Pig Killer

Chapter 191

"Now I only use pig pancreas for bathing him, and I don't dare to use it indiscriminately. I know that there are fewer pigs, and pig pancreas can't be used anymore." Shen Yun'e smiled and said to her, "The weather is getting colder, and I will use less pig pancreas in the future." Then she asked, "Can't you use something else instead?"

"No, if I could, I wouldn't be so anxious." Shen Hui'e looked at her regretfully and said, "Besides, the amount of pig pancreas produced is huge, and it can only be done by raising pigs on a large scale, not other livestock."

"Alas... forget it. It's not easy to raise livestock now, so I can only raise a few chickens." Shen Yun'e sighed and said sadly, looking at her pitifully, "I really want to eat pork."

"I want to, too." Shen Hui'e looked at her helplessly and said, "I don't have time to kill pigs either. It will be even more difficult next year. No one is feeding the pigs this year."

"If I had never tasted such delicious pork, I wouldn't have thought about it. It's really annoying that I can't have it after having tasted such delicious pork..." Shen Yun'e gritted her teeth and said, "It's so annoying!"

Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she heard this. There was really nothing she could do now as wild boars were not as delicious as domestic ones.

Especially the pork that is raised in a purely natural and pollution-free manner is delicious.

"It's about six months!" Shen Hui'e said while holding the chubby little guy.

"Got it." Shen Yun'e nodded when she heard it.

"Then you can eat steamed eggs." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her dark eyes and said.

"Is it okay?" Shen Yun'e said worriedly, "Many children don't start eating until they are one year old."

"Sure, steam an egg until it's soft, add some sesame oil and a little bit of salt. Just poke the salt with chopsticks." Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade and said, "Don't let him eat too much salt, not now! His body can't bear it."

"Okay! I'll steam some eggs for him." Shen Yun'e responded readily, "He's a greedy boy. Every time we eat, his eyes get as big as bells."

"Don't burn him!" Shen Hui'e said quickly, "Now he knows how to panic and reach out."

"Tie Ge and I take turns eating." Shen Yun'e looked at her son kindly and said, "There are only two of us at home, and there is not much to do. I just need to look after him. I have time to take care of him."

"How is your brother-in-law's blacksmith business?" Shen Hui'e asked her, blinking her dark eyes.

"Sharply reduced!" Shen Yun'e looked at her with eyes as bright as stars and said, "Now only farm tools need to be repaired. There is not much work on weekdays."

"What about that date?" Shen Hui'e looked at her worriedly and asked.

"It's the same as before!" Shen Yun'e smiled as she looked at her and said, "I'm fine with food and drink, I won't starve to death." She smiled and said, "I'm much better off than most people."

"If you need anything, just make a sound!" Shen Hui'e grabbed the little guy's hand and gently shook it.

"Nothing is missing!" Shen Yun'e said, looking at her tenderly with her starry eyes.

"It's getting cold while we're talking. Have you made clothes for him?" Shen Hui'e gently shook his chubby little hand and said, "Don't catch a cold. It's very important to have a cold."

"It's been done. It was completed last year. It's become bigger, but it hasn't been worn yet!" Shen Yun'e smiled when she heard it.

"Were you not frightened last night?" Shen Hui'e looked at her with concern and asked, "These days are not peaceful."

"Brother Tie didn't keep watch." Shen Yun'e looked at her with her starry eyes and said, "The neighbors took care of us and didn't let Brother Tie keep watch."

"Ah! That's good." Shen Hui'e said in surprise, "I'm afraid you'll be scared at night!"

"Actually, I'm not afraid." Shen Yun'e said bravely.

"We caught a lot of villains." Shen Hui'e looked at her with eyes as gentle as jade and said.

"Alas... I'm just hungry." Shen Yun'e looked at her helplessly and said, "It wasn't like this before."

"It's hard to catch them at night. They've all run away." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her inky black eyes and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Be alert at night."

"I know. I sleep a lot during the day." Shen Yun'e looked at her with her bright almond-shaped eyes and said with a smile.

"Don't cry!" The little guy in Shen Hui'e's arms grabbed her fingers and played with them.

"No! He is very well behaved except for crying out loud when he is hungry!" Shen Yun'e smiled and said, "I have nothing to do, so I am the only one watching him, and I can't even keep an eye on him!"

"That's good." Shen Hui'e smiled and looked at the little guy in her arms yawning and rubbing his eyes. "Looks like he's sleepy. You can coax him to sleep!"

"Hey!" Shen Yun'e hugged her son.

"Sleep indoors, there are always unknown insects outside." Shen Hui'e reminded her.

"I'll take you out." Shen Yun'e said to her while holding her son.

"Don't send him off. He's not light anymore, he's chubby." Shen Hui'e looked at her with her bright black eyes and said, "I'm leaving."

Shen Yun'e watched her leave the yard before she carried her son back into the house.

Shen Hui'e left the house and stood outside the blacksmith shop, shouting, "Brother-in-law, I'm leaving! Go get busy!"

"Second sister, are you leaving now?" Tie Feng quickly put down the things in his hands, walked over quickly, lifted the curtain and stood in front of her and said.

"You go ahead and do your work! I'm back." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright black eyes.

Tie Feng watched her leave before turning back to the shop. Now that he had no work, he was thinking about how to forge iron.

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"Bang bang bang..." The sound of gongs came from the street.

The big tiger and the raccoon slave trembled all over, and now they were excited when they heard the sound of the gong.

Fear! If you hear the sound of a gong, it means nothing good.

"Are you going to collect grain or to recruit laborers?" Da Chong looked at his mother worriedly and said.

"Let's go! We'll know after we go and take a look." Shen Hui'e stood up and looked at them and said, "No matter what he levies, we'll use the money to redeem him."

"Even if we have mountains of gold and silver, we can't sustain this every other day!" Li Nu looked at her worriedly and said.

"Let's go!" Shen Hui'e pulled them both up and said, "If you stick your head out, you'll get a knife. If you hide your head, you'll get a knife too. Let's go and take a look."

As expected, this time they imposed additional grain taxes and conscripted civilians.

There wasn't much food left at home, so they paid money to redeem the men. As for the men, Shen Hui'e, being a woman, was not included, and the children were not old enough, so they managed to escape.

The brothers of the Shen and Huang families were not so lucky.

Now that you are proficient in it, just pay the money to redeem it!

"You've been very conscientious by not raising the price for us." Shen Changsheng said to her with a wry smile, waving the large palm-leaf fan in his hand desperately. He was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his face.

"What about you? Can you still hold on?" Shen Hui'e said to the Huang brothers with concern.

"Not bad!" Huang Bochang frowned and said, "But when will this day end?"

"No one knows this." Shen Hui'e shook her head slightly.

"They've already started selling their children." Huang Jichang looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "A bowl of corn can be exchanged for a young girl."

Li Nu nervously grabbed her mother's hand, and Shen Hui'e gently touched her cold hand.

It is midsummer, but I feel so cold inside.

"Think positively. With more conscripts, the palace can be built faster." Shen Hui'e looked at them optimistically and comforted them.

"Haha..." Huang Jichang laughed bitterly, "How much faster can it be?"

"The key is, can we hold on until then?" Shen Penglai slapped the wooden table angrily, and the coarse pottery bowl on it bounced three times.

"Just say it, why are you banging the table? Doesn't your hand hurt?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with concern.

"I'm just so angry." Shen Penglai looked at them with a grim face, his hands were numb from clapping.

"Even if you are angry, don't vent your anger like this! It will not help." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her inky black eyes and said, "Save your strength, there is a tough battle to fight next."

"What does second sister-in-law mean?" Huang Shuchang swallowed and said.

"It's very dangerous if we continue like this." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep eyes and said, "There will always be people who can't pay the grain and are unwilling to repair the palace. What will they do?"

"Just run away!" Huang Bochang said without thinking.

"Even if they run away, they still need food and water." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "What will they do? Just farm the land honestly?"

"How is this possible? Just rob it!" Huang Jichang blurted out.

"Becoming a bandit!" Shen Changsheng's pupils suddenly shrank.

"If they were just robbing food, we could still tolerate it. But we are afraid that these bandits, without the restraint of laws and humanity, would do things worse than beasts, burning, killing and looting." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with gloomy eyes.

"I'm going to the government office!" Shen Changsheng stood up and said after hearing that.

"What do you want to do with him?" Shen Hui'e looked up at him and said, raising her eyebrows and looking at him sarcastically, "Let the government suppress the bandits! Or let the government prepare." She snorted coldly, "How can we fight against them when there are only a few of them and they don't even have swords and guns?"

"If you really see bandits, don't be scared to death." Shen Penglai said bluntly.

"What should we do?" Shen Changsheng was pulled down by his brothers.

"If we rely on them, the grass on our graves will be two meters high by then." Shen Hui'e looked at them gloomily and said, "What should we do? Let my brother-in-law shoot more arrows..."

"Making bows and arrows?" Huang Bochang said to her with shining eyes.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "Aiming bows and arrows at them is very intimidating." Then she added, "Every household has a big sword, so practice with them."

"You have to show your strength!" Shen Changsheng nodded vigorously when he heard that.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded slightly.

"What are you waiting for? I'll go find my brother-in-law now." Shen Changsheng started walking.

"I'll ask Liu Ding to make bows and arrows." Huang Bochang stood up and said.

"Let Liu Ding gather all the carpenters in the county and do as many as they can." Shen Hui'e looked up at Huang Bochang and said.

"Do we need so many?" Huang Jichang muttered softly, pursed his lips and said, "Maybe we are overthinking it."

"It's better to think more than less." Huang Bochang slapped him on the back of the head, "Do whatever I tell you to do?"