"Master, put on your shoes and come over to warm yourself by the fire. Oh, and get some charcoal from the stove and put it by the door to warm your shoes."
"Okay, wife."
The cotton shoes that Yun the butcher wore were made by Zhang herself using cotton and cloth, and the soles were sewn by Zhang herself.
It is really warm and comfortable to wear. The only drawback is that it cannot be wetted.
Like today, Yun the Butcher, Yun Big Brother, Yun Yiyi and others, they were walking in the snow pile outside, and their cotton shoes got wet very quickly.
Fortunately, Zhang had made two new pairs of cotton shoes for everyone this year. Except for Xie Zirui, who only had two new pairs, everyone else had three pairs of cotton shoes, both old and new.
If it gets wet, there are replacements.
Just like before, Yun the Butcher also changed out of his wet cotton shoes from the morning before going out.
Butcher Yun quickly roasted his wet cotton shoes, and the children's cotton shoes were also roasted on the side.
As soon as Yun the butcher sat down, Zhang handed him a bowl of hot water.
"Wife, I'm not cold, just my feet are a little cold. But if you sit by the fire, they'll warm up in a while."
"Here, wife, keep this silver. Everyone bought it with silver today."
"There's also the group of people staying in the same land temple as us. They also bought ten kilograms of mutton. I calculated the price to be the same as in the village."
Zhang took the silver and counted it happily.
"Boss, today is a really good day. Not only do we have mutton soup to drink, but we also have money coming in."
After counting the money, Zhang put it in the carriage.
"Boss, we've made quite a bit of money from selling things along the way."
"It's all because of our children. Look at the children of other families in the village, how can they be more capable than ours? We are enjoying the blessing of having children in advance."
"Who says it's not?" Zhang said while laughing secretly.
"By the way, Boss, what are you going to do with the remaining mutton?"
Butcher Yun thought for a moment and said, "Wife, I want to eat fresh mutton, so I won't make it into bacon."
"I'll take two large clay pots and go to the back of the land temple to fill them with clean snow."
"Then we put the mutton in the snow so that we can preserve the mutton."
"Will the snow melt in the house?" Zhang said hesitantly.
"It's all right, wife. I'll put the earthenware basin filled with mutton and snow at the door, and then I'll move it into the house after we go to bed."
"That's fine. It's so cold, the meat won't go bad."
"No, don't worry, wife."
At this time, not only the Yun family was cooking mutton soup, but other families who bought mutton also started cooking mutton soup.
In order to prevent their children from crying, other families who did not buy the food also took out the bacon and cured fish they had stored at home and cooked them.
In short, the children were very happy to eat delicious food. Seeing the children's smiling faces, the adults who were reluctant to give up the bacon and fish at home also smiled.
Li Huailiang only bought ten kilograms of mutton, which was definitely for everyone to eat together.
So, the cook put vermicelli, wild vegetables and radishes into the mutton soup, and finally made two pots of meat and vegetables, so that everyone could have a delicious meal.
They only knew that the Yun family's sheep were hunted in the mountains, but they didn't know it was Yun Yiyi who hunted them. If they knew, they would probably be extremely surprised.
No matter what, this sheep from the Yun family brought great joy to everyone.
The Wu family knew how much the mutton sold by Yun the butcher cost per pound, so they did not refuse the three pounds of mutton that Yun the butcher gave them.
However, Old Man Wu and his wife felt bad about taking advantage of the Yun family for nothing.
Later, the two of them discussed it and asked Old Man Wu to send over a few rabbit skins.
These rabbit skins can be cut and used to pad children's cotton shoes, making the shoes warmer.
Similarly, Yun the Butcher and Zhang did not refuse these rabbit skins.
Firstly, the Yun family really needs these rabbit skins, and secondly, the Wu family is giving them sincerely.
When neighbors interact with each other, the relationship can only last long if there is give and take.
However, after this incident, the relationship between the two families has improved.
After Zhang's pot of mutton soup had been cooking for more than two hours, the children began to wake up.
The children didn't feel bored either. They dug out some charcoal and Brother Yun San roasted hawthorns and sweet potatoes for everyone.
As time passed, the flavor of the mutton soup in the big iron pot became richer and richer.
The pot of water that was originally full is now only half full.
"Wife, do you want to add more water to the pot?"
Zhang took a look and said, "Master, there's no need to add water yet. The water in the pot is enough for our family to drink."
"Wait until evening, then we'll add water and meat and continue cooking."
Butcher Yun nodded and said, "Okay, let's have mutton soup tonight."
The children next to them also showed joy on their faces.
"Mom, we are so happy today. We can have two meals of mutton soup in a row."
"Mom, I feel like today is a holiday. I'm so happy."
"Haha, as long as there's delicious food, we can celebrate every day."
After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she waved her arms in a cool manner.
When the others saw this, they all burst into laughter.
"We still have plenty of mutton at home. Even if we eat two meals in a row, we still can't eat much."
Zhang said happily.
"Boss, come over and light the fire. I'll go get some pickled chili peppers and ginger. Chop them up and mix them with sesame oil. You can eat them with the mutton soup to help relieve the greasiness."
"By the way, when the mutton soup is almost cooked, let's take a dip in the pot cakes I made a while ago. Drinking mutton soup and soaking pot cakes together is the perfect match."
"Okay, wife. Go ahead."
Butcher Yun was particularly conscious and started a fire.
Zhang deftly scooped out the kimchi, cut it, mixed it, and drizzled sesame oil on it.
She also took out a pot pancake and cut it into pieces so that it could be heated up quickly.
Zhang estimated that the mutton in the pot should be cooked after four hours of cooking.
She poked the mutton in the pot with chopsticks and it went in easily.
So Zhang took out all the mutton from the pot.
Because at that time, Zhang put the meat in whole pieces.
Therefore, now that the mutton is cooked, Zhang has to cut the mutton and offal into small pieces and pour them into the pot.
Zhang did it right away. She waited until the meat was no longer hot, then started cutting the meat and the offal.
The children stopped doing anything else and just stared at Zhang cutting the meat.
Zhang smiled and stuffed a small piece of mutton into each child's mouth.
Now the children quieted down.
While the children weren't looking, Zhang secretly stuffed a piece of mutton into Yun the butcher's mouth. Of course, she didn't forget to eat a piece of mutton herself.
The mutton was very tender and tasty. The only drawback was that there was no salt.
Because Zhang didn't put salt in the pot when she was cooking mutton soup.
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