Chapter 15 Grandma's Expensive Gift

Although I don’t know whether what my granddaughter said is true or not, if it is true, it would be a heavy loss if those piglets ran away.

After all, these are the hope and reliance of the whole family for a good New Year!

She would rather believe it than not.

Thinking of this, Liu's mother slapped her legs anxiously and said, "Big brother, is the pigpen door closed? Go and take a look!"

Liu Changping touched his head, looking puzzled. "Mom, why are you talking about the pigpen for no reason? I clearly remember that the pigpen door was tightly closed."

However, facing his mother's anxious urging, he did not dare to neglect it and could only do as he was told.

The Liu family’s pigpen was built in the backyard, occupying almost one-third of the entire yard.

When Liu Changping came to the backyard and opened the back door, the scene in front of him stunned him.

I saw two little pigs that had been raised for about three months trying desperately to push the door open. The wooden latch that was originally used to fix the pigpen door had been half loosened by them. If they continued, it would probably be pushed open soon!
When Liu Changping saw this, he suddenly realized what was going on and secretly thanked God for discovering it in time.

He rushed over, quickly straightened the latch, and moved a large stone to block the pigpen door just in case.

After doing all this, Liu Changping finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't you get food and water? You still want to escape? If you dare to run away again, I will beat you to death!" Liu Changping snorted angrily.

He looked around and found a tattered broom in the corner. He immediately rushed over to grab it and beat the two naughty piglets with it fiercely.

However, the two little piglets were very smart and cunning. When they saw the broom coming, they quickly turned around and ran away.

Liu Changping laughed angrily, "If you're afraid of getting beaten, just stay inside. If you keep pushing the door, I'll be rude to you!"

He threw the broom aside, walked to the old water tank filled with spare drinking water, picked up the ladle, scooped up a few scoops of water, and poured it into the pig trough.

Hearing the sound of water, the two little piglets immediately ran over and drank the water happily.

Liu Changping stood aside and watched for a while before patting his sleeves and turning back into the house.

As soon as she stepped into the house, Liu's mother asked anxiously, "Is the pigpen door closed? Don't let the piglets run away. Last month, the piglets of Old Niutou ran away and have not been found yet."

Liu Changping sat down on the chair, patting his forehead with a relieved smile, "Luckily, Mom, you reminded me in time, otherwise if I had been a little later, those two naughty little piglets would have run away without a trace! When I went over to take a look just now, these two cunning ghosts were trying their best to push the door open, but don't worry, I have moved a big stone to block the pigpen door, they will definitely not be able to escape!"

Hearing this, Liu's mother breathed a sigh of relief.

But he couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart that his granddaughter was so amazing that she could foresee the disaster in advance.

Moreover, he only told her, does that mean that she and this child are destined to be together?
Jiang Xiaoxiao found that Liu's mother was looking at her with surprise, her toothless mouth opening and closing.

[Kiss grandma, Xiaoxiao likes grandma]

[The piglets at home must be sold before November at the end of the year. In December, the price of pork will drop, and it will take until April next year for the price to rise again.]

Ah? Is her granddaughter reminding her again? Mother Liu was secretly surprised.

Just like this, Liu's mother liked Jiang Xiaoxiao more and more.

"Xihua, come in with me." Liu's mother stood up holding Jiang Xiaoxiao, nodded slightly to Liu Xihua, then turned and walked into the bedroom.

Liu Xihua blinked in confusion and followed in with a lot of suspicion.

"Mom, what's the matter?" Seeing her following her, Liu's mother closed the door, put Jiang Xiaoxiao on the bed, dragged out a box from under the bed, took out a small red cloth bag, and handed it to Liu Xihua.

"Take it, it's for Xiaoxiao, don't let your sister-in-law and brother's wife know." Liu's mother said in a low voice.

[Xiaoxiao likes it, Mom, Xiaoxiao likes grandma’s gift] Jiang Xiaoxiao waved her little fists and blew bubbles.

Liu Xihua glanced at her daughter, pursed her lips, and opened the cloth bag.

She saw a small gold lock in the bag.

"Mom, this is..." She was shocked.

Gold and silver were rare items these days. Liu Xihua had lived for 32 years and had never seen anyone in the village wearing them.

In the early years, the inspection was strict and people didn’t dare to wear it. Now the inspection is not strict, but everyone is poor and can’t afford it.

"This was given to me by your grandmother. She asked me to keep it. I was planning to give it to you after you had a baby, but you never did. But I like the child you brought back, so give it to Xiaoxiao." Mother Liu glanced at Jiang Xiaoxiao and said.

Liu Xihua held the golden lock tightly in her hand and said, "Thank you, Mom."

"Okay, what are you thanking me for? This is Xiaoxiao's full moon gift." Mother Liu said with a smile.

"Changping, go to the fields and pick some vegetables. The vegetables you picked yesterday were eaten by the chickens and are inedible." Liu Changping's wife said loudly in the outer room.

[Mom, go to the field with uncle quickly. There is Ganoderma lucidum in the mountain behind grandma's private plot. Go and dig it up. It's under that old pine tree with a crooked neck] Jiang Xiaoxiao said again.

Liu Xihua was slightly stunned. Ganoderma lucidum?

She remembered that people from the village often went to the back mountain to dig herbs to sell, but no one had ever dug up Ganoderma lucidum.

Since I have nothing to do while waiting for dinner, why not go and take a look?

Besides, Xiaoxiao’s milk powder has been finished in the next two days. If we can really dig up Ganoderma lucidum, we can buy a lot of milk powder.

She bought the milk powder with her own money and her mother-in-law didn't say anything to her.

Thinking of this, Liu Xihua said to her mother, "Mom, please help look after Xiaoxiao. My brother and I are going to pick vegetables from our family's private plot. I haven't been back to the village for a long time, and I want to walk around."

Mother Liu looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was well-behaved and didn't cry, and nodded with a smile, "Go ahead, go ahead. I'll take care of Xiaoxiao."

Liu Xihua hid the gold lock in her pocket, opened the door, and shouted to Liu Changping who was about to go out, "Brother, I'm going too."

She took a shovel, carried a basket, and followed Liu Changping out the door.

When the brother and sister went to the fields, they met acquaintances from the same village team, and they inevitably reminded Liu Xihua about Jiang Xiaoxiao who they had picked up.

Liu Changping had a cold face and directly retorted, "Uncle Qi, Aunt Changwa, Wuping will be forty next year and he still hasn't married. Does this mean he doesn't want to get married?"

When the two heard him mention his son who was lazy and gluttonous and no girl liked him, they became so angry that their faces turned blue and they hurried away.

"You've eaten too much and are too full. You meddle in other people's affairs all day long, but don't care about your own troubles. Bah!" After the two men walked away, Liu Changping turned around and spat, deliberately saying loudly.

The two men's faces became even uglier, but they didn't dare to say a word in reply.

(End of this chapter)