The brother and sister changed into their sweaters. To be honest, they were not very good looking, but they were very warm.
Mu Yuanqing used very solid old-fashioned crocheted wool, which made the brother and sister look like they had big heads and thick necks.
Lin Yi really likes it. He thinks that beauty is not useful, but real. "Aunt Qing, did you knit this yourself?"
Seeing Lin Yi checking the stitches seriously, Mu Yuanqing immediately knew what he meant, "Yeah, you want to learn? Come on, your auntie can also knit socks, gloves, bags and hats. I promise to teach you!"
Lin Yi nodded vigorously. He had a big bag of wool yarn at home! He had tried the crochet book given to him a few times but it didn't seem right. Now he found a master!
"Okay, stop standing there chatting, it's time for dinner!" Ningxia came out with dirty hands and shouted, one by one, without any tact.
Several people sat around a table in the restaurant. On the table was a steaming hot pot. The clear pot bottom retained the original flavor of the fish. Ningxia was also considerate enough to add a small bowl of chili water for those who liked spicy food.
The small stove used under the pot was brought out from the forest ranger's cabin.
"Your fish balls are amazing!" Mu Yuanqing didn't care that they were hot and couldn't stop eating them.
"That was made for Qingtian. You are just taking advantage of it."
"What about me?" Sangsang shook his head.
Ningxia put on a fake smile and said, "I made this especially for Qingtian and Sangsang~"
Sangsang turned around with satisfaction and stopped pestering.
Ningxia finished speaking and saw Lin Yi, who was eating quietly at the side, said, "Oh, and our Xiao Yi~ The others are just lucky."
Lin Yi blushed and muttered softly, "I didn't ask..."
"Why don't you just say it's me and Xixi?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? My master is not like that!" Ningxia said in a deliberately funny way.
"Okay, okay, you guys are the closest, go be nice, I'll take all the food on the table myself."
Liu Ximu silently fed Qingtian who was screaming.
Everyone ate and laughed.
Ningxia sliced the fish into thin slices, and all three plates were cleaned up. A whole head of cabbage was also rinsed clean, and all the radishes at the bottom of the pot were fished out.
After a small bowl of fish balls, Mu Yuanqing clamored for more, but Ningxia refused. Good food can't be finished in one meal. Ningxia gave Qingtian half of the leftovers and added four large fish before sending Mu Yuanqing and his family off.
Seeing the Frost Month drawing nearer, Ningxia was only waiting for a snowstorm to strike, and then she would officially enter the Frost Month of the sixth year of Chuya. She was not anxious at all, as everything was proceeding smoothly according to her plan.
"Sister Xia Xia, are you going out tomorrow?" Lin Yi took a large bundle of fresh grass still covered with dew from Ningxia's back.
Ningxia took off her raincoat and shook her head: "I'm not going out. Maomao and the goats have almost run out of grass."
Fresh grass in winter doesn't spoil easily without special preservation. After all, the temperature is in a cold storage room in hot weather.
"Tomorrow I will send you, Sangsang, the goat and the chick to your aunt's house to stay for two days." The family has more and more people.
Lin Yi frowned disapprovingly, "You still want to go to the trading point?"
"Well, I'll hurry over and come back after replacing the wall materials."
"But...what if you get caught in a snowstorm?"
Ningxia smiled and said, "How could I be so unlucky? Besides, the first day of the snowstorm was not so bad. I can endure it. I can try to come back as soon as possible."
Lin Yi knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he had to suppress his worries in his heart.
After eating a quick bite to fill her stomach, Ningxia went out to look for Liu Ximu. She had to deliver the processed herbs that her family had given her, and also take her own share.
"It's almost dark, what's wrong with you?"
"Can you please let me into the house first?"
There were two fires lit in Mu Yuanqing's house, and it felt particularly warm when he went in.
"Do you have to go?" Mu Yuanqing frowned, his face looking unhappy.
Liu Ximu also looked disapproving.
"I have worked so hard to raise some meat for my two children at home. If Yan Hanyue gets sick again, I really can't bear it."
"But the snowstorm is only going to happen in the next two days. It might come anytime soon. What if you go there and can't come back?"
"I don't want you to help me raise the child, so why should I be afraid of you?"
Mu Yuanqing turned his head away, too angry to reply.
Liu Ximu stood up, looked at the medicinal herbs she brought over, and carefully examined them for a long time before going to the room where the medicine was stored. After a while, he brought out three or four jars of different sizes.
"Here are eighty kilograms of processed Chinese medicinal herbs. Even if I tell you, you won't understand. Just take them to the Chinese Medicine Building and sell them. Remember to return the jars to me."
"So many?" Ningxia took over the pile of sorted herbs, which weighed her down so much that she couldn't straighten her back.
Liu Ximu nodded. "You account for a quarter of the total amount we collected. It's all here."
Ningxia thanked him quickly, "Thank you, Master! I'll go back first then."
The medicinal herbs in her hand were about to break her fingers. Ningxia pushed the door into the yard and found Maomao was there too. Lin Yi was fiddling with something on it.
After Lin Yi's small figure moved aside, Ningxia saw that there was a boot without a sole on one of Maomao's hooves, covering most of Maomao's leg.
"You are..."
"Didn't Aunt Qing teach me how to knit socks? I tried knitting a few leg warmers for Maomao without the bottoms closed. I also put a layer of waterproof cloth on the outside, so I don't have to worry about the floor getting wet."
"Maomao is living a good life now. He even wears wool leg warmers."
"Not only that! I also made earmuffs for him. His ears are too long, and I'm afraid he'll get frostbite in a couple of days. Sister Xia Xia, please put them on him when you take him out this time, in case we encounter a snowstorm..."
Ningxia silently touched the long hair beside Maomao's ear and half-jokingly said, "Okay, you're not worried about your sister worrying about Maomao, right?"
Lin Yi helped move the medicinal herbs into the house and took Ningxia to see the pile of things of all sizes he had prepared on the sofa.
Ningxia picked up the heavy piece on top and asked, "Have you finished making the cape?"
Lin Yi nodded and said, "Try putting it on and see if it fits." The final finishing touches were originally scheduled to take three nights, and he worked overnight, barely getting any sleep last night.
Ningxia picked it up and saw that Lin Yi had not put the fur on the outside as she had imagined, making it look majestic and domineering. Instead, he turned it over, with the thick fur on the inside and a layer of navy blue waterproof coarse cloth covering the outer layer.
He also used off-white woolen ropes to surround the navy blue coarse cloth, which was particularly obvious. In the center was a large axially symmetrical figure embroidered with colorful lines. The style was unique and very eye-catching.
The neck was not tied with a belt as Ningxia had initially thought, but with a woven buckle that could be adjusted in tightness. There was a small tuft of fur hanging below the button, which looked like it was cut from leather.
Ningxia didn't care to be surprised and put it on. The heat from her body was immediately trapped in the cloak. The cloak covered her knees and was just the right length.
The gray fur inside was faintly visible as he moved, making the patterns on the outer layer even more mysterious.
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