A large, fat pig weighs over a hundred pounds. If Song Liyun were to debone and butcher the pig at Baolin Residence, she certainly wouldn't be able to hide it from Song Zhenping. So, she decided to go hunting in the mountains.
When Song Zhenping ate the cut and marinated meat, he couldn't tell whether it was from a domestic pig or a wild boar.
Upon returning to Baolin Residence, Song Liyun rummaged through the hoes and machetes, saying she wanted to take Han Ming and Hei Jin hunting.
She had said this before, and Song Zhenping did not object.
He used to say he wanted to go up the mountain to collect acorns, but after seeing the small mountain of acorns in the cellar, he stopped mentioning it.
Now that Song Liyun is going hunting, he naturally wants to go up the mountain to help.
Before he could finish speaking, Song Liyun refused: Xiao An can't go up the mountain, and someone needs to stay at home.
With Han Ming as his servant, there's no need for him, with his inconvenient legs, to go up the mountain.
Han Ming has been trying to survive in Suijin Town for years, and his understanding of the surrounding mountains and forests is no less than that of Heijin.
With him and Black Gold around, nothing unexpected will happen.
Black Gold didn't want to be separated from Xiao An, but it couldn't fight back. After being threatened by Song Liyun, it had no choice but to obey.
She didn't want to walk when she went out, so she squatted on the back of her servant Han Ming and secretly glared at Song Liyun.
From Baolin Residence to the banks of the Gold Rush River, Song Liyun first jumped onto the log bridge that had been built several times before and came to the sand dunes in the river.
Pointing to a row of wooden sticks by the water, he said to Han Ming, "Quickly collect the soaked acorns and let them drip dry so we can collect them when we come back."
At first, Song Liyun boiled and soaked acorns at home, but with so many acorns, changing the water every day was hard work, so she simply put them in sacks and threw them into the river.
This place is sparsely populated, and most people would not be able to find the acorns underwater.
Simply soak it in water for ten days until the bitterness dissipates, then take it back.
The river is now covered with a thin layer of ice. After harvesting the last batch of acorns, we'll have to wait for the ice to thaw before we can come back.
In just one day, Han Ming was already deeply impressed by the "Great Immortal's" extraordinary abilities, and he would obediently carry out whatever Song Liyun said.
With him working, ten bags of acorns were quickly pulled out of the water to dry.
Once things were settled here, Song Liyun hurried up the mountain, even if it was just pretending to hunt, she had to make it look like it.
The grass in the mountains and forests was covered by a thin layer of snow, making the exposed ground easier to walk on than before.
The place where Song Liyun had previously picked acorns had been thoroughly cleaned up, even the leaves on the ground, so naturally she couldn't go there again.
Led by Black Gold, they soon found another oak forest.
There are acorns here, and wild animals come to forage for food.
The snow, trampled by wild boars and sheep, was a mess of paths.
"Han Ming, you and Hei Jin go over there and see if you can find the pheasant nest. I'll go this way."
Song Liyun looked around and quickly spotted a large, sheltered rock.
All I need to do is get Han Ming away, and I can slaughter the pork myself over there.
Han Ming had no doubts, and besides, he had black gold sitting around his neck, so he had no choice but to comply.
Black Gold roared and clapped its hands, urging its servant Han Ming to hurry up and find the pheasant's nest so it could bring it back for Xiao An to play with.
After the monkey and the person had gone far away, Song Liyun walked to the big rock, took out a broom to sweep away the dust and snow on the rock, and then took out the big fat pig.
As is customary, the skin and belly are peeled off directly, and a sharp knife moves between the bones and flesh, quickly turning them into large pieces of bone and strips of meat, which are then piled up to the side.
Two months have passed, and the meat has not spoiled at all.
Fortunately, it's winter now, so I don't have to worry about the meat spoiling if I leave it outside.
Black Gold led Han Ming on a aimless wandering through the mountains and forests. These two experienced individuals followed the tracks and actually found a nest of pheasants and even encountered a wild deer.
Without Song Liyun watching over him, Hei Jin was too lazy to chase the deer.
They only raided the chicken coop, caught two pheasants, and collected a few eggs.
Black Gold plucked the bright feathers from the pheasant and cackled strangely; he had already given Xiao An a gift.
Han Ming, however, was pale, flustered, and his fingers were trembling.
In the woods he had just left, he discovered a hidden, narrow path.
Normally, the lush vegetation makes it difficult to see, but in a few days, the thick snow will cover it all up.
Only at this moment, when the thin layer of diluted snow covers the grass, does the path that was once trampled out become exposed.
The road was very secluded; if Black Gold hadn't forced him to look for wild chickens, he certainly wouldn't have gone to such a remote place.
Five years ago, the Di people suddenly appeared in Suijin Town, and everyone knew that they entered through the Huangsha River.
But no one knows where those bandits, even more ferocious than the Di people, came from.
The Di barbarians robbed money, grain, and people.
Slaves are wealth.
Therefore, the Di people did not kill people indiscriminately.
As long as the Wu Dynasty people are brought back to the grasslands, a strong male slave can be exchanged for two horses, three cows, or a flock of sheep.
Beautiful young women who can have children are more popular than men in the marketplace.
Unlike bandits, who are not interested in people, bandits generally leave no survivors in order to conceal their whereabouts and avoid being arrested by the authorities.
Five years have passed, and the bandits have long since disappeared, but the road still exists.
Han Ming stared intently at the deep, dark forest, as if he could see again the bandits running around with strange cries, and the Di barbarians raising their scimitars high.
He thought of the young widow again.
When she was caught, she looked in her direction without crying or making a fuss; her eyes were just empty.
The young widow saw that she had been stabbed and knew she had fallen into a ditch.
She couldn't get over there, and she couldn't save her either.
No one knows that, out of guilt and hatred, Han Ming has been staying in Suijin Town all these years, pretending to be stupid.
After plucking the chicken feathers, Black Gold picked a few shriveled jujubes from the tree and jumped back.
Han Ming also snapped out of his thoughts.
Now there is a garrison in Suijin Town, the tragedy will not be repeated, and no more bandits will come.
When Han Ming and Hei Jin returned to the place where they broke up, Song Liyun had already packed the pork, pork bones, and unwashed pig offal into burlap sacks.
Upon seeing the blood-stained boulder and the bag of pork, the already unsettled Han Ming was stunned.
"Boss, where did you get this pork from?"
Han Ming rummaged through the meat strips, but there was no pig skin or pig head, so he didn't know what kind of pig it was.
Since it was hunted in the mountains, it must be a wild boar, but this wild boar looks rather fat.
Song Liyun pointed to the stone covered in blood and flesh, completely unconcerned by his surprise: "I found it here!"
"Pick...pick up the meat!" Han Ming's eyes widened.
Am I hearing things? Would anyone actually find fresh meat in this desolate wilderness?
Is it possible? Is there?
Oh! I forgot, this woman isn't human! She's a demon!
Han Ming was instantly startled by his own thoughts and quickly went to look at Black Gold, for Black Gold was the demon.
But what he saw at that moment was a cute little thing holding dried dates, circling around Song Liyun trying to please her, practically wagging its tail.
Having another person has both advantages and disadvantages; Song Liyun's space is no longer convenient to use casually.
They only took the pork this time, and the soaked elephant had to be left on the sand dunes in the riverbed.
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