Even the wolf's internal organs weren't thrown away by the Lu family. They roughly cleaned them, planning to wash them thoroughly during the day and stew them with wild vegetables.
The wolf meat has to be marinated in a large vat for several days until it is fully flavored before it is taken out to be smoked and dried.
Otherwise, in this hot weather, it might get infested with maggots and start to stink.
As a result, there simply weren't enough belongings at home.
At this moment, the Lu family had already used a large iron pot to marinate the wolf meat.
The iron pot has been used to marinate wolf meat. What will we use to cook rice tomorrow?
Thinking back to the large vats and wooden barrels they couldn't move when they fled, Old Man Lu and Madam Su felt a pang of heartache.
Zhou Qiongniang lamented, "If only I had brought the big wooden barrels from home with me. Those barrels were big and sturdy, perfect for curing wolf meat."
Mrs. Su thought about how she and her husband had worked hard all their lives to finally build this home. Because of the fleeing from war, the house and all the furniture inside were lost, and she was filled with sorrow.
"That's why they say a broken home is worth a fortune. You only realize how indispensable those inconspicuous jars and pots are when you need them. Now that we've moved to this valley, we have to put a lot of effort into everything. I don't know when we'll be able to make it feel like a home."
Seeing his mother's voice choked with emotion, Lu Shichang quickly comforted her, "Mother, don't worry. There are trees on the opposite hill. I'll go cut them down and make wooden buckets when it's light. Soon our family will have new wooden buckets to use."
Lu Shiwang also said, "My second brother and I will help out. As long as our family works together, we will be able to run the household properly in no time."
Looking at her two sons, Madam Su put aside her sadness and nodded, saying, "You two brothers are right. As long as our family works together, we will soon be able to manage the household properly."
"Your third brother found such a good place; we're incredibly fortunate to be able to settle down here."
By the time they had finished preparing the wolf meat, it was almost dawn. The two brothers simply picked up their knives and went to the other side to chop down sand trees.
The women of the Lu family also got busy.
After daybreak, Su visited three or four households and borrowed several wooden buckets. She then transferred the marinated wolf meat from the large pot into the buckets and began preparing breakfast.
Luo Taohua and Zhou Qiongniang took the wild ducks, fish, and wolf meat intestines and other internal organs to the river to clean them.
As soon as it was light, Fang Mingming stared longingly at Lu Shiyan.
Old Man Lu was busy last night and also in a bad mood, so he ignored Fang Mingming. But Lu Cuilan was, after all, his own sister, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where's your mother? Why did she come back alone?"
Fang Mingming had been holding back his tears for fear of upsetting the Lu family. But when Old Man Lu asked him, he couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.
Then they recounted what had happened to them in the mountains over the past few days.
Old Man Lu felt sorry for him after hearing this.
But thinking about what the couple had done to their grandson, he hardened his heart and said, "They deserved it! Let them be heartless and cruel, even harming their own nephew. They brought this upon themselves and deserve what they got."
Fang Mingming immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Old Man Lu, Lu Shiyan, and the rest of the Lu family members present, saying, "I know my parents were wrong. Please save their lives. I am willing to bear their sins. From now on, I am willing to atone for their mistakes."
“You’re still just a tiny kid yourself, how can you atone for their sins?” Su scolded, but she pulled him up and couldn’t help but look at her son.
Lu Shiyan walked over and said, "Let's go! I'll go with you to search in the mountains. But let's make this clear first, even if we find them, I won't take them back to the valley."
"Thank you, cousin!" Fang Mingming knelt down again to thank Lu Shiyan. "I know they were wrong, and it was right not to let them return to the valley. Just spare their lives."
Su sighed, took a few wild vegetable buns she had made last night, wrapped them in leaves, and handed them to Lu Shiyan, saying, "You're so kind. Take these and eat them on the road."
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Under the system's relentless persuasion, Jiang Tangtang finally rubbed her eyes, painfully sat up, and said sleepily, "Husband, I'll go with you too."
"Are you sure you want to come along?" Lu Shiyan remembered that she had been busy for a long time last night, and didn't go to sleep until almost dawn. With her delicate nature, how could she possibly endure this hardship?
Despite the aching back and sore waist from sleeping on the hard stone slabs, Jiang Tangtang said firmly, "I'm sure, I want to go with you."
As she spoke, she quickly got up, took a few wild duck eggs from the basket, put them in a small cloth bag, and planned to eat them as provisions on the road.
"Go ahead, you all go together." Madam Su handed a piece of wolf meat to Jiang Tangtang and said, "Take it with you and cook it on the way."
Anyway, Jiang Tangtang stayed in the valley, and apart from occasionally directing everyone on how to fire bricks, she spent most of her time hiding in the shade of the trees and couldn't help much.
The Lu family had no objection to her decision to stay or leave.
"Mom, I won't bring the meat. We'll find something to eat in the mountains later." Jiang Tangtang waved her hand and said, "Besides, I've already brought duck eggs."
Seeing that her daughter-in-law was sensible, Madam Su was even more satisfied and insisted, "What if we can't find anything to eat? Are you still hungry? Take it with you. You brought all this meat and eggs back last night. Who in the family would dare to complain?"
“That’s right, Third Sister-in-law, you should take it!” Luo Taohua said as she returned with the cleaned wild duck.
Seeing that her eldest daughter-in-law had cleaned all the wild ducks, Su thought for a moment and replaced the wolf meat with a wild duck for Jiang Tangtang, saying, "If you don't want to take the wolf meat, you can take the duck and roast it on the road."
"Then I'll take it with me." Jiang Tangtang thought for a moment and took the wild duck.
Carrying the wild duck, she gave Lu Chenyan some instructions and then went into the mountains with Lu Shiyan and Fang Mingming.
Once out of sight of people, she put the wild duck eggs into her spatial storage.
On the way, Jiang Tangtang opened the scanning system as usual. However, this time she didn't search for food, but for medicinal herbs.
She had thought it through. In this chaotic world, in addition to growing grains, it would be best to grow some medicinal herbs in the valley, depending on the different soil types.
Whether for their own use in the valley or for selling these medicinal herbs later, it's a good way out.
In addition to the cultivation methods, the seeds of medicinal herbs are also essential for growing them.
She doesn't need to worry about the planting methods at all.
The systematic "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a very comprehensive book. It not only discusses the properties of medicinal materials and the methods of processing them, but also the cultivation of medicinal materials.
While identifying the medicinal herbs, she also took the opportunity to learn a bit.
Now, she has a considerable understanding of the propagation and cultivation methods of various medicinal herbs. The only thing she lacks now is to collect the seeds of these herbs.
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