The mountains were quieter than usual after the snow.
With Ye Weiwei's spiritual power as their guide, the two of them caught a roe deer, a wild deer, and three wild rabbits in just over three hours on the mountain.
On her way home, Ye Weiwei used her mental powers to scan the area to avoid running into the villagers. As a result, she saw Lu Xiaolan sneaking around near their house, which was obviously up to no good.
Ye Weiwei pulled Huo Xiao back home through the back door and put all the things they had brought into the side room.
She told Huo Xiao to boil water at home to prepare the prey, while she went to the old house to fetch Xiao Xingxing.
He had only walked a few steps from his house when he "bumped into" Lu Xiaolan.
As soon as Lu Xiaolan saw Ye Weiwei, she said sarcastically, "Ye Weiwei, why are you out here? I thought you were hiding at home and too ashamed to show your face!"
Ye Weiwei said calmly, "I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I hide at home and be afraid to come out and see people?"
Lu Xiaolan scoffed: "Stop pretending to be high and mighty here. Everyone in the village knows you shamelessly stole someone else's boyfriend. Now that person has come knocking on your door, let's see what you're going to do!"
You little slut, you're always going against Zhao Zhiqing!
Lu Xiaolan deliberately spoke loudly. When she saw people around her looking at her and listening to the gossip, she got especially excited and wanted to make sure everyone knew that Ye Weiwei was a bad woman who stole other people's boyfriends.
Ye Weiwei sneered: "Lu Xiaolan, do you think I don't know that you spread these rumors in the village? It seems I need to go and have a serious talk with the village head and tell him to keep his mad dog in check so it doesn't bite anyone!"
Lu Xiaolan's face twisted with anger: "Ye Weiwei, who are you calling a mad dog?"
Ye Weiwei sneered: "I've made myself so clear and you still don't understand? Fine, listen carefully, the mad dog I'm talking about is you, Lu Xiaolan!"
"You... Ye Weiwei, you're asking for it!" Lu Xiaolan was so angry that she reached out to hit Ye Weiwei, but when she saw the cold light in Ye Weiwei's eyes, she was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her hand.
She hadn't forgotten Ye Weiwei's methods. She could lift a big man like Zhao Mingzhe with one hand and slam him against the wall with a thud. Compared to Zhao Mingzhe, she was much smaller and thinner!
Ye Weiwei coldly looked at Lu Xiaolan's blustering but cowardly appearance and said sarcastically, "I suddenly realized that you and Zhao Mingzhe are actually quite a good match."
Lu Xiaolan instinctively felt this wasn't a nice thing to say, but she still couldn't help asking, "What do you mean?"
Ye Weiwei: "Your face looks like shit!"
Lu Xiaolan roared angrily, "Ye Weiwei..."
Ye Weiwei flicked her wrist, and the silver needles at her fingertips gleamed coldly against the backdrop of the snow, startling Lu Xiaolan so much that she quickly shut her mouth.
Ye Weiwei glanced at her disdainfully and walked past her.
Lu Xiaolan watched Ye Weiwei's retreating figure, gritting her teeth in anger.
When Liu Guilan heard from Ye Weiwei that they had caught some prey, she came over to help with the preparations.
Ye Weiwei tried to intervene, but Liu Guilan dismissed her, saying, "These hands of yours are for saving lives, holding scalpels and needles. How can you do such rough work? Go and warm yourselves by the stove with Xiaoxing."
With Liu Guilan's help, Huo Xiao quickly finished processing all the game he had hunted.
We skinned the roe deer, cut it into eight pieces, and buried it in the snow in the backyard. It was very convenient; we could just take out a piece to eat whenever we wanted.
As per Ye Weiwei's instructions, the wild deer's antlers were cut off and stored away. Then, a large earthenware basin was filled with deer blood. Ye Weiwei planned to go to town the next day to buy some medicinal herbs to make deer blood wine.
This deer blood wine is a highly nourishing food, most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. It can relax muscles and promote blood circulation, improve cardiovascular diseases, treat insomnia, and nourish blood and improve complexion. It can be consumed by both men and women.
My in-laws drink a small cup every day, and I guarantee that their health will be much better than before after this winter.
Make some more deer blood cake for the women in the family; it can slow down aging, replenish qi and blood, and warm the stomach and dispel cold.
In addition, she also collected a small bottle of deer heart blood. Although it was scarce, it was even more effective than deer blood. Once processed, it could be used as medicine to treat a variety of ailments.
While Huo Xiao was killing and skinning the deer, Liu Guilan cleaned and prepared the roe deer's internal organs, head, and feet, ready to make braised dishes.
Of the remaining three rabbits, two were made into dried rabbit, and the other was used to make braised rabbit for Little Star that night.
Liu Guilan didn't finish working until after 8 p.m., and they ate dinner together here.
While making the braised dishes, Liu Guilan placed a ring of flatbreads around the edge of the pot. The four of them ate the hot flatbreads, the fragrant braised dishes, and the braised rabbit meat, and they were all very full.
On her way back, Ye Weiwei asked Liu Guilan to take some braised food back with her, and also gave her a wild deer hind leg.
Liu Guilan refused, saying, "This is what you and your husband made. You can keep it to eat or exchange it for something else. There's still meat at home."
Ye Weiwei laughed and said, "Why do we need to calculate such small things among family members? During the time Huo Xiao and I were in the Northwest, we were so grateful for the care we received from our parents, brothers and sisters-in-law. They even made so much furniture for us, and the firewood we used to burn filled an entire woodshed. If you insist on calculating with me, then I'll calculate these things for you too."
They were good to her, and they were good to Little Star, so she naturally wouldn't be stingy with these things.
Liu Guilan said, "It's only right for them, as the older brother and sister-in-law, to do this little thing. Why should you worry about it? Your father and I are just killing time anyway, so we'll do this to stretch our muscles."
Although she said that, Liu Guilan was still very happy and accepted the deer leg without further hesitation.
No wonder she likes this young daughter-in-law. Despite her young age, she is generous and capable, leaving no room for criticism.
Ye Weiwei escorted Liu Guilan to the door of the old house before returning home, and on her way home, she deliberately took a detour past Lu Mingcai's house.
That night, Lu Xiaolan got up to use the outhouse in the middle of the night. Half asleep, she saw someone standing in front of her. She opened her eyes wide and looked closely, only to find that it was Zhao Mingzhe.
Lu Xiaolan excitedly rushed towards Zhao Mingzhe, only to fall into the latrine with a splash.
Hearing the commotion, the Lu family members came out with flashlights and found Lu Xiaolan standing in the latrine, scooping things out of the latrine and stuffing them into her mouth, eating with a look of great enjoyment on her face, as if she were eating some kind of delicacy.
"Big Flower!"
Aunt Zhang screamed in fright, "Dahua, what are you doing! Come out here!"
Her shout startled the neighbors on both sides, who thought something serious had happened. They put on their clothes and came out to see Lu Xiaolan standing in her outhouse, eating with a look of enjoyment on her face.
"Captain, what's wrong with your Da Hua? Why is she eating... shit in the latrine in the middle of the night?"
The neighbor didn't dare utter the last word under Lu Mingcai's murderous gaze.
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