"Please drink less, old man. You can drink more during dinner later." Wang Tianxiao didn't expect Liu Yuan to be such a heavy drinker.
"Okay, I'll stop after I finish this sip," Liu Yuan finished the rest of the wine in one gulp, carefully licked the wine bowl, and tightened the lid of the wine barrel, making sure it wouldn't leak several times before he was at ease.
Wang Tianxiao watched this unfold, and as he peeled the skin, he secretly pondered to himself, "Since the old man likes to drink so much, it proves that he has desires. Once a person has desires, he is easily driven by self-interest."
The way to keep him at the station was to cater to his tastes. It was just a few cents a pound of liquor; he could drink as much as he wanted for the rest of his life.
Liu Yuan couldn't bear to part with his wine barrel, so he carried it with him wherever he went.
The funny thing is that Wang Tianxiao thought he was a heavy drinker because he was addicted to alcohol, but after one bowl, he started talking nonsense and couldn't control his mouth.
Wang Tianxiao had no choice but to secretly tell Wang Tianxin to tell Tiancheng to prepare the room near the warehouse for Liu Yuan so that Liu Yuan could stay there that night.
I wanted to have a good talk with the old man, to find out about his family background and relationships, and see if he was really a bachelor.
But judging from this, I don't know if we'll be able to eat later.
Upon hearing this, Tianxin went to the kitchen to find his fifth brother.
Wang Tianxiao smiled and told Liu Yuan to drink slowly. Liu Yuan agreed, but his eyes kept glancing at the wine barrel. It was unclear how much effort he had to put into resisting the urge.
He sat on a small stool, closed his eyes, tapped his thigh with his hand, and began to hum a tune from Qinqiang opera.
"The wife who has suffered hardship has endured all the bitterness of her life."
The kindness shown in times of hardship is as deep as the sea.
You went to the capital and never returned.
I long for you to lean against the thatched gate day and night.
Why do they not recognize each other when they meet?
You've forgotten your old love and fallen for a new one.
It turned out to be a scene from the story of Chen Shimei. Wang Tianxiao was a big fan of Qinqiang opera. In his previous life, after sending his grandson to school, he would sit on the wall of his son's community garden with a small radio next to him, playing famous Qinqiang opera excerpts on repeat.
This song, "The Chopping of the Beauty," is a classic piece and is naturally familiar to everyone.
Liu Yuan sings about Qin Xianglian's encounter with Chen Shimei in the capital, only to be driven away by her husband for impersonating an official's wife. She is in extreme pain, and the song is a simple challenge.
What follows are scenes of Chen Shimei and his children painfully reuniting but daring not to acknowledge each other.
Qinqiang opera, a special opera genre in Shaanxi, is naturally very popular in Gansu Province, and many elderly people can hum along to it. However, Liu Yuan is one of those performers who doesn't rely on technique but rather on emotion.
The singing style was really terrible, but it had its own unique charm, and it was quite interesting to listen to.
Wang Tianxiao withdrew his gaze and began to concentrate on skinning the deer.
Liu Yuan had already cut the deer hide up to the front leg; there was only a small section left to finish.
Skinning a deer and skinning a wolf are largely similar, but there are slight differences.
Wolves are relatively small, so they are usually skinned in one go. However, deer weigh nearly 200 pounds, so when cutting them, some meat and fat can be cut off in time to prevent them from losing their flavor if left too long.
Fortunately, Liu Yuan was very experienced, and Wang Tianxiao discovered that he had already removed everything that needed to be treated in advance.
This saved him a lot of trouble; he only needed to focus on peeling the skins.
After noon, the sun slowly began to move westward, and soon it got cold.
That's how winters are in the north; standing under the sun in a sheltered spot, you can feel the heat so intense it's almost unbearable.
However, once you get to a windy spot or a place without the sun, it immediately becomes much colder.
Once the sun begins to set in the west, it will get cold in no time.
The last bit of warmth hadn't yet left the rooftop of the station. Wang Tianxiao's knife flew, cutting, twisting, and picking, slowly peeling the deerskin down to the neck.
The deer head has already been removed, and the skinning process is considered complete at this point.
He was carrying a whole deerskin, which weighed several kilograms and was quite heavy.
He wasn't in a hurry to rest; the main event was yet to come.
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