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

Chapter 1116 is simply mouthwatering.

Even without the ox pulling, the sidecar carrying Wang An and the other two, along with the ox that had been dismembered into several pieces, was still not too strenuous.

So soon, the two of them rode back to Wang An's house on their sidecar.

Seeing Wang An and his companion return with a cow's head and a pile of meat, Mu Xueqing said in shock:

"You two killed someone's cow?"

The reason Mu Xueqing asked this question was because Wang An's family had herds of horses, pigs, and sheep, as well as roe deer and deer. Mu Xueqing believed that it was impossible for Wang An to buy a cow and slaughter it just to eat beef.

Besides, there are no wild cattle in these mountains. If Wang An and Wang Li were able to bring back the cow's head, hide, and bones, they must have killed someone else's cow.

Wang An said with a smile:

"What are you talking about? What do you mean by killing someone else's cow? This is our cow, we bought it today, just this one day. You're talking nonsense, hahaha."

But as he was talking, Wang An couldn't help but laugh.

The main reason was that just thinking about that gallbladder full of bezoar made Wang An feel particularly happy.

Mu Xueqing frowned and said with a hint of resentment:

“We have pigs and sheep at home, and if all else fails, we have roe deer. If we want to eat meat, we can just kill one. Why do we have to eat beef? Eating beef is too expensive.”

It has to be said that Mu Xueqing is definitely a good woman who lives a proper life. With Wang Anjia's wealth, she can't even afford to buy a cow to eat.

Wang An stopped laughing, took out the cloth bag containing the bezoar, and said to Mu Xueqing with a mysterious look:

"Look what this is, hehehe."

Mu Xueqing took the small cloth bag with a puzzled look, opened it, took out what she saw, and exclaimed in surprise:
"Oh my god, could this be bezoar gall? How can a cow have so much bezoar gall?"

Mu Xueqing recognized him at a glance, and Wang An immediately lost his mystery, shaking his head and saying:

"Who knows what happened? Well, it just has a lot of bezoars."

Mu Xueqing suddenly realized and asked:

"So you mean you bought this cow just for the bezoar?"

Wang An nodded and said in a very smug tone:

"Hmm, this cow only cost 300 yuan, what do you think? Was it a good deal?"

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An and said with a smile:

"That's definitely worth it. If you ask me, you two brothers don't need to go into the mountains anymore. Just go and deal with those cows with bezoar. It's safe and profitable. Isn't that great?"

Upon hearing Mu Xueqing's words, Wang An's smugness vanished. After all, cattle with bezoars aren't like cabbages; how could one possibly find one so easily? If they were that easy to find, bezoars wouldn't be so valuable.

So, without even responding, Wang An went straight to the point:
“Hey, wife, go inside. After that, just like I did with the pig gallstones last time, peel off the membrane on the gallstone, put two pieces of paper on it, and let it air dry in our room.”

Seeing that Wang An didn't dare to respond, Mu Xueqing smiled and agreed, then went into the house with her big pregnant belly.

After Mu Xueqing entered the house, Wang Li suddenly said:
"Fourth Brother, is my sister-in-law carrying twins? I remember that none of the pregnant women in our village have bellies as big as yours. Hers is too big."

Wang An had already noticed this problem, so he nodded and said:
"Yeah, I think so too. Your sister-in-law is probably pregnant with twins, but we don't know if it's a girl or a boy."

Wang Li chuckled and said, "If only there were two boys, my uncle and aunt would be overjoyed."

Wang An said with a completely indifferent expression:

"Anything is fine with me, I'm not picky. Twins would be perfect, then I'd have both a son and a daughter, hahaha!"

That's what they say, but Wang An's true thought is that boys and girls are the same. However, Wang An is still quite looking forward to the birth of the child, after all, this is the bloodline born from Wang An's two lifetimes!

As they chatted, the two unloaded the beef from the sidecar and broke it into smaller pieces. After about half of it was broken down, Wang An said to Wang Li:
"Fifth brother, you can take care of the rest yourself. I'll go set up the fire in the big pot, and then stew all these beef bones. When we get up, we'll call my second uncle, second aunt, and Xiaorong over. Tonight, our two families will gnaw on the beef bones."

Wang Li frowned as he looked at the beef bones, which had hardly any meat on them, and said:

"I think even this bone is too much to eat. It would take several bites to get a single piece of meat. If I ate that little bit of meat, wouldn't my teeth be burning?"

To be honest, this old cow was incredibly thin. There was only a thin layer of meat on his ribs, and it was all lean meat, without a single bit of fat.

Hearing Wang Li's exaggerated words and seeing his exaggerated actions, Wang An couldn't help but laugh. He pointed at the offal and said irritably:
"There's also beef offal, you know. We can stew it with the bones, it's guaranteed to be delicious."

Wang Li looked at Wang An, then suddenly said with a hopeful expression:

"Fourth Brother, it's been a while since we've had fish. How about we get a big one and have some?"

Wang An looked at the beef bones and beef, unsure if they could be stewed until tender, and thought for a moment before saying:
"Okay, then hurry up and butcher the fish, then cast a net into the pond and we'll eat whatever fish we catch."

Because Wang An's fishpond is large enough, the aquatic plants inside and the weeds around the fishpond grow very lushly.

So the fish in there are hardly any cared for, and they are not fed often. They are only thrown into the fishpond when they are cleaning the vegetable garden, along with the weeds and various vegetable leaves that they have pulled up.

What's quite amazing is that all of Wang An's fish are doing quite well. The live fish are all lively and jumping around, and as for the dead fish, they were probably eaten by the live fish. In any case, no dead fish have ever been seen floating up in the fishpond.

Wang An suspected that the reason these fish were thriving was because the spring was constantly providing fresh water.

No matter what, with this fishpond around, it's incredibly convenient for Wang Anjia to eat fish whenever he wants.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li smiled and agreed:
"Okay, Fourth Brother."

As he spoke, Wang Li quickened his pace.

Wang An then started a fire and scrubbed the pot. After washing the beef bones and offal, he threw them all into the pot.

It must be said that although the cow was thin, there was a good amount of beef bones and offal. The 12-inch iron pot in the yard was filled to the brim.

While blanching the fish, Wang An prepared various seasonings. He had bought a lot of seasonings last time, and they would come in handy this time.

After blanching the beef bones and offal, Wang An scooped them all into another pot and then began to stir-fry the stewing ingredients.

Put a pot of black bear oil into the pot, and pour in half a bucket of soybean oil as well. After the oil is hot, add scallions, ginger, star anise, dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, rock sugar, soybean paste and a whole bunch of other seasonings. Stir-fry until fragrant, then add more than half a pot of cold water. Then put the beef bones and offal into the soup.

Fearing the beef bones wouldn't soften properly, Wang An placed a ring of bricks around the wooden pot lid, and even sealed the gaps in the lid with strips of cloth.

Before long, the aroma of beef and various seasonings filled the entire courtyard.

I have to say, the taste is absolutely mouthwatering.

(End of this chapter)