Chapter 112: Chapter 110: You... Want to Eat the Piglets?

Because there wasn’t much grain left, it would be consumed in two or three days. If they didn’t find a way to get food, they might freeze or starve to death.

The depths of the forest were filled with firewood, and presumably, there were plenty of prey as well.

However, many were afraid of encountering ferocious beasts like wolves, tigers, and leopards, so they weren’t bold enough to hunt alone and could only gather in groups to climb the mountains.

Compared to this group of exiles’ small-scale hunting, the Golden Feather Clan’s hunting was their comfort zone.

By the end of the morning, Ruan Mian, Cui Zhu, and Shaoxi had only gathered some mushrooms and were thinking of an excuse to take some meat from the space to tantalize their taste buds.

Unexpectedly, they saw four or five men from the Golden Feather Clan carrying a large wild boar weighing about two hundred pounds down the mountain.

Moreover, Ruan Mian noticed that each of the two men at the back was holding two piglets in their arms!

Everyone saw how delicious that wild boar was and how skilled their people were at hunting, but only Ruan Mian approached Bai Lun to talk about those piglets. "Bai Lun, if I want to buy those piglets from you, is it possible?" Bai Lun was taken aback, obviously not expecting her to ask this.

"You... want to eat the piglets?"

Ruan Mian laughed and quickly said, "Not to eat. I want to raise them so they can give birth to more piglets, and we’ll have more wild boars."

Upon hearing this, Bai Lun widened his eyes: "You want to raise wild boars? That’s not an easy task. Do you know that wild boars are inherently fierce and not easily tamed, even the piglets have wild instincts."

"Once their tusks grow in, they can injure people effortlessly!"

The Golden Feather Clan raised little deer, rabbits, and ferrets, but no one ever heard of anyone raising wild boars.

Ruan Mian, however, said, "I can tame them."

Bai Lun still didn’t believe it, but Ruan Mian was his lifesaver, so since she wanted the wild boars, he gladly gave them to her without asking for silver.

Even the Golden Feather Clansmen found it hard to enclose wild boars, let alone the Ruan Family.

When Ruan Qingsong saw Mianmian hugging a few piglets and saying she wanted to enclose them, his face changed slightly, and he quickly tried to dissuade her.

However, Ruan Mian put her hands on her hips and made a gesture to spin around.

Unexpectedly, the four piglets followed her around, wagging their little tails, bouncing around, and making snorting sounds.

Ruan Mian then bent over to call to them, "Good pigs, come here and let me pet you."

Sure enough, the four piglets seemed to understand her, eagerly nudging their heads against her.

Seeing this scene made Ruan Qingsong exclaim in disbelief, "Mianmian, how did you tame them? Can wild boars really be this obedient?"

Ruan Mian smiled and said only, "Now you don’t have to worry, brother. I have a method to tame them so they won’t harm us. Once we’ve bred more piglets, we won’t be short of food."

Just as she finished speaking, Rui ran over swiftly, hugging a piglet: "The pigs are so cute, why does Aunt want to eat them!"

Ruan Mian laughed, and seeing the child was not easily coaxed, she relented.

"Aunt won’t eat them. Aunt wants to keep them. If Rui likes them, why not let them play with you?"

Rui’s eyes immediately lit up, and he hugged a piglet and gave it a kiss.

Ruan Mian patted the piglet’s head and said, "Then I’ll leave you to play nicely with my Rui."

After saying this, the piglet immediately started to run happily, as if playing hide-and-seek with Rui.

Originally, after taking the piglets from Bai Lun, Ruan Mian put them into the space.

Sure enough, just like the little deer back then, they also became little spirit beasts that could understand human speech.

Not only did they lose their ferocity, but they also became very close to Ruan Mian.

After taming these little creatures, the big one that the Golden Feather Clansmen hunted wasn’t as lucky.

Wu Jie, grateful that Ruan Mian saved Bai Lun, gave them an entire hind leg of meat, and as for the pig fat and offal, they didn’t eat those and planned to throw them away.

The Liu Family seized the opportunity.

Unable to get anything to eat, they could only pick up what others discarded.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Mian stepped in and wanted to take the pig offal and fat first.

Wu Jie didn’t understand, "Are you sure you want these? We aren’t that desperate to eat. Wild boars are omnivores; the offal is smelly and hard to handle, and it doesn’t taste good."

"It’s okay. I have a way to turn waste into treasure."

Since that was the case, Wu Jie was more than willing to give them to her.

The Liu Family and Ah Ruolan were furious to see the food they’ve just gotten snatched away by Ruan Mian.

Ah Ruolan kicked Liu out and commanded, "She’s taken our things, why don’t you go get them back?!"

Liu was scared. She no longer dared to offend today’s Ruan Mian, especially in this wilderness without soldiers to back them up like on Wuheng’s side.

Here, the numbers of the Golden Feather and Ruan Families alone could overwhelm her.

She wasn’t that foolish, only glaring fiercely at Ah Ruolan.

"Why don’t you go yourself? Why do I have to go?"

After saying that, she decisively turned around and left.

Ah Ruolan was furious, stamping her feet in anger.

Today, they’ll have to make do with wild fruits again.

In contrast, over in the Ruan Family’s side, Ruan Mian cleaned up the pig offal thoroughly.

The half-dug house already had a fire burning inside, unsurprisingly warm and cozy.

The whole family nestled inside, feeling more comfortable than in their previous straw shelters, and it was better ventilated than the cellar, without any odd smells.

Shaoxi and Ruan Qing had laid down fur blankets, with loosened soil underneath.

Ruan Mian finished cleaning the pig offal, and Shaoxi had already set up the stove and pot.

She first rendered the pig fat into a pot full of oil.

The aroma of meat wafted through the valley, making the Liu Family drool.

After letting it cool, she stir-fried the pig intestines.

She had plenty of spices in her space, and just a sprinkle made it fragrant.

Moreover, pig trotters were rare to come by, and Mrs. Chen, who was heavily pregnant, although maintaining a nutritious diet, had comparatively less nourishing food than an average pregnant woman.

Firstly, Ruan Mian dared not provide too many supplements, as her belly was large, and giving birth under such conditions was precariously risky.

Secondly, providing too much might arouse suspicion from others.

So, she deliberately supplemented her diet in phases, and now with the pig trotters, she also took some peanuts from the space.

The newly planted batch of peanuts in the space had just been harvested.

The freshly crisp peanuts were sweet and juicy, making them perfect for stewing with pig trotters.

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