Chapter 220: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 220: Discussing Marriage Matters in the Boudoir, Banquet with Hidden Calculations (4)
Seeing Xiao Hua, who was more docile and affectionate than a dog, Lin Yong took a deep breath. "She's a good one."
Xiao Hua cast a proud glance at Lin Yong, giving him a knowing look that said, "You're smart," then squinted her eyes, enjoying Mo Yan's caress.
Lin Yong chuckled speechlessly, envy evident in his eyes as he glanced at Mo Yan. It was rare to find a wolf as obedient and well-behaved as Xiao Hua, probably the only one in the entire Da Chu.
The hot water from the kitchen continuously flowed into the yard, and Lin Yong worked quickly. With the help of Mo Qingze and others, they managed to clean up the pile of wild animals in just one afternoon.
As for the hides of these animals, except for a few holes bitten on the necks, the rest were in very good condition. Mo Yan planned to tan these hides and make fur coats for the family when the weather turned cold, as the winters in the north were quite harsh.
Lin Yong volunteered to tan the hides and hoped that Mo Yan would lend Xiao Hua to him for a day.
"You have to ask her about that. She has to be willing herself," Mo Yan rarely forced Xiao Hua. Usually, when she restrained it, it was because she didn't want it to do anything wrong.
Lin Yong was taken aback and actually asked Xiao Hua about it.
Perhaps feeling a connection with Lin Yong, Xiao Hua agreed without much thought. As for how she agreed... she scratched Lin Yong's foot with her paw and then... urinated on it.
Although the August weather was not as hot as June, if so much meat were left out in the open overnight, it would still spoil.
After salting the wild game, Mo Yan and the others helped carry it to the cool cellar. The cellar was built under the main house with the help of a friend skilled in digging cellars after the house was built. It was quite spacious, covering nearly fifty square meters.
That evening, Mo Yan personally cooked a meal to entertain Lin Yong, using various cooking methods such as frying, stewing, and boiling to make a delicious feast of wild game.
This wasn't the first time Lin Yong had tasted Mo Yan's cooking, but it was the first time he had tasted wild game cooked so deliciously, especially considering its strong odor. He couldn't stop eating.
Mo Yan and the others also ate a lot, especially Zhen'er, who refused to eat in order to eat more on an empty stomach. After being sternly scolded by Mo Qingze, he reluctantly picked up his bowl, but ended up suffering from indigestion at night, rolling around in pain with a bloated stomach.
The family was worried sick, and in the end, Li Xiu came up with a crude solution, using pepper water to help him expel the gas from his stomach.
Mo Qingze was both distressed and angry, and he gave him a stern lesson.
By this time, it was almost dawn, and seeing that Zhen'er was fine, everyone hurried back to catch up on their sleep. They had to wake up early today!
When it was just getting light, Cai Shi, Xiong Shi, Zhou Shi, and several other women came over to help, bringing knives and cutting boards from their homes. Upon learning that the ingredients were all stored in the kitchen's compartment, they busied themselves washing and cutting.
Mo Yan and the others also took out some of the wild game from the cellar. There was too much wild game, and even if they made twenty or thirty banquet tables, they wouldn't be able to finish it all. Moreover, they were all large animals, so one of each kind was enough.
The remaining half was kept for later, to be given as gifts to close friends and relatives.
Cai Shi and the others looked at the various types of wild game, some of which they had never seen before, and couldn't close their mouths for a while.
It was extremely prestigious to have so many rare wild animals appear on the banquet table all at once. If calculated according to the standards of a restaurant, each table would probably cost no less than ten taels of silver. With twenty or thirty tables, it would amount to several hundred taels!
The women discussed excitedly. Having lived for decades, they had never seen anyone as generous as the Mo family. Although other families also provided meat and eggs for weddings, they usually distributed them based on the number of guests. Such a large amount all at once was rare to see.
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