Xiao Qiu was a little surprised when she heard many females discussing how well the meat could be preserved at Haitang's house.
"What are you saying?" Xiao Qiu asked.
"Xiuxiu said that Haitang's family has meat that can be stored for winter. If we learn from that, we can store more during this season when there are many prey animals, so we won't have to worry about going hungry for ourselves and our children when winter comes," several females said.
“But Xiuxiu also said that there are twenty people per wild boar, so we need to gather forty people to learn. Also, it was Haitang who told Xiuxiu about Xiaomai. If we want to learn, we have to exchange something for it. I plan to gather twenty people with my sisters. What about you, Xiaoqiu?” The female looked at Xiaoqiu.
"I'll go too." In winter, Xiao Qiu lost a baby to starvation. Xiao Qiu was heartbroken. Now she needs to learn how to go hunting every day. She has to sit at home all day because she's the head of the household. If she can find a way to do this, she can go every day.
Upon hearing this, the females all nodded. No one thought it was excessive to exchange pigs for it. It was someone else's skill, and of course, one had to pay a price to learn it. It's not stupid for someone to teach you for no reason.
The next morning, more than thirty people from Haitang's family arrived, but they also brought two pigs, the pork of which was from piglets costing one or two hundred yuan.
Haitang was very satisfied with the pork, so she took the pork from yesterday to the riverbank. Xiaohe and Yue cut the meat, while Haitang started washing her intestines. "What is this?" she exclaimed. "It smells terrible."
"You think the intestines smell bad now, but they won't after you wash them. Of course, if you don't like them, I'll tell you another way to preserve them later, but they won't taste as good as this." The group nodded in agreement.
They didn't say anything. After it was washed clean, the group smelled it. "It doesn't smell anymore. You washed it really well."
Haitang smiled and then ordered people to stuff meat. Several people started to learn. With more than thirty people, Haitang stuffed the intestines of three pigs. Under these circumstances, all thirty-odd females learned by themselves. Haitang also asked a few people to make marinated pork leg meat.
"This method can be used to make lamb legs and pork legs, all kinds of leg meat. They can be stored for one to two years. Even if there is a famine, we won't have to worry about not having meat to eat," Haitang said.
"Really?" Xiao Qiu asked, just like the female.
"Yueyue, go and get our wolf leg meat," Haitang said. Hearing this, Yueyue nodded and went to get it. When the wolf leg came back, Haitang showed it to everyone.
"Look, this meat is almost dried out. We'll hang it in the corner of the roof and take it down to eat when we're hungry. It'll be just right..." Haitang said with a smile. In this era, there's no fear of not having food.
The females were quite surprised to hear this, as they were worried about how to preserve the meat. Haitang even took out a salt block and said, "This is the salt that we dried at home. You can go and collect it. When you need to cook this leg meat, you can ask me for help. If you need to cook four legs, just give me a pound of meat."
Haitang's words made the females nod. Haitang took the things and went back. "By the way, if you don't believe me, the sausages will be ready in a few days. Then you can start making them. How about it? If you are not satisfied with my sausages, I can give you a refund for the pig."
People in ancient times were more simple and honest. If they agreed to exchange, they would exchange; they wouldn't do anything shady. So the group nodded, and when Haitang went back, she hung sausages all over the yard, filling the air with the smell of meat.
Three days passed quickly. The sausages from the crabapple tree had been drying for five days. The weather was sunny and the sausages dried very quickly. Of course, they still needed to be blown dry, but they were ready to be stir-fried.
On the appointed day, a dozen or so females came to Haitang's house. Haitang cooked almost ten pounds of sausages and gave a lot to each person. She also cooked it with dried radish and then put it in bowls for everyone.
After the bowls were filled, the group took them back to their respective households to eat. After the orcs in their households ate, they said, "Make it. You start making it tomorrow. I'll go get some wild boar tomorrow, and you can make it then."
The sausages tasted great, and no one refused them. Of course, other people wanted to learn how to make them. Haitang made an agreement with them: those who wanted to learn could come to Haitang to learn, and Haitang would teach them if they taught them privately.
If someone reports you to Haitang, she will immediately refuse to teach you anything. Haitang is someone who knows how to take advantage of everything.
She learned her skills herself, and anyone who wanted to learn could learn from her; she would teach them... The problem was that they had to exchange things for her. Haitang wanted her family to live well, and she taught them how to make sausages and cure leg meat, which were ways for everyone to preserve their food and get through the winter.
In a mutually beneficial situation, rules must be followed. Suddenly, many people started making sausages. Guo'er learned from that method and started making them for her family. In this situation, people enthusiastically went to kill wild boars.
The wild boars that were caught were immediately set on fire and used to make sausages in the middle of the night. The next day, sausages were hanging in the yards of every household. It has to be said that this operation alarmed many people.
There is currently no village chief in the village, but there are people of very high seniority. Orcs bring sausages to pay their respects to the villagers. There are about a hundred households in the village.
People of high seniority would settle in one place, and every month an orc would provide supplies to the elderly. Of course, if they got too old, they would have to fend for themselves.
Although he is an old man, he can still prepare food for himself when he can transform into a beast, especially when it comes to sausages.
Those old people all like it very much. If they still have good teeth, they all want to learn it. Then they won't be afraid of starving to death if they don't transform into beasts and will have to rely on their sons to support them.
Honestly, the sons here won't support you, because it's all in the past. In such situations, the elderly can only wait to die. Even if someone brings them to bed every month, it's only for those of higher seniority. Those of lower seniority don't receive any respect.
Food was scarce, but everyone liked wheat and sausages and wanted to know how to make them, so they went to find Haitang.
"Um...girl, we can't get you a pig with just a few of us, how about these bird eggs?" About a dozen elderly people came. These elderly people weren't of high seniority; the people of higher seniority had sent them to learn.
Upon hearing this, Haitang looked at the group of elderly people, who were around fifty years old and seemed quite energetic. However, it was difficult for them to transform into beasts, which Haitang thought was probably due to insufficient food.
"No need." The old people were pale, but Haitang immediately said, "I'll teach you for free. You are my elders, and I have no reason not to teach you. Come in. I happen to have some wheat at home, so I'll demonstrate the process for you."
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