Chapter 42 041. Sheep will want to give birth if they eat it, but people will...
"Why did you fall?"
Lei Li hurried to help Miao Fulang up. Seeing that his elbows were bruised, he opened his water bag and washed off the dirty mud and dead leaves.
"I stepped on some pine needles and slipped."
Miao Fulang said as he picked up fallen mushrooms on the ground, "It's foggy this morning and the road is a bit slippery. You should be careful when you go into the mountains."
"Pine needles are easy to trip people up."
Lei Li said as she helped him pick mushrooms, "I used to get fallen often too. A scratched hand was fine, but once I even rolled into a pit and twisted my foot. It was so swollen that I had to limp all the way home."
"That's pretty dangerous."
Miao Fulang nodded and said, "I heard a wild boar roaring yesterday. I don't know if it was a male wild boar, but the roar was very loud and scary."
"Where did you hear that?"
Lei Li's eyes lit up when he heard about wild boar. Last time he only caught one wild boar, which had not recovered from giving birth and was relatively small in size and had less meat.
This wild boar must be bigger than the one above.
It would be even better if it was the runaway sow and her piglets. The big ones could be slaughtered and sold, and the small ones could be raised and slaughtered and sold, or they could be sold directly.
But it’s not cost-effective to sell it directly.
If we work harder this year and raise some wild boars, we can sell more than a dozen of them. One pig weighs 300 kilograms, so ten of them weigh 3,000 kilograms, which is enough money to build a house.
"In Sanli River in Xiaodong Mountain."
Miao Fulang pointed and said, "I heard it last evening. I think it was a wild boar going to the river to drink water. I was picking water celery there, and it scared me and I ran away immediately."
"I see."
Lei Li nodded with satisfaction. He knew where to ambush Yin Zi.
Zhou Yi, who was helping Miao Fulang pick mushrooms, was thinking: "This small one is really good", "This wild mushroom stewed with chicken must be delicious", "There are also tree mushrooms?", "Where did he find this tree mushroom?"...
Hearing Lei Li's words, he immediately looked at him and asked, "You don't want to kill wild boars again, do you?"
"Yeah, if you have money, why not make money?"
Lei Li said as a matter of course, "We haven't seen any wild boars come to our area in the past two years. Now that we finally see one, of course we have to kill it—let it breathe a little longer."
The restaurant owner said that he would give 15 coins per pound of fresh wild boar, so 300 pounds of wild boar would cost four taels of silver. What a great deal.
Miao Fulang gasped when he heard this. It was too late for him to run away, as Lei Li still had to go look for him.
But when he thought about the fact that he had killed people and even brought back a wild boar last time, Miao Fulang felt that it was reasonable and even felt a little envious.
If only he were as strong and capable as Lei Li, he could earn more money to support his little baby and wouldn't be bullied by Niu Dali.
"Male wild boars are much more aggressive than females, and females with cubs are also very aggressive."
Zhou Yi felt it was dangerous and disagreed. "Last time, we had the advantage of the terrain, and the wild boar was anxious to protect its cubs, so we were lucky enough to kill it."
"You also injured your elbow, and it's not healed yet. What if you get injured again this time?"
"Then it hurts."
Lei Li patted the injured hand. "It's just a bump. There's a little bruise, but no blood. Why are you worried? Besides, don't I still have you?"
He smiled, but also threatened, "My husband will help me kill it, right?"
“…”
Zhou Yi frowned and said nothing.
Miao Fulang was here, and he didn't want to argue with Lei Li, nor did he want to go hunting, especially since the wild boar didn't threaten his personal safety and might even have cubs.
Moreover, Zhou Yi remembered that wild boars were a national second-class protected animal. His grandfather and uncle's generation had all been taught this. He was a soldier of the people, so it was not too late for him to take the lead in killing them.
"Help me catch a wild boar, and I'll give you a chicken in exchange."
"no."
Zhou Yi shook his head sternly, wanting to say that protecting wild animals is everyone's responsibility -
"Two little chickens."
Lei Li raised two fingers and said, "I'll pick out two of the tenderest chickens for you. You can stew them with mushrooms or boil them in boiling water. It's up to you. I'll also buy you some candy. Didn't you say you wanted candy last time?"
"I don't want to eat the candy, I want to make candy color..."
"One hundred wen."
"Um?"
"I'll give you a hundred coins to buy some candy."
"make a deal."
Zhou Yi looked resolute.
He swore that he was not doing it for the food, but in this age when people could not even get enough to eat, taming wild animals was everyone's responsibility.
And it is legal and compliant.
Miao Fulang became even more envious when he heard them decide the life and death of a wild boar with just a few words, as if they were playing house.
Thinking of what they said, he hesitated and said, "Do you want to pick mushrooms and stew chicken? Can I...can I trade mushrooms for a little chicken?"
"Our little treasure has never eaten chicken since he was born, and he rarely eats meat."
Niu Dali is useless.
When his father was around and took care of him, Niu Dali did not become addicted to gambling or drinking. He was lazy and slacked off from work on weekdays, but he was nice to Miao Fulang.
When Miao Fulang gave birth to Xiaobao, he saw that it was a little boy, and he began to think that Miao Fulang's eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.
After his father passed away, Niu Dali was left alone and became lawless. He squandered all the money his father left and set his sights on Miao Fulang's wallet.
He spends whatever he has, and commits domestic violence if he doesn't pay.
Never eaten chicken?
Zhou Yi was shocked at first, but when he looked at Xiaobao, who was snoring in Miao Fulang's arms, his eyes unconsciously showed some sympathy and pity.
He remembered that Xiaobao was already four years old, and he hadn't eaten a bite of chicken in four years? No wonder he was so thin and small. Miao Fulang also looked very weak. He thought all boys were like this.
certainly.
Except for Leili.
He is almost stronger than Zhou Yi, and he is reckless, shameless, and can say anything and do anything.
If he were a man and Zhou Yi were a boy, they would probably be pregnant by now...
Miao Fulang was often bullied and was very sensitive to changes in people's expressions. When he noticed the pity in Zhou Yi's eyes for Xiaobao, he felt a little ashamed and felt even more sorry for Xiaobao.
But also a little happy. Since Zhou Yi sympathizes with Xiaobao, he should agree to him, right?
But Lei Li is the one who makes the decisions at home.
Although Zhou Yi thought that a little chicken was nothing, and he would give some to the child even if he didn't exchange it for mushrooms, he did not ask Lei Li for his consent.
He looked at Lei Li.
There was a hint of weakness on his rough and resolute face that was imperceptible to others, like a ferocious Tibetan mastiff showing its tongue, trying to please in a clumsy and stupid way.
Lei Li liked Zhou Yi's expression.
It's just as interesting as when he teased me, I wanted to resist but was afraid of hurting him, and finally I had no desire to live and let him do whatever he wanted. Zhou Yi always put him first in everything.
Although it's really a waste.
It’s really good too.
"become."
Lei Li nodded. "In a couple of days, Zhou Yi and I will kill the wild boar and stew the chicken. You and Xiaobao can come to our house and eat together."
"A little bit for Xiaobao and me is enough..."
"It's okay. Take it home. If Niu Dali sees it, he'll definitely snatch it away. You and Xiaobao won't be able to eat it."
"Oh well."
Miao Fulang was indeed worried about this. Seeing Lei Li's words, he did not refuse and even gave them the mushrooms in the basket. "Mushrooms are not worth much. There are mushrooms everywhere in the mountains. I'll give you some first and I'll pick more later."
"Need not."
Lei Li shook his head. "You can still pick them when we stew the chicken. Besides, we can't eat so much, and you need to earn money."
Zhou Yi also nodded.
Although he really wanted to eat mushrooms today and now, the mushrooms were so delicious that one would be obsessed with them after just one bite.
"Okay, I'll pick more in two days."
Miao Fulang felt much better, and the bad breath from his recent fall was gone. "Are you going to pick some herbs now? What do they look like? Maybe I've seen them before. I often go deep into the ground when I pick mushrooms."
"We just rely on luck and pick whatever we see, but we pick more medicines for wind-heat and cold, which are also common."
Lei Li described it to him.
When Miao Fulang heard this, he immediately pointed in a direction and said, "There's a patch over at Xiaodong Mountain. There are several big trees tangled together, and there are also a few wild yam trees."
"I know you guys dig this up and sell it. I'd like to dig it up too, but I'm not strong enough. It takes ages to dig one out, and it breaks easily."
Broken wild yam cannot be sold at much price, so it is not cost-effective.
Miao Fulang would pick up some yam eggs, roast them over the fire and feed them to Xiaobao, or cut them into small pieces and stew them with eggs. His Xiaobao loved to eat them.
"Aren't you picking mushrooms anymore?"
“There are mushrooms over there, too.”
"That works."
Lei Li and Zhou Yi followed Miao Fulang, passed through the dense woods, turned a few corners, and went over a steep slope, and arrived at the place Miao Fulang mentioned.
Sure enough, there were several honeysuckle trees.
Its stem is red, and the flower is white when it first blooms, turning yellow after a day or two. When white, it looks like silver, and when yellow, it looks like gold, so it is called honeysuckle.
Because it has two flowers on one stalk, with two stamens sticking out, they are in pairs and inseparable, like a male and a female accompanying each other, or like mandarin ducks dancing, so some people call it Mandarin Duck Vine - although mandarin ducks are not good birds and are not loyal at all.
Honeysuckle is a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. It can not only dispel wind-heat, but also clear blood toxins. It is used for various febrile diseases. Many people use honeysuckle to make tea and boil water to drink.
Therefore, Dr. Cao’s pharmacy uses a lot of medicine, and sometimes he has to deliver it once every two months.
Lei Li first picked a lot of flowers with Zhou Yi, then cut down the vines with a grass knife, folded them several times, tied themselves with their own vines, and put them in the backpack.
There were some plants with three branches and nine leaves nearby. Seeing Lei Li had picked some, Zhou Yi didn't recognize it, so he asked Lei Li what it was called.
"It's called Epimedium."
Miao Fulang obviously knew her too. When he heard this, his ears turned red and he looked a little embarrassed.
Zhou Yi was a little puzzled, thinking the name of this herb sounded a bit inappropriate. "Why is it called this? It sounds a bit like an aphrodisiac."
"It's an aphrodisiac."
Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi and gave a wicked smile. "If sheep eat it, they'll go into heat and give birth. I wonder if humans would also...why don't you try it, husband?"
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