A stunning mermaid dressed in the 1980s, the whole family lined up to pamper her endlessly.

Chapter 205 Killing the New Year Pig
As the saying goes, even the most good-tempered person will go crazy when taking care of a child.

Especially considering there are so many outstanding talents among them.

Yun Jiao hugged the cat and quietly stood a little further away.

Shen Yunlian glanced around, and as Yun Xiaowu and the others approached, she suddenly broke off a tree branch.

Although Yun Xiaowu wasn't that perceptive, his legs reacted faster than his brain when he saw his mother's movements, and he took off running.

"Mom, what are you doing? Your son fell down and not only did you not comfort me, but you also hit me! Am I not your own son anymore?!"

The others also ran away screaming.

Shen Yunlian chased after them, holding a tree branch in her hand.

"I told you to slow down, slow down, don't run! Clothes are hard to wash in this weather, and you went and rolled around in the mud. I'm talking to you nicely, but you won't listen. I have to teach you a lesson by hitting you!"

Yun Xiaoqi ran around in a mess: "No, Auntie, it has nothing to do with us! We were tripped by Brother Xiaowu!"

Yun Xiaoba nodded frantically: "That's right, Auntie, it has nothing to do with us!!!"

Yun Xiaojiu: "Sister, help me! Mother, please don't hit me! It's all Fifth Brother's fault!"

Yun Xiaowu turned to his brothers and berated them: "Are we still brothers? If we're brothers, we should share the good times and the bad."

Yun Xiaojiu shook her head frantically: "No, no, if you want good fortune, Fifth Brother should take on the burden yourself."

Yun Xiaowu was so angry that he rolled his eyes.

He got distracted and slipped, falling down again.

After being caught, it let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"Jiaojiao, help!"

Yun Jiao hugged the cat to cover her face, only occasionally peeking out with half her head to look in that direction.

Oh dear... how terrible.

Brother, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just... I don't want to get beaten up either.

Mother is very angry now.

After being beaten, the little rascals finally behaved themselves, walking obediently with their heads down, no longer running, jumping, or playing around.

But as soon as Yun Jiao arrived, they started crying and wanted to hug her.

After being glared at by Shen Yunlian, the group immediately slunk back their dirty, muddy hands.

Shen Yunlian looked at her sons and nephews; they were so dirty they were practically unrecognizable.

It wasn't just the muddy ground that made them dirty; these guys were already dirty enough before that.

I don't know where it rolled around, it looked like it was covered in a layer of dust.

The mud they just splattered on only added a little color to their appearance.

When asked, they said it happened while cleaning at school.

Only after being threatened by Shen Yunlian with a tree branch did Yun Xiaoliu timidly tell the truth.

It turned out that they didn't clean properly; instead, they played around with their classmates, rolling around on the ground, and playing marbles and drawing pictures on the floor.

Shen Yunlian: Blood pressure skyrocketed!
Unsurprisingly, they got a beating again.

Yun Xiaowu rubbed his slapped bottom and chuckled, "Hey, I'm dressed warmly, it doesn't hurt."

The smugness in his eyes was practically bursting out.

Yun Jiao looked at Fifth Brother with sympathy.

You are miserable!
Sure enough, Shen Yunlian got even angrier, but she suppressed her anger until she got home and then it exploded.

Together with Wang Mei, she gave the stripped brats another beating.

Now they completely behaved themselves.

Yun Xiaowu clutched his buttocks, wincing in pain; this time it really hurt.

"Ouch... My goodness, that was way too much!"

Yun Jiao gave him a spicy chip.

"Brother, eat it, and the pain will go away."

Yun Xiaoliu covered her buttocks with tears in her eyes, but was quickly coaxed back to health by Yun Jiao's spicy snack.

Yun Xiaojiu was the youngest, so she got beaten the least.

They're still lively and energetic. The children gathered together, overjoyed to see the gifts Yun Jiao had bought for them, instantly forgetting the pain of being beaten earlier.

"Little sister, I love you so much! You have no idea how many of my classmates envy me. Of course, some people don't believe I have such a beautiful and wonderful little sister. When the weather gets warmer, I'll take you to school to play."

Yun Jiao nodded obediently: "Okay."

Aside from the minor incident where the brothers got beaten up, the family enjoyed a happy dinner together.

In the days that followed, Yun Jiao spent her time learning traditional Chinese characters.

The days passed by in this somewhat monotonous way, and before we knew it, the day of the Little New Year arrived.

On the day before the Lunar New Year, they went to their aunt's house before dawn to bring back the pig they were going to slaughter.

We borrowed the village chief's tractor.

Slaughtering a pig for the New Year is a major event for rural people.

When someone slaughters a pig for the New Year, all the villagers, regardless of age or gender, will flock to join in the fun.

While you might not get a free meal of pork butcher's meat, you'll definitely get a handful of pork cracklings.

Only those who have a good relationship with the family that slaughtered the pig for the New Year can eat the pig-slaughtering feast.

Otherwise, they'd have to treat the whole village to a meal; even the wealthiest family couldn't afford such extravagance.

Yun Jiao's family brought back a large, fat pig weighing over 200 jin (approximately 100 kg), which attracted a lot of attention at this critical moment.

Those who witnessed it firsthand and those who heard the news all rushed to their house.

They weren't afraid of the cold; they stood in the freezing wind watching the young and strong men pull the big, fat pig by its ears and get it off the tractor.

The pig's screams were incredibly loud.

Yun Jiao stood with her brothers, her big eyes filled with curiosity, and she was also infected by the joy of those around her.

The surrounding discussions also reached her keen ears.

"The Yunmu family has really prospered; they've even gone so far as to buy a pig for the New Year to slaughter."

"They must have harvested a lot of good products this year, and made a lot of money from them."

"How much would such a big, fat pig cost?"

Many of the words were tinged with sarcasm.

But no matter what others say, their family still has to slaughter the pig for the New Year. They can't just ruin the New Year celebration because of these opinions.

When the pig was being slaughtered, Yun Jiao's eyes were covered so she wouldn't be allowed to watch, supposedly to avoid frightening her.

Yun Jiao: ? ? ?
Who are you trying to scare?
She was unconvinced and wanted to see.

Shen Yunlian carried her into the house: "Jiaojiao, be good, we'll go out and see later."

Yun Jiao pouted and snorted twice: "I'm not afraid at all."

Shen Yunlian said in a coaxing tone, "Yes, yes, you're not afraid, but it's too dirty over there. We'll have to take out the pig intestines and clean up the pig manure later, and it smells terrible."

Yun Jiao thought about it for a moment, and realized that pig manure still smelled really bad.

Then she shouldn't go out.

Go find Grandma.

Grandma is boiling a big pot of water in front of the stove.

This water is used to scald pig hair.

She sat on a small stool, the firelight from the stove casting an orange-red glow on her fair face.

It's warm here.

Grandma Yun was talking to someone, and as the saying goes, when people are happy, they are in high spirits. At this moment, Grandma Yun's smile was particularly bright.

These people are all relatives who came to help slaughter the pig for the New Year and prepare the pig-killing feast.

The men were responsible for slaughtering the pigs and processing the pork, while the women were responsible for cooking and preparing the dishes; the division of labor was clear.

Shen Yunlian, Wang Mei, and the women who came to help were busy working back and forth in the kitchen.

The pig's screams had long since stopped, and outside came the cheers of children and the laughter of villagers—a lively scene.

This was the human world that Yun Jiao had never experienced when she was a mermaid.

(End of this chapter)