Chapter 154 Staying Up All Night Eating Rabbit Meat
Recalling the wolf pack's previous attitude towards the hunter, there must be some wolf meat in this dish.
The thought of this sent chills down my spine and gave me goosebumps all over my body.
I wanted to take the meat with me; even if I didn't eat it, I could use it to feed the dog.
But if there's wolf meat in it, that won't do.
After a little consideration, I decided to take the whole piece of meat, the kind that I could tell what kind of animal it was, and leave the rest of the meat untouched.
After all, we've established a friendly relationship with the wolf pack. If it were discovered that I or my dog had eaten wolf meat, we probably would never be able to gain the wolves' trust again.
Thirteen smoked pheasants, eighteen smoked rabbits, and six badgers—this guy is a real professional hunter, managing to collect so much meat.
There's too much meat, I can't carry it all back empty-handed, and I don't want to go back, so I can only find a bag here.
After searching for a while, I found a burlap sack in the closet of the first room. The burlap sack wasn't brand new, but I'll make do with it for now.
The cupboard contained not only burlap sacks, but also a large amount of thin iron wire, the kind that is very flexible.
This was probably used to make traps, just like when we first encountered the Zang Biao, the wounds on its body were probably caused by these thin wires.
I don't need to set traps, but I can take all the wire. Such soft wire is perfect for securing fences or other structures.
Xiao Gua definitely wouldn't go directly. He found a piece of smoked meat that didn't look like wolf meat in the house, threw it on the ground, picked it up, and ran home.
I also shouldered the heavy sack and started hurrying home.
Once we got home, the outdoor temperature had risen, so we decided not to plant any more vegetables and instead go home to take care of these other things.
First, they carefully placed a dozen or so boxes of bullets into the darkroom, and then put the thin wire into the basement.
I moved a small stool to the kitchen, put the smoked meat I brought back into a large basin, and scrubbed it clean one by one with a brush.
After washing them clean, mark them and hang them to dry in the west wing.
The marked meat was brought back from the hunters. I felt disgusted and didn't want to eat it, so I saved it for the dogs.
One dried rabbit was left out of the west wing; it was chopped into large pieces with a cleaver and distributed to the four dogs.
The tough rabbit meat is perfect for them to gnaw on slowly, which helps them grind their teeth and prevents them from destroying the house.
He left a piece of rabbit leg meat and took it to the east room for Tie Dan'er.
As soon as Tie Dan smelled the aroma of rabbit meat, he excitedly bit into it and didn't want to let go.
Anyway, this little guy can eat, so let's use rabbit leg meat to grind his teeth.
I traded this dried rabbit for the quietest day of my post-apocalyptic life.
The cat and dog were both engrossed in gnawing on the rabbit meat.
Whether I'm cooking or eating, finally no one is watching me anymore.
In the evening, I finally got to sit in the swing chair and look at the moon.
On this beautiful summer night, sitting on the swing chair, I ate a sweet peach and felt a refreshing coolness.
After eating my fill, I listened to the chirping of insects and the sound of my dog munching on dried rabbit, and quietly admired the moon.
Of course, the moon was somewhat blurry, its view obscured by the gauze netting...
The next day, we found that all the dogs in the family were listless. They were lying on the ground sleeping with dried rabbit meat in their arms. They would wake up, take a couple of bites, and then fall asleep again.
Looks like they were all up late gnawing on bones last night, which is why they're all so sleepy today.
In the following days, we harvested green beans, eggplants, peppers, etc.
In order to have fresh vegetables to eat often, when harvesting this batch of vegetables, leave a few young-looking seedlings for each type, so that they can be eaten as they grow.
We go to the mountain to plant vegetables in the morning and evening, and process them at home during the hot daytime.
The processed vegetables were packed into boxes of plastic crates brought back from the apple factory and stored in the basement.
Three days later, the female rabbit looked a bit off and was probably about to give birth, so she was put into the prepared rabbit cage.
That night, the mother rabbit gave birth to 12 babies.
I thought 8 was the limit, but I didn't expect it could produce 12.
To ensure the adult rabbit receives adequate nutrition and has the energy to feed the baby rabbits, a variety of foods are provided, including vegetables from the field, fruits from the trees, and tender grass from the ground.
Before the summer vegetables were even harvested, Brother Liu and Taozi knocked on my door.
However, this time there was an extra Aunt Liu, and they didn't come by car, but by donkey cart.
"Why did you all come in a donkey cart?"
I was a little surprised; the last time I remember riding in a donkey cart was when I was about six or seven years old.
"The base manager suddenly said that he advocates saving resources, and the price of changing oil is twice as expensive as before, but the base's donkey carts can be used for free, so we came by donkey cart."
"Oh, I see. Is there some good news this time, gentlemen?"
I jokingly asked them what they were there for.
Brother Liu chuckled: "You guessed right. We're planning to go fishing at the reservoir and were thinking of inviting you along."
"Let's go catch fish! I'm going!"
As soon as I heard it was about fishing, I got excited. This was different from my own little pond; the big reservoir outside had all kinds of fish.
I can also catch some smaller ones and put them in my own pond to raise, which will increase the biodiversity of my pond.
"Come in, come in and have a drink of water. Aunt Liu has never been to our house before. Come in and take a look. I'll tidy up a bit and then we'll leave."
The sun was getting too strong outside, so we led the donkey cart to the shade of a tree, gave the donkey a bucket of water, and pulled Liu Sao into the house to make them a cold drink to cool them down before they left.
Put two spoonfuls of cherry jam in each of three large juice glasses, add a few mint sugar ice cubes, pour in water and stir, and you have a beautiful iced drink.
As he carried three glasses of iced drinks into the house, Brother Liu, Sister-in-law Liu, and Taozi all reached out to take them from him.
"What's this, girl? You're so pretty!"
Brother Liu raised his glass to examine the ice inside.
He explained with a smile, "It's just ice cubes made with peppermint sugar. You can heat it up, make a cup, and drink it to cool off in the summer."
"Mmm! This tastes really good, and it's so refreshing to drink."
Brother Liu praised it as he drank.
"This girl is so clever; she does everything so well."
"Take some mint with you when you leave, Aunt Liu can make it when she gets home."
The three of them were drinking iced drinks when I went to the kitchen and got two buckets. There were exactly eight peaches in the refrigerator, so I took them all. I thought about taking a donkey cart and grabbed two parasols as well.
After Aunt Liu finished her iced drink, she came to the kitchen from the east room. While looking around my house, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, your house is nice! No wonder you don't want to come to our place. This is much better than ours."
“This house was in a terrible state before, and it took me a lot of effort to clean it up.”
After I gathered my things, the group set off.
Brother Liu drove the donkey cart, Taozi sat on the other side in front, and Sister-in-law Liu and I sat on the back of the donkey cart, each holding an umbrella.
I dangled my legs, chatted with Aunt Liu, and enjoyed the scenery along the way.
When I'm alone, I have to be careful about who's around me, but now that I'm with Sister Liu, Brother Liu, and Taozi, I feel relaxed and at ease.
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