"Sir, I just saw a sheep running past there!"
Lord Li took a quick look but saw no trace of sheep, only a few footprints on the mound.
However, these footprints are also different from those of ordinary sheep.
"Am I seeing things? These footprints don't look like sheep... Could it be some ferocious beast from the desert?"
"Sir, why don't you rest here for a while? I'll go over and see if it's a sheep."
"this……"
Lord Li was hesitant, but when he thought of the taste of mutton, he couldn't help swallowing.
"Sir, I did see it just now. It was a sheep. If we can catch it, we can provide food for everyone. Why not?"
Before Master Li could say anything, the second sister-in-law said sarcastically, "Sister-in-law, have you been starving for so long that you've lost your mind? How come you're the only one who saw that sheep among so many of us?"
After hearing this, Su Huaiyue finally understood.
No matter what I do, Wei Ersao will always find reasons to make things difficult for me. In that case, I might as well ignore her.
Lord Li did the same, looking at Su Huaiyue with anticipation.
"Madam Wei, did you really see it?"
"This is absolutely true. Why don't you let me go and look for it? Maybe I can bring the sheep back."
Su Huaiyue has been quite honest these days, and Lord Li did not refuse this matter. After all, it is not easy for a woman to escape from the desert alone.
"Alright, let's rest here first. Madam, go take a look first. If you need any help, come back and let me know."
Su Huaiyue nodded and left alone. Before leaving, he asked Lord Li for a dagger to protect himself.
Su Huaiyue held a sharp dagger in his arms and walked quickly towards the hilltop.
As she reached the top of the mound, the system, like a spirit, detected her thoughts and immediately warned her: [Bighorn sheep are currently 100 meters ahead, down the slope. There are two of them, one large and one small.]
When Su Huaiyue heard the system prompt, she was delighted and thought, "You are really a little elf."
Bighorn sheep have very large horns, and it is not easy to deal with them alone. Su Huaiyue thought of the second reward given by the space, the compound crossbow, which came in handy now.
She immediately took it out from the space. The bighorn sheep seemed to have heard the sound and hurriedly ran in the opposite direction of her with a lamb.
Seeing this, Su Huaiyue gripped the crossbow handle tightly, moved quickly and swiftly, and accurately stabbed the bighorn sheep in the vitals.
The bighorn sheep let out a whine and fell to the ground.
The other lamb seemed to see its mother fall down, and even forgot to run away. It stopped in panic. Su Huaiyue successfully captured both lambs!
[Ding! Congratulations to the owner for successfully hunting a bighorn sheep. Reward: a box of barbecue sauce, twenty packs in total, to be stored in the system space.]
Su Huaiyue's eyes lit up. This reward came at the perfect time. If he ate roasted whole lamb later, these dipping sauces would be indispensable.
Su Huaiyue went forward to check and stabbed the two sheep with the dagger in his hand to avoid anyone noticing the traces of the crossbow arrow.
She was very strong and dragged both sheep back without much effort.
Lord Li and the others didn't expect that Su Huaiyue could hunt two sheep. Everyone was stunned.
"Madam Wei, you... you really did it?"
Lord Li widened his eyes and looked at the two bighorn sheep that Su Huaiyue dragged back in disbelief.
Su Huaiyue wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled slightly.
"It took a lot of effort, but at least we managed to catch these two sheep."
"Madam Wei is truly amazing!"
Su Huaiyue heard this without any hesitation.
"Sir, I will leave this large sheep to you and distribute it among the officials and others. As for the small ones, we will keep them for our family. What do you think?"
Su Huaiyue was very sensible, which was something Lord Li had not expected.
The desert was unbearably hot, and it was good enough to have some bread to eat. Now that he got a sheep for free, how could he refuse?
"Of course! If that's the case, I won't refuse!"
All the officials around were grateful to Su Huaiyue, except Wang Laosan.
Although he wanted to eat the lamb, he didn't think it was a big deal.
Even he could bring back these two sheep, so why should he flatter the Wei family like this?
Upon hearing this, the old lady looked at Su Huaiyue with satisfaction.
"Huaiyue is right. My Lord, please protect us all the way to the border. This is what we should do. My Lord, please do not refuse."
When Lord Li heard what the old lady said, he felt more at ease about taking it.
He asked his men to take the sheep, "Thank you, old lady."
Afterwards, Lord Li asked his men to build a bonfire, clean the sheep and roast it over the fire.
Before long, the air was filled with the aroma of meat.
Wei Che on the side looked at Su Huaiyue in surprise.
She used to be greedy. If she got something good, she would never give it to others.
But now it is different. Even such a big fat sheep is willing to be given up.
After the official left, Wei Ersao looked at Su Huaiyue with dissatisfaction.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not saying anything bad about you. Giving away the flour is fine, but now you've finally got this mutton. Don't you know to keep the big one for your family?"
"Are you stupid to rush to please those officials?"
In her opinion, her family is currently struggling financially, so how can she share the hard-earned mutton with others?
"Why? I found a sheep, do I need your approval before I can give it to anyone?"
"If you think I'm stupid, then just treat me as stupid." Su Huaiyue rolled her eyes at Wei Ersao. Now she just wanted to deal with the soft lamb and had no time to pay attention to her.
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