The mountainous area of central Shandong has always had the tradition of raising sheep in the mountain villages, especially when the laborers reach the age of fifty or sixty and cannot do physical work, they will raise a group of goats, carry dry tobacco bags on their backs every day, and drive the sheep to the mountains to graze the sheep. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Goats eat herbs, and exercise over mountains and mountains every day, the meat is fatty and nutritious.

Wang Xiangzhong killed the sheep he bought from Wu'an at noon, and then in the afternoon, he set up a cauldron, washed the sheep and put them in the cauldron to boil.

In fact, there is no coincidence in boiling sheep, put a large handful of newly picked peppercorns this year, grab a handful of salt, and then use gauze to wrap star anise and other large ingredients into a ball, tie the mouth, put it at the bottom of the pot, and the rest is to watch the fire and cook for two or three hours.

Start boiling the mutton soup over high heat, wait for the water to boil, and then turn to a simmer and simmer.

Wang Xiangzhong personally started, Wang Zheng volunteered to give him a hand, the father and son were busy for several hours, and by half past four in the afternoon, the whole courtyard began to be filled with the fragrance of mutton soup.

Then, seeing that it was almost time to end work, Wang Xiangzhong sent Wang Zheng to call his brother-in-law Wu Xiutao, brother-in-law Cui Chenghai, as well as Yang Shiguo, Yang Ping and Wu Anguo to the house.

Wu Xiutao heard that his brother-in-law's family had killed a sheep and had sheep soup to drink tonight, so he happily came to Wang Xiangzhong's house empty-handed.

When Cui Chenghai came, he was carrying a bottle of iron box liquor in his arms.

The others also came empty-handed, but Wu Anguo did not come in the end. Wang Xiangzhong went to Wu'an Country again, and saw that Wu Anguo was drinking with stewed tofu, and he didn't move, so he also came back.

A few people drank until half past eight in the evening, and then they broke up.

Early the next morning, when Wang Zheng got up, he saw his father Wang Xiangzhong set up a cauldron again and began to cook mutton.

Although someone drank yesterday, the mutton king Xiang Zhong did not move at all.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the phone at home suddenly rang, and Wang Ning was sleeping at that time, Wu Xiufen hurriedly grabbed the phone, covered her mouth and whispered: "Hey, hello, who is it?" …… Oh, it's Liu Shijia's father...... Okay, okay, I'll tell Wang Zheng and his dad that you can get there before eleven o'clock...... Hey, depending on what you said, it's not troublesome, it's not troublesome at all. ”

Hanging up the phone, Wu Xiufen saw that Wang Ning had woken up, her eyes were open and she didn't cry, and her two calves struggled to kick the blanket off her body.

"Wang Ning is good, Wang Ning is awake."

While taking care of Wang Ning, Wu Xiufen turned around and shouted outside: "Xiang Zhong, Liu Shijia called just now, saying that she would come to our house before eleven o'clock." ”

"Oh, got it."

Wang Xiangzhong looked at his son next to him, took out ten yuan and handed it to him and said, "You go to your second aunt Cui's house to get two bottles of iron boxes." ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he happily took the money and ran to the commissary of Aunt Cui's house.

Throughout the morning, Wang Xiangzhong did not go to work in the apple orchard, but was busy at home preparing to welcome guests.

Then, at half past ten in the morning, Wang Xiangzhong took his son to the head of the village and quietly waited for the arrival of this guest.

At the head of Taohualing Village, there is a dirt road more than three meters wide, along with the outside. It's the rainy season and the dirt roads are muddy and very difficult to walk.

Wang Xiangzhong frowned and looked at the muddy road, then turned back to his son and said, "People are our benefactors, let's go to the front to greet them." ”

Wang Zheng agreed with his father's plan, and the two of them stepped on the dirt road and walked east.

The father and son walked out more than two miles away, and when they crossed a hill, they saw a tall and thin man leading a little girl in a flower skirt towards them.

When Wang Zheng saw it, he smiled and said to his father, "It's them." ”

Then, he tried to stretch out his hand upwards and shouted, "Liu Shijia! ”

During this period of time, Wang Zheng and Liu Shijia have been exchanging letters, and the other party knows that there are many interesting and interesting things in the mountain, and they have always yearned for it in their hearts. Liu Shijia saw Wang Zheng from a distance, and also waved her hand and shouted: "Wang Zheng! ”

Then, Liu Shijia stopped, covered her mouth and giggled.

Wang Xiangzhong took his son's hand and quickened the pace of his feet.

Walking up to Liu Ming and Liu Shijia, Wang Zheng noticed that Liu Shijia's beautiful flower skirt was covered with mud, and her father's trouser legs were also wrapped in a lot of mud.

"Why did you walk?" Wang Xiangzhong looked at Liu Shijia with some distress and asked Liu Ming.

"This is my father, Dad, this is Uncle Liu, this is Liu Shijia." Wang Zheng hurriedly introduced.

Liu Ming said with a smile: "The road is too difficult to walk, and the car retreats halfway." I was going to call you and not come, but Liu Shijia had to come over, so the two of us walked over. ”

"Come, girl, the uncle is carrying you."

Wang Xiangzhong didn't say a word, bent down and motioned for Liu Shijia to climb onto his back.

"No, the child is so old, how can I still let you carry it."

Wang Zheng saw that Liu Ming was carrying a lot of gifts in his hand, and he couldn't spare his hands to carry his daughter.

"Uncle, let my dad carry Jiajia on his back, the road is difficult to walk, there are still two or three miles of land, if she walks over by herself, there will definitely be blisters on her feet."

Liu Shijia pouted, as if she was a little unhappy.

When Liu Ming heard this, he was very embarrassed and said, "Then this is really too troublesome for you, Jiajia, thank you uncle for not hurrying." ”

When Liu Shijia heard this, she said thank you and happily jumped on Wang Xiangzhong's back.

Then, Wang Zheng jumped up and down to lead the way in front and said, "The front is our village." ”

The four of them walked one after the other, with difficulty, and when they arrived at Wang Zheng's house, it was already half past eleven.

After entering the village, the road was much better, and then Liu Ming asked Wang Xiangzhong to put Liu Shijia down and walk by himself. Along the way, the villagers had never seen such a beautiful little girl in the city as Liu Shijia, so they stood aside and watched. While watching, he praised the girl for her beauty.

Wang Zheng walked to the door of the house first, and shouted at the house: "Mother, Liu Shijia, they are here." ”

Yang Shiguo's wife, Yang Shilong's wife, Wang Zheng's little concubine, and Wu Xiufen, who was holding Wang Ning, heard Wang Zheng's shout, and they all came out one after another.

"Where?"

When they walked to the gate, they all smiled when they saw the little girl running towards the house.

"This girl is so beautiful."

"The girls in the city are better looking than the ones in the village."

Wu Xiufen beckoned to Liu Shijia with a smile and said, "Child, come to the house to rest and rest." ”

Liu Shijia ran to Wu Xiufen and said with a smile: "Hello Auntie." ”

Then, she glanced at the child in Wu Xiufen's arms, turned back to Wang Zheng and said, "Wang Zheng, your sister is so cute." ”

Wang Zheng said proudly: "Of course, that's my sister." ”

Liu Shijia stuck out her tongue at Wang Zheng and made a grimace, and ran into Wang Zheng's house.