Lu Xiaotang and Xu An went up the mountain after lunch. Xu Ning was sitting on the kang making shoes, while Xiao Mo took off the bullet shell from around his neck and studied it.
Xu Ning didn't understand what was so good about it. He took it off and touched it several times every day.
Xu Mo put the bullet necklace on his neck and sighed deeply.
When Xu Ning heard this long sigh, the needle in his hand almost pricked him. Looking at Xu Mo with a sad face, he was almost killed by this boy.
I asked him with a smile, "Xiao Mo, what's wrong? Why are you sighing at such a young age?"
Xu Mo's face turned serious and he said, "Sister, I'm almost five years old now. I can also earn work points in the spring of next year. What's so strange about being young?"
Xu Ning was so amused by his little expression that her stomach hurt from laughing. She held back her laughter and said, "Okay, okay, Xiao Mo is a big kid now! Now can you tell me why you were sighing just now?"
"Alas, Brother Lu is leaving the day after tomorrow. After he leaves, I don't know when we will meet again. When I miss him in the future, I can only look at this bullet-shaped necklace," he said, touching the necklace on his neck with a worried look on his face, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Xu Ning was a little sad because of his first two sentences, and when he heard him say that he would miss Brother Lu in the future, he could only touch the necklace around his neck and couldn't help laughing again.
I laughed so hard that I couldn't laugh anymore. Yes, she will leave the day after tomorrow. It will take at least a year for us to meet again. I didn't expect that she could have a long-distance relationship after traveling here.
Xu Ning also sighed and was no longer in the mood to make shoes. He first packed up the things he was going to take with him. He also had to prepare some dry food for him to eat on the road tomorrow.
I packed the hazelnuts and pine nuts first, then took another bag to put some dried vegetables and mushrooms. I would pack the smoked rabbit and venison tomorrow. After packing all these, I went to the kitchen, chopped up a pheasant, put it in a casserole, and slowly stewed it on the stove.
Xu Ning looked around the room and packed up everything he needed to pack. He felt a little calmer, so he sat on the kang again and picked up his shoes to sew two stitches.
Just as he sat down, he seemed to hear someone opening the door. Just as he was about to go out to check, Xu Mo had already climbed off the kang and was putting on his shoes. He ran out and said, "It must be Brother Lu who is back."
Xu Ning also followed him out and thought to himself, he came back quite early today, did he really just take a walk around the outskirts and come back?
As soon as she reached the door, she saw Xu An walking in front of her with a backpack covered with dry grass. She couldn't see what was inside. She took two quick steps to take down Xu An's backpack.
Just as Xu Ning took the backpack and put it on the ground, Lu Xiaotang came in carrying two wild goats. The goats were still alive, with their four hooves and mouths tied with ropes.
Lu Xiaotang asked Xu Ning to spread a piece of oil paper in the kitchen and put the two goats on the oil paper. Xu Mo poured two bowls of brown sugar ginger water for the two to drink.
Lu Xiaotang finished drinking the water and rubbed his hands. After a while, he said, "Xiaoning, I killed two sheep. You can use a basin to collect the sheep's blood."
Xu Ning quickly brought a basin over and said to Xu Mo, "Xiao Mo, are you afraid of killing sheep? If you are, go to the inner room."
Xu Mo said disdainfully, "What's there to be afraid of? I even saw pigs being slaughtered when I was a kid."
Xu Ning thought to himself, Oh, you were still young last year, and you have grown up this year, you grow up so fast, people who don’t know would think that the childhood you were talking about was many years ago. Seeing that he was not afraid, he didn’t care about him anymore.
Seeing the two men slaughtering the sheep, Xu An added water to the pot and asked Xu Mo to light the fire. He took out the pheasants and rabbits from the basket and started to clean them up.
There were about 60 kilograms of meat from the two sheep, as well as a few pheasants and rabbits.
Xu Ning put the two sheepskins in a backpack and took them to the cowshed at night to have Grandpa Qi saltpeter them. He also cut a leg of lamb and put it in the backpack.
When Lu Xiaotang came back from the cowshed that night, Xu An and Xu Mo were already asleep on the kang. Xu Ning was still making shoes. Seeing him coming back, he poured him a glass of water.
He asked, "Brother Lu, I packed some vegetables and dried mountain products for you today, and I'll pack the smoked meat tomorrow. Should we divide it into three portions, or pack it all together?"
"Pack them separately. Put more mountain products in Zhenting's portion. There are still a few boys in the compound."
"Okay, I understand. I'll put it in three pockets for you."
Lu Xiaotang looked at the little girl making shoes under the lamp. The dim light reflected on her soft face, giving people a feeling of peaceful years. He wished time could stop at this moment.
Seeing that he was silent, Xu Ning looked up at him and found that he was staring at him. He said embarrassedly, "I'm going to sleep. Brother Lu should also go to bed early."
After saying that, she got off the kang and put on her shoes. Lu Xiaotang got off the kang before her and put her shoes in the right place.
When Xu Ning put on her shoes and came out, Lu Xiaotang had already poured her face washing water. She had just washed her face, so he brought her foot washing water. He took the water for washing her face and poured it out. Then he came back and stood at the door, waiting for her to finish washing her feet and helped her pour the foot washing water.
Xu Ning saw how fast he was, and before he could say anything, he saw him standing at the door again.
I thought to myself, it’s okay to use the water for washing my face, but how can I have the nerve to let you pour the water for washing my feet? How can I wash with you standing here?
He coughed lightly and said, "Brother Lu, go wash up. I'll take it out and pour it myself later."
Lu Xiaotang said at the door, "It's okay, I just poured it out. It's so cold, don't run out."
She seemed to be embarrassed, so she turned her face away.
Xu Ning wailed in his heart, it seemed that he would not leave until the foot washing water was poured out, so he took off his socks and started washing.
The next day, Xu Ning got up early. Lu Xiaotang was going to Beijing the next day, so she wanted to prepare some dry food for him on the road.
The mutton and radish soup stewed on the stove was steaming, ready for lunch.
Use a big iron pot to steam brown sugar steamed cakes and salt and pepper biscuits. They are delicious even when cold. Then boil a bottle of venison sauce and a bottle of roe deer meat sauce, and garnish them with pickled cucumbers and sour beans.
Lu Xiaotang saw that she got up early in the morning to prepare things for him, and she kneaded a large bowl of dough. He asked her to do less but she didn't listen. He had no choice but to help her.
I made the meat sauce and brown sugar steamed cake in the morning, and then continued to make pepper and salt biscuits after lunch.
I made about 70 ox tongue biscuits the size of an adult's palm, and added some brown sugar steamed cakes, which should be enough for the journey.
It was just after four in the afternoon when it got dark, and Lu Xiaotang went to the cowshed. When Xiao Mo came over yesterday, he told him to go there for dinner today.
In the evening, the brother and sister ate alone. They added some noodles to the mutton soup left over from lunch and each ate a bowl.
After the two of them finished their meal, they began to prepare Lu Xiaotang's luggage, putting food for the journey in one bag and things for his friends in another large bag.
When Lu Xiaotang came back from the cowshed, he saw that the brother and sister had already packed his luggage, filling three large bags.
His suitcase was originally only half full of stuff, but now it was stuffed to the brim.
A bag about the same size as his luggage, and no one knew what was inside. The smaller one next to it should be the food for him in the car that Xu Ning had prepared after a busy day.
He walked over and opened the bag. At the bottom of her bag were her clothes and daily necessities. On top were a bag of pine nuts and a bag of hazelnuts, each weighing more than ten pounds. There was also a large bag of dried meat. The large bag next to it had been sewn shut, and no one knew what was inside.
Xu Ning said, "Brother Lu, this bag contains things prepared for your three friends' families. Two smoked rabbits, a pheasant, two pounds of venison, some pine nuts and hazelnuts, and some dried vegetables for each family. The three families are packed separately.
In addition, I packed you ten pounds of venison and half a cannonball. Didn't you say that there are a few brothers in the compound? It wouldn't be nice to just take some pine nuts and hazelnuts. Find a place to stew the meat and treat them to a meal. ”
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