1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

The family finished their meal very quickly, simply because they were all thinking about the little wild boar outside.

The two little ones at home had already licked the wild vegetable paste in their bowls clean and were staring at the wild boars outside to watch the fun.

Second uncle Li Dahe glanced at Grandpa Li and said with a smile: "Dad, I'll ask for leave from the team this afternoon. I'll take care of the little wild boar in half a day!"

"What? You still want to ask for leave? Go do what you need to do! This little wild boar just needs to kill me alone. Don't you want half a day's work points?" Grandpa Li glanced at Li Dahe and said unhappily.

"Dad, how old are you and you still want to do it?"

"Let's do it this way. If you don't go to work, will your village chief come over and beat you?"

"Dad~"

Li Dahe looked at the little wild boar in the basket reluctantly. He finally encountered it, but his father still wouldn't let him kill it.

I haven't slaughtered a pig for many years, but I'm itching to do it.

“Go, go...go, go quickly..."

Grandpa Li pushed Uncle Li out of the door as he spoke.

After Grandma Li finished cleaning up the dishes, she began to clean the big wooden basin at home. Li Weiguo and his two younger brothers squatted beside Grandpa Li and watched him sharpen the knife.

"Master, can you really do it yourself?"

Li Weiguo was very worried about Grandpa Li. It would be troublesome if the wild boar didn't die after this cut.

"Don't worry, grandson! It turns out that your father and your second uncle were all killed by grandpa when they caught wild boars."

"That happened many years ago. Was I there then?"

"Your mother hasn't married yet, so where did you come from? Don't worry! You little brat, just wait and see!"

Li Weiguo really couldn't rest assured. His grandfather hadn't slaughtered pigs for decades. How could this be possible?

After Grandpa Li sharpened the knife to a shine, he walked towards the little wild boar.

Maybe the little wild boar had recovered, because it was lying in the basket, moving from time to time.

At this time, Grandma Li handed over a wooden basin and said, "Put all the pig blood in the basin, don't waste it!"

"Hehe... just watch, old lady!"

At this moment, Grandpa Li was full of confidence. He walked towards the little wild boar with a knife in hand.

The two younger brothers were not afraid either. They just squatted on the side and watched without blinking.

"Woo——"

The little wild boar let out a wail, and its body twitched a few times, then it lay motionless.

"Weiguo, wooden basin!"

Li Weiguo was so shocked by Grandpa Li's knife attack that he was stunned. He suddenly came to his senses and quickly handed over the wooden basin.

Just then there was a knock on the door.

“Dang...Dang...Dang...Brother, it’s me!”

Li Weiguo quickly looked at Grandpa Li, who quickly responded, "Here I come!"

"Weiguo, go open the door. It's your second grandfather."

Li Weiguo nodded and ran to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw a middle-aged man with a square face walking in with his hands behind his back.

The second grandfather was in his fifties, wearing an old dark blue hat. His face was not small, but it was so dark that he looked like skin and bones. He was somewhat similar to Li Weiguo's grandfather, and they were brothers.

"Second Grandpa!"

"Hey! I heard Weiguo was here yesterday. Are your parents okay?"

"Okay, everything is fine!"

Second Grandpa was walking and talking to Li Weiguo with a smile, when he turned around and saw Grandpa Li who was slaughtering a pig.

"Wow! Brother, you..."

Second Grandpa covered his mouth with his hands and didn’t dare to shout out the following words. From his actions and eyes, you could tell that he was very surprised!

"Is this... a wild boar?"

"Hehe, it's a wild boar. Weiguo caught it. It weighs about 40 to 50 kilograms!"

The second grandfather stopped talking and just squatted beside Grandpa Li like Li Weiguo and his two brothers, watching him deal with the wild boar.

Several people looked at the little wild boar with the same movements, their eyes widened and they swallowed their saliva from time to time.

Even though Second Grandpa is over 50 years old, his expression now is exactly the same as that of the three children.

Everyone knows that wild boar's hair is like steel needles, so it is easy to deal with wild boars. You can just skin and debone them.

Grandma Li had already sprinkled salt on the pig's blood and brought it into the house.

After the pigs are taken out of the water, they are placed directly into a large wooden basin.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you clean up the pigs~"

At this time, Second Grandpa reacted quickly. He picked up the large wooden basin containing pig offal and walked out.

Seeing how active Second Grandpa was, Grandma Li knew what he was planning, so she didn't stop him.

"Cover yourself with something and wash down in the river, away from other people."

"Oh... I understand, sister-in-law!"

Then my second grandfather disappeared in a flash.

"You are such an adult, but you still behave like this. It's all because of you!"

After the people disappeared, Grandma Li muttered a few words to Grandpa Li.

Grandpa Li Weiguo has three brothers and sisters. Grandpa Li Quanfu is the eldest, second grandfather Li Quanzhen is the second oldest, and there is also an aunt Li Suzhen who married into the neighboring Qinjia Village.

There was actually another child between the two brothers, but because people didn't have enough food or warm clothes in those days, the brother died before he grew up.

The age difference between the two brothers was so great that the second grandfather was never able to stand on his own feet and always needed Grandpa Li's help.

Knowing that Li Weiguo had returned to the village yesterday, my second grandfather was thinking about visiting him today. If things don’t work out, he could bring back a pound of corn flour to last for two days.

Who would have thought that there would be an unexpected surprise as soon as I entered my eldest brother's house.

"Okay, it's not just one or two days now, you must be here to borrow corn flour. Life is not easy these days, there's nothing we can do about it!"

"Come on! Don't try to say nice things. You're still trying to borrow money? He won't leave unless you give it to him!"

Grandpa Li blushed after hearing what Grandma Li said. He lowered his head and continued to pack up the wild boar without saying a word.

This was the first time that Li Weiguo saw Grandma Li angry during the two days he spent in Lijia Village. From her words, he also understood why the Li family never had enough food.

Li Weiguo saw that the atmosphere was not good and quickly changed the subject.

"Grandma, look at this little wild boar. It still has some fat. How about we boil it and eat the fat residue?"

There is not much lard in the little wild boar's stomach, only about two or three pounds. For a little wild boar weighing only forty or fifty pounds, this amount of lard is quite good.

"Grandma, boil oil residue... boil oil residue..."

"Okay, okay... Grandma will go and make the oil residue now~"

Seeing her two grandchildren happy, Grandma Li didn't want to spoil their fun, so she softened her tone and smiled.

After removing the internal organs, bones, head and trotters of a wild boar, there was not much left. Li Weiguo estimated that it weighed about 30 kilograms.

Grandpa Li was cleaning pig heads and trotters outside the house.

Grandma Li brought all the meat in, cut it into pieces and marinated them with coarse salt.

Li Weiguo was making a fire and boiling lard by the stove, while his two younger brothers were leaning against the kitchen door, looking inside with their saliva dripping from their mouths.

Half a day passed in a busy manner for the family.

Grandpa Li’s pig’s trotters and pig’s heads have been prepared, but Second Grandpa hasn’t come back yet.

He stood at the gate of the yard, stretched his neck to look outside, and muttered something from time to time.

"Why haven't you come back yet? Did you fall into the water while washing the pig?"

Haha... Grandpa Li really dotes on Second Grandpa. Second Grandpa is over 50 years old and he is still worried that he will fall into the water.

When he turned around, he was surprised to see that Li Weiguo was made to laugh by Grandma Li.

The old lady is rolling her eyes!