Chapter 45: Wild Boar Appears

  Xiao Hua hesitated, "...... putting so much salt and sugar, can it be sold!? The cost is too high, isn't it?!"

  "Although the cost is high, it can be sold for five cents. At least two to three cents can be earned. If not, only two cents per catty can be sold. Those with poor quality can only sell one cent. Which one do you think is more worthwhile?" Shen Sisi said with a smile.

  Xiao Hua nodded thoughtfully, "It's just that my mother might be reluctant..."

  Shen Sisi's sinister smile was intentionally meant to make Tian Guihua heartache and suffer. She would be tormented to death by her own emotions, entangled in her own misery.

  Tian Guihua was of course anxious, when Xiaohua went home to stir-fry peanuts, Tian Guihua stared at her with wide eyes, watching as Xiaohua added salt and sugar without restraint. Her eyes were wider than a copper bell, she rushed forward, snatched the wok spoon from Xiaohua's hand, and slapped Xiaohua's hand in anger, saying: "Are you trying to die?! You're adding so much, do you think it's free?!"

  "Mother..." Xiaohua's eyes were filled with tears as she said, "Don't put so much in, it doesn't taste good... that's what Tuniang said..."

  Tian Guihua rolled her eyes and coldly snorted: "That dead girl is probably trying to trick you, putting so much in will make it unprofitable! Put a little less in, just enough to give it some flavor. Don't be too honest, I think that country girl is also cunning, how could she possibly tell you everything? She's just trying to get you to put in so much salt and sugar that you'll lose money. Hmph, you're just like your father, stupid as a cow..."

  She snatched the scoop and took out a little salt and sugar, still reluctant to look at the remaining salt and sugar in the pot, extremely heartbroken. While stir-frying the chestnuts, she hummed: "If we don't make any money, you wait, dead girl."

  Xiao Hua looked like she was about to cry but didn't dare, which really got on Tian Guihua's nerves. She impatiently chased her daughter out of the kitchen and started stir-frying herself. As she cooked, she calculated how much money they could make from this, complaining that Xiao Hua had only picked a little bit and was useless... At the same time, she thought about sending her son and daughters-in-law to pick chestnuts in the mountains too, and as she calculated how much money they could make, her heart felt like it was blooming with joy.

  Just thinking about it made him anxious, so he quickly cooked the chestnuts and rushed to his son's house, letting them all go up the mountain to pick chestnuts. For a time, it was bustling with excitement, and the whole village spread the news, making the mountain extremely lively.

  Shen Sisi had just fried two large pots of chestnuts and was thinking of taking a break in the space when San Bao rushed into the courtyard, flustered and exclaimed: "Tuniu, there's a wild boar... on the mountain!"

  Shen Sisi was startled and hastily ran out of the kitchen, her face changed, saying: "Where?!"

  "Is anyone hurt?!" she exclaimed, grabbing Sanbao's hand.

  It's not that she can't bear the psychological pressure, but rather, the wild boars here are not comparable to modern domestic pigs. The wild boars here are extremely ferocious, with some large ones weighing 300-400 kilograms. To put it into perspective, if a wild boar were to charge at you, it could trample you to death instantly, not to mention its two sharp tusks. Its attacking power is quite strong, and villagers often get injured. A few years ago, there was even a child who was trampled to death by a wild boar. How can she remain calm? Moreover, modern domestic pigs sometimes become violent during mating season and can knock down the brick walls of their pens, showing that they still have lethal power. Therefore, most domesticated pigs are castrated.