Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Another parcel?

When Wang Shoucheng saw the parcel, he felt even worse. It was all because of the disobedient daughter-in-law of the eldest son.

If the eldest son's wife had been obedient, the contents of this parcel would have been theirs, and the eldest wouldn't have been swayed by her to be so discontented. He insisted on dividing the money and goods, and now they couldn't even hunt anymore.

Wang Qinghe took the parcel. "Thanks, I'll..."

"I know everything, Brother Wang. You don't need to explain." Chen Chengcai waved him off; Wang Qinghe was a good man but just didn't like talking much.

"I still need to deliver something to Aunt Feng next door. I'll be off." With that, Chen Chengcai rode away to their neighbors.

Wang Shoucheng glanced at the parcel. It was quite large, and who knew what good things were inside.

"Eldest, you and your wife haven't brought anything home lately. You've been taking advantage of Old Fifth and his wife. What do you think?"

"Dad, what about all the work I've done over the years?" Wang Qinghe carried the parcel back into the house.

Inside, Bai Xiuxiu had already come out to receive the parcel.

"I can take it in. You should go with them," Bai Xiuxiu said, reaching for the parcel.

Wang Qinghe refused: "This thing is heavy. I'll carry it in. They won't mind waiting a bit longer."

After bringing the parcel inside, Wang Qinghe left the house.

He didn't want to see the Wang family at all!

Let alone let them make Xiuxiu suffer in any way.

Watching his eldest son slowly emerge after delivering the parcel, Wang Shoucheng felt even more frustrated. Back then, when he had secretly taken the eldest, he shouldn't have thought about using him as leverage against those two, fearing they might come back to kill them.

He had planned that if those two really came to kill them, he and his wife would return the eldest to save their lives.

Now, he wished he had drowned this damned child long ago.

If he had killed him early on, there would be no problems now.

Nor would there be anyone coming to look for the child, nor would the eldest be so unmanageable.

"Qinghe, spoiling your wife like this will eventually bring disaster," Wang Shoucheng said to his eldest son with an unpleasant tone.

Wang Qinghe looked at him with an even worse tone: "My wife is great. Who has she harmed? Even if she were a disaster, I'd still let her be one. If I die for her, that's my choice. Dad, you should focus on others instead of always watching us."

"You!"

Wang Shoucheng was so angry he wanted to slap him.

"Father, let's go divide the pork first. If we wait too long, we'll miss our turn. If we go early, we can get more benefits from the team leader. After all, today's meat is closely related to our family." Wang Qingqi sensed something was off with his brother's attitude today.

If his brother and father got into a fight, he couldn't beat his brother and couldn't not help his father.

He couldn't bear to watch his father get beaten either.

Better to prevent it.

Hearing his younger son's words, Wang Shoucheng calmed down a bit and led his sons to divide the meat.

Inside the house, Bai Xiuxiu opened the parcel. Inside were the yarns she had ordered. The colors had some flaws, with parts not dyed properly. For this reason, her sister had sent nearly ten pounds of yarn.

Besides the yarn, there were shrimp, some fabric, and new shoes for the children for the New Year.

Bai Xiuxiu took out the items and opened the accompanying letter.

The letter was from her sister, who mentioned that her in-laws had visited, making things busy at home.

She asked Bai Xiuxiu to take care of herself.

Because Bai Xiuxiu had cried during their last phone call, her mother was very worried and planned to visit soon.

Bai Xiuxiu put the letter away, looking forward to seeing her mother and sister again.

It had been a long time since she had seen them.

"Mama, when will Auntie come to see Yueyue?" The little girl sat on the bed, curious as she watched her mother bring back another familiar parcel.

Every time such a parcel arrived, her mother gave her and her brother treats, saying they were from Auntie and Grandma.

But she had never met Auntie.

"They'll be here soon," Bai Xiuxiu said happily, thinking that by the time her sister and mother returned, they would have moved to the county.

She needed to prepare plenty of good things for them. Right, the ginseng in the space should be sizable by then. She would take some back for her sister.

The little girl, hearing that Auntie would be coming soon, came closer. "Mama, shall we save Yueyue's candy for Auntie?"

"Me too," said Mingming, who was drawing nearby.

Bai Xiuxiu smiled and carried the children back to the bed. "Sure, Mama will save it for them."

"Will Yueyue get candy today?" the little girl asked expectantly.

Bai Xiuxiu laughed. "You two have already had some today. No more. Be good, and Mama will cook shrimp for you tonight."

The two children, upon hearing about the shrimp, forgot all about the sugar.

On the village threshing ground.

As soon as Wang Shoucheng arrived, he was surrounded by several gossipy old ladies.

"Old Wang, I heard from my son that it was your family who discovered the pig today. Your luck is truly remarkable," said Aunt Qiu from the western part of the village. She was in her forties and had raised two sons and a daughter on her own.

Her grandson is already four years old this year.

Aunt Qiu looked at Wang Shoucheng, then at the pigs, feeling a bit warm inside.

If only she could get some of this meat back to her house?

Wang Shoucheng felt pleased with the compliment but, given the crowd, maintained his usual demeanor and nodded silently at Aunt Qiu.

"The meat has been cut; everyone line up. Today..." The team leader, preparing to distribute the meat, glanced at the Wang family and mentioned them first.

"Today, the wild boar chased out three of Old Wang's daughters-in-law, causing them quite a fright. The village decided to give half a leg of the pig to their family. Everything else will be divided equally among everyone."

Hearing this, Wang Shoucheng still felt a pang of regret.

After all, there were five wild boars.

Over a thousand pounds of meat.

And they only got one pig leg! They lost out big time.

While they felt shortchanged, the rest of the villagers looked at them with envy.

It was a pig leg! If preserved as salted meat, it would last through the winter and even into spring.

The team leader efficiently cut the pig leg and handed it to Wang Shoucheng.

He also gave them another three and a half pounds of meat.

"You mustn't cause trouble again in the future. Don’t think that just because you found the pigs, everything is fine. Without the help of our villagers, your daughters-in-law could have been injured.

Our villagers can't always be around to save people."