After tidying up everything.
Xiao Min, full of laughter and joy, scurried over to her elder sister, helping her process the lard.
Her little mind was filled with thoughts of how to convince her sister to let her go into the mountains.
Her small frame held a heart yearning for excitement.
Li Yu helped with the cleaning, but eventually found himself with nothing left to do.
He went to the pickle jar and carefully selected over forty pounds of pork, then picked out a front leg.
He found a rope, tied them together, and prepared to leave.
Xiuxiu didn't pay much attention.
But Xiao Min, whose eyes were darting around, noticed it.
“Brother-in-law, where are you going?”
“To deliver the meat to the brigade, and then check on my father-in-law to see if he's finished processing our marriage certificate!”
“Ah? Why are you sending so much meat?”
A whole pig yielded around one hundred and seventy to eighty pounds of meat.
Li Yu was going to give away so much of it.
If they kept it for themselves, it would last them for a long time.
Naturally, the little girl felt a bit reluctant.
“Hehe!”
Li Yu smirked.
“Little girl, you're still too young. I'm the designated hunter for our village. During the busy farming season, I don't have to work the fields and earn work points, but the condition is that I have to give the brigade three-tenths of everything I hunt.”
“Hmm?”
Hearing this.
Both sisters turned their heads.
Especially Xiao Min, her eyes lit up.
She quickly said.
“Then doesn't that mean, if I also become a hunter, will I be able to slack off like Brother-in-law when everyone else is working the fields?”
While both sisters were quite diligent.
They were city girls who had never done any farm work.
Thinking about having to toil in the fields during the hottest months of summer, sweating profusely.
Getting tanned several shades darker, they felt a headache coming on.
Now, out of the blue, there was a way to avoid working, naturally, they had to seize the opportunity.
“Don't even think about it.”
Li Yu sternly interrupted the girl's dream.
“Do you think anyone can be chosen as a hunter by the brigade? You have to be skilled, someone who can consistently bring them meat. Only then will they allow you to avoid working.”
If anyone could become a hunter without any qualifications, and not have to work.
Wouldn't the entire brigade be in chaos?
“Ah!”
Hearing this, the little girl's initial excitement subsided.
It seemed she couldn't escape working in the fields.
Luckily, they arrived in early winter, so they had a few months before the busy farming season started.
“Alright, don't think about it anymore. Help your sister with the work, and I'll find a way for you later!”
After consoling the girl.
Li Yu carried the pork outside.
He definitely didn't want his wife to follow him to do hard labor.
He couldn't bear to see his beautiful wife turn dark and tanned.
So, he had to find a way to get her the title of hunter as well.
As for Xiao Min, he would figure out something for her later.
“Hey, Brother-in-law, tell me what your plan is!”
By the time Xiao Min realized what she wanted to ask, Li Yu had disappeared.
She could only sit back down angrily, continuing to process the lard.
....
“Uncle, why are you hiding in the office?”
Entering the brigade office, Li Yu saw the door was open and walked right in.
Li Xue Wu was looking at a list with a worried expression.
Suddenly, he heard the call beside him, and it startled him.
Seeing it was Li Yu, he immediately laughed in annoyance.
“You kid, you walk like a ghost, making no sound?”
He said.
Then, he saw the wild boar meat Li Yu was carrying.
His eyes lit up.
“Did you go to the mountains and hunt a wild boar again?”
“Yeah!”
Li Yu raised the wild boar meat.
“It’s a young one with yellow hair. After removing the scraps, there’s about one hundred and seventy to eighty pounds. I brought it to you as soon as I finished processing it.”
Then.
He lifted the pig leg in his other hand.
“This is for you, Uncle. A thank you gift for finding me such a virtuous wife.”
“You little rascal, you're quite thoughtful.”
Li Xue Wu didn't refuse.
The main reason was that his wife and children had been clamoring for meat lately.
As the brigade secretary, he did have some savings, but he couldn't bear to use his ration coupons.
It just so happened that this kid brought some over, solving his urgent need.
Besides, this kid was a hunter and wouldn't miss this bit of meat.
“Put it down, I was just about to find you. I didn't expect you to come over yourself.”
“What's up, Uncle?”
Li Yu casually placed the meat on the table beside him.
He asked curiously.
“Don't tell me there's a problem with my wife and sister-in-law's residency?”
“What are you thinking?”
Li Xue Wu rolled his eyes at him.
He took out a bright red booklet from the drawer.
“I handle things for you, you still don't trust me? I've already gotten your marriage certificate for you.”
Li Yu reached out and took it, flipping through it.
There weren't even any photos, just the names of the two of them written down, with a stamp on it.
It didn't even look as good as the awards the kindergarten teachers gave out.
“It's just that several of our local forestry farms have been having some problems, and the meat supply from the meat processing plant can't keep up. Several forestry farms haven't seen any meat in over a month. They know that there are several good hunters in our village, so they came to me.”
“Well, this is good news!”
Li Xue Wu also smiled.
“It's good news, that's why I thought of you, my nephew. You can go to the forest more often these days. Fifty cents per pound of meat, enough for you to save some money to raise a family.”
This made Li Yu's eyes light up.
He couldn't help but exclaim that the wild boar leg wasn't sent in vain.
He had just been thinking about going into the forest more to level up his attributes and earn system coins.
And his uncle brought him good news.
The price of meat in their area fluctuated around seventy to eighty cents a pound, and you still needed meat coupons.
Wild boar meat wasn't as good as domestic pig meat, even without coupons, it couldn't be sold at the price of domestic pig meat.
Fifty cents was already pretty high, especially since it wasn't limited to any specific type of meat.
This way.
He could level up his attributes and earn coins, while also using wild boar meat to make money, it was a win-win situation.
“Then I have to thank you, Uncle!”
“You!”
Li Xue Wu shook his head with a smile.
“If you can start a family soon, it’ll be considered fulfilling my father's dying wish.”
Then.
He reminded him.
“But making money is not as important as safety. You kid, you have to be careful in the forest, pay attention to your safety. I don’t want to go retrieve your body.”
“Don't worry, Uncle.”
Li Yu patted his chest.
“I was taught by my grandfather personally, I know all the dangers of the mountain, I won't risk my life for money.”