Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Uneasy Feelings
"Stop playing around, quickly, go kill the wild boar!"
Old Yuan gave Yuan Zhaodi a slap again, "And remember, when you kill the boar, tie up its mouth. Don’t let it make a sound!"
Before figuring out the situation in Beishan Village, the family had to be discreet in everything they did.
"Dad, you’re the best!"
Even though Yuan Zhaodi got slapped again, his admiration for his father went up a notch.
Honestly, if it weren’t for his father’s reminder, he wouldn’t have thought to tie the boar’s mouth when killing it. If the wild boar let out a dying scream, the family wouldn’t be able to keep their actions hidden.
Yuan Pandi and Yuan Yindi were also taught a lesson by Old Yuan’s meticulous planning.
And Old Yuan used vivid facts to teach his sons that their father is their father, and they have much to learn.
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The three Yuan brothers soon ended the life of the big fat wild boar. The pig’s blood was made into blood tofu, ready to cook the next morning.
As for the pig’s offal, it was cleaned immediately but not yet boiled.
To make the offal tasty, it requires the right spices.
Unfortunately, the Yuan Family didn’t have those spices at the moment.
As for the pork, it was butchered on the spot and hung under the eaves.
In the cold winter, with such low temperatures, the pork hanging under the eaves would freeze by dawn, so there was no worry of it going bad.
"Dad, we’ve slaughtered the pig!"
After finishing everything and tidying up the yard, Yuan Pandi found his father, who was still deep in thought.
Old Yuan glanced at his eldest son and said, "Alright, turn the excess pork into cured meat!"
"Not selling it?"
Hearing his father’s words, Yuan Pandi’s eyes widened.
Old Yuan nodded, "Right, not selling it!"
"Keep it all for ourselves to eat!"
"Dad, that’s at least two hundred pounds of meat, all for us to eat?"
Yuan Pandi thought about how his younger brother got slapped for suggesting they’d eat it themselves, yet now his father had changed his mind?
"Yes!"
"We’ll eat it ourselves!"
Old Yuan nodded again, "Let’s do it this way for now!"
"Oh!"
Yuan Pandi grew even more confused about what his father was planning.
He left and met up with his fourth and fifth brothers, conveying their father’s decision.
"Fourth Brother, Xiao Wu, what do you think Dad’s thinking?"
Yuan Pandi couldn’t understand why his father had changed his mind.
"Big Brother, why think so much?"
Yuan Zhaodi now genuinely admired his father’s thorough thinking, so he wholeheartedly supported his father’s decision.
Of course, the most important thing was that the meat was for their family to eat.
Having meat to eat was a good thing, why overthink it?
"Big Brother, I feel as though Dad might be feeling uneasy,"
Yuan Yindi thought for a moment, thinking he had guessed his father’s intent. Although his father said poor mountains and bad waters were good places to settle, the environment was really tough. Who knew what the future would be like?
With such a big wild boar now, preserving the meat could be a precautionary measure.
"Dad couldn’t be, right?"
Yuan Pandi thought his little brother was overthinking it, "Dad picked this place himself. If he wasn’t feeling secure, why choose here?"
"Big Brother, are you silly?"
Yuan Zhaodi laughed at his brother, "Dad’s not an immortal, isn’t it normal to feel uneasy?"
"Suddenly moving to a new place to make a living, do you feel secure?"