When Lin Chu heard what the head of the village said, a new idea came to his mind.

"It's okay, Grandpa Lizheng, you can arrange to build the house first. Building a house cannot be completed in one go, so build it first. During this period of time, I will go to the mountains more often. Maybe I can encounter wild boars again. Then I will have money."

Lin Chuyi gave them a heads-up to prevent the villagers from getting startled when she came back with the prey.

Everyone thought she was just talking as a child. Although she was very strong, who could tell what would happen in the mountains? It was unlikely that she would encounter a wild boar. If she encountered a bear or a tiger, she might never come back.

Some kind-hearted villagers reminded her to be careful and avoid going up the mountain. Lin Chuyi naturally thanked them for their kindness. It was impossible for her to avoid going up the mountain, but she appreciated their kindness.

Some of these people had helped them when they were in trouble before. Lin Chuyi decided to buy some things when he went to sell wild boar meat tomorrow and give them as a reward.

After things were almost settled, Lin Chuyi handed the silver to the head of the village in person for safekeeping while the villagers were still there.

"Thank you for your hard work, Grandpa Lizheng. My siblings and I have bought some things these days and spent a lot of money. The rest is all here. You can use it first. I will give you the rest slowly after I sell wild boar meat tomorrow. I'm afraid I will have to borrow your ox cart tomorrow."

"Okay, tomorrow I'll ask my second son to help you drive the ox cart, and let him take you to the county to sell the wild boar meat. The price of wild boar meat in the county is higher. And I'll arrange for someone to start cleaning up your house tomorrow. As for the wages, it'll be 30 cents a day. What do you think?"

"Let's still pay 35 cents a day. We can't provide them with food here, so the extra 5 cents can be used as a subsidy for everyone's food expenses. As for the rest, I don't know, so I'll trouble the village head to help decide."

"Okay, if you trust me like this, I will definitely not let you down and I will make sure everything is arranged for you."

The head of the village was also very happy that they could use wages instead of meals. Everyone was so happy that they couldn't contain themselves. This was a win-win situation for everyone.

Lin Chuyi and the head of the village discussed the details here, and other villagers helped to pack up and move all the usable items into the bedroom. They simply piled up the relatively intact adobe bricks and put door panels on top to make a simple bed. They would stay here for the night.

Dead wild boars are difficult to preserve, so the village head took the time to order people to deal with them on the spot.

So everyone boiled water together, bled the wild boar, removed its hair, cleaned it, then gutted the wild boar, cleaned its internal organs, and cut the cleaned wild boar meat into pieces.

Lin Chuyi was not idle either. After discussing with the head of the village, he and the villagers built a simple stove, put on a newly bought pot, and cooked a large pot of pig-killing dishes.

She added wild boar meat, pig blood, fresh mushrooms, potato cubes into the pot, borrowed sauerkraut from the neighboring house, and put a circle of pancakes on the edge of the pot.

By the time she had finished cooking this pot of food, the villagers had almost finished processing the wild boar.

Lin Chuyi first used the kitchen knife that he had used to kill the wild boar to cut a dozen strips of meat weighing about two pounds, and then used the newly bought bowls to serve each person a bowl of pig-killing dishes, asking them to take it back home to add to their family's dishes.

It's already dark and it's long past mealtime. These people have helped their family and haven't even eaten yet, so of course I have to show some appreciation.

Although she killed the wild boar by herself, if she ate it alone, these people would inevitably have some ideas.

For her, there was no need to make it a situation where the problem could be solved by giving something. A pound of meat was just right, which could both increase her favorability and not make people think that she was a sucker and easy to bully.

When Lin Chuyi gave the things, he indicated that it was a thank you gift for everyone's help in stopping the wild boar and killing the pig. All the villagers didn't expect Lin Chuyi to be so generous, and they happily thanked him and accepted the gifts.

Some of them were embarrassed to accept the gifts, but Lin Chuyi still forced them to accept them. In the end, they had no choice but to refuse them, but they still remembered her kindness in their hearts and would take care of them more in the future as much as they could.

Lin Chuyi cut five pounds of wild boar meat for the head of the village. Everyone saw it and had no objection. After all, the head of the village had helped them a lot, so it was only right that he should get more.

The most important thing is that the meat is not theirs, and they have no right to interfere with how Lin Chuyi divides it.

She bought an extra pound of meat for the family who borrowed the sauerkraut from her. The family was very grateful and gave her a small basket of fresh vegetables they grew themselves.

This was just the beginning. The villagers carried the pork and the bowl of pig-killing dishes home and shared the meat and dishes with their families.

When they brought the bowls back, they would be presented with some seasonal vegetables, homemade dried goods, or a few potatoes or sweet potatoes. In short, no one came with an empty bowl.

Seeing this, Lin Chuyi did not refuse and accepted everyone who came. Neighbors should get along like this, helping each other and interacting with each other, and she was happy to do so.

After dinner, Lin Sanya and Lin Chuyi cleaned up the dishes together, sorted out the things sent by the villagers, and put them into the cleaned kitchen.

It was already late at night when everything was done. Lin Chuyi saw that the two children were yawning due to sleepiness, so he boiled a pot of water for them to wash up, and then sent them to bed.

Although Lin Wuyou and Lin Cheng were very sleepy, they still obediently washed themselves and went to the only remaining room to rest.

"Sister, you should go to sleep too." Lin Chuyi said to Lin Sanya.

"Well, don't you want to sleep?" Lin Sanya asked back.

"I'm not sleepy. I'm here to keep watch tonight. There's so much wild boar meat and the bloody smell is strong. I'm afraid it will attract other wild animals on the mountain."

"Ah? No way. Then I won't sleep either. I'll stay with you."

If Lin Chuyi hadn't mentioned it, Lin Sanya really wouldn't have thought about it that way. What if it was just as Lin Chuyi said, and everyone was asleep in the middle of the night, and a wild boar came running over, the house would definitely not be able to be saved, and their lives would be lost.

Just thinking about it made Lin Sanya break out in a cold sweat.

When Lin Chuyi saw Lin Sanya like this, he knew that he had scared her and touched his nose embarrassedly.

"Don't worry too much. This is just my guess. Animals need to rest at night, so they probably won't come. I can't sleep anyway, so we can process the wild boar meat first so that it will be convenient to sell it at the market tomorrow."

Lin Sanya was no longer in a hurry to rest after hearing this. She rolled up her sleeves and said, "Tell me what to do. I'll do it with you."

Lin Chuyi's original intention was just to get those people away so that she could deal with the wild boar meat. If she kept Lin Sanya, how could she use the space to cheat?

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