Chapter 345: Chapter 345 Annoyance Chapter 345: Chapter 345 Annoyance “You are her real dad, her things are yours anyway, what’s the big deal about taking one of her wild boars?” Mo Daoyan continued to egg him on.
“I said no means no.” Afraid that Xuexue walking ahead would hear and get upset, Mo Xiaoqiang had no choice but to lower his voice in opposition.
The two were bickering, following a group of people, quickly entering the village. Ahead was a fork in the road, one path leading towards the Li Family, the other towards the Mo family.
Mo Xiaoqiang walked in front, without a moment’s hesitation, he stepped onto the path leading to the Li Family. Behind him, Mo Daoyan saw this, thought his older brother was too straightforward, actually carrying the wild boar honestly over to the Li Family Mansion. Unable to accept this, he took a turn with his foot, trying to pull Mo Xiaoqiang towards their own home.
This tug nearly made Mo Xiaoqiang lose his balance, almost causing him to stumble and fall.
“Little brother, what are you doing?” With over a hundred pounds on his shoulder, Mo Xiaoqiang nearly fell when Mo Daoyan yanked at him, which really annoyed him.
“Big brother, are you dumb? You can’t be too honest in life, otherwise, you’ll deservedly die poor,” Mo Daoyan said while continuing to forcefully tug at his shoulder.
Big Bull, carrying two wild boars, was leading everyone at the very front.
Xuexue was walking in the middle, and, glancing back unintentionally, she saw the two of them continuously pulling and lagging behind, so she stopped in her tracks, stood firm, and shouted, “Hey! Dad, Uncle, what are you two doing? Hurry up and walk.”
Upon hearing this, both of them were startled and immediately stopped their tugging.
“Hey! Coming!”
Mo Xiaoqiang hurriedly responded, steadying the load on his shoulder and took the opportunity to pull Mo Daoyan along for a few steps.
Seeing Xuexue watching them from ahead, Mo Daoyan didn’t dare make another rash move, obediently following behind Mo Xiaoqiang, yet he couldn’t stop cursing in his heart that Mo Xiaoqiang was too cowardly and afraid to touch even his own daughter’s things, a real wimp.
Soon, they arrived back at the Li Family Mansion, where everyone set the wild boars down on the ground of the courtyard.
Looking at the eight wild boars, they seemed to fill the courtyard, quite a spectacular sight.
At the entrance, a crowd of onlookers had gathered, bubbling with conversation, most of it envious.
And why not? Although there were many hunters all around the neighborhood, those who could catch wild boars were few and far between, let alone catch eight at once. For these ordinary villagers, it was nothing short of a myth.
“My dear, since you’re so happy today, why don’t we kill one of the wild boars to reward the villagers who helped us carry them?” Big Bull set down the wild boar from his shoulder, turned his head, and suggested to Xuexue.
Since Big Bull had hunted those wild boars, Xuexue didn’t object but cheerfully laughed, “Sure! But then, it’s up to you to do the work.”
“Serving my lady is my duty,” Big Bull replied, then turned to the villagers who had helped carry the boars and announced, “Folks, my wife wants to thank you for your help by having me kill a pig to treat you.”
“Great,” the helpers beamed at once.
The people who had been unwilling to help before regretted it so much their guts were green with envy. If they had known they’d get a share of pork just for exerting some effort, they would have helped earlier.
But in this world, there’s no such thing as a regret medicine.
Seeing the onlookers looking dispirited, Xuexue, feeling very content with the day’s harvest, turned to the crowd and loudly said, “Today we’re having a big discount on wild boar, only ten Copper Coins a pound, everyone can wait a bit and then buy some to try.”
The villagers watching on immediately became happy again.
Wild boar meat for ten Copper Coins a pound was a bargain that couldn’t be found anywhere else. In town, the rarer the item, the more expensive it was, and wild boar meat was much more costly than that of farm pigs, with availability often dependent on chance, when a nearby hunter had some to sell in town. Now, Xuexue was selling it for just ten Copper Coins a pound – even cheaper than farm pork in town. Everyone was ecstatic and hurried home to get Copper Coins, planning to buy a pound or half to try out.