Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 171 Wild Boar Herd

When a newly married couple returns to her parents' home, her parents' home will prepare a sumptuous banquet to entertain them, and there must be chicken on the banquet.

As the saying goes, "When the son-in-law comes into the house, the chickens are heartbroken."

The ingredients had been prepared long ago, and the big rooster was placed outside with its legs tied.

Li sharpened the knife, held the rooster by the head in his left hand, and plucked a few feathers from the rooster's neck with his right hand.

Then he picked up a sharp kitchen knife and stabbed the chicken, and the chicken's life ended.

The hot water had been boiled in the pot for a long time. The dead rooster was thrown into a large basin and the hot water was poured in. The feathers were plucked while it was hot, and then the rooster was gutted and cleaned.

After a while, the big rooster that crowed in the morning was left alone. It was thrown on the chopping board and chopped into chicken pieces with a clanging sound.

Li was busy cooking in the kitchen. Chen Xiuyun didn't want to just stand there and watch, so she reached out to help, but Li chased her to the east room.

When a daughter who has left home comes back to her parents' home, she is treated as a distinguished guest. How can she be asked to cook?

Fortunately, except for the chicken, most of the other ingredients are semi-finished products.

You just need to heat it up again, thicken it with starch, pour some sauce on it, and it's ready to serve, so it doesn't take too much effort.

At noon, all the food was ready and served on the table.

Chen Yunhan took out two more bottles of good wine. The three men of the Chen family accompanied Qu Shaoyang to drink, while Mrs. Li accompanied Chen Xiuyun to eat and chat.

When the new son-in-law returns to his parents’ home, drinking is a must.

Fortunately, Qu Shaoyang can drink quite a bit, while Doctor Chen and Chen Yunhan are not up to par at all, and only Chen Yunzhe can drink a bit.

The four of them were toasting each other, drinking and chatting, it was quite lively.

The meal took quite a long time, and was mainly just drinking and chatting. It was almost late in the afternoon, and Li saw it and hurriedly urged them to finish.

According to the old rules, the newlyweds cannot stay at their parents' home when they return, nor can they stay for too long. They must return home before sunset.

Although the two families live close to each other, it is not good to break the rules.

Li picked out a lot of things for the young couple and asked them to take them with them. The whole family saw them out the door and watched them leave.

"It's a good thing I married close to home. If I were far away, I would have to walk for several days to get home. What would I do then?"

Looking at the backs of her daughter and son-in-law leaving, Li felt a little sad for a moment.

After returning home, the young couple can cook for themselves.

At dawn in the morning, Qu Shaoyang got up to fetch water while Chen Xiuyun lit the fire and cooked.

There are only two people in the family and the meals are simple, but Chen Xiuyun always puts a lot of effort into cooking them in different ways.

Qu Shaoyang was not a hands-off boss and tried his best to help. The couple always discussed everything and got along well with each other.

Every now and then, the couple would go to Chen's or Liu's house for meals.

Otherwise, the three families can get together, make something delicious, and have fun together.

Shuangqiangluanzi does not have its own flower pavilion yet, and business is not good in the cold winter.

So when winter came, they did the big accounting, divided up the profits, and everyone went looking for a place to spend the winter.

The brothers Chen Yunhan and Chen Yunzhe finally came back and no longer had to travel around, they stayed at home to accompany their parents.

They will wait until the New Year is over before going out to do business.

However, these two brothers are used to playing outside, so it’s okay for them to stay at home for three to five days, but they will feel uncomfortable after a long time.

So the two of them urged Qu Shaoyang to go up the mountain to hunt together.

Qu Shaoyang is not the kind of person who can sit idle. No matter how good his new wife is, he can't stay with her all day long.

As soon as the two uncles said that, he was tempted. It happened that they hadn't been in the mountains for a while, so the three of them got together to discuss and decided to take the dog and walk in the mountains, hunting whatever they saw.

When Liu Dongshan learned that his apprentice was going into the mountains to hunt, he was worried and followed him.

Qu Shaoyang called seven or eight more men, then led the dog and set off in a mighty procession.

This time, they planned to go a little further, to Xiaodonggou, where there were many oak trees, red pines and other trees, and wild boars would go there to look for food in winter.

Now, Qinglong has been trained and grown into a leader dog who is no less powerful than Qinglang, while Dahuang is his loyal follower.

Dogs such as Blue Wolf and Black Panther eat well at the Qu family's house and are well-fed and shiny. They are much heavier than before, and some weigh over 100 kilograms.

During the days when Qu Shaoyang got married, the dogs were unable to go up the mountain and they were all feeling very frustrated.

This sudden appearance made them very happy. They sniffed left and right along the way, very excited.

The group had just entered Xiaodonggou and had not walked far when Qinglang and Qinglong spoke at the same time.

After following the dog for a short distance, they discovered that the forest was full of footprints left by wild boars.

Judging from the situation, a large group of pigs must have passed by here yesterday. Judging from the messy traces on the ground, there were at least forty or fifty pigs.

"Master, you lead my elder and second brothers, and you go to Yingzuilazi. Chunfu, Xingjiaxingye, you guys, go this way.

Half an hour later, I will lead the dogs to chase the pigs and scatter them. Wherever they run, you will be responsible for intercepting them.

Just kill as many as you can, and don't worry if they run away, don't chase them."

Qu Shaoyang was familiar with the terrain here and made arrangements immediately.

He thought of his own experience and had to give everyone some advice.

Everyone nodded, and then split into three groups. Qu Shaoyang led a few men and a dog and waited for a while.

When he thought the two sides had reached the ambush site, he led the dog and rushed over.

The Blue Wolf and the Blue Dragon were very human-like. Qu Shaoyang told them not to bark, and the dogs indeed stopped barking and waited quietly.

It was not until Qu Shaoyang felt that the time was about right that he led the dog inside.

After walking for a while, the dog became more and more anxious, wagging its tail, so Qu Shaoyang asked people to loosen the rope.

As soon as the ropes were loosened, the six dogs rushed out. Qu Shaoyang led the men and followed closely behind.

In Xiaodonggou, the terrain is basically a valley sandwiched between two mountains, and the mountains on both sides become steeper as you go deeper.

But near the mouth of the ditch, the mountain is not that steep, and there are several ditch forks and Bashanzuis.

The dogs moved quickly and soon climbed over a small hill and went around a Bashanzui, then they found their target.

Not far ahead, on a sunny slope, there was a large group of wild boars lying.

The Great Snow season has passed by this time, and the returning birds have won the right to mate by dueling and other means, thus completing the important task of reproduction.

However, Running Basket did not leave the group and still lived with the sow and piglets.

After the Chinese New Year, most of the big running baskets will abandon the pigs and act alone.

Among this group of wild boars, there was a big one that weighed at least 700 to 800 kilograms. It looked like a small mountain when lying on the ground.

This guy must have lived for quite a few years. He has escaped from shotguns many times. He is a real shot.

Qinglong and the others were still quite far away, but the big running basket noticed them and immediately stood up from the ground, making sounds of "fenger, fenger" to warn the pigs.

Immediately afterwards, the big running basket moved first and ran towards the valley in front.

When the other pigs heard the noise, they also got up and ran after the big running basket.

(End of this chapter)