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

Hearing his father's understanding words, Wang An smiled and didn't continue the topic.

We're all family, father and son, there's absolutely no need to say more.

Wang An nodded and said:
"Okay, Dad, I'll go to the county town first. The lamb spine and leg bones can be used to make wine. If you have time, you can prepare them. If you don't have time, wait until I come back to do it."

When making wine from sheep spine and leg bones, the process is the same as making other bone wines.

For bones like tiger bones, leopard bones, bear bones, and deer bones, the meat and fascia must be scraped off the bones.

Then the bones are dried in the sun or oven, or air-dried in the shade, to make them look drier and cleaner. Finally, they are soaked in alcohol along with other medicinal herbs.

The purpose of doing this is to ensure the taste of the wine and to preserve it for a long time, preventing it from becoming cloudy, oily, or even spoiled and developing an off-flavor, thus turning it into a worthless wine soup.

Therefore, if you want to make lamb bone wine, you must first scrape off the meat and remove the tendons. However, this process is quite tedious and time-consuming, and people without patience cannot do this job.

The key is that the bones used for soaking in alcohol cannot be boiled in water, otherwise they will lose their medicinal properties.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dazhu rolled his eyes at Wang An and said:

"Don't worry about this. Just go about your business."

After a pause, Wang Dazhu suddenly said, somewhat embarrassed:

"Hey, Xiao An, do you have any money left? Could you lend me some? I don't have enough money if I go to buy some liquor. These old bones of mine, I'd need to buy at least two hundred catties of liquor, wouldn't I?"

When he said the last sentence, Wang Dazhu's tone suddenly became quite self-righteous.

To be honest, my father, Wang Dazhu, is a very strange person. My mother, Liu Guilan, would give him money to spend if he just opened his mouth, but he just wouldn't.

Furthermore, there were also many money stored in the secret rooms of both houses, but he wouldn't go in to take it, saying that the money was in bundles and stacks and couldn't be touched.

Wang An really couldn't understand what was wrong with his father's strange mindset.

However, upon hearing that his father wanted money, Wang An immediately pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket, casually took out half of it, and handed it over, saying with a smile:

"Dad, is this enough money? If not, I'll give you all the money I have in my pocket."

Wang Dazhu took the money, glanced at Wang An with his eyelids, and said somewhat irritably:
"What would I do with that money? Where would I spend it? Enough to buy alcohol is enough. You have a little money, but you don't know how to show off."

As he spoke, Wang Dazhu counted out 20 bills and handed the rest back to Wang An.

Upon hearing this, Wang An felt utterly speechless. He had meant well, but his father insisted on twisting his words.

It's like the son is showing off how rich he is to his father!
Wang An took the money Wang Dazhu handed back without arguing, and said with a squinting eyebrow:

"Alright then, Dad, I'm off."

After saying that, Wang An put 10 bottles of sheep's blood into a cloth bag, then put it in the car. After thinking for a moment, he also put 12 pieces of mutton in the car and drove to the county town!

These 12 pieces of mutton, each weighing a little over two jin (approximately 1 kg), total about 25 jin (approximately 12.5 catties), are already half the weight of a whole mutton. So Wang An felt it wasn't a small amount! He just wanted to let them taste it. The reason he said half was because a 130-jin (approximately 65 kg) mutton, after removing the head, hooves, offal, and skin, only weighs less than 70 jin (approximately 35 catties) in its cavity. If the bones were removed, only about 50 jin (approximately 25 catties) of pure meat would remain.

After driving at high speed for about 20 minutes, Wang An drove the car into the Gong'an Juda Courtyard.

It has to be said that cars are much faster. If we were driving a sled, it would only take 20 minutes to get to Yangshutun.

Carrying six bottles of sheep's blood and four pieces of mutton in a cloth bag, and taking the three work permits, letters of introduction, and other documents from the car, Wang An walked straight into Zhang Shuya's office.

Just as Wang An had predicted, Sun Nian was in Zhang Shuya's office, chatting and laughing with Zhang Shuya.

Sometimes Wang An was very puzzled. These two had been together every day since they started school, and they even worked in the same company after graduation. Yet, even now, they seemed to have endless things to talk about, always chattering away together!

So, how much do those two have to say? How can they make the office so lively?!

They say three women make a drama, but look at this guy, two women can put on a really good show.

As soon as he entered, Wang An said with a grin:

"You two seem to be having a good chat, huh? What are you talking about? Can I join you?"

After Wang An finished speaking, Zhang Shuya said coldly:
"You three just got back? Didn't you see the letter of introduction only says half a month? That's way over the expiration date! I think you're asking for a beating again. Give me your work ID now."

Zhang Shuya was also taking a certain risk in issuing work permits to Wang An and the other two, since if nothing went wrong along the way, the three permits would be fake when they returned.

But if Wang An and the other two really get into trouble on the road, then those three work permits will instantly become real.

Unfortunately, if Wang An and the other two had faced these situations as ordinary citizens, the outcome would likely have been dire for Lao Jiba.

But it's completely different when Wang An is the squad leader, and Wang Li and Mu Xueli are ordinary security guards.

Who would dare to deliberately make things difficult for three workers who are away on official business?

Although the three of them were actually taking care of personal matters, what does it matter?

However, after Wang An and his two companions returned, Wang An was preoccupied with the matter of the poisoner and did not come to the county town. As a result, the three men's identification documents remained on the gas.

After Zhang Shuya finished speaking with a cold face, Wang An chuckled and placed the three certificates and documents on the table, saying:

"Big sister, please keep this safe for us. We might need to go to Yi Province someday, hehehehe."

Zhang Shuya was taken aback upon hearing this, and said with a look of surprise:
"Why are you three always running to Yi Province? Hasn't the medicinal herb issue been resolved? What? Are you still going to keep buying bear bile and bezoar?"

Wang An said with an air of matter-of-fact:
"Of course we have to keep collecting them. How much money did the supply and marketing cooperative in our county cheat us out of? I haven't gotten my revenge yet."

Zhang Shuya couldn't help but advise:
"You guys better watch your step. The supply and marketing cooperative is investigating the reason now, and the anti-drug office even asked me to send someone to cooperate with them. They said that the purchase target for precious medicinal materials this year is far below the target. Did you take all the missing parts?"

Upon hearing this, Wang An was immediately startled. (End of Chapter)