Her Cultivation Diary

Xiangxiang is an independent yet easygoing pig.

It has been two full days since it came to the Song Family, and a separate area of the pigsty at the back of the mountain was allocated to it for adaptation, and to isolate and observe it as well.

Having left its dad Dabao and its grandparents, Xiangxiang no longer has apples, bananas, pears, and other fruits, nor the carefully prepared pig meals every day.

What it got is the same wheat bran rice husks mixed with feed as the other pigs.

The mixed feed might be vegetable leaves, or it might be vegetable stalks, or maybe vegetable tops.

But...

It has never eaten anything so delicious in its entire pig life, munch munch!

Wearing its own bright red floral coat, Xiangxiang instantly adapted to a life of sleeping on straw piles.

If there must be a drawback... it's probably not being able to be led by its grandparents to stroll around the fragrant market anymore.

However, the mountain is quite fun too; wandering around, it can root out dry acorn shells and the like, which is also quite enjoyable.

Looking at its simple cement trough, instead of thinking about the beautiful carved white porcelain bowl at home, what Xiangxiang is thinking is—

Why hasn't the food arrived yet, hasn't arrived yet, hasn't arrived yet!

...

Everyone went up the mountain to work, and Seventh Uncle, who is also tasked with feeding the pigs, put down the pig food bucket and couldn't help but mutter while looking at Xiangxiang's dirty bright red coat:

"Isn't it time to take off this clothing?"

This foreign pig is fancy-looking and dressed fancy too.

Ever since it arrived and was separated into this pigsty, the big white pigs at home haven't given it a second glance these past two days, clearly disdaining its pedigree, and the wild pigs don't bother with it either.

Can this work out in the long run?

If we don't have ten or eight piglets next year, the family will still have to ration meat, living like this is pretty shabby.

While mulling this over, Zhang Yanping was seen riding an electric bike down the mountain.

Seventh Uncle asked: "Yanping, how about we take off this pig's coat? Wearing it in the pigsty, rooting in the mud and dirt, and digging up these dead branches and leaves, isn't it quite dirty?"

Zhang Yanping thought so too, but Seventh Uncle is older, and he wasn't comfortable letting an elderly man take off the pig's clothing, so he stepped into the pigsty himself:

"Let me do it, Xiangxiang is known to be quite sturdy and shouldn't catch a cold, right?"

"No, it won't." Seventh Uncle nodded confidently: "Didn't Yan Ran and the others check and say everything is fine? It's been isolated for two or three days now, it's domesticated, what's there to worry about?"

"In my opinion, once the clothes are off, we can put them in the same pen."

Piglets need to be born quickly!

Zhang Yanping thought so too.

"Alright, they need to get used to each other sooner or later."

As he said this, he opened the gate and entered the pigsty, carefully coaxing Xiangxiang to take off its clothes.

While Seventh Uncle again looked at Xiangxiang, a 600-pound giant, and couldn't help but tut and shake his head.

"People nowadays are really idle, dare to keep anything!"

A 600-pound pig, and it's lucky their yard has the space.

As he checked the time, it was about time to prepare lunch, so he called out and went back on his own.

...

At the same time, his troublesome apprentice Chef Bai Yanbai also got off the car at the village entrance, facing the driver with a mutual stare.

"It took just over an hour to get here from the high-speed rail station, and you're asking me for 400, isn't that ripping me off?"

The driver wasn't happy either.

Ripping off people is ripping off people, since when do taxi drivers not rip people off?

Can you blame me if you didn't bargain?

So he shouted loudly as well:

"Why are you saying this? If you disagreed, you should have bargained with me earlier! You were acting all rich when you agreed. I figured you weren't short of money. Now we've reached the destination and you want to renege?"

"Oh my!" The driver who deals with different passengers every day can handle anything and retorted sarcastically right away:

"You don't look young either, can't you even fork out 400 yuan? During the New Year... fine, fine, I admit defeat, I'll knock 5 yuan off for you."

Chef Bai instantly flew into a rage: "Do you think I'm short of those five bucks?"

The driver widened his eyes and stared at him: "If you're short of the remaining 395, that's even worse! You don't look young either, can't you even cover the travel cost?"

"Aren't you... What are you doing in this village? Visiting relatives or friends? Fine, call them to pay for this bill, I can wait."

Chef Bai was almost fuming mad.

You can wait?!

Do you know how much my monthly salary and bonuses used to be? Would 400 bucks be a big deal here? If it weren't for mortgaging the house to invest in Youran Eco Base, with the family's burdens on my mind, would I be haggling over 400 bucks with you right now?!