Chapter 168 Shake Honey and Stewed Bear Paws

The next day, Gao Mingcheng went to the street garden and checked his land. The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.

He took the wrong path in his previous life!

I was only thinking about going south, but ended up stumbling a lot. Although I gained something, I also lost something forever!

Look, as long as you have money and connections, you can still do well even if you stay in this small county!

After the house is repaired, he will have a place to stay in the county. And this house will be worth millions in the future!

Now that he had the land, the next step was to build the house. Gao Mingcheng calculated the money he had, which was not a lot, but he did make some money after selling the black bear. It was just that he had not received the money yet.

Building a house requires wood and bricks. If he were in the village, he could go into the mountains to cut trees and save money on buying wood, but in the county, he couldn't do that.

But it was not a big problem. Gao Guobing had a wide network of contacts. Besides, he was also renovating his house at the moment and had existing relationships that could help him get cheaper wood and bricks. As for the labor, he could just use the ones introduced by Gao Guobing. These people would never cut corners for him.

After thinking about all this, Gao Mingcheng decided to find an auspicious day and start construction!

He originally wanted to give the damaged bear skin to Gao Guobing, but Gao Guobing refused to take it. Gao Mingcheng was too lazy to look for a buyer, so he sent it directly to a fur tanning workshop and asked someone to tan it.

This was the first black bear he had ever shot, so it was quite memorable.

After finishing all these, Gao Mingcheng returned to Gaojia Village.

It was already noon when he got home. After lunch, he carried the honey extractor into the mountains again.

He had been planning to shake the honey yesterday, but he found out that a black bear had come to steal the honey again. He couldn't control his hot temper and directly fought with the black bear!

We need money to renovate the house now, so we should shake out the honey as soon as possible and find a day to take it to the county to sell it.

After entering the mountain, Gao Mingcheng still brought his two dogs with him and went into the mountain with great vigor. Along the way, they did not encounter any wild animals such as wild boars and muntjacs. They only encountered some small wild animals, which were frightened and suddenly ran into the bushes and hid.

Gao Mingcheng was not interested in these small animals, but the two dogs, Black Tiger and Elf, were interested. Hearing the noise, the two dogs chased after the small animals and tried to bite each other.

Gao Mingcheng ignored them and walked towards the place where the beehives were placed. Suddenly, he heard the elves making a shrill cry, as if they were in some danger.

Gao Mingcheng put down the honey shaker in his hand and ran quickly towards where the elf was.

Half of the elf's body was stuck in a patch of thorns. It might have been trying to bite something, but ended up getting pierced by the thorns.

This was Gao Mingcheng's guess, but when the elf struggled out, he realized that he was wrong!

What really made it scream was not the thorns, but a hedgehog!

When the elf tried to bite the hedgehog, the hedgehog sensed danger and immediately curled up its body, using the hard spines on its back to protect its soft belly.

As a result, the silly dog ​​Elf actually bit it!

When it bit the hedgehog, its mouth was hurt by the hard spines, and it let out a shrill scream.

Black Tiger stood aside, his eyes were very sharp, as if he was looking at a mentally retarded person.

The injured elf ran towards Gao Mingcheng, running around him, growling as he ran, as if complaining.

Gao Mingcheng looked down at the bottom of the thorns and saw a hedgehog curled up into a ball. To the elf's surprise, he patted the elf's head and said, "Serves you right!"

The hedgehog is so cute, you actually want to eat it!

"Let's go! Remember next time, don't bite anything with thorns!" Gao Mingcheng warned. The elf, who understood what he said, immediately cried out in grievance.

The baby is hurt and the baby is unhappy!

But a silly dog ​​is a silly dog. His emotions come and go quickly. Not long after, Gao Mingcheng saw the elf running happily chasing some small animals again.

Well, I hope it’s not chasing a hedgehog this time!

Gao Mingcheng came to the place where the beehives were placed and checked it briefly, and found nothing unusual.

Yesterday he concentrated on hunting the mother bear and let the cub go. However, he did not plan to look for the cub. Whether it lives or not depends on the cub's own fate!

It took Gao Mingcheng half an afternoon to shake the honey from five beehives. It was not because he was not strong enough, but because there was too much honey. The honey shaker was full and he could not shake it anymore.

It seems that he will have to go into the mountains to shake honey in the next few days.

Although it is busy and tiring, as long as I can gain something and make money, my life will be full of hope.

That night, Gao Mingcheng ate stewed bear paws.

Well, he originally joked about eating steamed bear paws, but after steaming them for a long time, he found that they were difficult to cook, so he simply washed the pot again and stewed it in a big iron pot.

Hey, don’t tell me, stewing is just faster than steaming!

When the weather is hot and there is no refrigerator, the meat cannot be stored. Many people cut off the lean meat and then spread salt on it to marinate it. As for the meat with bones, they stew it in a pot, which weighs at least ten pounds.

As a result, when the bear paw was put into the mouth, Manyu's beautiful face became a little wrinkled.

I don’t know if she didn’t handle it properly or what, but the bear paw was fishy and greasy, and didn’t taste very good.

Ever since Xuanyuemei married Gao Mingcheng, she has been eating a lot of meat, so her stomach is full of fat and she is not as greedy for meat as before. She couldn't eat anymore after a few bites and looked at Gao Mingcheng timidly. She was afraid that Gao Mingcheng would blame her for wasting good things.

Gao Mingcheng didn't seem to be disgusted and continued to eat the meat with his head down.

The taste is indeed not as good as what I ate at the police station yesterday. It shows that the chef is a chef and his cooking skills are great!

Noticing the strangeness of Mei, Gao Mingcheng comforted her, "It's normal for bear paws to have a bit of a fishy smell. You made it very clean, but it lacks seasoning! How about this, I'll buy more seasoning from the county next time."

There is a widely circulated saying in later generations: high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.

But in fact, the higher-end the ingredients, the more troublesome the cooking method!

For example, bird's nest and shark's fin do not have much taste on their own and are difficult to clean and soak. When stewing, other things need to be added for seasoning.

For example, bear paws will definitely not taste delicious if they are not cooked correctly!

"Since you don't like it, then take two bowls and divide some of it. Send one bowl to my parents, and one bowl to my grandmother."

After Gao Mingcheng finished speaking, he pondered for a moment and then said, "If you want to give some to your second sister, that's fine."

Xuanyuemei smiled happily, pursed her lips and looked at Gao Mingcheng, feeling sweet in her heart.

When she lived in her second sister's house, she had more or less conflicts with her second sister, but her second sister was her closest relative after all, and she was willing to take care of her when she had good things.

So she went to get three bowls, and put only two large pieces of meat with bones in one bowl, and said, "There are only two people in my second sister's family, so one piece per person will be enough."

"Yes." Gao Mingcheng responded and let her assign the tasks.

Each of the three bowls was different. One of them was full to the tip. It was going to be given to Gao Mingcheng's parents' home.

His parents' family has a large population, and although his eldest brother has also started a family, they have not separated and they still eat together.

Gao Mingcheng ate very quickly. After finishing a bowl of rice, he put down his chopsticks and said, "I'll take it to my parents and my grandmother, and you take it to your second sister."

"Hey." Xuanyuemei responded, picked up the smallest bowl, and walked towards her second sister's house.

(End of this chapter)