The wild boar, with its sharp snout and tusks, roared and charged forward at great speed.
Lu Yunfeng and Lu Yunxing called out from afar, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yan shouted, "There's a wild boar!"
The wild boar charged at Qin Xiaozhou. Damn! She was going all in. If she turned to run, the boar's tusks could pierce her calves. It was better to face it head-on! Qin Xiaozhou steadily picked up her machete and slashed down, hitting the boar squarely in the neck. The boar's skin was thick, and the knife cut a large gash. The boar turned around and charged in furiously. Qin Xiaozhou's body reacted, and she slashed again on the boar's snout. The upper half of the long snout was cut off, and blood spurted out. The boar, in pain, charged wildly.
Qin Xiaozhou slashed the boar's neck again, and the boar collapsed to the ground, covered in blood. The Lu brothers rushed over, panting, and saw the blood all over their bodies. Lu Yunxing collapsed to the ground in fright, while Lu Yunfeng grabbed a bamboo pole for support and climbed up, asking urgently, "Where are you hurt?"
Qin Xiaozhou wiped the blood off her face before she came to her senses. Everything she had just done was the original owner's natural reaction to the pig. "No one was hurt. When killing a pig, you should use a long, thin butcher knife so that the blood can flow cleanly. Killing a pig like this not only splatters blood all over people, but also leaves blood foam inside the meat."
Lu Yan was almost in tears, "Sister-in-law..."
Qin Xiaozhou was terrified just now, but she wasn't afraid at all. Originally, this body belonged to a pig butcher. Before Qin Xiaozhou transmigrated, every household would slaughter pigs before the New Year. She loved to join in the fun and was used to slaughtering pigs and sheep. "Sister-in-law, it's okay. Don't cry. Quickly gather the bamboo shoots and go home."
Lu Yunfeng found a rope and tied it to the wild boar's limbs. He then cut a tree branch as thick as a bowl and threaded it through the bound limbs. The couple carried the boar back, one in front and one behind. Instead of going back into the house, they placed the boar on a clean stone at the entrance of Qingzhugou. Lu Yunfeng and Lu Yan went home to fetch hot water and a kitchen knife, and then went to the village to sell wild boar meat.
It's not yet the busy farming season in the village, so everyone is quite free. As soon as they heard that a wild boar was being killed, they all came to see it. "This wild boar is still alive! Look, it's even breathing hot air!"
The children who had come with the adults saw Qin Xiaozhou covered in blood and burst into tears, crying, "Mommy, Mommy, there's a monster! The monster is eating people and drinking blood!"
The mother patted the crying child twice, saying, "You silly child, that's your aunt from the Lu family."
"Oh dear, let alone the children, I was so scared my legs went weak!" a village woman scolded. "Lu family's new bride, hurry up and wash yourself, you're going to scare someone to death!"
"I wonder if I'll have nightmares tonight! The Lu family really did marry a demon! Xiao Yan, your brother was scared to tears, are you going to be scared out of your wits too?"
Xiao Yan puffed out her cheeks and said fiercely, "No way, my sister-in-law is a very nice person."
Qin Xiaozhou washed her face in the stream. She could only change her clothes when she got back that night. She patted the wild boar and shouted, "This boar is still alive! It's fresh! Since we're all from the same village, it's thirteen coins a pound. Come and buy!"
Wild boar meat has a strong smell, and regular pork fat costs eighteen coins, pork belly costs sixteen coins, while lean meat is not popular in the countryside and costs twelve coins per pound. Qin Xiaozhou chopped open the wild boar's neck with one stroke, poured hot water on it, and scraped off the pig hair with a kitchen knife. Wild boar hair is coarse and thick-skinned, but Qin Xiaozhou did it cleanly and efficiently. Lu Yunfeng also poured water on it and scraped off the hair.
The villagers squatted by the stream, asking, "That wild boar is huge! How did you catch it?"
With wild boar meat to eat, Lu Yan busied herself carrying a kettle of hot water to pour hot water on the pig, saying, "My sister-in-law killed it."
"Dayun, your new wife is really capable. She can even catch such a big wild boar."
"He's stronger than my father."
"Your dad isn't even half the age of that guy."
Many people in the countryside are thin and small; you can't find anyone fatter than Qin Xiaozhou in the whole town.
The couple were strong and quickly scraped the pig clean. They then chopped off the limbs, but didn't sell the pig's trotters from the knees down. If they couldn't sell them, they would keep them for themselves and throw them into the fire next to them to burn off the hair. They would then take them out and scrape and wash them later.
The couple efficiently separated the pork, with Lu Yunxing weighing it for customers and Lu Yan collecting the money. After selling out in Wangjia Village, they still had more than half left, so the Lu brothers carried the pigs to other villages to sell.
Qin Xiaozhou cleaned the pig's limbs and then the pig's head. Half of the pig's head was bought for fifty coins, and the rest was carried back by Zhao Fen. Zhao Fen had been lying in bed most of the past two years, and it was rare for her to come out today. She avoided people and wished that no one would notice her.
Qin Xiaozhou cleaned the pig offal thoroughly and didn't get home until dark. He found some herbs to marinate and cook the pig offal. It was completely dark when the two brothers finally returned. Erlang was overjoyed as soon as he entered the door, "Grandma and Mom, we sold a little over an ounce!"
The wild boar sold for two ounces and three qian. During the meal, the Lu family was no longer as lifeless as before. When talking about the scene today, Lu Yan gestured wildly and vividly, "My sister-in-law told me to run behind her, and then she slashed the wild boar's neck with a knife..."
Zhao Fen was terrified when she heard this. "From now on, if you see a wild boar, run away as fast as you can. A wild boar's tusks can knock down a big tree. If it hurts someone, that's no joke."
Wang Lan was also alarmed. This granddaughter-in-law was fierce and shrewd, and quick-witted. Even her own eldest grandson couldn't control her.
Tonight I stir-fried some pork, had a plate of greens, and steamed some freshly made buns.
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely run away from now on." Qin Xiaozhou stuffed a mouthful of vegetables into his mouth. Today's incident was purely accidental. Who would dare to risk their life to actually kill a wild boar? "The day after tomorrow, I'll sell those bamboo shoots and use the three coins to buy cloth."
After finishing her meal, Lu Yan didn't even wash the dishes. Instead, she went to check on the chicks. Two hundred fluffy chicks were huddled among the dry leaves, chirping away. It was still cold, and the chicks were too small, so she laid a thick layer of dry leaves in the coop to prevent them from freezing to death at night.
The chicken coop also has a house and a yard. The house is lined with dry leaves for the chicks to sleep in at night, and the chicks can sunbathe and drink water in the yard during the day.
Lu Yan clapped her hands happily, "Wow, so many! Big brother, are these all ours? Does that mean we'll have lots of eggs to eat from now on? Sister-in-law, can I eat one egg a day, or one every two days?"
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