Wild boar meat is firmer than domestic pork. There is meat available, and it is a few coins cheaper than the ones sold in the town. People from Cangnan Village all ran to the door of the Yu family house.

The Yu family, which used to be deserted, is now very lively. Aunt Sun’s house is not far from the Yu family. She was busy at home for a while before coming over. Who would have thought that there were three layers of people at the Yu family house, and the voices of wives and husbands were all around.

Soon, the Yu family started selling wild boar meat. The meat for their own consumption had been reserved in a backpack covered with oilcloth. A table was placed at the door, and the chopping board and kitchen knife were placed aside. The scale for selling meat was borrowed from the village chief’s house.

Yu Jinhuai sprained his foot, but he could still do the job of selling meat. He originally planned to let Meng Yunshu sell it, but he was rejected as soon as he proposed it. Seeing the reluctance on his face, he agreed and pulled Yu Jinyue, who ran over, to help.

 As for Meng Yunshu, he had already sneaked into the store. He didn’t go into the store yesterday, but only went there once in the morning. Now he had plenty of time, so he went inside.

As soon as he entered the store, he went to the farm behind first. The corn that was still tender in the morning was now old. Fortunately, he saved a few more in the morning, which was just right for Lu Ruan. The rest was for him to use as seeds. As for potatoes… Meng Yunshu took a hoe and walked to the field, squatted down and dug potatoes hard.

Sure enough, the system’s products must be fine. Meng Yunshu’s fingers moved the potatoes on the ground that were almost as big as Yu Jinhuai’s palm and fell into deep thought. Such a big potato can be fried into two plates of spicy and sour potato shreds.

Meng Yunshu had planted potatoes in the orphanage, and now he was very good at digging potatoes. After digging potatoes easily, he turned around and went to the pond. Lotus roots, potatoes and corn were planted at the same time, and now they are ripe.

 Meng Yunshu stood by the pond, bent down and rolled up his trousers to his thighs. He hesitated on the shore for a long time, and after making enough mental preparation, he tentatively put his toes in, and nervously stepped in slowly until he was completely standing in the pond. Feeling his feet sinking into the mud, Meng Yunshu, who had never been in a pond before, frowned awkwardly.

Then he rolled up his sleeves, gritted his teeth and began to bend down to touch the lotus roots.

The lotus roots he touched were bigger than the other. Even if he didn’t like standing in the mud, he was very happy to see the lotus roots on the shore. Not only could he eat so many lotus roots at home, but he could also make lotus root powder or sell them directly on the shelves.

He remembered what he had said to Yu Jinhuai before about growing bean sprouts, but there were too many things to do at home recently, so he had to put this idea aside for the time being.

After digging the lotus roots, before he got ashore, his right leg was suddenly rubbed by a slippery thing. It frightened him so much that he stood there in a daze and dared not move. His eyes were wide open, his face turned pale in an instant, and his legs trembled uncontrollably. What was that? Snake? He was most afraid of snakes.

Thinking of this, he was trembling all over, beads of sweat slid down his cheeks from his forehead, and fine sweat appeared on his back. Not long after, the clothes on his back were wet and stuck to his body.

 He had completely forgotten that he had raised fish in the pond.

He stared at the water with his eyes downcast. He stared for a long time but saw no trace of the snake. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and drove his weak legs to walk. When he was about to walk, his calves were rubbed by something cool and smooth. This time, Meng Yunshu finally couldn’t bear it anymore and hurried out of the system without daring to stay.

Yu Jinhuai, who was selling wild boar meat at the door, had already sold all the meat. Now he was sitting in the yard basking in the sun. Yu Jinyue had delivered the meat for the village chief and Doctor Ming, and he had a leisure time.

Although he was basking in the sun, his hands were still working non-stop. He continued to make his bamboo rack. He could rest for the next two days. He planned to make the bamboo rack as soon as possible and put it in the bedroom so that Meng Yunshu could put things.

 Suddenly, his eyes went dark, and he saw Meng Yunshu appear out of nowhere. He hurriedly glanced at the door, and saw that it was closed. He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he asked Yu Jinyue to close the door when he left. If the villagers saw what happened just now, it would be hard to explain.

He looked up and saw Meng Yunshu in a panic, as if he had been fished out of the water. Not only was his hair tightly sticking to his forehead, but his clothes also seemed to be soaked, and his face was filled with fear.

 Yu Jinhuai noticed that his sleeves and trouser legs were rolled up high, and his hands, arms, legs and feet were all covered with mud. It was winter now, and the weather was cold. Meng Yunshu’s exposed skin had turned blue from the cold. Yu Jinhuai hurriedly stood up and took off his cotton coat and put it on Meng Yunshu’s body. He touched his cold hands with his big hands, and then reached out to his cheeks, and found that they were like stones. His brows were tightly wrinkled. He wanted to raise his hands to carry him to the bedroom, but he remembered that he had sprained his ankle and was temporarily unable to walk.

He could only open his arms and hold him tightly in his arms. He held him up with his arms and let his feet step on his shoes. After he was in his arms, he touched Meng Yunshu’s hair again and again to soothe his emotions. He didn’t know what his husband encountered in the store, but he knew that his husband was afraid. As a husband, he should drive away this fear.

 “Ah Yun, don’t be afraid, I’m here, don’t be afraid.” Yu Jinhuai lowered his voice and comforted him quietly.

Feeling the person in his arms trembling, not knowing whether it was because of the cold or fear, Yu Jinhuai thought for a moment and thought it was not a good idea to stand in the yard all the time. The door was just closed, not locked from the inside. Although not many people came to the Yu family, what if?

In a moment, he made up his mind and moved towards the bedroom with Meng Yunshu in his arms. After just a few steps, he noticed that Meng Yunshu was still mumbling while struggling, so he stopped and leaned in to listen, and then couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth.

His Ah Yun said: “Your foot is sprained, you can’t move, put me down, I will walk by myself.”

After he said this, Yu Jinhuai stopped moving and waited quietly for him to move from his feet to the ground.

 After a while, Meng Yunshu stood on the land he was familiar with again. His face was as pale as paper. He stubbornly took off Yu Jinhuai’s clothes and handed them to him, “It’s cold, you wear them.”

Seeing this, Yu Jinhuai had to take them and put them on.

“I’ll go change my clothes.” After saying that, Meng Yunshu dragged his weak legs to the bedroom. Yu Jinhuai watched him in trembling steps. He wanted to rush up to help him, but he was unable to do so.

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On the other side, Yu Jinyue, who had delivered pork to the village chief and Doctor Ming, casually broke off a twig and played with it in his hand. He looked around left and right. The village chief’s home was at the head of Cangnan Village, and Doctor Ming’s home was in the middle of the village to facilitate the treatment of villagers. It didn’t matter which one he went to.

 Not far away, a man was walking towards them along the village road. He was wearing brown shorts, had a bent back, a rat-like face, and a pair of eyes that darted around with ill intent. When he got closer, Yu Jinyue saw that he seemed to be holding something in his arms. He lowered his body to protect it so that no one could see what he was holding.

Almost every village has a person who loves to steal. In Cangnan Village, it is Liu Ergou. He was not like this originally. A few years ago, his father was conscripted to the battlefield and never came back. His mother could not control him. He went to the casino once or twice and lost all the money in the family. Since then, he has developed this habit.

He is not only idle and loves to steal things, but more importantly, he is the laziest person in Cangnan Village. Sometimes outsiders wonder why Liu Ergou would steal if he is lazy? Shouldn’t he be too lazy to steal?

This is absolutely wrong. He is too lazy to clean up the house, too lazy to go to the fields, too lazy to make money, and even too lazy to sit at the table for meals. He always eats only when his old mother Liu Lao Zi brings it to the kang. Because of this, there is no income at home, and Liu Lao Zi can’t do much work in the fields. She has no choice but to sell a few plots, leaving only two acres of land.

 After paying the annual land tax for the two acres of land, there was not much left. It was not enough to feed them, so Liu Ergou would steal once every few days. He remembered that he would live in Cangnan Village, so every time he stole, he would go to other villages to steal the staple food and pick up a few vegetables in his own village. The villagers knew his temper and were too lazy to make a fuss. He also knew the villagers’ tolerance level and never crossed this line. In addition, he had an uncle who was a manager in the town, so everyone turned a blind eye to him.

After all, they had to let the orphans and widows survive.

“Liu Ergou, what’s in your arms?”

Liu Ergou saw that it was a young boy, so he was not afraid. He waved his hand and said, “What does a little brat know? Get out of here.”

He didn’t want to say that Yu Jinyue naturally couldn’t do anything to him. It was impossible for him to go up and grab it. He could only mutter in his heart that he didn’t know whose house was robbed again.

Back home, his younger sister had already started cutting meat, waiting for lunch to be prepared.

Yu’s house.

Meng Yunshu changed his clothes and sat in the bedroom for a while. He took his muddy clothes to the yard and filled a basin of warm water to soak the clothes. After sitting down with a small stool, he realized that he had forgotten to bring soap nuts, so he went to take out the soap nuts from the basket hanging under the eaves.

Sitting back on the stool, he rolled up his sleeves and started washing clothes, thinking about modern washing machines.

 Seeing him return to normal, Yu Jinhuai wanted to ask but didn’t know how to start. In the end, Meng Yunshu saw his thoughts and spoke up.

After learning what happened, Yu Jinhuai couldn’t help but laugh. He asked, “Ah Yun, don’t you remember raising fish in the pond?”

After he reminded him, Meng Yunshu recalled that it was his own fish that touched him. He couldn’t help blushing. How could he forget this?

But he pretended to be calm and said confidently, “I remember, but there was a snake in the pond. The fish was still small, it’s impossible.” How could he let others know that he was scared out of the store? Where would his face be?

He made things worse. Yu Jinhuai saw his little thoughts and naturally agreed with him.

“Yes, it’s a snake.”

Meng Yunshu hammered his clothes and made a snapping sound.