Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

The next morning, after a quick breakfast, the villagers gathered at the door of Uncle Chen Jiu's house. Everyone said that they were very satisfied to be able to share so much wild boar meat, and they would not share the roe deer meat.

Uncle Chen Jiu's face was full of smiles: "Hey! It's great that everyone thinks this way! In the first place, no one contributed to the roe deer. If we don't hunt wild boars, we can just share them shamelessly.

"Now we've shamelessly shared the wild boar meat—we didn't do anything to get it, did we? This is already a huge bargain, we can't be ungrateful!"

The villagers all said: "Yes, yes, that's right!"

Uncle Chen Jiu asked, "Are you going up the mountain again today?"

Someone immediately said, "Let's take it easy! My legs are still weak!"

Someone echoed, "That's right, we've got so much wild boar meat, shouldn't we try it? It's not a festival, it's so hard to get back to meat!"

Uncle Chen Jiu asked the others again, and since most of them agreed, he waved his hand and said, "Alright! Go back and pack your own meat! We'll go back into the mountains tomorrow."

He went to talk to Zhou Yu about this matter in person, and saw Zhou Yu sending wild boar meat to the next door, so he asked a few questions.

Zhou Yu said, "We don't know how to do it. Please ask Aunt Zhao and Miss Qin for help."

"Wild boar meat isn't very tasty," Uncle Chen Jiu smacked his lips. "It tastes fishy, and it needs more seasoning to taste good.

"Your Excellency has found the right person, Yingzi. She knows how to mix the seasonings, and I, an old man, was just thinking of asking her for some!"

Zhou Yu got a lot of meat and couldn't finish it all at once. Qin Ying was discussing with Aunt Zhao to spread salt and other seasonings on it and make it into smoked meat, which they could save for later.

The fat and lard are first refined into oil, which can be eaten for a long time.

There were a few pounds of meat left. Half of it was cut into slices and shreds and could be used for cooking. The other half was chopped into minced meat by Zhao Hu, and then marinated with enough seasonings and sent back to Zhou Yu.

We handle these in our own family in the same way, because the Zhou sisters are here, and they have a lot of meat.

Zhou Yu specifically asked his two younger sisters to eat the four pig's trotters.

Although it was called pig's trotters, there was actually a pig's leg left, which we couldn't finish, so three of the trotters were smoked and one was stewed.

As for the roe deer, we plan to slaughter them in the next two days. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be tempting to wait and kill them later?

The two Zhou sisters couldn’t finish such a big pig’s trotter, so the Zhao family didn’t hesitate when they picked up their chopsticks and gave Zhou Yu a portion.

Of course, just a portion of pig's trotter meat was not enough, so Qin Ying also stewed a large pot of meat and served it with cold dishes.

Zhang Jinzhi sighed as he ate, "I never thought wild boar meat could be so delicious. I just wonder if domestic pigs can be so delicious."

Zhou Yu pointed at the dishes on the plate and said, "Wild boars are very active, so their meat is leaner. Domestic pigs are usually slaughtered once a year, so this wild boar is probably several years old, so its meat is tougher.

“Why would Aunt Zhao and Miss Qin stew it for so long?

"In the past, domestic boar meat was not tasty either. It had a distinct fishy smell. Boars, except for breeding pigs, were castrated when they were young. When they were raised, they no longer had a fishy smell.

"When the piglets were delivered, I asked Master Chen Jiu about it, but he didn't seem to know about it, so I sent someone out of town to find a pig butcher."

Zhang Jinzhi thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, there are records in ancient books that the practice of pig slaughtering has existed since ancient times. It probably started in the Later Han Dynasty."

That day, Aunt Zhao invited someone in the village who knew how to slaughter animals to help her slaughter the three roe deer, and Zhao Hu followed and learned from her.

Most of the meat was smoked, and a small portion was reserved for immediate consumption.

The person who helped received two pounds of meat as a gift and left very satisfied.

After eating the meat, it was time to go up the mountain again. Before leaving, Qin Ying helped cut the roe deer meat reserved for cooking and taught the Zhou sisters how to marinate and cook it.

The two sisters listened carefully. Although they were not good at knife skills, they could still cook even if they worked slowly.

This day's trip up the mountain was again a fruitful one. We killed three wolves, caught a few rabbits, a few pheasants, and some dried fruits and mushrooms.

The rabbits are first raised in the rabbit farm, and then taken out together with the rabbits that are about to be slaughtered before the New Year to be shared equally among the villagers; the pheasants are taken back and stewed together and shared by everyone; dried fruits, mushrooms and the like are also to be divided equally.

Since only Zhou Yu and Xu Xia contributed to the three-headed wolf, logically, it should all belong to them.

But Zhou Yu and Xu Xia both said that they only wanted the wolf skin, and the villagers could divide the wolf meat.

The Zhao family had no shortage of meat, so they said they didn't want any. Wolf meat was too tough, and if you wanted to make it delicious, you had to put in more effort, add more oil, and more ingredients, which was too troublesome.

When Qin Ying returned to Tongshutun, before she even entered the house, she saw Zhou Qi standing at the gate waiting for her.

Zhou Yu saw that his sister looked a little anxious, and he couldn't help but worry. He hurried forward and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

He left guards in secret, and everything in the village was peaceful, so there shouldn't be any bad guys coming.

Zhou Qi shook her head and bowed to her elder brother before looking at Qin Ying and saying, "Sister Qin, someone came to you to buy some herbs. They said they needed them urgently."

"Ah?" Qin Ying was very surprised. She quickened her pace and asked, "Who is it? Did they take the herbs away?"

"No," Zhou Qi shook her head. "I know things like this can't be taken lightly, so I asked them to wait a little."

Everyone walked into the yard while talking, and Zhou Yu followed because he was worried.

From Zhou Qi's narration, everyone learned that someone had gone up the mountain in the afternoon and discovered the medicinal field run by Qin Ying. He asked the people who stayed in the village and found the Zhao family. When he saw the medicinal herbs drying in the yard, he offered to buy some.

Zhou Qi didn't know what the other party was going to do with it, and medicinal herbs could save lives if used correctly, but could harm people if used incorrectly. How could this be treated as a joke?

So he said that it was not his thing and he had no say in it.

He was also worried that the person really wanted medicine to treat an illness, and that any delay would delay the illness and might even harm the person, so he told the other party that the owner of the medicinal materials would be back after dark and asked them to come back then.

Qin Ying smiled and nodded: "You did the right thing! What kind of medicinal herbs does he want?"

Zhou Qi pointed over and said, "That's it. They said they wanted them all."

Qin Ying took a look and saw several kinds of medicinal herbs, some expensive and some common, but they were all good medicines with no toxicity.

Zhou Yu's expression relaxed, and he smiled at his sister: "It's a good thing to be cautious in doing things. Well done!"

Zhou Mian came out when he heard the noise. Seeing everyone there, he felt a little uneasy and asked hurriedly, "Did something happen?"

"No, no," Aunt Zhao smiled and waved her hands, taking a deep breath. "Wow, it smells so good! My stomach is rumbling."

Everyone said they were hungry.

Zhou Mian smiled and said, "Then put down your things quickly, wash your hands and eat first. I'll go serve the dishes!"