Zhou Huaian thought, including the nest of bees he put into the beehive today, there are now three nests of little bees living in the forest. In a while, more little bees should come here to build nests.
He will transplant all the found honeysuckle saplings to this area in February. He believes that in a few years, he will be able to collect pure honeysuckle nectar from this forest.
On his way back, he looked at a few more beehives and felt that his brothers were much more meticulous in doing these chores than he was.
These beehives are tightly pasted and airtight, and are also convenient for storage and access. To put the bees in to collect honey, you only need to remove the stone slab covering it and then open the lid of the beehive.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhou Yiding and his gang gutted the sika deer, cut out the heart and lungs, and gave them to the dogs.
Wang Zhen poured the deer blood he brought back into the white wine according to the proportion, stirred it thoroughly, put it into cold water and let it stand. When drinking, he could just take the top layer of sake.
The soaked deer blood wine nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence. It is suitable for impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency, deficiency of essence and blood, soreness of waist and knees, chills and abdominal pain, leucorrhea due to deficiency and cold, metrorrhagia, etc.
A pot of deer blood was enough to soak a full jar of wine. One couldn't drink too much of this stuff, so considering that there was no refrigerator here, he scooped a large basin of cold water, put the remaining two pots into the basin, and put them in the wine cellar to take back to Ning'an tomorrow.
Dahei and the others all pounced in front of the dog bowl and started eating with big mouthfuls. The hair around the wound on Lai Fu's back had been shaved clean, and there was gauze stuck on his back, which looked a bit funny.
The old man looked at the dog, who seemed to be in much better spirits after eating and drinking, and thought that it was a good thing that the weather had warmed up. If it were last month, he would have had to find a piece of clothing for the dog to wear.
Dogs wearing clothes is hilarious to think about!
Yang Chunyan, Zhou's mother and Zhou Yiding were selling venison at the door. The chopping board was crowded with people. They were all villagers who had heard that Zhou Huaian's family had venison for sale and had rushed over.
Many people also praised Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding, saying that they had seen before that these two kids were capable, and now they were right; while everyone was at home eating, drinking, and playing cards during the New Year, he went up the mountain to hunt wild animals for money.
Zhou Yiding glanced at the old women, lowered his head and curled his lips, saying that we were prodigals and second-rate people. I remember that you guys were the ones who spoke the most harshly. Every time I walked past you, I would point and poke at you, as if I was afraid that the youngest and I didn't know you were talking about us.
"I've said before that Zhou Laoyao is such a smart guy, he will have a great future... Look, he's bought a tractor now, and he's helping the boss in the city collect goods. He went into the mountains and hunted down such a valuable wild animal before the New Year is over. All the money will go to your family..."
"Think about it, there are mushrooms and truffles in the mountains every year, and the bosses in the provincial capital have to buy them every year. What's the difference between Guilan's family and those who get paid by the government..."
"This row of houses has good feng shui. Look how bright this house is. The house we just renovated is far inferior to the bright and bright one in his row of houses."
Zhou's mother, who was helping on the side, couldn't stop smiling after hearing these flattering words. She swiftly helped Yang Chunyan collect the money and weigh the items, not forgetting to whisper instructions to her.
"Just don't take these words seriously. They may say nice things to our faces, but who knows what they might say about our family behind our backs!"
"I know." Having seen the fickleness of human nature, Yang Chunyan ignored any compliments these people said.
This one weighs two pounds, that one weighs three pounds. Originally they said they would sell half a head, but in the end most of it was sold out, and those who didn’t get one are unhappy.
This is how it works when selling things. When a bunch of people are scrambling to buy something, even if it’s a little expensive, as long as you get it, you feel like you’ve gotten a bargain. And since it’s cheap to begin with, why not fight for it?
When Zhou Huaian came down the mountain, he saw that the chopping board was empty, not even a bone was left. My mother was squatting there with Yang Chunyan counting money with a smile on her face.
"You sold them all? You didn't keep any?"
"Don't worry, I've saved some." Zhou Yiding lifted the chopping board and motioned him to bring up the basket. "Luckily I saved several dozen pounds of good meat before I took it out. We'll split one among our family, and give one to Hongbing, Linwu, Uncle Xu, and Uncle Datian as well."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian helped carry the chopping board to the backyard and cut two kilograms of venison to each of Xu Hongbing's families. The remaining four or five kilograms were given to each family.
Yang Chunyan sorted out the money from selling the venison and handed it to him, "Here, the total is two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and nine."
Zhou Huaian divided the money into three parts and handed one to Wang Zhen. "This is yours. Take the rest back and sell it tomorrow. Just divide it up."
"I just went into the mountains with you guys to have a look." Wang Zhen smiled and pushed the money back to him. "If you really want to give me a share, just give me the remaining two pots of deer blood."
Zhou Yiding rushed to say: "Doctor Xiao Wang, how about this..."
"Yiding," Wang Zhen interrupted him with a smile, "We are all friends. I won't be polite with you."
Seeing this, Zhou Huaian said, "Ding Ding Cat, let's give him the deer penis, deer tail, and deer tendons."
"You have to take these with you!" Zhou Yiding said to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen responded readily, "Okay, I'll take it."
At this time, Zhou Jiaming came running in, "Grandpa, Third Aunt is calling you to come over for dinner."
"I see." Zhou's mother glanced at him, "Where are the fish you caught?"
"My husband said it was too small, so he told us to put it back in the pond and raise it until it grows bigger before fishing." Zhou Jiaming said as he walked out, "I'm leaving now, you guys hurry up."
Zhou's mother: "Why are you panicking? Bring your venison over and ask your mother to put it in the wine cellar."
"I'll go share the rent for the books." Zhou Jiaming thought about it and turned back to take the venison. "Grandma, Lin Laoer and Xu Erwa saw the fishing rods that Second Dad made for us, and they also wanted to make the same.
After buying the fishing hooks and fishing lines and cutting the bamboos, none of them had any goose feathers, so the money-grubber Zhou Jiakang sold his goose feathers to them one cent at a time, earning five cents a piece.
After saying that, he picked up the venison and ran away as if his butt was on fire.
Yang Chunyan and a few others cleaned up the backyard and went to the third room together. Three eight-person tables and a low square table were placed in the yard. After a while, Zhou Sanba and Zhou Daqing were also taken home by Zhou Huaishan.
Zhou Huaian followed Wang Zhen's instructions and poured everyone a glass of the clear liquid from the soaked deer blood wine. "Every family, have a drink to replenish your body!"
Mother Zhou looked at the red liquid in the wine glass with a smile, "We want to drink too?"
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Auntie, you and your sisters-in-law should all have a drink. It's good for your health."
"Well, let's all drink." Zhou's mother said to her daughters-in-law, "Drink, let's all drink."
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan smiled and took a sip. She smelled a fishy smell, so she quickly put some vegetables in her mouth to suppress the fishy smell.
There was a large table of dishes, including stir-fried venison, salty braised pork, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, carp with fermented black beans, stewed hen with mushrooms, and several flavors of bacon.
Some of them were pickled when Zhou Huaishan bought them from the mountain villagers when he was collecting truffles at Sancha Road, and the others were made from bacon from fat pigs slaughtered at home.
Zhou Xiaoqian gave Zhao Xiuna a piece of steamed pork ribs with rice flour. "This is delicious. I like the rice flour on top the most. It's very sticky and delicious."
Several children often play together during this period. Zhao Meina is older and cannot play with other children. Zhao Xiu Na and Zhou Xiaoqian are about the same age, and they have become good friends who can talk about anything.
Zhao Xiu Na ate a piece and nodded repeatedly, "It's delicious. My sister's cooking is also delicious. I learned from her, but no matter what I do, I can't catch up with her."
After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoqian glanced at Zhang Xiuxiang at the next table and whispered, "My mom's cooking isn't as delicious as my grandma's and aunt's."
"I heard it, Xiaoqian. You said that Second Aunt's cooking is not as delicious as my mother's." Zhou Jialiang looked at her proudly and said.
Zhou Xiaoqian rolled her eyes at him and said, "As a man, why don't you learn something else but to complain? You are such a good complainer."
"Lululu!" Zhou Jialiang made a face at her. "I'm not a man, I'm just a little boy. A married man is a man." After saying that, he picked up a piece of venison and put it into his mouth proudly and started eating.
Zhou Xiaoqian rolled her eyes to the sky, "Pu Zhigao, go talk to my mom!"
Pu Zhigao, one of the characters in the movie "Red Rock", betrayed the revolution, sold out Jiang Jie, and was finally shot dead by an old woman with two guns.
Zhou Jialiang was not happy, "You are Pu Zhigao."
"There are guests here, no quarreling!" Zhou Jiaming glared at the two of them and imitated Zhao Huifang's tone, "You two are itching for a fight, do you want to be beaten?"
Zhou Jiakang hurriedly said: "Sister, my mother is watching you, don't forget to make up for the three meals and remember it!"
Thinking of the warnings from the adults when they came back from the river, and the painful spankings on their buttocks and calves with yellow broom sticks, the children remained silent.
Seeing that no one said anything, Zhao Meina picked up a piece of venison and put it in the bowl of Zhou Xiaoqian who was sitting next to her. "This is delicious, tender and not smelly at all."
"I think this tastes good too." Zhou Xiaoqian looked at her with admiration, "Sister Mina, you got first place again this time? How come you always get first place? How do you study?"
Zhao Meina thought for a moment and said, "I told my teacher that I wanted to go to a big city. She said that if I wanted to go there, I had to study hard and concentrate, and if I was admitted to a university there, I could go there."
Zhou Xiaoqian felt that she understood. Sister Mina had set a goal, which was to get into a university in the big city where her parents lived, and she wanted to go there to take a look.
Zhou Xiaowen pulled her and said, "Sister Mina, is the big city far away?"
"It's very far, very far!" Zhao Meina bit her lip. "He said it would take three days and four nights by train to get there." He told me to take good care of my younger siblings and he would come to pick us up after we got home and made arrangements. Xiaochuan is already in the first grade, but he hasn't come yet.
Zhou Jiakang became interested after hearing this. "Sister Mina, is it fun to take a train? I want to go too."
Zhou Xiaoqian glanced at him and said, "You want everything, why don't you try some dog shit?"
"It's okay, Xiaoqian." Zhao Meina turned her head and looked at Zhou Jiakang, "If you want to go to a big city, you have to first take the entrance exam for junior high school, then high school, and finally college.
Only after getting the admission letter from the school and the certificate can you buy train tickets and take the train. The teacher said that there is no tuition fee for studying in university, and the state still pays us a salary every month! "(End of this chapter)
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