During the New Year, when he helped the villagers slaughter pigs, he would get at most two jin of meat.
Pig kidneys weren't meat, but the two pigs together had, by his estimate, yielded about eight jin.
Besides, pig kidneys went best with alcohol, and that happened to be exactly what he liked.
Seeing that neither of them objected, Su Qiao said politely, "Then sorry for the trouble. We need to go back and rest for a while. We're really exhausted."
The Old Village Chief knew that the two children had it hard, so he hurriedly said, "All right, you two little ones, hurry home and rest. Leave the rest to me."
*
After arranging everything, Su Qiao walked home with her mother and grandmother, while Xiao Jingsheng went with his mother—the five of them together.
"Aunt Xiuying, Grandma, this way of dividing things should be fine, right?"
Old Lady Liu happily stroked her granddaughter's head, grinning from ear to ear. "No problem. My Qiao'er thought everything through."
"That's right. Qiao'er is truly capable." The more Lin Xiuying looked at Su Qiao, the more she liked her.
Su Qiao grew a little embarrassed from the praise. "I'm not that amazing. I just know a little more about medicinal herbs, and I'm a bit stronger."
"Knowing medicinal herbs is already very impressive. Not just in Xiaohe Village—even among the several small villages around here, you couldn't find a girl more capable than our Xiao Qiao."
Xiao Jingsheng nodded repeatedly.
Across the surrounding villages, he really couldn't find anyone more capable than his wife.
Nor could he find anyone more beautiful than her.
And he certainly couldn't find anyone who could fight better than her.
The trouble was, that was also the problem.
He couldn't beat her.
Since he couldn't beat her,