"Dad, if it snows again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, do we have to stay here all day?"
Butcher Yun paused for a moment and said, "Yiyi, we are traveling together as a family. There are so many people in the village traveling with us. The village chief must be considerate."
"Besides, if it snows, I guess no one will come here. We should stay in the land temple for a few days. It's still safe."
"That's all I can think about for now. But I'm still happy to have another day off tomorrow, Dad."
After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she laughed a few times.
Brother Yun and the others also laughed after realizing it belatedly. That's right, if they didn't hurry, and it was snowing outside, they would have no choice but to play at home, apart from collecting firewood.
Thinking about such days, it is also quite beautiful.
"Mom, I smell a strong aroma of mutton in the pot. Can I put the radish in now?"
Third Brother Yun looked at the big iron pot with shining eyes.
Zhang looked helpless. "Third brother, we just had dinner not long ago. Are you hungry again?"
"Mom, please go to the pot quickly. If the meat is cooked, we can eat soon." Yun Yiyi said anxiously.
Zhang smiled. She lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. She poked the meat in the pot with chopsticks. It was good and went in easily.
Zhang took out the chopsticks and used a spoon to scoop out all the meat from the pot and let it cool.
Then she poured the chopped radishes into the pot.
"Master, watch the fire. When the radish is ripe, we can eat."
"Okay, wife."
Zhang cut all the mutton into small pieces and poured it back into the pot. She also heated a piece of pot cake cut into small pieces in the pot.
At noon, everyone said that the pot cakes with mutton soup were delicious.
Therefore, Zhang planned to eat the same way in the evening. She saw that the kimchi she had cut for lunch was running out, so she quickly cut another plate and mixed it with sesame oil.
The Yun family likes to eat chili peppers, so there is not much chili powder left for lunch.
Zhang went to the carriage and found a handful of chili peppers, roasted them on charcoal, and then crushed them into chili powder.
All the preparations are done, and the mutton and radish in the pot are cooked.
Zhang poured bowls of mutton soup into the bowls and placed them on the table.
"Okay, stop playing and get ready to wash your hands and eat."
"Here I come. Mother."
"It will be ready soon, Mom."
"Mom, wait for me, let's eat together."
"Auntie, I wash my hands quickly."
The children washed their hands in a hurry before sitting down to eat with peace of mind.
Everyone adds salt and chili powder to the mutton soup.
The milky white mutton soup is topped with red chili powder. It is fragrant and spicy, and it whets your appetite immediately.
Not to mention that the mutton was cooked very soft and tender, and it was very delicious when you took a bite.
The radish tastes especially good when it's coated with mutton.
Soak the cut and hot pot cakes in the mutton soup and take a bite. It is so delicious.
Everyone was attracted by the delicious mutton soup and no one spoke for a while.
Zhang took into consideration that it was evening, so she put less mutton in the pot than at noon, but she did put in a lot of radish.
After more than 20 minutes, most of the pot of mutton soup and the whole pot pancake were eaten up by everyone.
Third Brother Yun touched his belly and strolled slowly around the house. "Mom, I ate mutton twice today. I'm so happy today."
"If Yiyi can catch another sheep tomorrow, then tomorrow will be another happy day."
Butcher Yun rubbed Third Brother Yun's head with his big hand. "Third Brother, you're really good at arranging work for your younger sister. If you're capable, go to the woods behind and catch a rabbit tomorrow. Ask your mother to make spicy rabbit for you tomorrow."
Third Brother Yun stopped and said, "Dad, are we going up the mountain tomorrow? It's snowing, so it should be easier to catch rabbits, right?"
Second Brother Yun looked at Third Brother Yun with disdain, "Third Brother, what are you thinking? You didn't set a trap for the rabbit in the snow, so how are you going to catch it?"
"Third brother, I was lucky today. I can't guarantee that I will have the same good luck tomorrow."
Zhang glared at Yun the Butcher and said, "Don't listen to your father. It's snowing, and the animals in the mountains have nothing to eat. They'll become much more violent. We can't afford to offend them."
"Tomorrow, follow your father and collect firewood. Don't run around in the mountains."
"Yiyi, especially you, you can't run up the mountain on purpose, do you hear me?"
"Don't worry, Mom. I will listen to you the most."
As soon as Yun Yiyi finished speaking, everyone except Yun Yiyi couldn't help laughing.
"Yiyi, how dare you say that? You are the most daring and disobedient one in the family."
Third Brother Yun laughed loudly at Yun Yiyi, but when Zhang glared at him, his voice suddenly became softer.
Butcher Yun quickly tried to smooth things over, "Yes, I'll listen to your mother. Come back tomorrow after collecting firewood. You can't sneak into the mountains."
"Don't worry, Dad."
"Dad, we are all good and obedient children."
"By the way, it's getting dark outside. Don't go out to play for now. Just walk around the house."
"Wife, please clean up the dishes while I sweep the snow off the road to the well and the gate. Otherwise, it will be difficult to go out tomorrow morning."
"Okay, boss. Put on more clothes and don't catch a cold."
"knew."
Butcher Yun lit a torch and stuck it in the yard.
He took a broom and swept it, but it was no use. The snow was too thick to sweep.
So he took a pickaxe and hoe the snow bit by bit.
After more than half an hour, Yun the Butcher dug a few paths. This way, it would be more convenient for everyone to go out to fetch water tomorrow.
I just don't know if it will snow heavily tonight. If it does, I guess I'll have to continue clearing the snow tomorrow morning.
Yun the butcher entered the house, took a basket, put all the mule and donkey dung into the basket, dumped it in the eastern corner of the land temple, and covered it with thick snow.
Many families in the village are unwilling to go out, so they dump mule and donkey dung directly on the wall of the land temple.
Fortunately, it was snowing heavily, and the snow covered it, so there was no smell.
Zhang shoveled out some ashes from the stove and poured them at the foot of the wall where the mule and donkey slept.
As for the hens, Zhang also released them.
The hen had been fed and cooked by Zhang. After she let it out, it just kept circling around the mule and donkey and didn't go to the door at all.
There are not many vegetables now, so Zhang has been feeding her hens cornmeal recently.
Of course, Zhang was also distressed. However, after she picked up another egg, this distress disappeared.
The Yun family hasn't bought eggs for a while. If the hens didn't lay eggs from time to time, there wouldn't be many eggs left.
However, the weather was getting colder, and Zhang felt that the hens would soon stop laying eggs.
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