Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 514 Invitation to Hunting

The room was filled with joy. Wang Xiulan put everything in place and came over.

"You two kids, you were afraid that the meat would go bad after you divided it, so you pickled it and made bacon. It would be great to eat it in the autumn harvest. Why are you so eager to send it to me?"

When he heard Wang Xiulan mention the autumn harvest, Old Wu couldn't help but remind his grandson a few words.

"It's already August, and next month we'll be busy with the autumn harvest. During this month or so, you need to collect more firewood and prepare it for the winter. When the autumn harvest begins, you won't have time to collect firewood.

Once the autumn harvest is finished, it will almost snow, so you better hurry up."

“Don’t worry, Grandpa. Xiaoxue reminded us before that we should go into the mountains whenever we have time during this period. We have already stored a lot of firewood at home. If we pick up some more, I think it will be enough for the winter.

We will collect more firewood later and bring it to you."

The people in the cowshed did not refuse. They were not as free as the educated youth and villagers. Although the work now was much easier than last year, they did not have much free time.

In addition, they are all quite old and their hands and feet are not as flexible as those of young people. They alone cannot collect enough firewood for the winter.

Although there would be wheat straw, corn stalks and the like after the autumn harvest, the production team raised more cattle this year, so most of them would be kept as cattle feed and the rest would be distributed to the villagers. As people who had been sent down to the countryside, they would not be able to get any.

They really had to rely on the children to gather firewood for the winter.

Last year Xiaoxue brought back so much firewood by herself. Now that someone is finally willing to share the burden with her, they will naturally not refuse.

Wang Xiulan reminded them, “The autumn harvest is too tiring. We have to get up early and work late every day, so we don’t have time to go into the mountains.

During this period, you should take time to go to the mountains more often. Don't send all the prey you catch here. Pickle them into bacon and eat them during the autumn harvest.

The work of autumn harvest is too tiring. If you don’t eat something good, your body may not be able to bear it.”

"Also, back home, we only have the meat coupons every month to buy meat, which is not as convenient as here.

Since you have taken advantage of the geographical location and can get the meat, don't leave them behind. Get some extra bacon and send it back to them. This will be a sign of your filial piety.

Also, bring back some wild mushrooms, mountain products, etc. These are rare delicacies in the city."

"Your Aunt Liu is right. When Mingxuan was at home, he ate the meat and mountain products that Xiaoxue sent over. Your grandfather and his family liked them very much."

Zhou Mingxuan scratched his head and said, "I have also exchanged some wild mushrooms and mountain products with villagers before and sent them back, but they said they were not as delicious as the ones Xiaoxue sent.

I don’t know whether they like Xiaoxue more than me as their son or grandson, or whether Xiaoxue’s food is of better quality and tastes better than the food made by the villagers.”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

"Don't mention your grandfather and the others. We also think that the ones Xiaoxue brings us are more delicious than the ones we pick in the mountains ourselves," said Grandpa Wu.

Liu Jingxue thought, the things I sent to you and Grandpa Zhou were all produced in the space, so they must be better than those picked outside. But she said,

"Maybe it's because I'm too lazy to compete with the villagers, so I go to the mountains to pick the ones with good quality, so the taste is better."

When everyone heard this, they accepted this explanation. After all, they couldn't think of any other explanation besides this one.

“Don’t go to the mountains just to get it for the taste.

Your current abilities are not like Xiaoxue, who has no taboos in the deep mountains." Grandpa Zou reminded.

Liu Jingxue was worried that they would really go deep into the mountains to pick the fruits, and then they would find that the taste was not as good as what they made themselves, and they would be exposed, so she hurried to stop them.

"I have stored a lot of mountain products. Since Grandpa Zhou and the others like them, I will get some for you and send them over. Don't risk your life and go to the mountains to collect mountain products. There are a lot of big ones in there."

Seeing Zhao Junhao standing aside, Liu Jingxue quickly added, "Both of you have a share."

Zhou Mingxuan was a little embarrassed, "Aren't you going to send it to Mr. Zhang and your eldest brother? Will it be enough?"

"I only worked half a day these past few months, and went to the mountains whenever I had free time. I saved a lot, plenty."

“Then we won’t be polite to you.

During this time, we two will get more meat and salt some bacon, send some home, prepare some for you, and keep some for ourselves."

Judging from their tone, they might be preparing to hunt a big guy. A trace of worry appeared on Old Wu's face.

He had no idea whether these two men were capable of dealing with wild boars or other big creatures.

Mr. Zou saw his worry, lowered his head and thought for a while, then said to Liu Jingxue beside him,

"Xiaoxue, you said before that you would get some bacon to send to Lao Zhang and your eldest brother, and you also need to prepare some for the autumn harvest. Is the meat you got today not enough?"

"It's a little short. I plan to get some more."

“Since Mingxuan and Junhao are also going into the mountains to hunt, why don’t you three go together.

It would definitely be no problem for the two of them to go into the mountains and get some pheasants, rabbits and the like. But if they wanted to get a lot of meat, they would probably have to hunt some larger animals.

You've only been teaching them for a short time, and their skills probably haven't improved much. We're a little worried about going into the mountains to deal with those things, so it'd be better for you to go with us.

This time when you go into the mountains, you three might as well get more, prepare the necessary meat, and then focus on preparing the firewood.

You only go with them this time. After that, they should not think about hunting big guys. When their skills improve and they pass your assessment, you can let them act on their own."

How could Liu Jingxue refuse what Mr. Zou said?

She had just made a promise that she would not bring other people or animals into the mountains to hunt, but before the night was over, she had overturned it.

Fortunately, Mr. Zou said that it was just this time and she didn’t need to be a bodyguard every time.

"Just as Grandpa Zou said, the three of us will go into the mountains again and hunt some big fish.

Big brother said that little Tiger likes to eat mutton, so this time we will hunt some sheep and deer, and get two wild boars.

But it will take a few days. First of all, we have to eat some of the meat we distributed today to keep it fresh, so we have to eat these first to prevent it from going bad.

Secondly, the salt in my house for marinating today's meat has been used up, so I have to buy some more.

To pickle so much meat, you need a lot of salt, which takes some effort to get. "Liu Jingxue said.

When Mr. Zou asked Liu Jingxue to take them into the mountains to hunt big beasts, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao looked at her expectantly, hoping that she would agree.

The two were very upset that they were unable to participate in her bringing back so many wild boars today. Now that they had the opportunity to see her skills, they were naturally looking forward to it.

Seeing Liu Jingxue agree, Zhou Mingxuan immediately said, "Xiaoxue, don't worry about the salt. Junhao and I will take care of it and bring it back in two days."

In the past few months since the two of them came here, they have often gone to the town to develop their own network of contacts. Their work has not been in vain, and they have also gained certain results. It is not difficult for them to get some salt.

Liu Jingxue did not refuse the two people's initiative to take action. Although she had a lot of salt stored in her space and there was no need to use it, she had no suitable reason to take it out.

"Then bring back a few more jars to store the pickled meat, and a few more to store the sauerkraut."

"OK, no problem."

"When the time comes, bring the prey here to clean up. We are at the end of the village and generally not many people come here, so we don't have to worry about being discovered.

You three have so much to pack and you're too busy, so we four old guys can help you."

"it is good."