Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 82: Driving a donkey cart and taking six daughters into the city
Chen Weidong found a flashlight at the bedside, then turned on the flashlight and carried the wolf cub to the dog basket. He planned to keep the wolf cub and the puppy in the nest for one night.

Chen Weidong put the wolf cubs into the field first. After that, the three wolf cubs immediately huddled together, bared their teeth at the surroundings, and made bursts of childish cries.

Chen Weidong ignored the wolf cub and instead shone the flashlight on the four puppies. The four puppies smelled Chen Weidong's scent and barked.

Chen Weidong then put the three wolf cubs on the ground into the puppy den. He saw four puppies and three wolf cubs together, sniffing each other at first, and then starting to play together.

There were four puppies and three wolf cubs, none of whom could walk very well, but they got together and played around, which was very interesting. To describe them in later generations' words, they were "cute".

Before leaving, Chen Weidong asked Liu Xueting to feed these four puppies and the white tiger. As for the three wolf cubs, Chen Weidong planned to sell them tomorrow, so they didn't need to be fed.

After settling the wolf cub, Chen Weidong heard his daughter's noises on the kang bed again. He was afraid of disturbing Liu Ni's sleep, so he walked in with a flashlight: "Stop playing and go to sleep quickly. Whoever falls asleep first will be taken to the county town by Daddy tomorrow."

“Go to the county town?!”

As soon as Chen Weidong finished speaking, the little girls suddenly became quiet and closed their eyes tightly.

"Si Ni, are you asleep?"

Chen Weidong asked.

"Daddy is asleep, Sini is asleep." Sini said in a baby voice.

"Uh... this is really, telling lies with your eyes closed!"

Chen Weidong smiled.

Then Chen Weidong came to the yard with a flashlight. Black Tiger and White Tiger did not bark. The two dogs sniffed each other and went into the doghouse!

In the kitchen, Liu Xueting was cooking.

Chen Weidong looked at his harvest and wanted to deal with it cleanly, but he estimated that he would not be able to lie down on the kang for a while.

Chen Weidong took a sharp knife, hung the wolf upside down on a tree in the yard, and began to skin it.

Skinning a wolf is different from skinning a weasel or water dog. You have to start from the wolf's tail.
First, cut the skin from the tail to the wolf's neck and jaw, then cut around the hooves of the limbs, finally cut vertically along the inside of the limbs and the abdomen, and then peel off the skin of the front and back limbs, head, chest, and abdomen respectively.

The skin of the wolf head is a bit more troublesome. To make the wolf skin valuable, it must be carefully protected. The wolf skin, including the fur on the head, cannot be scratched, otherwise the price of the wolf skin will be greatly affected.

Skinning was a piece of cake for Chen Weidong. It only took him twenty minutes to skin a wolf.

It only took forty minutes to kill the two wolves.

After skinning, the wolf skin needs to be processed. Chen Weidong usually makes special wooden boards for skinning animals.

The next step is to stretch out the peeled wolf skin, fix it on the wooden board, and then use a knife to scrape off the remaining fat tissue bit by bit.

After scraping it clean, let it air-dry for a few days. After it dries naturally, it will become a complete wolf skin that can be sold at a purchasing station.

"Weidong, it's time to eat!" Before Chen Weidong finished his work, Liu Xueting had already prepared the meal and came out to greet Chen Weidong.

"Okay, I'll be right there!" Chen Weidong put down the work in his hands, washed his hands, and went into the house to eat.

At night, Liu Xueting cooked something very simple, using the leftovers from their dinner. The dish was stir-fried shredded venison and radish.

But there are too many pieces of meat in it. This woman! Is she giving him all the meat?

"Weidong, why did you kill the wolf?" Liu Xueting looked at the wolf corpse hanging in the yard and said worriedly.

"Hehe, Shitou and I went into the mountains and saw a few wild wolves. We just killed them! I was worried that the dogs would eat too much. Look, the meat is here. These two wolves are enough for the dogs to eat for a while."

Chen Weidong laughed with a relaxed look on his face. He was not doing this to show off in front of his wife. The more relaxed he sounded, the more relieved Liu Xueting would be. Of course, in fact, it was very easy for Chen Weidong to deal with the three wild wolves.

"Well, you and Shitou go with you, so you can have someone to take care of you when you go up the mountain." Liu Xueting nodded, without saying anything else, but came to the sack where Chen Weidong contained pheasants, ducks and rabbits, and took out the harvest one by one.

Liu Xueting tied up her hair with a headscarf, then filled a basin with hot water and began to prepare the pheasants and ducks.
Liu Xueting is also very experienced in dealing with these pheasants.

There is a technique to plucking the feathers of pheasants. Do not use too hot water, otherwise the skin of the pheasants and wild ducks will be scalded. The same is true for wild ducks.

Chen Weidong ate his meal with big mouthfuls while watching his wife working. A serious woman is really beautiful and a feast for the eyes. After finishing the meal for a while, Chen Weidong took the Hericium erinaceus to the cellar so that it would be easier to preserve.

Then, Chen Weidong continued to deal with the two wild wolves! He had only peeled off the skin just now, and had not dealt with the rest.

Chen Weidong needed to scrape off the grease and then shave the meat off the wolf bones before he could proceed to the next step.

After the wolf bones are dried, they are ground into powder to make bone dog food.

Wolf bones can not only be used to make dog food, but also can be used to make medicinal wine.

Medicinal wine made from wolf bones can dispel wind and relieve pain, strengthen tendons and bones. The effect is slightly worse than that of tiger bones, but the gap can be made up by combining them with traditional Chinese medicine.

Of course, it can only be said to make up for it a little bit. After all, the medicinal wine brewed with wolf bones is not as good as tiger bone wine.

However, for most patients with rheumatic bone diseases, real wolf bone wine is effective enough. Many hunters usually use wolf bones to make wine.
Wolf bones can also be used to make wolf bone glue.
However, the production is too troublesome and requires a lot of wolf bones. Currently, Chen Weidong only plans to use wolf bones to make dog food. When he kills more wolves, he can try to use them to make wine and wolf bone glue.

As for the hundreds of kilograms of wolf meat collected in the past two days, if you need it urgently, you can dry it. If you are not in a hurry, you can hang it in a ventilated place to dry.

Chen Weidong collected the wolf bones and put them aside.
The wolf meat is cut into long thin strips and hung under the eaves to slowly dry.

"Xue Ting, I plan to go to the county town tomorrow. You and the little ones should come with me."

Chen Weidong was working while chatting with Liu Xueting.

"I'm going to the county town with the kids? There are too many people. Will it be inconvenient? Besides! There are so many things at home. Someone has to look after the house in case someone comes~"

"It's okay. We have Black Tiger and White Tiger to watch over the house. I'll go borrow Uncle Guofu's donkey cart. We'll go together as a family of eight. Think about what you need to buy at home!"

"I already have everything at home, what else do I need to buy?"

"..."

The two of them were working and chatting about family matters, which was very warm.

Chen Weidong worked quickly, and in a short while, he had finished processing all the wolf meat.

They were all hung under the eaves, and a few greyhounds were also cleaned and hung up!
There were still more than ten pounds of wolf meat left, and Chen Weidong didn't plan to dry it.

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting were busy until about eleven o'clock before they finally dealt with all the wild goods.

"Xueting, stop working. It's already midnight. Go to bed and we'll clean up tomorrow."

Chen Weidong shouted to Liu Xueting who was about to clean the yard.

"OK!"

Liu Xueting agreed. When Chen Weidong finished taking a bath, the little ones on the kang had already fallen asleep. After tucking the little ones in, Chen Weidong moved into his wife's bed!
Silent all night.

The next day, Chen Weidong got up early in the morning, took the rabbit he caught yesterday, and went to Wang Guofu's house to borrow a donkey cart.

Liu Xueting got up earlier than Chen Weidong.
At the moment, I am cooking.

The little girls knew they were going to the county town today, so they all woke up early.
Only Liuni, Sini and Wuni were still sleeping... It's not that they were sleeping in, but usually the little girls weren't awake at this time.

Chen Weidong fed the dogs and put the three wolf cubs and the deer antlers on the donkey cart.

"Dad, when are we leaving?"

"Well, the last time we went to the county town it was quite far, we need to leave early!"

“Dad~!”

"..."

Da Ni, Er Ni, and San Ni all surrounded him. Children were children after all, and they couldn't keep secrets. They all wanted to go to the county town and were more anxious than he was.

"After we finish our meal, Dad will take you out." Chen Weidong smiled.

After a while, when Chen Weidong had just finished his work, Sanni and Sini stood at the door.

The two little kids were obviously still sleepy, yawning and looking dazed.

His clothes were disheveled and there was saliva at the corners of his mouth.

"Sister, why didn't you call Si Ni to get up? I told you yesterday!" Si Ni looked at Dani aggrievedly.

"Uh-huh."

Wu Ni also nodded vigorously. When the two little kids opened their eyes, they saw only their sixth sister on the kang. They thought their father had left with their sisters.

"Mom, I told you to sleep a little longer, so I didn't let us yell."

Before Dani could speak, Erni spoke up.

"Oh~" The two little guys didn't dare to refute their second sister and nodded their little heads quickly.

Chen Weidong couldn't help but smile when he saw this: "Why are you all up so early? Dad said he would take you to the county town today, so he would definitely wake you up."

Si Ni yawned again: "..."

Wu Ni hung her little head, but when the two little kids heard that they were going to the county town, they suddenly woke up.

The two little kids walked towards Chen Weidong with their short legs.
She grinned widely, acted coquettishly, and rubbed her furry head against Chen Weidong's arm.

"Dad, let's go to the county town~"

"Go to the county town~"

"Go brush your teeth and wash up! Otherwise I'll leave you here to look after the house!" Chen Weidong patted the two little guys' butts.

"No~" The two little guys went to brush their teeth and wash their faces.

Liuni woke up after a while, and Da Ni and Er Ni helped their sister put clothes on.

Then the family of eight had a simple breakfast.
Liu Xueting went to wash the dishes. Chen Weidong thought that it was a bit far to go to the county town and was worried about the health of the little ones, so he simply made a few straw mats and spread them on the donkey cart, and then packed up the wolf cubs and deer antlers and put them on the donkey cart.

"Dad, can this donkey pull so many people?" Sanni asked curiously.

Now the little guys gathered around the donkey cart, waiting to set off.

"Sure! How much do the six of you weigh together?"

"Dad, is the little donkey tired?" After Sanni asked, Sini asked again in a baby voice,

"Uh...this snacker's brain circuit!"

Chen Weidong: “It’s not tired.”

Donkey: "..." Ah--er! Ah!--er!"

The little girls were full of curiosity about the county town. They were just like curious babies, asking questions here and there. Da Ni and Er Ni were the better ones.
The two of them went to the county town, and it turned out that this group of little brats set their sights on the two older sisters.

"Dad, Sini wants to eat something delicious, ah wu, ah wu~"

"Fourth sister, I want to eat too~"

Before they even set off, the two little guys had already started discussing what to eat.

"Humph, Fourth Sister, you only know how to eat!"

Erni taught.

Si Ni licked her lips and looked at Chen Weidong and Dani aggrievedly.
Seeing that no one spoke for her, she immediately ran to Erni like a little dog and called her "Second sister".

"This little guy is also a talent!"

Chen Weidong was speechless.

"Mom, hurry up?"

"Mom~"

After a while, a few little guys urged anxiously.

"coming!"

Liu Xueting came out of the house. Chen Weidong carried the little girls one by one onto the donkey cart. They were all very excited, except for Liu Ni who looked silly. However, seeing her sisters happy, she also waved her hands.

Chen Weidong was just about to let Liu Xueting go up, but he saw the latter blushing.

Liu Xueting thought Chen Weidong wanted to carry her up as well. Although they were an old couple and were used to hugging each other,

But that was on the kang at night, but in front of the child, she still couldn't let go. Liu Xueting pursed her lips and said, "I, I can go up by myself."

Chen Weidong was happy, knowing that Liu Xueting was sensitive about her reputation and he just wanted to support her, his wife was thinking the wrong thing!

Chen Weidong smiled without further explanation. After Liu Xueting got on the donkey cart, the puppies gathered around the cart. Seeing this, Chen Weidong carried all the puppies into their nest.

(End of this chapter)