Despite saving the prey, Ma Xiaomai was still furious. If they had come a moment later, the two would have stolen the wild boar. Jian Ning consoled him, saying, "Forget it. They're pretty honest. If they insist it's a trap, we don't have enough evidence to refute them. Let's just leave."
Ma Xiaomai thought about it and it seemed to make sense. If they were really shameless, she would have to go to great lengths to argue with them. It was a good thing they were sensible. Her anger subsided a little.
Ding Youtian came up with Dabao and the others. They saw that they had caught another big wild boar. The four little ones were very excited. Sanniu peeked into the trap and shouted excitedly, "Wow, there's a wild rabbit in there! Look, it's huge!"
"There's another turtledove." Ma Xiaomai went down into the trap and saw another turtledove in the corner. He said with great pride, "The turtledove is for my father to nourish his body. Dabao and Da Niu, I'll give you the hare. If the master hadn't given me some meat bait, I wouldn't have been able to catch anything."
The four little ones all shook their heads. The eldest girl smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiaomai. We still have two rabbits at home. They were alive at first, but they must have been scared to death when they saw my mother slaughtering a pig."
In fact, Jane Ning killed the two rabbits yesterday because they were both female. Wild rabbits are not easy to raise, and it would be unprofitable if they became thinner and thinner. So she simply killed them and ate the meat.
She quietly took out a piece of fox meat and helped Ma Xiaomai repair the damaged trap. She then carried the wild boar to her own trap. When she got there, she took a look and was delighted to see that the wild boars had come in groups over the past two days. There was also a large dead wild boar lying in the pit, even fatter than the one from yesterday.
There was also an injured civet cat.
"I'll go find some herbs to stop the bleeding, and then release it." The civet cat is a first-class protected animal, so Jane Ning thought it might be better to release it.
She hid in the woods while picking herbs, took out a medicine box from among the herbs, applied medicine to the civet cat, and picked some herbs, crushed them and applied them on the civet cat's wound.
"Let's go. Don't fall into traps again. This time it's just a minor injury, but you might not be so lucky next time." She rubbed the civet's head, put it down, and turned to leave. But the civet bit her trouser leg, its long tail sweeping across the grass. It looked at Jane Ning with sparkling eyes, a hint of vigilance, but more of gratitude.
"Hey, you don't need to thank me. I set the trap. Let's just call it even."
The civet cat let go of Jane Ning's trouser leg. Jane Ning took a few steps and felt it following her. She turned around and saw the civet cat took a step back and then stopped.
"Let's go, don't follow me." Jane Ning quickened her pace and ignored it. When she went back, she saw Ding Youtian, Ma Xiaomai and Dabao making a bamboo raft with vines.
This was a good idea, so she joined in immediately and quickly made two bamboo rafts. They used the rafts to tow the two wild boars down the mountain.
When they were almost at the foot of the mountain, Ding Youtian accidentally spotted the civet cat quietly following behind them. He called out to Jian Ning to look back, "My wife saved it, and it seems to want to repay you and not leave. Why don't we just take it home and raise it. It can catch mice. We have a lot of wild boar meat drying at home, and we're worried that mice will steal some of it."
Jian Ning frowned. Civets are extremely ferocious, and who knows if they can be tamed. However, this civet doesn't look very old, so perhaps he could try to raise it?
She was still hesitating when Ding Youtian called it over. The civet cat first took a few tentative steps forward, then stopped and looked at the four little ones and Ma Xiaomai who were clapping and cheering at it, and finally slowly came over.
Jian Ning warned the four little ones, "If it wants to follow you, let it follow you. Don't touch it or hold it for now. Be careful not to get scratched by it, okay?"
The four little ones all nodded to show that they understood.
They dragged two big wild boars into the village. The villagers who saw it were so envious that many children ran after them, and some children even ran to the Ma family to report the news.
Ma Xiaomai held his head high, looking proud.
When they were almost at his house, Ma Xiaomi and Ma Xiaodou ran over happily after hearing the news, and Tian also came out to greet them.
"Oh my God! How lucky are you that you caught two big wild boars at once?" Tian's voice trembled with joy.
"That's right, Jian, do you have any secret recipes? They are all from the same village. If you have a secret recipe, don't hide it. Teach us."
"If you don't go out every day without a secret recipe, there must be a secret recipe. Jane, please be kind. My child hasn't tasted meat in months."
Several villagers gathered around and begged in unison.
Jane Ning hated moral blackmail the most. Secret recipes were naturally kept secret; they had to be hidden. If they were made public, how could they still be called secret recipes? But she also knew that not missing a single move every day would be conspicuous, and that it was easier to avoid an open attack than a hidden one. She wasn't afraid of it herself, but she could never be sure if someone had malicious intentions and harmed the four little ones, and she couldn't keep an eye on them 24 hours a day.
Forget it. There are a lot of wild animals in the mountains behind, and they are not hers. So she told everyone, "I do have the secret recipe. I applied my own secret water on the meat. If you want it, you can bring beans to my house in the evening to exchange. One pound of beans for one cup. In addition, I buy beans in large quantities, and the price is..."
She looked at Ding Youtian, but she didn't know the ancient price yet.
"Three pounds of beans for two cents. If anyone is willing to exchange, come and exchange them tonight. But let me be frank, only the best beans are available. If anyone tries to pass off inferior beans as good ones, I will never exchange their beans for yours again. Do you understand?" Ding Youtian said loudly.
Bangdou is also known as corn, and the Dayan Kingdom called it Bangdou.
A pound of beans only sold for half a cent in the town, but Ding Youtian offered three pounds for two cents, which made the villagers very happy. One after another, they rushed to express their willingness to bring the best to his house to exchange. Some of the impatient ones had already gone back to prepare the beans.
Jane Ning and his friends dragged the wild boar back home, and the civet cat followed in. When it saw the four little fox cubs, it was about to crawl down, but Jane Ning immediately scolded it and warned it not to hurt the fox cubs, otherwise it would not be allowed to stay in this home.
The spirit cat actually understood, and it no longer paid attention to the spirit fox cub and walked straight towards the house. It swaggered around several rooms, as if inspecting, and then jumped onto a chair on the porch, closed its eyes and rested, it seemed that it had made up its mind to stay here and refused to leave.
Jian Ning went to the kitchen to get a piece of wild boar meat and asked Ding Youtian to take it to the village head's house to borrow an ox cart. She planned to drive the ox cart to the town to sell the wild boar.
Dingjia Village was the only village headman's family with an oxcart. When Ding Youtian arrived, he was harnessing the cart in the yard. When he heard that the family was going to town, the village headman smiled and said, "It just so happens that I'm going to town too, so I'll give your family a ride. What are you taking? Take it back for the children to eat."
The village head initially refused to accept the wild boar meat, and the two argued for a long time. Finally, Ding Youtian pretended to be angry and said, "If uncle doesn't want to accept it, my family will have no choice but to drag the wild boar to the town. Goodbye!
Only then did the village head accept the wild boar meat.
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