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Chapter 399: Chapter 402: Be Good to Your Wife_1
After they had settled the mountain muntjac, Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong went to the stream to wash their hands before returning to the cave to share their dry food.
It was already two or three o’clock, and they had been starving for a long time.
However, Qiao Duo’er disliked the dry flatbreads and only ate half before refusing to eat any more.
"Wife, go find some dry wood to start a fire, I’ll be back soon," Tan Zhenghong said as he stuffed the last piece of flatbread into his mouth and took a sip of water before leaving. When he returned, he was carrying a cleaned chicken in his hand.
Regretfully, Qiao Duo’er said, "It would have been great if we had some seasonings."
"I brought some, there’s salt and five-spice powder inside," Tan Zhenghong replied, taking out a small bamboo tube from his chest.
His wife wasn’t picky, she ate a lot of what she liked and less of what she didn’t. As long as she didn’t starve, that was enough.
But as her husband, he had to find a way to fill her up. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
Qiao Duo’er, with her head lowered, evenly rubbed the seasoning all over the chicken. Tan Zhenghong leaned in and said, "Don’t be shy, you’re my wife. If I don’t treat you well, who will?"
Letting others be good to his wife meant pushing her away, didn’t it?
He certainly wouldn’t do such a stupid thing.
Although Qiao Duo’er’s face was tense, she couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips upwards.
The chicken sizzled over the fire, and soon a tantalizing meaty aroma wafted through the air.
Once the outside turned golden brown, the roast chicken was ready to eat.
Tan Zhenghong tore off a piece of meat first, cooled it down, and fed it to Qiao Duo’er’s mouth, "Wife, how does it taste?"
"It’s delicious, you should try some too," Qiao Duo’er smiled with her eyes half-closed.
Tan Zhenghong nodded, first tearing off a chicken leg for Qiao Duo’er and then eating the meat from the carcass himself.
Dissatisfied, Qiao Duo’er said, "You eat the chicken leg first. I can’t finish that much, and it won’t taste good when it’s cold. We can always catch another one tonight if we have to."
The two of them enjoyed their meal together until Qiao Duo’er suddenly said, "There’s someone outside."
Tan Zhenghong put down the roasted chicken and covered the mountain muntjac with dry grass.
Just as the person outside was about to enter the cave, Tan Zhenghong casually sat down next to Qiao Duo’er with a relaxed demeanor.
Jiang’s Clan looked in and smiled, "Who could it be? Is it Zheng Hong and your wife?"
"Auntie, are you also here to gather mountain goods?" Tan Zhenghong asked nonchalantly.
"Yes, it’s good to be a hunter, you can always have meat wherever you go. Unlike us, we can only pick some walnuts and jujubes, all worthless stuff," Jiang’s Clan’s eyes kept drifting to the roasted chicken.
Could the two of them finish a whole roast chicken?
"You could let Xiao Shu learn hunting from me. We’re all from the same township, I’ll only charge you one tael of silver a year," Tan Zhenghong offered.
Hunters rarely take on apprentices, and even if they do, the fee isn’t small. He was already giving a neighborly discount.
Jiang’s Clan immediately shook her head, "Even if you didn’t charge silver, I wouldn’t let Xiao Shu do a life-risking job."
Tan Zhenghong, as skillful as he is, didn’t he still break his leg?
If not for Qiao Duo knowing the joint-healing method, he’d be a cripple for life.
Her son didn’t have the same skills as Tan Zhenghong. What if he lost his life? How could she let her child take such a risk?
The expressions on Tan Zhenghong and Qiao Duo’er’s faces soured, but Jiang’s Clan did not care, "I didn’t say anything wrong. After all, hunting isn’t a proper trade. Look at selling braised meat – you make money without much hard work, and later we can call Chao Lian to make money together."
Tan Zhenghong and Qiao Duo’er didn’t want to engage with her because speaking with a fool could turn themselves foolish as well.
