1968: At the beginning, the beautiful sister-in-law came to borrow food! Chapter 052

“Good lad, you really don’t seem like a sent-down youth from the city!”

“Your skills are stronger than many of us locals!”

“Just a few days ago you bagged a moose, and now you’ve got a black bear.”

“Even the old hunters in our village might not be able to get these things!”

Over here, Widow Ning was using a boning knife to skin the bear.

Beside her, Old Man Li, who was Donkey’s grandpa, walked over.

He patted Li Yunfeng’s shoulder with a smile.

“Haha, Old Man, it was just good timing!”

“I originally planned to stroll around the mountain to see if I could get some pheasants or something.”

“Donkey and the others brought me some pheasants a few days ago, and they tasted really good!”

“I didn’t expect to encounter this black bear that was hibernating and snoring.”

“I just went up and shot it, and it took a lot of effort to bring this black bear back.”

Li Yunfeng also recounted his bear hunting story to everyone with a smile.

The villagers were full of envy!

Although they were all locals, even if they didn’t have hunting skills, they all knew how to set traps and catch pheasants and rabbits.

Besides, even though their area wasn’t wealthy, they wouldn’t starve. If a family in these deep mountains didn’t have a man, it would be really difficult for the remaining people to survive.

While they chatted and laughed, Widow Ning began to help cut the bear meat.

Natasha and Sofia helped distribute the bear meat to the Fifth Group.

After more than an hour of work, after seeing off Widow Ning and the villagers who came to watch and get some meat, Li Yunfeng finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking at the large pile of bear meat on the ground, and the shiny, smooth, jet-black bear hide next to it, his heart swelled with joy.

This trip into the mountains was truly worth it. Not only did he get so many treasures, but he also got a black bear.

“Natasha, Sofia, you two figure out how to process this bear hide first. See if you want to tan it to make a blanket or something else. We can discuss it later. I need to put away these bear paws and bear gallbladders first, these are valuable items!”

As Li Yunfeng spoke, he carefully wrapped the dark green bear gallbladder in several layers of clean cloth. These things would definitely be hard currency on the black market and could fetch a high price!

“I know this skill, you don’t need anyone else. This one bear hide can make two bear fur coats.”

“They would go for at least three hundred yuan each at the market!”

Beside him, Li Xiulian said to Li Yunfeng with a smile.

“Alright, then I’ll trouble you to help make two bear fur coats.”

“I’ll think about it in a couple of days. If I can get more bear hides, I’ll make two for myself too!”

After making arrangements, he took the bear meat to the backyard to freeze. Now, there was nearly three hundred catties of meat at home.

For the few people in the family, it would be just enough to consume in about two months.

After finishing up here, Li Yunfeng, with the precious sprouts in the backyard on his mind, turned and walked towards the greenhouse by the cliff.

Lifting the thick plastic curtain, rows of neat vegetable plots showed tender sprouts of bok choy, spinach, and small radishes already poking out, a lush green expanse that brought a sense of peace to his heart.

“Hey, they’re growing really well!”

Li Yunfeng squatted down, picked up a bit of damp soil, felt the temperature and humidity in the shed, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

This greenhouse was a preliminary success. From now on, the women in his family would be able to eat fresh green vegetables with him. Just thinking about it felt great.

As he was looking, he heard light footsteps behind him. Li Yunfeng turned around and saw that his cheap mother-in-law, Li Xiulian, had coincidentally come over again.

She was holding a rough ceramic bowl, from which steam was rising.

Seeing the ceramic bowl, Li Yunfeng’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat. Thinking about the hangover soup Old Lady Li gave him last time, Li Yunfeng could still feel his head buzzing.

How to put it, their drinking here was spontaneous.

Even if Old Lady Li knew, it couldn’t be such a coincidence that she would make hangover soup.

Perhaps something else was added to it!

“Yunfeng, you’ve been busy outside these past few days, you must be exhausted.”

“I just made some cornmeal porridge, hurry and drink some while it’s hot to fill your stomach.”

Li Xiulian had a gentle and amiable smile on her face, her phoenix eyes looking at Li Yunfeng with a watery gaze, and the beauty mark beneath her eye twitched slightly with her smile, adding an indescribable charm.

“Oh, Mother-in-law, you’re too kind, I’m not tired.”

Li Yunfeng quickly stood up, but he muttered to himself, this mother-in-law, she brought this over as soon as she got the bear hide home!

There was nothing he could do but take the cornmeal gruel Li Xiulian handed him, and take a couple of sips.

“Oh, it’s fragrant!”

“We old Beijingers, this is how we start our day. This stuff, you have to sip it from the edge, that’s the authentic way!”

Li Yunfeng said with a smile.

“Oh, these vegetable sprouts are growing so well! I really didn’t expect green leaves to grow in the ground in the middle of winter! Yunfeng, your mind is so sharp, you’re truly capable!”

Looking at the vegetable sprouts growing in the ground, Li Xiufen also smiled.

The two chatted for a while, and then Natasha and Sofia came over with knives.

They picked up the bear meat from the wooden rack and started cutting it.

It must be said that these two foreign women were really strong workers. Although their meat-cutting skills were not as good as Widow Ning’s, they were still quite decent.

Li Xiulian went over and naturally joined in, helping to cut and offering thoughtful pointers.

“The meat on the belly is fatty, it’s best for rendering oil, this is good stuff!”

Her movements were quick, her words gentle, and she quickly blended in with Natasha and Sofia. The three of them chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

At this moment, Shuhua and Shufen, the sisters, also heard the commotion and came out of the adjacent room. Seeing the lively scene in the courtyard, they quickly came over to help.

“Sister Shuhua, Sister Shufen, come and lend a hand! With so much meat, we need to clean it up properly!”

Natasha greeted them warmly.

“Hey, coming!”

Shuhua responded, her eyes pausing slightly when she saw Li Xiulian, then she also smiled and joined in.

For a moment, in Li Yunfeng’s courtyard, five women busied themselves around the pile of bear meat.

“Alright, you all go ahead and get busy, I need to go back to the room and rest.”

“I really didn’t sleep well on the mountain these past two days.”

Li Yunfeng yawned, stretched, and then walked towards the house, the chirping voices of the five women echoing behind him.

“Tomorrow, we can call people over to help make dumplings.”

“Here, every year in winter, we make dumplings.”

“Then we can freeze the dumplings outside, and when we don’t feel like cooking, we can just boil them.”

“It’s very convenient!”

Li Xiulian, looking at so much meat, also offered her idea!