Chapter 313 Wild Boar Selling for Money
Ye Mingzhu couldn't help much and just helped hold a basin of water. Even so, she let the old woman take over the job.
"These are the jobs I'm used to doing. I'll do them."
Ye Mingzhu couldn't snatch it from her, and she really didn't know where their things were, so she could only stand aside.
Ye Yun'an and Ludou were awakened by the noise outside and came out to see what was going on.
"Sister, was this wild boar caught by Uncle Yan?" Ye Yun'an ran to Ye Mingzhu with excitement on his face.
Green Bean followed closely behind him and also leaned out to check.
"Yes, Brother Yan is more capable than my brother. He caught three wild boars at one time." Er Zhuang heard the voice and turned back with a smile.
The old woman glared at him secretly, but he didn't notice.
"Really? Uncle Yan, did you catch all these pigs?" Ye Yun'an immediately ran to Uncle Yan, his eyes full of admiration.
"When I was going up the mountain, I happened to encounter a wild boar that was going crazy. Most of the wounds on its body were self-inflicted." Uncle Yan noticed that others were listening attentively, and he did not take any credit for it.
Everyone else looked at the wild boar and found that it did have many scratches on its body. They couldn't help but secretly sigh at Uncle Yan's good luck.
The old woman coughed, and when everyone looked over, she said, "Mr. Feng, I'd like you to go to the village and ask if anyone wants a wild boar. They can just come to my house and buy it."
Uncle Yan added, "Feng Da and Feng Er, take the meat you've chosen with you when you leave."
Feng Da nodded and thanked Uncle Yan. Feng Er looked at the pig offal thrown in the broken bucket and asked: "Can we take these offal with us?"
Da Zhuang's wife opened her mouth to speak, but the old woman quickly stopped her.
Uncle Yan waved his hand nonchalantly: "You guys can take it away."
It was already dawn. Feng Da and Feng Er happily took the meat and a bucket of pig offal that they had been given and left. The yard became much quieter.
Uncle Yan cut a large piece of meat from the remaining wild boar and handed it to Ye Yun'an: "Yun'an, shall we have buns this morning?"
Ye Yunan took the meat and said loudly: "I'll do it now."
Uncle Yan smiled and said to the old woman and Er Zhuang, "I'm sorry to bother you and Er Zhuang today. I'll ask Yun An to make some dumplings. How about we have meat dumplings for breakfast?"
Er Zhuang looked at the nearly ten-pound piece of meat in Ye Yun'an's hand, thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yan, I didn't do anything, so I'm sorry to ask you for so much meat. This breakfast is mine."
Uncle Yan pretended to glare at him. "What are you talking about? I wanted you to help me take the other two wild boars to town and sell them. How can you say you didn't do anything?"
Erzhuang then chuckled and said he would go after breakfast.
The old woman smiled and said that there were some radishes and cabbages at home, which could be added to the meat.
Uncle Yan did not refuse her kindness, but only asked Ye Yun to put a small head of cabbage and make a pot of buns with more meat and less vegetables.
Da Zhuang's wife felt embarrassed to let a child work in the kitchen, and wanted to help, but was pushed out by Ye Mingzhu.
"You've been busy for half the night, go back and rest for a while."
The old woman was also afraid that something might happen to her daughter-in-law, so she asked her to go to sleep for a while and called her after breakfast was ready.
Da Zhuang's wife was indeed a little tired, so she didn't insist and went back to her room.
The old woman brought the cabbage and radish and began to chop the stuffing skillfully.
Ye Yun'an took all the flour from the carriage and started chopping the meat with a "dong dong dong" sound.
Uncle Yan took a bucket of hot water to the room to wash, as he would go to the town with Erzhuang to sell meat later.
The people from the village who came to buy meat arrived later than expected. They had already finished breakfast, and Uncle Yan and Erzhuang had also set off.
Erzhuang's wife and the old woman put all the wild boar meat on the chopping board for everyone to choose.
These were tasks they were used to, and they quickly sold most of the meat.
As the number of people decreased, Erzhuang's wife looked at the remaining meat on the table and whispered, "Aunt, there's not much meat left. Why don't you just not buy any?"
The old woman shook her head: "No, we agreed to keep all this meat to sell, how can we put it away? It's cold now, the meat won't go bad, and I guess people will come back soon."
Erzhuang's wife was reluctant to leave, but she still said, "Aunt, I heard from Erzhuang that there is no meat left at home. I will bring you some later so that you can make something delicious for your brother to nourish his body."
The old woman didn't want to take advantage of her nephew and shook her head: "We had meat buns this morning, so you can keep the meat for yourself."
The wild boar they slaughtered weighed about 200 pounds. After removing the bones and offal, there was still about 140 pounds left. Erzhuang's family got about 20 pounds, so that the family could save some and have a good year. She was really embarrassed to ask for it.
At this time, someone else came to buy meat. Erzhuang's wife did not continue the topic, but made up her mind to bring some meat to her aunt when she got home.
In the town, Uncle Yan and Er Zhuang sold the wild boar meat to a large restaurant.
The shopkeeper smiled and asked Erzhuang when he saw him, "Erzhuang, you and your brother haven't been here for a long time. Are you saving up your energy to fight the big guys?"
Erzhuang didn't want to tell him that his cousin was injured, so he just said he would send it to him when he got prey.
The shopkeeper didn't ask any questions and directly accepted the two wild boars and paid them according to the previous price.
The price of wild boar meat is cheaper than that of domestic pigs, and the pigs they sent were live pigs, so they were sold to the restaurant at 20 wen per pound.
The big wild boar weighed 357 kilograms and the small wild boar weighed 172 kilograms. Wild boars are difficult to hunt in winter, so the shopkeeper directly gave them 11 taels of silver.
After leaving the restaurant, Dazhuang's face was full of joy: "Brother Yan, you are really capable. You sold 11 taels of silver in one go."
Uncle Yan's face was serious. "Er Zhuang, you only saw the silver. Hunting is very dangerous. If I hadn't been discovered last night, I wouldn't have caught these three wild boars."
"Look at your eldest brother. He almost lost his life trying to catch a wild boar. His family spent more than 11 taels of silver."
Er Zhuang's excitement for a long time finally calmed down. Yes, although hunting wild boars can earn a lot of money, it is too dangerous. He might as well help his elder brother occasionally and earn some money to buy meat.
Uncle Yan saw that the fire in Erzhuang's eyes had subsided a lot, so he took him to buy things.
White rice, white flour, pork, lard, salt, sugar, snacks...
Er Zhuang had a smile on his face at first, but later on, his eyes popped out and he kept swallowing his saliva.
Brother Yan is indeed good at hunting, but he is even better at spending money.
He watched helplessly as Uncle Yan spent more than two taels of silver to buy a cart full of things.
When the cart was completely full, he said, "Let's go back."
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