The men lowered their arrogant heads, the bitterness on their faces becoming more intense, and their voices were much lower than before. "Do you think we want to? We only wanted to kill one pig. After we killed one, we would put the pig's head on the table. The rest of the food would definitely be eaten by us. However, the remaining pig stopped eating for the next few days. Everyone knew very well that most people would feed two pigs if they wanted to feed them. That way, they wouldn't be alone. If he only fed one pig, the pig would definitely not grow too well. Just like humans, only by fighting for food would they be able to eat happily.”
When the women heard the men explain about the pig, they immediately thought of their little ancestors. "Yes, that's true. Now that she only has one child, she's like an ancestor at home. She has to chase after him all over the courtyard to feed him. It's not like when we were young. There were several children at home. If anyone ate a little slower, there might not be anything left in the pot.”
"That's right. So, when we saw that the pig in Mou Lin's house stopped eating, we asked Mou Lin and suggested that he sell the remaining pig. He could at least have some money, right? But he actually asked us to kill the remaining pig.
What he said made sense. Who would buy a single pig? If it was a small pig, it would be fine, but it was a medium-sized pig. After buying it and putting it in the pigsty, it would definitely fight with other pigs. Wouldn't that harm others? The village chief also felt that they could only slaughter that pig. If they delayed for another two days, the remaining pig might not survive. Moreover, it was not easy to deal with a dead pig.”
A starving pig would lose a lot of meat. From a dozen catties to more than ten catties. The Mou Lin family's half-grown pig was not very fat. Once it starved to death, it would definitely lose more than ten kilograms of meat.
Mou Lin certainly understood this principle. Selling the remaining pig to someone else, although it could be exchanged for money, wasn't it harming people? Mou Lin wasn't the only one who understood this. The other villagers, including the village chief, also understood this principle.
The village chief didn't say anything, but when the other villagers saw the situation of the Mou Lin family, the first thing they thought of was that the Mou Lin family was poor. If they didn't sell that half-grown pig, how would Mou Lin live for a while? Especially since he was still a student. He had to use hundreds of tens of living expenses every week.
However, when they heard Mou Lin had decided to kill the pig, they were all touched.
The men and women under the big yellow jue tree gathered together again. The topic they were most concerned about was still Mou Lin, who had just lost his parents. "Have you seen Mou Lin at the top of the mountain?”
When the men heard the women talking about this topic again, their thoughts became serious. After all, they lived in the same village. No one wanted to see such a thing happen. However, this tragic thing had happened after all. How could he live? He was a sixteen-year-old child. Now that his mother had left, he was the only one left. The most important thing is that the money in the corner of the box has been used up. Sigh…"
A long sigh sounded, and all the men and women lowered their heads.
A woman lowered her head to look at the basket, then looked up at the bare dam in front of her, her eyes full of confusion. "He won't take things too hard, will he?"
Worry filled every woman's face." That's hard to say. It's true that a man can't take things too hard just because of this."
"No, I usually think that Mou Lin is quite good. Every week, when they came back from school and went to school in town, they would greet us wherever they went. They were quite intimate.”
Many people consoled themselves silently in their hearts. Keep your eyes open and pay more attention to Mou Lin. Once you find something wrong, you can immediately stop him.
"That's true. Mou Lin is more diligent than the others. Every week after school, he would work during the day and do his homework at night. Although his grades were not that good, it was not entirely his fault. After all, his family was like that.”Everyone thought about their own family situation, but they were all about the same.
"That's normal. Children from poor families take care of their families early. Just based on this point, I'm sure that there's absolutely no such thing as taking things too hard.”
"Mm, I hope so."
A series of sighs rang out on the spacious sunbathing dam. Everyone was more or less worried. A child who was still underage, what should he do with his life in the future when his family encountered such a situation? Forget it, I'll take it one step at a time. If it really doesn't work out, I'll take some of the savings at home and secretly help out.
Mou Lin was living alone on the mountaintop. He was quite confused. In the past, with his parents at home, everything was fine as long as he lived according to the rules. Now that he had suddenly lost the big tree he could rely on, he had to rely on himself to deal with and judge everything. For a moment, he really did not know where to start.
The seventh day of his parents 'death had passed. On the seventh day, according to Mr. Geography's instructions, he brought all the seven blessings to his parents' graves and burned them all. After that, he only had to remove the grass on the grave every December and put some soil on it. On the first day of the lunar month, he would buy a bunch of grave paper and hang it up.
However, he still had to continue living. He would not be as worried as those uncles, consorts, big brothers, and sisters-in-law at the foot of the mountain. There was only one life, and it was over. Some people would live quite a wonderful life, while others would live quite a decadent life.
Mou Lin gradually woke up from his confusion. He turned around and looked at the open door. A stubborn feeling rose from the bottom of his heart. "Mom, Dad, just you watch. Although my son might not be able to live as well as those people, he definitely won't live a decadent life. He might even live a better and more exciting life than others.”
Mou Lin could find all the fields in his home with his eyes closed. He tilted his head and thought carefully. He didn't have any clues, but he felt that something was wrong.
"What's wrong? No, I have to go out and take a closer look.”
There were no animals in the house now, so there was no need to cut the pigweed and feed the chickens. It could really be said that one person was full, but the whole family was not hungry.
He walked out of the house. There was no need to close the door. Anyway, no one came to the top of the mountain now. Even if a thief came, he would definitely return empty-handed after entering the house.
The drying dam in front of the house was quite wide. It was paved with bluestone slabs. Mou Lin's parents usually went to the forest behind the house to collect bluestone slabs. They hammered them out and carefully paved them. He had spent a lot of time on this stone dam. It had taken him a whole two years to successfully lay it.
It couldn't be helped. Being a farmer was very hard. He had to get up before dawn every day to work. He had to work until the sun set before he came back to rest. Even if it was noon, he would only come back for lunch. After a short rest, he would put on his straw hat and go out. Fortunately, their family's land was all on the top of the mountain, and they were all in front of the house. They could reach it as soon as they went out. Unlike the families at the foot of the mountain, their fields and properties might be far from home.
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