Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 1033: Chapter 944: Official of the First Rank 5

Murong Ting didn’t say anything to forbid Murong Shuangshuang from fishing or hunting wild animals. In this era, seven-year-old kids were used as a third of a labor force; life was quite harsh.

It was different from modern society, where parents worried about sending their ten-year-old kids to school and kept them pampered as little princesses or emperors, mostly having their fingers unsoiled by spring water. In this time, people were living on the edge, struggling to survive, and even if they wanted to spoil their children, they could not afford it.

Murong Shuangshuang could bring meat home, which made Murong Ting and Mrs. She very happy. However, Murong Ting still taught Murong Shuangshuang some outdoor knowledge, and reminded her not to enter the water or venture deep into the mountains.

Murong Shuangshuang agreed to all this while helping Mrs. She pick wild vegetables and kill fish as she talked with Murong Ting. Murong Ting was a good man; he was not a male chauvinist and loved his wife and daughter. He didn’t feel ashamed to help with cooking or housework, unlike the traditional scholars who held the idea of not entering the kitchen.

Mrs. She was very skilled; she wrapped wild vegetables with dark flour to make a bunch of vegetable dumplings, made fish soup with a fish, and steamed the dumplings over the fish soup. One fish was grilled to eat because grilled fish is oil-saving and delicious.

This time they cooked three fish in total, two small ones for soup, one large one for grilling, and kept two large ones. It’s not that Mrs. She was stingy about eating them; the family hadn’t had substantial food for a long time. If they ate too much meat at once, their stomach could not handle it, and it would make them fall sick instead of nourishing them.

Fish soup, grilled fish, coupled with vegetable dumplings, made the family of three very satisfied with the meal, and they ended up a bit too full, needing a while to digest before feeling comfortable.

Early the next morning, Murong Ting went up the mountain to collect herbs. The herbs he collected mainly served the villagers who came for treatment. Of course, Murong Ting alone couldn’t supply all those who came to him for treatment, which was why Fang Keixin’s father asked Mrs. Tian to give money to buy medicine for Fang Keixin before.

Murong Ting went with the thought of collecting more herbs to save those seeking treatment some money. Murong Shuangshuang, having had a full meal yesterday, felt much of that weakness and lack of energy dispelled today.

Feeling energetic, Murong Shuangshuang decided to follow Murong Ting into the mountain, hoping to catch some wild game and train her body a bit, laying a foundation for future martial arts practice.

Murong Shuangshuang, as usual, carried her little basket on her back, went out with Murong Ting; in the morning, Mrs. She grilled the remaining two fish and ate them with roasted vegetable dumplings, especially fragrant and delicious.

Once they had food in their stomachs, people were full of energy. As Murong Shuangshuang and Murong Ting headed out, they saw Fang Keixin sitting under a big tree, daydreaming with her chin supported by her hand outside the courtyard gate.

When Fang Keixin saw Murong Shuangshuang and Murong Ting, she glanced at them and then turned her head back to daydreaming again, probably thinking about how to return to the modern era.

Murong Shuangshuang didn’t bother with Fang Keixin; the current Fang Keixin was still weak, and she wasn’t interested in dealing with her.

Following Murong Ting up the mountain, today they went deeper into the mountains since Murong Ting was there. Murong Shuangshuang set a few more small traps, then followed Murong Ting collecting herbs.

While collecting herbs, Murong Ting explained the properties and pharmacology of the herbs to Murong Shuangshuang. Although Murong Ting’s medical skills weren’t very advanced, he had a lot of knowledge stored and abundant theoretical knowledge; given enough time for practice, Murong Ting could certainly become a renowned doctor.

Unfortunately, in the later years of her past life, Murong Ting and Mrs. She both died at the hands of the court’s collapsing soldiers. Murong Shuangshuang joined Luo Yunchuan’s army as a military doctor, partly because she liked Luo Yunchuan, but also hoping that Luo Yunchuan’s army would resolve the decaying court early, avenging Murong Ting and Mrs. She.

Murong Ting collected quite a lot of herbs today, so he cleaned the herbs roughly on the mountain, carrying a basket full of herbs back home.

On the way back, Murong Shuangshuang checked her traps. Most were empty; originally, she thought she wouldn’t have any gains this time.

But surprisingly, the trap set in the bamboo forest caught two exceptionally plump large bamboo rats!

This era was not friendly to common people, but for animals, it was still a paradise, especially during bountiful food seasons, making them plump, just like the previously caught two rabbits and now these two bamboo rats.

Both bamboo rats were quite large, weighing four to five pounds. Currently, Murong Shuangshuang’s family had to control their meat intake and eat moderately, making these two bamboo rats enough for two to three days.

Murong Shuangshuang, delighted, tied the bamboo rats’ paws, placed them into the medicine basket, and dug some bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus, excitedly following Murong Ting back home. On the way, she caught a wild chicken in a small trap; although tough and low in oil, the meat was fragrant and tastier than farmed chickens.

Returning home with a full load again, both Murong Shuangshuang and Murong Ting felt great. They even discussed how to cook on the way: Murong Shuangshuang suggested keeping the bamboo rats and eating the chicken first, making chicken and potato stew with bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus. Murong Ting, who spoiled his daughter, went along with her idea.

Back home, seeing what Murong Shuangshuang brought back made Mrs. She smile, saying to Murong Shuangshuang and Murong Ting: ”Just today, Hunter Zhang brought five pounds of fat pork for me to render; with oil, we can fry the chicken to eat.”

Hunter Zhang was also someone who settled in Yu Family Village. Without land, and having served in the army, he was skilled with a bow, and with Yu Family Village near the mountains, he became a hunter.

In the past winter, Hunter Zhang went into the mountains to hunt and startled a bear. Although he managed to kill the bear desperately, he was injured and unable to move until Murong Ting, who wanted to catch some small animals because his family lacked food, found him, saved his life, and helped sell the bear to buy medicine for Hunter Zhang to recover, enabling him to survive.

Since then, Hunter Zhang occasionally brought some meat over. Without land and facing a tenfold head tax, Hunter Zhang was struggling. Despite his excellent hunting skills, the meat he could keep was limited, and gifting to Murong Shuangshuang’s family was even harder. Without catching big game, Hunter Zhang couldn’t afford to gift.

Murong Ting knew Hunter Zhang’s tough circumstances and initially didn’t want it, but Hunter Zhang insisted each time, and over time, Murong Ting could only helplessly go along with him.

This time, Hunter Zhang’s trap in the mountains caught a big wild boar, and he generously sent five pounds of fat over. Fat was much more expensive than lean meat these days.