Chapter 93 Chapter 93 Girls shouldn’t learn
When the village chief heard that Yu Li was willing to sell half a wild boar meat to the villagers at the price of eight cents per catty, he was very happy. He praised her for being a good person and looked at her with admiration.
Last night, Yu Li killed those two rampant wild boars with just two sticks. No one was injured and the loss to the village was not great. The village chief was so happy about this that his impression of Yu Li changed instantly.
The village chief asked his son to beat drums and gongs to tell the villagers about this.
When the villagers got the news, they rushed to the Fu family and saw that the village chief's son had set up a simple counter in front of the Fu family's door and was selling wild boar meat there.
Many villagers came to buy meat, all of them coming for the eight cents a pound of meat.
They couldn't afford the meat in the county town which cost more than ten cents per pound, but they could still buy some at eight cents per pound to taste the meat.
Wild boar meat does not taste as good as domestic pork, but it is still meat, and it is so cheap that no one will mind.
It’s not easy for everyone these days, and saving a penny is considered a profit.
The villagers are not picky about meat. Sometimes when someone hunts a wild boar, they will go and buy wild boar meat just to save those seven or eight cents.
The village chief's son shouted, "Please line up first. Don't push. There is half a loin of meat here. It's enough for everyone to buy!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers who were huddled together hurriedly lined up.
They lined up to buy meat and chatted about the wild boar that Yu Li had killed last night.
"I heard that Li Niang beat the wild boar to death with just one blow of a stick. She is really strong!"
"What? Wasn't he killed with one punch?"
"What do you mean by a stick and a fist? Li Niang didn't have that much time to find a stick. Seeing that the wild boar was running towards her, she could only use the tree trunk broken by the wild boar as a weapon and hit the wild boar. The wild boar fell down after being hit..."
There were quite a few people present at the time, and although it was dark and some people couldn't see clearly, there were a few people nearby who happened to see it clearly.
Because he saw it clearly, he was shocked to know that Yu Li killed the wild boar with one blow.
The insider told the villagers in detail about the process of Yu Li hunting wild boar, and everyone listened with great interest.
Qingshi Village is backed by a mountain. There are many wild boars in the mountain, which often come down to damage crops.
The villagers hated these wild boars but were helpless against them. Every time they had to mobilize a large number of people to drive them away or kill them, which resulted in many villagers being injured, and in serious cases even dying.
This time wild boars came down the mountain again. Although the crops had been harvested and there was no need to worry about them destroying the crops, the wild boars were so strong that they could even knock down the courtyard walls. This made people feel uneasy at all, for fear that they would break in through the wall, and then the elderly and children in the house would be in danger.
They were worried, but they didn't expect Yu Li to kill two wild boars in one go.
After Yu Li dealt with two wild boars last night, it was already dark. Plus it was cold, so everyone didn’t go out to find out what was going on.
Until this morning, when they heard that it was Yu Li who killed two wild boars, they were very excited. Someone went to ask Zhou about it, but unfortunately Zhou seemed to know nothing and looked even more confused than they were.
This left them wanting more.
But they didn't expect to hear in the afternoon that Yu Li was going to sell wild boar meat and sell it to them at a lower price. Many people felt indebted to her.
After hearing what the insider said, everyone was amazed.
"I knew Li Niang was very strong, but I didn't expect she could kill a wild boar."
"Li Niang is not only strong, but also very capable. You see, after she married into the Fu family, she not only found a job as a pig butcher in the county town and earned money every day, but she can also hunt wild boars..."
"Li Niang has been a capable and kind person since she was young."
At this time, someone said, "If I were Grandma Yu, I would probably regret marrying off such a capable granddaughter for the sake of good fortune."
"Indeed, otherwise, this wild boar meat would belong to the Yu family now."
An old lady immediately retorted, "It's her business if she regrets it! Didn't you see that after Li Niang married into the Fu family, she ate well, slept well, and the Fu family even paid for her health care. She is much healthier now than before, and looks like she will live a hundred years."
This statement received a lot of approval. Just think about the life Yu Li had lived in the Yu family before. He was as thin as a refugee. If you didn't know the situation, you would think the Yu family was very poor.
Even if you want to support the eldest son's education, there is no need to treat your granddaughter so harshly, right?
In the final analysis, it's just that he doesn't value his granddaughter and just treats her casually.
As they were talking, a few people winked at each other and said to those around them, "When I came here just now, I passed by Yu's house and heard Grandma Yu scolding Yu Laosan's family. She scolded Yu Laosan for being lazy and greedy, and not going out to find work during the slack season. She also scolded Yu Laosan's family for only sending gifts to their mother's house and not knowing how to be filial to their elders, so that she didn't even get to see a chicken butt. She also scolded Yu Laosan's children for eating everything without leaving anything..."
In short, all five members of Yu Laosan's family were scolded by her, and she could scold them for anything.
Someone asked: "Why did she scold Yu Lao San for no reason?"
"What else could it be? It's because Yu Lao San wanted to come over to buy wild boar meat, and she found out, so she blocked him and scolded him... If you ask me, she actually wanted to come, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it."
"How is that possible? How could Grandma Yu be so embarrassed? She never thinks face is important."
At this point, everyone was puzzled as to why Old Lady Yu didn't take advantage of the situation. This was not like her character.
When they heard that Yu Li was going to sell wild boar meat, they were mentally prepared. Old Lady Yu would definitely take away the wild boar meat directly, or take the money from the sale of the meat.
These are things she would do.
But she didn't come, and even didn't allow Yu Lao San and the others to come and buy.
It's really weird.
Could it be that he is ashamed of selling his granddaughter to bring good luck and is too embarrassed to come here?
Everyone couldn't figure it out, so they could only say, "Maybe Boss Yu's family is not in the village, and there are only the two old people. They are saving food, so it doesn't matter if they don't eat a few bites of meat."
"Yes, Li Niang is her granddaughter anyway. If she wants to eat meat, just ask Li Niang to send it to her."
As they were talking, someone noticed that Yu Lao San came over to queue up to buy meat.
He immediately asked him, "Yu Lao San, why didn't your mother come to buy meat? Did she wait for Li Niang to bring it to her?"
Yu Laosan smiled awkwardly and responded vaguely.
Yu Li would definitely not send meat to the old couple, but he didn't dare to say this, not to mention that he was standing at the door of the Fu family and was about to buy the wild boar meat shot by Yu Li. Of course, he couldn't say anything casually and ruin her reputation.
The weather is very cold, with gusts of north wind making my body feel chilly.
However, the villagers were in good spirits. They gathered together and chatted, making the usually deserted front door of the Fu family very lively.
Someone looked at the closed gate of the Fu family's courtyard and said, "Why don't we see Li Niang and Aunt Zhou?"
Because there was a sick person in the Fu family, they didn't want to disturb them. They were familiar with Zhou and Yu Li and thought they would come out.
The village chief's son, who was weighing the meat, said, "My father is talking to them inside."
"What are you talking about? Does the village chief also want Li Niang to go up the mountain to drive away the wild beasts?"
The original plan was to go up the mountain to drive away the wild animals today, but since they had just killed two wild boars yesterday and had to deal with them, the village chief decided to go into the mountain the day after tomorrow.
The village chief's son did not answer the man because he didn't know either.
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In the main hall of the Fu family, the village chief was talking to Yu Li. He first thanked Yu Li for being willing to reduce the price to sell wild boar meat to the villagers, and then asked curiously how strong she was.
Not only the villagers are curious about this question, but the village chief is also curious.
Before this, the village chief didn't have a deep impression of Yu Li. He only knew that she was married to the Fu family by the Yu family for good luck. Although the Yu family did something unfair, it was difficult for him, the village chief, to say anything.
Fortunately, after she married into the Fu family, she seemed to be living a good life, which made him feel somewhat relieved.
It would be even better if Fu Wenxiao's health could get better.
The village chief was just thinking about it when he suddenly saw a man walk into the main room. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was the sickly son of the Fu family.
"Fu Shulang, why are you here?" the village chief asked in surprise.
He remembered Zhou saying that Fu Shulang was frail and sickly, and couldn't even walk out of his room.
Fu Wenxiao walked into the main room, sat down next to Yu Li, and said in a gentle voice: "It was too boring to read in the room before, so I came out to get some fresh air." Then he smiled and said, "It's quite lively outside."
The village chief didn't think much about it and told him about the wild boar meat being sold outside.
After he finished speaking, the village chief looked at him in surprise, "Fu Shulang, are you feeling better now?"
Although his face still looks a little pale, his complexion is much better than when I first saw him three years ago. Moreover, he can even walk out of the room now. Does this mean that his health is getting better?
Fu Wenxiao said: "Thank you for your concern, Village Chief. My health is indeed getting better."
"Really? That's great!" The village chief was very happy for him, "Then your mother and Li Niang won't have to worry about you anymore."
It seems that Li Niang is a blessed person. This wedding can actually make her health better.
The village chief was very happy for the Fu family and also for Yu Li, and felt that she made the right decision to marry into the Fu family.
Then he continued with the previous question and asked how strong Yu Li was.
Yu Li said: "Well, it's not too big, it should be able to defeat the wild beasts in the mountains..."
"That's great." The village chief said, "The day after tomorrow I will organize people to go up the mountain to drive away wild beasts. Li Niang, do you want to go with us?"
Knowing that Yu Li could kill a wild boar, the village chief wanted her to go up the mountain with him.
Although every year when they go up the mountain to drive away the wild beasts, a group of strong and powerful people are picked out, and the wild beasts dare not approach the group easily, there is always an exception, and they are afraid that something might happen.
Otherwise, the village chief would not give special rewards to those who participated.
That's why the village chief really wanted Yu Li to go up the mountain with him. She was very strong and could kill a wild boar with one blow. She made people feel very safe, so he thought it would be better to take her along.
Yu Li said: "Village Chief, I have to go to the county town to slaughter pigs in the morning. I will be back too late, so I can't go."
They went into the mountains early in the morning and her schedule couldn't accommodate them.
Of course, although it is necessary to go up the mountain to drive away the wild beasts, the villagers can do it themselves, so she doesn't need to join in the fun.
The village chief could only give up with regret. He couldn't let her give up making money and go into the mountains with him, right? Going into the mountains was voluntary and not mandatory, but if too few people signed up, there would still be a mandatory requirement.
However, no matter how much they forced him, they never asked the women in the village to go up the mountain with them.
The village chief chatted with them for a few more minutes, and only got up and left after the meat outside was sold out.
Yu Li hurriedly bought a few pounds of meat for the village chief's family and thanked the village chief's son for helping sell the meat.
Yu Li placed the remaining half of the pig in the yard, and quickly cut it into several parts with his knife.
She was used to doing this kind of thing. Every time she cut it, the cut was exceptionally smooth and had a wonderful beauty.
It was clearly a matter of slaughtering a pig and cutting meat, which was an extremely vulgar thing in the eyes of the world. However, when she did it, it was impossible to describe her as vulgar.
Fu Wenxiao stood in front of the eaves, watching the scene deeply.
This was the first time he saw her do this. Although he knew that she slaughtered pigs in the county town, he had never seen it with his own eyes.
If it was her, he felt that whatever she did was fine and very cute.
Zhou and her two children also squatted aside and watched.
Every time the two children saw how skillfully Yu Li cut the meat, they would scream.
Zhou pointed at the meat that Yu Li had separated, telling them how to eat the meat and which part should be cooked to make it delicious. She spoke so clearly that Yu Li even felt a little greedy.
After cutting the meat, Yu Li took a small bamboo basket, put a few pieces of meat on it, and said to Zhou: "Mother, I will send some meat to my third sister and Uncle Tu."
Although wild boar meat is not delicious, it is still meat, and she plans to give some to everyone.
Tomorrow I will send some to Zhang Fu, Yu Xiaogu and Yu Jin who does business in the county town for them to try.
Zhou smiled and said, "Go ahead."
She had no objection to Li Niang's act of giving meat to people. Instead, she thought that she was well-behaved and considerate, and someone who knew how to repay kindness. She would repay double for anyone who was kind to her.
For example, her several sisters, and Boss Tu and others.
When Yu Li went to the Yu family to deliver the meat, many villagers saw him on the road, and they all envied Grandpa Yu and his wife.
"They are so lucky to have such a capable granddaughter. Even if they don't come to buy meat, the granddaughter will send them meat."
"Yes, no wonder they don't have to buy meat."
“…”
The villager who spoke did not know that after Yu Li arrived at the Yu family, he did not send the meat to the main courtyard, but sent it to the second house of the Yu family to feed his two younger sisters who stayed in the village.
Then she went to the mountains to find Boss Tu.
As it turned out, Boss Tu was not there, only the wolfhound was there. The wolfhound hid in the house with its tail between its legs, making whimpering sounds.
Yu Li walked to the door and asked the wolfhound, "Is Boss Tu not back yet?"
Wolfdog: “Woo woo woo…”
"Will he come back today?"
Wolfdog: “Woo woo woo…”
"Okay, I understand." Yu Li left with the bamboo basket, "I'll send it to the butcher shop for him tomorrow."
Wolfdog: “Woo woo woo…”
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The next day, Yu Li carried a large basket of wild boar meat into the city, giving half to Zhang Fu and Tu Lao Da and the other half to Yu Jin and Yu Xiao Gu.
Zhang Fu and others didn't expect that she actually killed a wild boar, which was very strange.
After listening to her story about hunting the wild boar, Zhang Fu said with a smile: "Li Niang is quite capable. If you could go hunting in the mountains with Boss Tu one day, you would probably get more."
"It's also possible that there will be no gain at all." Yu Li said, referring to the month when she ran to the mountains in the summer.
I didn't even find a rabbit. If I really want to go into the mountains to hunt, it will be in vain.
So she had long given up the idea of hunting.
At noon, Zhang Fu stewed the wild boar meat that Yu Li sent with spices. It was very fragrant. He invited Yu Li to eat at the butcher shop and asked her to call Liu, Yu Jin and others to eat together.
Yu Li likes the meat stewed by Zhang Fu the most, as the taste is unmatched by others, so naturally he is willing to stay for a meal.
She carried the wild boar meat for Yu Jin and the others and went to Jucai Lane to call for help.
Seeing her carrying such a large piece of meat, Yu Jin and the others were a little confused. But when they learned that it was the wild boar meat she had hunted, Sun Fangniang was shocked.
"What? There are wild boars coming down the mountain from your village? Are you okay, Li Niang? Are you not hurt?"
She also knew the lethality of wild boars and was very worried.
Yu Li said calmly: "Nothing, I beat him to death."
Sun Fangniang: “…” She said it so simply, as if the wild boar was really nothing.
Thinking of the news that the gambling house in the county town was destroyed, Sun Fangniang suspected that it was Yu Li who did it, but she had no evidence and did not dare to think so.
But...she can even kill a wild boar, what if she really did it?
Looking at Yu Jin again, he didn't look worried at all, and was even happily preparing to go to the butcher shop with Yu Li for dinner.
Jin Niang seemed quite calm about the fact that Li Niang was able to kill a wild boar.
And my second aunt didn't seem worried at all.
Sun Fangniang and Liu were embarrassed to go to the butcher's shop to eat, so they said they wanted to stay and look after the shop.
Yu Li didn't force them. He pointed at the piece of meat and said, "If you want to eat it, stew it and keep it for yourself." Then he said to Sun Fangniang, "You are too thin. Eat more."
Sun Fangniang smiled and said, "Li Niang, when you say I'm thin, you should also look at yourself. You are also quite thin."
Yu Li said: "So I am trying hard to eat!"
Sun Fangniang finally couldn't hold back her laughter.
After having lunch at Boss Tu's place, Yu Li and Yu Jin went together to deliver meat to Aunt Yu.
Aunt Yu was watching the shop and sewing a winter coat when there were no customers. She saw them coming over with a large piece of meat. When she learned that it was wild boar meat hunted by Yu Li, she was also frightened.
She hurriedly asked Yu Li if she was injured, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was fine.
"Did you really kill this wild boar, Mother Li?" Aunt Yu looked at Yu Li in disbelief.
In her heart, Yu Li is a thin and weak girl - that's what it seems on the surface. Even though she may be stronger than the average girl because she has been working since she was young, it is still within the normal range.
So she never knew that she was strong enough to kill a wild boar.
Yu Jin smiled and said, "Aunt, it was really my sister who hit you. My sister is very strong."
She thought it was normal that her sister could hunt wild boars.
Gu Yu looked at Yu Li again with a complicated expression.
It's a good thing for a girl to have such strength, which can protect herself and not be bullied. The prerequisite is that she has to stand up on her own, otherwise all the strength will be in vain, just like Yu Li before she got married.
Fortunately, the girls from the second branch of the Yu family have now become independent. They have their own opinions and can live well no matter what.
No need to worry about them anymore.
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When the first snow fell in Qingshi Village, Yu Li went to slaughter a pig for his uncle and aunt.
Zhou said, "Mother Li, your uncle and aunt raise good pigs. Go buy some meat from them later and I'll make bacon for you."
She knew that Yu Li loved to eat bacon rice, and the current weather was just right for making bacon.
Sure enough, her eyes lit up and then she nodded.
"Okay, I understand."
As Yu Li spoke, she lowered her head to organize her butcher knife.
This set of butcher knives was custom-made by her at an iron shop in the county town.
In the past, when she slaughtered pigs at the butcher shop, she used the knives prepared by the butcher shop. There were several sets of tools for slaughtering pigs, so she didn't have to prepare them herself.
However, she had already promised the villagers that she would help them slaughter the pig, so she had to prepare a set of tools.
Last night, Yu Li had sharpened the butcher knives and put them one by one into his leather bag.
This leather saddlebag was given to her by Boss Tu, who said that it could be used to store butcher knives. There was no need to worry about it wearing out, and it could be carried around without any problem, as it was very sturdy.
After hearing this, Yu Li nodded and thought that he could take it with him if he went to suppress bandits in the future.
Although it is not used, it can be used to castrate...
In this world, there are always some scumbags who are hopeless, and then you can try to castrate them. Wu Shouzi and his friends turned over a new leaf too quickly, leaving her no chance, but she believes that she will still need them in the future.
"What are you doing?" Boss Tu didn't hear clearly.
Yu Li looked at him without saying anything, feeling that men couldn't stand hearing such words.
Boss Tu was very sure that he heard the word "劁", and he always felt that this word was very dangerous when applied to her.
Facing his suspicious gaze, Yu Li had no choice but to say, "Uncle Tu, I want to learn how to butcher a pig from Brother Zhang!"
Boss Tu was drinking water and taking a break at the time and almost choked.
Not only him, but all the men in the butcher shop were choked and coughed loudly.
When they came to their senses, they realized that she was serious, and all the men present felt a chill down their spines.
I don’t know if it’s because Yu Li has a very strange aura. If someone else said they wanted to learn how to butcher pigs, they wouldn’t think much about it, but for her...
Perhaps because she was a pretty young lady, she always felt that things like pig slaughtering had nothing to do with her.
Zhang Fu calmed down and asked carefully, "Li Niang, why do you want to learn how to slaughter pigs?"
"Because you can make money!" Yu Li said as a matter of course, "This is a craft. Once you learn it, you can make money. Isn't that great?"
She really wanted to learn this kind of craft, maybe it would come in handy in the future.
Zhang Fu was speechless.
Why do you think it can be useful? Do you still think that one day you will be so poor that you can only slaughter pigs for a living?
Although I have never witnessed her powerful fighting ability, just by hearing about the fate of those thugs in the gambling house, I know that with her fighting power, she will never be reduced to slaughtering pigs for a living.
"Brother Zhang, can you teach me?" Yu Li asked seriously.
Zhang Fu really didn't know how to refuse her, so he could only vaguely say that he would teach her how to castrate a pig when spring came.
Yu Li was very happy to get the answer. She invited him to dinner to thank him and also gave him a gift as a disciple, which made Zhang Fu feel embarrassed not to teach her.
When he returned home in the evening, Yu Li specifically talked about this with Fu Wenxiao.
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
This was the first time she saw such a reluctant look on his face, and she was a little surprised.
So she asked, “Do you think this is wrong?”
Is it possible that her behavior is incompatible with this world? No wonder Boss Tu and the others reacted so strongly at that time...
"No." Fu Wenxiao quickly regained his composure and said implicitly, "It's just that I rarely hear of girls learning this."
Yu Li didn't care: "Little doesn't mean nothing. We have a saying over there that there is no distinction between high and low professions, and no distinction between men and women."
As she said this, she looked at him, wanting to see his reaction.
Fu Wenxiao seemed stunned for a moment, then smiled.
He said, “You are right.”
He was taught.
Yu Li was very satisfied with this and felt that this man was indeed a sensible person, much better than those pedantic scholars.
No, it should be better than most people in this world.
He could always easily accept her abnormal behavior and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
She was very happy because she didn't think there was anything wrong with learning to slaughter pigs.
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At this moment, Yu Li put away her butcher knife and prepared to go out to butcher pigs for the villagers.
Fu Wenxiao stood under the eaves and said, "Mother Li, the weather is cold, come back early."
He was wearing a crane cloak and a rabbit fur scarf around his neck. The grey rabbit fur made his face look even paler. His black hair and eyes were extremely eye-catching.
Yu Li turned to look at him, "I know, don't come out, just stay in the room."
It was snowing outside. Although he was wearing thick clothes, his body had not fully recovered yet and he would still get sick if he was not careful.
Fu Wenxiao smiled, holding a hand warmer in his arms, and watched her leave quietly.
He thought that it wouldn't be long before he could go out with her.
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