"Yue'er, it's so late, why are you here?"

In the evening, Wuxian and Xue'er came back from the mountains, and happened to meet Yue'er on the path outside the village.

Wu Jian stepped forward and asked.

"I'm waiting for you, Steward Feng came back with someone before, and I didn't see you, so I'm waiting for you here. After Yue'er saw Xue'er and Wuxian, she said with a smile.

"Brother Yue'er, go back, we have a lot of harvest today, let's go back and eat roast rabbit meat together." Cher said with a smile.

"Yes, yes. Yue'er nodded happily, and the three of them returned to the village together.

At this time, a bonfire was lit in the courtyard of Maple Birch Villa, and hundreds of people sat in a large circle, singing and dancing happily.

At this time of year, Maple Birch Lodge celebrates the end of the year for a few days at night and wishes for the arrival of the new year.

On weekdays, people in the mountain village are forbidden to drink alcohol and eat beef, because cattle are the most important labor, so it is not allowed to kill cattle until festivals.

At the end of the year, an exception will be made to kill one or two cows, and then the best beef will be used as Zuo meat, sacrificed to ancestors and gods, and then the remaining beef and internal organs will be distributed to the people in the village to enjoy, generally starting from the elderly, and the youngest is the second.

If someone has a child, they will make an exception to send a leg of lamb to celebrate.

At the end of the year, every household is lit up, and it is not lively.

Yue'er sat in the crowd, watching the adults sing and dance, and his mood was much better.

Soon after, the two adults carried a thick wooden stick, came to the bonfire, the thick wooden stick was strung with a whole sheep, the two put the wooden stick on the bonfire, and soon after, they heard the sound of the mutton being grilled by the flame, accompanied by a burst of rich barbecue aroma, Yue'er couldn't help licking her lips.

Two adults rotated the wooden stick vigorously to make the roast sheep evenly grilled, and one person held a brush dipped in spices and smeared on the roast sheep, after the spices and mutton were fused, they exuded a richer meat aroma, which was directly mouthwatering.

"Yue'er, look, what is this?" Wuxian came to Yue'er's side and took out a few red wild fruits to show Yue'er, these fruits were the dragon heart fruits that Xue'er had picked at the risk of her life.

It's just that Yue'er has never seen this kind of fruit, so she shook her head with a smile, "I don't know." ”

"It's called dragon heart fruit, it's delicious, you can taste it. Wu Yan smiled and stuffed a dragon heart fruit into Yue'er's little mouth.

Yue'er tasted it carefully, and it was really sweet, sweet and juicy.

"It's delicious. Yue'er shouted happily.

"Shhhh Wu Wu said, and gave all the dragon heart fruits to Yue'er.

"Hey, Brother Wuwu, don't you want to eat?" asked Yue'er.

"Hehe, I've eaten, okay, you can play here, I'm going to help. Wuxian smiled and pinched Yue'er's little face, turned around and went to the back hall.

Yue'er ate another fruit, this kind of fruit called dragon heart fruit, it's really delicious, I don't know if Sister Xue'er has eaten it?

Xue'er took the fruit into her arms and went to the back hall to find Xue'er's sister.

However, after coming to the back hall, I didn't see Xue'er's shadow, there was no one in the back hall, and there were some good Zuo meat on the offering table.

And under the offering table, there were many kneeling people, the first was Feng Bo, followed by some figures with heads and faces on the village, and there were also respected elders.

After the sacrifice was over, Feng Bo divided the fine Zuo meat into several portions, and then distributed it to the others, leaving a large piece of Zuo meat and placing it on the table.

Those who received the meat all thanked and retired, and soon after, Feng Bo also left.

Yue'er curiously slipped into the room, only to see that the piece of Zuo meat was bright in color and smooth in color, much better than other Zuo meat.

"If you stew this piece of meat and eat it, it will definitely taste great. Yue'er hid behind the door panel, licked her lips and whispered to herself.

Although he wanted to eat it very much, he didn't dare to touch it, after all, it was Zuo meat, and everything had to be done according to the rules.

Yue'er was about to turn around and leave, but she thought about it, the Chinese New Year is over, everyone has meat to eat and wine to drink, but the old woman in the mountains is still hungry alone, should I send her something to eat?

Thinking of this, Yue'er's eyes looked at the piece of meat again.

"Feng Bo said, Zuo meat should be distributed to the elders on the village, everyone has a share, the older the age, the more shared, if this is to say, that old grandmother is also over eighty years old, should be a share of Zuo meat, right?" Yue'er thought so, quietly slipped into the ancestral hall, picked up the knife, and was about to cut a piece of Zuo meat, but the knife had just cut half, but suddenly heard footsteps outside, in a hurry, Yue'er put down the knife, put the whole piece of Zuo meat into her arms, and hid behind the tablet in the ancestral hall.

Soon after, Feng Bo and a banker walked in.

"Hey, where's the meat?" Feng Bo looked at the empty table, slightly stunned.

"Lord Feng, you are so polite, forget it if you don't, you can let us escape the cold in the village, we are already flattered, where do we dare to have other extravagant hopes?" said the banker with a smile.

"Maybe it was taken to the back kitchen by Steward Feng, and it doesn't matter, after the meat is cooked, it will definitely be shared with you. Feng Bo smiled heartily.

"Thank you very much. Zhuang Ke smiled and clenched his fists.

"Let's go, let's go out for a drink. Wufeng said enthusiastically, the Zhuang Ke nodded with a smile, and followed Wufeng outside.

Waiting for the two of them to leave, Yue'er came out from behind the tablet, and in order to prevent being discovered, he hurriedly slipped out of the back door of the village and went straight to the mountains.

At this time, the night is getting thicker, the sky is snowing, and the wind is as cold as a knife.

The hot air exhaled by Yue'er turned into a white mist and drifted into the air.

An hour later, Yue'er finally arrived at the grandmother's house.

At this time, the room was dimly lit, and the old woman was lying alone in the hut, looking so desolate.

Yue'er knocked on the door, but the deadbolt was not inserted, and he gently pushed the door and walked in.

The old grandmother looked at Yue'er, and her old face was a little surprised.

"Baby, why are you here alone at such a late hour?" asked the old woman as she sat up.

"Grandma, it's the New Year soon, every household in the village is very lively, Feng Bo also distributed Zuo meat to the old people in the village, I am here to send you Zuo meat. Yue'er took the piece of meat out of her arms and put it on the table.

The old grandmother looked at it and couldn't help but be startled, it turned out that this Zuo meat was not ordinary Zuo meat, but first-class meat.

First-class meat is to be offered to the most honorable people and guests from afar, and it is not easy for the host to eat it, and it is the best meat during the sacrifice.

"Baby, this is not ordinary Zuo meat, this kind of meat, you can't move it casually, send it back quickly. The old grandmother persuaded Yue'er.