Zhou Jia and the others couldn't help but touch their chests, which seemed to be beating faster than usual. They became more and more frightened and began to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Kang Yueran shouted, "Shut up! I haven't finished talking yet!
I want you to travel back and forth between Changming County and Qingping Mountain every day, shouting loudly as you go: "Qingping Mountain Stronghold has been renamed Qingping Village, and from now on there will be no more murder or robbery."
Zhou Jia asked, "What about the antidote?"
"I'll send someone to check on your whereabouts at all times. If you haven't been lazy, come to Qingping Mountain in three days to get the antidote."
Zhou Jia nodded hurriedly, "We will never be lazy and will do as the boss tells us!" How unlucky it was that we ran into the real boss.
Hu Dacheng yelled, "I'll go and see it myself tomorrow. Get lost!"
Zhou Jia and others left, and Li Mao and others stood trembling by, not daring to move.
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "Don't be afraid!"
She handed the remaining marshmallows to Hu Dacheng, "Dacheng, try it!"
Hu Dacheng didn't hesitate at all. He took one and threw it into his mouth in front of everyone. His eyes lit up, "Girl, it's sweet and delicious. What is this?"
"My master brought me some candy beans from the south." After saying that, she also ate one.
Seeing that she still had some in her hand, Duan Fei stepped forward and asked, "Boss, give me one to try."
Kang Yueran handed her hand to Duan Fei. Duan Fei took one, and three others came forward to take the remaining three.
Seeing this, Li Mao felt much calmer. It turned out that he was just using candy beans to trick people, not really giving them poison. The leader of Qingping Mountain was not as cruel as he had imagined.
After Kang Yueran finished her performance, she said to Hu Dacheng, "Go pick out two wild boars for them. The Bai brothers showed us the way, so give them one too. It's getting late, we have to hurry back."
She then said to Li Mao, "There are many big wild boars on the mountain, so it's better for you to avoid going up there.
We in Qingping Village are in urgent need of a large amount of mint and eggs. You can pick mint or go to the nearby villages to collect eggs and bring them to Qingping Mountain to exchange for food, cloth, or silver."
If they weren't starving to death, no one would be willing to take the risk to come to the deadly Wild Boar Ridge. But, Qingping Mountain, couldn't it really be the second Wild Boar Ridge?
Li Mao was hesitant, but he didn't dare show it. "Okay! If I have mint and eggs, I'll send them to the boss."
It would take time to change the people's view of Qingping Mountain, so Kang Yueran didn't try to persuade them any further and said goodbye with a smile.
After the donkey cart was full, there were still two wild boars left. The younger brothers tied up the wild boars' limbs, and two of them were carried on wooden sticks in a group, one in front and one behind, and left chatting and laughing.
Li Mao came to his senses as he looked at the wild boar on the ground. They had actually gone up the mountain to hunt with the bandits from Qingping Mountain.
His son Li Sangen looked at the backs of Kang Yueran and others as they walked away and said, "The eldest boss is good-looking and a good person. I don't think the people of Qingping Mountain are as bad as everyone says."
Li Mao slapped Li Sangen on the back of the head and said, "You little bastard, he's the head of Qingping Mountain, how can you say that casually?"
Bai Yun said, "I think what this young man said is right. When we were helping to tie up the wild boar, the guy called Dacheng would always use his spear to test whether the wild boar was dead.
He also repeatedly reminded us to be careful and if we found that the wild boar was still breathing, we should quickly move aside and not try to be brave.
Li Sangen quickly said, "That's right, if the boss hadn't intervened, the two eldest brothers of the Bai family would have been dead."
Some people say Qingping Mountain is good, while others are still afraid of it. Li Mao feels conflicted. "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let's carry it back to the village quickly. If we attract disaster victims, we won't be able to leave."
When they returned to Qingping Mountain, many people were already asleep. Kang Yueran had the wild boar carried to the courtyard of Y3 Yard and put it away. Then he told everyone to go back and wash up and go to bed, and said they could get up an hour later in the morning.
Now several courtyards in Yiziyuan have become workshops, and only one or two people are left in each courtyard to live in the room closest to the door, responsible for watching over things.
Most of the able-bodied men lived in the Bing Courtyard, while the elderly, women and children lived in the back mountain.
Kang Yueran was woken up early in the morning. Liu Xiaocao, under the instructions of her husband Niu Dayan, had been taking care of Kang Yueran's daily life.
Hearing the movement in Kang Yueran's room, Liu Xiaocao knocked on the door and walked in, "Master, you're awake. Everyone is very happy to see the wild boar you hunted yesterday.
Sister Jiang's husband, Zhou Daji, is butchering pigs with a few of his brothers; the yard is bustling with activity."
Kang Yueran got up and put on her clothes. She saw a pile of clean crossbow arrows on the table. She put the crossbow arrows into her bag and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Half of the thirteen wild boars had been killed, and Xu Jiushi had six large jars brought in to store the meat.
When everyone saw Kang Yueran, they greeted her.
Kang Yueran looked at the meat and said, "The lean meat can be used to make jerky, and the fat between the pig skin and the lean meat can be used to make oil. Wash it out and stew it with meat in the evening.
Crush the large bones and extract the fat. You can use that as lip balm for women. Leave the bones that can't be greased separately and add a few chicken racks. I'll teach you how to make a thick soup."
Zhou Daji stopped swinging his butcher knife and said with a smile, "Then there's really no place to waste this pig."
Someone shouted, "Master, I know how to tan leather, and tanned pigskin is also useful."
Kang Yueran looked at the man and said, "Okay! I'll give the job of tanning leather to you. If the tanning is good, you can get the monthly salary as a craftsman."
The man was ecstatic. "Really? That's great."
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