During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

Ye Dazhuang's all-seeing gaze, yet watching her perform, left her speechless.

Ye Qingqing stopped pretending and looked at him with pursed lips.

"I'll go down the mountain to get help; you stay here and keep watch."

Ye Dazhuang nodded silently.

Ye Qingqing turned to leave.

"Ye Qingqing".

Ye Dazhuang suddenly called out to her.

Using his full name and surname... this is a bit bad!

Every time their master called her and her fellow disciples that way, it meant that someone was about to get a beating on the hand...

Ye Qingqing took a deep breath and turned to look at him. "What?"

I just slapped you, why are you being so petty!

Ye Dazhuang gazed at her with his deep eyes for a long time before slowly speaking.

"I just want to stay at your house, I won't hurt you..."

"sorry."

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Qingqing said sincerely, "I didn't mean to."

Ye Dazhuang unconsciously curled the corners of his lips into a smile. "I know."

"It's a pleasure working with you!"

Ye Qingqing felt an inexplicable sense of relief and raised an eyebrow,

"It's alright now, I'll go back and get some help. If we drag those two wild boars back, our house will probably be in chaos again."

"Squeak...squeak..."

Three striped wild boars smelled blood and suddenly ran to their parents in terror, squeaking incoherently.

"No, five!"

Ye Qingqing quickly changed her mind, turned around and waved at him, "We're having roast suckling pig tonight!"

Watching her disappearing figure, Ye Dazhuang's lips curled up again.

This girl is cunning, but very honest.

……

Two wild boars, each weighing over a thousand pounds, were dragged back to the village, causing a great stir throughout the entire village.

The streets were deserted as everyone flocked to Ye Youliang's house to see what was happening, crowding the dilapidated courtyard three or four deep.

"My goodness! She caught two such fat wild boars in one go!"

"Second Girl and that Big Zhuang went up the mountain and only brought back two wild boars?"

"Absolutely! He shot an arrow right through the eye socket into a pig's head. Who else in the whole village has such excellent archery skills?"

"What kind of luck is that, Er Ya Tou? There are three or four other villages at the foot of Qiu Mountain besides ours, and I've never heard of any hunters shooting a wild boar there..."

……

Inside the house, Ye Youliang gripped his crutch tightly, the veins bulging.

His dark face flushed and paled in turns, and he raised and lowered his cane, but couldn't bear to hit his daughter.

"What did I tell you? Huh, you still went up the mountain to catch wild boars? Are you trying to risk your life?!"

If anything happens to you, how can I face my mother after I die?!

"Dad, you've really wronged me! I just took Cuicui up the mountain to dig for frozen mushrooms, who knew we'd run into a wild boar?"

Ye Qingqing pounded her hands, pouted with a "wronged" look, and looked completely innocent.

"Do you think your dad's stupid?!"

Ye Youliang's roar was so loud it hurt my ears. "You told Dazhuang to bring a bow and arrows and a machete. It's clearly a formation to go up the mountain and catch some big guys!"

"If you weren't as strong as Da Zhuang, you'd be gored to death by a wild boar!"

"No, he wanted to bring it himself. I really did go mushroom digging."

Ye Qingqing scratched her nose, "Dad, let me explain..."

"Still trying to argue!"

Ye Youliang angrily raised his cane to hit her, but the cane clattered onto the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and he trembled all over.

"Dad, calm down, calm down. Getting angry will ruin your health, and no one can take your place!"

Li Chunyan subtly pushed Ye Qingqing behind her, quickly stepped forward to take the cane, and coaxed her repeatedly.

"To be honest, Er Yatou didn't do it on purpose. This morning I saw her with my own eyes carrying a basket and taking Cuicui and the others up the mountain to dig for frozen mushrooms."

Who knew we'd run into a wild boar? Alright, alright, Er Ya said she won't do it again, Dad, don't worry. She was terrified this time; will she dare run off into the mountains again?

As he spoke, he also winked at Ye Qingqing, signaling her to admit her mistake and gloss over the matter.

Li Chunyan naturally had to help her powerful patron out of the predicament.

Second Sister brought back two big wild boars! We could eat them until next year and still not finish them!

The whole village was in an uproar; people were so envious their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets!

Instead of being happy, Dad even raised his cane to scold that little girl?

If Li Chunyan had that ability, she would go even if there were tigers in the mountains!

Ye Qingqing quickly nodded, going along with the situation, "Dad, I really won't do it again."

"If you keep going up the mountain, I'll break your legs before the wild boars even kill you!"

Ye Youliang glared at her fiercely, then looked at Ye Dazhuang with bloodshot eyes. "Dazhuang, thank goodness you were here, otherwise I wouldn't dare to think about what would happen next!"

It's because I'm a useless father that my daughter has no food or clothing, which is why she wants to run away to the mountains...

You're not allowed to go with her anymore. Without you, let's see if she dares to run up the mountain again!

As he spoke, tears streamed down his weathered face.

Ye Qingqing shrugged at Ye Dazhuang, indicating her helplessness.

Ye Dazhuang nodded lightly, "Uncle, I understand."

Ye Qingqing gave him a grateful look, then leaned closer to her father and said with a grin,

"Dad, I really know I was wrong. Don't be angry, don't be angry. We'll slaughter the pig later and make a big pot of 'pig-killing stew'!"

"At least you know how to eat!"

Ye Youliang raised his hand and poked her forehead, feeling disappointed in her.

But then I thought, he's paralyzed on the bed and can't give you everything. These past few days, every grain of rice and every piece of meat in the house has been brought back by Er Yatou.

These days, the family eats, wears, and uses things that are practically no different from those of landlords and rich people!

He wasn't really angry with his daughter; he was just terrified afterward.

The girl's biological father went to see the King of Hell in his place, because if something happened to the girl, his family line would end.

When he goes to the underworld, how will he face people's deceased father?

"Who's slaughtering a pig? Master! Master, I'm here to slaughter a pig!"

Outside, the hired butcher arrived, shouting at the top of his lungs.

"My goodness, such a fat wild boar? In this freezing weather, it's really not easy to hunt something like this..."

"They're here!"

Li Chunyan called out, taking the opportunity to pull Ye Qingqing along, "Dad, the butcher is here, let's go see!"

"etc!"

Ye Youliang paused, fiddling with the tobacco, glanced out the window, and lowered his voice, saying...

"Qingqing, Dad wants to discuss something with you, is that alright?"

"Father, tell me."

"We people from the northern frontier, when someone slaughters a pig, they ask their neighbors to come and help. People in the village don't even need to be told; they all rush to help."

Ye Youliang pondered for a moment and said, "Let's treat it like slaughtering a pig for the New Year. After we're done, we can get some fatty meat, offal, pig's blood, pig's trotters, and the like, and make a pig-slaughtering feast for the neighbors, okay?"

Besides, those two wild boars are really conspicuous; we don't want people to think we're stingy.

"Dad, I'll listen to you!"

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "But let's skip the offal. It's even more delicious than meat. We'll keep it for ourselves."

Tell your sister-in-law to cut off more fatty pork belly or something similar, to make a pork stew; fatty pork doesn't taste good.

"Fat meat doesn't taste good?"

Li Chunyan gasped, staring at her as if she were an alien. "Second Girl, are you crazy?!"