Happy Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 241 Are you ashamed?
"Hey! You have a good harvest this time!"

Seeing Xu Lingjun and the others come back with seven big rabbits, Hu Zhongguo exhaled a mouthful of dry smoke and said in surprise.

It's not that they haven't tried to catch more rabbits at one time in the past, but that was only after the snow fell in winter.

At that time, the grasslands were covered with white snow, and the footprints of rabbits could be seen immediately, and because of the decrease in food, rabbits also moved more frequently, so it was easier to catch them.

"Haha, this is all thanks to Brother Xu, Brother Hu, guess how many Brother Xu caught by himself?"

Dong Haisheng said happily.

Now that he has the sweet potato shreds that Xu Lingjun gave him, he no longer has to worry about losing the game. What's more, according to their rules of herding horses, no matter who catches the prey, it needs to be shared equally with others.

With so many rabbits, it also means that he can have a big meal, so how could this not make him happy!

"three?"

Hu Zhongguo glanced at Dong Haisheng, pondered for a while and said.

"No, guess again!"

Dong Haisheng shook his head and said.

"Two?"

Hu Zhongguo frowned and spoke.

"Haha, you would never have imagined that Brother Xu caught five rabbits the first time he set off the trap, one of them was pregnant and released, and the other four are here."

Dong Haisheng said with a cheerful face.

"So, the four of you only caught three rabbits together? Are you ashamed?"

Hu Zhongguo said with some disgust.

"Hey, how can you say that, it's because Brother Xu cheated and put shredded sweet potatoes on both sides of the cover, otherwise, it's not sure who wins or loses!"

Dong Haisheng defended full of resentment.

"Okay, you go back and tell your father about this, and it will be strange to see that he doesn't use a stick to teach you a lesson. A person who has been in the trap for seven or eight years is not as good as someone else."

Hu Zhongguo said with a sullen face.

"Forehead"

Dong Haisheng was suddenly at a loss for words.

When he thought of the somewhat stern old man in his family, his back went cold for a moment, and he hurriedly thought about how to fool this matter away.

Xu Lingjun briefly ate some mixed noodles steamed buns, then mentioned the seven rabbits, and said with a smile: "I'll go and deal with the rabbits first, and I'll make some special dishes for you when I come back."

"Hey, Old Xu, do you want me to help you?"

Guo Jizi asked hurriedly when he heard the words.

"no need."

Xu Lingjun shook his head, whistled, and called the big green horse over. Then he got on the horse and ran towards the creek he found yesterday.

When he arrived at the place, he first used Taiji Danjin to shock the living rabbit to death, then took out a small knife from the bag, cut the flesh from the rabbit's mouth, and quickly peeled off the rabbit's skin completely.

Among them, the difficulty lies in the head, ears, and front legs. These places are easier to tear the rabbit skin.

But this was not difficult for him at all, and it didn't take long before seven perfectly-looking rabbit skins were placed at his feet.

In pastoral areas, fresh rabbit skins or cow and sheep skins need to be sprinkled with lime to remove blood, feces, grease, etc., and then dried in the sun, then put into plant ash water and cooked, and then dried in the shade for tanning.

Commonly known as nitrate skin, also known as cooked skin.

The leather that has been tanned has bright hair, soft leather, beautiful appearance and high elasticity. Moreover, it has a good heat preservation effect and can be stored for a long time. It is a good leather material for people to use in winter.

He looked at these rabbit furs and thought that this would give him an excuse to buy rabbit fur coats, quilts, waistcoats and other rabbit fur products from the system store.

Although he is basically able to survive the cold and heat now, it is also a good thing to be able to live a little more comfortably.

Moreover, in the previous life, it cost tens of thousands of dollars to buy a rabbit fur coat. Now, buying a rabbit fur coat from the system store is estimated to cost dozens of happy coins at most.

In addition, he can also save all the hides obtained from hunting. After the reform and opening up in a few years, he will take them out to do leather business, so that there will be no waste.

As he thought about it, he quickly processed the rabbit's internal organs, and chopped off the rabbit's head, preparing to make a very famous spicy rabbit head in his previous life.

For other parts, rabbit meat will be used for stewing, and rabbit legs will be used for barbecue.

Rabbit meat is firm, low-fat, high-protein and has no peculiar smell. Unlike other chickens, ducks, geese, etc., it has a natural flavor. Therefore, most of them are cooked with various spices.

Among them, the most suitable ones are chili and Chinese prickly ash.

The spicy and delicious taste, coupled with the tender and delicate taste of rabbit meat, is enough to make people want to stop.

Moreover, after a rabbit is skinned and visceral removed, there is probably more than half of its weight left, that is, a 5-jin rabbit can leave about 2.5 jin of flesh and blood, and if the bones are removed, then there is probably only 1.5 catties of meat.

So, despite the fact that there are seven rabbits here, there is only less than ten catties of meat that can be eaten in the stomach. On average, one person can get one and a half catties, which is just enough for the day.

Soon, after handling the rabbits, he rode back to the camp.

At this time, Guo Shuzi and the others rode horses in turn to check the condition of their respective horse herds. After finding that there was nothing wrong, they went to the nearby forest to collect firewood, and searched for some edible wild vegetables by the way.

Although they brought enough food to put their horses up the mountain, whether it was meat or vegetables, they had to deal with it on the mountain by themselves.

They've gotten used to it over the years.

Hu Zhongguo, who stayed in the camp, saw Xu Lingjun come back, hurriedly extinguished the pipe, got up and walked over to take the rabbit skin, and helped with the tanning process.

And Xu Lingjun carried the processed rabbit meat, walked to the kang and started cooking, the first thing he cooked was the spicy rabbit head.

The point of this dish is to deal with the grassy smell of the rabbit and create an authentic spicy marinade.

Time flies by.

Soon after, Guo Shuzi and others returned to the camp with firewood.

From a distance, they smelled a spicy and tempting smell, and immediately, one by one, they didn't bother to pile up the firewood, and quickly surrounded the kang.

When they got closer, they found that the iron pot hanging on the kang was making rumbling noises, and pieces of fresh and tender rabbit meat were constantly shaking in the pot.

And beside the heated kang, a clay pot was slowly simmering on top of the charcoal fire, and the heat that came out exuded an extremely tempting spicy taste.

In addition, there are more than 20 rabbit legs held by Xu Lingjun. Under the licking of the flames, there are bursts of sizzling sounds on the rabbit legs, and drops of golden oil flow on the meat, exuding an attractive aroma.

Seeing all kinds of delicacies, their eyes were a little straightened, and they even forgot to ask Xu Lingjun why he bought so many spices. Their minds were all about eating, eating, eating.

At the same time, a strong young man was riding towards their camp.

Suddenly, his nose twitched, he couldn't help swallowing, and thought to himself:
smell good!
Then, he raised his eyes to look around, and soon found the camp of Xu Lingjun and others following the smell.

Immediately, his eyes lit up, he hastily grasped the rein tightly, and shouted loudly: "Drive!"

(End of this chapter)