Dashan Makes a Living 1984 Chapter 12

  Chapter 12 012: Killing Rabbits

   Catching one, Wang Tianxiao was not too excited, but Wang Tiancheng was very happy, and his enthusiasm was mobilized. He carried the rabbit on his back and looked around, helping Wang Tianxiao find the rabbit's footprints.

   In the end, he really found a place, and he liked to mention a fat male rabbit from it, which made him very happy.

  Before they knew it, the two brothers had already caught seven or eight rabbits, and a snakeskin bag was already full. Fortunately, Wang Tiancheng was tall and strong, otherwise he might not be able to carry it.

  Wang Tianxiao glanced at the time, it was past one o'clock in the morning.

   "Let's take a break."

  The two of them happened to come to a shelter from the wind. On the left was a mountain ridge, and on the right was a row of tall eucalyptus trees, so the cold wind could not blow over them.

   "Okay."

  Wang Tiancheng was also a little tired.

  The snow could not fall below the mountain ridge, so the soil was still dry. The two brothers sat down against the mountain ridge. Wang Tiancheng put the bag close to his body, fearing that it would escape.

  Wang Tianxiao hasn't been with his younger brother like this for a long time.

  In the previous life, the younger brother became a standard master, and he had not achieved anything at the age of fifty. Although the younger brother was still very good to him, he had no common language with his younger brother, and he could not speak much.

  Speaking of it, I only make a few phone calls a year.

  Wang Tiancheng's elder brother has only been away for half a year, but Wang Tianxiao's younger brother has been away for many years.

   The two chatted for a long time, and suddenly Wang Tiancheng's stomach growled.

  He smiled awkwardly, "After eating corn mush, I went to the toilet, and now I'm hungry."

   "Young people are growing up, and it's normal to be hungry easily...Hey, don't we have ready-made food, can we still make you hungry?"

  Wang Tianxiao suddenly became interested.

  Wang Tiancheng also understood what his brother meant, and his eyes showed joy.

   Just do what you say.

  For the children in mountain villages, it is very simple to create a wild animal. Children as young as four or five years old can roast ground squirrels and frogs with tiles to eat.

   "Go to the side and break some dry branches and come back. Remember to dry some. I'll clean up the rabbit meat for us."

"good."

  Wang Tiancheng put the bag at his brother's feet, and leaped up the mountain to find the branches.

  Here Wang Tianxiao opened the bag, observed it for a while, and found a hare with its eyes open, trying to bite off the hemp rope on its mouth.

   "Seeing how energetic you are, I admire you very much. That's you."

   Grabbed the rabbit and lifted the bag, raised the rabbit's head, and stuffed a handful of snow into the rabbit's mouth. Seeing that the rabbit's little feet kicked a few times, it soon stopped moving.

  Because of the special structure of the rabbit's organs, it is easy to choke to death. If you lift its head up and give it a little water, it will die immediately.

   Domestic rabbits and hares are the same.

   In fact, killing rabbits is very particular. Many people don't know **** rabbits, and the resulting rabbits are unpalatable. This is because the bladder and gallbladder were accidentally broken when handling rabbit meat.

   Once these two things are not handled properly, the rabbit meat will have a special smell, and it is impossible to cook it well.

  Wang Tianxiao pulled out a short knife from his boots. This is an essential tool for his mountain patrol. It can be used for self-defense or as a temporary tool. I quickly dug a hole in the ground with a knife, put some clean snow in the hole, and started disposing of the rabbit.

  The rabbit had been choked to death by it, and with his last breath, he lightly knocked it on the head with the handle of the dagger, and the rabbit immediately rolled its eyes and bid farewell to the rabbit life.

  There are two conventional ways to slaughter a rabbit, one is to stun it directly with electricity, and the other is to hit the head with a wooden stick. Generally, metal is rarely used to prevent the rabbit's head from being smashed and the rabbit skin polluted, but the price cannot be sold.

  So Wang Tianxiao just tapped lightly without using any force.

  Knocking the rabbit to death, he swiftly cut a hole in the rabbit's hind foot, pulled it all the way to the buttocks, and pushed the whole rabbit skin along the hole, and it came out.

  Then it is to open the intestines and break the stomach, be careful not to break the bladder and gallbladder, so there is no need to mention it.

  When Wang Tiancheng came back, Wang Tianxiao had already wrapped the rabbit with snow water and mud, put it in the pit, filled it with soil, and waited for the firewood to come back.

  The two quickly lit a fire on the pit, and while warming the fire, they waited for the heat to cook the rabbit meat below.

  The processed internal organs were dug and buried. If these things were placed outside, it would be easy to attract wolves.

  Although the wolves in the mountains are not good enough to deal with one, it is troublesome to have two or three at the same time. The old-fashioned guns in their hands can do very little deterrence and damage to wolves.

  The main thing is that wolves are too cunning. They will go around in circles with people, and they will only take action when people are exhausted. Basically, every village in the backing mountain has wolves hurting people.

There is a man in Wangjia Village who went to work in the field with his parents when he was a child, but his parents forgot to take him when they came back. Half of his face was bitten off by a wolf. Now he has no nose, so he hides at home all day and dare not see anyone. . Wang Tianxiao accidentally saw it once, and was so frightened that he had nightmares for many nights in a row.

  The fire is shining, and the moon is like water.

  The two brothers looked at the fire in front of them, full of anticipation.

   "How long will it take to eat?"

  Wang Tiancheng couldn't wait.

   "About half an hour." Wang Tianxiao estimated the time.

   "How long has it been baked now?"

   "Just under five minutes."

   "Oh." Wang Tiancheng was slightly disappointed.

  Wang Tianxiao was deeply moved when he saw his younger brother like this.

  Life in this era is really difficult, and an ordinary meat can satisfy people's greatest wish. Unlike later generations who were extremely satisfied with material resources, people did not like to eat meat and began to become vegetarians. The little grandson of the family always leaves the meat in the bowl, no matter how much he persuades him, he refuses to eat it.

   "What's the rush? You won't be able to eat hot tofu if you're in a hurry. Wait a little longer, and it will taste better later."

   "Haha, too."

  Wang Tianxiao lay on the ground, put his hands under his head, looked at the silent night sky, listened to the sound of the flames beeping, and couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if I could always be so leisurely."

  Wang Tiancheng didn't understand why his elder brother sighed so much. He was also lying beside his elder brother, and suddenly remembered what happened at home, and said worriedly: "Brother, it must not be easy for the third sister-in-law to return to her mother's house."

"oh?"

   "Think about it, who are the Yu family? All of them are in prison. They have been making troubles everywhere. This time, I feel that the third sister-in-law has been bullied, so how can I let it go?"

"If you don't give up, then let them come. You can't solve the problem even if you have been patient," Wang Tianxiao sighed, "I happened to come back this time and ran into it. If I didn't, your sister-in-law was alone with Fangba. The belly has become that big again, you tell them how to live. This hanged ghost doesn't want to let people live at all."

   "The third sister-in-law is indeed a little too much." Wang Tiancheng said, "The third brother is too. He can't control his daughter-in-law at all. He makes this family a mess. I don't know what he thinks."

  (end of this chapter)

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