The arrow in Mantang's hand flew out with a "swish", but did not hit the hare he was aiming at.
Two hares who were playing in the snow were frightened and ran away.
Li Yunze raised his arrow to hit the string, flicked his bow arm lightly, and the arrow was like lightning. An arrow flew out, and two hares were pierced by long arrows.
He looked at Man Tang and said: "Hunting is different from target practice. The prey can move at any time, so you must move quickly."
"Yes, Master."
"I will often take you out to practice in the future."
He looked at the sky and said, "It's almost done today. Grab the prey and go back."
Today's harvest was quite good, a wild boar, a large basket of pheasants, hares, and a badger.
Yongchang and Wencai were carrying the big wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms and humming happily in front.
Li Yunze didn't let the younger children follow him. The snow in the past few days was quite heavy, and it was as deep as an adult's knees.
Ye Yutong shook her aching arm. She shot a pheasant today and felt quite accomplished.
The children put their arms around each other and chatted about today's hunting trophies while walking.
They all wore wolfskin waistcoats, wolfskin kneepads on their legs, and deerskin boots on their feet.
Li Yunze asked his mother-in-law and several aunts to help make these. Everyone in the valley has them.
Master Zhou wears a large wolfskin coat and a long knee pad. It was Li Wenxiu who gave Madam Zhou the wolf skin and asked her to make it herself.
Master Zhou has to teach the children in the evening. Although there is a brazier in the classroom, he is not too young.
His son and daughter-in-law passed away early. He suffered a lot from teaching and farming over the years. He also had severe cold legs and was particularly afraid of the cold in winter.
For the pig-killing dish for dinner, all the offal of a wild boar was cooked, as well as a pig's head, which was cooked in two large pots.
Ye Yutong could smell the fragrance in her room. She washed the brush and put it away, preparing to go over for dinner.
First, he went to their small cave to get a small jar of wine, which Ping An brewed outside after learning from her.
Uncle Yongchang and Uncle Wencai both knew about it, which was also an excuse for them to make wine in advance.
Because it has just been brewed not long ago and the time is too short, the taste may not be that good, so I will take some out for everyone to try.
With such a good meal tonight, how could it not be paired with some wine?
The wind outside was blowing loudly, rattling the door of the large kitchen.
She pushed the door open and walked in. Xiaodandan took a sip and said with a smile: "Sister Tongtong, are you hungry too?"
Ye Yutong nodded his little head, "I'm not greedy, I'm hungry."
Little Dog Dan didn’t believe it. With two big pots of delicious food in front of him, who wouldn’t be greedy?
Sister Tongtong is a girl, not as shameless as a guy like him, so she must be embarrassed to say that she is greedy.
The puppy blinked at her and said understandingly: "Sister Tongtong, I understand everything."
Ye Yutong asked him funny, "Goudan, what do you understand?"
Little Dog Dan smiled meaningfully and stared at the pot again, drooling.
He pretended to have a deep expression, which made Ye Yutong very happy.
Xu Xianglan patted him on the head and scolded with a smile: "You brat, do you think your sister Tongtong is like you, who gets so greedy for food that she can't even walk when she sees it?"
Little Dog Dan hummed: "Mom, look what you said, who wouldn't be greedy for such fragrant meat? Not to mention Sister Tongtong, even my father has come in to see it twice."
Everyone in the kitchen laughed. Ye Yutong held his face and rubbed it a few times. He thought this kid was very cute.
Little Dog Dan quickly pulled her hand down and said angrily:
"Sister Tongtong, what are you doing? You are a girl and you are already married. How can you touch my face? If others know about it, how can I get a wife in the future?"
Ye Yutong was stunned. This little puppy was only five or six years old, right? Are you thinking about getting a wife at such a young age?
The women who were cooking laughed even louder.
Li Wenxiu put a piece of sausage in Xiaodandan's mouth, holding back a laugh and said:
"Goudan'er, don't be angry. I'll talk about your sister Tongtong later. Let her touch our Goudan's face randomly in the future."
Little Dog Dan was happy now. He happily chewed the soft and glutinous intestines and glanced at Ye Yutong proudly.
Ye Yutong glanced at him speechlessly, then pinched his face deliberately, "Little dog Dan, who beat the meat you eat?"
Little Dog Dan felt that Sister Tongtong knew what she was asking, but he still said proudly: "It's my master!"
Ye Yutong asked him again, "Who is your master?"
"Isn't my master your husband-in-law?" After Xiao Dandan finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something.
He glanced at Ye Yutong secretly and turned away.
That guilty look made everyone laugh again.
Li Wenxiu glanced at her daughter with a smile and felt that since they got married, this girl has become thicker and thicker-skinned, and she doesn't feel ashamed at all.
She smiled and said: "Tongtong, go call everyone over for dinner."
"Auntie, I'm going, I'm going, I'm going to run fast." Little Dog Dan said as he ran out.
Li Wenxiu smiled and shook his head, taking a spoon to put vegetables into the basin.
There are two large tables in the large kitchen, made by Wencai and Yongchang. Although the workmanship is a bit rough, they are very practical.
Men sat at one table, and women sat at another table.
Li Yunze first poured half a bowl of wine for Master Zhou, and then half a bowl for Yongchang and Wencai. He and Ye Mingxuan filled the room, each taking a sip.
Zhang Daqian and Mao Dan watched eagerly, and even Ye Mingzhe stared at the wine jar in his brother-in-law's hand.
Li Yunze put the wine jar aside and said to several people: "You are still young. This wine will hurt your health. Drink it when you are older."
Daniel asked with a smile, "Master, can we have a little taste?"
Wencai's eyes widened, "What do you want to try? You have to drink at a young age. Is your butt itchy?"
The children were so frightened that they no longer dared to talk about drinking. They picked up meat with chopsticks and ate it. If they were not allowed to drink, they would eat more meat to make up for it.
Master Zhou looked at the wine in the bowl and asked in surprise: "Ping An, the wine we usually drink is a bit turbid, how come this wine you made has no impurities at all?"
"Mr. Zhou, I learned this method from people from the Western Regions. The way they make wine is different from ours, and the alcohol content is higher. So I don't dare to pour too much for you today."
Li Yunze looked at the sake in the bowl and said, "And it's best to let this wine sit for a while before drinking it, so it will taste better."
Master Zhou nodded, "I see. When I was young, I heard a classmate say that the Western Regions are rich in fine wine. They also said that there is a kind of wine made from grapes that costs hundreds of taels of silver per jar. Is it true or not?"
Li Yunze nodded, "It's true. There is a trading house in the capital that occasionally brings some wine back from the Western Regions to sell. As soon as the goods arrive, they are ordered by those powerful families, and the price is very expensive."
Wen Cai was surprised and said: "God, this is the first time we have heard that grapes can be used to make wine? And they can be sold so expensively."
"It would be great if we could also make wine, and if we open a few shops in the capital in the future, we would make a fortune," Zhang Erqian said.
