Chapter 20: Winter Snow

In the end, Yunxue and the others still got all their prey home. Yun Xue carried the stag, Yun Zhen and Yun Lin carried the doe, and Rhubarb carried the green goat. In this way, they rested several times along the way, and finally returned home.

Yun Ni was a few of them, and they had been waiting at home for a long time, and even Xiao Huang was a little impatient, walking back and forth in the yard. As soon as they saw Yunxue and them coming back, everyone was very happy.

"Ah, eldest sister, it's great that you got so much prey back today."

Yun Xue threw the deer on her shoulder to the ground, "Let's deal with these things first, and then we will talk." Yunni, have you cooked dinner? We're all hungry. ”

"I've done it a long time ago, just waiting for you to come back for dinner." Yun Ni stepped forward and wiped the sweat from Yun Xue's face.

Yun Zhen and Yun Lin, who were over there, also put the doe on their shoulders on the ground. And rhubarb, naturally, will no longer hold that green goat. Coupled with the two hares and three pheasants on the waists of Yun Xue and Yun Zhen, today's harvest is very rich.

Yun Xue skinned her prey very neatly, and Yun Lin and Yun Zhen also helped, but fortunately, they had often helped Yun Xue get these before, but they were very proficient. After a while, several prey were all skinned, and Yun Xue cut off a large piece of venison with a knife and threw it to Rhubarb.

Rhubarb didn't contribute much today, and it looks like he's hungry at this time. With the piece of meat in his mouth, he ran to the backyard to eat it. When the tiger eats, it is not allowed to be seen by others. Xiao Huang is still too young to eat meat, but he just turned around twice next to the venison, and that's it.

"Sister, there is so much meat, do we have to marinate some? Otherwise, you'll have to make jerky. Yunni looked at the meat and didn't know what to do with it.

"It's okay to make jerky, you make that venison jerky, but it's delicious." Yunni is very talented in cooking, and the jerky she makes tastes good and is not so hard. Yun Ting has a few, and he likes to eat jerky as a snack and play with it.

Venison is known as the king of meat. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen and invigorating qi, warming the kidneys and strengthening yang, and its taste is peaceful and suitable for eating. It is especially good for newlyweds and older people. "Or just keep some and send some to Grandma Li and Grandma Zhao, they have the best to eat this." Yun Xue remembered these two families.

"That's okay, people have helped us a lot, and we don't have anything good to give to others." Yunni nodded in agreement, they both lived in the same village, and the two families were really good to them. Human relations are like this, getting closer and closer.

Yun Xue put all the processed meat in a large basin, but she filled two pots.

After a tiring day, everyone hurriedly ate and went to bed early. The next day, Yun Xue carried the meat and went to Zhao's house first. At this time, everyone doesn't have much work, and the Zhao family has more land, and at this time, the family is picking corn pellets there.

Zhao Qianru's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly saw Yun Xue, "Ah, Sister Yun Xue, why are you free to come over today?" She threw down the corn cob in her hand and came to Yun Xue's side.

"Sister Qianru, I went up the mountain yesterday and came back with a deer and a green goat. Thinking that this venison is good for the elderly, I sent some over for my grandparents to taste. Yun Xue handed the venison in her hand to Qianru. Trouble my sister to put it away. ”

Grandma Zhao also stopped what she was doing and stood up. "Girl, it's not easy for you to go to the mountains, let's keep this meat for the younger brothers and sisters at home."

"Grandma, there are a lot of them at home. I was thinking, no one in your family went up the mountain, and these things may not be eaten often, so I thought about bringing some to grandma. It's not a good thing, I'll just go up the mountain and get it one day. Yun Xue smiled and asked Qianru to quickly put the meat into the house.

Grandma Zhao knew Yun Xue's temper, so she didn't shirk anymore, "It's rare that you still remember my old bones, our Yun Xue is a capable child, every time you go up the mountain, you can get good things." This venison is good, and it is the most nourishing for deficiency and qi. The meat of the green goat is also a good thing to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, but it is a rare good thing for us old guys. Grandma is not polite to you, this time it will be stained with the light of the snow girl. ”

"Come, girl, sit down at Grandma's." Grandma Zhao pointed to the stool beside her.

Yun Xue was not polite and sat down directly.

"Our snow girl, we're really capable. I don't know, in the future, that boy will be blessed to be able to marry our snow girl. Grandma Zhao looked at Yun Xue with a smile and couldn't help but sigh.

"Grandma, I'm not in a hurry, my younger siblings are still young, and I can't do without them." Yun Xue naturally didn't want to say that she didn't want to find her in-laws, so she had to use her younger siblings as an excuse, and these older people in the province wanted to protect people at every turn.

Grandma Zhao nodded, "Yes, you are the eldest in the family, and you have to watch your younger siblings have a home before you can put your mind at ease." However, if there is a good one, you can't miss it. Even if you are married, can't you take care of the family? "Grandma Zhao listened to Yunxue's words, but she didn't refute anything." Let's not worry, wait for grandma to help you touch a good one, we Xue'er is so capable, ordinary young men are not worthy of us. ”

Yun Xue smiled and stopped taking this stubble. Just as Qianru came out of the house, Yun Xue said a few more words to Qianru, and then got up and said goodbye and went home. Grandma Zhao asked Qianru to bring Yunxue some small beans and peanuts grown at home, "Girl, I know you don't have these at home, take them back and eat them." After a while, grandma will ask your third uncle to tie a few brushes and brooms to send you over. Your family shouldn't have planted sorghum this year, let's live at home, we can't do without these families. ”

The third son of the Zhao family has very strong brushes and brooms, which are very durable. Ordinary people in the village will plant some sorghum for brooms, and keep sorghum millet for brushes. Some people prick it out, either loose, or the millet is of different lengths, and it is not easy to use. Therefore, someone will come to the third uncle of the Zhao family for help.

Yunxue's family really doesn't grow sorghum, and Yunxue won't get this. "Then I'll thank the third uncle."

Coming out of Zhao's house, Yunxue took the same thing again and went to Li's house. After another polite gesture, Hanyu sent Yunxue out. "Sister Yunxue, it's time to prepare winter clothes. If you and Yunni are too busy, I will go over with Qianru to help you in the next few days. You also have a lot of family, I'm afraid it's a moment and a half, and I can't finish it. ”

Yun Xue hurriedly thanked her, "Ah, then I'll thank my sister, don't say it, this needlework, I'm too bad." If you just point at me and Yunni, it will really take some effort. ”

On the third day of October, the first winter snow fell. The snowflakes decorate the whole world into a silvery world.

"Thanks to the fact that we have saved a lot of firewood, the weather has been getting colder and colder since then. Yunni, you have to start burning the stove in the future, but don't let Yunxia freeze. Yun Xue looked at the heavy snow outside the door and said.

"Got it, big sister." Yunni hurriedly agreed.

Yun Xue's house has a total of five houses, and now Yun Xue and Yun Ni live in the outer room of the east house, and the inner room is reserved for miscellaneous items. The four Yunlin brothers lived outside the Westinghouse. The kang in the house is very large, and it is no problem to sleep six or seven people, so a boy lives on a kang bunk.

Yunxue's family is all Beikang, and there is a bad thing about this Beikang, that is, the sunshine is poor in winter, and it is a little cold. In the past, I could only make a brazier in the house in winter, and then burn the kang hot, and I spent the winter.

This year, Yunxue was afraid of freezing Yunxia, so he set up a stove under the south window of the east and west houses, and built a fire wall. In this case, if the stove is burned when it is cold, the whole house will be much hotter.

The snow had been falling all day and showed no signs of stopping. When Yun Xue saw this situation, she said that she would stew a soup at night, drink it hot, and it would be warm.

In the evening, Yunni used the roe deer meat that Yunxue and they got back a few days ago to make a meatball soup. Everyone drank the soup and ate the meatballs, and suddenly felt much warmer from the inside out.

"Eldest sister's cooking skills are really getting better and better, look at Yun Ting and Yun Lei, I've gained a lot of weight these days." Yun Lin took a sip of soup and said approvingly.

Yun Ni was a little embarrassed, "This is also the credit of the eldest sister and the eldest brother and the second brother." If you hadn't gone up to the mountains to hunt, I wouldn't have been able to make delicious cabbage and potatoes alone. By the way, there is also the credit of rhubarb, rhubarb is a lot of good things at home. ”

What Yun Ni said was true, Yun Lin and Yun Zhen went up the mountain a few times, but they were able to get some prey back. In addition, rhubarb will bring back wild boars, roe deer and other prey from time to time, and the meat at home has really not been broken this year.

However, it is also very important that they no longer have contact with the old house. In previous years, even if Han Yong went up the mountain to hunt back the prey, he would give most of it to the old mansion. Sometimes, Han Ren and Han Yi's wives would often come over to take a look, and if they saw Han Yong getting back the prey, they would take it directly.

The Liu family was hindered by Han Yong's face, and it was difficult to say anything. In this way, most of the things that Han Yong got up the mountain went into the stomachs of those people in the old mansion.

This year is different, Yun Xue has already fallen out with the other end of the old mansion, and they haven't come here since the last time they were beaten. This year's prey, except for a little given to the Li family and the Zhao family, all entered the children's stomachs. With adequate nutrition, children are not only fat, but also grown.

Everyone was eating happily when they heard a movement outside the door. "Is anyone home?"

Yunxue didn't know who it was, so she had to put on her clothes and go out of the house. Coming to the gate, Yun Xue asked, "Who is it?" ”

"We came from somewhere else, and the heavy snow got lost, and we didn't go out for a long time. I happened to see a light here, so I came over. Excuse me, can you spend the night here? Someone outside the door said.