Pig Killer

Chapter 205

"How could that be?" Da Chong looked at his mother in confusion and said, "Aren't they the same as us? Aren't they attacking the county government just for food?"

"It's different!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes and said, "They only focus on the immediate benefits and have no long-term goals."

"Immediate interests?" The big tiger looked at her with his beautiful big eyes and asked.

"They were blinded by gold, silver, jewelry, and food, and forgot their original intentions." Shen Hui'e looked at them with bright eyes and said, "They don't even have long-term goals. They even started killing each other without the court sending troops."

"That's impossible! Why are they fighting each other?" Li Nu looked at her in disbelief.

"I don't believe it! People die for money, birds die for food." Shen Hui'e looked at them with cold eyes and said, "If they fight, they will not recognize their relatives. They will die holding the gold." Her eyes were calm and distant, and she said, "They have no goals, and they have no ideas."

"Goal?" Da Chong scratched his ear and looked at her and said, "My uncle said that the banner they raised was to overthrow the tyrannical and unjust imperial court."

"What are you thinking, mother?" Li Nu asked, looking at her with innocent eyes.

"Why are we fighting? Who are we fighting for?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with calm eyes.

"Let's protect our own home!" the tiger blurted out.

Shen Hui'e smiled brightly as she looked at him and said, "You're right."

"I heard it from my mother." The big tiger looked at her with his dark eyes and said embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter who told you that. You must remember it firmly." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes as gentle as jade and said softly, "If you don't stand up in times of crisis, you will suffer even more."

"Hmm!" The big tiger nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Have you rested enough?" Shen Hui'e looked at them tenderly and said, holding the bowl in her hand and drinking the cold hot water.

"Enough, enough." Da Chong put down the bowl in his hand and stood up quickly.

"Let's go!" Shen Hui'e put the bowl into the basket and stood up.

Shen Hui'e and Da Chong were plowing the field in front, while Xiao Douzi and the others were using hoes to break up the mud and level the land.

The cat slave is responsible for cooking and delivering hot water.

"Mother, why don't I feel tired after working all day?" Da Chong looked at her strangely.

"Of course I don't feel tired when I work for myself." Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she heard that. She looked at him stupidly and said, "Especially when compared to others, most of the harvest is mine. I won't feel tired at all."

The big bug tilted his head and thought carefully, "It's true."

"What are we going to eat?" asked the big insect curiously.

"You'll have to ask Li Nu." Shen Hui'e said to her daughter with eyes as gentle as jade.

"There is no meat. Mother has no pigs to kill now, and she can't go hunting. All we have are steamed buns and porridge." Li Nu looked at them helplessly and said.

"As long as I'm full, I'm not picky about food." The big insect looked at her with its big round eyes and said.

"After the wheat is planted, we'll go into the woods to hunt." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with a smile.

"Great!" said the big tiger, jumping up and down.

"Let's go! Go home." Shen Hui'e said as she picked up the plow.

&*&

It was a dark night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the bright moonlight enveloped the earth.

The cobblestone path shone brightly under the moonlight.

In the middle of the night, three figures appeared on the road leading to the village.

After Huang Yuanji discovered the situation, he immediately went back to report to his father.

"At this time?" Huang Bochang, who was leaning against the tree trunk, sat up straight and looked at him and said.

"Yes, there are three of them." Huang Yuanji pointed at the moon in the sky and said, "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and we can see them clearly."

"Let's go and take a look!" Huang Bochang put on a cashmere jacket and followed him to the village entrance.

As expected, three men were seen approaching from a distance. Huang Bochang told Huang Yuanji, "Go and have the archers on the left and right get ready and wait for my order."

"Hey!" Huang Yuanji responded softly and retreated barefoot.

The cool breeze rustled the leaves. Standing in the darkness, Huang Bochang shouted at the three people who walked in, "Who are you? Tell me your names."

This sudden incident in the middle of the night scared the three of them.

"Who is it? A human? A ghost?" he shouted nervously into the darkness.

"Who are you? Archers are aiming at you. What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Huang Bochang stared at the three of them coldly.

One of the three stepped forward and said, "I am Huang Zhongchang, the second son of Huangjiazhuang! I butcher pigs. Does the voice of the elder brother opposite me sound familiar to me?"

"Second brother!" Huang Bochang said in disbelief, "Second brother, is that you?"

"Brother, is this the eldest brother?" Huang Zhongchang said excitedly, "I am the second brother, I am back."

"Don't shoot, he's one of us." Huang Bochang ran over and looked at his second brother eighty-three times in the moonlight.

"You...you...are really my second brother?" Huang Bochang asked stutteringly as he looked at the man in front of him who looked like a savage.

Huang Bochang's eyes almost popped out of the window. The second brother in front of him was disheveled, ragged, and unshaven. How could he still be the handsome young man?

"It's me, big brother." Huang Zhongchang quickly scratched his face and looked at him and said.

"You...how did you become like this?" Huang Bochang grabbed his hand excitedly. His hand was so thin that he felt he could break it if he exerted too much force. "Didn't you lead the people in the riot? How did you become so thin?"

"How do you know we were rioting?" Huang Zhongchang said, holding his arm tightly.

"My eldest brother-in-law found out. Because of you, my sister-in-law was thrown into jail." Huang Bochang looked at him with a sigh.

"Is Hui'e okay?" Huang Zhongchang asked in the shadows with his back to the light.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's okay as long as we are here." Huang Bochang said with a smile, "It's out."

"Brother, is there anything to eat?" Huang Zhongchang asked with gritted teeth.

"Look, I'm so busy talking to you! Let's go home." Huang Bochang looked at him happily and said to the two people behind him, "These are your friends, right? Let's go together."

"Brother Huang!"

"Brother, is it safe here?" Huang Zhongchang looked up at him and asked.

"You're talking about that riot! It's safe, absolutely safe. The whole county is under our control!" Huang Bochang looked at him with a smile and said, "You are very safe now."

"Hmm..." Huang Zhongchang's eyes were as big as copper bells, looking at him in disbelief.

"The imperial court increased taxes time and time again, and we couldn't afford it, so we rose up and rebelled against them," Huang Bochang said simply and briskly.

Huang Zhongchang's mouth twitched when he heard this. He pursed his lips tightly and closed his eyes before saying, "I brought a lot of people."

"How much?" Huang Bochang asked casually.

"There are about three thousand people!" Huang Zhongchang said, looking at him intently.

"Hiss..." Huang Bochang took a breath and said, "So many people."

"These are the people who escaped while I was repairing the imperial mausoleum." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with moist eyes and said, "We are short of food and clothing now."

"Will it be okay in the morning?" Huang Bochang hesitated and said, "Everyone is sleeping now! It's inconvenient to do anything in the dark."

"Is there any food?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him anxiously and asked.

"Yes! We entered the county town, controlled the granary first, and then opened it to release the grain." Huang Bochang said with a smile.

"Huh!" Huang Bochang breathed a sigh of relief. At least there was something to eat.

"Let's go, let's go! Let's go home first." Huang Bochang walked up to him and pulled his arm and said.

"Wait a minute, I'll ask them to come over first." Huang Zhongchang's face relaxed, and he turned around and looked at his brothers who followed him and said, "Go and ask our people to come over, and let them rest outside the village for the time being. We'll deal with the rest after daybreak."

"Yes!" The man bowed and turned to leave.

Huang Zhongchang walked over, looked at him and said, "Brother, let's go!"

"Let's go! Go home." Huang Bochang said happily.

"My mother must be very happy to see you. She has been looking forward to your return." Huang Bochang looked at him distressedly and said, "You look so thin. It must be very hard to build the imperial mausoleum! You can't eat well!"

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang nodded in response.

"It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back safely." Huang Bochang said to him with tears in his eyes.

Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips. He really couldn't get used to this hypocritical scene.

"Father!" Huang Yuanji shouted.

"Your second uncle is back. We can talk about it in the morning. Let's go home first." Huang Bochang shouted into the darkness, "Don't doze off! Keep your eyes open."

"Hey!" Huang Yuanji responded crisply.

"Let's go, let's go home." Huang Bochang said, pulling his arm.

"What are you doing?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with eyes as thick as ink that could not be dissolved.

"Life is not peaceful now, we are patrolling day and night." Huang Bochang smiled foolishly, and the smile on his face disappeared without a trace. "It is really thanks to the day and night patrols that the invading bandits were wiped out."

"All wiped out?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him in disbelief.

"Haha... there weren't many bandits, only about a hundred." Huang Bochang said with a smile, "We had more people, so we attacked them by surprise and killed them by surprise. It was a fluke, a fluke." He smiled and said, "This was all taught by my second brother's wife."

"Second brother's wife?" Huang Zhongchang's eyes flickered as he heard the words, and he asked meaningfully, "My wife, Hui'e?"

"Yes!" Huang Bochang said with a beaming face, "Your wife may be doing it now." He smiled and said, "After you left, your wife took over the pig slaughtering stall..." He chattered all the way, describing in detail the changes that had taken place in the family.

"Is this still the Hui'e I know?" Huang Zhongchang said in disbelief.

"I was forced to do it." Huang Bochang sighed, "Reading is good! They know more than me." He smiled foolishly, "We can't read a single word, what can we know? Even if we are against the court, we are just like bandits. In the end, we will either be destroyed by the court or by a bigger force."

"Hearing what you said, my family is living a pretty good life now." Huang Zhongchang said as he walked in the moonlight.