Chapter 42: Prey
"I got up in the morning and went out, taking his traps and tools, saying to see if I could hit something. If you don't have anything, chop some firewood and sell it after the New Year. ”
Xu Hui replied while serving porridge.
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and when the year is over, spring will soon begin.
This year's cold winter is finally coming to an end.
"He's so early? Tomorrow is the New Year, and I don't want to talk about rest. ”
Yi Yan picked up a multigrain steamed bun and broke it into small pieces and soaked it in porridge.
The steamed buns are too dry in the morning, and she likes to eat them in the porridge.
"Yes, this kid in Dacheng is capable, and he won't stop for the New Year!"
Xu Hui took a pair of chopsticks and pickles to eat, "Now that I want to build a new house, I see that he is also very interested, and I guess he also wants to make more money." ”
After all, any man with a little self-esteem can't rely on his brother and sister-in-law's family, and they all want to set up their own households.
Just like Yi Chenggang at the beginning, he separated after marrying Xu Hui.
Even though the in-laws in the family are very good people, the two of them are still independent and more comfortable.
"Your brother also went out early in the morning, and today someone killed a pig, and he went to buy some pork."
"After the New Year, we will start laying the bricks for the foundation, and then Murakami will also start spring ploughing, and then we will be busy."
Xu Hui stretched out her chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of pickle for Yi Yan, and teased, "Are you still thinking about the city there?" ”
"You're not married yet, just think about him like this, and when he leaves, your soul is gone."
"How can there be ......" Yi Yan pursed her lips embarrassedly.
"Sister-in-law, don't laugh at me, I'm just a little worried, it's okay for him to go up the mountain to collect firewood, if he hunts, in case there are any beasts or poisonous snakes, how dangerous it is!"
"In this winter, poisonous snakes don't like to come out, they are all hibernating."
Xu Hui said, "Dacheng is a responsible man, I can't stop him, he wants to go out and make more money, if you don't worry, wait for him to come back, talk about him!" ”
"Hmm." Yi Yan nodded.
She knew Qin Yuecheng's self-motivation, but making money was important, but her body and safety were even more important.
Yi Yan was a little restless all day.
In the evening, when it was dark outside, and Qin Yuecheng still didn't come back, Yi Yan couldn't sit still, put on her clothes and planned to go out to find it.
It happened that Yi Chenggang had just come back, and when he saw that she was going out, he followed her.
"You don't have to worry too much, Ayutthaya used to go up the mountain a lot, and he often spent the night on the mountain."
Yi Chenggang comforted Yi Yan.
"It's only six o'clock at this time, and it's not really dark yet, so he may have beaten too much firewood, so he came back late."
Yi Yan responded, "I know, but my sister-in-law said that he went hunting in the mountains today, and this prey is big and small, if you encounter a wild boar or something, it can be dangerous." ”
The wild boars are all fanged, and they can fight the dead when they launch a madness, and Yi Yanke is afraid that Qin Yuecheng will really touch it.
The two quickened their pace, and soon came to the foot of the mountain.
There are two mountains near the village, both of which are very large, one with a dense jungle and the other with a sparse jungle, and there are many living creatures on both hills.
It's still winter, and the trees are dead.
There has been no snow for the past few days, and fallen leaves and mud have been exposed on the mountain roads.
Yi Yan looked left and right, a little hesitant, not knowing which path to choose.
Just then, she suddenly heard a sparse voice behind her.
Yi Yan turned her head and saw a tall figure at the end of the mountain road from a distance.
The figure was dragging a very large object and was dragging it down the hill with all its might.
The height that stood out from the crowd was rare in Murakami, and Yi Yan recognized it as Qin Yuecheng at a glance.
"Brother Cheng, it's Brother Cheng." She screamed, spread her legs and ran over.
Yi Chenggang also ran over.
The two of them ran out of breath for a while, and finally came close and met Qin Yuecheng.
Only then did Yi Yan discover that Qin Yuecheng was dragging a fat wild boar in his hand.
The wild boar had very long fangs, black hair all over its body, more than 200 catties by eyesight, and the meat on its whole body was very fat.
Yi Chenggang was dumbfounded, and asked, "Dacheng, this is what you hunted?" ”
Qin Yuecheng dragged the wild boar all the way down the mountain, even with such good physical strength, he was so tired that he was out of breath.
He gasped twice and replied, "Yes, when I was setting a trap today, I saw the hoof prints of a wild boar nearby, so I made another trap, and I found this wild boar." ”
"This wild boar is not easy to catch, is it? This thing is so powerful that ordinary traps can't trap it at all, how did you get killed? "Yi Chenggang knows the habits of these beasts.
"It's fine." Qin Yuecheng didn't say much about the process of hunting wild boars, for fear that Yi Yan would feel bloody.
"It's too messy."
Yi Yan looked at Qin Yuecheng worriedly, because Yi Chenggang was by his side, he couldn't go up to check whether Qin Yuecheng was injured.
Her brow furrowed, unusually serious.
Seeing her like this, Qin Yuecheng was a little flustered, and he didn't think that he had done something wrong for a while.
He honestly stood next to Yi Yan, and thought that he had just fought with the wild boar, and there was a lot of dirt on his body, which was probably very dirty, so he silently hid two steps away.
"Let's go, don't stand here and talk about it, it's cold, let's get this thing home first." Yi Yan said.
Yi Cheng just stepped forward and beckoned Qin Yuecheng, "Come, Dacheng, let's carry the wild boar back." ”
"Xiaoyan, you go back in front and tell your sister-in-law to boil water, and go back so that you can clean up this wild boar."
"Got it." Yi Yan answered, turned around and walked quickly in the direction of home.
Yi Chenggang and Qin Yuecheng worked together to lift the wild boar up.
After lifting it, Yi Chenggang was even more impressed with Qin Yuecheng.
He and Qin Yuecheng both felt very heavy when they carried this pig, if he was alone, he would not be able to get down the mountain alive or dead.
Qin Yuecheng's son, this body, is not white.
This strength, Murakami estimates that no one can match.
"Sister-in-law, Brother Cheng got a wild boar, my brother said to let you boil the water and come back so that the wild boar can be cleaned up."
Yi Yan ran home first and went into the house to tell Xu Hui about the wild boar.
Xu Hui sat up from the kang in surprise and said, "The wild boar is so fierce, Dacheng can actually hunt it?" ”
"Not really." The more Yi Yan thought about it, the more she felt that Qin Yuecheng really didn't take his safety seriously!
She saw the fangs of the wild boar, so long and so sharp, if she poked it once, with the current level of medical care, people would probably have to go.
It was not easy for her to get Qin Yuecheng to get rid of the Qin family, and she still wanted to take Qin Yuecheng to live a good life!
If Qin Yuecheng was injured, wouldn't she have nowhere to cry?
In the evening, I must have a serious discussion with Qin Yuecheng about this issue.
"Xiaoyan, I'll go get firewood, you go brush the pot and add water." Xu Hui put on her shoes and went to the ground and instructed Yi Yan.
Yi Yan responded to the call, scooped a basin of water in the water tank, brought it to the stove, and brushed the pot twice.
Then I started to scoop water into the pot again and pour it into the pot.
Xu Hui brought back the firewood and stuffed it into the stove.
She first lit the fire with a bud rice stick, and then added a few shovels to the bud rice stick.
The bud rice stick is very easy to use in winter to make a fire, clean, with little dust, and the fire is particularly strong.
After burning, there is not much ash, and it is much easier to clean than the bud rice pole.
The stove was blazing, and in a short time the water in the pot boiled.
Outside, after two short rests, Yi Chenggang and Qin Yuecheng finally brought the wild boar back.
The wild boar had been dead for some time, and the blood had dried up, and the flesh had been completely cold.
Yi Cheng just entered the house and scooped a large basin of hot water and began to dehaired the pigs.
Now that the weather is cold, pork can be contained, but frozen meat is far less delicious than fresh meat, and there is no price for fresh meat.
The wild boar that Qin Yuecheng beat was more than 200 catties, and no matter how much their family ate, they couldn't finish it.
Yi Chenggang planned to go to all the houses in the village tomorrow to inform him, sell some meat, and keep the rest for his own food.
If you want to sell the meat to the villagers, you have to deal with it in advance.
Otherwise, when the time comes, the yard will be full of blood, and who will buy it for the New Year.
"This wild boar is really not small, it is estimated that it can be sold for hundreds of dollars."
It was the first time Xu Hui had seen a wild boar with such long fangs, which was quite novel, standing on the side and watching.
Yi Yuxuan also heard the sound, and clapped his hands excitedly after seeing the wild boar.
"What a big boar, where did you get this? It's even more majestic than what we draw in our textbooks! ”
The boy likes some Bingyue weapons, and the fangs of the wild boar are sharp and long, in Yi Yuxuan's opinion, they are full of majesty.
"It's your big brother who called." Xu Hui said.
After saying that, I felt that I didn't seem to be using the right title.
Yi Yan is the youngest son of her in-laws, and she has a high ranking in the family, Yi Yuxuan has always been called Aunt Yi Yan, which is a normal title.
And Qin Yuecheng is Xu Hui's junior, so it is reasonable for Yi Yuxuan to always call Brother Dacheng.
Who would have thought that one day Aunt Xiao and Brother Dacheng would be together?
Yi Yuxuan still used his original name, which naturally didn't sound right.
An aunt and a brother, this is a generation's errand.
"Dad, can I play with this fang?" Yi Yuxuan walked up to Yi Chenggang and looked at the two long fangs of the wild boar with a salivating expression.
Yi Chenggang waved his hand to chase him away and said, "No." ”
This thing was long, pointy, and dangerous, unlike those swords made of paper.
"Dad, why are you so stingy?" Yi Yuxuan pouted, looking unwilling.
"Go, go, play, and get in the way here, I'm not stingy, but angry with you!"
Yi Cheng just got up and drove Yi Yuxuan away, picked up the knife on the table stand, and began to disembowel the wild boar.
He also raised pigs, and in the past few years, he raised two pigs every year and killed them during the Chinese New Year.
Some of them eat for themselves, and some of them are sold to the villagers.
This year, it was because the Yi family was not so rich in food that they did not raise it, but the ability to kill pigs and disembowel them is still there.
"Xiaoyan, you can go in." Qin Yuecheng had to stay to help Yi Chenggang deal with the pig organs, and when he saw Yi Yan standing next to him, he was afraid that he would smoke her.
Yi Yan glanced at him and said with a calm face, "Brother Cheng, you come in with me, I have something for you." ”
"What's that?" Qin Yuecheng was puzzled, but he still obediently followed her.
After the two entered Yi Yan's house, Yi Yan closed the door, pointed to the kang, and ordered Qin Yuecheng, "Sit." ”
The original owner's temperament was relatively weak in the past, while Yi Yan's own temperament was more lively.
Rarely has she been so serious and majestic.
Qin Yuecheng felt very unfamiliar, and couldn't help but get nervous, and obediently walked over and sat down, not daring to ask why.