Li Yunshan happened to go to the market when the Ding family came.

Ding Azhuang was carrying a basket, and Aunt Ding was carrying Ding Pingsui. Her feet and pants were covered in mud.

Mao Xiaosui hurriedly invited them into the house and asked, "Is it difficult to walk on the road? The sun has made them puddle in the past few days."

"It's hard to walk." Ding Azhuang put the basket on the ground and sat on the stool.

Mao Xiaosui saw that Mrs. Ding was really tired carrying the child on her back, so he said, "Hurry up and put the child on the kang to keep warm."

They saw the kang as soon as they entered the door, but they didn't have time to ask, Aunt Ding walked over immediately.

Mao Xiaosui said, "Put it in to warm it up, it's hot inside." Then he looked at the two younger ones, Ding Ping'an and Ding Pingshun, "You two should go in and get warm under the covers."

Ding Azhuang was also attracted, reached in and touched it, and found that it was really warm. He was surprised, "This thing is good."

Ding's sister-in-law Ding Ping put it in.

Ding Ping was awake, and when he lay down on the bed, he raised his hand and gave Li Ruyi a slap in the face.

Li Ruyi started crying before she even opened her eyes.

Li Ankang woke up when she cried, looked at her sideways, and started crying after watching her for a while.

Ding Pingsui was completely frightened. He cried and wanted to find his mother.

Mao Xiaosui laughed loudly, picked up Li Ruyi, and patted Li Rukang to coax him.

Ding Azhuang picked up Li Ankang and said with a smile, "He is taller and handsomer than my family."

Li Ankang cried and stared at Ding Azhuang, as if observing who this person was.

After being noisy for a while, it finally calmed down. Ding Ping'an ran up to the kang to amuse the children. Mao Xiaosui didn't care and invited them to sit down by the clay stove.

Ding Azhuang then asked, "Were you going to the market in Yunshan?"

"Yes." Mao Xiaosui poured water for them and said, "Yunshan said he was going to your house on the third day of junior high school. He didn't expect you to come."

"Your child is still young." Auntie Ding said, "There is a lot of snow this year. I'm afraid it will rain again and it will be difficult to walk. I thought that today is a nice and warm day, so I came here."

"That's just right." Mao Xiaosui said with a smile, "You can go back and take the rabbit with you, and you won't have to make another trip."

"It's a good feeling." Ding Azhuang said, "The rabbit meat is delicious and tender."

Mao Xiaosui smiled and nodded. It was getting late now, so he said, "I'm going to cook."

"Let's wait until Yunshan comes back." Auntie Ding said, "We'll have to leave after eating and sitting for a while, otherwise the sun will set and the road will freeze and make it slippery."

"Are you hungry?" Mao Xiaosui asked.

"Not hungry." Ding Azhuang waved his hand.

Mao Xiaosui went and brought some white flour steamed buns, spread them with oil paper and put them on the stove to heat. He also brought some eggs and planned to fry them for them to eat.

Ding Azhuang waved his hand, "Don't bother, I'm not an outsider."

Mao Xiaosui thought so and stopped making any further remarks.

Ding Ping'an was talking to herself and several children, but the two little ones stared at her blankly. Aunt Ding saw her and said, "These two children of yours are really good-looking and handsome. They are very tall." Same thing."

"Don't mention it." Mao Xiaosui laughed. "I was so ugly when I was born. Fortunately, when I grow up, I'm not as handsome as you said."

"Jun." Ding Azhuang said, "Can you give your Ruyi a baby to my Pingsui? I find it strange."

Mao Xiaosui smiled and joked, "Then I have to see if he is handsome in the future. I don't want the ugly one."

Sister-in-law Ding laughed and said, "Father, he will be handsome wherever he goes."

Ding Azhuang was speechless, "I'm handsome too." He looked at Ding Pingshun and raised his eyebrows, "Isn't that right, son?"

Ding Pingshun looked at him with a somewhat unspeakable expression, but finally nodded.

Ding Azhuang sighed and cursed, "Little bastard, how handsome your father is..."

After sitting for a while, Li Yunshan came back after dinner time. Heizi heard the noise and ran out.

Li Yunshan said before he even entered the door, "There is no one in the Ding family. I don't know where they are."

"At your house." Ding Azhuang shouted at the top of his lungs.

Li Yunshan walked in, looked at Ding Ping'an on the bed and smiled, "Why is it now? I plan to give you rabbits during the Chinese New Year."

"It will be the same if I take it back today."

Mao Xiaosui stood up with a smile, "You guys sit down, I'll cook."

She lit the kitchen brazier and smoked it for a long time, and the half chicken placed in the basin of warm water was thawed a lot.

She went to dig out a basin of white flour, and got dried beans and eggs.

I took everything I could eat at home.

Chop the chicken and stir-fry it with sesame oil and Sichuan peppercorns. Then add some water and simmer over low heat. Cut the dried beans and throw them in.

Then stir-fry diced pork, mushrooms and eggs, and finally the noodles.

It was quick to make. When I returned home with the meal, I saw them grilling dried fish.

Mao Xiaosui sighed, "Look at my brain, I didn't think about it."

The vegetables are fried in oil and the noodles are also delicious.

After eating and drinking, Ding Ping'an felt sleepy and fell asleep with three babies in his arms.

Ding Azhuang said, "This kang of yours is interesting. Make one for me too."

"When?" Li Yunshan reminded him, "Then you have to prepare the leaves in advance. We were late in preparing this year. The leaves are all dug from the snow."

"Let's do it after the new year." Auntie Ding said, "We will prepare more leaves then so that we can survive the winter."

"Sure." Li Yunshan nodded, "I'll go over and help you get it after spring."

"That's right." He added, "Leave one piggy for me."

Ding Azhuang glanced at Mao Xiaosui, smiled and nodded, "Then I'll cut it for you when the time comes."

Mao Xiaosui asked him, "Where to raise it? There is no circle."

"Pure half of the vegetable patch first and use it."

The vegetable plot at home is huge, so it’s okay to use half of it. Mao Xiaosui didn’t say anything else.

In the afternoon when the sun was scorching hot, several people were about to leave. It was difficult for them to leave on the road with their children, and Mao Xiaosui didn't stop them.

Li Yunshan went to the backyard to catch four fat rabbits and brought them to them. They took them down the slope at the entrance of the village and then came up.

In the house, Mao Xiaosui was packing up the meat, suet, and bones they had brought.

When the meat became hairy, Xiao Sui dug out half a basin of white flour, kneaded it and put it on a stool to rest.

It was still early and she put the small pot on the clay stove to refine the oil.

Save a piece of meat for frying, cut the rest into pieces and fry, cut the suet and put it in the pot for cooking.

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I didn’t pick up soft-skinned vegetables this year, so I could only use what I had at home to make steamed buns.

After frying the stuffing, add water to the pot, pour the noodles onto the board and start kneading the stuffing.

After putting the child to sleep, Li Yunshan also came to the kitchen to light the fire and said, "It's New Year's Eve tomorrow and the market should be quite lively. I'll make another trip."

"Anything is fine." Mao Xiaosui put the buns on the pot to steam, then put the chicken in the pot next to it and soaked it in warm water, planning to cook it in the afternoon.

Li Yunshan stood up, took the knife on the chopping board and went out. He came back after a long absence. When he went out, he found that he was skinning a rabbit.

There were no male rabbits left at home to kill, so she asked, "Female rabbit?"

Li Yunshan shook his head, "The first breeding rabbit, the other rabbits have grown up after the New Year, so there is no use keeping it."

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