Yang Cui was unyielding and refused to let the Jin family do the work, leaving Jin Duobao and Yang Juan helpless.
After making inquiries from various sources, they finally learned about Yang Cui's "deeds" and were speechless with surprise. Yang Juan felt even more resentful towards Yang Cui.
However, thinking that he still needed Yang Cui to make money, he swallowed back the harsh words and finally decided to go back to raising chickens and ducks.
...
At this time, in an inn in Pingjiang Prefecture.
"Miss, your health really isn't suitable for continuing your journey." Tang Mama felt extremely distressed when she saw Qiu Mingxuan in this state.
"But I want to see Brother Cen as soon as possible, cough cough..." and that shameless vixen.
Granny Tang said angrily, "It's all that bastard Xiao Qinghui's fault for leading us the wrong way! Otherwise, we would have arrived in Wan'an County long ago, and you wouldn't have had to suffer like this, Miss."
Xiao Qinghui was the captain of the guard, and the whole group followed him. Little did they expect that he would lead them astray and completely deviate from the intended path.
To make matters worse, they encountered a murder case in Shaoyang County, which delayed them for another ten days. Coupled with the weather and Qiu Mingxuan's health issues, what should have been a journey that took others twenty days took them almost two months, and they are still in Pingjiang Prefecture.
Mentioning Xiao Qinghui, Qiu Mingxuan was also furious. If he hadn't met Brother Cen long ago, he might have driven the vixen away from Brother Cen long ago!
"We'll deal with him when we get to Brother Cen's place!" After saying that, she sighed again, "I wonder if Zhuang Zhicheng has arrived yet."
"Don't worry, Miss. Zhuang Zhicheng certainly won't dare to slack off. He might have already arrived in Wan'an and met General Cen. Tomorrow, General Cen will set off with Zhuang Zhicheng to Pingjiang Prefecture to pick you up. You've come all this way to find him. He'll surely be overjoyed and moved to see you like this."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Mingxuan was overjoyed, feeling that her suffering would not have been in vain and that she would surely move Cen Xiao this time, allowing her to marry him as she wished.
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At that time, Anjia Village.
"Xiao Cui, you have a guest at your home." Aunt Li from the village brought a strange man to Yang Cui.
"Who are you?" Yang Cui searched her memory and was certain she didn't know him.
However, Yang Cui could tell that this person must have been a soldier and knew martial arts.
As Yang Cui sized him up, he was also sizing her up, his gaze scrutinizing her. Then, with a cold expression and icy tone, he said, "I'm looking for Master Xiao."
"He and Dao Ba took the children into the mountains to hunt. You wait here for a while."
Qiuqiu has been practicing kung fu, and recently he has been practicing archery and throwing knives. However, there is a big difference between fighting living things and dead things. Today, on a whim, they took Qiuqiu into the mountains for a practice session.
Zhuang Zhicheng waited for two hours, until 3:45 PM.
"Godmother, godmother, we're back!" Yuan Qiu rushed over, his head covered in sweat in the dead of winter, shouting, "Wild boar! Wild boar!"
"What wild boar?"
Just as Yang Cui finished speaking, she saw Dao Ba carrying a huge, jet-black creature on his back. What else could it be but a wild boar?
With a "thud," Dao Ba threw the wild boar to the ground, and Yang Cui immediately felt a cloud of dust rise up.
"This thing is so big, are you all alright?"
Dao Ba pointed to the blood on his body and said, "I'm fine, it's wild boar blood."
"Weren't you guys off practicing archery? What happened...?"
“It’s much harder to shoot live animals than dead ones. I haven’t been able to hit a pheasant at all.” Yuan Qiu was somewhat disheartened.
"You're still young, don't be discouraged. Your godmother believes you'll be a crack shot in the future, even better than Li Xunhuan!"
Who is Li Xunhuan?
"Legend has it that Li Xunhuan was as handsome as Pan An, and his Little Li Flying Dagger was famous throughout the martial arts world, never missing its mark!"
Cen Xiao asked, "Where did you hear that from?"
Dao Ba: "How come I've never heard of this person before?"
I saw it in a play script.
"That's amazing! I'll surpass him in the future! From now on, I'll be known as Little Yuan the Flying Dagger, never missing a shot, whoosh whoosh whoosh!" After saying that, Qiuqiu even made a few throwing knife motions.
"Then you have to work hard. Li Xunhuan is not only good at martial arts, but he is also a third-place scholar in the imperial examination. He is a handsome man who is both literate and skilled in martial arts."
At this point, Cen Xiao became unhappy. So what if he was a third-place scholar? What's so great about that?
Why does my wife always praise other men? Is it because the grass is always greener on the other side?
"Oh, right, someone's looking for you. They've been waiting for you for ages. Go in and see."
After saying that, Yang Cui said to Dao Ba, "I haven't eaten pork in a long time. Let's make something delicious today. You hurry up and take the pig to the river to slaughter and butcher it. Li Mama and Bao Lan, hurry up and bring buckets and basins."
This wild boar is at least 200 pounds, enough to make cured meat for the New Year.
It's a bit late today, but I can invite all my relatives and friends over tomorrow to try some pork.
People in this era did not castrate pigs, so pork had a fishy smell and was therefore not eaten. Pork was always regarded as "cheap meat".
Pigs are not deliberately raised; their existence is similar to that of "stray dogs." They don't grow very big, much less fat.
When Yang Cui first started raising pigs, she actually put in a lot of effort and thought into finding these piglets.
Wild boar hair is difficult to remove, and Yang Cui also found it troublesome, so apart from the pig's trotters, Yang Cui had Dao Ba shave off the rest of the pig skin.
Afterwards, Yang Cui instructed Granny Li to clean the large intestine and pig stomach thoroughly.
"Madam, this... can you eat this?" Even the thought of pig intestines made Li Mama feel disgusted. She wondered how Yang Cui, the mistress of the house, could eat such a thing.
"Madam, shouldn't we just discard this pig offal?" Dao Ba advised.
Dao Ba was also surprised, thinking that if people found out that the general's wife was eating pig offal, how could the general face people?
“This is a real gem, you don’t know its value. Granny Li, clean it up according to my instructions. I’ll cook it myself tomorrow, and I guarantee you’ll want more after you eat it.”
Braised pork intestines, stir-fried pork intestines with pickled cabbage, and stir-fried pork tripe with pickled cabbage—they all smell incredibly delicious!
"Er Ya, go tell your great-uncle to invite his whole family over for dinner. We'll have a delicious meal tonight."
"Okay!"
The dinner menu consisted of stir-fried pork liver and pork lung soup. The pork liver alone weighed over three pounds, and the pork lung was also quite heavy. We also had some golden coin eggs, spinach and tofu, pickled fish, and minced pork with pickled green beans. That was more than enough for us.
However, Yang Cui will have to cook the pig liver and pig lung soup herself tonight.
Yang Cui is also happy to cook.
She instructed Dao Ba on how to cut the wild boar, and told Li Mama and Bao Lan to marinate all the meat with salt after washing the large intestine and pig stomach, adding plenty of salt, otherwise it would spoil easily.
Then I prepared to go back to my room to change my clothes and go into the kitchen. The main reason was that the sleeves of my clothes were too big, making it very inconvenient to do things, so I had to change.
As soon as I reached the door, I heard...
"General, Miss is truly ill. She has lost a lot of weight and suffered greatly on her journey. She just wants to see you. Please go and bring her here. Seeing you will surely help her recover faster. You know how much Miss loves you..."
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