Chapter 111: Saving People
Shen Meng got up early, and Lu Zhenping also had no habit of sleeping in. One cooked breakfast while the other took a flat cart up the mountain and chopped two cartloads of firewood.
There wasn’t much usable firewood left at home, so while he was home, he had to stock up more to prepare for winter. Apart from firewood, there were also some dry fallen leaves, which were great for kindling.
Lu Zhenping brought two carts of firewood home in the morning. He spread the damp firewood in the yard, waiting for the sun to come out so it could dry for two days before storing it in the firewood shed.
When he came back the second time, Shen Meng had prepared hot water in the wash basin.
"Don’t go out anymore, hurry up and wash your hands for the meal. Wake up the ones going to school too. I want to go to the county after breakfast to buy some things. If you’re free today, why not visit my parents’ home to see if the house is finished? On the way back, get some cypress branches. The mutton has aged a bit, it’s better to make smoked meat out of it form now on, just pick up whenever you want to eat."
Lu Zhenping had hung the mutton from the kitchen roof beam. In this cold weather, it won’t spoil, but it won’t stay fresh for long either. It’s better to eat it quickly.
As soon as Mingyang’s children got up, they smelled the familiar aroma, their speed of crawling out of the warm quilts was much faster than usual.
Hot mutton stuffed buns, a pot of Shuijianbao, and a sizzling spicy soup. Having such a meal on a chilly autumn morning was simply splendid.