Eleven jackals were killed, and the jackal king was also dead. The group of jackals was completely dispersed and there was no longer a threat.
Therefore, Sheng Xiping and others no longer have to work at the farm at night. They each took their money, meat and skins and went home.
Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen were both thinking about it at home, worried that the jackal would be difficult to fight and that Sheng Xiping and the dog would be in danger.
When Sheng Xiping came in with the skins and meat, Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this the skin of a jackal? The color is really similar to that of a fox, but it's just not as soft as fox fur.
How many jackals did you kill? Why did you get so many of them back?"
Zhang Shuzhen looked at her son and brought back four pieces of leather. She felt strange and asked.
"A total of eleven jackals were killed, and we didn't get much meat. I remember Master said that the meat of jackals was not very tasty.
Today on the mountain, I fed two dogs meat with jackal meat, but neither of them ate it.
I wanted to make jackal leather mattresses, so I took four of them, and if they wanted to make a hat, they took one.
It seems that the purchasing center doesn’t accept these things, and they don’t care who has more or less.”
The number of jackals is not large, and hunters rarely hunt them, so they are not part of the regular acquisition project.
I guess even if I sell it, I won't be able to get much money, so I might as well keep it for home use.
Anyway, with the bonus from the forestry farm, the work is not in vain.
"By the way, Mom, both dogs are injured. General Hei was bitten by a leopard. Don't let them live outside for the next few days. Let them stay in the house."
Sheng Xiping gave the skin, meat, and money to his family, said something to Zhang Shuzhen, turned around and went out again.
I went outside to find two pieces of sacks, brought them inside and spread them on the floor of the west room. Then I got the two dogs, Erlang Shen and General Hei, to lie down on the sacks.
General Black was seriously injured, and the wound healed slowly in the cold weather. If the room was warmer, the dog would suffer less.
Anyway, these two dogs are very sensible. They know how to go out when peeing and so on, and there won't be much smell.
Erlang Shen and General Hei were indeed good-natured, lying on the sacks and not running around.
They spent most of the day fighting with jackals and then encountered a leopard. They were exhausted and even injured.
The room was warm, and the two dogs lay on the sacks and slept soundly.
Sheng Xiping took the opportunity to go to the health center and bought some iodine and painkillers.
When I got home, I used iodine to clean the wound on General Black's neck, then crushed the painkillers with a rolling pin, sprinkled them on the wound, and wrapped it again with gauze.
Hunting dogs are often injured. They know that their owners are doing this for their own good, so no matter how hard Sheng Xiping tries, General Hei will cooperate obediently.
It's already the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and with the New Year just around the corner, every household is busy with things.
The Sheng family is no exception. Zhang Shuzhen has made a lot of noodles and plans to steam steamed buns.
Now that the son has brought back the jackal's meat, don't worry about whether it tastes good or not, just throw it into the pot and eat it.
Zhang Shuzhen happened to knead the dough and put it on the board while she was awake. Then she went out to boil water, chopped the meat of the jackal, and threw it into the pot twice.
Remove the blood and blood foam, then add onions, ginger, garlic, and peppercorns to stew.
"I don't blame my son for saying that the meat from jackals is not delicious. When I boiled the meat just now, I smelled a sour and sour smell.
Oops, I don’t know what vegetables to stew together to suppress the smell.
If you can't suppress the taste, I guess you'll like it if it tastes bad."
When the meat was in the pot, Zhang Shuzhen went back to the house to knead the dough, cut the ingredients and steamed the steamed buns, while talking to Sheng Liancheng.
"Really? Then you'd better not put anything in it.
Wait until it's cooked, cut it into pieces, dip it in some garlic sauce or stir-fry it with chili to see if it's edible.
If you put other vegetables in it, if it doesn’t taste good, all the vegetables will be in vain.”
Sheng Liancheng sat on the edge of the kang, took a puff of cigarette and said.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Anyway, we have to light the fire in the west room's kang, so I'll use it as a kang for cooking meat.
If the meat is not delicious, at most it will harm some onions, ginger, garlic, etc., but don’t add anything else to it.”
As Zhang Shuzhen spoke, she cut the jujubes into pieces with a knife, and then lightly scored the kneaded buns three times.
Poke two little fingers into the steamed bun, lift it up, and a nose will come out. Put the half-cut jujube through the nose. This is a steamed jujube steamed bun.
The Chinese New Year is different from ordinary days. It has to be festive to look good.
If we put this in our hometown, we would have to steam jujube steamed buns and the like during the Chinese New Year. Some daughters-in-law specially put jujube mountains in it, and it would look great when steamed.
When you come to the Northeast, jujubes are not produced here and it is not easy to buy them.
The Sheng family received two kilograms of it from Zhang Shuzhen's mother's side in the autumn. Zhang Shuzhen usually couldn't bear to use it, so she took it out, cut the dates into two halves, and used them to make jujube steamed buns.
Zhang Shuzhen doesn't need anyone to do this work, she has to do it herself.
Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were nearby, watching eagerly and enviously, but Zhang Shuzhen refused to let her daughter take action no matter what.
As for Sheng Xitai, he was not greedy for the craftsmanship of the jujube steamed buns. He was greedy for the jujubes.
Sheng Xitai didn't dare to worry about his mother's request for jujubes, so he kept saying to himself, "There are worms, there are worms."
In fact, jujubes are also infested with insects. The insects will stick to the jujube core and eat the pulp inside the jujube, leaving behind insect droppings that look like fine sand.
Jujubes that have been eaten by insects cannot be used for steaming jujube steamed buns, but if they are washed and eaten by humans, it is still fine.
This was also the case in previous years. When Zhang Shuzhen steamed jujube steamed buns, she would pick out the jujubes that had been bitten by insects and give them to the children as a tooth sacrifice.
So Sheng Xitai kept thinking in his heart, hoping to encounter a few dates with bugs.
Sure enough, Zhang Shuzhen cut open a date and found that it was infested with insects. She immediately let out a pityful ouch.
"It's such a pity that such a big date is infested with insects."
As he spoke, he threw the dates to Sheng Xitai. "Take them, pick them, wash them, and eat them."
In people's minds these days, there is no such thing as the idea that you can't eat something if it's dirty or bitten by insects.
Having experienced years of starvation, any wasteful behavior is shameful.
The jujube was just bitten by insects, it's not a big deal, can it be thrown away? It must be for the children to eat.
When Sheng Xitai heard this, he almost jumped up with joy and quickly took the dates.
"Mom, why don't you cut all the dates and I'll wash the ones with worms and give them to the fourth and fifth sisters to try too."
This kid is greedy. How can one date be enough to eat? He wishes that the remaining dates would be full of worms and they would all go into his stomach.
"You are so beautiful, yet you cut them all open? I steamed two pots of jujube steamed buns in total, how can I use so many jujubes?"
Two pots of jujube steamed buns, only about twenty or so.
Zhang Shuzhen couldn't bear to use so many dates. She put half a jujube on one steamed bun, and only used a dozen dates for more than twenty steamed buns. Why did she cut so many dates?
Zhang Shuzhen said this with her mouth, but she didn't do it with her hands.
I took out two handfuls of dates from my pocket and pinched them one by one. Most of the dates that deflate as soon as they are empty are probably infested with insects.
After cutting it, it turned out to be true, so he threw it to Sheng Xitai casually. If there was no insect, he cut it and kept it for the steamed buns with jujubes.
"Then, take these and wash them, and you guys can eat them."
Finally, seven or eight dates that were infested with insects were picked out and given to Sheng Xitai.