Zhou had naturally thought of this as well, "I'll go find the clan leader right now."

Who doesn't know that tigers are full of treasures?

Then she turned to Madam Su with a beaming smile and warmly grasped her hand, "Cousin, you must stay in Sanyang Village for a while! Little Ranran is our lucky star, letting her lead us through this difficult time is just as good. Your mother-in-law certainly won't say anything more!"

Su was momentarily stunned: ...

So is this the plan to have her four-year-old daughter lead a family of over twenty people through a difficult time?

Although she firmly believes that her daughter is a lucky star, isn't the responsibility on her four-year-old daughter's shoulders a bit too heavy?

Before Su could say anything more, Zhou strode out with high spirits.

Yu followed them out.

Before long, the whole village knew that Tian Kuang's family had found a huge tiger carcass in Sanyang Village, and the news immediately caused an uproar.

Moreover, when the men from the mountains carried the tiger's carcass down the mountain and washed it clean, they discovered that apart from its head being flattened by a boulder, the tiger's fur was completely undamaged, and it even had a slight body temperature when touched.

It is clear that the tiger was injured by the boulder and had been trapped in the pile of rocks, and may have only recently passed away.

When the tiger was carried to the front of the old house, the whole village came out to watch excitedly, sweeping away the gloom of the houses being washed away a few days earlier.

The children who were having the most fun at Xiaoyouran's dinner table that day were circling around the tiger.

Apart from Old Madam Yun, everyone in the Tian Kuang family came out to see this unexpected windfall.

The girls were a bit scared and kept their distance, but Yun Tiankuang and the other boys mustered up their courage and touched the tiger skin, their faces filled with shock and excitement.

Yun Tianyi was so excited he couldn't speak. "I...I...I actually touched the tiger's tail!"

Yun Tianzhi also screamed with joy, "Me too! Me too! I touched the tiger's butt!"

Yun Tiankuang's lips twitched, then he put on his older brother's airs and slapped him, "Can't you two be any more capable? You're like a dead tiger, only daring to touch its tail and butt?"

The youngest, Yun Tianjiao, then happily ran to the front, patted his round belly, and chuckled, "So soft! He must have eaten a lot of good food!"

Yun Tiankuang's lips twitched again. While it was a good thing that the boys raised in the capital had become much more resilient lately, their constant craving for food was something he couldn't stand...

Xiao Youran stood far away, holding the kitten.

She had just asked Suyue to fill some of the settled well water to wash the kitten, and then wiped it dry with a cloth. The kitten's fur was still standing up in clumps, making it look even more pitiful.

Then she wanted to apply medicine to its abdomen, but after asking around, no one knew where to get it. Besides, it didn't want to stay in the old house and insisted on following her, so she had no choice but to hold it in her arms.

At this moment, she could feel the deep sadness of the kitten in her arms.

She stroked the kitten's head. "Your mother is a treasure trove. It's better to be carried down the mountain than to rot there, don't you think? When you grow up, you can always go back to that mountain."

The kitten nestled in her arms and whimpered sadly.

As more and more villagers gathered to watch, she picked up the kitten and led Suyue toward the west end of the village.

At the entrance of the old house, villagers began to discuss among themselves, "This tiger is so big, it died on the mountain a couple of days ago. This mountain was just transferred to Tian Kuang's family yesterday, so when the tiger died, it should still be considered the clan's public property, right?"

Upon being reminded of this, someone immediately had an idea. "That's right. This hill was only given to Tian Kuang's family yesterday afternoon. But this big tiger was clearly brought down when the flash flood washed away the hillside the night before last. This tiger is village property!"

This suggestion made perfect sense to everyone, and they started dividing the spoils. "Why don't we take the tiger skin and bones to town and sell them, then split the proceeds equally among all the households? As for the tiger meat, we can each take a little, so we can all have a good taste of what tiger meat is like?"

The three Zhou sisters-in-law were also standing to the side, and their expressions did not look good when they heard the villagers' discussion.

Hongyu was a feisty woman, and she had argued with the villagers quite a bit these past few days. She came up directly and retorted, "Hey everyone, this tiger was found on our mountain, so it naturally belongs to us. These brothers worked hard to carry it down the mountain, and they'll have to carry it to town to sell it. We'll naturally pay for their hard work. But the others want to split it equally? You're dreaming."

A woman in her thirties stepped forward and said, "Sister, you're not right. This tiger was clearly swept down by the flood and killed the night before last. We just didn't know what was happening on the mountain at the time. If we had known, we would have moved it down long ago. You can't blame your family for this just because we moved it a day late, can you?"

Hongyu found it hilarious. "Those three mountains are so big, and everything on them grew there before. So, these mountains belonged to our family yesterday afternoon, and nothing on them counts as ours?"

The aunt was speechless.

At this moment, the old clan chief arrived. "Stop arguing! Yesterday, Da Shan went door-to-door asking about this mountain. No one objected to giving it to Yun Tiankuang's family. After the mountain is given to Yun Tiankuang's family, everything on this mountain belongs to them. Including this dead tiger! Don't be envious just because others have found something good! When the land was being divided before, why didn't anyone want this mountain?"

The crowd immediately fell silent.

Zhou looked at the old clan chief gratefully and said, "Thank you very much, clan chief. I need your help with what to do with the tiger's carcass."

The old clan chief looked at the mountain and said, "You capable ones, carry the tiger to town. Skin it in front of everyone, butcher the meat, and sell the bones to the herbal medicine shop. Tian Kuang's family, you can come along too. You can decide how much to sell it for. As for how much tiger meat you want to keep, that's up to you. You can sell the rest if you want."

Zhou looked at Yun Tiankuang and said, "You're the head of the household, so go with Uncle Dashan and the others."

Yun Tiankuang puffed out his thin chest. "It's my mother."

Yu also said, "I'll take Tianzhi with me."

Now there are only three male soldiers left in the family. The youngest, Yun Tianjiao, is only three years old, but Yun Tianzhi is already six. It's time for him to shoulder the burden of the family.

Zhou looked at her eldest daughter and said, "Then you will accompany your fourth aunt and your younger brother and sister on this trip."

With Ms. Yu around, she wasn't worried.