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

Chapter 872: Spreading Rice Cakes and Getting Higher Every Year

After breakfast, the family started to get busy.

The main thing is to lead all the livestock such as horses, sheep, deer, roe deer and wild boars to the animal pens in the new yard.

The reason why they used the leading method instead of driving it was because most of the livestock in Wang An's family were captured from the mountains by Wang An, Mu Xueli and Wang Li.

If they were all released, there was a high possibility that some of them would run away. Even if Wang An had 8 dogs, he might not be able to stop them.

As for the mother wolf and her four cubs, just let them go and let them follow the dog. It’s not far anyway, just about a hundred meters away.

The female wolf is now so fat and round that she no longer looks like a wolf. She looks just like a pig.

I don’t know whether it has lost its wildness or has fallen in love with its current comfortable life. Anyway, Wang An feels that even if he lets it go back to the mountains now, it may not go back.

After all, it’s so good to be in Wang An’s house. You’re not exposed to the wind or the rain, and someone brings meals to you every meal. It’s simply the peak of life. No, it’s the peak of wolf life!
And these four wolf cubs have now been almost assimilated by the dogs.

The reason why they are assimilated is, on the one hand, because they stay with dogs all day long and are influenced by them to become like dogs.

On the other hand, since they were able to eat on their own, there has been one more thing that is indispensable in their food, and that is "Kailing Powder".

Wang An believes that this magic powder is definitely not only effective for eagles, but should also be effective for other animals.

Because Wang An guessed that the reason why the four spotted dogs had such a big change was most likely because they were fed with the Kailing powder.

Of course, this was just Wang An's guess. Wang An had no idea why the four spotted dogs suddenly became so wolfish.

But leaving aside the four spotted dogs, Wang An still felt very satisfied that the four wolf cubs could be assimilated into what they are now.

Anyway, when winter comes, these four wolf cubs will join the dog gang to participate in hunting. Wang An is really looking forward to their performance.

By then, Wang An alone will have 8 dogs and 4 wolves, plus Mu Xueli and Wang Li's 7 dogs. Just thinking about that scene makes my blood boil.

However, what gave Wang An a headache were these two lynxes.

Each of these two lynxes now weighs nearly 20 kilograms.

Perhaps because Wang An took them home to raise them shortly after they were born, these two lynxes now do not show the ferocity they should have, except for catching mice and sparrows.

To put it bluntly, these two lynxes seem to have gone astray after being raised by Wang An's family.

Of course, perhaps because Wang An never gave them the opportunity to perform in the mountains, their talents were buried.

So Wang An planned to take them to the mountains to try it out when he had the chance.

What if there’s a surprise or something? Wouldn’t that be a huge profit?

It’s just that Wang An didn’t know how to train the lynx. Mainly, he had never heard of anyone raising one, so Wang An felt a headache.

We were busy until after 10 o'clock in the morning, and finally all the livestock were moved to the livestock pen in the new yard.

Not to mention, because the new livestock pen is more spacious, the number of various livestock appears to be very small, especially the roe deer pen and deer shed, which appear particularly empty.

Obviously, Wang An had to continue catching roe deer and deer, otherwise it would be a shame to have such a large livestock pen. After moving all the livestock, Wang Dazhu, Wang An and Wang Yiye began to use a cart to move food, antique paintings, and large sums of money.

The prices of these antique calligraphy and paintings are still in their infancy, so Wang An has no plans to sell them now.

But apart from those treasures, Wang An would definitely not keep the rest of the ordinary stuff.

Mainly in Wang An's opinion, these things are actually useless except for being put there for viewing. Besides, if the calligraphy and paintings are eaten by insects or damaged in other ways, it will be a huge loss.

Wang An placed all these boxes of calligraphy and paintings in the ceiling of the house, in the gap between the tripod beams.

The reason why Wang An dared to put the calligraphy and paintings there so casually was because the box researched by the Japanese was really amazing. It neither attracted insects nor mice. It had been placed in the rocky mountain for so many years without any problem. There would definitely be no problem putting it on the ceiling.

As for the porcelain, Wang An did not take special care of it, because as long as the porcelain was not broken, it could be left there for many years.

As for the big coins, that is, ancient coins, except for the more precious and rare ones like Kaiyuan Tongbao, Wang An ignored the rest and threw them directly into the warehouse.

These ordinary big coins, even in later times, would only be worth ten or eight yuan each. If Wang An didn't own a large number of them, then this thing would actually have no value as a collection.

The same went for the silver dollars. Wang An only took away a small, very valuable portion, and the rest were collected by Wang Dazhu.

It is mainly people of Wang Dazhu's generation who have a special feeling for silver dollars.

Here, the three of them were busy moving miscellaneous things, while Liu Guilan and Mu Xueqing were also not idle.

Because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to Wang An and Mu Xueqing's house to cook.

There is no other way. I have already found a fortune teller, so I have to do what he says.

However, today's lunch was not dumplings, but rice cakes.

Locally, "making rice cake" is not called rice cake, but "scattering rice cake".

Because the preparation of this kind of pasta is completely different from other things.

Except for fried noodles, almost all pasta needs to be kneaded with water first, but this is not necessary for rice cakes.

The method of making this thing is very simple. Put half a pot of water in the pot, then put the flat bottom directly into the pot, cover the flat bottom with cooked red beans, cowpeas or kidney beans, etc., wait for the water to boil, and sprinkle rhubarb rice flour layer by layer directly on the flat bottom.

As for the "flat bottom", that is what the locals call it. In some places, it is also called a steamer or a sieve. Anyway, it is something used for steaming steamed buns and rice cakes.

The only difference is that the "flat bottom" used locally is made of sorghum stalks or narrow wooden boards, and the gaps between the wooden boards are very small, so the beans will not leak in.

The reason why rice cakes are steamed at noon, in Liu Guilan's words, is that "living in a new house and eating rice cakes will make the family better year by year."

No matter what you eat, Liu Guilan can always come up with a few words that symbolize a good life.

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!

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