After lunch that day, Bai Zhizhi and Lu Chuan prepared to send Lu Chuan's parents back to the guesthouse together later. After all, they still had to go to work. As for the Bai family's dining tables, bowls, chopsticks, stools and so on, Bai's father asked his two sons and daughters-in-law to get them. Bai Zhizhi also remembered the kindness of her two brothers and sisters-in-law, so she thanked them verbally first, and then took out some gifts from the space for everyone later.

Bai Zhizhi saw that there was really nothing good to sell at home. All the previous stock at home had been taken out today, and only some of the things Lu Chuan brought were left, so she said to Lu Chuan: "I'm going to go to the mountain later to get some things for mom and the others to take away. Do you want to come with me?"

Lu Chuan originally wanted to refuse, but looking at the look in his wife's eyes, he felt that it was impossible not to go. She was also determined to bring local specialties back for her parents, so she had no choice but to go.

Just tell your parents about the situation, and then let them chat with your parents-in-law at home for a while...

When Mr. and Mrs. Lu saw their son and daughter-in-law go to the mountains to hunt and take the game away for them, they were very pleased. The Lu family had another good daughter-in-law, so they went into the house to chat with their in-laws. Today was Bai Zhizhi's wedding day, so all the adults in the Bai family took leave and did not go to work today.

After the eldest and second brothers Bai put the table and benches back in place, they heard that their younger sister was going up the mountain and wanted to go with her. However, they had been very busy this morning. Bai Zhizhi felt sorry for her brothers, so she didn't let them go. She told them to have a good rest at home and said, "Eldest brother, second brother, you guys take a rest first. You'll need to fetch more water later. I'll kill a chicken later."

Brother Bai and the second brother were also very happy to hear that their sister allowed them to rest. They did not expect that their sister would be so considerate of them after getting married. They obediently agreed to go to sleep and fetch water to boil water when they woke up.

Bai Zhizhi and Lu Chuan walked side by side up the mountain. Lu Chuan carried a backpack with a hunting tool in it. The sun shone through the treetops, casting mottled shadows. The air was filled with the fresh scent of soil and grass. The mountain road was rugged, but both of them walked steadily, obviously very familiar with this mountain forest.

Suddenly, Lu Chuan stopped and signaled Bai Zhizhi to be quiet. He gently parted the grass in front of him, revealing a small hole. He approached cautiously and suddenly reached into the hole, and unexpectedly took out a fat rabbit. Bai Zhizhi cried out in surprise, and Lu Chuan smiled triumphantly and put the rabbit into the bag he brought.

The two continued to move forward, stopping from time to time to look for prey. Lu Chuan demonstrated excellent hunting skills. Whether it was bird eggs on the trees or game in the grass (pheasants, hares, wild vegetables, edible mushrooms, etc.), he could accurately find and capture them. Bai Zhizhi helped collect on the side, and the two cooperated very well.

Lu Chuan and Bai Zhizhi shuttled through the lush forest again. The sun shone through the treetops and sprinkled on the two of them, forming mottled light and shadow. Lu Chuan held a long stick and scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes, looking for traces of prey. Bai Zhizhi followed closely behind him, holding a basket in her hand, ready to collect the prey captured by Lu Chuan at any time.

Suddenly, Lu Chuan stopped and held his breath. He slowly raised his long stick and pointed it at a bush in front of him. Bai Zhizhi also came over nervously. Lu Chuan gently pushed aside the bushes, and a colorful pheasant showed its head. Lu Chuan acted quickly and hit the pheasant accurately with the long stick. The pheasant flapped its wings and fell to the ground. Bai Zhizhi screamed in surprise and hurried forward to pick up the pheasant and put it in the basket.

Bai Zhizhi looked at the pheasants in the basket with excitement in her eyes. She seemed unsatisfied to see her man hunting so quickly, so she asked him to continue hunting. The two looked around, and their eyes finally fell on the depths of a dense forest. Lu Chuan patted Bai Zhizhi's shoulder gently, motioning her to follow him closely, and then walked carefully into the dense forest.

The light in the dense forest was dim, but Lu Chuan seemed to know the place well. He avoided the thorns and shuttled between the trees. Suddenly, a rustling sound came. Lu Chuan immediately stopped and held his breath. Not far ahead, he saw a huge wild boar leisurely foraging in the forest. A hint of joy flashed in Lu Chuan's eyes. He slowly took out his bow and arrow and aimed at the wild boar.

Bai Zhizhi nervously clenched the basket in her hand, watching Lu Chuan approach the wild boar cautiously. The sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and fell on Lu Chuan's resolute face, forming mottled light and shadows. He aimed at the wild boar with full concentration, and pulled the bow and arrow in his hand steadily.

Suddenly, Lu Chuan let go of his hand, and the arrow shot out with a sharp whistle. The wild boar seemed to notice it and raised its head suddenly, but it was too late. The arrow accurately penetrated the wild boar's body, and it let out a shrill howl and then fell heavily to the ground.

Bai Zhizhi exclaimed and ran forward to check, only to see the wild boar lying on the ground, motionless. She turned back to look at Lu Chuan, her eyes full of admiration and worship. Lu Chuan calmly walked over, checked the wild boar, and then motioned Bai Zhizhi to help carry it to a place, make a record first, and then secretly carry it back later.

Bai Zhizhi and Lu Chuan continued to move deeper into the forest, their steps light and firm, as if they were one with the forest. The sunlight shone through the treetops, casting mottled shadows, adding a bit of mystery and tranquility to the dense forest.

Suddenly, Lu Chuan stopped and stared at an old tree in front of him. Bai Zhizhi came over curiously and saw Lu Chuan approach the tree carefully and then reached into a hole in the tree. After a while, he took out a few round pheasant eggs with some dirt and grass on the eggshells.

Bai Zhizhi cried out in surprise, and quickly took the pheasant eggs from Lu Chuan's hand and carefully put them into the basket. She looked up at Lu Chuan, her eyes flashing with excitement, as if she had already seen the delicious pheasant egg dinner in the evening.

The two of them hunted pheasants, rabbits, and wild boars together, and picked up bird eggs, pheasant eggs, and mushrooms. They were satisfied as it was getting late.

The two men first let Bai Zhizhi take the pheasants and rabbits back, notified Brother Bai and the others to come, and secretly carried them home. Bai Zhizhi did not delay, and quickly put on the backpack and covered it with a few bundles of wild vegetables.

After running back home quickly, Bai Zhizhi asked: "Dad, Mom, where are my older brother and second brother? Lu Chuan killed a wild boar, and we need to ask them to go and carry it down."

Bai's father and mother, as well as Lu Chuan's parents, were all very surprised. It was the first time they heard that their son had killed a wild boar (Lu Chuan had killed a wild boar in the army before, but Lu's father and others didn't know about it). They hurriedly checked if Bai Zhizhi was injured.

Bai Zhizhi said: "No, do you know where my brother and the others went?"

Bai Ersao, who had just left the room, said, "Little sister, your second brother and his friends just woke up and went to fetch water to boil water. What's going on?"

After thanking her second sister-in-law, Bai Zhizhi asked her nephew Bai Zihao to take her to the well, which was also dug next to her own yard.

Finally, I found Brother Bai Er and the others. I asked them to go back quickly and said in a low voice: "Brother, Lu Chuan has killed a wild boar. You guys should go over quickly and help carry it down."

Brother Bai and the others did not dare to hesitate. Each of them carried a load of water back home, ready to follow Bai Zhizhi up the mountain.

When they got to the mountain, Lu Chuan shot a few pheasants and rabbits. He thought his wife would take a long time, so he went to shoot again because he felt itchy. He also made a simple backpack for himself, fearing that his wife would forget to take it. When he saw the backpack behind his wife, he gave her a look.

Bai Zhizhi thought he was very boring, and fortunately Bai Zhizhi knew it, so she emptied the backpack and carried it up the mountain again.

The two brothers saw their sister and brother-in-law flirting with each other and interrupted them, saying, "Okay, clean it up quickly, before a wolf smells the blood, it will be a big trouble."

Finally, Bai Zhizhi put the pheasants and rabbits back into the backpack. Three of them carried the pig's head, and two carried each a pig's foot, and they walked home quickly.

Fortunately, my house is located at the end of the village, so I can get home quickly, and my neighbors’ houses are only about a hundred or two hundred meters away.

When Bai's mother and her family saw a very fat wild boar, they were busy boiling water and preparing dinner, but Bai Zhizhi felt that she should cook dinner by herself. After all, on the wedding day, her parents-in-law had come from far away, and as a daughter-in-law, she had to show her cooking skills (if she couldn't cook, that would be another matter). Bai's mother was worried that she couldn't cook, but Bai Zhizhi asked her mother to believe in her and said that if she really couldn't do it, they could just help her and she would stir-fry the vegetables. Bai's mother also knew her daughter's personality and thoughts, so she agreed and said that she would let her sister-in-law help because she was going to accompany her mother-in-law. Bai Zhizhi didn't care and anyone could help.

Lu Chuan and his men were slaughtering the pig outside, while his second sister-in-law was helping to clean up. Because the wild boar had died in the mountains, it was killed very quickly. Except for the children, all the adults in the family worked together, and even Lu's father and mother helped.

In the kitchen, she and her sister-in-law cleaned and cut the hare and pheasant into pieces. When her sister-in-law was not paying attention, she secretly used her mind to take the seasoning packet from the space kitchen, and quickly put some into the pot to marinate, preparing to stew it.

The wild boar was cut up by the eldest brother and his friends, with a total net weight of 220 kilograms of meat. They took two 2-kilogram pieces of pork belly and lean meat, and 10 kilograms of ribs into the kitchen, and the rest of the meat was pickled with salt and stored in the cellar. Bai Zhizhi asked them to keep the pig's head, offal, and tail to make braised meat when the time comes.

When she entered the kitchen and saw that it was her sister cooking, she was a little curious. Knowing her curiosity, Bai Zhizhi quickly drove her out. She asked her eldest sister-in-law to help wash the wild boar meat first, while she chopped the ribs first and then washed them with water. After her eldest sister-in-law washed the meat, she cleverly divided it into several parts. One part was used for oil extraction, one part was used for barbecue, and the other part was for cooking. She asked her eldest sister-in-law to help watch the oil extraction part while she went on to cook the next dish. At this time, the second sister-in-law also came in and asked if there was anyone who needed help. Bai Zhizhi thought that she could let her eldest brother and the others go to the river to catch fish, and let her second sister-in-law talk to the men. After that, she helped to pick vegetables, peppers and onions from the vegetable garden.

She gently cracked the pheasant eggs into a bowl, added seasonings and stirred them into egg liquid. Then she took 15 kilograms of flour and a small bag of cornstarch from the space, put them in the flour barrel, and prepared to pour some flour and cornstarch to fry them into an omelet.

After about half an hour, Bai Zhizhi prepared all the dishes to be fried (minced meat, fish, hare, pheasant, vegetables, and egg pancakes), and asked her eldest and second sisters-in-law to help pour flour and prepare dumplings and steamed buns.

In the kitchen, the fire was blazing and the spatulas were flying. Bai Zhizhi's technique was skillful and elegant, like a professional chef. Fortunately, the kitchen room in the countryside was very large, and the second sister-in-law, the eldest sister-in-law, the eldest brother and the second brother were helping to roll out the dumpling skins, bun skins, and steamed buns, and preparing to make buns, dumplings and steamed buns; Lu Chuan handed over the necessary ingredients and ordinary seasonings from time to time (the seasonings in the space had already been put into the food), and the two of them cooperated well with each other, as if they were old partners for many years.

Soon, one dish after another with delicious color, aroma and taste was placed on the table, stir-fried rabbit (because the rabbit was stewed until soft and the dried chili was very flavorful), stir-fried pheasant, pheasant stewed with potatoes, which were tender and juicy, wild boar ribs and kelp soup were mellow and rich, stir-fried pork with chili was very spicy, stir-fried shredded potatoes, stewed steamed fish, pheasant egg pancakes that were golden and attractive, a plate of cabbage and pork dregs, buns, and the fillings of the dumplings were also delicious, with meat fillings, which made the four children in the family say that they wanted to eat more.

Bai Zhizhi also specially made a dish of cold cucumbers and cold tomatoes so that they could enjoy this delicious meal.

After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Lu prepared to return to the county. Mother Bai wanted them to stay at home for a while longer, but Mother Lu refused, saying that they had to catch a bus tomorrow and the trip would be a bit troublesome. Mother Bai did not try to keep them and asked her daughter if everything was ready.

Bai Zhizhi: "Mom, it's too late. Mom, what time do you want to buy your tickets tomorrow?"

Lu Chuan: "Wife, the ticket is for 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, don't bring the local specialties back to your parents yet. You have just recovered, so don't bother. The meal just now was very good. It tasted very good, better than any other meal in a state-owned restaurant."

Seeing that her son loved his wife, Lu's mother was very happy and said quickly: "Yes, Zhizhi, don't do it. When the time comes, you can come to Beijing to visit us more often. It will be the greatest gift. Besides, Lu Chuan's grandparents are waiting for you to go back."

Bai Zhizhi thought of a compromise and said, "Mom, it's okay, I'm not tired. Lu Chuan is going back to the army soon. I'll make some delicious food for you and bring some back to him. I'll make it tomorrow morning and my brother will take me to the county. You will have food in the car."

In the end, Lu's mother and the others had no choice but to agree to Bai Zhizhi's request, and told her not to make too much, as it would be difficult to carry too many things. Bai Zhizhi had no choice but to agree verbally, after all, it was up to her to decide how much to make when the time came.

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