However, when she saw the pile of things in the yard, she was no less frightened than An Changzheng.
"Aunt, aunt, did you get all these down from the mountain?" An Changyue asked excitedly.
Seeing An Hongdou nod, she finally believed the fact. "Aunt, you are so amazing, aren't you? You can actually kill a goat. My dad came back and said that you also killed those wild boars. Can it be true?"
Although her father told her when he went out that her aunt had shot a sheep and hid it in the mountains and did not bring it back, she did not believe it because she had not seen it with her own eyes.
Now, watching everything in front of her, she suddenly felt so excited.
Seeing this little girl who had a lot of opinions about her during the day now looking at her with admiration, An Hongdou suddenly laughed, "Of course it's true, what else do you think?"
These words were spoken with a hint of arrogance.
But it made An Changzheng and An Changle admire her even more.
"It's actually true. Did you hear it, brother? My aunt said it's true." An Changyue excitedly went to pull An Changzheng.
"I heard it, I heard it." An Changzheng responded to her helplessly, but the smile on the corner of his mouth revealed his cheerful mood.
Seeing the two of them talking and laughing excitedly, An Hongdou also became happy.
However, looking at the things on the ground, since no one in the family was around, she was the only one who had to do it.
"Changzheng, Changyue, these things should only be known to our own family. Don't tell others outside, otherwise our family will be in big trouble, understand?" At first, An Hongdou only wanted to go up the mountain to hunt to improve the situation at home, but she overlooked a very serious matter.
In this timeline of the 1970s, all land and materials were nationalized, including the continuous mountains and the plants and animals in them.
Even though she made it at the risk of her life, it still belongs to the country when you think about it.
Otherwise, she would not agree to let others take away and share the wild boar that she had worked so hard to catch.
No matter how strong her fighting power is, it is limited after all. She cannot, and of course, does not want to, fight against everyone.
Therefore, when it is time to suffer a loss, you must suffer a small loss.
An Hongdou thought to herself that from now on she would have to go hunting in the mountains secretly.
No matter how powerful she is, it's okay for her to occasionally give people some meat to eat, but she doesn't intend to provide it to people for free for a long time.
"Don't worry, aunt. My dad has already told us. We will also watch over our brothers and sisters and won't go out and say anything."
Seeing that both of them looked cautious, An Hongdou felt relieved.
"Then you two take this basket of chestnuts into the house and hide it. Then go and boil some hot water and remove the chicken feathers. I'll go and skin the sheep."
There is a paulownia tree planted in the An family's small yard. Over the years, it has grown strong.
An Hongdou deftly hung a rope on the branch, and tied the wild goat by its hooves and hung it upside down.
The wild goat had its neck slit and bled when it was in the mountains, but now no more blood was flowing out.
The kitchen knives at home are too big and heavy, making them inconvenient to use for peeling.
Seeing that An Changzheng and An Changyue were not busy or had no time to pay attention to her, she quickly took out a handy knife from the space and cut from the goat's tail along the abdomen to the lower jaw.
After Old Lady An and the others came back with the meat, An Hongdou had already deftly peeled off the entire sheepskin, leaving only the mutton hanging upside down. In the large basin below was the sheep's internal organs mixed with blood, and a complete sheepskin was casually placed aside by An Hongdou.
“Huh!”
Almost everyone was frightened by this scene.
Especially the bare, skinned sheep body hanging upside down looked a bit creepy.
"My girl, did you do all this?" Old Lady An asked cautiously, covering her frightened heart with one hand.
An Hongdou also noticed their shock, turned around and nodded calmly, "You were not at home, so I did it myself. Oh, and I also brought back two pheasants. Changzheng and Changyue are boiling water in the kitchen to remove the feathers."
As soon as the whole family entered the door, they saw An Hongdou and the whole skinned sheep in front of her. They didn't really notice the two children doing such a trivial matter as plucking the chicken feathers.
With An Hongdou's reminder, Lin Cuihua, the mother, hurried over and took over the work from the two children.
When Li Xiaomi saw that her sister-in-law had gone over, she hurried over to help.
Wang Dahua had completely forgotten the unpleasantness of the morning. She stared at An Hongdou like a little fangirl, praising her over and over again, "Aunt, you are so amazing. If I had known that you had the skill of hunting, wouldn't our family be able to eat meat every day?"
Wang Dahua was so happy that she didn't notice that as soon as she said this, Mrs. An's smile instantly fell.
Letting their own daughter risk such a big risk to go up the mountain to get meat for her, the women in Wang Dahua Town are courting death. How can they have the nerve to do that?
Fortunately, before anyone else could say anything, An Hongqiang, her man, couldn't stand it anymore. "You old woman, you're just dreaming about good things every day. It's good enough that I let you taste some minced meat, but you still want to eat meat every day? Do you really think that everyone in the village is a vegetarian? Let me go up the mountain alone to hunt to provide meat for the whole village. I'm not made of iron!"
Wang Dahua was originally a lively person, but she was not angry. Instead, she slapped her mouth and said, "It was me, the third sister-in-law, who said the wrong thing. Little sister, I just said that for the last time. Don't take it to heart."
An Hongdou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law. I'm not that stingy."
"That's good, that's good." Wang Dahua said, feeling relieved.
"Okay, stop gluttoning here. The weather isn't that cold yet, and so much meat won't last long. I was thinking, keep enough for tomorrow, and save another leg of lamb to send to your second uncle's house tomorrow, and pickle the rest with salt to eat slowly later..." Old Mrs. An gave instructions while thinking, holding An Hongdou's hand to stop her from being too busy.
Everyone saw her daughter bringing back so much meat, but hunting is not that easy.
I don’t know how much suffering she has endured for these things. I have to let my daughter rest quickly.
As for the trivial matters of dealing with the leftover meat, there are so many idle people in the family.
Mrs. An did not forget to ask Wang Dahua to boil a pot of hot water. Seeing that An Hongdou looked so dirty, she couldn't fall asleep without washing herself.
An Honglin was still young after all. When she heard that the mutton was to be sent to her second uncle's house, she instantly became worried. "Mom, if we send mutton to our second uncle, he won't blame us for keeping it to himself, right?"
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