and hit the nail on the head for the three brothers.

Get married!

The third brother, Wang Wu, is nineteen years old this year, which is considered an older bachelor in the countryside!

The fifth and sixth sons are fifteen this year and are old enough to get married.

They couldn't help but take Wang Liu's words seriously.

But...if they just gave the meat to the fourth son, Wang Tianci, and asked him to take it to his father-in-law's house, when their mother found out, they would definitely be punished by her.

Finally, the four people's attention was all focused on the third brother Wang Wu.

Wang Wu struggled internally for a long time. On one side was his reputation and his wife, and on the other was his evil mother who had just been angry today.

Feeling his mother's angry expression reappear in his mind, Wang Wu trembled with fear. When he looked up at the fourth brother and his wife, his eyes were determined:

"No!"

"It's also my mother's business to arrange a marriage."

"Also, Wang Liu, you've already lied to me once before."

"Liu Wanwan from your village said she would be my matchmaker, but a year later I found out she was already married six months ago."

"I can't trust you!"

Seeing that her third brother had exposed her deception in public, Tianci's wife was immediately embarrassed.

He pinched the arm of the fourth brother, Wang Tianci, and made him speak:

"Hey!"

"Third brother! That's not what you say."

"What happened to Liu Wanwan can't be blamed on my sister-in-law. Isn't it because our mother wasn't proactive?"

"If only our mother had been more proactive and sent a matchmaker to come to your house to seek marriage, wouldn't you have a wife and a warm bed now?"

Blaming their mother, diverting conflicts between brothers, and scheming against the family are the brothers' usual practices.

This is exactly the case today.

If Shen Qian's previous life had paid more attention to her third son's marriage, with the family's land resources, there would definitely be a lot of matchmakers coming to propose marriage.

But the delay was that Shen Qian's predecessor placed all the family's hopes on his eldest son who passed the imperial examination five years ago.

He has never paid much attention to his other sons.

The family's annual income was basically all spent on the eldest brother, and the savings from dozens of acres of fertile land were only a few taels of silver!

After the fourth child, he couldn't even afford the dowry for marrying a wife.

As expected, when Wang Tianci mentioned his mother at this time, it deeply hurt Wang Wu's heart.

But when I think of how cruel my mother was to me.

He was so frightened that he shivered several times, and the dissatisfaction he had just felt towards his mother was immediately extinguished.

He shook his head and said:

"No, no, no!"

"I won't sell these four ribs."

"Take it home directly. If you want to give it to your father-in-law's family, you can talk to Wang Liu and your mother!"

"Hey, third brother! It's okay to go into the water!" Wang Tianci saw that the divisive tactics were useless, so he immediately glanced at the least valuable pig offal.

But when this was mentioned, the third brother Wang Wu became even more resolute!

"This is even worse! This is the reward that mother promised to give to Uncle Erhu for helping to kill the pig!"

"Give it to you, but what about Uncle Erhu's reward?"

After saying this, he held the money box in his arms with a serious look on his face.

Arrange for Wang Liang and Wang You first:

"Sixth Brother, hold the pig's head and go to the village chief's house."

"We can't pray for rain tonight without offerings. Mother said this pig's head is our family's tribute to our ancestors."

"Old Five, come home with me, holding the pork ribs, and wait for Mom!"

"Okay!" Wang Liang and Wang You responded in unison.

Only the fourth son, Wang Tianci, was left standing there in a daze with Wang Liu holding his hand.

Such a big wild boar was killed.

Not only did he not get the pork, but he even gave the offal to outsiders?

How cruel must their mother be to make such an arrangement?

Don’t leave anything for him and his father-in-law’s family!

......

"Grandpa, the village chief!"

"My mother asked me to bring you a pig's head!"

"They said we can't pray for rain tonight without sacrificial offerings." Wang Liang stood at the door of the village chief's house, holding a big pig's head and shouting loudly.

This immediately attracted the attention of many fellow villagers!

After understanding the cause and effect, I couldn't help but whisper:

"Hey! Is that Xiao Liuzi from the Wang Shen family?"

"Who else could it be besides her family? The news of the wild boar being captured in the mountains has spread all over the village!"

"I just didn't expect that Wang Shen, who has always been sarcastic, would have such a concept."

"We haven't had any contact with her. What if those are just rumors? After all, she's a woman with seven children to support, and four of her sons are still unmarried. How can we not make some plans?"

"..."

The village chief came out of the house when he heard Liuzi's call.

She was slightly stunned when she saw the pig's head in his arms.

As the village chief, he really knows the character of every household in the village.

Of course, everyone knew that Wang Shen and her third son had captured a wild boar in the mountains today, but she could not believe why Wang Shen, who had always been stingy, was so generous this time!

"Okay, I'll thank your mother on behalf of the villagers!" The village chief took the pig head with a smile and touched Xiao Liuzi's head with praise.

warned:

"Don't be late in praying for rain at night!"

"After the rain prayer is over, come to Grandpa and get some wheat candy!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!" Wang Liang was as happy as a child. Wheat candy!

He has never eaten it twice since he was a child.

Today, the village chief actually promised to give him wheat candy after praying for rain. How could he not be happy?

Looking at the sixth son of the Wang Shen family running away, the village chief laughed and said:

"You're almost at marriageable age, yet you're still so unstable."