Wang Tianxiao remembered something halfway there, so he ran to the town's supply and marketing center and bought fifty catties of salt.
In those days, the salt we used was coarse salt, in big chunks, somewhat like rock candy granules.
The main components of this salt are magnesium sulfate and magnesium chloride. The processing method is quite simple, and it is basically obtained by repeated crystallization of seawater.
Because the magnesium chloride in it decomposes easily, heating it readily forms hydrochloric acid, which in turn generates amino acids. Therefore, strictly speaking, coarse salt is more fragrant when used for cooking than fine salt, or refined salt, which is used in later generations.
However, coarse salt is produced using crude methods and is not effectively purified, so it contains trace elements that are beneficial to the human body. Furthermore, due to rapid crystallization, many trace elements from seawater that are harmful to the human body also mix into it.
As people pay more and more attention to food safety, coarse salt has gradually been replaced by refined salt, and it is only retained for some special purposes.
Fine salt has a more refined crystallization process, which means a shorter crystallization time and a narrower temperature range, resulting in a finer salt with a more homogeneous composition.
Wang Tianxiao knew these things because his son, Wang Peng, taught him.
After graduating with a master's degree in chemical engineering, Wang Peng worked as the production manager of a chemical company, where he was in charge of the salt chemical department.
The station has no shortage of salt for food; Wang Tianxiao bought salt this time to process animal fur.
All animal fur needs to be processed after being peeled off. It is actually just protein tissue, and if it is not specially processed, it will rot in a short time.
Salt immersion is the most common treatment method.
Wang Tianxiao returned to the depot with eighty catties of wine and fifty catties of salt, and was surprised to find that Liu Yuan had not only already skinned the honey dog, but had even skinned the deer halfway.
Wang Tianxin stayed by his side to assist him, and the two worked together very well.
Seeing the salt and liquor on Wang Tianxiao's motorcycle, Liu Yuan smiled and his eyes narrowed.
"So, do you want to peel the rest, or should I finish peeling it for you?" Liu Yuan pointed to the half-peeled deer in front of him.
Wang Tianxiao took the wine down and handed it to him, saying, "You rest, I'll peel the rest."
"Okay, my back is also hurting terribly. I hurt my back from messing around with those honey dogs at noon."
"Then take a rest. Tianxin, get Uncle Liu a stool."
"Okay."
In a short time, Wang Tianxin and Liu Yuan's relationship had become much closer, and Wang Tianxin was quick to run to fetch Liu Yuan a stool.
At this moment, Wang Tiancheng also came out of the kitchen. He had gone home temporarily for some business, but now he was back at the depot.
Wang Tianxiao didn't ask what happened in the courtyard with the heated floor. Unless something happened to his mother, he generally didn't want to get involved.
"Brother, you're back."
Wang Tiancheng helped Wang Tianxiao take the liquor off the motorcycle. "Where should we put this?"
"Let's put it in warehouse number one first."
"OK."
The depot has two storage areas. The smaller one, number two, is in the middle and houses deer. The larger storage area, number one, is further divided into six smaller storage areas, which are currently used to store animal pelts.
He hadn't dealt with the furs before because he was too busy, but now that he finally had some free time, he could slowly process them one by one.
Use it if you can, sell it if you can't.
Last time, Wu Wenhua said he wanted to hunt a wolf for his wife and get a wolf pelt. If there was no opportunity, he could temporarily use other pelts instead.
Honey dog fur is much more comfortable than wolf fur.
Wang Tiancheng carried a bucket of wine to the warehouse.
Wang Tianxiao changed into his old clothes and took over the rest of Liu Yuan's work.
Wang Tianxin returned to the deer's side, staring intently at his brother's handling of the situation, his eyes glued to the spot.
"Brother, you're not as fast as Old Liu at peeling them," Wang Tianxin concluded after observing for a while.
"Haha, of course! I'm not a professional hunter, how could I possibly be as good as Uncle Liu?" Wang Tianxiao wasn't upset. His skinning skills were only so-so, but he was still very satisfied with Liu Yuan's abilities.
Not long after he met Liu Yuan, he saw that the old man had very professional hunting knowledge, so he wanted to attract him to the station to develop together.
Anyway, the information he conveyed between the lines was that he was unmarried and had no children, so just consider him a bachelor. If we could keep him at the station, he would be a helper.
"Tiancheng, how's Lao Wu and the others cooking?"
"Almost done, didn't you see the deer is missing some meat?" Wang Tiancheng had already put the wine in the pot.
Wang Tianxiao then noticed that several pieces of meat were indeed missing from the deer's ribs, which looked like they had been cut with a knife, probably done by Liu Yuan.
“Okay, tell them to wait a little while I finish peeling this. The longer it sits, the harder it is to peel.”
"good."
Liu Yuan eagerly grabbed a bowl from the kitchen, poured himself a large gulp of wine, and smacked his lips, exclaiming with delight, "Comfortable! This is the taste! It's so pure, not diluted at all. Young man, where did you get such mellow wine?"
Wang Tianxiao wasn't a big drinker. Although he could drink about half a jin to eight liang of baijiu (Chinese liquor), it was always because he was forced to drink. He never had much interest in drinking and couldn't distinguish between good and average liquor.
He asked Zhang Wenyuan to help prepare the wine, but he didn't insist on good wine, thinking that since it was just baijiu produced in Qingcheng, it wouldn't be much better.
Unexpectedly, even the most ordinary wine, Zhang Wenyuan was able to find the best quality, which allowed Liu Yuan to enjoy a delicious meal.
He smiled and said, "I have a friend who runs a business selling raw liquor, so I asked him to share some with me. I'm glad you like it."
“I like it. I love this kind of thing. How could I not like it?” Liu Yuan brought the wine bowl to his nose and took a deep breath. He couldn’t help but exclaim again, “It’s really fragrant.”
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