The meat was separated, and Wang Jianshe and others were too embarrassed to eat at the Sheng family. They all excused themselves to go home quickly to reassure their families, and each took their share of the meat and left.
When Zhang Shuzhen saw this, she told Sheng Xiping that before going to work in the past few days, she should cook something delicious at home.
Invite young buddies like Sheng Xiping and the Liu family brothers to come over so that everyone can get together and have some fun together.
"Other families have invited guests to dinner these days. You went to Songjiang River on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year, and went hunting in the mountains on the fourth and fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Our family hasn't arranged time to entertain guests yet."
The Chinese New Year is a time for eating and drinking.
Normally everyone is busy and doesn’t have much time. At this time, why not prepare a few delicious dishes and invite relatives and friends to have a lively meal together?
"Well, that's okay, then let's wait until we come back from the mountain tomorrow to make a decision.
There were a lot of traps in Tiaoshan yesterday, and we have to go for a walk tomorrow. If nothing happens, we can do it the day after tomorrow."
Sheng Xiping didn't care about this.
Wang Jianshe and others, as well as Liu Yujiang and Liu Yuhe, are all close friends. Even without this meal, they would still be doing whatever they want.
Of course, we are going to work in the mountains soon, so it would be nice to have a good meal together.
Wang Jianshe and the others didn't stay for dinner, so Zhang Shuzhen simply didn't cook much.
Stew some pickled cabbage vermicelli, then slice up the wolf meat served yesterday and eat it with chili oil and other condiments.
The wolf meat has thicker shreds and tastes a bit like beef, but it's quite delicious anyway.
"Mom, have you saved those two wolf fangs? I'll have some free time later and make two amulets for the fourth and fifth children to wear."
While eating wolf meat, Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered this matter. Those wolf teeth cannot be thrown away casually, they are useful.
"Oh, keep it. Your dad also said that it can ward off scares and evil spirits, so I put it away.
There is no need to give it to the fourth and fifth children when they are older. When you get married and have a child with Qinglan, you can wear it for the child."
When Zhang Shuzhen heard this, she expressed hurriedly.
According to folklore, wolf fangs have the function of calming fright, warding off evil spirits, and protecting oneself.
Although we are not allowed to pay attention to these things nowadays, many people actually still care about them privately.
The wolf fang is more than five centimeters long, and the tip alone is almost two centimeters. There is a gray horizontal stripe on the tip of the tooth, which is the blood trough used by the wolf to suck the blood of its prey after it captures it.
Generally, the wolf teeth can be drilled and worn on the body with a string. It is said that it can ward off evil spirits and so on.
What Zhang Shuzhen meant was that these ones in the family were all grown up and there was no need to wear them, so it was better to keep them for the next generation.
Children are easily surprised or attracted by something, so having a wolf fang amulet can be somewhat of a psychological comfort.
"Mom, I'm not married yet, and you're already thinking about your grandchildren? You're too anxious."
Sheng Xiping laughed when he heard this. This old lady was anxious to become a grandmother.
"Isn't that great? Right now, I have no other ideas, I just hope that Qinglan will come in soon.
When the time comes for you to have a few children, while I am still in good health and able to move, I will help you take care of the children, and you two should go to work.
When I get older in the future, if you want me to coax my children, I won’t be able to.”
Most people in this day and age have very simple ideas.
In most families, their sons don't separate and stay together even after they get married. If a grandma doesn't help coax her grandson, the neighbors will laugh at her.
Zhang Shuzhen married Sheng Liancheng and followed him to the ravines in the northeast.
The six children of the Sheng family were all raised by Zhang Shuzhen. Her mother-in-law was far away from her hometown and could not help at all.
Zhang Shuzhen knew how hard it was to raise a child alone, so she thought that after her daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, she would help as much as possible to prevent her daughter-in-law from suffering.
"Brother, I can also help coax you when the time comes."
When Sheng Yunfang heard this, she immediately raised her hand to express that she was happy to help coax her nephew or niece.
"Yes, yes, I can also coax my nephew." Sheng Yunfei also rushed to say.
"Well, I can lead them to play and give them delicious food."
Sheng Xitai didn't know how to coax the child. He thought for a while and finally gritted his teeth and decided that when he had a nephew in the future, he would give up delicious food to his nephew.
No matter what these people can do in the future, for now, as uncles and aunts, it is already very good to be able to say such things.
"Oh, everyone has grown up now, and they now know their nephew.
Okay, when my nephew is born in the future, it depends on how you behave." Sheng Xiping made his younger siblings amused.
Over there, Sheng Liancheng and his wife were also thinking about how their daughter-in-law would give birth to many grandchildren in the future, creating a happy family for three generations.
After eating, Sheng Liancheng led his sons, soaked the remaining meat in ice-cold water, and put it on the chopping board to freeze.
Wait until the water on the meat freezes, then put it in the water again, then freeze it again. Just do this three or four times, and the outside of the meat will be frozen with a thick layer of ice shell.
In some places, this is called waxing meat, but it is actually hanging ice.
The meat preserved in this way will not lose its moisture and will open slowly when used in the future, so the meat will still be fresh.
Put the meat with a layer of ice in a big wooden barrel, pour it in snow and bury it, put it in a cool place in the warehouse, cover it with wooden boards and press it with big rocks.
If you store it like this, you can basically store it until almost May Day. In the years before refrigerators, people could only use natural conditions to store meat as much as possible.
After all this work, it was getting dark. Sheng Xiping and the others were in the mountains last night and barely slept.
This day was actually quite tiring, so I washed up early and went to sleep on the kang.
Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe made an agreement to go walking in the mountains the next day.
It was far away there, so Sheng Xiping got up early on the sixth day of the lunar month, heated up some food and took a bite before going out to find Wang Jianshe and the others.
Sheng Xiping was dressed neatly, with a gun on his shoulder. He was about to open the door, but his dogs barked and opened the door.
That kind of cry is not the wild cry of prey, but a chirping sound, as if it is coquettishly coquettish.
Sheng Xiping knew that Gouzi saw that he had changed into a mountain attire and knew that he was going to the mountain, so he was anxious.
Hunting dogs are like this. They don't like to be idle. The higher they go up the mountain, the more energetic they become. They always stay at home, and the more they stay, the stupider they become.
But the wound on General Hei's neck has not healed yet. Sheng Xiping and the others are going to walk the dogs today, so they have no intention of leading the dogs.
It was probably that Erlang Shen and General Hei were feeling too uncomfortable at home these days. They wagged their tails and raised their front paws to worship Sheng Xiping, making choking and squeaking sounds from time to time.
Not only Erlang Shen and Black General, but also Hua Leopard and Fat Tiger, the two little cubs, also imitated the big dogs, acting coquettishly and cutely.
Good guy, with their coquettish and fawning appearance, no one can stand it.
Sheng Xiping had no choice but to look at the open door and could only turn back to comfort the dogs.
"Just stay at home. The place we have to walk today is too far. Your injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't follow us into the mountains."
How could the dogs understand what Sheng Xiping said? Anyway, they knew that Sheng Xiping was going up the mountain, so how could he not take them with him?
So I hugged Sheng Xiping's legs and choked in various ways.