Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 303 There is only one shortcoming

There was nothing to say all night, and in the blink of an eye it was dawn.

In the morning, when Wang An was feeding the dogs, he saw the wounds on the dogs and realized that he had forgotten something big.

She forgot to apply the medicine given by Fang Xiu'e yesterday to the dogs.

Fighting every day is really delaying things!

Wang An looked at the dogs and felt more and more that even though he had relived his life, he was still not mature enough or calm enough. When he got excited, all he could think about was how to fight.

But it's not too late to make amends.

So, after Wang An gave the dogs more food, he went back to the house, took out some medicine, and crushed it into powder in a garlic jar.

Looking at the appearance of these medicines, Wang An felt unsafe. After thinking about it, he added a little less water, stirred it, and applied it to the dogs' wounds one by one.

To be honest, this medicine is really awesome. It is very sticky after adding water. Apply it to the dog's wound and it will stick to it in a while.

You must know that this time in the morning is the time when the locals call it "dog baring teeth". Dogs are baring their teeth from the cold. You can imagine how cold it is at this time.

But this medicine dumpling is not affected by temperature, and it can be so sticky and stick firmly to the dog's wound, which is really awesome.

The next time he goes to the county town, Wang An will tell Fang Xiu'e a few times, otherwise he won't be able to show Wang An's inner gratitude.

After applying the medicine, Wang An grabbed a handful of salt particles and went to get close to the deer as usual.

After the first time yesterday, the deer were very proactive today.

Whether it was a fawn or a doe, they all took the initiative to approach Wang An just like the silly roe deer.

This made Wang An very happy. He stroked the deer one by one and fed each one a little salt particles. Deer are animals that really have no resistance to salt.

In fact, a doe is not as easy to touch as a fawn, because the fawn's fur is more velvety and silky to the touch.

Wang An felt that after a while, he could draw blood from the deer.

It is possible to draw deer blood, whether it is a doe or a fawn, but the fawn should be drawn less.

Many people may think it is cruel, but there is no way around it. This is the purpose of raising deer, and only in this way can the benefits be maximized.

If there is no profit, who would care for this thing?
After picking up the deer, Wang An looked at the lonely roe deer and felt that it really needed a companion.

But if you want to catch a roe deer alive, it is really difficult without a dog.

So, while Wang An was petting the silly roe deer, he said to the silly roe deer: "Don't be anxious, I will bring you a companion someday."

The Silly Roe Deer didn't understand human language, but when he heard Wang An speak, the Silly Roe Deer still responded with a "baaaa" sound, and even gave Wang An a kiss after the call.

Wang An smiled and gave the silly roe deer a good spanking before turning around and leaving the circle. This stroke was a little comfort to the silly roe deer.

Not long after Wang An walked out of the sheepfold, Mu Xueli and Wang Li came driving the sledge.

Seeing Wang An, Mu Xueli immediately showed off and said, "Brother-in-law, can you go into the mountains today? I made a bag of mud marbles at home yesterday."

Wang Li also smiled and said: "I also made a big basket, and there are still quite a few that haven't been baked yet."

Looking at the excited two people, Wang An said with a mischievous smile: "It's impossible to go into the mountains, but you two will definitely not be idle, hahaha."

The two of them didn't know what was going on. Mu Xueli glanced around the yard and asked doubtfully: "Brother-in-law, what kind of work does your family have?"

Wang An smiled evilly again and said: "You two will know it in a while, hahaha, let's go, you two unload the horse from the sledge and lead it to the shed to feed it."

After Wang An finished speaking, he turned around and went into the lower room, and then came out with 5 yellow sheepskins.

I have to say that the family is really diligent. So many yellow sheep skins and several roe deer skins have been tanned. You must know that tanning skins, that is, cooked skins, is a serious and troublesome thing.

Tanning fur actually means making the skin soft.

Because any skin is soft after being peeled off, but after a period of drying, even deerskin is very hard.

And such leather cannot be used whether it is sewing coats or making jingle shoes.

At this time, the skin needs to be softened, that is, the fur is tanned, or cooked.

Of course, "cooked leather" is not only a craft, but also a prefix used by Northeasterners when they want to spank their children.

Because of these three words, Wang An can be said to have heard them since childhood. Every time Wang An gets into trouble, he will hear Wang Dazhu say:

"Are your skin tight again? Come on, I'll give you some skin."

It was said very gently, but in reality, it was really painful!
However, Liu Guilan would occasionally say similar things, such as: "Last time your father cooked the skin for you, was it not cooked? I will ask your father to cook it for you again later."

Anyway, no matter who said this to these two couples, the ones who know the tricks and the ones who are tricked are always Wang Dazhu and Wang An. In fact, giving children familiarity often is beneficial to their growth. At least they will reduce the number of times they get into trouble.

Of course, the children must also be divided up. For people like Wang An, whether they are whippers or cooked leather, they are always bullied. No matter how they deal with it, they will continue to do so afterward.

Normally, rural people only use three things to tan leather: water, alum, and salt.

Taking tanning of rabbit skin as an example, two ounces of alum and two ounces of salt are fully dissolved in two and a half kilograms of water to obtain a brand new fusion water.

Then soak the entire rabbit skin in. It must be soaked in completely without leaving any corners. Normally, it needs to be pressed with a curtain.

An overnight stay, which is twelve or thirteen hours, is basically enough.

In winter, you need to soak for a few more hours.

Then take out the rabbit skin and use a dull knife to scrape off the blood and flesh on the skin and the only small amount of oil stains in the skin.

After shaving, give it a good wash a few times, then tighten it again to dry.

The last step is to beat the leather. The "cooked leather" that Wang An often enjoys is this last step.

Lay the skin flat with the fur side down, and then use a thinner stick to beat it with one stick after another without missing any part of the fur.

This stick must be sharpened and there should be no burrs or protruding lumps on it. The smoother the better.

This is a delicate job, and it's quite boring to be serious.

After beating, the leather is considered to be tanned.

Of course, this method is just the simplest tanning method. It only softens the leather and achieves the purpose of being usable.

In rural areas, there are actually many other tanning methods, such as using horse urine, cow urine, plant ash, alkali and rice soup.

Anyway, these are just the simplest methods of softening the skin, because rural people are not that particular.

When making a fur coat, the entire piece of leather is spliced ​​together without being refined or further processed.

If you want to further process it, you have to go to the cobbler's shop in the county town for tanning, thinning and other processing work.

This is to refine and detail the fur, but for rural people, it is not necessary at all.

The production process of the finished fur coat is actually similar to that of a cobbler's shop in the county.

Because of this, fur coats can be divided into three, six, and nine grades.

To put it simply, the prices of finished coats made from the same animal and same color fur are different.

The reason why the prices are different is because the finished fur coat is not made from one piece of leather.

The fur of the same color should be divided into multiple strips vertically and then used separately.

That is, the fur on the animal's back, the fur on its belly, and the fur on its tail are not used together.

For example, in a fox fur coat, the fur on the fox's back, belly and tail are all made separately.

The fur on the backs of many foxes is pieced together to make a piece of clothing.

The same goes for fox belly and fox tail.

Needless to say, a coat made from spliced ​​fox back fur is expensive! A coat made of spliced ​​fox tails is definitely cheap.

Therefore, any expensive finished fur requires the skins of many animals.

However, there is only one drawback to such a piece of fur, and that is that it is expensive, quite expensive.

Of course, apart from this shortcoming, it is all advantages.

The color of all the hairs is the same, the feel of all the hairs is the same, even the direction of each hair is the same.

I have to say, apart from keeping warm, it is indeed quite beautiful.

However, ordinary people can only look at it.

Wang An took the yellow sheep fur and ignored Mu Xueli and Wang Li, but turned around and entered the house.

Because Wang An suddenly thought that he must use gloves to remove bricks.

　Thanks to my dear brother "An Lan" for the reward, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)