Chapter 044: There is no difference between sleeping once and sleeping several times

"Mom, you don't know. We couldn't see anything, but as soon as my sister went up the mountain, mushrooms, pheasants, eggs, and goats all came to our door."

Li Yunjue said with his hands dancing, in fact, he was only five years old.

Li Yunchao smiled and said, "Mom, we didn't hide it from you on purpose. We were just afraid that if grandma and dad knew how powerful my sister was, they would not let her leave."

Li Yunye also said: "In fact, we have long noticed that my sister has become smarter, but we didn't dare to say it. They said that my sister was a monster, but in fact, my sister is a lucky star."

Gu Yuru nodded, patted her sons' heads, and kissed her youngest daughter's cheek. "Mom knows, you are all great. I will love you well in the future."

"We are willing to follow mother. We are not familiar with father." Li Yunjue said. He had not met Li Yuan many times. Every time he saw him, he either found fault with them or punished them.

Gu Yuru sighed and felt comforted in her heart, "Okay, Yun Chao, Yun Ye, you hold my brothers and sisters, Yun Chao, help me bring the wild boar back, we can have something good to eat tonight."

Li Mumu smiled and said, not just tonight, but she can eat delicious food every day in the future.

When the women came back with a wild boar, they frightened everyone present.

Madam Gu ran to Gu Yuru first and said, "Is he okay?"

Gu Yuru wiped the sweat from his head and explained to the old lady how he got the wild boar.

"Is this true? Our Mumu is so lucky, isn't she?" Zhang Yi said with a smile.

After an afternoon of effort, Gu Yu had already explained everything that had happened before, and the real credit went to his little cousin.

Gu Jian couldn't stop smiling. After all, the wild boar only had a wound on its head, which looked like it was hit. But his daughter would never lie. Besides, she was good at using a sword, but she hadn't practiced for many years, so her skills were not as good as before. She couldn't make a fatal blow.

"The Li family must be regretting this time, for handing over such a lucky girl to us."

Madam Gu snorted, "What do you mean by 'give in'? They weren't nice to Mumu to begin with. That woman clearly couldn't tolerate Mumu. Besides, they're Yu Rusheng's children too, so they should be with us."

"Yes, yes, ma'am, you are absolutely right."

Zhang Xiang also heard that his mother and daughter had picked up a wild boar and came to take a look, but his meaning was obvious.

Although Li Mumu didn't want him to live too long, she would rather offend a gentleman than a villain. Besides, food would not be a problem on the road.

"Uncle, this wild boar is too big for us to finish. Please eat it with the other uncles."

Although Song Qiang was a little reluctant, she knew that one had to bow down under someone's roof. "Yes, sir, you've worked hard along the way. Let's have some wild boar meat later."

Zhang Xiang nodded. The Gu family was indeed much more sensible than the Li family. "Then give us half. Brothers, try it too."

Song Qiang had a smile on her face, but she was cursing in her heart, thinking that he was such a cruel person, he actually wanted half of it.

If you want to buy peace with money, just give it.

This time Zhang Xiang was satisfied and ordered the shackles of the men in the Gu family to be removed. The reason was that women were not capable of cutting open pigs' stomachs and cleaning up pig hair.

Now that they were free, the three brothers worked very hard.

Song Qiang looked at the pork and sighed.

"Second sister-in-law, what happened?" Gu Yuru asked.

"Oh, sister, it's my fault. I didn't expect such a good thing to happen on the road. The seasonings are there, but the ones needed to cook the meat dishes are not prepared. Without the seasonings, the meat will lose half its flavor."

Zhang Yi comforted him softly, "It's good enough to have meat to eat. We'll be happy without any seasoning."

Having said that, Song Qiang is an expert in cooking and always feels that the food would not be perfect without spices.

But at this moment, she found Li Mumu fiddling with the green leaves, and she quickly called out to the little girl, "Mumu, don't throw it away!"

Li Mumu took a deep breath, and her second aunt finally saw it.

"What's wrong?" Gu Mingtang glared at her, "You're making a fuss! You scared the child."

Song Qiang finally reacted, "Mumu, Second Aunt isn't trying to scare you. Are those bay leaves in your hand? And star anise, cinnamon, and green peppercorns?"

Li Mumu smiled and shook her head, "I don't know, it smells good, I picked it on the mountain."

"My dear, what can your aunt say about you? You only pick spices. Now, how come you are so good at picking them?"

Li Mumu laughed, because these were needed for meat dishes. "They taste weird."

"Don't blame me, my aunt will use them to make meat later, it will be delicious."

Li Mumu smiled and nodded, then gave all the spices to Song Qiang. She was done, and now she just had to wait to eat the roasted wild boar meat.

"Mumu, where did you pick them? Tell me, I'll pick some too." Song Qiang said excitedly.

Gu Mingtang frowned again, "It's dark, the roads are slippery, and there are wild animals. Why are you going there? Isn't this enough?"

"That's enough, but later..."

"Just buy some later. It doesn't cost much. What if something dangerous happens?" Gu Mingtang said seriously with a stern face.

Song Qiang rolled her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curved up. "If you care about me, just say it directly. Why don't you put on such an old face like you're looking for someone?"

After saying that, she went to pickle the pork.

Gu Mingtang touched his face. Is he old?

Li Mumu noticed his intention and whispered, "Second uncle, you don't look old at all, you are still very handsome."

Gu Mingtang blushed when he was told that. He was a man, so what did it matter whether he was handsome or not? He was not a gigolo who used his beauty to please men.

The yamen runners were too lazy to care and just wanted to eat ready-made food, and didn't want to cook at all. The Gu family didn't care, as it was useless to care anyway.

Li Mumu took the opportunity to add some seasonings to the spices prepared by Song Qiang to make the taste richer and more fragrant.

The wild boar was roasted for a long time, and the aroma spread far away in the wild.

The Li family members were starving, their legs were wobbling, and they had been whipped many times. Li Rong's tears had dried up from crying.

"Mom, what smells so good?" Li Fenghua licked her lips. "I'm hungry. I really can't walk anymore."

"I'm hungry too, Mom," said Li Fengzhu.

Zhao rolled her eyes at her daughter and instructed her, "You must serve the officials well later, remember to make them happy, and bring some delicious food for your mother."

Li Fengzhu bit her lip, her face filled with fear as she thought of what was to come that night. "Mom... I won't go. I won't go again. They're too scary."

"Shut up. You'll go once or twice. Do you still think you're a girl? What a hypocrite! When you return to Beijing in the future, when your third uncle becomes rich, he will still find a good man for you. No one will know what happened." Zhao advised.

Li Yuan's mouth was dry and his eyes were full of stars. He knew that Lin Siyan was stealing glances at him from time to time, but he didn't have the energy to settle the score with her now.