"Those of us with good teeth can eat the meat with bones." Li Yuzhu pointed towards the side of the Princely Heir and Second Young Master Li, "What Big Brother and Second Brother are grilling over there is just that."
The two of them were grilling ribs.
The ribs had already been evenly sprinkled with salt grains.
She borrowed these salt grains from Grandpa Qin’s family, only a small pack, barely enough for one meal.
The meat, dusted with salt, sizzled gradually under the firewood’s roasting, oil dripped into the fire, raising small puffs of blue smoke.
Without bowls, Li Yuzhu plucked some leaves from the bamboo by the cave, washed them clean to wrap the meat.
These big leaves used for wrapping zongzi were also very handy for wrapping meat.
Her young nephew, Li Jing, was smacking his lips as he ate.
Under everyone’s envious wait, the ribs were finally done.
Each person got two large ribs and ate to their heart’s content.
Preparing food for her young niece, Li Guoguo, was much more troublesome.
Li Yuzhu dug out roasted bird eggs from the ashes and borrowed a beaker from her space to heat some spring water.
Everyone looked at the strange cup, curiously asking her, "Where did you get this glass cup?"
Li Yuzhu made up an excuse, "I quietly took it from Eunuch An." f .r e\ewebnov(e)(l).c om
Eunuch An was the main person responsible for escorting their family.
Although they were under escort, if anyone in their family got sick, Eunuch An would personally inquire and have servants deliver soup and medicine.
The Emperor only said to have their family suffer hardship here, he didn’t say to let them die.
By now, Eunuch An had returned to the Capital, so they couldn’t really confront them about the cup.
"You certainly have skills." The Great Princess curiously stared at the cup.
Once the water boiled and cooled down, Li Yuzhu took out the yolk from the bird eggs, put it in the cup, and stirred it with a bamboo stick chopstick.
And just like that, a cup of egg yolk soup was ready.
Guoguo ate it happily.
After lunch, Li Yuzhu, Li Xing’an, and the Second Young Master, who volunteered to come along, took the leopard meat down the mountain; they were going to the village to trade for necessities.
As they passed by Mu Yuanxiu’s house, Li Yuzhu unexpectedly noticed a cage full of gray rabbits next to the haystack in his backyard.
Some of these rabbits looked familiar...
Li Xing’an, with a big mouth, immediately whispered, "Oh dear, Third Sister, the rabbit we caught last night looks a lot like these rabbits!"
It wasn’t just similar, it might be part of the same family.
Li Yuzhu was troubled.
The rabbit she and Li Xing’an found, the one that ran into a tree, must have belonged to Mu Yuanxiu.
Because all these rabbits had one thing in common on their left legs - they had been marked with ink.
When she slaughtered the rabbit, she hadn’t thought much of it, assuming it had been smudged with charcoal or some plant in the forest.
Seeing this cage of rabbits now, she realized that the ink was a deliberate mark.
The Second Young Master covered Li Xing’an’s big mouth with his hand, "Don’t say a word! That guy will ask us for compensation! Can you afford to compensate now?"
Li Xing’an shook his head in terror, he couldn’t even afford a rabbit hair.
"Keep this matter to yourselves, act as if it never happened!" the Second Young Master warned quietly.
Li Xing’an nodded vigorously and pointed at Li Yuzhu, signaling the Second Young Master to remind her too.
"Third Sister is smarter than you, she won’t blab. Just keep your big mouth shut," the Second Young Master said disdainfully.
Li Yuzhu said, "There’s a saying that goes, ’Take the hand that feeds, keep the mouth that eats.’ Since we’ve eaten their rabbit, let’s not keep targeting them, okay?"
Li Xing’an nodded vigorously, he couldn’t even compensate for a rabbit hair, let alone a rabbit, so he’d better behave.