Chapter 304 Preparations for the Party (1/2)

Chapter 304: Preparations for the Party

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Li Du and his friends embarked on their return journey on Sunday morning.

When they had first entered the national park, there had been three of them. When they departed, they left in a group of four, together with a deer, wild boars, a variety of birds, hares, and so forth.

When they reached their cabin, Li Du arranged for Big Quinn and Godzilla to handle their game. He then called Rose to confirm that the dinner party would be taking place that night.

Hans was not interested in eating game. ”Who knows?” he said. ”These things might contain some parasite. Or they might carry some mysterious virus or bacteria. I don’t think we should touch them.”

”It won’t get complicated,” assured Li Du. ”At most I will soak the meat in alcohol. Then consider if we should steam, boil, fry or roast it. It will be clean and free from any virus or bacteria or whatever.”

Hans was taken aback. ”What? Use alcohol to soak it?” He sounded dismayed. ”How can you eat something that's been soaked with alcohol?”

Li Du tried to calm him down. ”Relax, I’m using either brandy or cooking wine to soak them,” explained Li Du, ”In any case, this method will rid them of undesirable bacteria, viruses and the like. At the same time, it improves the meat quality, removes the bloody smell, and the meat tastes so much better.”

Hans poked Li’s chest a few times and said, ”I have to warn you, bud. Today you're going to treat a bunch of cops. If there's any problem with the food, I bet they'll arrest you on the spot.”

Li Du remained composed and smiled. ”Okay, let them come get me.”

The venison was cut into pieces, which he used basins to hold. Then he poured brandy on them to get rid of the smell.

Big Quinn took out a sharp knife and began to skin the wild boar. He was the expert in this aspect. Li Du looked on in awe as Big Quinn single-handedly skinned, chopped, and sliced up the small wild boar with ease and skill.

Li Du praised, ”You’re good with knives.”

Big Quinn smiled. ”When I was six, I caught a hare with a broken leg at my gramps’s farm. After that, I started to learn how to handle them.”

”So how did you handle the hare?”

”Oh, I bandaged its broken leg, nursed it back to health, and let it stay on the farm.”

Li Du was surprised to hear that answer. ”I thought you were gonna say that you barbecued the rabbit or stewed it to make a soup,” he laughed. ”I’m sorry.”

Big Quinn shrugged his shoulders. ”Why apologize? In fact, I bandaged it because my gramps told me that the hare was pregnant. For a long period of time, I had rabbit meat for food, as all the hare’s babies stayed on the farm.”

”You actually adopted a plan to secure food for a long time?” Li Du was amazed and burst into more laughter. ”You understood the meaning of long-term sustainability at such a young age?”

Big Quinn answered, ”Yes—I thought of doing the same thing with a wild boar, but I got a bashing from my gramps instead.”

”Why?”

”Because the wild boar I freed ruined his watermelon field.” Big Quinn shook his head as spoke. ”Heavy losses, pal.”

Li Du laughed loudly as he left. He got in the Hellcat and drove to his neighbor, Tomasson’s house. He happened to meet the Amish man while he was sitting in the buggy, ready to leave.

”Hello, Mr. Tomasson.”

Tomasson smiled and said, ”Hello, neighbor, what brings you here today?”

Li Du said, ”It’s like this: I went hunting for game in the woods yesterday and I got some venison. Do you like deer meat?”

Tomasson licked his lips and said, ”My wife makes great venison steak with black pepper sauce—I can’t stop eating it every time she makes it.”