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

Chapter 98 Wife, I just want to kiss you
"Dad, I can help too!"

"Dad, Si Ni can do it too. Si Ni is very strong!"

"Wow!"

"..."

The six little girls chattered.

"Then you follow your mother!" Chen Weidong handed the little girls to Liu Xueting.

"Mother……"

Hearing this, Da Ni and her sisters ran over to find Liu Xueting happily, and Liu Ni also followed her sister foolishly.

~

Then the three of them continued to work, and Liu Xueting led a few little girls to help.

Adult wild boars are not only smelly but also a bit fishy. If you want to cook them well, you need to use a lot of ingredients and have a certain level of skill. But for this yellow-haired boar, you don't have to worry so much.
The meat of wild boars is tender. It is cold in the mountains, so even a small wild boar like this is fat. The wild boar in Chen Weidong's hand is not big, but the lard is one and a half fingers thick.

After a while, Chen Weidong and the other two had shaved all the wild boar's hair.

By this time, Liu Xueting and the little girls had carried the table out of the house. Chen Weidong asked Shitou and Bingzi to carry the wild boar to the table in the yard, and then fetched a basin of water to clean the wild boar.

Chen Weidong then warmed his hands, and then quickly cleaned the wild boar and hung it on a tree in the yard.

Then split the wild boar in half along the spine, put one half on the table and cut it into two pieces.

"Shitou, Bingzi, these two pieces of meat, you each take one." Chen Wei said to Shitou and Bingzi.

Chen Weidong planned to take half of the yellow-haired fish for himself and divide the other half equally between the two of them. Shitou and Bingzi contributed a lot in going up the mountain this time, especially this yellow-haired fish, which was caught by the two of them.

"Brother Weidong..."

"Okay, don't say anything. We are almost done now. We don't need your help anymore. Take the meat home!"

Chen Weidong said.

"OK!"

Shitou and Bingzi didn't bother to be polite anymore and they left happily carrying the wild boar meat.

Chen Weidong planned to make bacon with the remaining half of the wild boar, but there were no extra jars at home, so he had to wait until he returned from the city.

After saying a few words to Liu Xueting, he took the skins that had been drying at home, drove the donkey out of the donkey shed, put on the donkey saddle, took the sow wild boar and the green goat, and set off.

"Weidong, we killed another big wild boar!"

Old Zhang was chatting with his neighbor when he saw Chen Weidong driving a donkey cart.

"Uncle Zhang, yes! Good luck."

Chen Weidong responded with a smile, then chatted for a few more words and left.

"Mr. Zhang, Weidong is such a lucky kid. Look, there's a green sheep!"

"Of course not! His family was so poor before. They could barely support six children, and now they have bought a donkey!"

"I've always thought Weidong was a promising kid, and now he's riding a donkey cart."

"..."

After arriving in the county town, Chen Weidong immediately went to the Hongqi State-owned Hotel.

After some bargaining, the green goat and wild boar were sold for a total of two hundred and thirty yuan.

After leaving the state-owned restaurant, we came to the fur purchasing station. There were not many skins, just one wolf skin, and the rest were rabbit skins and greyhound skins. We sold them for a total of 26 yuan, and made a total profit of 256 yuan this time.

Then he drove the donkey cart to the small black market, where Chen Weidong bought two packs of cigarettes and prepared to buy some bullets.

"Brother, I see you come here often to buy bullets. Are you going hunting in the mountains? Are you interested in getting a gun?"

Li Dashan said slowly. The young man in front of him had come several times, but each time he only had bullets, so he wanted to sell the gun in his hand.

"What kind of guns do you have?"

Chen Weidong asked slowly. As a hunter, he knew the importance of weapons. Although he had a Hanyang rifle, who wouldn't want to upgrade his shotgun to a cannon? His Hanyang rifle was not only less powerful, but also less accurate. However, he didn't have much money now, so Chen Weidong just wanted to find out the price.

"As long as the price is right, we can get you any gun you want, even a cannon."

Li Dashan said with a smile.

What Li Dashan said sounded exaggerated, but Chen Weidong knew that it was true. Guns were sold openly in many places these days, and many guns had been leaked out in the past.

"Five or six semi-automatic rifles, how much??"

Chen Weidong asked.

"You know what you're doing. This gun can be said to be the best gun for hunting. It's powerful and accurate. But it's not easy to buy it," Li Dashan kept the secret.

"Didn't they say that we can get the cannons?"

Chen Weidong glanced at him sideways. He certainly didn't believe that gun dealers these days couldn't get a gun.

"Of course not. As I said before, once the money is in place, everything will be easy."

Li Dashan said this and stretched out his finger first.

Chen Weidong understood what he meant: "Five hundred? Too expensive!"

"Brother, five hundred is not expensive. It's the same price everywhere else. And there has to be some labor fee, right? The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is different from other guns."

Li Dashan paused and continued, "Of course I have cheap ones here too, Hanyang, Zhongzheng, Type 38, Type 50, etc.
Then, Chen Weidong briefly learned that, generally speaking, good guns were expensive, and cheap ones were not as good as his Hanyang-made ones.

"You got a pistol?"

Li Dashan was stunned for a moment. He could see that Chen Weidong was a person who often went into the mountains to hunt, but a pistol was not suitable for hunting, and it was difficult to make and not cheap.

Li Dashan thought for a moment and then said, "It's really hard to get a pistol, but I have one here, which I bought from an old soldier. It's a round-mouth pistol."

Chen Weidong was moved when he heard this. This is a good thing. Flower-mouth pistols are the nicknames given to foreign brands of pistols.

This name comes from the fact that the front edge of the muzzle of the gun is processed with a circle of knurling, hence the name "Huakou Luzi".

Folks generally divide pistols into three categories: pistols, box guns and revolvers according to the method of ammunition supply.

Luzi is a common name for a semi-automatic pistol with an obvious sleeve and a magazine in the grip.

The reason why it is called a gun is because it needs to be cocked before shooting, which means to gently pull back the slide or bolt with your hand to load the bullet. The box gun refers to an automatic pistol with a wooden box stock, and the revolver refers to a revolver.

There is also the saying of one spear, two horses, three flower mouths, four snakes, five dogs, open mouth and kick.

The gun is small in size, has very little recoil, and has a circle of knurling on the front end, so it is also called a chrysanthemum mouth pistol.

"how much is it?"

Chen Weidong asked tentatively.

"If you really want three hundred yuan, take it." Li Dashan said.

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After leaving the black market, Chen Weidong came to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Although Chen Weidong was very interested in the pistol in Li Dashan's hand, he didn't have much money and was not in a hurry to buy a pistol.

Within the supply and marketing cooperative.

Chen Weidong bought three jars and two basins. Suddenly, he saw the new shoes hung up at the supply and marketing cooperative, and his eyes lit up.

This pair of shoes is a pair of wool-lined shoes. The toe is made of cowhide, the upper is canvas, and there is thick wool inside the shoes.
This type of shoes used to be military shoes, but they began to be sold in supply and marketing cooperatives in the 1970s and 1980s. They are not only warm to wear, but also waterproof.

Chen Weidong usually wore worn-out cotton shoes when he went up the mountain. When he was hunting in the mountains, his feet were fine for walking, but as soon as he stopped, his feet were frozen stiff.
The shoes are good, but this pair of woolen shoes costs 7.60 yuan. Chen Weidong bought them without hesitation.

When I got home, it was already past four in the afternoon.

Chen Weidong made a fire in the yard, warmed his hands, and began to process the half wild boar.

Split it in half from the spine, remove the tenderloin and set it aside. Wild boar tenderloin is the most tender and tastes best when stir-fried.

Chen Weidong remembered that when he was in the production team, a group of wild boars came down the mountain and destroyed a lot of food. The village killed two of them.

On that day, every household ate meat, especially meat stir-fried with chili peppers. It had a strong taste, but it was really delicious!

Chen Weidong skillfully picked out the ribs one by one and handed them to Liu Xueting who was holding a wooden basin beside him.

To pickle the meat, you have to divide the pork belly into even strips about four or five centimeters wide, so that it will be easier to pickle.

Smoked bacon is actually similar and needs to be cut into long strips of about a few centimeters.

Soon after the meat was cut, Liu Xueting took a few little girls to start making marinated meat.

Chen Weidong washed the jar he bought, and then worked together to apply salt to the wild boar meat, rubbed it, and then placed it layer by layer in the jar. "Weidong, these two pig legs, I want to use my family's method to pickle ham."

Liu Xueting said.

"Okay!"

After marinating the meat, Liu Xueting took the little girls to marinate ham.

There was not much work to do at home, so Liu Xueting took the opportunity of Chen Weidong's trip to the county town to clean up the yard and fill the hole dug at the door.

Walking into the kitchen, a few little babies were pouting and a pair of cute little hands were patting the pig's legs vigorously.

Chen Weidong took a look at the little kids who were working hard. The short-headed ones helped with the work.
I even lifted up a chair so that I could stand higher and reach the wild boar leg on the table.

"Dad, why are you here? Si Ni is working!"

"Dad, isn't Si Ni awesome?"

As soon as Si Ni saw Chen Weidong coming, she asked in a baby voice.

"Look at your face, it's like a kitten." Chen Weidong took a towel and wiped her little face.

"Dad, Si Ni is an idiot! She's not good at all. She can't even do something as simple as this. She only knows how to eat!"

Sanni said sarcastically in a baby voice.

"Third sister, you are stupid!"

Si Ni retorted.

"you stupid!"

"you stupid!"

Then, the two of them suddenly started arguing.

"I count to three!"

Erni suddenly spoke, and the room suddenly became quiet.

In the following time, with Erni's suppression, Si Ni, the conspicuous one, no longer dared to stand out. She could only work obediently and dared not speak.

Of course, the so-called work is just imitating my mother and clapping and clapping, just to join in the fun.

at the moment,

Several little girls and Liu Xueting were crowded together, and Chen Weidong was unable to help. He could only pick up Liu Ni and play with the child while watching his wife and children work.

Chen Weidong looked at the ham made by Liu Xueting. Is the process of making the ham made by Liu Xueting similar to that of pickling bacon in Northeast China?
First, apply the salt evenly on the pork leg, then rub it vigorously to allow the salt to penetrate into the meat and squeeze out the blood in the meat through rubbing.

The only difference is that the ham she sells has to go through the salting process several times, two times, three times, or even four times.

Then, the last step is also different. One is to store it in a jar, and the other is to hang it to dry.

It’s true that something cannot be explained thoroughly. Once it is explained thoroughly, there is nothing strange about it.

In fact, whether it is cured ham, bacon, or cured meat, in essence,
All to better preserve meat in the era before refrigerators.

However, with the development of society, everyone suddenly discovered that the meat preserved in this way tasted unique.

Therefore, whether it is bacon, ham, or cured meat, the pickling process is
It gradually becomes more complicated, which is actually to make the taste more delicious.

……

"Weidong, don't leave tonight. Let's have dinner at Aunt San's house?"

Li Guifang said with a smile.

"No need, I'm here to give money to Bingzi. Where is he?" Chen Weidong took out twenty-five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Li Guifang.

"Bingzi has gone out and hasn't come back yet! Weidong! I'm not saying anything to you, but you gave Bingzi so much meat today, why did you give him so much money..."

"This is what Bingzi deserves. Please accept it, Aunt San! I still have to go to Shitou!"

"Third Grandma, please accept it quickly! Si Ni needs to go home for dinner later."

Grandma Si Ni, who was following behind Chen Weidong, said anxiously.

Li Guifang smiled and said, "Si Ni, Wu Ni, how about having dinner at Third Grandma's house tonight? Grandma will make you something delicious."

"delicious?"

Si Ni's eyes lit up, then she hesitated for a while, shook her head and said, "No, my second sister will beat me!"

Li Guifang: "..."

After leaving his third aunt's house, Chen Weidong took the two little girls to Shitou's house again.

This time, Third Aunt was not as easy to talk to. Shitou's family directly stopped Chen Weidong and insisted on keeping him for dinner.

No matter how hard Chen Weidong pulled, he was helpless.

These days, people are enthusiastic, especially those like Chen Weidong who make money by leading others! The two little guys didn't eat together,

They hurried back to inform Liu Xueting, but when they wanted to go find their father again, they were stopped.

……

Chen Weidong, after dinner,
It was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

I drank a lot.

Chen Weidong pushed open the gate carefully.

Looking at the flame of the kerosene lamp in the room, Liu Xueting was sewing clothes under the kerosene lamp.

"came back!!"

Seeing Chen Weidong coming back, she quickly put down her clothes, got up from the kang, and went to greet him.

"Drunk! Why did you drink so much?"

When she returned home, Liu Xueting smelled the alcohol on Chen Weidong and went to make some sobering soup for him.

"I can't help it. You don't know Shitou's brothers, especially Shitou's wife. They are really good drinkers! I can't push them away."

Chen Weidong said with a smile. Fortunately, he is a veteran, otherwise he would have lain down long ago.

Watching Liu Xueting walk into the kitchen, Chen Weidong followed her in and then hugged Liu Xueting from behind.

Liu Xueting's body froze, and she said shyly, "Be careful, don't let Si Ni see you again!"

"No, they are all asleep!"

Chen Weidong rested his head on her shoulder, rubbing her hair, and suddenly he shouted in a hoarse voice.

"Daughter-in-law~"

Hearing Chen Weidong's voice,
Liu Xueting subconsciously looked up at him: "What's wrong?"

The moment she raised her head.

The tiny halo of light from the kerosene lamp spread across her eyelids.

The bridge of the nose is straight and the lips are beautiful and full.

With a beauty that transcends this era.

"nothing……"

Then, Chen Weidong pressed down with an aggressive kiss.

"Wife, I just want to kiss you."

he whispered.

Liu Xueting was in Chen Weidong's arms, with her head tilted back, her nostrils filled with the scent of her own man.

The heartbeat was completely messed up.

Fortunately, the children didn’t find out this time.

……

Today is the last day of the month, take a half-day break
Think carefully

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