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

Chapter 749: Almost the same
On the way down the mountain, while Wang An was preaching to Wang Li, Dahei and the other dogs were not idle either, and they would catch a rabbit or a pheasant from time to time.

However, it is generally difficult for a single hunting dog to chase a rabbit. Normally, it takes two or more dogs to chase and intercept it together.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the dog's ability or speed.

Because the speed of the hound is about 10 meters per second, and the speed of the rabbit is about 8 meters per second, theoretically speaking, the rabbit cannot outrun the dog.

But the fact is that rabbits are very erratic. They may turn at any time and may even turn around at any time. So if a dog chases a rabbit, the rabbit will play tricks on it.

It is very easy to chase a rabbit with two or more dogs together. A rabbit can be caught in just a few minutes.

Two hours later, Wang An and Wang Li returned home.

On the way back, the dogs had a pretty good harvest, including 4 rabbits, 1 pheasant, 1 flying dragon and 5 silly catties.

It has to be said that the two brothers gained a lot from this trip into the mountains.

Two black blind men, one big and one small, 12 rabbits, 2 big chickens, 1 pheasant, a flying dragon and 5 silly pigs.

Of course, in addition to these meats, there are also 6 roots of 5-grade ginseng leaves, 11 roots of 4-grade ginseng leaves, 21 roots of 3-grade leaves, 43 roots of dioscorea and two bear gallbladders.

As for the missing rabbit and the four half-pound shrimps, they were stewed by the Wang An brothers and the three Gao brothers at noon.

After taking so much ginseng from others, how can I not eat something good?

However, after the meat was cooked, the three brothers of the Gao family only drank some of the soup. As for the rabbit meat and the half-pound of meat, no one ate a single bite.

To use the words of the three brothers of the Gao family: Who would eat the dry lean meat when there is fat?

In fact, when the three Gao brothers left, Wang An wanted to give them some black bear meat, but they refused, saying that it was enough to have a meal, and that no meat should be put in the mountain people's flower baskets.

Moreover, the journey home was not short, about 100 miles, and they were afraid that carrying meat would attract wild beasts.

Wang An also knew about the rule that mountain people should not bring meat into the mountains, because Han Shuisheng had told him about it.

But the same old saying applies: those are your rules, not my rules!
Besides, mountain running is a very physically demanding activity. You set a rule that I can't bring meat with me. That's just bullshit!
After returning to Wang An's home, the whole family was very happy to see such a large pile of meat. Yao Ping and Shen Wei, the second mother who helped Wang An at home, also had smiles on their faces.

Li Guilan said with a smile on her face:

"Look at my eldest son and my eldest nephew. They never come back empty-handed after entering the mountains. Hahahaha."

Yao Ping also said happily:

"Yeah, this old meat, when the time comes, we can stew it with tofu, vermicelli, dried cabbage, etc. It will be enough to eat for several days."

Mu Xueqing also interrupted:
"The dried potato chips that were hung out to dry in the spring were quite good. I could eat them for several meals."

The bad thing about potatoes is that they will sprout when the weather gets warmer, even in the cellar.

Therefore, after the spring comes, the locals will slice the leftover potatoes, steam them, and then dry them into dried potatoes. Only in this way can they be easily preserved.

Of course, only a very small number of families with plenty of food would do this. As for those who are short of food, they would never do this. Of course, they would not have the opportunity to do so because they would have already eaten it all.

At this time, Second Mother Yao Ping said generously:

"Yeah, I have quite a few hanging out at home, I'll bring them all over tomorrow." Shen Wei also chimed in, "I have two sacks hanging out at home, I'll bring them over when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Wang An said to Second Mother Yao Ping with a smile:

"Second Mother, your family doesn't need it, right? Don't you have to build a house soon? If you don't have food to eat, won't the helpers blame you?"

Yao Ping said nonchalantly:
"My family is in a hurry to build the house. We can wait until the beginning of summer. By then, the fresh vegetables will be harvested, so we won't have to worry so much."

Wang An said with a smile:

"Hahaha, that's fine. You don't have to worry about the meat then. Your son and I will take care of it for you."

After Wang An finished speaking, Second Mother Yao Ping immediately said in an exaggerated tone:

"Look at my nephew, he's so good. I've been waiting for you to say this for quite some time. Hahahaha."

After Yao Ping finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter!
After laughing, Wang Dazhu said:
"This meat needs to be rubbed with salt and stored in the cellar, otherwise it will go rancid over the next few days."

"Well, let's hang tomorrow's food into the well first, otherwise it will smell bad if it's left overnight."

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In this day and age, everything is easy in winter, but when the weather is hot, storing fresh meat is a very, very difficult thing.

Either put it in the cellar or hang it in the well.

In addition, it can also be soaked in cold water, but if stored in this way, the water must be changed several times a day.

However, these three methods will not work for more than a few days. At most, they will be useless after three or four days.

Of course, there is one last method, but it is a bit too troublesome.

That is to prepare a particularly deep cellar in advance, and then store a large amount of ice in this cellar during the coldest days of winter.

The reason why it is troublesome is that the water level in the Northeast is very low, and water will appear after digging a few meters. In other words, finding a suitable place to dig this cellar is not an easy task.

As they were talking, everyone started to get busy. Shen Wei didn't need any arrangements, and she took the initiative to carry firewood and boil water. It seemed that she was planning to pluck the feathers of pheasants and chickens.

However, Wang An led Wang Li directly into the house. The main reason was that the ginseng had not been divided yet, and it would save trouble if it was divided sooner.

After dumping all the ginseng buns on the kang, Wang An said to Wang Li:
"Come on, let's each take half, and then get back to work."

When Wang Li heard this, he said:
"Fourth brother, come on, come on. It's fine if you give me half. This time there are so many things. If I take half again, it would be ignorant. Besides, I didn't do anything today."

It can be felt that although Wang Li said this, he really thought so.

Wang An was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Although what Wang Li said made sense, Wang An didn't want to argue with Wang Li.

So Wang An said with a smile:
"Then it's pretty much the same."

After saying that, Wang An started to divide the items very quickly.

(End of this chapter)