All wild animals are very wild. They all have their own territories, and they will not give up if their territories are occupied by humans.
That's why Xia Manni thought of going to the river immediately to clean up these rabbits and foxes, at least to get rid of the bloody smell.
Big Brother nodded, then hurried ahead to lead the way.
Fortunately, although the current location is not close to the river, the road is not that difficult to walk on.
They did not stop along the way and walked for about half an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain. Not far away, they saw the river.
It was noon now and there were not many people by the river.
If there were people, there would be another verbal battle. Although Xia Manni was not afraid of these, she just thought they were noisy.
"Big One, Second One, Third One, and Fourth One, let me tell you something. Our family was lucky today. By the time we arrived, the fight between the animals had already ended. But there must have been a wild boar involved in the fight just now. We essentially stole their prey."
As soon as Xia Manni finished speaking, the four children showed expressions of fear. It turned out that they had all been warned by their family that wild boars were very powerful animals in the mountains.
Xia Manni looked at the children and continued, "Mom is worried that wild boars will follow the scent and chase us home, so we need to hurry and get rid of all the animals here. This way, the smell of blood will be much weaker, and if the animals chase us, they can only chase us here."
Da Wa also guessed something. He had thought about it since his mother asked him to lead the way to the river.
He guessed that Xia Manni might want to clean up the meat immediately.
"Mom, how do we deal with the rabbits and foxes here?" Da Wa had only eaten rabbit meat once and had never seen how to deal with it.
Xia Manni thought for a moment and then made arrangements, saying, "Take out all the rabbits and foxes and check them. Let Erwa look after the living ones, and wash the dead ones in the river. After they're washed, I'll clean them up."
The four children of the Xia family nodded seriously. Even Sanwa and Sinier knew that time was tight, so they rolled up their sleeves and started cleaning.
Xia Manni believed in the children's ability to take care of themselves, so she ignored them.
She first poured out the rabbits in her backpack. There were four rabbits in her backpack, and one of them was alive.
The living rabbit's legs seemed to be in poor condition. Xia Manni tried to make it stand but found that it couldn't. It might be because it was too frightened.
Xia Manni gave the rabbit to Erwa and Tudou and asked them to look after it.
Then she began to clean the rabbit with a big move. She first cut the rabbit's neck with a machete, and then began to skin the rabbit.
Xia Manni wanted whole rabbit and fox skins, so she handled them very carefully and meticulously, which took a little longer.
However, Xia Manni had skinned rabbits with her grandfather before, so this job was not difficult for her.
The more difficult issue now was the time issue. She was worried that if time passed, either wild boars or villagers would come. No matter which animal came, it would not be a good thing for the Xia family.
The former is deadly, the latter is annoying.
"Mom, let me peel the skin. I've already learned it. You can watch me and see if I'm doing it right. If I'm fine, you don't have to peel it."
At this time, Da Wa had already cleaned all the animals in his backpack. There was a fox and two rabbits in his backpack, all of which were dead.
"Big Brother, you figured it out so quickly?" It took Xia Manni a long time to learn it.
Big Wa nodded and demonstrated to Xia Manni. Xia Manni observed the movements of Big Wa's hands and had to say that there was no problem at all in Big Wa's performance.
Xia Manni felt that Da Wa always learned detailed things faster, as if there was a device in his mind that automatically decomposed actions.
Although Si Ni'er was also a quick learner, she only learned things that interested her. Da Wa, on the other hand, could quickly copy anything he saw. She marveled at this and gave the skinning job to Da Wa.
She then prepared to start packing the rabbit.
Xia Manni said she was cleaning up the rabbit, but she went straight to gutting it. She didn't intend to eat the contents of the rabbit, but instead emptied and cleaned the rabbit's stomach.
Xia Manni didn't plan to sell the meat; she would smoke it later so it would last longer. As for the rabbit and fox fur, she planned to tan it and make clothes for them. If it wasn't cold, she would just keep it for later.
"Sanwa and Si'er, go find some hay to put in our backpacks, and then wrap the meat I've packed with hay."
Xia Manni was trying to find a way to minimize the smell of rabbit meat and fox meat. Sinier and Sanwa nodded obediently and went to prepare hay.
"Potato, go watch over there. If anyone comes, just call out." Erwa patted Potato's butt, and Potato obediently went to the side to watch.
The Xia family of five plus a dog spent more than an hour by the river before they finally processed three-quarters of all the meat.
Because while Xia Manni was cleaning, pieces of meat kept falling into the river, and fish kept jumping out of the water.
"Mom, there are so many fish. Sini and I can catch some fish." Looking at the lively fish, Sanwa began to miss the fresh fish soup made by his mother.
"Okay, Sanwa, you two should be careful. We don't have a fish basket. We have to ask Si Ni'er to make one for us. We can use the scraps of meat that Mom left in the pit as bait."
Xia Manni didn't want to throw the unwanted meat into the river because it was quite a lot, so she asked Erwa to dig a hole not far away and bury all the leftover meat in it.
When she finished cleaning up, she counted and found that there were two foxes and ten rabbits in total, including two live rabbits.
How would a poor person feel when they suddenly become rich? That's how Xia Manni feels now. Their family has enough meat for the whole winter.
Although the two rabbits were injured, Erwa was afraid that they would run away, so he tied them with straw ropes and kept them in a backpack.
The sun was setting, and they were all a little hungry. However, Xia Manni didn't dare roast the rabbit by the river, fearing unnecessary trouble.
"Woof woof woof..." Just as Xia Manni was doing the final finishing work, Potato started barking violently.
"Everyone, pick up your weapons and hide behind me." Xia Manni picked up all the meat while holding a machete.
The whole family was a little panicked, thinking that the thing coming might be a wild boar.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
How can wild boars talk?
Who knew that it wasn't a wild boar that came but an annoying neighbor.
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