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

Chapter 92 Dad, Wu Ni will warm your bed
"Be careful! Don't get kicked by the donkey. Da Ni, Er Ni, keep an eye on the sisters."

Chen Weidong reminded.

"Ok."

Da Ni, Er Ni and their sisters followed the donkey cart, skipping and jumping.

Chen Weidong led the donkey cart to the yard, first took off the saddle of the black donkey, then tied the black donkey into the donkey shed and fed it some hay. When he finished, the little kids were already eager to jump into his arms.

Chen Weidong smiled, touched the little ones one by one, and then picked up the youngest one, Liu Ni.

There was no way. Chen Weidong could not lift so many little girls at once. Fortunately, the little ones were only excited in front of him for a while, and then started to play skipping rope. Little girls have few entertainment options these days, unlike boys who climb trees and steal bird eggs.

"Weidong, why did you buy so much meat? How long will it take to finish it? We still have so much venison and wolf meat at home~ We haven't finished eating them yet?"

Liu Xueting asked as she looked at the pork in the car, but she couldn't help but frowned when she saw so many ribs, especially the pork liver. It was such a waste of money.

"On the way back just now, I met a butcher. There were three or four hundred kilograms of old black pigs. The meat was fragrant and the price was cheap, so I bought some more. It's just right for us to pickle bacon. The little ones have never eaten bacon before."

"Besides, we have so many children in our family, are you worried that we won't be able to finish the meat? I also think I bought too little!"

Chen Weidong held Liu Ni in his arms and explained with a smile. After that, he nudged the little girl in his arms with his face, and Xiao Liu immediately giggled.

These little babes especially like Chen Weidong, and he pushes them around.

"Then this pig liver is fishy and tastes bad, with a weird smell. Why buy it? It will be a waste of money!"

Liu Xueting is not a fussy person, she is just used to being thrifty.

Hear the words.

Chen Weidong said to his wife with some pride: "Is your man the kind of person who would waste money?
This pig liver was given to me by someone else, it’s free, and it’s not bad to eat. You cook the sorghum rice first, and I’ll make it later. I guarantee you’ll want to eat more after you’ve eaten it.”

"You blow it!"

Liu Xueting rolled her eyes at Chen Weidong, then obediently went to cook. Although she knew that Chen Weidong was a good cook, she still had some doubts as to whether he could make the pork liver delicious.

Chen Weidong teased Xiaoliu for a while, and when he saw that it was almost time, he patted her on the butt and said, "Go play with the sisters!"

Although Xiaoliu could not speak a few words, she could understand and ran towards her sisters staggeringly. Chen Weidong also came to the kitchen.

Chen Weidong planned to make pork liver soup, so he asked Liu Xueting to prepare a pot of hot water and used this time to wash and slice the pork liver.

Soon Chen Weidong opened the big pot that was bubbling with steam.

He scooped a large piece of lard from the spatula, stirred it into the pot, and added onions, ginger, and garlic to stir-fry until fragrant. Then Chen Weidong added some badger oil.

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting often add some badger oil to their dishes at home to enhance the flavor and increase appetite. They left a pound of badger oil unsold and have eaten most of it now.

Last time, Li Shengli said he would take him to hunt badgers, but there has been no response since then.

There are some skills to making pork liver soup. It requires sweet potato flour and pickled sugar. The sweet potato flour in the 1980s was all ground by hand. Chen Weidong bought some when he went to the city last time, but you must not add salt, as it will become old if you do.

After marinating, boil water and add the soup into the pot.

Add sweet potato starch to the soup to thicken it.

Then add MSG and five-spice powder!

It's because Chen Weidong's family has more seasonings, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do it. No wonder people in the village don't like to eat this stuff for so many years.

At the critical moment, when it is about to be served, you must sprinkle a large spoonful of lard and salt on it. It not only does not have any fishy smell, but is refreshing and chewy, with a slightly sweet taste, mixed with a bowl of delicious soup. A mouthful of pork liver and a mouthful of soup is so delicious that it can make you bite your tongue off.

This method is also a way of cooking pig liver in other places in later generations, and Chen Weidong learned about it by chance.

Pork liver made in this way
Nutritious and delicious.

Only a small half of the pork liver was used to make soup, but a full pot was cooked, enough for the eight people in their family.

At this moment, the little ones had already come running over after smelling the fragrance.

Especially Si Ni,
The little guy kept staring at the pot with his big eyes, wondering what his daddy was cooking, why it smelled so good!
"Wow! Dad, it smells so good."

Si Ni ran to the stove and asked in a baby voice.

"Pork liver soup!" Chen Weidong smiled and took five bowls from the stove and gave them to the little ones to taste first.

Serve the pork liver soup and bring it to the table in the main room.

Si Ni, the little foodie, couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and blow it hard.

Then I started eating, in an instant.

The unique pink and glutinous texture of pork liver, accompanied by a little freshness and sweetness, surges in the mouth.

The richness of lard instantly elevated the taste to a higher level.
Seeing that the little ones enjoyed the food, Chen Weidong was also very happy.

I returned to the kitchen, served the soup, and then cooked a large portion of shredded venison with radish.
The family of eight started to eat.

By now, the little guy had almost finished his pork liver soup.

Da Ni and Er Ni knew how to serve themselves and didn't need his help, so Chen Weidong served a bowl to San Ni, and then Sini said in a baby voice: "Dad, Sini wants another bowl of meat!"

"Wu Ni wants some too. It's sweet and smooth. Wu Ni loves it~" The little kid said in a baby voice, raising the small bowl in his hand towards Chen Weidong.

Clean and tidy.

The four puppies also contributed to this! At this moment, the four puppies were circling around them.

Chen Weidong added a bowl for each of the two milk dumplings, and even added a little more pork liver.

Pork liver nourishes blood.

Of course, Chen Weidong hopes that the little ones will eat more.

"Dad, the little dog is hungry too."

Sanni said in a baby voice.

"You guys eat first! Dad will feed them later." Chen Weidong said slowly.

"Xue Ting, you try it too."

Chen Weidong filled another large bowl and scooped a spoonful of pork liver, filling it with his favorite.

Chen Weidong looked at the little ones and said with a smile: "Tell mom, is the pig liver soup delicious?"

"good to eat!"

"good to eat!"

Dani and Erni said, and the little ones nodded their heads in unison!
"Delicious! So delicious!"

"Wu Ni likes to eat pig liver, ah! ah!" Wu Ni opened her mouth and made a cute gesture of eating air.

Liu Xueting couldn't help but laugh too.

Seeing the little ones’ happy expressions while eating, her heart also warmed up.

"Mom, eat~eat~"

“Delicious, sweet and fragrant~”

Si Ni and Wu Ni, who were standing on both sides of Liu Xueting, urged in a baby voice.

present.

She picked up the spoon, took a spoonful of pork liver, and put it into her mouth.

The next second, the smell of sweet powder filled the air.

It's not the fishy smell of pork liver that I remember at all.

"Is it tasty?"

Chen Weidong asked with a smile.

Liu Xueting couldn't help but nodded. "It's delicious."

She swallowed the pork liver in her mouth and looked at the liver in the bowl carefully to make sure it was correct.

"This is the first time I know that pork liver is so delicious!"

"If you like it, eat more. There's still a lot in the bowl. It's also very good to soak sorghum rice when eating."

At dinner, the little kids were so full from drinking that they ate less. Liu Xueting and Da Ni and Er Ni cleaned up the dishes.

Chen Weidong walked into the kitchen, took out some dog food, and mixed it into a bowl.
Feed them separately, black tiger and white tiger.

Although the two dogs did not fight when eating, they always fought over the dog bowl, so Chen Weidong decided to give each dog a dog bowl.

Four puppies also ran over, surrounded the baby and howled, trying to grab the food.

Chen Weidong hurriedly fed the remaining dog food to the puppy and then sent it away.

After feeding the dog, Chen Weidong started to get busy again.

The dog food has been almost eaten, it's time to make more dog food. These dogs are such big eaters.
You have to know that Black Tiger, White Tiger and the four puppies usually have not only dog ​​food to eat, but also a lot of leftovers. Even so, they were all eaten up in just a few days.

Although Chen Weidong knew that dogs could eat, it was only after raising one that he realized how much they could eat.

This is why hunters rarely keep too many dogs. Those who can keep four or five dogs are considered top hunters.

There are also many hunters who simply keep one or two dogs. When going into the mountains to hunt for sieges, a few people get together, and they keep company and the dogs help.

The reason is that we cannot afford to keep too many dogs.

An adult dog can eat much more than a human.

However, these puppies are much stronger than when they came here. Once they grow a little bigger, we can start some simple training.

This time, Chen Weidong planned to make more dog food. He took out half of the wolf bones he had picked a few days ago, crushed them all and ground them into powder. He also bought the missing Chinese medicine when he went to the city last time. Then he ground the corresponding medicinal materials into powder.

Chop up about 30 jin of wolf meat, add bean flour and corn flour, and mix them together.
After working until around seven in the evening, Chen Weidong finally finished making the dog food.

But this is only a semi-finished product.

I just mixed the bone meal, wolf meat, medicinal powder, bean flour and corn flour evenly, and there was no time to steam them.

Chen Weidong plans to do the remaining things tomorrow.
I'll have to boil some water later to wash the little ones.

On the other side, Liu Xueting and six little ones were pickling bacon.

Now everything has been done and we are preparing to install the jar.

After finishing, the couple washed the little ones and Chen Weidong played with them on the kang for a while.

At night, Chen Weidong was about to attack his wife.

Then a hot, naked little baby crawled into his bed.

"Dad, Wu Ni will warm your bed for you."

Chen Weidong: "Uh... really not necessary."

The little girl hugged him tightly and refused to let go. Chen Weidong wanted to take her into his bed, but the little girl thought Chen Weidong was playing with her and hugged him even tighter.

Liu Xueting laughed at the side: "Go to sleep quickly, don't wake up Liu Ni next to you."

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The next day, Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting woke up early. Looking at Wu Ni who looked like an octopus, Chen Weidong smiled bitterly.
Then they took the little milk ball off their bodies, and Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting got up and washed up one after another.

Liu Xueting knew that Chen Weidong was not going to go into the mountains this morning, so she did not rush to cook, but took the broom and started to clean the yard. Liu Xueting was a woman who loved cleanliness, which could be seen from her clothes. They were washed white, but very clean.

Chen Weidong started feeding the dog again.

Feed the dog three times a day. For people who don’t like dogs, just feeding the dog every day would probably be a hassle.

However, people who like dogs not only do not find it troublesome, but instead think that feeding dogs is a very interesting thing.

There are six dogs at home now, and it takes a while just to feed them.

Not to mention a donkey and two chickens.

After feeding the dog and the donkey, Chen Weidong cleaned up all the donkey dung in the donkey shed!

"Brother Wei Dong!"

Chen Weidong had just cleaned up the donkey dung in the donkey shed when Bingzi and Shitou arrived.

"You are here, have you eaten?"

"We've eaten! Brother Weidong, are we going into the mountains today?" Shi Tou asked with a simple smile.

As for the money from selling Gastrodia elata, Chen Weidong did not mention it, and the two were too embarrassed to ask.

"Let's not go this morning. Let's dig up the gentian in the afternoon."

Chen Weidong smiled and said, although Platycodon grandiflorum is cheap, if you dig out a whole piece and process it well, you can sell it for dozens of dollars.

"Okay!"

The two responded

"By the way, Shitou and Bingzi, you came at the right time. This is the money I paid you for selling Gastrodia elata."

Chen Weidong didn't say much and took out money from his pocket, intending to give 15 yuan to each person. Since Chen Weidong gave only change, there was a thick stack of Mao Zedong's bills in total.

When Shitou and Bingzi saw so much money, their eyes lit up.

"Brother Weidong, this is too much!"

Shitou and Bingzi felt a little embarrassed because they had worked very hard all day and had not earned more than fifty cents. This time they earned more than ten yuan in one trip into the mountains, which seemed a little unreal.

"What's the big deal? Just work hard! I will never treat you badly if you follow me in the future."

Naturally, Chen Weidong did not forget to make more promises so that the two of them would work hard. Then, without waiting for them to say anything more, Chen Weidong stuffed the money into their hands.

"Just take what your brother Weidong gives you!" Liu Xueting also said.

"OK!"

Shitou and Bingzi did not refuse. Feeling the money in their hands, they were overjoyed and wanted to go back to the mountains to continue digging.

Shitou and Bingzi didn't stay long. After all, they had so much money in their hands, and they wanted to go back quickly to share their joy with their family.

After the two left, the little ones woke up one by one. Liu Xueting dressed them.
Chen Weidong was using several pieces of wood to make a mold for making dog food, which he would then store in the mold. This time he made a lot of dog food and he couldn't put it all in the basin.

When the little ones woke up, some came over to join in the fun, while others played with the puppy in the yard.
Then Chen Weidong took out the dog food he had mixed yesterday, added water, and stirred it again. Then he took out the newly made mold, put the mixed dog food powder in the mold, pressed it with a wooden board, and then poured it out.

The mold made by Chen Weidong is a five-piece mold that can produce five pieces of dog food at a time, and the production speed is not slow at all.

Fill it with dog food powder, compact it, put the other half of the mold on, squeeze it again, and then pour it out to form a block shape.

Chen Weidong's hand speed is very fast. It takes less than half a minute to fill, compact and mold.

On average, five times can be made in two minutes, which is twenty-five pieces of dog food.

Each piece of dog food weighs about three taels.

Yesterday, Chen Weidong prepared about one or two hundred kilograms of dog food powder.

In half an hour, Chen Weidong had finished almost half of it.

For breakfast, Liu Xueting made hand-rolled noodles using mixed grains, stir-fried them with chopped green onions, and fried pork belly.

The multi-grain scallion noodles with marinade are not as good as BJ's noodles with soybean paste, but the taste is also very good.

The little ones ate with great relish. After breakfast, Liu Xueting washed the pot and dishes while Chen Weidong continued to make bone dog food. After playing in the yard for a while, the little ones ran out one by one.

(End of this chapter)