Chapter 66 Game
It was almost noon when we came out of Chaoping Village.
She looked around and found that everything seemed to be prepared in advance. The smell of soup stewing in the pot wafted from far away.
The wife of Du, the village chief of Mantun Village, and two other women grabbed his hands and arms and dragged him to the dinner table.
Liu Qingqing was very satisfied with the lunch served warmly by Village Chief Du.
Mantun is a relatively prosperous place because it is backed by mountains and every household can hunt.
Taoshan Village is also close to the mountains, but the side of Taoshan Village facing the mountain is a branch of Taoshan Mountain. There are not many small animals, and large animals are even harder to see.
If you really want to catch prey, you have to travel through the uninhabited forest and into the deep mountains.
Not to mention the lack of roads, there are so many snakes, insects, rats and ants that it is even more likely to get lost, even if there are marks along the way and you are lucky enough to find your way back.
There are not only ordinary small animals in the deep mountains, and it is hard to say whether people can survive in the deep mountains.
Then there are mountains, forests and lakes, which are all collective assets.
If anyone caught a rabbit or a pheasant, they had to hand it over to the whole village.
Even a family of one may not be able to get on the train.
Hide it and eat it yourself?
If there is meat stewed in the east end of the village, you can smell the smell all the way to the courtyard in the west end.
How could it be hidden?
It’s different here in Mantun. There are many wild animals on the mountain, and wild boars often come down to eat the crops.
Hunting is a dangerous business. Human power is always inferior to wild beasts, so other villages will not take the risk for stuttering.
The village chief and several team leaders would often organize villagers to hunt and set traps in the mountains.
The main purpose of the Mantun people is to dig traps, supplemented by hunting, in order to protect the crops and villagers.
While protecting yourself, you can also have a snack.
This kind of village-wide action, whereby the distribution of meat is based on contribution, also meets the requirements for the distribution of collective property.
Liu Qingqing couldn't help but be tempted, although wild boar meat was not very delicious, it was hard, dry, fishy and smelly.
Some other game is quite delicious, such as hare, pheasant, roe deer, and flying dragon.
I ate roe deer meat once when I was a child. It was lean and fat-free, with tender texture. I heard it was also rich in nutrients.
But later it became a protected species and could no longer be eaten.
Feilong is a hazel grouse, which is most delicious when stewed in soup. This thing is a first-class protected animal and cannot be eaten. In later generations, hazel grouse were farmed, and Liu Qingqing had also eaten them.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s so old or because the game is so delicious, but I always feel that the food I ate before was not as good as the Feilong soup in Mantun.
Liu Qingqing rarely eats too much.
During the meal, both parties tried to get closer, and Liu Qingqing changed her address from Village Chief Du to Uncle Du.
"Uncle Du, since we still have this resource, we can use it. I can purchase both the meat and the skin."
The sheepskin purchasing department is responsible for purchasing, usually some sheepskins at the end of the year. There is no village specializing in hunting in Wuning, so wild animal skins have not been purchased for several days. As for whether they purchase game?
It’s up to her to accept it or not. If the supply and marketing cooperative doesn’t accept it, she will keep it for herself to eat.
We must cherish this beautiful time.
Village Chief Du clapped his hands on his thighs and said: "That's great. We can't guarantee that we will have it all the time. As soon as we catch it, we will notify Purchaser Liu." Meat cannot be stored, especially when it is getting hot.
The two team leaders and Village Chief Du looked at each other and thankfully they had put in all their effort to prepare this meal.
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