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

Chapter 31 Buying wine
Back home, the family is very busy!

Two cannon eggs, one sow, and three yellow-haired pigs. The harvest this time is quite big!
When the countryside organizes autumn or winter raids, even if the number of hunters is counted, there are not so many!

However, Wang An didn't feel much happy. The pig hunting was so exciting. It couldn't be called hunting at all. This was called fulfilling one's fate!

But seeing the smiles on the family's faces, Wang An finally felt a little comforted!

After watching it for a while, I found that my father was responsible for handling the offal and so on. Now there are not enough pots to hold the offal at home, so they are all packed in baskets!
Seeing Mu Xueqing unloading meat, she suddenly thought of her father-in-law's family. With so many pigs, they must score points!
Thinking of this, Wang An said to Liu Guilan: "Mom, after removing the internal organs, leave one end of the rhubarb hair without peeling it, and the smaller cannon egg, leave it there after removing the internal organs!"

Liu Guilan stood up and asked doubtfully: "What are you doing? You cleaned it up so neatly, do you want to clean it up yourself?"

Wang An rolled his eyes and said: "After inviting all the guests tomorrow, I will send them to my father-in-law and the others the day after tomorrow. I think my brother-in-law has nothing to do every day, so let him fiddle with it by himself!"

When Liu Guilan heard this, she glanced at Mu Xueqing. Her idea was to send some meat directly to her in-laws!

But Wang An's idea was indeed better, but in front of Mu Xueqing, he still scolded: "If you give your father-in-law something, you must not pack it neatly before giving it away. How can I let him clean it up by himself?"

Wang An said nonchalantly: "It's okay. If you don't believe me, just ask Xue Qing. Besides, giving her away wholeheartedly shows that my uncle is sincere! Hehehehe..."

Mu Xueqing said nothing, but nodded, obviously agreeing with what Wang An said!
It's all in one piece, although it still needs to be cleaned up, but it is more visually impactful to the senses!
Liu Guilan glanced at Mu Xueqing again, saw Mu Xueqing nodding, and said smoothly: "In that case, just listen to you two, and it will save me the trouble of skinning!"

Several people worked together to put the cannon eggs that had not been carried to the house on the large wooden rack used to dry wild vegetables outside.

Wang An took out the rhubarb that had been carried into the house and put it away too!

He also covered it with a curtain of urethane to prevent it from being eaten by rats! Rats in the countryside have always been quite rampant. If they bite a pig to pieces, it will be a waste of time to give it as a gift!
Wang An went back to the house and thought for a while, then took out a jumping cat and a pheasant, hung them in the shed outside, and planned to send them to his father-in-law together!

Then I worked hard with my family for a long time before packing up all the four pigs and the jumping cat pheasant!
I had dinner very late, and the food was quite simple. The staple food was cornmeal porridge and cornmeal pancakes, and the vegetables were cabbage, potato stew, and pickles with radish sticks!

After this day of awkwardness and the excitement of beating pigs, Wang An really didn’t have the passion or idea to do that, so he hugged Mu Xueqing and fell asleep!
In the morning, the whole family got up very early because they had to invite guests today.

Under Liu Guilan's scolding, the two little girls put on their clothes sleepily, as if they would continue to fall asleep if they were not careful!
After breakfast early, Wang Dazhu went out to invite Qi.

Wang An's original plan was to invite Li Biao, but after what happened yesterday, he decided to forget it. The horoscopes didn't match, so it was redundant!

After thinking about the preparations for the banquet, Wang An realized that he had forgotten something important!
A banquet, a banquet, no banquet without wine! There is no wine at home!

In this era, wine is a very scarce commodity. Mainly, the wine at this time is made from grain!

It’s normal to not have enough food to eat. If you want to make wine but don’t have food, just burn an egg!

While thinking about the wine, Wang An said hello to his mother and Mu Xueqing and went out.

In this era, there were many craftsmen in every village. Carpenters, blacksmiths, barefoot doctors, etc. were basically all found in the villages, and there were even more people who knew how to make wine!
What Wang An wants to go to is the family of Han Shuisheng, who is famous for soju in Guashantun. Han Shuisheng is about 60 years old and is nicknamed Big Wine Tank!
He knows how to make wine, and he is even better at drinking. I heard that he learned how to make wine because he loves wine but has no money to buy wine. He is also a talent!

When I arrived at Han Shuisheng's house, I saw Han Shuisheng in the shed, tinkering with a lot of sweet potatoes.

In rural areas at this time, every household had their own plot of land, usually half of which was planted with vegetables and the other half with sweet potatoes and potatoes. Han Shuisheng is different. He only grows a small amount of vegetables, mostly sweet potatoes. He also opens a piece of wasteland on the hillside and also grows sweet potatoes!

The quality of sweet potatoes on the hillside is not very good. Some are as thin as chopsticks, some are as big as fingers, and the largest ones are as big as corn cobs. They just have too many hairs and do not look delicious.

And these unpalatable sweet potatoes are not for eating, but for making wine!
"Uncle Han, what are you busy with?" Wang An entered the hospital and greeted him with a smile.
Han Shui is not tall, only a little over 1.6 meters tall. At this age, he is already an old man in the countryside.

People habitually call them "old man" and "old man" when chatting. It has no derogatory meaning, it is just a noun! But you definitely wouldn’t say that in person!

When Han Shuisheng saw Wang An, he knew he was here to do business. He shook off the dirt and sweet potato skins on his body and stood up with a smile.

Said: "The eldest son of the old Wang family is here!"

"Well, isn't this a drink made in memory of Uncle Han!" Wang An continued to say with a smile.

"Hehehe, the people who care about uncle's wine are not serious, young or old!" The old man was very confident in his craftsmanship.
"That's right, who among these ten miles and eight towns doesn't know that Uncle Han's wine is the most serious one (the best)?" Wang An gave a thumbs up and complimented with a smile.

"Hahaha, young man in this village, I rarely listen to your chatter!" The old man was very impressed by Wang An's words.

"The Lord wants me to speak honestly and never be careless!" Wang An said with a serious smile.
"Haha. I won't bullshit you anymore. How much wine do you want to drink?" the old man asked.
In this era, food is in short supply, so food stamps are needed. At the supply and marketing cooperative, bulk liquor not only requires stamps, but the price is not cheap, 6.5 cents per pound!
And this kind of wine made by yourself is more expensive because there is no ticket!
"Come here, why don't we pay more for it? How much does it cost per pound? Master?" Wang An asked

"Corn wine is 8 cents, sorghum wine is 1 yuan, and sweet potato roasting is cheaper at 6 cents per pound," the old man replied.

Wang An thought about the deer whip and deer bones at home. It would be a pity to sell them. He didn’t know when he would be able to hunt a deer next time! It’s more cost-effective than drinking wine!
Then I thought of my father, who was greedy for wine that day, and said, "Let's get 50 kilograms of sorghum wine and 50 kilograms of sweet potato roasting!"

"How much? Why are you drinking so much?" the old man asked in shock.

In this day and age, drinking wine is only available at home, and you can buy three or two pounds of wine. How can anyone buy wine like this?
Wang An didn't hide anything, he told about the sika deer shooting and also said he wanted to make wine! But I didn’t mention the local leopard!

The value of the native leopard is too high. If word spreads, people who want to see the native leopard skin must be much older, which is both troublesome and missed!
"Ang, I didn't expect that our backing village would have another gunner!" the old man praised with a smile!
"What a gunner! That deer was injured by a big animal, otherwise how could I have shot that thing!" Wang An said quickly

I know very well what I am like! What a gunner! Apart from his marksmanship, he also has two knives!
Wang An paid for the wine and bought two large 50-jin wine jars and two 20-jin small jars from the old man!
They are all pottery jars, the big one is 1 piece, the small one is 5 cents.

Use the wooden wheel cart that the old man used to push wine, and carefully push the wine home!

You have to be careful, this clay jar is not very sturdy! !

　This result is really terrible!

　　I'm a little embarrassed!

　　Dear friends who have tickets, throw some away! Thank you so much!
　　Friends who don’t have a bookshelf, please add a bookshelf. Sorry to bother you! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)