farmer's wife

Chapter 20 Wild Boar Hunting

Xiao Lie handed the bow to Fu Yan, quietly looked at her expression, saw that her eyebrows and eyes were not angry, and he was relieved.

"Walking in the deep mountains, it's a bit late to come back." Xiao Lie explained.

deep mountains?Although there are more prey in the deep mountains, they are more dangerous.

Fu Yan frowned, quickly pulled Xiao Lie over, and circled him twice to check, "Are you not injured?"

Xiao Lie opened his arms slightly and let her check: "I'm fine, but the sleeves and the back of the clothes were scratched a few places, the forest is too dense."

Sure enough, there were a few holes in the clothes, but no blood was found.

"It's okay if your clothes get scratched. Just take them off at night and I'll mend them. As long as people are okay."

Fu Yan let him go, hung the bow on the wall of the living room, and told her as she walked, "Go wash your hands and face and come over to have dinner."

"Success! I'll send the prey to the small warehouse in the backyard." Xiao Lie responded.

"Brother, let me help you." Xiao Jian followed up, "Brother, what are you taking?"

"Pheasant, spring bamboo shoots, I'll bring them back and let's eat by ourselves."

"The chicken shredded noodles cooked by my sister-in-law at noon today are delicious!" Thinking of the delicious food, Xiao Jian couldn't help but drool again, "There is still delicious food in the pot, it's delicious, we'll wait for you to come back and eat together."

"Then what else did Ah Jian do today?"

"Writing! Ah Jian learned to write today, three! I know my name and my brother's name."

"After dinner, you can write to me."

"Uh-huh!"

The two brothers talked while walking.Two large thatched huts were built on the west side of the vegetable field in the backyard, one was a toilet and the other was used to store sundries.

After putting down their things and washing their hands, Xiao Lie and Xiao Jian returned to the living room of the main room, where Fu Yan had already prepared the food.

Fu Yan: "Sit down quickly."

Xiao Lie was not too polite, and after sitting down, he buried his head in his mouth and ate.

He only brought three big pancakes up the mountain today, and swallowed them at noon. After spending a whole day running back and forth, he was already so hungry that his chest stuck to his back.

After eating a bowl of rice, Xiao Lie slowed down his eating speed when he was half full.

Fu Yan served him a bowl of chicken soup, "Come on, have some soup, and I'll serve you a bowl of rice. Eat slowly."

"How's the harvest today?" Fu Yan and Xiao Lie chatted while eating.

Xiao Lie: "Very good, we hit a wild boar."

"Wild boar?" Fu Yan was startled.Wild boars are strong and have fangs. If you get into trouble with them, they will always chase people, which is very easy to hurt people.

"I met a little wild boar that was alone, it probably weighed sixty to seventy catties. When I met it, it chased me, so I climbed up the tree and shot its eyes and stomach slowly, grinding it to death." Xiao Lie said lightly.

Fu Yan couldn't help looking at him with admiration, she had always heard that Xiao Lie was good at hunting, and now she really felt it intuitively.

"There is also a fox and a few rabbits. I have left them with Master. I will save them up. I will go to him to tan the leather in two days. The pheasant and spring bamboo shoots we brought back will be eaten by ourselves."

Fu Yan nodded: "Okay." How hard are these days, I can eat meat every day.Thinking of the laughing behind the maids' backs she heard in the mansion, Fu Yan couldn't help but chuckle.

Xiao Lie: "That wild boar has a lot of injuries, so it probably won't last long. I'll finish my meal later, and I'll invite the butcher Sun from the village to come with me to kill the pig at Master's place tomorrow, and I'll let the village head let me know if I want to buy meat tomorrow morning." Let's go together too."

"Sixty to seventy catties of meat, only the people in our village can sell it all?" Pork stalls in the city usually cost thirteen yuan a catty of meat. I only weigh a catty or two occasionally when I need to do errands or when I have a tooth-beating festival.

What's more, wild pork is more expensive.

The weather is not hot yet, but the meat will deteriorate and become stale if left for a long time.

Xiao Lie finished his last sip of soup and put down his chopsticks: "It's okay. Folks in the village, I'll sell it at the price of the butcher shop in the city, and I'll give the rest to Butcher Sun. He also has a stall in the city, just take it away."

Seeing that he has plans, Fu Yan is no longer entangled: "You make arrangements, then shall I go there with you tomorrow?"

Xiao Lie thought about it, in order to catch up with Butcher Sun to transport the meat to a shop in the city to sell, they had to go up to the mountain to kill pigs at Yinzheng tomorrow (4 o'clock), it was too early.And that scene will be more bloody and crowded, Xiao Lie is afraid that Fu Yan will feel uncomfortable.

"It's too early, otherwise, I'll bring you back what you want."

Fu Yan had no objection, she wasn't very curious about killing pigs, and she was worried about leaving Xiao Jian alone at home.

Fu Yan thought about the dishes he could cook: "Then you come back and bring me three catties of meat, two catties of pork ribs, and pork belly and pork lungs to make pork belly soup. I think there is flour at home, we pack Let's eat the dumplings. That's right! Then you can ask Master to come back with you tomorrow."

Xiao Lie: "It's fine, I'll pay attention tomorrow."

Hearing that there were dumplings to eat, Xiao Jian, who stayed quietly by the side, opened his eyes again.

Fu Yan couldn't help laughing, why is this baby a bit of a foodie?It must not have been brought by me!

Fu Yan sent Xiao Lie to go out quickly: "Don't pack up, I'll be fine. You should go find someone early, it's too late, and they are going to bed too."

"Brother, can you bring Ah Jian with you?" Xiao Jian encouraged her to be her brother's leg pendant.

Fu Yan: "You hold Ah Jian and carry a lantern so that you don't fall."

Xiao Lie didn't refuse to say a few words, and took Xiao Jian in his arms and strode out the door.

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Butcher Sun's big tile-roofed house built with blue bricks is located in the west of the village. His family raises more than a dozen pigs and is a wealthy household in the village.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Who is it?" Butcher Sun came out to open the door just after finishing his meal.

"Brother Sun, I am Xiao Lie."

"It's Ah Lie, come in, come in." Seeing Xiao Lie holding Xiao Jian standing at the door, Cui Fu, the sister-in-law of the Sun family who came to open the door, let them in.

Cui Fu asked enthusiastically, "Have you eaten?"

"Sister-in-law, we've eaten. Talk to brother Shichun about something." Xiao Lie put down Xiao Jian, and Xiao Jian obediently called for someone.

"Ariel, come, come, sit down and talk." Sun Shichun beckoned them to sit down.

Xiao Lie: "Brother, are you busy tomorrow morning?"

"It's not busy. I just killed two pigs yesterday, and the meat hasn't been sold yet. I can sell the meat tomorrow. I'm not very busy. What's the matter?"

"I killed a little wild boar today. It weighs sixty or seventy catties. I would like to trouble you to go to Uncle Changming's with me tomorrow and kill it."

"What a boy! You are not small," Sun Shichun praised with a smile.

Xiao Lie said modestly, "I just happened to bump into each other, luck..."

"That's because you kid has the ability to win this luck. If you meet ordinary people, you have to escape for your life. I will take your nephew with me tomorrow."

"Okay. Brother, I guess the pig village can't digest it all. Do you want the rest of the pork?"

Sun Shichun patted his thigh: "Yes! This is a good thing, if you give it all to me, I want it too!"

Xiao Lie waved his hand: "I have to go to the village chief's house later, please let him inform the people in the village who want to buy meat, so that everyone does not have to travel to the city."

(End of this chapter)