Li Yan walked into the house excitedly and saw Lin Feng and his group sitting in the house talking. Li Yan ran over happily and said, "Uncle, you're back?"

Lin Feng patted Li Yan's head lovingly and said, "Uncle bought you a fur coat from the north. Try it on later to see if it fits you well!"

Lin looked at her brother, whose beard was unshaven and whose face was frosted, and urged him, "Go back to your rooms and rest for a while. I'll call you when the meal is ready!"

Lin Feng was indeed tired after traveling in the snow and wind. He told the Guo brothers to go back and rest first and come back for dinner later. He also led Monkey and Tiezhu back to the house to rest.

After everyone went back to the house to rest, Li Yan helped her aunt to take out the chopped frozen pork and frozen lamb legs from the big vat in front of the door!

After the hard frozen meat thawed, Li Yan picked up the pork and started chopping it. After a while, Li Yan prepared to make a big meatball.

The thawed lamb legs are put into the pot and boiled. A pot of lamb soup will be made later. It is so delicious to drink a bowl of hot lamb soup in such a cold day!

The aunt and niece were busy with their own things, and Lin sat aside to help light the fire!

The rich aroma drifted far away on the cold wind. Maomao, who was playing with his little butt sticking out in front of the door, sniffed and smelled a strong aroma of meat. He suddenly stood up, took short steps, and rushed to the courtyard where the fragrance came from. He poked his little head out and blinked his eyes at Li Yan who was busy in the kitchen.

Lin looked at Maomao peeking out of his mind with amusement and waved to the little fellow, "It's cold outside. Come over here and warm yourself by the fire. I'll ask your second sister to serve you some mutton soup later!"

Maomao rushed to Lin like a firecracker and sat down next to her, looking up with a smile and full of anticipation at the busy work of Li Yan and her group!

There are not many vegetables in winter, so Li Xiaomei used the beans at home to sprout some soybeans.

Li Xiaomei picked up the basket of bean sprouts, lifted the white cloth, and said happily, "These are just enough to make a meal!"

Li Yan took out some radishes, pickled beans and sauerkraut from the cellar and prepared to cut some shredded meat and stir-fry them together. It would go very well with rice!

When the rich, milky-white mutton soup was ready, Li Yan poured a small bowl for Maomao, who had been looking forward to it all morning, and warned him, "Be careful, it's hot!"

Maomao sat at the small table and sniffed, "What a delicious smell!" He had never had mutton soup before. He blew on the soup in front of him and carefully took a sip. "It's so delicious!"

Li Yan took another big bowl and filled it with food and sent it to the neighbor next door. Mrs. Wu, who was sitting by the fire in the main room, saw the mutton soup brought by Li Yan and hurried forward to take it: "There are many people at home today. What if there is not enough food? Why send it over?" Although Mrs. Wu was scolding her, she had a smile on her face.

Li Yan: "Don't worry, grandma, I'll do my best!" After saying that, she left in a hurry.

When Li Yan returned home, she woke up her uncles and started cooking. When the food was served, Lin Feng and his group had already packed up and sat down at the table.

Although there are not many of them, the quantity is large, including boiling mutton soup, secret meatballs, vinegar-fried bean sprouts, and shredded pork with sauerkraut!

The few of them had been sleeping in the open air all the way, and often had to eat a dry and cold bread. Now, drinking the warm mutton soup, it soothed their stomachs and they felt like they were coming back to life!

Li Yan sat down next to Lin Feng and asked curiously, "Uncle, did your trip go smoothly? I saw those two tall horses in the yard. Were they also bought by you this time?"

As Lin Feng refilled his bowl of mutton soup, he asked, "We did get those horses in Yanbei, but we didn't buy them. What do you think of those two horses?"

Li Yan turned her head to look at the two sleek horses in the yard and nodded in admiration: "These horses look better than the ones we got from Master Qin!"

The monkey laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Miss Li, you have good taste! Brother Feng went to great lengths to get this horse from a horse dealer in exchange for tea leaves!"

Li Yan was very interested after hearing this. The tea-horse trade she knew only appeared in history textbooks, but now it appeared before her eyes!

Seeing Li Yan's surprised expression, Raymond Lam explained in detail the process of changing horses!

Li Yan exclaimed, "That little bit of tea can be exchanged for a good horse. I guess the Hu people's demand for tea is like sugar and salt, it's indispensable!"

Lin Feng nodded: "It's just that the imperial court's control is extremely strict right now. You won't see any Hu merchants exchanging horses in the market anymore. I'm lucky to be able to exchange horses this time!"