After hearing what Third Brother Yun said, Zhang looked at Yun Yiyi excitedly, "Yiyi, I have to say, you are truly the most capable child in our family."
"Mom, I'm lucky today because it's snowing heavily outside."
"By the way, Dad, when are you going to kill this goat?" Yun Yiyi quickly changed the question.
"Wife, what do you say?"
Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we kill it soon? We don't have any grass, and we can't afford to feed it with grain alone. We can only kill it and eat its meat."
Zhang said regretfully.
"Wife, forget about raising it. We really can't afford it right now."
"And my wife, I'm going to move it to the well and kill it. If anyone in the village wants to trade for mutton with us, should we give some away?"
"Just exchange it, but at most, half of the mutton. More than that won't do. We have a big family, so we have to keep some meat to feed the children."
Butcher Yun nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's do as my wife says."
"Mom, after Dad kills the sheep, do you want to stew the mutton with radish or have mutton dumplings?"
Zhang chuckled, "Third brother, it seems you have already thought about how to eat the mutton."
When the others heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.
"It's snowing heavily today and the weather is cold. Let's make some mutton soup this afternoon. Mutton soup is delicious and warms the body."
"Mom, I'll do as you say. You cook and you have the final say."
"Mom, no matter how you cook it, we love it."
"Okay, you kids can wait in the house for the mutton soup this afternoon."
Zhang asked the children to take a nap while she cleaned up the dishes.
Butcher Yun took a machete and chopped all the firewood that Yun Yiyi had picked up into pieces of suitable size. He then tied them into bundles and piled them in the corner of the wall.
The firewood was divided into eight bundles by Yun the Butcher, enough for them to burn for a day and a night.
After a while, the sound of children snoring could be heard from inside the carriage.
At this time, Yun the Butcher had just finished dealing with the firewood.
"Wife, how about I call Brother Wu next door and ask him to help kill a sheep. If they want mutton, we can give them a few pounds in exchange."
"Sure, Boss. Then why don't you go ask Brother Wu if he has time to help you kill the sheep?"
"I'll go ask now. It's snowing heavily outside and there's no one near the well. We can take this opportunity to kill the sheep."
"Okay, then I'll boil some water first. It will be convenient for you to kill the sheep later."
"good."
Butcher Yun lifted the curtain and went out.
Not long after, Yun the Butcher and Old Man Wu came over together.
"Wu Ge, look, this is the goat my Yi Yi found in the mountains today. However, its two hind legs are broken."
Old Man Wu looked at the goat with a look of surprise on his face. "Brother Yun, your Yiyi really knows the mountains better than an old hunter like me."
"Even I can't guarantee that I can find prey and bring it back in this weather."
"Brother Wu, Yiyi is lucky. This goat must have accidentally fallen into the gap when it was jumping over two large rocks."
"It broke its leg and couldn't move, so my child picked it up."
Old Man Wu nodded in agreement, "Luck is also a part of strength."
"I agree with what Angkor said."
"Angkor, you hold the goat. Over there, the big stone covering the well can be used as a table, so I won't move the table over there."
"But I will bring the basin, hot water, and knife."
Yun the butcher picked up the goat and walked out. Yun the butcher also picked up two buckets of boiling water and walked out.
Zhang took two large empty clay basins and a knife for slaughtering sheep, and walked towards the well.
After the things were delivered, Zhang came back to continue boiling water.
Butcher Yun, Old Man Wu, and the two sons of the Wu family were also gathered by the well to slaughter sheep.
Later, Zhang sent hot water to Yun the butcher twice.
Probably because of the snow and the dark sky, Yun the Butcher and his men slaughtered the sheep by the well without causing any big commotion.
The village chief went out to look around and asked for four pounds of mutton. He also asked around in the village to see if anyone wanted mutton.
After the village chief went around, he helped the Yun family sell 25 kilograms of mutton.
Old Man Wu's family asked for five pounds of mutton, and Butcher Yun gave them another three pounds of mutton, so the Wu family got eight pounds of mutton in total.
Later, two people from the refugee group that rested at the land temple with Yunjia Village came out, negotiated a price with Yun the butcher, and bought ten kilograms of mutton.
After everyone took the mutton away, Old Man Wu helped to take the remaining mutton, the clay basin, and the knife back to the Yun family.
"Wife, the mutton groceries have been cleaned up. You can cook them with the mutton."
"Boss, this is the mutton left after selling all the mutton, right?"
Butcher Yun nodded and said, "Wife, we've bought everything we can in the village. Now the meat in the two earthenware basins is all ours."
"Oh, by the way, wife, Brother Wu's family asked for five pounds of mutton. But, since he helped us kill the sheep, I decided to give the Wu family three pounds of mutton. Wife, you're not angry, are you?"
Zhang rolled her eyes at Yun the butcher and said, "What's there to be angry about? If it weren't for Brother Wu bringing his two sons to help, you don't know when you would have finished slaughtering the sheep."
"That's good, wife. Hurry up and put the mutton and mutton groceries into the pot to cook. Oh, wife, clean the sheep's head and cook it directly."
"I have to hurry and fetch some water, because this road will be difficult to walk on soon."
After saying this, Yun the Butcher carried the bucket and ran straight to the well.
He carried a bucket of water and wiped the big stone covering the well twice with snow.
Then he poured the water he had brought up onto the big rock. Worried that it wasn't clean enough, he wiped the rock again with snow.
After wiping, he still flushed it with a bucket of water.
After he turned the stone over, he poured a bucket of water over it.
Then he placed a large, clean stone next to the well.
He quickly fetched two buckets of water and quickly took them home.
Other people in the village also came one after another to fetch water.
Zhang felt the room was too stuffy, so she lifted the curtain at the door.
She planned to wait until the mutton soup was cooked before putting up the curtain.
Smoke from the fire inside the house began to rise, and the aroma of mutton gradually became stronger.
Yun the butcher filled all the water jars in his home before he stopped carrying water.
He waited until no one was drawing water from the well, and then he covered the well with a large stone by himself.
He clapped his hands and walked home.
"Wife, I didn't expect that even with the curtains open, the room didn't get very cold."
"Because the fire in our room has never been extinguished, the temperature in our room is high. Even if the curtains are opened, it won't affect it."
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