Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

In fact, Yan Jiekuang had already made plans in his mind. As the saying goes, happiness is better shared than happiness alone. Although he couldn't invite the whole village to a housewarming party, he could invite the whole village to eat meat. After Yan Jiekuang entered the mountain, his consciousness quickly dispersed. Not long after, Yan Jiekuang discovered a family of six wild boars patrolling the mountain.

Yan Jiekuang observed for a while and found that the route of the family of six was not far from the trap he set. Yan Jiekuang did not plan to deal with the wild boars immediately, but opened the trap blind boxes first.

Unexpectedly, the quality of these blind traps was quite good. It can be said that none of them failed. In seven traps, three hares, two pheasants, a wild quail and a silly roe deer were caught. After tying these prey with vines, I threw them into the backpack and walked towards the wild boar family.

After walking for about ten minutes, Yan Jiekuang met a wild boar family. Yan Jiekuang thought about it and put the whole family into the space. The only advantage of this space is that it cannot hold living things. Even if they are alive outside, they will die after entering. The wild boars that were still alive outside just now turned into dead pigs after entering the space. Seeing that there was no one around, Yan Jiekuang picked up a stone and entered the space, smashing the wild boars' heads twice, and the foreheads of the two big wild boars were instantly smashed.

Yan Jiekuang took an engineer shovel to clear the space, dug a hole in the ground, and then released the wild boars one by one to bleed them. When the blood was almost drained, Yan Jiekuang put the wild boars back into the space again, and then filled the hole with soil from the side. After confirming that there was no problem, Yan Jiekuang put away his tools and walked down the mountain with the backpack on his back.

When they were about to reach the mountain pass, Yan Jiekuang used his spiritual sense to scan the area and after confirming that there was no one around, he released the two wild boars. He carried the two wild boars and continued to walk down the mountain. Not long after, a child who was cutting grass for the pigs saw Yan Jiekuang carrying two wild boars and walked slowly towards them. He immediately dropped his backpack and ran home.

About ten minutes later, Gao Junsong and his men came running over. Yan Jiekuang saw them coming and threw the wild boar to the ground. Gao Junsong ran to Yan Jiekuang and asked, "Yan Zhiqing, are you okay?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "It's OK! These two wild boars can't hurt me. Captain, isn't my house finished?! According to the rules, we have to invite everyone to warm up the house. Su Zhiqing and I don't have that much food. After discussing it, we set up two tables at home. As for the villagers, we won't treat everyone to a meal, but we can treat everyone to meat. It's also a little token of our appreciation."

Gao Junsong smiled and joked: "You are a very sincere boy!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "Let's not talk nonsense. It's better to be realistic."

"You are so thoughtful!" Gao Junsong praised Yan Jiekuang with a smile, and then called out, "What are you still standing there for? Carry the pig to the brigade headquarters!"

After all, there is strength in numbers. The villagers carried the wild boars to the brigade headquarters quickly. Just like last time, Gao Yonggen and two others were already waiting at the entrance of the brigade headquarters. A pot had been set up next to it. Water was boiling in the pot. Tian Dazhuang was slightly stunned when he saw the two wild boars being carried over. Then he looked at Gao Junsong who was walking next to him and asked in a low voice: "Were these two wild boars killed by Yan Zhiqing?!"

Gao Junsong nodded and said, "They are very skilled and brave. We are moving tomorrow and today we are treating the whole village to meat. They have already hunted down the wild boar. We can't just refuse their respect, can we?!"

Tian Dazhuang asked: "How are you going to divide this meat?!"

Gao Junsong thought for a moment and said, "Everyone share the meat at one end. At the other end, we'll make a pig-killing dish. Everyone will get a bowl of it then."

"Okay! We'll do as you say!" Tian Dazhuang echoed and walked to the side. Gao Junsong cleared his throat and said, "Fellow villagers, everyone knows that the house of Yan Zhiqing and Su Zhiqing has been built. According to the rules here, the house is warm for entertaining relatives and friends and those who helped build the house. Yan Zhiqing and Su Zhiqing treat all the young and old in our brigade as their own family. Yan Zhiqing went up the mountain to hunt these two wild boars and invited everyone in our brigade to eat meat. These two wild boars are quite big. Let's follow the old rules. One big one will share the meat. The remaining one, we will eat the butcher's dish."

When the woman who was in charge of preparing the New Year's pig-killing dishes heard Gao Junsong's words, she immediately went to the warehouse of the brigade to get the tools. Gao Yonggen and two others also started to get busy.

Xie Bing looked at the wild boar lying on the door panel and made up his mind: "I must not provoke Yan Jiekuang unless necessary. Even if there is something wrong, I must not use violence."

An hour later, both wild boars were processed. The largest one weighed 328 kilograms. The other weighed almost 247 kilograms. The Qingshan Brigade always distributed meat by household. The educated youth site was originally considered one household, but now that several people have been added, it is counted as two households.

Gao Yonggen's cooking skills are so good that he can cut the meat with one cut. The villagers took the meat home first, then came to the entrance of the brigade with their bowls, gathered in groups of three or five, and chatted while waiting for the pig-killing dishes to be cooked.

As the saying goes, good food is never too late. As time went by, the aroma of meat gradually wafted out from several large pots. The villagers and educated youth smelled the strong aroma of meat and were unconsciously refreshed. Seeing everyone's reaction, Tian Dazhuang whispered, "If we can have a meal like this before the harvest, everyone will be very motivated."

Gao Junsong said: "This is easy. Before the rush to harvest, I will take people to the mountain for a look. Isn't it solved?!"

Tian Dazhuang said, "It's easy for us here. I'm just afraid that someone will smell the scent and come to take advantage of us."

When it comes to collecting money from the poor, Gao Junsong thinks of what happened before the Chinese New Year last year. Gao Junsong sighed and said, "We can't do it in a big way this year like we did in the past. I think we should do it quietly to avoid being targeted by the commune."

"The meat is ready!" A shout rang out. The villagers and educated youth all lined up obediently. However, everyone remembered the kindness of Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui, so they let Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui fight first. However, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui were not the kind of people who didn't know what was good for them. They both stepped aside and let the elderly people in the village, the relatives of military martyrs, and the lonely elderly fight first.

Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui's actions once again made their favorability among the villagers soar.

After cooking, Yan Jiekuang and Su Zihui returned to the educated youth camp. Su Zihui couldn't wait to drink a mouthful of soup and couldn't help saying, "It's so delicious!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "If it tastes good, eat more." After that, Yan Jiekuang took a few pieces of meat from his lunch box and put them into Su Zihui's lunch box, then said, "After we move in tomorrow, you go and invite people. I'll prepare wine and food at home."

Su Zihui nodded and asked, "How many dishes are you going to prepare tomorrow?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "Tomorrow there will be only two tables of people. I plan to serve ten dishes, cold and hot. If it's not enough, I'll add more when the time comes. For the wine, I'll use the local liquor I bought in town last time."

Su Zihui took a bite of the food and put it into her mouth. While chewing, she asked, "Isn't it a bit bad to treat them to earth-cooked food?!"

Yan Jiekuang smiled and replied, "Miss, for them, being able to drink local liquor is a happy thing. They don't know what good wine is. Why not drink more real wine?! This way they can drink comfortably and we can spend less money."