Lu Chuan pondered as he walked back...

Around noon, Xu Han returned home from gathering wild vegetables but didn't see Lu Chuan. She decided to cook first so they could eat as soon as Lu Chuan returned!

I went to the kitchen, took out the lamb offal I had bought earlier, and planned to make a lamb offal soup and some flatbread. I made a lot so that it would be convenient to eat on the way to the cattle herd tomorrow!

First, clean the sheep offal with wood ash, rinsing it repeatedly until there is no odor. Also, singe off the hair from the sheep's head and hooves, clean them, and set them aside for later use.

Add a large pot of water to the pot, then add the sheep's head and trotters. These are harder to cook, so cook them for a while first.

Add scallions and ginger to remove the gamey smell, then bring it to a boil over high heat to cook the sheep's head and trotters!

After simmering for about half an hour, add the lamb heart and lungs, which cook faster and only need to be simmered for another 15 minutes.

In another pot, boil some water. We'll make mutton offal soup later. Using boiling water will make the soup white and flavorful!

Taking advantage of her free time, Xu Han started kneading dough, planning to make a fried pancake today!

Take out half of the kneaded dough and roll it into a thin sheet. Spread cooking oil on it, sprinkle with chopped green onions and salt, and start rolling it up. Fold it into a large round pancake, then roll it out again into a pancake of the appropriate thickness and set it aside for later use.

Use the same method with the other half of the dough to make a plain fried pancake without adding scallions.

Once the time is up, remove the lamb offal from the pot, clean the pot thoroughly, add soybean oil again, put the flatbread in, and fry until both sides are golden brown. Then it's ready to serve.

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, one bite and the outside is so crispy it crumbles, while the inside is soft, chewy and delicious!

Once the fried dough is cooked, put it into your storage space immediately. It tastes best when it's hot! It won't be crispy when it cools down!

Heat oil in a separate pot, add the chopped lamb offal and stir-fry briefly. Then add boiling water from the pot, and the water will instantly turn milky white.

Bring it to a boil again, then add salt and pepper to taste—it'll be delicious!

You can also add cabbage and glass noodles to the mutton offal soup according to your preference. I didn't add any because I didn't have any cabbage at home, and I didn't have much sweet potato glass noodles left either! So I won't add any today. Mutton offal soup with fried dough sticks is also very delicious!

After everything was done, Lu Chuan still hadn't returned, and Xu Han couldn't help but feel a little worried.

If it was just about setting traps, they should have been back before noon. It's past lunchtime, why haven't they returned yet!

As soon as she stepped out of the courtyard gate, she heard the howl of the black wind in the distance, and Xu Han's heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, slowly began to relax! No matter what time it was, it was good that she was back!

After taking a few steps forward, they saw Lu Chuan dragging something and rushed over to help!

"You're back so late today, so it's because you went goat hunting! Wait a minute! Didn't you say the goat hunting spot was quite far from here?"

"Yes, the goats don't roam around here! When I was leaving after collecting the traps today, I happened to run into a herd of goats, and since you like to eat them, I hunted a few!"

Lu Chuan didn't tell Xu Han his guess directly, wanting to explain it to her properly that evening to avoid making her worry if she knew beforehand!

The two carried the prey into the yard together. Xu Han said, "Let's wash our hands and eat first! It's past mealtime, you must be hungry. We'll deal with the prey after we eat!"

"Okay, I smelled the delicious aroma as soon as I entered the yard. I've been starving for ages. What delicious food did you make today?"

"Lamb offal soup and fried dough sticks! I'll go get them first!"

After saying that, she went into the kitchen, cut the round fried dough into triangles, took out cilantro and garlic sprouts from her space, washed them, chopped them into small pieces, and told people to add them to the soup if they wanted to eat them!

The two quickly finished their lunch and went to the river to process the goats! Six goats were quite a lot, and it would take a long time to process them all!

Although it's convenient to prepare the offal in the yard, it will make the yard smelly, so it's better to prepare it by the river!

Lu Chuan skinned the sheep, and Xu Han assisted him. By the time they finished cleaning everything, it was already mid-afternoon!

Xu Han took the mutton, sheep's head, heart, and lungs home! Lu Chuan continued cleaning the sheep's stomach and intestines by the river!

After Xu Han returned home, she first boiled a pot of water to clean the hair off the sheep's head and hooves. Once the water was hot, she put the sheep's head in to scald it. The water shouldn't be too hot, otherwise the sheep's head would be cooked and the hair would be difficult to pluck!

When the wool was almost scalded, take it out and put it in a basin to the side to start plucking the wool. If it couldn't be plucked, scald it again. Repeat this process. Just when Xu Han was about to lose her temper, Lu Chuan finally returned.

Seeing Xu Han's expression, he immediately took the things from her hands and continued working on them!

"Why didn't you wait for me to come back so we could work together? These things are really difficult to handle, it would take you a long time to do them all by yourself!" Lu Chuan said.

"I was thinking of doing it myself first and then waiting for you to come back, but my hands are all white from being soaked in the water, and I can't pull the wool at all! You do it! I'll go remove the sheep's stomach!"

The black stuff on the tripe also needs to be cleaned off, even though tripe is edible! But cleaning it will reduce the odor.

This is much easier to prepare than a sheep's head. Just blanch it in a pot, and it's done in no time.

Now all you need to do is wash it clean. Take it to the backyard and rinse it with water. Once it's clean, put it back in your storage space. The weather is getting hotter, and it will spoil if left outside!

Thankfully there was some space, otherwise all that meat would have been wasted!

Lu Chuan had finished preparing the sheep's head and was taking it to the backyard to wash it. Xu Han, meanwhile, returned to the kitchen to start making dinner!

Take out two lamb livers, slice them, bring water to a boil in a pot, blanch the lamb livers in the boiling water to remove the blood foam. Take them out and rinse them clean.

In a separate wok, heat oil, add Sichuan peppercorns, Sichuan peppercorn oil, and plenty of chili peppers. Then add the lamb liver and stir-fry evenly until slightly browned and fragrant. A delicious stir-fried lamb liver dish is now ready.

Tonight's main dish is white rice, paired with a shiitake mushroom and greens dish. A simple yet delicious dinner is ready!

The two ate and chatted. Lu Chuan suddenly said, "We probably can't go to Niu Qun's place tomorrow."

Upon hearing Lu Chuan's words, Xu Han immediately jumped up and shouted, "Why? You promised me!"

Lu Chuan quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, it's not that I don't want to take you, it's just that I saw the sheep moving this way today, and I was wondering if a large animal had broken into the area where the sheep used to live, causing the sheep to migrate!"

Xu Han calmed down after hearing Lu Chuan's words! Seeing that Xu Han was no longer angry, Lu Chuan sat down as well. He knew that Xu Han was not an unreasonable person!

Xu Han thought of how Lu Chuan had previously prevented her from going to Niu Qun's place, but now that he had finally agreed, he suddenly changed his mind.