Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

There are several ways to prepare tiger bones, including sand extraction, vinegar extraction, and wine extraction. Li Long was a little surprised after reading the notes.

In the past, he thought that the preparation of tiger bones should be to scrape the minced meat clean, wash it, and preferably roast it.

I didn't expect that the processing would turn the tiger bones into a burnt crisp, almost destroying the tissue.

Is it easier to bring out its medicinal properties in this way?

Could it be that rotten tiger bones also have medicinal properties?
Of course, the latter sentence is a joke.

Li Long roasted the remaining deer fetus in the afternoon, then put it in a cloth bag and crushed it. He then washed the stone mortar used for crushing garlic, wiped it dry, and crushed the pieces into powder.

It's okay because the burnt smell blocks it, so it's not very smelly, and I think it won't be difficult to swallow either.

There were no empty capsules like those in later generations, otherwise you could make some and put the powder in them, which would be more convenient to take.

For now I can only take it with warm water and see if my wife can eat it in the evening.

I found an open can, washed and dried it, put the powder in it, covered it with the lid and put it in the bedroom. The next step was to get the tiger bones.

After reading it, I found that it takes time to prepare tiger bones.

It's quite troublesome.

Then let’s do the basic work first.

Tiger bones need to be broken into pieces before processing, usually just before use. However, before breaking them, all the minced meat should be scraped clean, washed and dried in the shade.

Li Long still had some time, so he went to the side room and slowly cleaned the meat off the tiger bones.

This is a delicate job and will take some time.

Gu Xiaoxia left work before she had finished even one-tenth of the work.

At this time, Yang Xiulan was also cooking in the kitchen of the small courtyard.

After having dinner with my daughter last night, we both went to bed early.

Yang Xiulan got up early this morning. After breakfast, she cleaned up an area in the bedroom and moved a desk from the west master bedroom.

Han Fang asked as she helped move the desk:
"Mom, what do you want to do with this desk? We don't have any room to move around if we put it here."

"Here is your father's altar." Yang Xiulan said, "Your father is dead, we have to observe mourning for him."

"Oh." Han Fang seemed to understand, "Then why don't you use the desk I ordered?"

"It's inconvenient." Yang Xiulan explained.

A writing desk is actually the writing desk of later generations. It is long and has drawers and cabinets. Because it is often used for office writing, it is called a writing desk.

The room on the east side is slightly smaller, with a stove, a desk, a bed, and a cabinet against the north wall.

When the desk was moved in, it could only be placed against the east wall next to the cabinet.

Yang Xiulan planned to place the place for worshiping Han Bin here.

Originally, they should have made a memorial tablet, but Yang Xiulan had been in Northern Xinjiang for quite some time and knew that this was not done here.

So I told Han Fang the wrong thing just now. She planned to go to the photo studio to see if they could enlarge the family photo, and then take out Han Bin's photo alone as the posthumous photo.

There was no need to let Han Fang know about these things. She asked Han Fang to do her homework at home. When she left, Han Fang's things and her things were all packed up, including her homework.

Han Fang was not afraid and agreed obediently.

After Yang Xiulan left, Han Fang added some coal into the stove, then took out her homework and started writing at the desk.

By the evening, in front of the desk on the east wall, there was a bowl filled with soil with three incense sticks stuck in it. In front of the bowl were three porcelain plates, each containing a cigarette, a fried small crucian carp, and three apples.

Even for this apple, Sister Yang had to go through many places to buy it.

In the past, in the big yard, Li Long often brought back various kinds of food, including things sent by those people he found, but Yang Xiulan didn't feel much about it.

When I went out to sell something today, I realized that at this time, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy some things.

Next to the incense bowl was a bottle of wine and a cup. The bottle was opened and the cup was filled with incense. The aroma of wine filled the air.

Photos can be developed, but it takes time.

Yang Xiulan sighed and said, “Let it be like this for now.”

In the blink of an eye, it was the Little New Year, and the streets were already filled with the atmosphere of the New Year. Occasionally, there would be children laughing or screaming, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers.

Although there are no standard couplets with the Chinese character for "Fu" for sale in the free market, there are already stalls selling firecrackers.

The goods are probably imported from Wucheng, and then sold here for second-hand money.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder and fried food.

Compared with the previous two years, life is indeed better now. This is reflected in what we eat and wear during the Chinese New Year.

Although she has to observe mourning for her husband, Yang Xiulan does not plan to go out to the stall these days, but she is still preparing to make a new set of clothes for Han Fang.

She just forgets about it.

Gu Xiaoxia can only have a holiday until the day before the New Year, and the holiday is only three days.

So Li Long and his team can only return to the team during these three days.

But Gu Boyuan was different. He closed the shop on the day of the Chinese New Year and rode his bicycle leisurely back to the team.

Although the weather was very cold, the distance from the county to the team by bicycle was only a little over ten kilometers, but it still took an hour to ride a bicycle. After all, the road was not as easy to travel as it is in later generations.

But even so, Gu Boyuan was still very happy.

It felt like returning home in glory - not that I had really become rich or had achieved anything new, but mainly because I heard and saw a lot of new things while staying in the pesticide store, but there was no one to share them with.

Back to Team 4, where there are many familiar people and a stronger sense of humanity, it feels better.

Li Long also had to stay in the big yard and prepare some food, but not much. In addition to picking up Gu Xiaoxia, his main task every day was to deal with tiger bones, and then on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was the 28th day of the first lunar month, he would start to prepare tiger bones.

He uses vinegar to extract the ingredients, which takes less time and is more convenient.

Because it was the first time he had done the experiment, he used two vertebrae.

By the afternoon, Li Long was quite satisfied looking at the processed tiger bones.

The first time I made it, it didn’t fail.

Next comes the cannon wine.

There are simple and complex recipes for tiger bone wine, but Li Long used a simpler one. He bought some of the herbs from a herbal medicine company.

Glass bottles were also used for wine. After visiting the winery of the food factory several times, he realized that the winery had large glass bottles.

At this time, glass firing was not really a high-end technology.

Li Long felt a little sorry for the wine he had brewed earlier.

Fortunately, soaking tiger bones in wine is also a processing process in itself. He plans to take out the tiger bones and process them again when he has time after the Chinese New Year.

In the south courtyard, Han Fang came back from playing outside and asked Yang Xiulan:
"Mom, should we put up couplets at home?"

"No more." Yang Xiulan had come out of her sadness. She turned her head to look at the photo of Han Bin on the altar, and then said to Han Fang:

"Your father passed away this year. According to the rules, our family cannot put up couplets for three years."

"Oh, then I understand." Han Fang went over to take a look, burned incense to her father, and then went back to doing her homework obediently.

There was not much homework at that time. Han Fang had already finished her homework. She was now adding code to her own homework and copying the original content in the textbook again.

Yang Xiulan was relieved that her child was so sensible and well-behaved, but she also felt a little distressed. Although her life was not easy when she was young, she still had people to play with in the village.

Xiaofang really has no playmates except her schoolmates. At this age, she should still like to play around.

But being in this family, playing is really a luxury for her.

After the New Year, when the two of them return to the big yard, things should be better. At least there, Han Fang can still play with the neighbor's children.

Although they have lived here for quite a while, the neighbors nearby don't seem to like the mother and daughter very much.

It's quite troublesome. After she had some free time, Yang Xiulan realized that she had neglected her daughter a little.

However, this thought only flashed through my mind. At this time, parents could provide their children with food and clothing and prevent them from being bullied. That was enough. There were no such feelings as in later generations.

She could see that Han Fang was not particularly sad about her father's death. She felt a little lost, but also a little relieved. At least her daughter's schooling would not be affected too much. The Education Bureau had three days off on the first, second and third day of the Lunar New Year. However, on New Year's Eve, she only worked half a day and had a holiday in the afternoon.

Li Long had already packed up his things and put them in the jeep. As soon as Gu Xiaoxia got off work, he took her back to Team 4.

The word "Fu" and couplets have been posted at the gate of the courtyard, which looks festive but not too festive.

Without Chinese knots and lanterns, it looks a bit thin.

But Li Long didn't care. The real roots were in Team 4, and he would be happy to celebrate the New Year there.

This year’s Spring Festival Gala will definitely be great, and I’m sure your family will have prepared a lot of delicious food.

As the jeep drove back, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were guessing about these things. Although they were married, they were still young in front of their parents, brother and sister-in-law, and they didn't need to prepare these things at home.

During the Chinese New Year, the most you would do is put some melon seeds, candies and other things in your house and wait for people to pay their New Year’s greetings.

As for eating and the like, it must be at the eldest brother's house.

On the way, they also talked about Sister Yang and Han Fang, but there was really nothing they could do about it and they could only wait for time to settle and ease their sadness.

Although the population of Ma County is not large at this time, much less than those counties in the inland areas, the Chinese New Year is a festival for people all over the country, and people in many villages have already started setting off firecrackers.

Most of the Han villages in northern Xinjiang are gatherings of people from all over the country, so their customs are different.

Some people eat dumplings and set off firecrackers at noon on New Year’s Eve, some eat dumplings and set off firecrackers at night, and some have a sumptuous dinner at night.

Of course, there are also people who eat dumplings for three consecutive mornings from the first to the third day of the Chinese New Year.

The sound of firecrackers gradually became continuous. These days, people don't usually buy a lot of firecrackers. There are 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 firecrackers. There are fewer firecrackers above 2,000, and people usually don't buy that many.

So the sound of firecrackers is short and loud.

When Li Long and his team arrived at Team 4, they could already smell a strong smell of gunpowder in the air.

When the jeep drove to my eldest brother's yard, my father, mother, eldest brother and sister-in-law all came out.

Li Long got out of the car and carried down the things he brought one by one.

"What are those things for? Don't you need to eat in your yard?" Mother Du Chunfang openly favored Li Long as always.

"Yes, I have more." Li Long pointed to the two jars of wine and said to his father, "After a month, you two can drink one glass a day from these two jars of wine."

"Hey, the guy at the back said, come inside quickly, it's cold outside!"

The whole family came into the house carrying their things. The house was warm. Li Juan and Li Qiang were not there. They said they had gone out to play.

Gu Xiaoxia's belly became more obvious. Liang Yuemei pulled her to the bedside and asked about her situation in a low voice.

We didn't build a kang this winter. Our family conditions have improved, we don't have to sleep crowded together, and we have more money to buy more coal, so we didn't build a kang. We put two beds, one large and one small, in the master bedroom and living room.

It hadn't been long since they last saw each other, so after chatting for a while, Li Long drove the jeep to the front yard, drained the water, and then cleaned up the house.

The couplets in the front yard have been posted. Looking at the handwriting, it is still Gu Boyuan's handwriting. The fire in the stove is burning very brightly, and the melon seeds and candies on the table have been placed.

very nice.

At night, we watched the Spring Festival Gala in Dad's room. We watched it last year, and Li Long said it would be held this year, so we remembered it. Usually, other people would go to Li's house to watch TV at this time, but today was different. On New Year's Eve, basically no one would go to other people's houses.

As soon as it was past midnight, Gu Xiaoxia gave red envelopes to Li Juan and Li Qiang. Li Juan and Li Qiang were very happy, but they were not happy for long because the two ten-yuan bills were taken away by Liang Yuemei.

Neither of the two children were disappointed, as they were used to it. Then, when no one was paying attention, Li Long stuffed two yuan into each of the two siblings' pockets. It wasn't much money, so it was fine for the children to spend it.

After the show, I went back to the front yard to rest. The house was warm and very comfortable.

"I always feel that living in this room is more comfortable than living in the county compound." Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long whispered in bed, "It's also more reassuring."

"That's right, this one looks more like our home than that one." Li Long smiled.

The next day, they got up to pay New Year's greetings. Although Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were married, they still had to pay New Year's greetings to the older people in the team.

Gu Xiaoxia was not convenient, so he took Li Juan and Li Qiang with him. After visiting several houses, Li Juan, with her pockets full of candy and peanuts, got separated from Li Long. When they arrived at Laomahao, Li Long met Xie Yundong, Tao Daqiang and others.

I just sat down here with Uncle Luo.

Uncle Luo was also happy. When he saw them coming, he brought out the braised meat and other things, and also took out a bottle of wine.

"Would you like a drink?" Uncle Luo said with a smile.

In fact, at this time, most adults, whether married or not, when visiting other people's homes to wish them a happy new year, will warmly invite you to have a bite or two and have a drink.

Of course, there are some exceptions.

As for the children who come to pay New Year’s greetings, those who are closer to you will be given lucky money, while the ordinary ones will just be given candies and melon seeds and left to their own devices.

"You're not going to drink anymore?" Li Long said with a smile, "Uncle Luo, your drinking buddies didn't come over to drink with you?"

"Drink, but it's afternoon." Uncle Luo was quite happy. "You guys drink yours, I won't drink."

"Then we have to drink, let's each have a drink to you." Although Li Long was the youngest, he took the lead, "We won't drink too much, two glasses will be enough."

None of them were wine lovers, but they just poured the glasses, which was a gesture. When Uncle Luo saw them opening the bottle, he was very happy. At this time, most people over 40 wanted to save face. If the young people stayed here, drank together, and toasted him together, he would have face.

Uncle Luo really just drank two cups and then went to listen to the radio.

Li Long said while eating the stewed food:

"Since we've met, let's talk business."

Xie Yundong and Tao Daqiang listened attentively.

"After the Chinese New Year, when spring thaws, I will buy the tractor back."

"So early?" Xie Yundong was a little surprised. "It's still several months before the wheat harvest."

"Letting you drive the tractor to work for your family will help you get familiar with it. If there are any problems when harvesting wheat, you will be able to handle it yourself and know how to fix it." Li Long said.

Tao Daqiang thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, I'll buy the tractor when the spring comes and I need to familiarize myself with it in advance."

Tao Daqiang will buy a tractor for himself. Li Long will buy one for Xie Yundong, Liang Dacheng and others. The matter has been settled, at least for now, nothing will change.

Of course, Li Long will still take the jobs if he is required to, but he will be more inclined to take jobs from the people he has gathered.

If we can secure the people now, it will be easier and more logical to set up a cooperative or develop large machinery in the future.

"I'll bring the harvester back after the spring thaw is over." Li Long raised his cup and clinked it with the others, saying, "The harvester will be more useful than the previous one. If there is no change, we will be ready to harvest the wheat after we finish making the handles."

As he said that, Li Long drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

The other two drank too.

"Da Qiang, are you going to join the team this year? I'm talking to you if there's still such a job."

"Go." Tao Daqiang said, "I plan to build a side house on the east side of my yard in the spring. We will live over there and my dad will live over here."

Everyone understands this. After all, Tao Jianshe has lost his wife, and after Tao Daqiang left, they live in the same house, so it's hard to say.

"Okay, just call us when the time comes." Li Long asked with a smile, "Do you want to do brickwork?"

"No need. I already prepared the soil last year." Tao Daqiang said with a simple smile, "The wood is also ready. If there are enough people, it can be built in a few days."

Since we have prepared it long ago, it will only take a few days.

One person drank another glass, put the cap back on the bottle, and continued to wish a happy new year.

After leaving the door of Laomahao, Li Long heard the sound of firecrackers again.

The three of them went to the settlement in the west to pay New Year's greetings, and then had a few drinks at Liang Dacheng's house.

When Li Long came back in the evening, he was already walking a little crookedly.

He drank a lot today, but he was very happy. He suddenly remembered a sentence from a famous movie star in later generations.

When you are famous and rich, you meet nice people.

At least the people I met today were all very enthusiastic and nice to me.

This new year has started so magnificently. (End of this chapter)