Chapter 431 Catching Ducks and Raising Ducks
Tang En went to Louwailou to help early in the morning. After the other three members of the Tang family lost their cook, they had to follow the rules and line up at Louwailou to accept the task.
Now they have completed a round of tasks. Grandpa Tang and Dad Tang both ate two bowls of dumplings and a plate of sugar-fried rice cakes, and their stomachs were full.
In comparison, Tang Nan's ability to eat was a little worse. He only finished a bowl of dumplings stuffed with lean meat and a serving of eight-treasure rice. Another time, he used a 50% discount coupon obtained from a mission to buy a bowl of mullet dumplings and sent it to the little mermaid who was still staying in Yunqi Mu Taohuayuan.
At this moment, the father and his two sons have deeply realized the temptation of delicious food. After dinner, no one is idle and they all agree to go to the food mountain to collect ingredients.
However, they didn't plan to sell it, but planned to stockpile some at home for future consumption.
Compared to other people in the village, they have a chef at home, so they only need to store the ingredients. Do they still have to worry about not having delicious food to eat in the future?
They acted immediately. After finishing their meal at Louwailou, the father and his two sons headed straight for the food mountain range.
As soon as I arrived at the village gate, I happened to meet people from the Tengu tribe who were hurriedly walking out, as well as a group of slaves who had half a day off today for the Spring Festival activities and were free to move around.
There was an anxious look on their faces, with wolf-like glint in their eyes, as if they were ready to pluck out all the food. Seeing this, the Tang family father and son and two others also felt a little panicked.
"Dad, what ingredients should we look for first?" Tang Nan asked anxiously after looking at the crowd of people pouring into the mountains ahead.
They had gone up the mountain to have a look before. Although the food mountain range was full of food, the quantity was limited. Every vegetable picked was one less plant, and every fish caught was one less fish. They didn't know if the food on this food mountain range would be like the row of Danmu trees at the village gate. If all the food was picked today, it would be full of fruit again tomorrow.
If these ingredients don't grow back, they have to be prepared to compete with others for them.
Mr. Tang Qian thought for a moment, and finally decided, "Let's go get some livestock first. I saw a reed field in the eastern mountains a while ago, and there was a group of ducks in it."
Father Tang objected, "I think we should go to the blue lake in the west first. The little mermaid loves mullet dumplings, and the lake is full of mullet. We should catch a few and have Tang En make dumplings for the little mermaid later."
Old Man Tang Qian glared at his son who was contradicting him, "There are plenty of fish in that lake. It won't be too late to go fishing after we finish catching ducks in the east."
Father Tang remained unmoved, a fatherly light on his face as he firmly retorted, "No, what if they've all been caught? So many people went up there just now. If someone just focused on the mullet in the lake, they might have caught all the fish. What would my daughter have eaten then?"
Old Man Tang Qian continued to glare, "Maybe my darling granddaughter not only likes to eat mullet, but also likes to drink old duck soup?"
Father Tang said with a firm expression, "Mermaids all like to eat seafood. The little mermaid definitely prefers fish to ducks."
Old Man Tang Qian frowned deeply. "But I'm planning to open a breeding farm to make money. Those ducks are like ordinary livestock, with little attack power, making them perfect for breeding. If I miss this opportunity, I won't be able to catch them anywhere else in the future."
After hearing this, Old Man Tang was no longer as determined as before.
After all, they had previously discussed the future development path of their Tang family in the global village. Because of their Tang family's animal taming skills, they were very adept at raising animals, so they decided to use breeding as the foundation of their Tang family in the future.
In this case, those ducks suitable for domestic breeding are indeed suitable for their Tang family to raise, but the little mermaid is so cute, how can he bear to give up her food.
The father and son stood at the foot of the mountain and stared at each other for a while, until a group of people rushed over shouting "Excuse me, excuse me", and they stopped such childish actions.
Old man Tang Qian snorted and said, "Tang Nan, come with me, let's go catch ducks." Then he turned around and headed towards the western mountains without looking back.
Father Tang stood there for a moment, then snorted, "I'm going to go catch some mullet."
So, with Tang Nan stunned, the father and son parted ways.
"Tang Nan, what are you still standing there for? Do you still want to follow your brother to go fishing?" Old Man Tang Qian's angry voice came from the front. Tang Nan was suddenly startled, gave his brother an apologetic look, and then quickly ran to catch up with Old Man Tang.
Old Man Tang was upset. His father just left without any regard for his son's feelings at all. Humph.
He thought so in his mind, but his steps were still determined and he walked towards the Blue Lake in the east.
In fact, it is indeed the best choice for the father and son to go their separate ways to find ingredients.
After walking a few steps, Mr. Tang Qian stopped and turned his head to look behind him. He saw the unfilial son walking away. His eyes widened immediately, and he angrily said to Tang Nan, who was following him silently, "Your elder brother is really unreasonable. He let me, a skinny old man, and you, a weak ordinary person, walk on the mountain, and he's not afraid that we will be taken away by beasts. Humph, unfilial son, so unfilial."
Tang Nan glanced at his father, who could scare a B-class berserker beast into tuck its tail between its legs with just a glance, and his expression was indescribable.
emaciated?
Ah, this dad is quite thin, but he is not weak at all.
But his father was angry at the moment, so Tang Nan didn't dare to say anything. He could only keep silent and pretend to be a piece of wood.
Old Master Tang was in a bad mood and kept cursing his unfilial son all the way until he arrived at the reed field he had mentioned before, then he stopped talking.
“Ga ga ga—”
A group of ducks were walking around leisurely in the reed field. Some stretched their necks to pick up food in the water, some spread their wings and quacked, and some nestled in the reeds to lay eggs.
It was obvious at first glance that wild ducks that had not been caught by humans would be so carefree. When Mr. Tang and Tang Nan came over, they just looked at them arrogantly with their green eyes, and then continued to walk in duck steps as if nothing had happened.
Old Master Tang grinned happily, rolled up his sleeves, then glanced at Tang Nan and signaled with his eyes, "I'll go over there, you come here, and we'll surround them from the front and back."
Tang Nan's expression was serious and he nodded solemnly.
The father and son rolled up their sleeves and got ready. When Mr. Tang gave the order, they immediately pounced on the duck in the middle.
“Ga ga ga—”
After a flurry of duck feathers, Mr. Tang caught a total of twenty-eight ducks. Tang Nan's fighting ability was slightly weaker, and he only caught nineteen.
They caught one duck at a time and tied it up with a rope. Now there were forty-seven ducks tied together.
Mr. Tang felt a special sense of satisfaction after seeing this.
Good night~
(End of this chapter)
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