The weather was fine in the twelfth lunar month, but the rain and snow in the first month closed the door.

The cattle dealer sent a deer to Yang Huazhong's family, saying that it would replenish the health of the whole family.

Yang Huazhong was good at killing chickens and fish, but he had never skinned a deer before, so he invited Da Sun and Xiao Jie's father.

These two butchers held a 200-pound fat pig on its back with one hand and a knife with the other. A white knife went in and a red knife came out.

Picking up deer now is a familiar road.

"Bring a big basin. I heard that deer blood can nourish people. It can be brewed into wine or something. It's very exciting!" Mrs. Sun ordered while tidying up.

Mrs. Sun quickly delivered a large basin, and soon took most of the basin of hot deer blood and left.

The deer skin was cut off in one piece and set aside, and the venison and venison legs were also divided into several parts, all spread out and placed in a large basin.

"Sister, brother-in-law, thanks to your help, otherwise we wouldn't be able to make this thing good or bad."

In order to express his gratitude, Mrs. Sun picked up a hind leg of a deer and handed it to Mr. Sun.

"Take this deer leg back and serve it to our father as a drink. It just so happens that Dajie and Xiaojie are also at home during the first month of the year, so they can make some dishes for the children."

The eldest Sun took it generously and asked for the deerskin from Sun.

"Our father is getting older and is more and more afraid of the cold. I took this deerskin to dry in the sun and sewed him a vest later." Da Sun said.

Mrs. Sun hurriedly asked Yang Huazhong to scoop up a large bowl of deer blood, "Let our father drink the deer blood wine. Let's dry the wine in this basin first and drink it slowly in the future."

Mr. and Mrs. Sun returned satisfied with their venison, skins and blood.

In the yard, Sun and Yang Huazhong then distributed the remaining venison.

There are three legs, one for the Luo family, one for Yang Huazhou, and one for the family.

The remaining venison will be sent to Yongjin, Yongxian and Yongzhi each.

"Dad and mom are eating and drinking with our third room in the first month of the year, so there is no need to send them separately, but let's send some to Mei'er as well. Dabai broke his leg, and I heard that making soup with deer bones is good for the injured leg."

Sun was discussing this with Yang Huazhong.

Yang Huazhong nodded, "Okay, you've done a good job in assigning things, so I'll do as you say."

It was snowing outside, and the courtyard door of Yang Huazhong's house was opened. Yang Huazhong, Da'an and Xiaoan, father and son, were busy sending out the venison.

In the Luo family's yard, Baby Luo is making a snowman in the yard with his teddy dog.

Blacksmith Luo stood aside with a shovel to help her.

Snowflakes fell on Blacksmith Luo's beard one by one, and his beard turned white, but the enthusiasm of the two men did not diminish at all.

When Yang Huazhong brought the deer legs in, he happened to see this scene.

"Oh, this snowman looks so cool. He's even wearing a bamboo hat. If someone with bad eyesight saw this, they would think it was a real person!" Yang Huazhong joked.

Luo Baobao smiled and said hello to Yang Huazhong, and then went to put the nose and eyes on the snowman.

The eyes are two potatoes with black ink spit out, and the nose is a rolling pin tied with red cloth, inserted crookedly into the snowman's face.

Here, Blacksmith Luo put down his shovel and came to Yang Huazhong. He saw the deer leg in Yang Huazhong's hand: "This is..."

Yang Huazhong made his intention clear.

Blacksmith Luo smiled and quickly asked him to sit in the room.

Yang Huazhong shook his head and said, "I won't sit down anymore. I have to rush to the old house to deliver the venison. I'll come back and sit down later."

He handed the deer leg to Blacksmith Luo, looked at his granddaughter who was still building a snowman with a smile, turned around and left the yard.

Blacksmith Luo looked at the deer leg in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

"Baby, your grandpa just sent you deer legs. What do you want to eat at noon?" He raised the deer legs in his hand and asked Baby Luo.

Luo Baobao was busy carving his own work at the moment, and had no time to care about what he was eating, so he casually responded: "Cut off a small piece, put it on the fire rack and grill it, and dip it in more chili sauce and minced garlic.

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"Okay, you play first, I'll send it to the backyard for your grandma to clean up quickly."

The other rooms in Lao Yang's house also received venison one after another, and everyone was very happy.

Although there is no need to worry about food and drink at home during the first month of the year, this venison is game.

Especially when the door is closed due to heavy snow, the family gathers together, closes the door, makes a fire, eats venison, drinks wine, talks, and feels warm all over. It is beautiful to think about it.

The last piece of venison in Yang Huazhong's hand was sent to an inconspicuous low courtyard at the south end of the village.

When he walked into the courtyard gate, he saw Yang Huaming shoveling snow in the courtyard.

"The snow hasn't stopped yet. You shoveled it with your front foot and then it fell again with your back foot. Isn't this a waste of effort?"

Yang Huazhong stood at the door of the courtyard and asked puzzledly.

When Yang Huaming saw the person coming, his face showed joy, "Earlier, Xiaojuan went to the kitchen to get something and slipped too fast. I thought it would be safer to shovel a path so that the children would not fall."

"Third brother, it's been snowing all the way, why did you come here? Come on, sit down in the house."

Yang Huaming quickly put down the shovel in his hand and came over to say hello.

Yang Huazhong also took out the basket behind him and handed it to Yang Huaming: "Today, the eldest brother, the cattle dealer, sent a deer. Your third sister-in-law asked me to send some for the children to change their taste."

Yang Huaming took the basket and was a little excited when he saw the fresh venison inside.

"It's so heavy. It must weigh five or six pounds, right?" he asked.

Yang Huazhong said: "I don't know, so I just grabbed it casually and didn't weigh it."

Yang Huaming's face was filled with emotion, "Third brother, you are considerate. I would like to thank you on behalf of the children."

After he left home, he relied on his income from the Taoist temple to feed his six mouths. He had no money to buy new clothes during the Chinese New Year.

All the money on hand is used to buy rice and vegetables. Even so, the family has to live tight and cannot let any waste.

What they drank in the morning was porridge with two egg drops in it. Kang Xiaozi and Tiedan both clamored for meatballs, but they finished eating them on the first day of the first lunar month.

Previously, Xiaojuan was confused by the quarrel between the two of them. She was thinking about going to the kitchen to get something to eat to kill them, but she fell down without stepping firmly on her foot.

Now that's good, the third brother brought the venison, so the children can have a good meal at noon.

"Children, look who's coming!"

When he opened the door and entered the house, Yang Huaming shouted into the hall.

The simple main room was filled with smoke and the smell of smoke was pungent. It was obvious that the lowest quality charcoal was used.

The third girl, Kang Xiaozi, and Tiedan sister and brother were sitting around the charcoal brazier, some were warming their hands and some were warming their feet. It was noisy, but also lively.

The children's eyes lit up when they saw Yang Huazhong and Yang Huaming coming in together, bringing a basket of meat. Except for the third girl, who was a quiet girl, the other two boys gathered around Yang Huaming's basket after saying hello to Yang Huazhong.

Especially when Yang Huaming said it was venison, the two boys reached out to poke at the meat in the basket out of curiosity. As a result, one of them received a slap on the forehead from Yang Huaming.

The beating was very light, just for show.

"You bastards, stop messing around and go back to your room to play. Dad will have a chat with your third uncle." Yang Huaming drove the people out.

"It's hard to play in the house, let's go outside and build a snowman." Kang Xiaozi suggested, and Tiedan immediately cheered.

The two boys ran into the yard and laughed.
Chapter completed!