This child has had a strange temper since he was young. He always stays alone with a wolf and never interacts with the children in the village. He is very withdrawn. Before, when someone bullied Grandma Huo, this kid directly took a hoe and smashed the person's head.
At that time, the child was thirteen years old. He pinned an adult man to the ground and beat him until he was covered in blood. Later, people in the village said that the boy was very evil and cruel, so they would not let their children play with him.
The children in the village were very afraid of the wolf cub. If they disobeyed, the adults would threaten them with being sent to the wolf cub's home.
"Are you a wolf cub?" Xu Ying regretted it right after she said it, and quickly apologized: "No, I'm sorry!"
Huo Chen didn't say anything, just sat there leaning weakly against a tree. Everyone in the village called him "Wolf Cub", so he was used to it.
He looked at Xu Ying and said slowly: "If you trust me, I can help you get rid of these wolves."
Xu Ying was a little curious: "Can you help me sell it?"
Huo Chen nodded without hiding it. She saved Lao Hui and himself, and he would remember this favor.
"Do you want all the money, or just some tickets?"
If you ask for money for all of it, you can get more money. If you ask for ticket money, it will be less.
"I want money, but I want fewer tickets." Xu Ying said after thinking for a while.
She has fabrics and various supplies in her space, so she doesn't need too many tickets.
"It would be best if there was a bicycle ticket." Her family didn't have a bicycle, and every time they went to town they either had to take a ox cart or walk, which was very inconvenient.
Riding a bullock cart is faster, but it can't compare to riding a bicycle.
Huo Chen nodded and slowly stood up from the ground.
Under Xu Ying's shocked gaze, Huo Chen dragged the wild boar directly into a cave. Not long after, he came out and strode away dragging several wolves on the ground.
An adult wild boar weighs at least 500 pounds, but he pulled it away effortlessly. What a tremendous amount of strength that takes.
They are almost as powerful as the strength-type psychics of the last days.
Xu Ying watched him leave, thought to herself that this was bad, and turned around and ran quickly out of the mountains.
As soon as she came out of the mountains, she heard Shitou and Huzi's anxious voices: "Aunt, aunt."
When Xu Ying heard the voice, she quickly responded loudly: "Shitou, Huzi, I'm here."
After saying this, she hurriedly ran towards the direction of the two people's voices with her backpack on her back.
When Shitou heard his aunt's voice, he also ran over. When he saw Xu Ying, he couldn't hold back his tears and said, "Where have you been, aunt? Huzi and I thought you were taken away by a wolf. We were so scared."
Hu Zi's eyes were also red, with traces of wiping, and it was obvious that he had been crying a long time ago. When he saw Xu Ying, he pouted his mouth and tears fell down: "Aunt!"
"Hey." Xu Ying quickly ran to the two of them, touched their heads and said with a smile: "Why are you crying? I'm fine. I caught something good for you.
Look, there are not only pheasants, but also rabbits and two big fat fish this time."
When Hu Zi heard about food, he stopped crying immediately and stretched his neck to look into the basket on Xu Ying's back.
When Shitou saw what was in Xu Ying's backpack, he immediately covered it with the pig grass in the basket.
"Aunt, let's go back. Many aunts and sisters-in-law haven't gone to work today. They are digging wild vegetables in the mountains. Don't let anyone see us."
After hearing this, Xu Ying hurriedly picked up the backpack. Shitou walked in front with Hu Zi, and the few of them quickly went home around the crowded place.
"Grandma, we're back." Shitou shouted excitedly while humming a little tune.
When Xu's mother heard the voice, she immediately knew something was wrong and ran out of the house: "You're back, hurry into the yard."
After saying this, she immediately closed the door.
Five of the duck eggs were picked up by her, and the rest were taken from the space.
Then came a hare, three pheasants, and two big fish.
The hare was shot to death by an arrow, and its body was covered in blood and holes. Xu's mother picked up the hare and asked seriously, "My daughter, what did you use to kill this hare?"
Xu Ying knew that she couldn't hide it, so she took out the arrow from her back and used Huo Chen as a tool without any guilt: "I killed him with an arrow. I met Huo Chen, the wolf cub, in the mountains. I asked him to help make the arrow.
Mom, don't tell anyone about this, or else other people will definitely ask him to help them."
She will definitely go up the mountain often in the future. If she doesn't find an explanation, her mother will keep asking about it.
"What? Wolf cub, why are you with him?" Xu's mother said worriedly, "You should avoid interacting with him in the future. He is very cruel. What if he bullies you?"
Xu Ying nodded reluctantly and said, "Huo Chen is not that bad, I think he is a good person, it's just that those gossipy women in the village spread rumors."
She knew that Huo Chen had beaten people, but if her relatives were bullied by others, she would also break that person's head.
Xu's mother thought of the gossips in the village who could say black was white and white was black. It was really possible.
But why did the wolf cub give her daughter something? Thinking that her daughter was not young anymore, Xu's mother was a little cautious: "You are a grown-up girl, why do you want other people's things? You are not allowed to ask for them in the future, do you understand?"
Xu Ying understood her mother's concerns and nodded quickly: "Mom, I understand. Let's cook the wild rabbit for lunch today! I want to eat spicy fried rabbit meat."
Xu's mother couldn't stand her daughter's coquettishness. Seeing so many good things, how could she not agree? The pheasant eggs and duck eggs from yesterday had not been eaten yet, and today her daughter picked up so many wild duck eggs. Her luck was too good.
Three pheasants and two fish weighing more than three pounds, plus the pheasant and fish left over from yesterday, a total of four pheasants and three fish.
There are eight pheasant eggs and twenty-three duck eggs.
Mother Xu took all the things into the kitchen.
Xu Ying followed in and said, "Mom, you clean up the rabbit and I'll stir-fry the rabbit meat. I've seen a cooking book before, but I've never cooked it. I don't know if it will taste good."
When Xu's mother saw that her daughter wanted to cook, she was naturally happy. When a woman gets married, she must cook. She had wanted to teach her daughter how to cook before, but the girl didn't want to.
If she didn't want to, then forget it, she didn't mention it again. Unexpectedly, her daughter actually offered to cook today, and Xu's mother was very happy.
"Okay, then Mom will go skin the rabbit." After saying that, Xu's mother carried the rabbit to the water tank.
Xu Ying ran to the vegetable garden, picked a few peppers and went home.
Mother Xu was quick with her hands. She had prepared the rabbit just as Xu Ying had prepared the seasoning.
"My girl, the hare is ready. I'll cut it for you."
Xu Ying did not refuse. It was too troublesome to cut the rabbit, and it would be great to have someone to help.
Xu's mother quickly cut the rabbit into pieces.
Seeing that she was done, Xu Ying was about to send her out: "Mom, this fish won't last long, let's stew it together today, and you can also clean up the fish from yesterday."
Thinking of the two remaining fish, Xu's mother took yesterday's fish without hesitation and started to clean up.
Seeing her mother go to clean up the fish, Xu Ying quickly began to clean the rabbit meat. She washed the rabbit meat three to six times, waiting until the blood completely disappeared. Then she secretly took out some white wine from the space and poured it on the rabbit meat.
Then add ginger and scallion segments and soak the rabbit meat for about twenty minutes.
In order to prevent the liquor from being smelled, Xu Ying specially found a large basin and covered the rabbit meat.
(End of this chapter)