When Shen heard that Xia Guangzong had caught two wild rabbits, she immediately lost her anger and asked in surprise: "Where are the rabbits?"

She was originally worried that there was no food at home, but she didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, her husband and daughter would bring out so much food.

Shen asked Xia Guangzong to go to the mountains to chop some bamboo to use as bowls and chopsticks, and then kill the smaller of the two rabbits.

Keep the big rabbit and go to the county town tomorrow to sell it in exchange for some money and buy some coarse grains.

She herself found a thin slate with a slight dent in the middle as a pot, fried the vegetables with the fat from the rabbit, washed four sweet potatoes, and roasted them in the fire.

I cut half a rabbit leg and cooked a large pot of soup.

The remaining rabbit meat was tied with a piece of cloth and hung on the kitchen wall for smoking.

After the meal was ready, the family of five sat in a circle around the fire raised in the house to keep warm.

The roasted sweet potatoes, rabbit soup and vegetables served in bamboo tubes were all placed near the fire so that they would not get cold.

In a pot of rabbit soup, Shen took out all the meat residue from the soup and placed it in the bamboo tube in front of Xia Wanyue.

Xia Wanyue looked at Shen in confusion.

Mrs. Shen touched her skeletal hand and said distressedly: "You are not in good health. You need to eat more meat."

Xia Wanyue shook her head and distributed the rabbit meat in her bamboo tube equally to everyone in the family.

"Mom, I'm in good health now. I want the whole family to eat meat together!"

She learned from the memory of the original owner that because of Mrs. Xia's partiality, their family of five had not eaten meat for a long time.

After the family finished eating, they washed themselves briefly with water made from snow.

They all closed their eyes tiredly and fell into sweet dreams.

There was originally only one bed in the thatched house, but Shen found some wooden boards and some dry straw and built another bed.

It's cold and desolate outside, but it's warm inside.

Early the next morning, Xia Guangzong planned to go to the county town, sell the rabbits in exchange for some money, and buy some food back.

He took out the bamboo he cut down from the mountain yesterday, made a bamboo basket, and planned to go out.

Xia Wanyue knew that he was going to the county town, so she called him out: "Dad, can you take me with you when you go to the county town?"

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Ping'an Village is not far from the county seat, and it only takes about half an hour to get there.

But the mountain road is rugged and there are no carriages in the village, so we can only walk there.

By the time Xia Guangzong brought Xia Wanyue to the county seat, it was already broad daylight.

There are two streets in the county. One street is called Wutong Street. The ground is paved with clean blue bricks. The shops on both sides are very clean and sell precious and rare things such as treasure silk.

The other street is called Mingyue Street. In addition to shops, there are many villagers setting up stalls on both sides of the road, usually selling chickens, ducks and vegetables raised in their homes.

The ground of Mingyue Street is simply paved with gravel, and there are no designated stall locations. Generally, it is first come, first served.

It wasn't too late when they arrived in the county seat, but the better stall spots on the street were already almost occupied.

Xia Wanyue followed Xia Guangzong to the end of the street and found a seat.

Because there are fewer people setting up stalls at the end of the street, it is not as sloppy as the streets and the middle of the street, and there is no smell of chicken and duck feces.

Xia Guangzong took out rabbits and vegetables from the bamboo basket and placed them neatly in front of him.

Green vegetables are rare in winter, so Shen did not fry them all, but left some for Xia Guangzong to bring to the county today and sell them together with the rabbits.

If you can sell it for a little silver, you can buy more dry food.
Chapter completed!