Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Wild Boar That Hits the Wall (1)_1 Chapter 64: Chapter 64: The Wild Boar That Hits the Wall (1)_1 Although she didn’t speak, her eyes made it clear that she wanted to tag along again.
She glanced at him and continued walking. When she arrived at her own family’s backyard, she unfortunately ran into the Ruanlin Family matriarch, who was looking at the newly hatched chicks. Surprised to see her and Xiu Xi in the backyard, she asked, “Jiaojiao, what are you doing here? Didn’t you say you were going to play with Xiaoting?”
“Ah… she wasn’t home, so I came back,” Ruan Jiaojiao sighed inwardly, knowing that her plans were doomed for today as well.
“You shouldn’t walk around the back, there are lots of mosquitoes here; getting bitten would be awful,” the Ruanlin Family matriarch caressed her delicate skin, unable to bear the thought of her getting bitten even once—it would hurt her more than being bitten ten times herself.
“Mhm, I won’t walk here next time. It was Xiaoxi who wanted to take the back way,” Ruan Jiaojiao pushed the blame onto the little villain without any guilt.
“I see, then don’t do it next time,” the Ruanlin Family matriarch didn’t blame Xiu Xi. After glancing at him, she turned toward the Plum Tree that was already ripe with a good half of its fruit and said, “Call your brothers over. A lot of plums have ripened; let’s pick them all.”
“Okay,” Ruan Jiaojiao obediently replied and went to the front yard to call her several brothers.
Nine boys, plus one little villain, stood under the Plum Tree. The taller ones picked directly, the shorter ones used sticks to knock them down. They all worked with great enthusiasm. The only one arranged to sit on a small chair a few meters away was Ruan Jiaojiao. She nibbled on a freshly washed plum while spectating their bustling activity, thoroughly enjoying herself.
In the end, they picked all the ripe ones, gathering more than ten kilos.
The Ruanlin Family matriarch divided these plums into several small portions, using bowls to pack them and sent the boys to deliver them to a few neighboring houses with whom they had good relations. She didn’t pack any for Xiaoxi, fearing they wouldn’t last if he took them home. Instead, she directly said to him, “Xiaoxi, if you want to eat them, come over and find Jiaojiao to play. If you take these home, you probably won’t get to eat them.”
Despite her words, the Ruanlin Family matriarch still had Little Fatty take some plums over to the neighboring Xiu Family. Liu Mei was overjoyed upon receiving them; her loud voice could be heard across the yard.
The Ruanlin Family matriarch let out a scoff upon hearing it.
At night, as she went to bed, Ruan Jiaojiao was still thinking about hunting. She didn’t sleep very soundly, and whether it was because she fixated on it too much, she actually dreamed about it. In her dream, she saw a big wild boar—at least a hundred kilograms, fat and strong. She pointed at the boar and yelped twice.
With a “bang!”, something seemed to have crashed into the wall of her house.
The Ruanlin Family matriarch woke up instantly, leaping out of bed to see what it was, and immediately inhaled a sharp breath of air!
The Ruan Family’s house was also made with mud bricks, having stood for over twenty years. Withstanding wind and sun, it was fairly sturdy, but now a huge hole had appeared!
Next to the hole was a pig, lying there in shock!
“My goodness,” even having lived so many years, the Ruanlin Family matriarch had never seen such a thing. She got out of bed, threw on an overcoat, and not caring about the wild boar, she hastily picked up Ruan Jiaojiao, who was still drowsy, and ran out, fearing the wild boar wasn’t dead and might get up and go berserk.
Next door, Ruan Jianguo also heard the noise. He’d already sat up and then heard the Ruanlin Family matriarch’s shouting. Without even bothering to put on an overcoat, he rushed out to meet her.
“Mom, what happened?” Seeing the Ruanlin Family matriarch running over with Ruan Jiaojiao in her arms, he thought a thief had entered the house. He picked up a wooden staff from the main room and was about to charge outside.