After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

The village head asked the hunters in the village to take a few skilled young men out to find a place to rest. They had been out for more than an hour and had not returned yet. The villagers were worried that they had encountered something.

The sky and the earth were the same color, making it difficult to tell the direction. There was no village nearby, so we could only look for a cave.

"They're back, they're back. Are you the ones holding the pillar? Have you found the place?"

"Uncle, it's us. We found a cave five miles ahead where we can take shelter from the wind and snow."

"Okay, you lead the way. We have to get there before dark."

The villagers cheered, pushed their carts, and dragged their children along to hurry on. There was total silence in the group, not because no one was chatting, but as soon as they opened their mouths, the wind and snow poured in.

Looking at the cave that was about fifty or sixty meters in front of them, the villagers' eyes were full of surprise. This place was so good that so many people could stay there.

The car stopped at the edge of the cave, and everyone went to look for hay and firewood before it got dark. They also had to make a fire in the cave at night.

Ye Qing did not go to look for firewood. She went to the cave first. This cave was natural and there were traces of wild animals inside. There were openings on both sides of the cave, and the wind was blowing straight in.

Ye Qing frowned. The wind was blowing back and forth, and the temperature in the cave was not high. He wondered if he could hold out at night.

The firewood collectors came back with a lot of dry trees. They carried back several of them, enough to burn for several days.

"Grandpa Lizheng, let's use these trees to block the entrance of the cave. They can block the wind and keep out wild animals."

"Qingya is really smart. You can think of this. We will listen to you."

Old Man Ye looked at Ye Qing with some pride. They had become accustomed to Ye Qing's intelligence along the way.

Whenever they have questions, they will ask Ye Qing, and every time Ye Qing gives advice, it makes their eyes light up.

Once the two sides were blocked, the temperature in the cave rose. The hay on the cart was unloaded and spread on the ground, and a fire was lit.

The entrance to the cave was blocked, the fire was lit, and the people in the village near the mountain had a good sleep.

When Ye Qing woke up the next day, the snow outside was already half a meter thick. It had been snowing all night and was still falling.

Ye Qing drank the porridge made from dried sweet potatoes. Although it was called porridge, there were actually only a few grains of rice in it, and it had more water than sweet potatoes.

There was no telling when the snow would stop, so they didn't need to hurry on their journey and had to eat sparingly.

After dinner, the children played in the cave while the adults continued to collect firewood and look for food.

Ye Qing was helping Zhou to twist the rope when he heard a humming sound coming from the cave entrance.

Ye Qing climbed up to the cave entrance, stood on the stake at the entrance and looked out. A little pig was grunting at the door, as if wondering why the door was blocked.

"Mom, there's a little pig at the door."

"Qingya, don't move, don't go out. At this time of year, the little pig can't survive without the big pig to lead it." Zhou said as she walked towards the cave entrance.

Zhou stretched her head to take a look, and heard heavy breathing getting closer and closer.

"Oh my god, the wild boar is coming." Zhou screamed in fright.

The huge wild boar rushed over and knocked the cave door to the ground, causing it to sway. Ye Qing quickly jumped to the side, and as he watched the cave door become increasingly unstable, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Someone come quickly, block the cave door with stones."

There was a sudden chaos in the cave. Some people were moving stones, while others were turning around in fear.

Ye Qing calmed down. It was almost dark now. The people who went out to collect firewood would be back soon. As long as they could hold on for a while, they would be saved.

"Sixth brother, take a few people to move stones to block the cave entrance, and fifth brother, find a few people to bring some burning wood over."

The children in the cave had a backbone and started to work according to the instructions. Zhou also calmed down, took the firewood from the children and threw it out.

The wild boar outside was frightened by the fire, took a few steps back and walked around the cave entrance.

This gave the children who were moving stones inside a sigh of relief, but just as they were relieved, another wild boar with a mouth full of fangs rushed over.

The little pig was screaming with fear in the fire, and the wild boar was so anxious that he jumped over the fire and rushed to the little wild boar.

After confirming the safety of the piglets, the wild boar snorted angrily at the cave door that blocked his way home, and accelerated towards the wooden door.

Ah~ah~

There was a shout from inside in fear. Ye Qing looked at the small hole that was opened by the impact and threw a fist-sized stone at it.

At this critical moment, the person who went out to collect firewood finally came back.

Looking at the broken cave door, the man outside gasped in fear, because the children of the family were all inside.

"Dad, we're fine. Hurry up and catch them so we can have meat to eat." Ye Qing clapped his hands happily when he saw his father coming back.

Dozens of people came back, holding sticks, and hit the wild boar. The wild boar didn't intend to let the group of people go, and turned around and rushed over.

The sticks were hit at the pig's head, some were hit at the pig's legs, and Ye Dalang also shot at the wild boar's eyes.

The wild boar screamed, and another wild boar rushed over to rescue it. Another round of sticks came down and the legs of both wild boars were broken.

The group of men hit the wild boar a few more times with their sticks, and the wild boar was completely killed.

Ye Qing was already counting all the dishes made with pork in his mind.

"Braised pork, stewed pig's trotters, cold-mixed pig ears, stewed spare ribs, pork dumplings..." Ye Qing silently wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

"Dad, what should we do with the little wild boar? We have nothing to feed it." Ye Qing looked at the little pig and thought about the roasted suckling pig.

"Let's kill it together. We scared it today. I guess it won't live long."

The villagers worked together to carry the wild boar away, lit a fire to boil water, and then killed the pig and cut the meat.

There was a lot of snow now, so there was no need to look for water. I just boiled some snow water, scalded the pig hair, and cut the pig into small pieces. I didn't want to throw away the intestines, so I washed them several times with water and wood ash.

A few people shoveled a lot of soil and covered the dirty part of the hole so that there would be no bloody smell.

The villagers followed the footprints and found two big pigs under a cliff.

The five wild boars weighed more than 1,000 kilograms and were distributed among the villagers, so each family got a lot. Now that the weather is cold, pork can be stored, but no one is willing to eat it.

Finally, everyone made a big pot of soup with pig intestines, pig blood, pig liver and wild vegetable roots, and everyone drank a big bowl of it while it was hot.

The Ye family also wrapped the pork in oil paper and sprinkled some salt on it so that it could be stored longer.

The villagers had stored dried sweet potatoes, as well as insects found on trees and in the fields, and now they had pork. They no longer had to travel every day, and if they ate sparingly, they could still eat until the beginning of spring.

After another night, the snow had blocked half of the cave entrance, so the village head arranged for people to shovel the snow. If the snow was not shoveled away, it would block the cave entrance, and the outside air could not get in. With the fire lit inside, it was easy to get poisoned.