Of course Zhao Di knew that Zhang Xiaoshan was playing tricks on Li Ping'an, but Xiao Ruyi didn't know that. When she heard that cousin Xiaoshan was going to fight her cauldron with a stick, she hurriedly picked up a stick from the firewood pile and A small piece of wood about the size of her finger came running over.
"Cauldron, here you go!"
Zhang Xiaoshan was heartbroken, holding his chest and looking uncomfortable, "Xiao Ruyi, my cousin is so kind to you. Not only does he leave you a bite of delicious food, but he also catches birds for you to play with. Now your eldest brother Even if you don’t help me when you bully me, why don’t you help your elder brother bully me?”
Xiao Ruyi was deceived by Zhang Xiaoshan's performance and felt guilty. She took back the small piece of wood given to Li Ping'an and handed it to Zhang Xiaoshan, "Xiaoshan watch pot, here you go!"
"What are you doing for me? Just hit your big brother for me!"
"ah?"
Xiao Ruyi raised her head and looked at Li Pingan, and met Li Pingan's half-smiling eyes. She was so frightened that she quickly dropped the small piece of wood in her hand and laughed in a flattering manner, "Cauldron, what is this?"
Pheasants are a very common prey, and they are often caught. Xiao Ruyi has not only seen them before, but has also eaten pheasant legs and drank pheasant soup. However, this was the first time for her to see this deer, so it was not surprising that she did not recognize it.
Li Ping'an replied: "This is a deer, it's edible."
He had never eaten a bite of venison in his two lifetimes. He didn't know whether it was delicious or not, so he could only say that it was edible.
But this was enough for Xiao Ruyi. She slowly squatted down, put her little hands on the deer's body, bent her eyes and said, "Little deer, Xiaolu, I know you!"
After saying that, he patted it and chuckled.
This appearance actually amused many people.
"It's a pity. If it were normal times, this deer could be exchanged for a lot of money in the county." Zhang Xiaoshan was quite regretful.
Li Ping'an curled his lips and said, "I can't catch it normally."
"That's right!" Zhang Xiaoshan nodded and said happily, "I'm going to call my father back, and we can also taste what venison tastes like."
Restaurants and wealthy families in the county collect game. Hunters usually take the prey they catch from the mountains to the city and sell it for money. Only when the harvest is large will they keep some, such as pheasants and rabbits, which are not difficult to hunt and are easy to hunt. The more common prey is eaten by itself.
In fact, Li Ping'an also feels a little regretful. Deer are rarely seen, and they are wary and will run away at the slightest sign of trouble. They are not easy to hunt. As Zhang Xiaoshan said, if you sell them, you can definitely get a lot of money. money.
But now food is more important than money after all, so I can only keep it for myself. Moreover, even if there were no floods at the foot of the mountain, he was not sure he could send the deer to the county.
Zhang Xiaoshan quickly called Zhang Yu back. When Zhang Yu saw the deer, he first praised Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan for being lucky. The traps set outside were able to catch a deer, and then said he was sorry. If so, it's not a pity that it can't be sold, but a pity that the deer has been pierced with many holes, and the intact deer skin is also very valuable. Finally he excitedly started to deal with the fawn.
Xiao Ruyi wanted to go and watch, but Ji Xiang held her back and refused to let her go. Xiao Ruyi screamed angrily and quarreled with Ji Xiang some more. The reason why it was just a few words was because Jixiang acted quickly this time and suppressed Xiao Ruyi in a few seconds.
After the venison was processed, Zhang Yu and Li Erlin murmured a few words and divided it into five portions for Chen Dajuan and Li Ping'an to take to the three brothers Chen Dazhu, Li Ping'an's grandfather, and the Chen Song family. In addition to the Chen Song family, Li Ping'an's grandparents and three The uncle's family can advance and retreat together. If they have something to eat, they will definitely not be left without their share.
The portion seemed like a lot, but in fact it only contained half of the whole deer.
Chen Dajuan put down what she was doing, rummaged through the box and took out six eggs. Li Ping'an thought for a moment, and then took out the salt he bought from his wooden box and divided it into about two kilograms.
"Take it and let the aunts marinate the meat." Facing Chen Dajuan's confused look, Li Ping'an explained, "I can only give so much."
Chen Dajuan hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing.
"Mom, Big Pot, I want to see my grandparents too!" Xiao Ruyi had been planning for a long time. Seeing that Chen Dajuan and Li Pingan were ready, she quickly ran over and hugged Li Pingan's thigh.
"Where are you going? Stay here!" Chen Dajuan yelled angrily.
"Forget it, let's take her with us." Li Ping'an picked up little Ruyi and held her in his arms, and said to Chen Dajuan, "After we went up the mountain, except when my little sister got sick and I took her to the county to see a doctor, she was always at home. I haven’t gone either, and I can’t run away to play with my friends like Jixiang, so I might feel a little suffocated.”
Chen Dajuan said nothing more, and just glared at Xiao Ruyi, who was smiling in Li Pingan's arms. She was so frightened that Xiao Ruyi immediately put away her smile, shrank her neck and buried her head in Li Pingan's arms.
The place where my grandfather and three uncles settled was almost in the center of the hut, which was still some distance away from Li Ping'an's home. Passing through the passages opened between the houses, many villagers saw the meat in the basket carried by Chen Dajuan. , eyes are about to fall out.
Someone who was familiar with Chen Dajuan asked them where they were taking the meat. Chen Dajuan didn't hide it. When everyone heard this, they didn't know what to say other than envy. There was also the shameless one who asked if he could share some with them. Chen Dajuan wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Li Ping'an.
"Mom, don't worry about them. The more you pay attention to them, the more aggressive they will be. If they really have the ability, they will come and rob us! Now other villages are robbing our village and even beating people. I want to see if they dare to do this. Fighting in the nest!"
Li Ping'an did not lower his voice. We are not in a desperate situation now. Even if some people are ready to move, it is uncertain how many people can agree. Once they cause internal strife at this time, no one will be in good hands.
He figured it out last night. Being cautious and swallowing his anger will only make others think that he is a soft persimmon. People's greed cannot be satisfied. If you can get it from you once, there will be a second and third time... If you don't become tougher, Even if the plan is implemented smoothly and the village organizes Qing Zhuang and Zhang Yu to go into the mountains to dig traps and hunt, people will not think of Zhang Yu as a good person, they will only think that Zhang Yu has this ability, so he should do this.
Originally, Li Ping'an wanted to do it step by step, but after what happened this morning, he simply stopped pretending. Taking advantage of people's panic and lack of unity, he tried to stimulate them.
If you have the ability, come and rob them, or even get into a fight. Their family is full of strong men, but now are there too many people who dare to start internal strife?
Of course, he didn't dare to stay where he was. Just pretending would be enough. Staying would only arouse conflicts.
Looking at Li Ping'an's back, several villagers' faces turned blue and white, and finally sat down in frustration.
