"How much do you sell this wild boar for per pound?" Someone who wanted to buy pork asked the price.

"Pork belly is twelve cents, spare ribs are fifteen cents, and lard from offal is eight cents..." Xia Yingying repeated the price.

"You're selling it too expensively. We're all from the same village, can you give it a cheaper price?" someone questioned.

Du Shuili brought Erya to buy meat and said, "If you think it's too expensive, just don't buy it. The wild boar meat sold here by Xia Yingying is already three cents less than in town. Are you still not satisfied?"

Xia Yingying looked up and saw the woman wearing a half-new rose-colored dress with some sun spots on her face. She searched the original owner's memory but did not recognize this woman.

"I think the pig should be divided equally."

"Yes, we are all from the same village. You were lucky to have picked up a wounded wild boar. That mountain belongs to all of us in the village. It just so happened that this wild boar was killed and you picked it up. Since you found it, you should distribute it to every household in the village. Xia Yingying, you have a really evil heart. How could you accept money?"

Li Cuihua heard that Xia Yingying went up the mountain and picked up a wild boar. She hadn't eaten meat for several days, so she was extremely jealous.

Half of her dowry money had been spent, and she was just worrying about where to vent her anger. When she heard someone questioning Xia Yingying, she added fuel to the fire.

"That's right, let's split it equally. Come, cut me a piece of front leg meat and a big ham." Wang Ergou agreed and walked to the meat stall, pointing at a piece of meat.

Aunt Niu got angry when she heard this, and she spoke up for Xia Yingying: "Wang Ergou, according to what you said, you should also give us the pheasants you shot in the mountains a few days ago."

"Aunt Niu, it's unfair to say that. Everyone knows that your husband went to the mountain with your two sons and helped to slaughter the pigs. You must have gotten your share of the meat, so why do you care about the lives of those of us who didn't get any?" Li Cuihua raised her eyebrows, stared at Aunt Niu with her triangular eyes, and said in a sarcastic tone.

"That's right, Aunt Niu. You eat the grapes but don't care about the lives of those who don't. Don't get involved with Xia Yingying."

Aunt Niu was furious. Seeing this, Xia Yingying stepped forward and said coldly, "It's true that the pig said I picked it up, but it was also because I shot it with my husband's crossbow that it died. If you are capable of splitting the meat equally, go to the mountain and pick one up. If you don't have the ability, don't bark and bite people like a dog. I'm doing business here. If you are not here to buy meat, don't blame me for being merciless with my crossbow."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ergou immediately hid in the crowd and kept silent.

Li Cuihua curled her lips and walked away with an unpleasant look on her face.

Others who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get a piece of the pie went back one after another when they saw that there was no chance. The only people left in front of the meat stall were those who wanted to buy meat.

Du Shuili pointed to the pork belly on half a pig and said straightforwardly, "Cut three pounds for me."

"Okay." Xia Yingying said, and then she took it to cut it, but she didn't know how to do it and ended up cutting her hand.

Du Shuili couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she put down the basket and said, "Sister Yingying, let me do it."

Seeing that she looked confident, Xia Yingying handed the knife to her.

Du Shuili took the knife and cut the pork skillfully. It was obvious that she was an expert.

Aunt Niu said, "Don't worry, your sister Shuili used to sell pork, she won't cut your pork badly."

Xia Yingying nodded, but looked at the woman in front of her with confusion.

Aunt Niu explained with a smile: "She is the daughter-in-law of Luo Cheng's family. You don't come out often, and she is not much older than you. You can call her Sister Shuili."

Xia Yingying suddenly realized and nodded, watching Du Shuili cut the meat.

Du Shuili's knife skills were quick and decisive. She cut the meat she wanted to buy in just a few strokes and put it on the scale. Xia Yingying weighed it, calculated it and reported a number. Du took out her purse and counted the copper coins for Lu Yuwei. Lu Yuwei took the copper coins, counted them carefully and then put them in the basket.

Xia Yingying was the one who cut the meat of the person behind. Her knife skills were not as neat and decisive as Du's, but the meat was much more cooked than before.

Seeing Xia Yingying struggling to cut the meat, Mrs. Du took the initiative to take on the job. Xia Yingying did not argue, as she knew she was not good at it and she would be paid later. So she stood aside obediently weighing the meat while Lu Yuwei collected the money. The three of them cooperated well and sold most of the pork in a short while.

There were fewer people selling pork. Du Shuili cut the remaining meat, picked up the pork she bought, and prepared to go back with Erya who was playing nearby.

Seeing Du Shuili was about to go back, Xia Yingying counted out thirty copper coins from the basket and gave them to Du Shuili. Du Shuili waved her hand and said, "No, no, we are from the same village, why do we have to be so unfamiliar with each other?"

Xia Yingying felt bad and gave Du Shuili a piece of meat.

Du Shuili's words were similar to those of Niu Dalang and the others, they all meant well, but Xia Yingying didn't like to take advantage of others, so she took a piece of hind leg meat and put it in Du Shuili's basket.

Seeing that Du Shuili was about to refuse, Xia Yingying said, "Sister Shuili, I want to grow some vegetables in the yard. Do you have any suitable seedlings? Can you give me some seeds?"

"I have a lot of vegetable seedlings. If you want them, just come over. I'm always at home." As he said this, he was about to return the meat to Xia Yingying.

"Sister Shuili, your vegetable seedlings also cost money. Since you don't want to pay, I'll give you the meat. It will be unreasonable for you to refuse." Xia Yingying pressed the meat into Du Shuili's basket.

What's the connection? Her vegetables are not expensive. This big piece of pork should be worth at least seventy or eighty cents.

Du Shuili picked up the meat and prepared to return it to Xia Yingying.

Xia Yingying stopped Du Shuili and said, "Sister Shuili, you are so polite. It will be difficult for me to ask you for help in the future."

Mrs. Du thought about it, decided not to refuse, and accepted the piece of meat.

After Du Shuili left, Xia Yingying and Lu Yuwei waited in front of the stall for a while. Not many people came, so Xia Yingying took Lu Yuwei to close the stall.

The meat was placed on an ox cart with a layer of cloth on top, and the basket containing the money made a rumbling sound as the cart moved.

Xia Yingying pulled the cart in front and Lu Yuwei pushed it from the back, and the two of them worked together to push the cart back to the yard.

As soon as the door opened, Lu Haojie ran out. When he saw most of the meat in the cart, his eyes and mouth opened wide, looking as if he had never seen the world before.

He wanted to ask where the meat came from, but when he saw Xia Yingying's skirt was torn and her hair was disheveled, he was so scared that he trembled and called out, "Stepmother."

Xia Yingying responded, and asked Lu Yuwei to take a clean large wooden basin and put it in the kitchen, and she put the meat back into the basin little by little.

Seeing this, Lu Yuwei and Lu Haojie also followed suit. As Lu Haojie was not very strong, he was afraid of being scolded, so he imitated Lu Yuwei and picked up a large piece at a time. However, he was not strong enough and was not careful, so he could not lift it. He walked staggeringly and fell when going up the stairs. His flesh rolled on the ground in the yard, covered with dust.

Lu Haojie was like being struck by lightning. He knelt on the ground trembling and kowtowed repeatedly. A big bump appeared on his forehead. "Stepmother, don't hit me. I didn't mean it."

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