"Hehe," Xia Hua laughed awkwardly. She had been a little late in buying the knife. "I'll take a look later and pick out the sharpest one for you."
"Honey, I'll be quicker next time. Let me see your back. How's it? Is it serious?"
“It’s nothing,” An Shuyi shook her head. “It’s just that I’m getting old and my bones are a bit loose. I’ll go back to Dr. Liu’s to get some medicine to apply.”
Xia Hua nodded, "It's alright. We'll keep the tiger meat, and take the leopard meat back to eat with the tribe. Oh, and buy some potatoes and sweet potatoes too. Just say we found them. Otherwise, eating meat all the time will make it hard to even go to the toilet."
“Okay,” An Shuyi said, “Go pick up the knife and the leopard. I’m going to buy things. We can’t stay here any longer. Even if we do, it will have to be for a few days so I can catch my breath.”
"We won't eat out tonight, we'll eat with the tribespeople. It's still early, and when we get back we won't have to slaughter a cow, so we can eat leopard meat."
She hadn't eaten leopard meat in a long time. Although venison was still the best, it was scarce. It was enough for the two of them to eat it all. If the whole tribe ate it all at once, they would have nothing left to eat. It seemed that when they settled down, it would be best to find a place with a large forest so that they could go hunting from time to time.
While Xia Hua went to pick up the machete and hoe, she hurriedly bought potatoes and sweet potatoes. After buying them, she put them on the ground to let them get covered in mud and water before putting them in the warehouse.
After that, the two of them went down the mountain together, changed back into their morning clothes, and continued climbing up the mountain. When they were almost there, they put the potatoes in their baskets, filling both baskets. Xia Hua also took the leopard out of the warehouse and dragged it along.
"Sister-in-law, you're back so soon?" Lin Changhe asked. The raft they were making was too big to be made inside the cave, so they made it outside, even though it was pouring rain.
"I'm back!" An Shuyi replied to them and then went into the cave.
"My God, sister-in-law, where did you catch this? It's amazing!" Lin Changnian said. He had only seen Sister An in front of him and hadn't noticed Sister Xia behind her. He never expected that she would bring back such a big leopard after being away for a day.
There were other things in the baskets carried by the two sisters-in-law, but he didn't know what they were. He just knew that if the two sisters-in-law were carrying them back, they must be good things.
Hearing what he said, the others forgot about building the raft and gathered around Xia Hua to watch the leopard.
"Are you all stupid? Get out of the way! Don't you know it's raining? I'll put it in the cave, then you can look at it all you want." Xia Hua pushed the people aside and went into the cave.
"Hehe," the tribesmen chuckled awkwardly, shifting their bodies to the side and following behind her as she passed.
As soon as An Shuyi entered the cave, the eldest brother following behind took the basket from her and put it down. "Mom, what is this? It's so heavy, it looks like a stone."
"I don't know what it is, but it's edible. I've seen animals eat it. It looks like a clod of dirt, so it's called a potato." Seeing Xia Hua come in, he went over to take her basket, but Lin Wenming behind him took it and put it away.
Lin Changnian, who was following behind, naturally heard what she had just said and asked, "Sister-in-law, this is different from the potatoes you mentioned. What is this?"
An Shuyi said, "This is edible too. Your sister-in-law Xia and I have tried it. You can eat it raw. If it's sweet, we call it sweet potato. We'll each cook one tonight and try it."
“When we dug them up, we found that these things are amazing. There are seven or eight seedlings under each cluster. We only dug up a small area and there are already so many. Tomorrow, your sister-in-law Xia and I will go and dig up some more. Once we've settled down, we'll plant some more of these so we won't go hungry in the future.”
Before anyone could speak, Village Chief Lin ran over, "Sister-in-law, is what you're saying true? There are seven or eight seedlings in one bunch, and they're so big, they must weigh at least two pounds. This is a high yield!"
"How could this be false? If you don't believe me, once we've settled in, you can plant some yourself and try it out."
Village Chief Lin shook his head. "Sister-in-law, I'm not that I don't believe it, I'm just too surprised. With such a good thing, we won't have to flee famine anymore."
Looking at the two sisters-in-law, one has to admit they are truly the lucky stars of the Lin clan.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to the leopard on the ground, Lin Changnian hurriedly reminded him, "Wood, don't just look at the potatoes and sweet potatoes, look at this. This is a leopard that the two sisters-in-law hunted. Sisters-in-law, can you take me with you when you go tomorrow?"
Before An Shuyi and Xia Hua could speak, Village Chief Lin interrupted, "You two sisters-in-law are people who are destined for great things. What are you going to do with them? With your old arms and legs, just stay home and work on your raft."
Others chimed in, "That's right, Changnian. Although you're younger than Sister An and the others, look at your back. You're hunched over, and you walk with a limp. How can you go with the two sisters-in-law?"
"Yes, you'll only hold your two sisters-in-law back if you go. You should stay here and not let the wolves carry you away."
"Go away, can't you speak properly?" Lin Changnian shoved Lin Changlin next to him. "I can't be carried off by wolves. I killed quite a few wolves last time, but I just didn't kill them."
"Look at you two, so capable! Hurry up and get busy, are you bored out of your minds?" After saying that, Village Chief Lin looked at the two quiet women beside him and asked, "Sisters, what should we do with this leopard?"
"Kill it and eat it, what else can we do with it?" Xia Hua looked at him. "Borrow the big pot from Zhu the hunter's house, cook a pot of meat, roast the rest, and also roast the potatoes and sweet potatoes. If you want to eat them, roast or boil them yourself. Don't be stingy with food, there are more on the mountain."
"Brother Zhu, could you please help me cut off the skin and cut the meat as well? The others can assist you."
After he finished speaking, he took An Shuyi to find Doctor Liu.
"Dr. Liu, Shushu twisted her back today. Could you please take a look and prescribe some medicine?"
"I'll have Yang take a look first, and then decide what medicine to prescribe." Doctor Liu had his wife examine An Shuyi, and only after Yang had examined her did he prescribe a few doses of medicine.
"The injury isn't too serious, but you still need to be careful. Take this medicine three times a day over three days. Also, this is medicinal wine. Apply it to An Shi when she rests tonight."
Xia Hua took the medicine, asked how much it cost, thanked Doctor Liu, and then helped An Shuyi leave.
"Shushu, are you really not in pain?"
“I’m really not in pain now,” An Shuyi explained. “It was probably just from being pressed down. It hurt a little then, but now it’s just a bit bruised. You can apply some medicine for me later.”
She came to see Dr. Liu because she was worried that her bones might break. After all, her bones are very fragile now. Since they weren't broken, then it was fine. Although it hurt a little, it was negligible.
"Let's go, I'll apply the medicine for you."
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