0p0 Chapter 67 Someone is deliberately dragging things out, delaying the trial.
Chapter 67 Someone is deliberately dragging things out, delaying the trial.
After confirming that the wolf pack had left, the villagers gathered around the Xia family's courtyard and surrounding the eight wild boars.
Gao Lizheng was still covered in cold sweat, his heart trembling. He shouted urgently, "Xia Mushi, can you tell me what happened?!"
Xia's mother had no idea what was going on; she was completely bewildered.
“Ah... um... that... uh…” Xia’s mother stammered, unable to form a complete sentence.
Could she say that the wolf pack brought them game because they took in wolf cubs?
Xia Mo stepped out and, together with Xia Erge and Xia Sange, stood in front of Xia's mother.
Gao Lizheng glanced at the three siblings, then continued to stare at Xia's mother, waiting for her reply.
Xia's mother opened and closed her mouth repeatedly, her forehead beaded with sweat from her anxiety.
“One person does the work, one person takes the responsibility! That’s me,” Xia Mo said.
"No, no, it's not Ah Mo, this is..." Xia's mother wanted to tell the story about the wolf cub.
“I saved the alpha wolf’s child, and the alpha wolf was just repaying the debt,” Xia Mo interrupted Xia’s mother.
Actually, this was the wild boar she hunted herself, but she forgot to tell them to deliver it secretly, which made quite a commotion.
When Gao Lizheng and the others heard Xia Mo's words, they felt that Xia Mo's words were too frivolous and too fake.
They didn't believe it at all.
"MoMo, you can eat more food, how can you talk nonsense about food? How can an animal know how to be grateful??"
"Yes, Xia Mu, you should quickly teach your daughter, lest you raise your beautiful daughter to be a fool!"
"..."
The villagers who were watching couldn't help but start talking amongst themselves, each offering their own opinion.
"Then tell me, why would the wolf pack send wild boar meat to our family?" Xia Mo retorted sharply.
Gao Lizheng also wanted to say a few words of advice to Xia Mo, but after listening to what Xia Mo said, he opened and closed his mouth for a long time, but couldn't refute her.
“Facts speak louder than words,” Xia Mo said with a smile, her eyes crinkling into a playful expression.
Xia Mo's statement, "Facts speak louder than words," was clearly a boastful remark after winning an argument, but those present, looking at Xia Mo's pretty face and playful demeanor, couldn't muster any anger.
Gao Lizheng and the villagers who were watching looked at each other, none of them able to answer.
Xia Mo spoke again, saying, "Eight wild boars are too much for our family to eat. We've decided to take them to the county town to sell five and keep three. The price of one wild boar's meat is only ten coins per pound higher than domestic pork, so we'll sell it to people in our village. Anyone who wants to buy can come and get some. The other two will be made into jerky or something similar, with some kept for our own use and some returned to the wolf pack."
Gao Lizheng glanced at Xia Mo with surprise, then turned his head and quickly scanned the villagers of Anjia Village who were surrounding the Xia family.
The villagers, having been frightened that morning, came to the Xia family in anger, demanding an explanation.
Now that the villagers have heard that the Xia family is willing to sell them wild boar meat, which is even tastier than domestic pork, for only ten coins more, ninety percent of them have calmed down.
Xia Mo's handling of the situation successfully appeased the villagers.
"That's it. I won't say anything more, but let's not let it happen again," Gao Lizheng said with a stern expression.
“Yes, Uncle Gao is right,” Xia Mo raised both hands in agreement.
Her parents and family loved Anjia Village and didn't want to leave, so she naturally wanted to manage and appease them properly.
"They're mostly wild animals, they have some human qualities, but they can't understand human language," Xia Mo said with a grin.
Gao Li nodded in agreement, feeling that Xia Mo's words made sense.
"That's right, even wild animals can be grateful."
Gao Lizheng agreed with Xia Mo's statement, and the others nodded in agreement.
The villagers of Anjia Village dispersed, leaving only a few people behind to help kill the wild boar.
Those who help kill wild boars can also get a free meal and some pig offal to take home.
The other five heads were delivered to restaurants in the county town by Gao Lizheng's eldest son, Gao Laoda, with the help of others.
Domestic pork is considered unpalatable, so wealthy and powerful people are unwilling to touch it. Wild boar meat, on the other hand, sells very quickly and has a good market.
With four members of the Xia family, the question of who should go to the county town with Gao Laoda and the others to sell wild boars became a new problem.
Xia Erge said, "I'll take it."
Xia's mother frowned, feeling extremely uneasy.
"How about I go with my second brother?" Xia San suggested.
"no!"
Xia Mo refused without even thinking, and then said, "Mother, Third Brother, let me go with Second Brother! Third Brother will stay at home to protect you and the smoked meat. I'm very capable, I can also protect Second Brother."
"You silly child," Xia's mother smiled at the villagers who had overheard their conversation, and whispered to Xia Mo, "You're capable, it's enough that your family knows, but you need to know how to keep your skills to yourself, understand?"
Xia Mo nodded obediently: "...I'll just watch, I won't do anything."
Xia's mother still objected, because Wei Zhishu was keeping an eye on her daughter!
“If I cover my face with a face mask, who can see my face clearly? Besides… I have special abilities,” Xia Mo whispered in her mother’s ear, “I can also secretly send some food to Father and my eldest brother.”
Thinking of Xia's father and elder brother in prison, Xia's mother felt a pang of guilt and nodded, "Alright."
"I wonder...when will the trial begin..." Xia's mother murmured softly to herself.
Even though they knew that Xia's father and elder brother were in prison and not being tortured, and were eating and drinking well, Xia's mother and the others were still worried as long as the case remained unresolved.
Xia's mother was unaware that someone was deliberately dragging things out and postponing the trial.
At the end of summer, Xia Erge and Gao Laoda and the others used an oxcart to transport the meat of five wild boars into the county town.
Out of pity for Xia Mo's frail health, Gao Laoda and the others didn't let her walk on her own. They specially laid out a plank so that Xia Mo could sit on the oxcart.
Xia Mo simply closed his eyes halfway and extended his divine sense to observe the situation in the county town.
A major event has occurred in Anping County.
Something that the entire county finds despicable!
The people in the county town complained and whispered among themselves.
Two women on the street corner, each carrying a basket on one arm, whispered to each other.
Woman A said, "I've heard of that Taoist Jia before, but I never imagined he was such a person."
The second woman nodded repeatedly: "I've also heard my distant relative talk about that Taoist Jia. He can communicate across distances and even predict people's fates. He's incredibly powerful. I never imagined... he'd have such... fetishes, tsk tsk tsk..."
On the other side, two familiar small vendors met and began exchanging the latest information they had obtained.
Vendor A: "Have you heard about what happened to Master Jia?"
"Tell me, is it the same as what I heard?" the vendor's eyes lit up.
Such a rare occurrence, happening only once every few decades, is truly extraordinary. They were equally excited as they spoke and interacted.
……
Sitting on the oxcart, Xia Mo's beautiful eyes were half-closed, her legs dangling in the air, swinging leisurely. Her consciousness was already floating in Anping County, listening to the chatter in the streets and alleys. Under her veil, the corners of her mouth were upturned in a mischievous smile, a smile so sweet it seemed to drown people.
She administered the medicine herself, and she knew very well what its effects were.
Didn't Master Jia really enjoy being watched by crowds? Now... he must be ecstatic, right?