As they settled down for the night, Li Long said to Gu Xiaoxia, "When we leave the day after tomorrow, let's take a sheep with us. I'll cut it into pieces and carry it. Once we get there, Xiaoyu can take some to your mother and keep the rest for herself."
His conversation with Yusufu that day had prompted the suggestion. Yusufu had said you couldn't get good mutton elsewhere, so they might as well bring some along.
"Would that be easy to carry?" Gu Xiaoxia wasn't quite in favor of it. "We'll have Mingming and Haohao with us, and Eldest Older Brother will have to look after Li Juan and Li Qiang. With so many of us traveling around New Year, it's bound to be inconvenient. Besides, won't the mutton thaw once we get on the train? It takes three or four days. Wouldn't it stink by the time we arrive?"
"True." Li Long had overlooked the temperature inside the train. This wasn't the future, when they could ship it by cold chain. Unless he got a freight car and sent a whole load, it would be difficult.
Actually, Li Long had wanted to encourage Yusufu to open a lamb skewer stall in Inland China. There had once been an Adasi who donated a lot of money during an earthquake disaster. He had gone from Southern Xinjiang to Inland China to open a barbecue stall, using cumin from here. He was good at grilling meat and made a lot of money.
But since Yusufu had already decided to stay in Wu City, Li Long hadn't brought it up.
"Don't worry about it so much. It's Yanjing. How could they not have good mutton?" Gu Xiaoxia said. "We'd be better off buying things once we get there. Even if we