Chapter 124: Dress Properly!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The next morning, Su Ying brought Numbers One to Forty to the foot of the mountain.
When they arrived, she told them to wait at the same place, then she dashed into some thicker parts of the bushes in a flash and took out the thirty bisons from there.
After she lay them out, Su Ying emerged and asked them to carry the bisons.
Number One and the others stared at the bisons lying haphazardly on the ground in a dazed shock.
When they looked at Su Ying’s carefree and nonchalant expression, there was an additional look of indescribable admiration in their eyes besides the sense of fear.
Oh, Great Heavens! They would have meat to eat again!
“What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get moving.”
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Number One and a few others turned around and quickly went forward to carry one bison. However, even with the combined effort, they still struggled so much that they almost sprained their waists.
Su Ying looked at them dilly-dallying and walked up to them. With a fling of her two hands, she threw a bison onto the cart, almost shattering it in the process!
“Go. Drag all the bisons out.”
“Yes, yes. Okay.”
Earlier in the morning, Su Ying had asked Li Yong to bring back all the carts from Tiger Might’s place, but there were so many bisons that even with seven or eight carts, they couldn’t accommodate all of them.
Thus, Su Ying had the men transport the bisons in batches, and they only managed to transport all the bisons back in the afternoon.
“Li Yong, pick two and bring them back to your leader.”
Li Yong didn’t expect Su Ying to be so generous. After all, she had already sent a huge chunk of bison meat over last night.
“Madam Su, isn’t… isn’t this too much?”
“Just this little bit? Take it. Just treat it as payment for the cotton and cloth.”
When Li Yong saw that Su Ying was insistent, he no longer stood on ceremony. “Then thank you. Thank you, Madam Su.”
So many bisons appeared in the courtyard all of a sudden that they almost filled up the entire backyard.
Initially, Su Ying had wanted to get all the bisons out, but after looking at the current situation, she decided to deal with this present batch first.
“Mistress, did you… did you hunt all of these?” Hea Shouyi’s eyes almost popped out.
“Mm-hmm. Yes. Uncle Hea, how do you want to deal with all of this?”
There were so many!
Uncle Hea was at a loss to know what to do. If he were to turn all of this into beef jerky, he probably wouldn’t have enough space to dry them even if he used up the whole courtyard.
“Why don’t we set aside some to sell in the Tiger Base?” Su Ying also felt that there was too much meat.
“That’s good too. 1’11 process as much as Mistress wants to sell.”
“Process two or three of them and sell them. We can just sell them at a cheaper price.”
“Alright.”
After Uncle Hea and the others processed three bisons, Su Ying handed the beef to Li Yong for his men to sell at 10 copper coins a catty. This price was definitely unprecedented in the Tiger Base, and it was even cheaper than the normal price of beef.
“Madam Su, don’t worry. I’ll bring people to sell it now. With your price, it won’t take long to sell it all.”
“Go then.”
Cheng Ming said that Li Laosan and the others all worked quite hard. Su Ying decided to be generous and asked him to bring some beef to distribute to them.
At any rate, her house would not be able to store so much.
For the entire night, everyone barely slept. They kept processing the bisons until the morning of the third day before all the bisons that were brought back were finally completely processed.
Even the pack of wolves ate their fill for three days, much less Su Ying and her group. Those creatures were lying on the ground with round bellies and didn’t want to move at all.
Uncle Hea asked Li Yong to send him numerous jars. He marinated the beef with the marinating sauce and put them in the jars. He also asked Tian Mu and the others to make a temporary cellar to store the jars so that they could be preserved for a longer time.
Most of the remaining beef was cut and air-dried to make beef jerky.
After having beef dough bits soup in the morning, Su Ying felt that she was reeking of the smell of beef from head to toe, which could not be removed even with washing.
“Mistress, Li Yong has brought a few more people over these days, and they have already finished digging the fish ponds. Mistress, when do you want to fill it with water?”
Cheng Ming’s voice rang out from outside the gate.
Su Ying sprang up from the bed at once. “We’ll pump the water in today. I’ll go catch the fish later.”
“Alright.”
“Mother, are you going to catch fish? I want to go too! 1 want to go too!” The younger toddler Ling threw herself into Su Ying’s arms and looked at her eagerly.
Although the older toddler Ji didn’t say anything, he stared at Su Ying with his big eyes wordlessly. His gaze couldn’t be more direct.
Su Ying thought about how the two little fellows had been trapped in this small plot of land ever since they arrived at the Tiger Base. They had not been able to go out for a walk. “Sure. Mother will bring you two along today.”
When they saw that Su Ying had agreed, the two little fellows jumped up and down in joy.
“I’ll go with you guys too,” Xiao Jin said.
Su Ying thought that the road to the stream wasn’t that difficult to travel on, and Xiao Jin should be able to get there in his wheelchair, so she agreed.
“Mistress, there isn’t much firewood left in the house. I will also go out with you and gather some firewood.” They had used up too much firewood to boil water to process the bisons these few days.
“Alright. Get a few more people to gather firewood together. We’ll take a cart there. That way, we’ll be able to load up more.”
“Alright.”
When Li Yong saw that Su Ying and her family were going out, he wanted to follow them all the way.
Su Ying didn’t refuse either. It was easier to work with more people. She even asked them to get a few more buckets.
That group of people went up the mountain behind the field in an impressive formation.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Lin Zhuyu and the others went to gather firewood.
Su Ying carried the two toddlers up the mountain, while Xiao Jin and the rest followed right behind.
Su Ying put the children down when they reached the stream. She looked at the sparkling water and the fish that jumped out from time to time. The two children shrieked with excitement when they saw this sight.
Su Ying loosened her belt and was about to take off her outer coat when she felt a burning gaze on her.
She turned around and saw Xiao Jin glaring at her intently with his dark eyes.
“Dress properly!”
Su Ying’s eyebrows twitched. She glanced at Li Yong and the others who were rushing over. She grumbled, “How troublesome…” and put her belt back on.
“Mistress, we have a fishing net here. Why don’t you try using it?” Li Yong walked over with a big fishing net in his arms.
“This is good.”
Su Ying took the net and flung it at the spot where the fish had jumped out of the water.
After the net was pulled in, there were only a few small fish in the big net.
As the saying goes, even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment. Since she wasn’t going to eat the fish now, Su Ying threw them into the bucket.
Xiao Jin kept the two little ones company as they played by the stream.
Li Yong and the others also rolled up their pant legs and went into the water to catch fish.
“Help! Help! Come and save my younger brother quickly…”
Just as Su Ying was enjoying herself catching fish, a cry for help rang out from the front.
Su Ying raised her eyes for a look and saw a person shouting anxiously on the shore. She followed that person’s gaze and saw someone struggling in the water.
Su Ying furrowed her brows as she watched the figure being washed down the stream rapidly.
“Li Yong, do you know how to swim?”
“I know.”
“Go and save him.”
“Huh?”
Su Ying had already tied the rope around his waist as she spoke.
Li Yong saw that the girl on the shore was very anxious, so he gritted his teeth and dived into the water..
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