People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 18 Huayu

"Bah!"

"Bah!"

……

The two fat sheep kept struggling, but to no avail. At this time, four strong Hu men grabbed a sheep's horn and pulled them to the residence.

Generally, rams are mainly eaten, because the ewes will keep their lambs, so they select rams with horns.

After a while, many tents can be seen, those are the dwellings of herdsmen, with women cooking and children playing, like a small tribe, but they are attached to the Li family and cannot move at will.

The four strong men in front pulled back two fat sheep, followed by a group of children on horseback, which immediately attracted the attention of women and children. Although they wanted to gather around to ask the reason, they were a little nervous and hid.

Then the strong Hu people began to kill the sheep. The tools for killing sheep here are extremely complete, and the methods of killing sheep are also extremely skilled.

First of all, two strong Hu people picked up the fat sheep and pressed it hard against the long wooden table, and then a woman brought a wooden basin, waiting beside it, as if ready to receive blood at any time.

Then one of them took out a sharp knife and wiped it for a while, then pressed the sheep's head with one hand and stabbed it straight with the knife in the other. The technique was fast, ruthless and precise, and it was directly inserted into the throat.

Fat Sheep struggled even more crazily, but he couldn't escape at all. As the sharp knife was pulled out of his throat, a stream of blood spurted out, and the woman immediately caught it with a basin.

After a while, the fat sheep no longer struggled and completely lost its breath, and then the strong men dealt with the other sheep in the same way.

Including Li Yao, these children watched with gusto. Not only were they not afraid, but they were still admiring. This strong man's way of killing sheep is really neat.

For them, this is not something to make a fuss about, who hasn't seen the slaughter of sheep.

At the same time, the woman held the wooden basin and hurried to the side. It was full of fresh sheep blood and needed to be processed immediately.

And these strong barbarian men also began to carry out the next step of processing, cutting their throats, pulling out the esophagus and directly knotting it to prevent the residual forage and feces in the stomach from flowing outside, which would contaminate the mutton and greatly reduce its quality.

Immediately, a small incision was made in the leg of the lamb, and then a barbarian ripped off the flesh, squatted down and began blowing hard with his mouth until the lamb gradually swelled up.

Suddenly, at this moment, a child trotted all the way to Li Yao, holding a pottery bowl in both hands, his little face was a little nervous, but he still raised his head, handed out the pottery bowl, and bravely said:

"Shaojun, here you are, this is the best goat's milk wine in my house!"

Li Yao looked at all this, and then turned his head to look at a woman, she was a childish grandmother, she also looked a little nervous at this time, probably wanting to please himself, but also afraid of offending him.

But Li Yao is not a dandy, and his personality is not violent, so naturally he will not blame anything, these are all human nature.

Li Yao stretched out his hand to take the bowl of goat's milk wine. Compared to this child who was only four or five years old, these children who were more than ten years old now looked like adults.

"Then I'll try it!" Li Yao said with a smile, and then picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Sweet, sour, spicy... The alcohol is not very strong, but the taste is quite rich.

After finishing the drink, Li Yao lowered his head and looked at the expectant child in front of him again. Perhaps because of the stimulation of the alcohol, he directly hugged him and laughed loudly:

"This wine is very good, what's your name?"

Being picked up by Li Yao, the child didn't resist. He looked curiously at the vulture on his shoulder. After hearing the question, he boldly said:

"Huayu!"

Li Yao couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this. I was asking you, and you were asking me, but he soon realized that this was his name.

Hu, is the surname and origin, and Ayu is his first name!

"Huayou...Huayou..." Li Yao repeated it twice, and then said again:
"Well, Huayu, I drank your goat's milk wine today, come and follow me when you grow up, and I will take you to drink better wine!"

The young Hu Ayou still didn't understand what Li Yao's simple words meant to him, but when he saw the eagle on Li Yao's shoulder, Hu Ayou replied without hesitation:
"When I grow up, I will come to you!"

What happened just now, the whole process was seen by Jiang Yun'er, since she was appointed by Li Yao as the commander of the personal army, she never slack off her duties.

Just now, when Hu Ayou ran over, she had already noticed her, but he was just a child, so Jiang Yun'er didn't stop her.

So now, seeing Li Yao being so bold and gentle at the same time, I can't help but feel admiration in my heart.

At this moment, Li Yao didn't know what other people were thinking, but looking at Hu Ayou, he couldn't help thinking:

"These children are still too young, and they will only be in their teens in a few years, so it is impossible to bring rebellion, but the troubled times at the end of Han Dynasty lasted for decades, and these fresh blood are also very important..."

The children around Li Yao, firstly, because their father and brother are from the clan, and secondly, because they are about the same age, so they are gathered together for training.

However, from Li Yao's point of view, it is necessary for him to expand his team in the future. Regardless of whether the son of a farmer or a herdsman has a master-servant relationship with him, he can completely serve as a direct subordinate. Compared with someone who takes refuge halfway, he is more trustworthy.

It was at this time that the strong men of the Hu people had already started skinning, and the swollen fat sheep were completely separated from the skin and flesh, and the fur was easily peeled off from them.

Then cut off the sheep's head, hang the sheep's body upside down on the wooden elevated, and finally disembowel them, take out the internal organs, fat, sheep whip...

Now this step is enough, Li Yao doesn't need them to continue to divide, so these barbarians started to clean up the mess.

At this time Li Yao also put down Hu Ayou, and returned the pottery bowl to him, still with a smile on his face:

"Good boy, go back!"

Hu Ayou turned his head again, and looked at the vulture on Li Yao's shoulder. It was tall, beautiful, and mighty... He liked it very much, which prompted Hu Ayou to go to Li Yao's side immediately after he grew up.

Not long after, the two fat sheep that had been processed were brought over by a strong Hu man. Li Yao asked Li Yan and Li Lin to carry them to the horse with someone.

Two fat sheep, even if all the fur and internal organs are removed, the meat and bones will weigh more than a hundred catties. If it is replaced by the measurement unit of the Han Dynasty, the meat and bones will be two hundred catties.

Li Yao, on the other hand, took the two sheep's heads and some salt from these barbarians. Seeing how careful they were, Li Yao felt good about it:

"Thank you for your hard work!"

These barbarians were also very happy when they got two pieces of sheepskin and dozens of catties of internal organs, and they all saluted respectfully at this time:

"It's our honor to slaughter sheep for the young master, and it's also his honor for Ayou to be appreciated by the young master. When he grows up, I will definitely let him come and follow him!"

"Okay!" Li Yao smiled and nodded, then looked at the others:

"let's go!"

(End of this chapter)