Chapter 123 Dividing the Roe Deer Meat

Sheng Xiping and the others sent the roe deer to the Gao family.

Of the three roe deer, the Gao family kept two females and left the male for Sheng Xiping and the others to share.

"Oh, Xiping and Jianshe, thank you so much, you've been a great help."

Honey, hurry up and find a scale to weigh these two roe deer, then we'll calculate the money for the child.

We can't let them work up the mountain all day in this freezing weather for nothing.

Gao Haining's mother, Zhao Chunlan, was overjoyed to see the two roe deer on the ground. She quickly called to her husband to go find a scale.

"Uncle Gao, Auntie, no need, nothing else."

Haining and I grew up together. It's only right that we help him with his wedding banquet; how could we possibly accept money?

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping and the others quickly stopped Gao Haining's father, Gao Daqiang.

“That won’t do, Xiping, we can’t do it that way.”

If it weren't for your good relationship with Haining, who would be willing to brave the cold and snow to go up the mountain and make such a fuss?

Your kindness is appreciated, but we absolutely must settle this money.

Friendship is friendship, money is money; even close brothers need to keep clear accounts.

Upon hearing this, Gao Daqiang and his wife exclaimed, "This won't do!" Precisely because they were good friends, they needed to make the calculations even clearer.

We can't let a few dollars ruin our brotherhood. How will we get along with this guy in the future?

"Uncle, really, there's no need. We're just a bunch of people who have nothing else to do, so we'll just go for a stroll in the mountains and have some fun."

"Look, isn't there still one roe deer? Enough for the rest of us to share."

Sheng Xiping and the others insisted on not taking any money and wouldn't let Gao Daqiang go find any scales.

After a heated argument, Sheng Xiping and his group finally backed down.

They said they wouldn't charge us now, and we'd settle the bill after we finished our "walking around" tomorrow or the day after.

Afterwards, Sheng Xiping and the others left the Gao family and returned to the Sheng family. They skinned and gutted the roe deer, and then divided it among themselves.

"This big guy, give it to Section Chief Li later."

We'll need their help a lot in the future, so a little meat won't make a difference.

Sheng Xiping set aside a roe deer leg, intending to deliver it to the head of the security department later.

They gave away so many bullets for free, and even lent Sheng Xiping their semi-automatic rifle. How come he can't even get a roe deer leg in return?

"Yes, yes, Xiping is very thoughtful. We should send some to Section Chief Li."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe and the others nodded in agreement. "That's right! We have to protect this person."

If we maintain a good relationship in the future, we might even be able to borrow a couple more guns from the security department.

In that case, if these guys go into the mountains again, they'll be able to fight anything.

And so, the roe deer leg that was set aside for Li Zhenggang was divided among the families, and each family took the rest of the meat back with them.

The family was very happy to see that there was meat.

It's just gotten cold, and people can't stand the cold, so it's a good time to stew the roe deer bones in a pot with some vegetables.

In the evening, the whole family enjoys a hot bowl of bone broth and some meat; it's delicious.

The remaining meat can be used to stir-fry some vegetables or make some steamed buns, enough for two more good meals.

In this day and age, that's pretty good.

"When you go out with Xiping in the future, be sensible and take the initiative to do the hard work. Don't just shirk your responsibilities and act like a big shot."

"If it weren't for Xiping leading you all, would our family be able to eat meat and drink soup?"

The parents of each family couldn't help but give their sons some advice.

On the Sheng family's side, when Zhang Shuzhen saw that her son had been given a piece of roe deer meat, she quickly started a fire and put the bones into a pot to stew.

Then I scalded the dough, chopped the meat, and took out some radishes to shred.

"Son, go and call Qinglan home. Tonight we're making steamed dumplings with radish and roe deer meat."

Qinglan hasn't come to our house for dinner for quite some time now, and I miss her a lot.

While busy with her work, Zhang Shuzhen didn't forget to tell her son, Sheng Xiping, to call Zhou Qinglan over for dinner.

Tang Fengying is getting married soon, and as her cousin, Zhou Qinglan has been helping out at the Tang family home recently, instead of living in the collective household.

Sheng Xiping has been busy picking pine nuts on the mountain lately and hasn't had much time to visit Zhou Qinglan. In fact, the two haven't seen each other for quite some time.

Since he had nothing else to do today, Sheng Xiping went to the Tang family's house and asked Zhou Qinglan to come over for dinner.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qinglan readily agreed. After informing the Tang family, she went to the Sheng family with Sheng Xiping.

Zhang Shuzhen was overjoyed to see Zhou Qinglan and pulled her hand to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Quickly, get on the kang (heated brick bed), it's warm there."

Oh dear, it suddenly started snowing. Have you prepared your winter clothes and pants?

It gets cold much earlier here than in town. From now on, we'll have to wear padded jackets and trousers.

Don't try to be too fashionable like others; young ladies must be careful and keep warm.

Seeing that Zhou Qinglan was dressed rather thinly, Zhang Shuzhen worried that Zhou Qinglan was young and inexperienced, and that if she dressed too fashionably and didn't wear cotton, she might develop health problems later.

"Auntie, when I first came to the forest farm, I was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and trousers. I took them off and washed them in the summer."

It's not that cold yet. My cotton-padded jacket and trousers are thick, so it's a bit early to be wearing them now.

People always say to dress warmly in spring and lightly in autumn, right? I was thinking of not wearing it yet and waiting a while longer.

Zhou Qinglan wore an old sweater with a cloth shirt over it.

I was dressed like this a few days ago and it was quite warm, but now that it's snowing and the temperature has dropped, it's definitely a bit cold.

The main problem is that she only has one thick cotton coat, and it's really too early for her to wear it now.

In those days, it was considered quite good if a person had a set of cotton-padded jacket and trousers.

Some families are so poor that even with several members, they don't have two sets of cotton-padded clothes.

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