Chapter 228: Fourth Uncle Got Scratched on the Back

Lizhan was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly felt a lump in his throat and almost cried for joy.

"You little brats! You finally know how to call me daddy?"

As he spoke, he picked up Yaoyao, threw him into the air, and then quickly caught him, making Yaoyao grin and laugh.

When Yanyan and Yeye saw this, they also opened their arms towards Lizhan and wanted to raise them high.

Lizhan took turns picking them up and playing with them.

Xia Juanjuan was washing Lizhan's muddy clothes outside. When she heard the noise, she came in to take a look and quickly stopped him with a smile, "Stop playing. What if you don't catch it and it falls?"

Li Zhan chuckled and said, "It's okay, I'll keep it in mind."

However, he still didn't throw it up again, he just held it high up and played with it.

After a while, the three kids were tired from playing and fell asleep. Lizhan covered them with a thin blanket and came out.

"Wife, I'm going to lie down in the mountain."

As soon as Xia Juanjuan heard this, she knew that he was going hunting, so she didn't stop him and said, "Aren't you leaving in the afternoon? Come back early."

Lizhan agreed and left.

Xia Juanjuan now takes out some wild rabbits, pheasants, wild boars, etc. from the space every once in a while and releases them to the mountain. Occasionally, she also releases one or two wild deer.

Sometimes I can still encounter the big snow wolf. It has been almost two years. The little snow wolf cubs that walked crookedly back then have grown up. Two of them have even given birth to cubs. The snow-white little balls of fur follow their mother and bark at her in a cute yet fierce voice.

Xia Juanjuan didn't get close to them, but released a big fat pig as a snack for the snow wolf family.

Because of her efforts, other villagers from nearby villages now find it much easier to hunt in the mountains, and there is more meat on everyone's table.

This matter was discussed for a while in the village during cool weather or after meals. No one knew the reason, but they guessed that it was because of the good weather this year, and there was plenty of food for wild animals in the mountains, so the pigs reproduced more and grew well.

Anyway, we had more food, and we were all happy. We were also thankful that we didn't cut down the trees on the mountain last winter, otherwise how could we have hunted so many wild animals this year? We didn't have the energy to find out more.

Xia Juanjuan remained calm anyway. Everyone felt that hunting was easy, so it wouldn't be so strange for her to go into the mountains from time to time and bring back more rabbits and pheasants.

Around noon, Lizhan came back with a half-grown wild deer in the basket on his back.

Xia Juanjuan was also surprised and impressed. There were wild boars and wild deer in the mountains around here, but wild deer were not very common. She really only released one or two, but Li Zhan still caught them.

"I haven't seen wild deer in this mountain for many years, but I happened to see one this year. Although it's not very big, it's enough to eat for a while." Li Zhan said with a smile.

Xia Juanjuan and Lin Yuru hurried over to take the basket. Lin Yuru went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife and asked Li Zhan to skin the deer.

Lizhan smiled and said, "Mom, just use a small knife to skin the deer. I have it with me."

Lin Yuru was a little absent-minded because she had something on her mind. After hearing what he said, she smiled and said, "Alas... I am confused."

He went to the kitchen to get a bowl to collect the deer blood.

Li Zhan asked Xia Juanjuan in a low voice: "Juanjuan, is there something on your mind?"

Xia Juanjuan also saw it and said, "I'll go ask her later. By the way, don't do this for now, go to the lotus pond outside and dig some lotus roots. There are also fish in the pond, so catch two as well."

Xia Juanjuan had told Li Zhan in a letter about building a pond to plant lotus and raise fish.

However, when he went out early this morning, he was really shocked to see the lotus pond with green leaves and pink lotus in front of him. His wife is really amazing!

"Okay then." Lizhan agreed, took off his clothes, put on his shorts, and jumped into the lotus pond to catch fish and dig lotus roots.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei all ran to the edge of the pond excitedly and squatted to watch.

The lotus root was easy to dig, so I found the lotus leaf stem and groped down. It took some effort to catch the fish, but after a while I caught two big fish weighing three pounds.

Xiaowen and Xiaowu each held one, while Beibei held a lotus root wrapped in lotus leaves, and ran back home happily.

Xia Juanjuan was amused and angry when she saw this: "Don't you know to take the bamboo basket over? I just put on these clothes and they need to be washed again."

When she saw that Lizhan's legs were covered with mud that hadn't been washed clean, and his naked upper body was tangled with muscles and water droplets, she looked both masculine and lustful. Thinking of how she had been tortured last night, Xia Juanjuan's cheeks suddenly turned red. She turned away embarrassedly and said, "You...you go to the bathroom and wash yourself. I'll run the water for you."

Li Zhan agreed with a smile and went.

Xiao Wen came over and asked quietly, "Mom, there are scratches all over my uncle's back. Was he hurt by a bad guy? But why would a bad guy scratch my uncle's back?"

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Can she say that she caught all those last night?

"You are just a little kid, why are you asking this? Go wash the lotus root!"

Xiaowen feels aggrieved. Isn't it enough for him to care about his fourth uncle?

Lizhan came out soon, and Xia Juanjuan gave him a set of summer clothes, which she made in her free time. However, Lizhan could hardly wear casual clothes, so she didn't send them to him. Now he had them at home just in time to change them.

After thinking about it, he pulled Lizhan into the house, took out some Yunnan Baiyao ointment, and applied it to the wounds on his back.

Li Zhan grinned warmly and handsomely, and said, "Wife, you are so good to me."

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile, "Don't think you're just being sweet. I won't catch you next time. If you torture me like that again, I'll have to pay you back next time!"

Li Zhan: “Hehe.”

After applying the medicine, Xia Juanjuan went to kill fish and remove the scales, while Lizhan continued to skin the wild deer and cut the venison into small pieces.

Wild deerskin can be tanned and used to make beds in winter or to make close-fitting vests for children, which are both very warm.

Lin Yuru was responsible for washing the meat, applying salt on it, and hanging it on the eaves to dry.

Xia Juanjuan had also prepared the fish, so she asked Lizhan to chop it into large pieces. Then she started the pot, heated the oil, added scallion and ginger slices, and fried the fish first. Then she poured boiling water directly into the pot, and poured the chopped lotus root pieces directly into the pot, and slowly boiled the soup. Lunch was lotus root stewed with fish soup.

In addition, I picked two pieces of venison and stir-fried one piece with green, red and onions.

There was one piece left, so Xia Juanjuan asked Xiaowen and Xiaowu to bring the coal stove used in winter to the kitchen. There was also some leftover charcoal from the winter, so they put an iron mesh on it, sliced ​​the venison into thin slices, and roasted it directly over the fire.

When I watched the Dream of the Red Chamber before, I dreamed of eating grilled venison on a snowy day. Every time I saw it, I would drool. Even though it is summer now, it does not affect the deliciousness of the grilled venison.

In addition, I fried two kinds of vegetables, heated up some mixed-wheat steamed buns, and cooked a pot of millet porridge, and a hearty lunch was ready.