newbobooks Chapter 69 They really chased away a herd of wild boars.
Chapter 69 They really chased away a herd of wild boars.
"Girl, what... what's wrong with this bib?"
With the wild boar almost at his doorstep, Wen Muchuan was so excited he didn't know what to say.
The wild boar stopped at the door, then arrogantly ran up to Wen Luozhi, wagging its tail. "I kept my word! I said I'd bring you a whole bunch of wild boars, and I brought you a whole bunch!"
"Five heads should be enough, right? If not, I'll bring you more another day!"
Wen Luozhi looked at the others to make sure they couldn't hear Dou Dou before she felt relieved.
With so many people watching, don't mistake this guy for a monster and beat him to death!
To others, DouDou just kept howling.
"Girl, where did you find this puppy?" It was Aunt Wang who spoke. She had never seen anything like this in her life. A half-grown puppy chasing a large group of wild boars. She would not have believed it if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes.
Xie He smiled and said that it had run into the house on its own, and since they felt a connection, she decided to keep it.
Actually, she didn't know how she got there; she just appeared out of nowhere.
The children said it ran out of her daughter's house. Could it be a spirit beast that the old deity gave to her daughter?
That must be it! Otherwise, how could such a tiny little creature have such great ability to drive so many wild boars down!
The villagers found it unbelievable. There's an old saying that dogs bring wealth, so Zhewen's second son's family is going to be rich!
One wild boar can sell for tens of taels of silver. There are five of them here! They could work themselves to death their whole lives and still not earn that much!
They were extremely envious, wishing they had such a clever little dog running into their own home.
DouDou whimpered twice more, "I'm starving! Hurry up and slaughter the pig! I want pork leg!"
It ran back behind the wild boars and herded them into the yard. The crowd quickly formed a circle to help stop the wild boars.
The villagers stood outside the courtyard talking for a while longer, until finally the village chief waved his hand to disperse the crowd, saying, "Alright, what are you all doing blocking their doorway! Are you even going to work tomorrow?!"
Wu Hong was also in the crowd, but she held a handful of sunflower seeds in her hand the whole time and looked sour.
"The Wen family is really kind-hearted; they can't even bear to slaughter one of those wild boars and share it with everyone."
She tried to speak in a high-pitched voice, thinking no one would recognize her, but Aunt Sun pulled her out of the crowd with a disdainful look, "If you're so heartless, why don't you ask Old Man Wen to catch a wild boar and share it with us?"
Wu Hong pushed her away and said matter-of-factly, "Am I wrong? If there's meat, let's eat it together! Everyone agrees, right?"
Nobody paid her any attention; everyone just rolled their eyes at her like she was crazy and went back home.
The village chief is right. We have to come back to work tomorrow, so we need to go back and rest early today.
Feeling awkward, Wu Hong spat out a mouthful of sunflower seed shells at the door and went back inside.
As the village chief was about to leave, Wen Muchuan came out and stopped him, saying, "Brother, we're slaughtering a pig tomorrow, and we'll only sell it for half the price in town."
"If anyone needs anything, they can come here."
The village chief was immediately tempted by the price and pre-ordered two jin of lard, saying, "When I get back and see them, I'll tell everyone about it. It's really..."
He patted Wen Muchuan on the shoulder heavily, thinking that if there were more families like theirs, then everyone would have enough to eat.
However, he should be fine this winter. Yesterday, he dug up a potato vine in his field, and it had already started to bear fruit.
These days he has been taking care of the potatoes according to the method he got when he received the potato seeds, and the two acres of potatoes in his own field are growing really well.
It's likely that the harvest will be much better than other crops in the field, so even if we pay taxes, we won't be afraid.
On the way back, he was in a particularly good mood. He told the villagers that Wen Muchuan's family would be selling fresh wild boar meat at half price the next day.
Normally, everyone would save up a little money and think it was too expensive to buy, but now that they heard it was half price, they agreed to buy some tomorrow for three or five coins to treat themselves.
After closing the gate, Wen Luozhi looked at the many wild boars and felt worried. Some of them had even defecated in the yard, and the stench was so bad that she didn't want to breathe.
She flicked Dou Dou's forehead a few times, sounding exasperated, and said, "Grandpa, you only need to get one or two... what am I going to do with so many?"
DouDou shook its fur smugly and said, "Why not just keep it? I thought it through before chasing it away."
"There are both male and female pigs here; if we raise them, we'll have an endless supply of pork legs."
Suspicious liquid was oozing from the corner of its mouth again. Wen Luozhi felt she couldn't bear to look, but it was indeed the logic it was talking about.
However, wild boar meat has a coarser texture than domestic pork, so the breed still needs to be improved.
Of course, this will have to rely on her system!
"My dear child, even if we slaughter one tomorrow, there will still be four left. Why don't we raise them?"
Wen Muchuan rubbed his hands together. Actually, he had always wanted to raise it, but his family didn't have enough money before, and he was also afraid that it would break down if he raised it.
Now that we have a business at home, we don't need to sell these pigs to make a living. My daughter should agree, right?
Wen Luozhi peeked into the kitchen, raised a spatula at him, and said, "Dad's the boss of the family, what Dad says goes."
"Yes!" Wen Muchuan responded happily, and cheerfully called on his sons to help build a temporary pigsty.
At worst, he can sleep outside tonight, and tomorrow he can go to their family's Chicken Head Mountain to cut down trees and carry stones to build a pigsty!
In the kitchen, Wen Luozhi immediately taught Xie He how to make several dishes, including "Rising Step by Step," "Return of Abundant Wealth," and "Golden Floor."
In reality, it's just braised prawns, cabbage rolls with meatballs, and dry pot ribs; the only difference is the name and the presentation.
Aside from shrimp, everything else was easy to buy. Wen Luozhi thought that since they were from a wealthy family, getting some seafood shouldn't be a problem. If all else failed, river shrimp could be substituted.
When the dishes were served, no one wanted to touch them because they looked so beautiful.
Helpless, Wen Luozhi picked up a pair of chopsticks and messed up the presentation of each dish, then said to the dumbfounded family, "Eat up, now that it doesn't look pretty, you won't feel guilty eating it."
Wen Zizhou couldn't wait any longer, so he grabbed his chopsticks and started eating one bite after another.
"Mmm, Mother! Make this for that person the day after tomorrow! She doesn't look like she's had anything good to eat."
Wen Zizhou raised his head triumphantly, a cabbage leaf still clinging to the corner of his mouth.
That person's eating habits today were just like his. If it weren't for her fine silks and satins, the pile of jewelry on her head, and the deposit she threw at him, he would have really doubted whether she was rich or not.
But then I thought about it again, and it made sense. Since he came back, the dishes we ate at home were rarely the same. Even a simple wild vegetable could be prepared in several ways.
These rich people probably eat the same things over and over again, they're not as good as him!
Xie He certainly agreed with him. These dishes were not simple; they were made with a lot of thought and effort, and they were carefully plated and named. They were more than enough to serve.
She only needs to learn two more dishes tomorrow. Now that her daughter has handed over the shop's business to her, she has to do a good job and not let her daughter down.
After dinner, Xiaohu pulled Daya and Erya to go to the yard to see the pigs. Erya squatted in front of the rabbit hutch, drawing circles. "Sister, I wish Xiaoyun were still here with us."
Tomorrow they can watch the pig slaughter together; she's never seen one before.
Daya patted her head comfortingly, "We see her every day when we go to town. Xiaoyun has her brother; she needs to stay with him."
Actually, Da Ya was quite reluctant to see Zhou Yun leave, but after Zhou Shen received his wages, he rented a very small courtyard in town, which was fortunately close to the shop.