Chapter 397: Wild Boar Sausages (1)
Chapter 397: Wild Boar Sausages (1)
When Yang Bao heard about the commotion, he almost threw his cup in anger. He stormed over to the Wang household, where a crowd of villagers had already gathered to watch the spectacle. In front of everyone, Yang Bao demanded to know the full story.
Wang Dali and his group were eager to hide their attempt to extort the Mo family after their injuries from fighting over prey with the dogs and being attacked by a tiger. However, Yang Bao was not about to let them off the hook. He wanted Wang Dali and the others to confess voluntarily, planning to use them as an example once the village regulations were established.
Having been the village head for over a decade, Yang Bao had his ways. With a few sharp questions, he forced Wang Dali and his group to spill everything.
Upon learning that they had only escaped the tiger's jaws with the help of Mo family’s big dog and thirteen other dogs, Yang Bao was furious. He wished he could expel this group from the village to never see them again. However, as the village head, he couldn't act on such impulses.
The gathered villagers, however, had no such constraints. They looked at Wang Dali and his companions with contempt. Who would stoop so low as to steal from dogs, and then not only refuse to show gratitude to the Mo family's dogs that saved them but also try to extort money from them in the dead of night? They were worse than animals.
The thought of having to live alongside such selfish people made the villagers feel disgusted, like swallowing a fly. They became wary of Wang Dali and his group.
Under such scornful gazes, even the thick-skinned Wang Dali and his companions felt humiliated.
Though infuriated, Yang Bao couldn’t just walk away. Considering that Wang Dali’s leg wound had indeed worsened due to the fall, Yang Bao mediated and finally brokered an agreement where the villager who pushed Wang Dali would compensate him with 500 coins.
For a farming family, which typically lived on two taels of silver a year, 500 coins was quite a sum. However, Wang Dali, being greedy, thought it was too little. Meanwhile, the villager who pushed him was filled with regret and anger, regretting the impulsive push and resenting Wang Dali’s greed.
Fearing that Yang Bao might pursue their extortion attempt against the Mo family, both parties reluctantly agreed to the settlement, though a deep grudge was now established between them.
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Yang Bao, seeing the resolution, acted as if he didn’t notice the brewing hostility and left. He had more pressing matters, like finalizing the village regulations with the respected elders before the end of the year, so he could punish Wang Dali and his group and give the Mo family a proper explanation.
Meanwhile, Mo Yan was in the kitchen with Li Xiu, her niece, and Cai shi, Xiong shi, and Zhou shi, making sausages, oblivious to the drama at the Wang household.
The sausage casings and pork came from the three to four hundred pound wild boar that Xiao Hua and Da Bai had hunted. The boar had been buried in the snow to keep it fresh until the previous morning when the snow stopped and Mo Yan called Lin Yong to help butcher and clean the boar.
Wild boar meat, unlike the fat and tender meat of domestic pigs, was lean and had a strong gamey flavor. However, properly prepared, it could make dishes much more flavorful than domestic pork. With about 300 pounds of pure wild boar meat after removing the innards, feet, and head, Mo Yan decided to make all of it into sausages. The Mo family had plenty of other game and poultry, so making sausages would provide a lasting supply of meat and make impressive gifts for friends and allies.
Cai shi, however, was reluctant. As she cut the wild boar meat into small pieces, she said with a pained expression, “Yan girl, if you want to make sausages, why not sell the wild boar and buy domestic pork? Making all this into sausages is such a waste!”
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