Wang Tianxiao picked up a piece of deer entrails from the plate next to him and threw it into the badger's cage. The badger darted over, grabbed the piece of meat, and began to tear and eat it.
"It's delicious."
Wang Tianxiao smiled. He didn't know what he could do with this guy. He had a clear long-term plan for raising deer, but not for badgers. He guessed that at most he would just keep it for fun.
After finishing all that, it was basically dawn, and all the doors to the rooms were open.
Wang Tianxin wanted to go back to school, so Wang Tianxiao asked Wang Tiancheng to accompany him down the mountain. Wang Tianxin was reluctant to leave and wanted to stay close to Liu Yuan.
Wang Tianxiao was looking at each room door in thought when he saw Liu Yuan come out. He immediately went up to him and said with a smile, "Uncle Liu, so early? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"
Liu Yuan, who always had his pipe in his hand, glanced at Wang Tianxiao and said irritably, "While you're alive, you have to keep moving. After you die, you'll have plenty of time to sleep."
Seeing that the old man was about to kill the conversation, Wang Tianxiao was thinking about how to defuse the awkwardness when he heard Liu Yuan ask again, "So, what do you want from me this time?"
"Huh?" Wang Tianxiao was taken aback.
Liu Yuan teased, "I've crossed more bridges than you've walked roads. I can tell at a glance whether you're hiding something or not. As the saying goes, 'Those who offer unsolicited kindness are either up to no good or are thieves.' Aren't you trying to get me to do something again?"
"Haha, Uncle Liu really has a keen eye," Wang Tianxiao laughed. "It's like this, as you can see, we already have some people here, and there may be more people later. When there are more people, the room allocation for each family needs to be fixed, and it will be easier to identify them."
"You're good at making things, right? I'd like you to make some signs that can be hung on the door of each house, clearly indicating who lives in which room."
"Is that all?" Liu Yuan asked in return.
"That's all."
"Okay, it's just making a few signs. I'll go find some wood today, but we don't have enough tools here."
“Yes, I have everything. There are some tools in the warehouse. You can use them for now. If you need anything, just let me know and I'll go to town to buy it.”
While the two were talking, Wu Wenhua had already boiled a pot of water and told everyone to drink it.
Wang Tianxiao ran back to his room and filled both thermos flasks with boiling water.
When preparing supplies, Wang Tianxiao bought a total of five thermos flasks. He put two in his own room, gave one to Liu Yuan, one to the two Wu brothers, and the last one in Wang Tianxin and Wang Tiancheng's room.
After filling the hot water bottle in my room, I also filled the thermos in my brother's room. In the dead of winter, not having hot water is simply unbearable; when I woke up in the morning, everything was frozen solid.
While watering the plants, he told Wu Wenhua and Wu Qiancai that after breakfast, they would prepare to sow the seeds.
The two of you can try it out first and see if it works. If there are any problems, you can solve them together.
The Wu brothers knew this was their job and both said they would do their best to do it.
Wang Tianxiao told them that he would join them later, and since he had no experience, they would just proceed cautiously, and there was no rush; they could finish sowing the seeds in one or two months.
He went to the warehouse and first gently stirred the barrels of deerskin with a stick to ensure that the deerskin was evenly soaked in brine. This was something he had to do every day, and he couldn't stop for at least a week.
Then we prepared to blend the deer wine.
It was too late last night, and we didn't have time to mix it. We can't delay any longer; the longer it sits, the more easily the deer blood will spoil.
Blending deer wine is actually quite simple.
Generally, deer blood is added to baijiu (Chinese liquor) with an alcohol content of 60° or higher, with the ratio being approximately 20% deer blood and 80% liquor.
Wang Tianxiao did not weigh the exact amount of deer blood, but roughly estimated it to be about seven or eight jin (3.5-4 catties), which, according to the proportions, would be enough to make about forty jin (20 kg) of blood.
The wine he originally received from Zhang Wenyuan was exactly two barrels, each weighing sixty jin. However, after drinking some last night, one of the barrels was not full. He then mixed the wine in both barrels to the same amount and added deer blood to each.
Gently stir with a rolling pin to ensure the wine and deer blood are completely mixed, then seal and store.
This deer blood wine is a 60° strong liquor. The high alcohol content is because it is easy to store and deer blood does not easily spoil. However, when drinking it, the liquor can be blended again to make it 30°.
Deer blood wine needs to be stored at low temperatures, but it tastes better when the container is heated to 50 or 60 degrees Celsius in hot water.
Moreover, when drinking it, you should be careful to drink the top layer, as deer blood and wine do not completely mix, and the deer blood particles will settle at the bottom.
After finishing all that, he sealed the barrel and put it in a corner of the warehouse, planning to deliver it to Zhang Wenyuan when he had some free time another day.
Some experienced hunters believe that deer blood wine must be stored for a week before it can be consumed, but Wang Tianxiao thinks it can actually be used after just one day. This is a liquid, unlike ginseng or deer antler, which require slow soaking.
I had just finished what I was doing when Wu Wenhua called me to dinner.
He went to the kitchen and saw that Wu Wenhua had cooked millet porridge, adding brown sugar and honey especially for Li Yali's, which smelled delicious.
In addition, steamed egg custard is an essential dish.
"Boss, take these to your wife. Lunch will be simple. Whatever you want to eat, I'll make it when I get back this afternoon."
"No need for all that trouble, a simple meal will suffice."
“That won’t work,” Wu Wenhua said with a simple smile. “Boss, you’re young and don’t know. A woman only has a few crucial stages in her life. If you don’t cherish her now, when will you?”
Wang Tianxiao could only express his gratitude again.
Even if Wu Wenhua did nothing but cook for the station, he would still be worth the money.
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