Jiang Yuwei ran to the front yard and saw Ning Huaizhi still sitting beside the stone table waiting for her to eat, so she patted her chest with relief.

Ning Huaizhi saw her nervous look and said with a smile:

"Yuwei, don't be afraid. Take the fork and go out to have a look. There should be prey in the pit."

When Jiang Yuwei heard that there was prey, her eyes suddenly lit up. Ever since the last big pit and the killing of the wolf, no other prey had come down the mountain. Now that spring was here and the flowers were blooming, there was a lot of food on the mountain, so fewer prey were coming down the mountain.

When Jiang Yuwei ran to the edge of the pit with a fork, she found an injured deer in the pit. Jiang Yuwei suddenly thought of Ning Huaizhi's slingshot. She could use the deer spine tendons to replace the bowstring she had previously made of hair.

While thinking about how Jiang Yuwei killed the deer and bled it directly at the edge of the pit, he went back to the house to eat first and then came out to cut up the venison.

Ning Huaizhi saw Jiang Yuwei enter the courtyard with a happy look on her face, and said with a smile:

"Wife, what got into the pit?"

Jiang Yuwei put down the fork in her hand and went to the basin to wash her hands:

"It's a deer. After dinner, we'll go out and divide the deer meat. Wan'er, can you hold a torch for me?"

Ning Wan nodded heavily, and the family of three sat on the stone bench and started eating.

This set of stone tables was selected by Jiang Yuwei at the foot of the mountain and she asked the villagers to help polish it and move it to the yard. She thought that she would often eat in the yard in the future, and it would not be appropriate to put a bamboo table or a wooden table there as it would definitely get damaged by the rain every day. Now it would be much easier to just get a set of stone tables and chairs.

"Wife, let's plant a tree in the yard. When the tree grows up, we can eat under the shade of the tree without worrying about the sun."

Ning Huaizhi picked up a piece of lard and put it in Jiang Yuwei's bowl, looking at her expectantly.

Jiang Yuwei looked into Ning Huaizhi's beautiful eyes and smiled:

"Okay, I'll go out and take a look in the next few days. If I find a suitable tree, I'll transplant it to the yard. Summer is almost here, and it really won't do without a shade tree in the yard."

After the family of three finished their meal, Jiang Yuwei handed Ning Wan a torch and asked her to help light the pit. She then pushed Ning Huaizhi to the edge of the pit and asked him to help catch the meat. Jiang Yuwei took the ladder and went down the pit.

Looking at the dead deer in front of him, he took out a knife from his waist, carefully peeled off the deer's skin, then cut open the deer's belly, took out the internal organs and saved them for Xiaojiu to eat, carefully separated the deer's spine, cut off the deer's tendons, and then divided the deer meat into several pieces.

Ning Huaizhi at the top was busy taking the meat up. It took the family half an hour to finish processing the venison.

After Jiang Yuwei got to the pit, she carried the backpack and pushed Ning Huaizhi back to the yard, then came back to get the tools and ladder. Xiaojiu in the backyard had already smelled the meat. Jiang Yuwei saw it running to the front yard eagerly, and hurriedly handed the internal organs she had dug out earlier to Ning Wan, and asked Ning Wan to take Xiaojiu to the backyard to eat.

Jiang Yuwei thought that venison was a good warming food, so she could give Ning Huaizhi more to nourish his body. So she planned to make all the venison into jerky, which would be good as a teething snack.

Jiang Yuwei first processed the deer spine tendons and made them into the slingshot bow. Looking at the remaining tendons, she suddenly thought of making a small bow and arrow for Wan'er to use for self-defense, so she asked Ning Huaizhi:

"Huaizhi, can you shoot arrows?"

Ning Huaizhi was a little surprised why his wife suddenly asked him this, so he nodded and said:

"Yes, these are basic skills in the military."

Jiang Yuwei smiled and took Ning Huaizhi's hand and said:

"Huaizhi, that's great. When you have nothing to do at home, you can teach Wan'er how to shoot arrows. I can use the remaining deer spine tendons to make a small bow and arrow for Wan'er."

Ning Huaizhi frowned and said:

"Wan'er is a girl, why should she learn these things?"

Jiang Yuwei picked up the bamboo in the yard and began to carve it into a bow arm, saying:

"It is because Wan'er is a girl that she needs a life-saving skill. In this society, girls are more dangerous."

Ning Huaizhi stared at Jiang Yuwei, who was bending down to make a bow and arrow. Was it because she had experienced something like that before, so she didn't want Wan'er to be in danger again? Thinking of this, Ning Huaizhi said in a deep voice:

"Okay, I'll teach you."

Jiang Yuwei made the slingshot and bow and arrow, and sliced ​​the venison and marinated it, ready to be hung up to dry tomorrow. After finishing all this, Jiang Yuwei washed the locust flowers picked by Ning Huaizhi and placed them in the kitchen to drain the moisture, saving them for making locust flower buns tomorrow.

It was already midnight when Jiang Yuwei finished all these things, and she was so tired that she fell asleep immediately.

next day

As soon as Jiang Yuwei got up, she prepared the noodles and put them in the kitchen to rise. Then she went to the pond to catch crayfish to use when she went to Xu's house to cook tomorrow. Although the Xu's house certainly had no shortage of ingredients, they definitely didn't have crayfish.

Jiang Yuwei caught ten kilograms of crayfish before going home to make locust flower buns. Jiang Yuwei thought that the lard residue from yesterday could be put into the buns to increase the meaty aroma and taste. After adjusting the filling, the taste was already very good.

After feeding the cows, Ning Wan came into the house and clamored to help Jiang Yuwei make dumplings. Jiang Yuwei thought it would be a good idea to teach Ning Wan some life skills, so she asked her to wash her hands and help her roll the dough.

The mother and daughter worked together and quickly wrapped two large pots of buns. Ning Wan was responsible for lighting the fire and steaming the buns.

Jiang Yuwei took out the venison that had been marinated yesterday, strung it up with a rope, and hung it over the stove in the kitchen to dry. This not only allowed for ventilation, but also allowed the smoke from cooking to dry it faster and make it less likely to spoil. The resulting jerky would have a delicious smoky flavor.

Jiang Yuwei kept some fresh venison and made a pot of venison stewed with potatoes in the yard. It took a full hour to stew. When Jiang Yuwei opened the pot, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of meat.

Aunt Zhou, who was working in the fields, passed by, sniffed, and shouted into the yard:

"My eldest wife, the meat is stewed again. It smells so good!"

Seeing that it was Aunt Zhou, Jiang Yuwei hurriedly took a bowl, filled it with venison from the pot, ran out and handed it to Aunt Zhou, saying:

"It's just cooked. Aunt Zhou, please take it back and try it."

Aunt Zhou waved her hands and said:

"Hey, that's not right. It's not right for me to always take advantage of your family!"

Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:

"How can you say that you are taking advantage? Last time when Zhang Laizi was in trouble, it was thanks to Tiezhu that he saved me. I wanted to come to his house to thank Tiezhu, but my family was always busy and I had no time. Aunt Zhou, you are passing by today and you are taking advantage of me by eating a bowl of meat. Tiezhu saved my life, so Aunt Zhou, how much advantage did I take from your family?"

Aunt Zhou was speechless after hearing Jiang Yuwei's words. She could only smile helplessly:

"You are just too talkative. I will take the meat back to let Tiezhu have a taste. It is just a simple task, but you will remember it forever."

Jiang Yuwei smiled and saw Aunt Zhou off before returning to the courtyard to eat.

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