"Yes, mother, we all understand."
Zhang smiled helplessly, "If we were at home, we could eat whatever we wanted. But now that we're fleeing famine, we should keep a low profile."
Butcher Yun glanced at Zhang, who seemed a little down, and said, "Wife, the children understand."
Yun Yiyi handed Zhang a peach and said, "Mother, I'll give you a peach. It's so sweet."
Zhang took the peach and took a bite. It was indeed crisp and sweet.
After everyone had almost finished eating the prepared fruits, Zhang and Yun the Butcher urged them to go to bed.
Yun the Butcher chatted with Zhang for a while, and then Yun the Butcher sent her to sleep.
Butcher Yun persisted until midnight, turned the rabbit over twice, and added more firewood before he dared to go to bed.
The night passed peacefully without incident.
At dawn, Yun the butcher woke up because he was thinking about the smoked rabbit.
As a result, when he moved, Zhang woke up.
Butcher Yun went to check the rabbit. After being smoked for a whole night, the rabbit's skin was very dry. However, if it was to be kept for a long time, it would need to be smoked for a few more days.
At daybreak, Yun the Butcher thought that so much rabbit meat would be too conspicuous if left outside, so he put it in a basket. After thinking for a moment, Yun the Butcher put the basket of meat on the mule cart he was driving.
Zhang installed the large iron pot, cleaned it, added half a pot of water, and put the washed and cut sweet potatoes in it.
Zhang brought firewood and started to make a fire.
Butcher Yun fed the mule and donkey with the fresh grass he had saved yesterday, and also gave the hens some food and water.
After doing all this, he took over the fire for Zhang.
Zhang went to check and found that there were still quite a few leftover vegetable boxes from yesterday, enough for this morning.
So, Zhang decided not to prepare dry food this morning. She took out two radishes, cut them into thin strips, and made a refreshing cold dish.
"Wife, the water in the pot is boiling."
"Here it comes." Zhang scooped out half a bowl of corn flour, mixed it into a paste, opened the lid of the pot and poured it into the pot.
She was afraid that the pot would burn, so she stirred it several times with a spoon.
Then she half-covered the pot, and when the porridge started to boil, she stirred it with a spoon.
Another five or six minutes passed, and the master said, "Master, there's no need to light the fire. Let the porridge simmer for a while."
"Okay. Then I won't add any more wood."
"Yeah, the hominy cooked quickly. The sweet potatoes took so long to cook, so they're done too."
It was already getting light at this time of the day, and even with only a few layers of clothing on, it was already a bit chilly.
Zhang looked outside and saw frost on the grass.
"Boss, look, it's frost outside."
Butcher Yun also looked and saw that there was indeed a layer of white frost on the grass.
"Wife, it's getting cold. In our hometown, if it rains, you can clearly feel the temperature drop."
"Yes, every autumn rain brings a chill. Now it's only hot at noon, not so hot in the morning and evening."
"When it's hot, we look forward to cold weather. When it's cold, we look forward to warm weather."
Butcher Yun said helplessly, "How could the weather be so pleasant to our liking? But if it's cold, we won't get heatstroke."
Zhang poured the sweet potato porridge from the pot into a bowl and let it cool.
Then she scrubbed the wok clean.
"Boss, keep the fire low while I fry some peanuts. Once they cool down, I'll make Yiyi some delicious food with wild jujubes."
When Yun the butcher heard this, he didn't dare to put any firewood and just used the hay as kindling to start the fire.
Zhang scooped a bowl of peanuts, poured them into the iron pot, and stirred them continuously with a spatula.
Keep frying until the peanuts are cooked and emit fragrance.
She placed the cooked peanuts on a plate and let them cool. Then she took out the garlic mortar and cleaned it.
She took out a few bowls of wild jujubes, washed them with water and drained them.
"Boss, we don't have everything yet, so let's just keep it simple. I'll put the wild jujubes, brown sugar, and cooked peanuts into the garlic mortar, and you can pound them. The finer the better."
Butcher Yun took the garlic mortar, held it with one hand, and pounded the wild jujubes, brown sugar, and peanuts on the surface of the mortar with the other hand.
Yun the butcher was very strong, and in a short while, the contents of the garlic mortar were pounded into thin cakes.
"Wife, look, is it okay to beat her to this extent?"
Zhang looked down at it, broke off a small piece with her hands, and put it in her mouth to eat. The wild jujube, peanuts, and brown sugar were all pounded into a paste.
It tastes not only like jujube, but also like peanuts, with a sweet aftertaste, which is especially delicious.
Because Yun the butcher beats the meat very finely, it won’t get stuck in your throat.
"Boss, this is enough. Wait for me to dig out all the wild jujube cakes in the garlic mortar. Then you continue pounding."
Butcher Yun waited until Zhang filled the garlic mortar again, then he started pounding the garlic quickly again.
More than half an hour later, Yun the butcher had used up all the wild jujubes and cooked peanuts that Zhang had prepared, so he stopped pounding them.
Zhang harvested quite a few wild jujube cakes. "This is enough for Yiyi to eat for a while."
Butcher Yun broke off a piece with his hands and put it in his mouth. "Wife, this is a rare delicacy. We haven't eaten it for a long time."
"Yeah, if Yiyi hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought of making it. But since the child wants to eat it, I'll make some."
Butcher Yun looked up at the sky and said, "Wife, it's almost dawn. Shall we put the vegetable box in the pot to heat it up again?"
"Okay, you light the fire and I'll put the food box in."
Butcher Yun quickly lit the fire. Zhang put all the vegetable boxes into the pot, and when they were heated, she put them into the basket.
"Wife, I'll clean up the table, go call the children to eat."
Zhang nodded and looked into the woods. Many people were cooking.
"Eldest son, second son, get up." Following Zhang's call, the children got up quickly.
Yun Yiyi went to bed early last night and didn't go to the space to work, so she got up with everyone else.
Soon, everyone finished washing up and started to eat breakfast.
Yun Yiyi raised her head happily, "Mom, this sweet potato porridge is delicious. The sweet potatoes are sweet too."
"Mom, please cook sweet potato porridge for lunch. It's so delicious."
Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll continue cooking at noon."
Although the others didn't say anything, they also drank the porridge in big mouthfuls. It can be seen that everyone likes to drink sweet potato porridge very much.
After dinner, everyone loaded their belongings onto the car. After waiting for a while, the village chief led the team on their way out.
Yun the butcher and his family were at the end of the team, hurrying on their journey with everyone else.
At this time, there were other refugees on the official road. Most of them, like the people from Yunjia Village, were driving carts and moving forward at a very fast speed.
Yun Yiyi looked at the mountain beside the road and wondered when she could find water. She thought many families in the village were running out of water.
In addition, everyone has dug a lot of wild vegetables in the past two days, and washing them consumes a lot of water, so everyone is looking forward to finding water as soon as possible.
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