Gu Tianyou greatly admired Gu Yu, so he naturally had no complaints and turned to look at the other side.

But that doesn't mean everyone will believe it. Staring straight at Gu Yu, she finally turned her gaze to Shang Qing, who was standing not far away.

Noticing the other person's expression, she reluctantly stepped forward.

"What on earth happened? We were just picking mushrooms, why did we encounter a wild boar?"

"Could we have disturbed that wild boar's den?"

Gu Heng frowned as he looked at the wild boar cub in her basket. He was about to say something else when he noticed a gaze coming from the other side.

But Shang Qing was already used to those scrutinizing gazes and didn't care at all, but she still pretended to be nervous in order to make people believe her.

"Don't talk nonsense. How could a master like me put me in danger? This is clearly a trap to make our family suffer."

"Besides, judging from the appearance of that wild boar, I wonder how a master would deal with it."

"Gu Tianyou was so arrogant and ignorant that he was so scared by the wild boar that he didn't dare to move. If it weren't for the expert pushing him away, we would never have seen him again."

Unexpectedly, it was his own son who caused the trouble. Gu Heng glared at his still-shaken son and then bowed slightly to Gu Yu.

But Shang Qing still felt that wasn't enough, so he waved his hand and pulled the person up again.

"I haven't told you the exciting part yet. The expert controlled the wild boar with just a little force in his hands and still had some strength left."

"With one hand controlling the wild boar, the other hand made a light swipe, and the wild boar's blood splattered everywhere, but it did not stain the master in the slightest."

Gu Heng turned his head and saw that the blood had indeed avoided the area occupied by the other party, so there was no doubt about it.

He followed closely forward, but before he could even utter a sound, he saw the other side suddenly exert force with its toes, lifting a foot and flipping the wild boar over.

The blood had almost all flowed out, but because of this, it all gushed out.

Sprayed with foul-smelling blood, Gu Heng's expression changed slightly. He opened his mouth to curse, but couldn't utter a word because there was a piece of brown cloth in front of him.

"Sorry, I can't take it back without cleaning it thoroughly."

"It's nothing, but your actions reminded me of someone."

"That person also liked to carry a piece of cloth about this size with him, but his family was often so poor that they couldn't afford to eat, so he always carried the kind made from scraps of cloth."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu paused, then quickly walked into Lao Zong and buried all the blood-stained soil deep in the earth.

Turning his head to look at the even darker forest, he then looked at the two people standing together in front of him.

“My brother is always said to be fussy because he likes to carry a handkerchief with him to wipe things he thinks are unclean.”

“I haven’t seen him much, so I don’t remember his habits.”

Gu Heng didn't see anything wrong with what Shang Qing said, but he sighed again and continued to talk to her about his younger brother's habits.

She knew that the other person was missing their deceased brother, so she didn't interrupt. Instead, she pulled the children who had rushed over after hearing the noise over, so that these closer children could remember what their father looked like.

The two children lived up to expectations, immediately pointing out the similarities between themselves and their father, which quickly pulled Gu Heng out of his grief.

"Take good care of your mother from now on; she is a good mother."

"Even without your reminder, we would still take good care of Mother."

Upon hearing the voices of the two girls, Shang Qing smiled and turned to walk over to Gu Yu again.

Gu Yu glanced at her as she walked up, coughed lightly, and Lao Zong used a piece of burlap to pad his shoulder, easily carrying the adult-sized wild boar down the mountain.

Along the way, many people went up the mountain, ready to try their luck again. Unexpectedly, they saw such a big wild boar being carried away by someone.

Noticing the gazes directed at him, Shang Qing had another idea and waved to them.

"Fresh wild boar meat, ten coins a pound."

"so cheap?"

Shang Qing shrugged helplessly and pointed to Gu Yu beside her.

The other party had already guessed what she was going to do again, and in order not to be worshipped by others, he could only wave his hand to indicate that he agreed.

Those who originally wanted to go up the mountain no longer cared about anything else, not even their tools, and turned around to rush home.

After the group left, Shang Qing suddenly remembered the wild boar piglet hidden behind her. She quickly adjusted the basket on her back and carefully took the piglet into her hands.

I could feel for a moment and confirm that he was still breathing, but I was still shivering from the cold.

Shang Qing looked around and found that there was no one around who could help him, so he had no choice but to open his clothes and hide it inside.

Although the speed was fast, Gu Yu still saw it and couldn't help but frown.

"Mom, there are so many people at our door. Are they all here to buy pork?"

"If we keep selling like this, will we go hungry?"

Shang Qing did not answer, but quickly took out the largest kitchen knife from inside and handed it to Lao Zong.

These days, she has seen Lao Zong skillfully butcher chickens and ducks, and she has come to think that he also knows about pigs.

Indeed, that was the case. The other party sharpened his knife, then suddenly exerted force with his elbow, dismembering the body in just a few strokes.

"Tell me how much you want, one by one. If you mishear or didn't hear clearly, then it's not worth it."

The crowd, who had been chattering away, immediately formed a queue at the door to buy the pork.

Fortunately, the pig was big enough, or rather, the people in this village weren't very wealthy. After selling half a carcass, they began to slow down.

Shang Qing noticed this, calmly withdrew her gaze, and prepared to think about how to deal with the remaining half.

After all, those were still too many for their family of six. They could still be preserved for now, but they would spoil if they got too hot.

Just as Shang Qing was preparing to go to the city the next day to buy some more salt to make pork into cured meat, another voice reached his ears.

"Wait, wait, I want pork for twenty coins."

However, even after the sound had faded for a long time, Lao Zong did not make any move.

Shang Qing stood up in confusion, wanting to ask for clarification, when she saw Jiang Yingyue standing directly opposite her.

"You're rich?"

"I...I don't have any money, but we're sisters-in-law, can't we buy on credit?"

"How come I didn't know we were sisters-in-law?"

Having already separated from the family, she was unwilling to continue acknowledging the severed relationship and allow these greedy individuals to hold her back.

Jiang Yingyue opened her mouth to say something else, but Gu Heng grabbed her shoulder and forcibly dragged her back.

"What are you doing? Don't you want to eat meat during the New Year?"

Gu Tianyou certainly wanted to eat, but seeing his father's resolute expression, he ultimately reached out and pulled him aside.

"Gu Tianyou! If you acknowledge me as your mother, then go and ask her for a piece of meat on credit."

"Shut up."

Hearing Gu Heng's low shout, Jiang Yingyue was stunned for a moment, then looked at the younger Gu Tiancheng.

But the child, though dull-witted, had a very clear understanding of things. He shook his head and walked behind his father.

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