The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 93 - 91: Climbing the Mountain & Dividing the Grain

Chapter 93: Chapter 91: Climbing the Mountain & Dividing the Grain

After eating the pig-killing feast, it’s time to divide the pork. The Xiao Family got five pounds and were overjoyed. "This meat, I’ll cook it later, and we’ll take it to the Northwest to eat together.

There’s plenty of beef and lamb over there, but pork is really a rare thing."

Xiao Chenye pouted and mumbled, "You know everything."

"You brat, say it out loud if you have the guts, don’t mumble like that, you’re not a man."

Xiao Chenye shrunk his neck, "Sorry, Mom."

Xiao Chenxing covered her mouth and giggled. This silly brother, daring to hit a nerve when Mom’s already upset.

To go to the Northwest, you need to prepare a bit more stuff; at least a thick coat is a must with the cold plains and winds there.

If your clothes aren’t thick enough, the wind can pierce through to your bones.

"By the way, when are we going hunting again?"

"In the next couple of days? Not exactly sure. It was originally scheduled for tomorrow, but Uncle said it was too rushed, so he pushed it back a bit."

Mrs. Xiao frowned, "Don’t delay too much, or we’ll miss the bus down the mountain."

"Got it, don’t worry Mom, I have it under control." 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The next day was grain distribution day. With the entire winter ahead, everyone eagerly got up before dawn to line up for it.

Wen Ran was quite calm, as she was already prepared to be last.

She leisurely got up in the morning, had a meal, and went up the mountain with her things.

As soon as she got up the mountain, the lead wolf caught her scent, looked behind and was displeased to see no cubs, blocking her path with constant howling, insisting that Wen Ran bring the cubs along.

Wen Ran had no choice; with a howling wolf behind her, she couldn’t hunt.

After a trip back and forth, a lively little wolf cub trailed behind her.

Wen Ran cursed and muttered.

The three of them, one human and two wolves, headed up the mountain, catching two rabbits along the way. Wen Ran put the rabbits in her basket, and they returned empty-handed otherwise.

The wolf cub had grown, and the lead wolf started teaching Hetao hunting skills, causing quite a stir. As a result, anything Wen Ran spotted was disrupted by the two wolves.

Eventually, Wen Ran gave up, deciding that since she couldn’t catch any game, she’d just treat it as a picnic.

She took an orange out of her space, peeled half of it, and felt a weight on her shoulder.

Wen Ran: "?"

Startled, she thought the lead wolf had come for food, instinctively turning her head to face a pair of pitch-black eyes.

"Oh my gosh!"

Her heart almost jumped out as she gave a swift shoulder throw, revealing a full view.

It was a half-grown roe deer.

Now it was out cold from Wen Ran’s hit.

An unexpected surprise, perhaps?

Wen Ran washed her hands, ate the orange, and threw the peel into her space. Only then did she cut open the deer to drain the blood, as letting it sit would spoil the meat’s taste.

The lead wolf and Hetao kept practicing hunting, although their progress seemed slow, making the lead wolf frustrated enough to nearly fly off the ground.

Wen Ran could only sigh, feeling that animals were the same everywhere; whoever tutors them ends up frustrated.

Leaving the two wolves behind, Wen Ran strolled back.

As she arrived home, she bumped into Mrs. Xiao, "Aunt? What brings you here?"

"I didn’t see you waiting for the grain distribution, so I came to check. What’s this..."

"Oh, I went up the mountain," Wen Ran blinked with a smile, "I’m happy today, Aunt, come over to my place for a gathering, we’ll have meat."

Mrs. Xiao was delighted, "Did you catch game again?"

"Yeah, just got lucky with a big roe deer."

"No one saw you on the way back, right?"

"No, I was careful."

The half-grown roe deer weighed about 130 pounds; after draining the blood, skinning, and cleaning it, there were still seventy to eighty pounds of pure meat left. Even if they ate a lot tonight, they couldn’t finish it all.

With Mrs. Xiao’s help, they processed the deer much faster, even getting the hide skinned. "I’ll tan it and see if I can make you a thick coat before going to the Northwest."

"Alright!"

Wen Ran smiled, "I can’t go empty-handed, I’ll smoke some meat to take along, we’ll eat it together."

"Sounds good, Aunt will shamelessly take advantage then."

Wen Ran laughed, "If we count everything, we’d never settle it. All back and forth, I’ve had my share of your food too.

Besides, when I first came to the countryside, you took care of me. Whoever treats me well, I remember it."

"Haha," Mrs. Xiao patted her chest audibly, "Of course, an aunt is great, and the children raised by an aunt are great too, right?

Boys and girls alike are excellent!

Mrs. Xiao enjoyed Wen Ran’s warmth and didn’t forget to subtly promote her silly son’s good image.

Wen Ran was the last to get the grain distributed. She thought no one would be left, but ran into some educated youths arguing on the side.

"No, why is it? Why did we get so little? How is this enough to eat?"

The leader impatiently tapped his dry pipe, "It’s not given to you, it’s earned by your own labor points, understand?"

Zhang Sisi got stuck, "But, but it’s not enough! This winter is long, it won’t last!"

"You can check the accounts."

The educated youths didn’t believe it and checked one by one, everything matched perfectly.

Wen Ran, though not working much, often did side jobs and had plenty of meat at home, so any amount of grain would be sufficient.

She was watching the commotion quietly, but Zhang Sisi, not being an easygoing person, got angry, "What are you looking at? So you have more grain than us?"

Wen Ran: "... What, do you have rabies? Why are you snapping at everyone?"

Does she look easy to bully?

Zuo Xinyue, having suffered losses with Wen Ran before, had some sense of pride. She hurried to pull Zhang Sisi, "Let it go, really, why pick on her for nothing?"

Zhang Sisi was upset, "Can’t you see? She’s laughing at us!"

"But she didn’t say anything."

Wen Ran glanced at Zuo Xinyue, "Honestly, if I were you guys, I wouldn’t bother with that refined grain. If you want to eat well, you have to eat your fill first.

Exchange the fine grain for coarse grain, and at least you can fill your stomach."

The educated youths felt insulted.

Even Zhang Zhijie glanced over, frowning, "Wen Ran, you’d better mind your own business first. After all, collecting pig grass doesn’t get you much grain either."

Wen Ran shrugged; well, kindness was mistaken for a donkey’s liver and lungs.

The leader was already tired of dealing with these educated youths, and cheerfully said to Wen Ran, "It’s all counted, how do you want to take it?"

There was a ratio of coarse to fine grain, usually thirty percent fine and seventy percent coarse.

If you wanted more coarse grain, you could exchange it with fine grain, one pound of fine grain for three pounds of coarse grain.

"I’ll take the maximum of fine grain, the rest in coarse grain is fine."

"Alright, come pick yourself."

There were quite a few types of coarse grain.

After taking everything, Xiao Chenye just stood by, aptly putting the grain on his shoulder, swaggering off.

Wen Ran raised an eyebrow, "Bye-bye, anyway, no way will I go hungry."