The pheasant whose head had been chopped off was now somewhat stiff.

Fu Hongxing asked Ning Jing to fetch some hot water, scald the chicken feathers, and then pluck them.

After dealing with the wild pheasants, he finally had time to collect some materials left over from when he built the chicken coop at home.

Fu Hongxing used the leftover bamboo to make a few cages, which were just enough to keep the rabbits in.

He just checked; there are 6 rabbits, including two females (one large and one small) and 4 males.

Moreover, he touched the belly of the large female rabbit, and it seemed that she was probably already carrying babies.

It is springtime now, a prime time for animals to reproduce.

Of the four male rabbits, Fu Hongxing only planned to keep the smallest one.

The other three large rabbits were quite plump. After killing and skinning them, we kept the meat for ourselves, and the pelts were just enough to make a coat.

However, even after skinning and gutting this large rabbit, it would probably still weigh six or seven pounds.

The three animals together weigh nearly ten or twenty pounds of meat; there's no way we could finish them all in one go.

You could marinate it with salt, then air-dry it and store it away to eat slowly.

Ning Jing watched with admiration as Fu Hongxing efficiently completed the task.

Looking at the rabbit fur nailed to the wooden board and stretched out, Ning Jing never expected that Fu Hongxing even knew the craft of tanning fur.

When Xiuhua and Tiedan returned in the evening, they pushed open the door and saw the rabbit fur that had been pried open and nailed to the wooden stick.

Tie Dan cheered and tried to touch it, but Xiu Hua pulled him back to prevent him from touching it carelessly and damaging its fur.

Ning Jing went to the vegetable garden, picked a handful of greens and a few radishes, and brought them back to the kitchen.

These leafy greens and radishes were planted by Xiuhua in early spring.

Now that the radishes have been pulled out, each one is as big as an adult's fist.

It's very crisp and sweet when eaten raw.

Moreover, it's very juicy; if you gently peel off the skin, the radish might just crack open from the middle with a snap.

After the radish greens were cut, Ning Jing hung them on a bamboo pole to dry.

After they've shriveled up in the sun, they're perfect for making pickled vegetables.

Ning Jing had previously braised the rabbit meat that the Zhao family had sent. Now that there was so much rabbit meat available, she marinated some of it, and planned to stew the rest with radishes.

Stir-fry some greens, add the fish sauce from a few days ago, steam some rice, and it's perfect.

Tie Dan was under Xiu Hua's control, so he could only go back to his room to do his homework in a huff.

Xiuhua secretly measured the size of the rabbit fur, and then planned in her heart that if her elder brother and sister-in-law didn't sell the rabbit fur, she would make a rabbit fur vest for her sister-in-law.

Before Xiuchun finished her homework, Siya pulled her to the side of the freshly marinated rabbit meat hanging there. Together they looked up at the rabbit meat, smelling the aroma wafting from their sister-in-law's cooking, and their mouths were practically watering.

Once the children finished their homework, Ning Jing's meal was ready.

Seeing the large bowl of stewed rabbit meat on the table today, the children cheered with joy.

After dinner, I heard my older brother say that there were also little rabbits.

The children were so excited that they kept fidgeting and couldn't sit still. After putting the bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen, they gathered around the cage that Fu Hongxing had made, curiously watching the rabbit inside, which had frozen in place because of their sudden encirclement.