At night, in a room with no lights on.

Xu Zhimu lay comfortably on the bed, waiting for the junior sister to come back from the bath.

Soon, the junior sister stood at the door in pajamas for a long time before coming in.

She turned on the light in the room and met Xu Zhimu's hungry wolf-like eyes in the dark.

"It's cold outside, come in, the covers are all warm for you."

Xu Zhimu slapped the bed and hinted wildly.

Liu Ningqing blushed and slowly walked to the bed.

Although the two of them have been ashamed for a long time, even the first time of the two of them was in this room.

But today, the two of them have a real feeling of entering the cave room.

No longer sneaky, but openly, even with the tacit approval of the family.

Liu Ningqing still sat down slowly, but the next moment he was directly hugged by Xu Zhimu into the quilt.

Xu Zhimu is not an impatient hairy boy now, holding the soft body of the junior sister, smelling the fragrance of the bath on her body just after taking a bath.

"Qingqing, did grandma tell you something today?"

Xu Zhimu asked her, otherwise she would definitely not have suddenly let Liu Ningqing sleep with her.

Thinking of what happened just now, Liu Ningqing blushed with shame, and was a little afraid to look at him: "No."

"Don't tell the truth, do you?"

Xu Zhimu began to slowly unbutton her pajamas.

Liu Ningqing pouted and patted him, "You've been driving for a day...... You're not tired."

This guy is really, every day to make a bad thing, she secretly checked the Internet for information.

Doctors advise that even young people should not do this every day, and it is better to do it every two or three days.

"That's your husband's talent, so you can steal the fun."

Xu Zhimu confidently showed off his arm muscles.

Liu Ning gave him a clean look, but sometimes she liked to touch his abdominal muscles when she slept at night.

She gently leaned into Xu Zhimu's arms and said softly, "Grandma, she already knows about us......

Liu Ningqing always puffed up when she said these words.

Fools know it, and you still think you can hide it from others every day.

Xu Zhimu couldn't help but smile and complain in his heart.

But he wanted to tease her.

"Grandma, what does she know?"

Xu Zhimu had a curious look on his face.

"That's it...... That's ...... us."

Liu Ningqing was hesitant, unable to say a word for a long time, looking at the smile that flashed in Xu Zhimu's eyes.

She knew that she had been deceived again, pouted angrily, then stretched out her little fist to smash his chest, and took his hand away.

Don't let him take advantage of it!

"Ignore you!"

Liu Ningqing snorted, turned around and rolled up the quilt directly to prepare for sleep.

Xu Zhimu grinned and hugged her from behind her.

"I...... I don't want you to bully people today."

Liu Ningqing must ignore him today, of course, it is definitely not because he is angry, but he has been driving the car for so long today, and he has been walking outside for a long time.

Definitely tired.

Xu Zhimu hugged her and didn't let go, sniffing the aroma in her ears: "It's okay, I'll hug you."

A few minutes later.

Liu Ningqing turned to look at him with a red face, Xu Zhimu also looked at her, and said pitifully: "No way, who made Qingqing you so beautiful, and so fragrant and soft, like a small cake, people can't help but want to eat it."

Xu Zhimu said earthy love words, but little girls, especially little girls who fell in love, as long as they are the ones they like, even if they pick their noses, they are handsome.

Liu Ningqing couldn't stand his tone and pitiful expression, and turned her head to look at him, her gentle eyes flickering slightly.

"Then, only you are allowed to ......."

"Okay, I'll promise you anything."

Xu Zhimu smiled and opened his mouth and pulled the quilt.

The character of the junior sister, it's easy to get an inch if you want to.

……

The next day.

Xu Zhimu began to chop firewood, and he had to do a big job today, that is, to slaughter the sheep raised by the family.

I found a big iron pot, supported it in the yard, and began to light the firewood directly, boiling some hot water for a while to prepare for hair removal and cleaning up the internal organs.

Xiao Wu also ran out early in the morning, and took a sickle to cut the grass on a meadow behind the house, saying that he wanted to give the sheep a full meal before he died.

In fact, Xu Zhimu wanted to say that when feeding sheep now, he would have to work hard to clean up his intestines when he slaughtered them for a while.

But looking at the child's innocent appearance, Xu Zhimu still decided to let him go.

Liu Ningqing also took out all the seasonings and helped take care of the bottom of the pot.

Grandpa took out all the knives he was going to use today and sharpened them on the whetstone.

Killing pigs and sheep during the Chinese New Year was a big event in the village in the past, and relatives and friends from the neighborhood would come to help.

Although the living conditions are better now, it is also a big deal to be able to kill a pig or sheep during the Chinese New Year.

The water is almost there, and the knife is sharpened.

"Child, slaughtering sheep will get dirty after a while, so I'll do it myself."

Grandpa looked at Xu Zhimu's clean clothes, it would be very good for a child in the city to be able to kill a chicken.

Even if it is a child in the countryside, the vast majority of people have rarely seen the killing of pigs and sheep, which is a hard work and a dangerous job.

Every year in this town, when they kill pigs and sheep, they are kicked and injured by these livestock.

"It's okay grandpa, I've seen people slaughter sheep before, so I'll come too."

Xu Zhimu rolled up his sleeves, and in his last life, he went to XZ for a leisurely trip and saw those Tibetans slaughtering sheep.

After all, many locals will raise a lot of sheep, and it is essential to do some farmhouse projects, and roasting whole sheep is essential.

Basically, every family will slaughter sheep, and even children will follow from an early age.

Xu Zhimu also experienced it, and he didn't dare to say that he was particularly skilled, but he had the strength to do it.

"You're going to kill sheep, huh?"

Liu Ningqing was stunned for a moment, how did he feel as if he could do anything.

"I'll have more."

Xu Zhimu put on his apron and winked at his junior sister.

Liu Ningqing immediately lowered his head with a red face and ignored him.

After a while, the sheep was brought up, and Xiao Wu suddenly couldn't bear to look at it, and was coaxed into the house to sleep by the junior sister.

In fact, this sheep is only a year younger this year, and if it is raised for another month or two, it can still grow some meat, but the meat quality may be much older.

The meat quality of the lamb at this time is just right.

Xu Zhimu looked at the sheep in front of him, slowly led it and tied it to the bench, during which the sheep also began to struggle hard.

If this is only grandpa, it is estimated that he will be kicked if he is not careful, Xu Zhimu directly pressed the hind leg of the sheep.

"It's a lot of strength."

Grandpa also rarely smiled and spoke.

Between men, this gene, which originates from the hunting of ancestors in the bloodline, can always cause excitement among men.

……

After tossing back and forth for more than two hours, the sheep's skin was finally pulled off, and the internal organs were basically taken out.

Xu Zhimu cut off one of the leg of mutton, connecting it to the thigh bone, which was twenty catties smaller.

This piece of meat Xu Zhimu planned to find a time to send it to the village chief in the afternoon.

It is impossible for him and his junior sister to stay in the village all the time, and grandpa and grandma are old after all, and sometimes they do some things in the countryside, if there is no young and strong man at home, they will indeed be looked down upon.

Occupation of cultivated land, or building houses against walls

Roots, these things abound.

Since Xu Zhimu plans to renovate his grandparents' house, it must be indispensable for the people in the village, and there are only two old people in the family.

At this time, the village chief needs to come forward.

Anyway, it's not the first time they've met, Xu Zhimu plans to go over directly with gifts, and as long as the village chief shows up often in the future, the people in the village won't dare to do anything.

……

Chop the rest of the mutton, and throw some of the bones and meat directly into the pot and start boiling and marinating.

Marinated meat will have a lot of salt, and it is enough to eat it in the cellar or refrigerator during this season until after the Chinese New Year.

The meat was slowly boiling in the pot, and Xu Zhimu took off his apron, and it was inevitable that there would be some blood stains and mud on his body.

Liu Ningqing prepared hot water everywhere, added some cold water, and when the water temperature was right, he pulled the basin to Xu Zhimu.

Then he took Xu Zhimu's hand, and did not dislike the blood stains on his hands, and used his snow-white little hands to help him rub it carefully.

And seeing the position of his palm, there are red marks, all of which were strangled to help grandpa tie up sheep.

"It doesn't hurt."

Liu Ningqing gently helped him rub his palms, looking distressed.

"It's okay, the seal will go down in a while."

Xu Zhimu smiled and shook his head.

Liu Ningqing helped him wash his hands, and Xiao Wu also came out, looking at the mutton on the board, the mutton that had been processed felt a little cruel for a while, and then felt that the stewed mutton must be delicious.

It's very tangled.

Xu Zhimu packed a leg of mutton that he had just cut off with plastic wrap, and was about to go to the village chief's house with his junior sister.

drove the car and parked directly at the door of the village chief's house.

The village chief's family was also eating.

Seeing these two Audis, the village chief instantly remembered whose car it was.

Sure enough, Xu Zhimu and Liu Ningqing both got out of the car.

The female village chief immediately stood up and walked over.

"Yo, isn't this Ningqing, winter vacation? You see I haven't seen you for a month or two, and it's beautiful again."

The female village chief greeted Liu Ningqing, and then looked at Xu Zhimu: "You are the same classmate Xu last time, right, this year is also here to celebrate the New Year with classmate Ningqing?"

The last time I came, I used the excuse of a classmate, and now Xu Zhimu doesn't have to pretend.

smiled and said, "Auntie, last time I troubled you to help us run before and after, today I followed Qingqing to give you an early year."

Xu Zhimu said, opened the trunk, and directly took out the leg of mutton that had just been chopped off.

"Auntie, this is the Qingqing family's own sheep, which has just been slaughtered, let me send it to you."

Xu Zhimu carried the leg of mutton and asked the junior sister to come down with some cigarettes and alcohol.

The female village chief was very sharp-eyed, looking at this leg of mutton at least more than twenty catties, of course, this is a heart, and what Liu Ningqing held in her hand made her eyes light up.

The total of these cigarettes and alcohol is estimated to be one or two thousand.

"Look at your child, Ning Qing is the only child in our village who goes to a double first-class university, it is right to help her, it is not easy for Ning Qing's family, and she can't accept it if she receives it."

The female village chief shirked a few times, and this kid suddenly came to the door, he must have something to do with himself.

Xu Zhimu smiled and said, "It's just an extra dish for the New Year, I took it back, you can't let me take it back."

Of course, Xu Zhimu knew that she had no intention of refusing, so he directly gave Liu Ningqing a look, took the gift and walked inside.

Placed everything on the table at the door.

"Look at these two children, they have grown up, Ning Qing, if there is anything at home in the future, you will come and tell your aunt."

The female village chief said with a smile.

Liu Ningqing nodded lightly, and then Xu Zhimu took advantage of the situation to speak: "Auntie, it's been cold recently, Qingqing's family plans to renovate the house after the year, see if you need it here."

Approve some formalities and so on, and we should prepare in advance."

Building a house in the countryside used to be fine, but now basically any house you want to build needs to report to the village more or less first.

Of course, it's basically a village, and they won't refuse.

What Xu Zhimu said was not that he really wanted any formalities, but some guarantees during the construction of the house.

The female village chief also knew it, looking at the young man in front of her, she didn't want to do things and talk at all, which a young man of this age could have.

"No, no, it's a good thing to renovate the house, and when you start renovating, I'll help you watch it."

The female village chief also readily agreed.

"Okay, then we'll be relieved."

"It's time for dinner, let's sit down and eat together."

"No need, no need, no need to cook, no need to disturb at home......

Getting into the car, Xu Zhimu drove away, and the female village chief looked at the direction in which the vehicle left.

"This old Liu family really found a good son-in-law......

……

Back in the courtyard, the smell of meat wafted from the entire yard.

Xiao Wu drooled greedily, holding a small bench, and looked directly at the mutton boiling in the cauldron.

The rhubarb's harazi also flowed to the ground, and its tail wagged and flew up.

After boiling for another half an hour, the big iron pot and thick firewood smouldered out of a pot, and the whole yard was full of rich mutton fragrance.

"Woohoohoo......"

Grandpa took a sheep's hoof for Xiao Wu first, and Xiao Wu took it in his hand and held it back and forth alternately, waiting for it to cool down a little.

This greedy little guy still took the sheep's trotters and went to give it to Grandma first.

"Grandma, you eat first."

"Grandma is not hungry, you can eat first."

Grandma kindly touched her grandson's head, and then Xiao Wu ran over to his grandfather, and finally let Liu Ningqing and Xu Zhimu go.

looked at the little guy's greedy drooling, but he had a small appearance of giving everyone a circle.

Everyone couldn't help but smile.

In the end, Xiao Wu finally got his wish and gnawed on the sheep's hooves in his heart, and spit out the bones for Rhubarb to gnaw.

In the afternoon, the whole family hugged the mutton and nibbled it, and it was hot all over.

Grandma and Grandpa sat together, Xu Zhimu and the junior sister sat together, and Xiao Wu and Rhubarb gnawed on the bones sat together.

In this small courtyard, there is peace and tranquility.

……

I stayed at my sister's house for three or four days.

It's snowing again.

The temperature seems to be much lower again, and Xu Zhimu's physique feels a little chilly when he gets up in the morning.

It's just that in the yard, Xiao Wu wore several clothes, wrapped like a snowman, and wanted to snowball in the yard.

Xu Zhimu is also ready to come out with a snowman with his junior sister.

Xu Zhimu was rubbing the snow on the side, and suddenly received a call from his mother.

"Hey, Mom, didn't I say I went back before Chinese New Year's Eve......

"Xiaomi, she's hospitalized."

Xu Mu's anxious and distressed voice came, and suddenly, the snowball in Xu Zhimu's hand fell to the ground.