Chapter 104: Wild Chicken Stewed With Bamboo Fungus
Such fast speed, such strong hunting ability.
Yun Jiao admired this cat.
Of course, she herself was also a powerful merfolk, although she was just a cub now.
“Wow! Big brother, you’re so amazing!”
Yun Xiao Jiu exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.
The cat leader held its head even higher, bringing the small fish to Yun Jiao.
Continuing to feed the cub.
Yun Jiao understood its meaning from its pupils.
Yun Jiao shook her head, refusing this offering: “This isn’t tasty, I won’t eat it.”
Freshwater fish have a stronger fishy smell than sea fish. Many sea fish can be eaten as sashimi directly, but river fish are rarely used for sashimi.
Moreover, this fish wasn’t big, and it had a lot of bones.
Yun Jiao chattered on to the cat leader about how delicious the big fish in the sea were.
“I’ll bring you a big fish next time.”
She spread her arms, indicating a very large circle.
The cat treated her well, and she wanted to treat this fluffy big cat with the great feel of its fur well too.
“Meow.”
Seeing that Yun Jiao wouldn’t eat it, the cat leader lowered its head and gnawed off the fish’s head in a few bites.
The fish wasn’t big, and it finished eating it quickly.
Then the two people and one cat, carrying the day’s harvest, returned.
However, as they approached the cornfield, the cat leader suddenly meowed at Yun Jiao and then left.
In the blink of an eye, the cat’s shadow was gone.
Alright, it seems this cat doesn’t want to interact with too many people; it’s a very individualistic big cat.
Other cats are kept by humans, but with this tabby cat, it’s the cat that keeps the humans.
“Holy crap, where did you guys catch so many wild chickens!”
Yun Xiao Wu emerged from the cornfield and happened to run into them. When he saw clearly what they were carrying, he couldn’t help but be shocked and curse.
Then an army green canvas shoe flew out of the cornfield and hit him on the head.
Such accuracy showed that the shoe’s owner must have practiced a lot.
“Dad, don’t hit me so hard, what will you do if you make my already very intelligent brain stupid!”
Yun Linhai walked over, picked up the shoe, and hit him with it again.
“What did you just say?”
Yun Xiao Wu felt guilty: “I, I was just too shocked.”
Yun Linhai also saw what the two children were carrying and his eyes immediately widened.
“Did you stumble upon a wild chicken nest?”
Others from the cornfield also came out.
Shen Xiuyuan exclaimed: “Where did you hunt them? Is there any more? Take me there too!”
Yun Jiao shook her head: “They all flew away.”
Yun Xiao Jiu excitedly said: “A super powerful tabby cat led us to hunt them. That tabby cat caught both of these wild chickens, and it gave one to Jiao Jiao.”
Yun Xiao Jiu didn’t need to describe it in detail; the Shen family knew which tabby cat he was referring to.
Uncle Shen: “Is it Grandma Hu’s cat?”
Yun Jiao nodded.
Shen Xiuyuan clapped his hands: “I knew it! That cat is too amazing. Forget wild chickens, it can even catch wild rabbits.”
Elder Cousin Shen Kuan: “Then why did it give a wild chicken to Jiao Jiao? Why is it so good to Jiao Jiao?”
Shen Xiuyuan: “I don’t know what’s up with that cat, it seems to really like Jiao Jiao. Normally, it runs away from people, but today it even ate the dried fish Jiao Jiao gave it, and let her touch its ears and paws.”
“If it’s giving you wild chickens, how can it not like you?”
Everyone chattered and discussed, making for a lively scene.
However, Yun Xiao Wu and the others were very curious about that powerful tabby cat.
It was a pity the cat had run away.
“There’s so much bamboo fungus too, this is a good thing.”
“Let’s go, we’re going home today, and Grandma will stew bamboo fungus with wild chicken for you.”
“Yay!”
Speaking of food, Yun Jiao’s eyes lit up.
Wild chicken is delicious, bamboo fungus is delicious, wild chicken + bamboo fungus = super delicious!
Their group cheerfully descended the mountain. Along the way, they met other villagers who looked on with envy.
“Your family is large, you’ll finish harvesting soon. You found a good son-in-law, he brings his family’s children to help during the busy farming season every year.”
Nowadays, daughters who are married out rarely bring their husbands and children to help their maternal family with the harvest.
Their husband’s families are also busy. If there are tense mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships, bringing the husband and children back to the maternal home to help would inevitably lead to gossip and criticism, and might even lead to arguments and fights.
So they truly envied Grandma Shen’s family.
Their daughter married into a family with a good mother-in-law, a good husband, and had so many sons; they were very envious of that labor force.
The wild chickens were hidden in the backpack, otherwise, these people would have been even more envious.
It was already afternoon when they returned home, the sun was about to set.
After working for so long, everyone was tired and hungry.
It seemed the neighbor had already given birth; Yun Jiao didn’t hear any screams from the pregnant woman.
Several women immediately got busy cooking. Since they were neighbors, Grandma Shen went to the neighbor’s to check on the situation.
Yun Jiao and her maternal grandfather were husked corn.
If they encountered corn worms, they would just throw them at their feet.
The chickens in the coop were let out, and led by the hens, the chicks followed them to eat the worms.
This was a feast for them.
Soon, Grandma Shen returned.
Yun Jiao looked at her expectantly, her big eyes seeming to speak as she inquired about the situation.
Grandma Shen’s eyes held a smile: “She gave birth, gave birth to a healthy baby boy.”
But then she spat.
“I saw Juanzi give birth to a healthy baby boy, but that old woman didn’t treat her very well. Her husband prepared all the food, and she wouldn’t even serve her daughter-in-law during her confinement.
It was one thing for the girls before, they thought she really favored sons. Now that she has a grandson, she doesn’t seem any happier. Before, she nagged Juanzi every day for not having a son; now that she has one, she’s still unhappy. I really don’t know what that person is thinking.”
Yun Jiao: “Why do you have to give birth to a son?”
Grandma Shen petted her head.
“That old woman favors sons, no… she’s just biased towards the youngest in the family.”
“Our family doesn’t favor sons. Jiao Jiao is our treasure.”
Yun Jiao nodded, she agreed with this.
She had seen the preference for sons in Bailong Village; Cai Jinhua’s family was the prime example.
“After we eat, I’ll send some chicken soup and eggs to the neighbor’s.”
In this era, there was also the custom of ‘distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors’.
Of course, Grandma Shen didn’t like unpleasant and biased neighbors like the old woman next door, but her eldest son, second son, and their two daughters-in-law were all easy to get along with.
When her daughter-in-law gave birth to Xiao Yuan, Juanzi also brought some eggs from her maternal home.
The reason she brought them from her maternal home was naturally because that old woman wouldn’t let her send eggs; all the eggs and grain in the house were tightly guarded by that old woman.
The aroma of stewing chicken wafted from the kitchen, and Yun Jiao couldn’t sit still, dropping the corn and running towards the kitchen.
“Auntie, when can Mom eat?”
“Soon, soon, your nose is the most sensitive.”
Aunt Shen secretly took a piece of steamed, sliced smoked sausage and handed it to Yun Jiao.
“Taste it.”
Yun Jiao unceremoniously opened her mouth and took a bite.
“Delicious.”
Shen Yunlian playfully poked her forehead.
“Always thinking about food. It’s not even on the table yet. Sister-in-law, don’t spoil her too much.”
