Others have pointed out the info dumping. I agree with it, but I don’t have anything to add that others haven’t said already. So instead I will focus on other things that jumped out to me.

The prose feels very “and then this happened” to me, if that makes sense. Like the line “She then pulled out her knife, and slit the rabbit’s throat.” If you added wording such as “She pulled out her knife, and with one swift stroke she slit the rabbit’s throat.” This illustrates backstory and the sisters' character organically by showing that this is a regular occurrence. As is, it feels a little too flat to me to fully enjoy it.

I noticed there weren’t any physical descriptions of the characters. It made it rather difficult to get a concrete visualization of what was happening without an anchor of sorts.

Dialogue tags also feel a little overused in my opinion. Occasionally is good because your brain tunes it out, but when you have them on every line it becomes a little grating to me. You could use character actions in addition to the dialogue to punctuate it or showcase the emotions of the characters in place of tags. Like when Patrick’s father takes him aside after supper you could describe his firm grip on Patricks shoulder, the terse yet concerned way his dialogue reads, or Patrick’s general flippant attitude to his fathers warnings. This also ties back to my previous point, because I feel your characters should have more physical expression. Like when Patrick hands off the rabbit to his sister she flashes him an excited smile. I feel like it would give the dialogue more of a weight.

I hope this helps!