On the first day of November, it snowed for a day yesterday, and Situ Yan looked at the knee-deep snow in the yard at this time, and was happy for a while, as for the worries of the people in the village, it had nothing to do with her. With this snow, her water kiln has a place to use. When Da Lang and Ji Lang came back with their things, the family had breakfast and began to store snow water.

The village is taking the people who serve in the village to the county, Li Dalang can't enter the mountain for a while, so he is busy with it first, according to Situ Yan's teaching, first use stones to build a stove on the edge of the water kiln, put the big iron pot at home on the rack, burn the fire and start to melt the snow water, the snow on the ground only take the floating snow above, do not need to boil the part with soil below, the water does not need to be boiled, just turn into water, and then boil a pot of water with cockle grass (centella asiatica), and pour it into the water kiln to purify, disinfect and sterilize.

With this snow water, even if it doesn't rain at the beginning of spring next year, you won't have to worry about planting.

Situ Yan was afraid that Shiro would run away disobediently, so she asked Erlang to stay in the front yard, swept the snow in the yard, and then paved the road with stones. After lunch, Muramasa came to call Dalang into the mountain, accompanied by the mountain baby and the little sheep.

Only then did Situ Yan know that because of the service, the county school had a month off in advance. Xiao Yang'er was fine at home at this time, and Muramasa took him with him. Li Dalang was wearing cotton shoes made for him by Situ Yan, carrying a basket with hemp rope and Situ Yan's special meat patty, which was filled with oil when the cake and noodles were made, and there were vegetables and meat in it. Shan Wazi lent his father's bow to Li Dalang, which his father ordered before leaving, and asked him to take care of Li Dalang more when he entered the mountain.

"Uncle Muramasa, this is a medicine to stop bleeding, you put it on your body, it's good to take precautions." Situ Yan thought that these people would be able to rush back tomorrow night, and they didn't need to bring more other medicines, and the medicine for wounds and bleeding should be enough.

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely send Dalang back safely."

"Follow my uncle out, I'm not worried. It's a good thing that the eldest brother can experience more. Big brother, you have to remember that nothing is important in life, even if there is a hint of danger, don't do it. Always think that your family is waiting for you to come home. ”

He glanced at the mountain baby and the little sheep again, "Brother the mountain baby and the little sheep are too, you have to listen to Uncle Wangfu's words, and when you come back, you will eat at my house, and I will treat you with good food." ”

Several people laughed and entered the mountain together, Situ Yan's heart also lifted, and she couldn't help laughing and muttered in her heart, "It's better for me to go into the mountains to hunt by myself, and I won't be so nervous, it's really a fool's errand." Seeing the figures of several people disappearing, he turned back to the courtyard with Erlang and Saburo.

"Xiao Wu, with that water kiln, will there be no shortage of water in the spring next year?" San Lang didn't know what the water kiln was for, but after watching this morning, he felt that this water kiln was just a larger water tank, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Whether there is a shortage of water depends on the situation, but the water kiln is smaller, and it will be enough if you can dig two more." She still thinks about growing rice and raising fish, but where can the water from this kiln be used?

"Then I'll dig two more. Where is it good for Xiao Wu to dig? As soon as Erlang heard that Xiao Wu still wanted a water kiln, he hurriedly went to find the key to open the utility room and find the house.

"Second brother, don't look for it, this soil is frozen, and you can't dig it at all." Situ Yan didn't rush to think about it, so she had to wait and see.

"If I can dig it, I can burn firewood on it first, and then I can dig it when the ground is hot. Xiao Wu rest assured, I am reluctant to break the farm tools, if I let the eldest brother know, I will not pick my skin. Brother Big Brother looks at those things tightly, and every time he uses them, he has to wipe them clean before he can put them away. ”

Situ Yan didn't care, but when she saw Li Dalang's appearance at the beginning, she didn't expect him to use it so carefully.

"Second brother, this method is really good, then try it, this second water kiln is dug next to the east wall. Let's try one first, if it's troublesome, just wait for the spring. ”

After Jiro finished paving the road in the yard, he went to the backyard to dig a water kiln, and Saburo followed to help. Situ Yan went back to the house to make up for sleep first, she didn't sleep well yesterday, and wanted to make up for a nap to recuperate, so she saw Shiro sitting on the kang in the hall, still weaving a mat, anyway, he was fine, he took a few medicines, and he was not tired of making a mat now, so he left it to him.

I slept for more than an hour, and it was still early to see that it was still early, so I went to Ryoko's house, and she would do what she promised, as for whether Ryoko could come back alive, she couldn't guarantee it, but she could still guarantee Ryoko's daughter-in-law's body. After taking medicine a few times, the fetus is finally stable, and Liangzi Niang takes care of it very carefully. Situ Yan was relieved to go back.

I first went to the backyard to see the water kiln dug by Erlang and Saburo, although it was burned with fire, the soil was too hard and the progress was very slow. Seeing that the two of them were so cold that their faces were red and their hands were cold, they hurriedly persuaded the two to go back to the house to rest, "The second brother and the third brother quickly drank this ginger soup, the snow stopped and was colder than when it snowed, and I can't work like this in the future, this hand is frostbitten, I don't like it." ”

"I've been frozen for a long time, and I'm used to it. Little Five, don't worry. Situ Yan noticed a few people's hands at this time, and sure enough, they were red and swollen, and there were cracks, not only a little angry, angry that he was busy these days, and he didn't even notice this, and he was even more angry with Erlang, how could he not say it earlier, and he was forced to go outside to work, thinking that Li Dalang was afraid that this was the case, and he was even more anxious, she could still think of a way in this house, Li Dalang was in the mountains, even if she came up with a way, she couldn't use it.

glared at Erlang a few times, didn't speak, and went directly into the stove room to dispense frostbite medicine. I found all the herbs in the ring, and after careful distinction, I found that the herbs in my hand had been used, and the remaining ones were only used for eggplant roots, so I had to make up for it first, and wait until the next time I went to the market, I would buy more.

Chop the eggplant root and boil it into a potion, then bring it into the hall and let all three of them soak their hands.

"Little Wu, don't be sad, the injuries on our hands were not made today, they were like this when we were in the old house, and we will do it every year." Saburo saw Xiaomei's worry and didn't want her to feel sorry for herself.

"I was busy building a house a few days ago, and these days things have happened one after another, because I was negligent and made my brothers suffer."

"Xiao Wu, what are you talking about, if I don't talk about freezing without you, I just can't even eat a full meal." Erlang was a little anxious and didn't know how to explain it.

Shiro was also anxious at this time, and when he saw his little sister's sad appearance, he felt distressed. "Xiao Wu is not sad, my hand doesn't hurt at all, really,"

San Lang was more careful, and saw that the little sister was sad because they didn't tell her if they had something, "Little Wu, if there is something in the future, I will definitely tell you." Situ Yan knew that it was not realistic to let them all understand what they meant at once, as long as one person began to understand her, then she would not be busy in vain these days.

"It's the words of the third brother, the second brother and the fourth brother, if you don't feel well in the future, whether it's a new illness or an injury you have suffered in the past, you have to tell me. These injuries and illnesses should be cured as soon as possible. ”

After soaking his hands, Erlang really felt uncomfortable no longer itchy, and he didn't fall asleep until he had dinner, read a book, and soaked again before going to bed.

Situ Yan didn't have anything to do here, and besides, Li Dalang followed Murazheng, Shanwazi, and Xiaoyang'er into the mountain together, and in one afternoon, they laid out four sets, laid out the traps they dug when they entered the mountain before, and hunted two rabbits and a pheasant, and it was dark, so they found a cave and lit a fire to prepare for rest.

Several people took out the cake and put it on the fire to bake it with a branch, the cake of the mountain baby is black, the cake of Muramasa and Xiaoyanger is the bud grain noodles, and the cake of Li Dalang is black flour and bud grain noodles, and a few people bake it for a while only to find that Dalang's cake is particularly fragrant.

"Da Lang, what do you add to this cake, it smells more fragrant than Uncle's bud grain noodles."

"Uncle, this is Xiao Wubao's vegetable meatloaf, I don't know what to add, Xiao Wu brought a lot, and I brought it to the big guy, and I will compensate Uncle when it's baked."

"That's a good relationship, you guys are really blessed, the girl is cooking deliciously, Uncle has seen you all grow meat these days."

"Well, I've grown a lot, and I'm more able to eat than before."

After the cake was baked, it was given to Muramasa first, and then to the little sheep and the mountain baby.

"Fragrant" little lamb took a bite, the crunchy noodles and meat aroma, ate a bite and thought about the next bite, not to mention a cake, even ten or eight he can swallow it.

"Da Lang, when are you still working, remember to call me. Just take care of the food. ”

"You want Xiao Wu to take care of your food, think beautifully. I'm still afraid of tiring my sister. A few people laughed a few words, and ate the cakes on the back of the big man, and tomorrow can only eat some dry cakes at noon, and they can go down the mountain and go home in the afternoon.

"Dalang, are you wearing warm shoes?" Shan Wazi looked at Li Dalang's shoes and was very envious, her mother also did it, but except for his father, the others were to be sold, and he hadn't worn them yet.

"Warm! Uncle Muramasa thinks so. "Muramasa also wears such cotton shoes on his feet.

"Why isn't it warm, that is, your little five can think of these ghost ideas." Muramasa also wore these shoes for the first time today, because he and his son were going into the mountains, and his daughter-in-law rushed out two pairs overnight last night.

"My mother drove out a pair for my father last night, and I haven't done it yet." After chatting for a while, they took turns to rest. Little Lamb has never been a talker, and Da Lang and Shan Wazi have long been used to it.

The next day was a sunny day, and they beat two foxes and a wild boar, and with this big guy, they didn't want to stay in the mountains for a long time, so they tied the wild boar's feet with hemp rope, cut a stick and carried the wild boar back, and went down the mountain to see the traps and traps, but there was no harvest, anyway, with this wild boar, several people also had a lot of gains.

When he was about to go out of the mountain, he also hunted two pheasants. When Da Lang returned home, he looked at the prey piled up in the yard: two rabbits, three pheasants, two foxes, and a wild boar. Even Situ Yan had to praise it, the hunting skills of the ancients were much stronger than those of modern people, and if modern people didn't have shotguns, they wouldn't even be able to get animal hair.

Wild boars and foxes have to wait until tomorrow morning to pull them to the county to sell, wild boar meat is too hard, not as tender as domestic pork, so she didn't want to stay, the village is saying that the money will be divided according to the head, she also thinks it is good. As for the fox, she wanted to keep the fur, but she didn't want it, so she didn't want it. Only the pheasant village is in charge, and the family is divided one by one. Situ Yan saw that the feathers on the tails of the three pheasants were particularly beautiful, so she discussed with Muramasa to keep these chicken feathers.

"What's so difficult about this, this chicken will be killed in your house, the chicken feathers, and the internal organs will be left for you, and your aunt won't be able to do these things when you take them back, and when you do it, just give it to your uncle a bowl."

"Great!" Situ Yan got some chicken feathers, and happily jumped into the stove room to boil water.

"This ghost girl doesn't know what the hell to think of, she can conjure up tricks for things that people don't want." Mura Zheng laughed and scolded a few words, and Da Lang went to the house first, this chicken has to boil water, and they are cold at this time, so they go into the house to warm up.

Situ Yan was not in a hurry, she first boiled some ginger water and sent it to a few people in the hall, and then began to boil water. Erlang purged Dalang to tell him about hunting in the mountains.

When the water is boiled, Situ Yan's rice is also done, mixed soup and hand-rolled noodles, using white wheat noodles, when kneading the noodles, she specially added salt, bit a special tendon, and also vorticized an egg in each bowl, this egg was taken out of the ring, anyway, Li Dalang didn't know what to eat at home, but he felt that the food in the house was like he couldn't finish eating, and there was always no less, sometimes when asked, Situ Yan said that he asked someone to help carry it, and he was fooled.

A few people snorted and snorted to eat, but it was Situ Yan, who couldn't eat after only a few bites. This meal was eaten earlier than usual, she was not too hungry, and after watching a few people see the bottom for a while, she hurriedly filled another bowl for them.

"It's delicious." Situ Yan handed the bowl to Xiao Yang'er, who took it embarrassedly, and only held back two words for a long time.

"Eat more if it's delicious, there's still something in the pot."

"Girl, this white face is very expensive, this is too wasteful."

"Uncle Wangfu, you took my eldest brother into the mountain, so hard, I also respect you, although this thing is expensive, how can it be compared to your painstaking care. This noodle is still bought for steaming buns when the beam is leftover, and it is not specially bought. ”

"I don't know what you have in your little head, you don't even spend a penny on weekdays, but when it comes to food, why don't you save so much."

"Isn't it just for this mouth that people live their whole lives? People can not make new clothes, they can not sleep in a new house, but people can't always skip eating, so no matter how broken our clothes are, no matter how bad our living is, we can never be sloppy in eating. ”

"Yes, I can't talk about you." A few people were full, Da Lang stayed to rest, Erlang helped carry the wild boar to Muramasa's house, and San Lang helped carry the fox and the prepared chicken offal.

Situ Yan removed her pheasant, boiled soup on a chicken rack, added some shredded chicken to Liangzi's house, and then went back to the house to rest.