Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 25 I'll Make You Lazy to Death
Before going to bed at night, Yu Qiutang untied the bag of the little civet cat and took a look. As soon as he untied it, he found that the guy was quite ferocious. If its mouth was not tied with a rope, it would definitely bare its teeth at him.

"Just wait, I'll sell you tomorrow, let's see who you can still bully."

He planned to take this guy to the wild animal dealer in town to ask. If the price was similar, he would just sell it. He didn't expect to make much money from a little civet.

If the price is really too low, then find an opportunity to sell it in the city.

However, there is an unwritten rule in the trade of wild animals that a living animal is three to five times more expensive than a dead one.

Not to mention such precious things, even common wild animals such as hares and pheasants, if alive, would sell for about three to five yuan depending on their weight. If dead, there might not be anyone willing to buy them for even one yuan.

There are two main reasons.

It's a dead thing, and we don't know why it died. What if it got sick or was poisoned? People will get sick if they eat it.

Another thing is that the taste of meat will change when something dies, which is often called the hemolytic effect. For example, if a rabbit has been dead for more than half a day, the meat will have a distinctly sour taste.

Many people who don’t know much think that the rabbit was not cooked well, or for some other reason, but in fact it was because it had been dead for too long.

In addition, if the animal has been dead for more than a certain period of time, it is difficult to skin it. If it is skinned forcibly, a lot of blood stains will be left, contaminating the fur, which is what traffickers often call "bloody skin."

Skilled hunters all know this. If it is a large wild animal, they will basically bleed it on the spot and remove all the necessary parts from it.

As for small wild animals, try not to kill them directly in the mountains. Sell them alive to others for a good price.

Yu Xiaowei was sitting on a small stool washing his feet.

Yu Qiutang asked him to wash his head and body, and use the remaining water to rub his feet clean.

By the way, I told him the importance of hygiene.

Life was hard in the past, and children only cared about filling their stomachs and didn’t care about anything else. Life will get better in the future, and it can’t be the same as before.

Yu Xiaowei found it very troublesome, but he still did as he was told.

After finishing, the two of them lay on the kang. There was no more foul smell, and Yu Qiutang could finally have a good sleep.

Yu Xiaowei thought about various things that happened today, and about going to the market tomorrow. He was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep for a while. He wanted to talk to Yu Qiutang, but was rejected by Yu Qiutang.

He has to get up early tomorrow and there are many things to do in the day, so he must stay energetic enough.

I slept quite comfortably that night.

In the blink of an eye, it was dawn.

After the third cock crowed, Yu Qiutang saw that it was getting light outside, so he got up and put on his clothes. As soon as he sat up, Yu Xiaowei immediately got up, rubbing his eyes and asked, "Are you going to get up, uncle?"

"Let's get up. It'll take another hour to get to town. Go get a good spot and go call Yunyun."

"Okay, get up!"

Children sleep a lot, and Yu Xiaowei felt that he had not slept enough, so it was not easy for him to get up.

As soon as the two of them went out, they saw Yu Xiaoyun, who had gotten up early, sweeping the dust at the door with a broom.

The northwest is dusty and windy, and it is the transition period between summer and autumn. A lot of leaves and dust fall overnight, and the first thing to do every morning is to sweep the yard.

"Yunyun, just sweep half of our side." Yu Qiutang stopped her when he saw that she was going to move forward.

The kang yard is more than one acre in size, which is neither big nor small. It takes half an hour to sweep it all.

In the past, this kind of work always fell on Yu Xiaoyun. The people on Yu Qiushi's side had never swept the yard. They were spoiled like young masters and princesses. Yu Xiaoyun happened to sweep the boundary between the two caves. Hearing this, she was startled, and then said, "It's okay, I'll sweep it by the way."

"Come back," Yu Qiutang waved his hand, asking her to come back with the broom, and rubbed the child's head. "You are not allowed to sweep the ground over there in the future. You know, we are only responsible for our half of the yard. If it gets dirty over there, let it stay dirty. Hurry up and wash your face, and I'll take you to the market."

Yu Xiaoyun nodded, said "Oh", put the broom in the corner and went to wash her face.

Yu Chunmei had also gotten up and was boiling water in the kitchen.

"Tangtang, let me boil some hot water for you guys so you can eat some steamed buns while running. You got up so early, you must be hungry."

"it is good."

Yu Qiutang took out two baskets, placed them in a clean lining cloth, carefully put the tofu in, covered them with the lining cloth, and then went into the kitchen to prepare the seasoning.

The magic tofu is just like jelly. Whether it tastes good or not depends mainly on how the seasoning is mixed. Now he doesn't dare to hand it over to his third sister. It's best to mix it himself. Wait until it is stable and the proportion is figured out, and then let his third sister take over.

While mixing the seasoning, he suddenly had a new idea. He cut out a small piece of tofu from the basket, cut it into many small cubes with a knife, put them in separate bowls, and broke some bamboo sticks and washed them for later use.

While people were busy here, they started to get up from their beds over there.

Chen Meidi was the first to come out. She saw that her own yard was still dirty, while the one belonging to Yu Qiutang was clean. Her face immediately turned ugly.

Standing at the door, he shouted, "Wang Chunhua, the sun is shining on the gate of the ditch, and you are still sleeping like a dead pig."

Got no response.

She threw the urine pot at the door and rushed directly to the kitchen, where she soon heard scolding and complaints.

Yu Xiaoyun had changed into clean clothes. These were the only clothes she could wear outside, but they were a little small and tight.

Little girls grow faster than boys. She is nearly two years younger than her brother, but the height difference is only one or two centimeters at most. If she is not careful, she might even surpass her brother.

Yu Qiutang helped her pull the clothes up, but found that it couldn't cover her belly button. He smiled helplessly and said, "Forget it. When we have some money, we can buy some cloth and make you a new set of clothes. If your belly button is exposed all the time, your stomach will hurt after a long time."

The little girl, who is over ten years old, already knows how to be shy and her face is red.

Yu Chunmei on the side touched her head.

"When are we leaving, uncle?" Yu Xiaowei, carrying the bag of the civet cat, was already impatient to go out.

"Let's go now," Yu Qiutang bent down, picked up the shoulder pole, and walked out with the two children in a heroic manner.

After the three of them left, Chen Meidi came out of the kitchen, looked at their backs, and cursed, "What a shame!"

Wang Chunhua also came out with messy hair and clothes askew. She yawned while going to get the broom.

"You can't even let me sleep well this early in the morning. Why do you have to sweep the yard at this time?"

"You're so lazy!"

Chen Meidi recalled the back of Yu Qiutang taking the two children out of the house just now, and she became very angry. She turned back and grabbed Yu Qiushi's ears and also pulled up her baby son.

"Go and chop all the hard wood outside the door."

Yu Qiushi sat on the kang, staring at his mother with a confused look on his face.

Chopping wood, what wood to chop, how to chop wood? !
(End of this chapter)