Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu got back early today, arriving home just after two in the afternoon. They were right on time for dumplings tonight.
That afternoon, the sound of mincing meat could be heard from both the Zhao and Li households at the same time.
For the next three days, both families ate well. They had a rotating menu of roe deer, wild boar, and Black Bear.
Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu didn't go up the mountain during those three days, spending their time at home eating and drinking.
On the morning of the fourth day, Zhao Jun was at home eating breakfast.
His breakfast was no simple affair: a whole plate of pan-fried roe deer dumplings.
In the winter, Northeasterners have a habit of making frozen dumplings. They'd prepare a batch, freeze them solid outside, and when it was time to eat, just take them out and boil them straight from frozen in cold water.
No need to make them fresh; it was convenient.
