After all, the place they chose was not far from the official road.
The Wen family had a rich meal of meat today. Large pieces of meat were stewing on the stove, and there were five fires set up on the side, roasting the meat continuously.
Judging from their posture, they are going to roast all the meat and take it away.
Come to think of it, the weather is getting hotter, and fresh meat will definitely not be able to be preserved for long.
The cost of salting meat was too high, and people fleeing famine did not deserve to have large amounts of salted meat.
The old lady was still cooking meat in another stew pot. Looking at the big pot full of meat, it was obviously not what she would eat tonight.
"Grandma, the aroma of our meat is too strong. What if it attracts unnecessary people?"
The old lady sighed.
"We've thought about the trouble we might get into, but we can't take all this meat away fresh. If we don't dry it today, it will be even more troublesome when we get out later because there are too many people on the road."
Indeed, choosing the lesser of two evils, it is indeed better to work overtime to make jerky today.
"We have to work overtime today. Are you planning to make some dried meat? I remember there's a big iron plate in that sack. I'll take it there later."
The old lady smiled knowingly.
"Then hurry up and get it. Everyone's eating meat with their hands today, and they have to keep an eye on it while they eat. We have a lot of meat at home, so I'm afraid it'll take us all night to cook even if we change shifts today."
Having too much meat also brings troubles.
But the Wen family is willing to have more of such troubles.
Although eating only meat is not very healthy, Xiushui accepted it easily as it was a good meal to have while fleeing from famine.
Today, all the Wen family members, from the oldest to the youngest, were holding a large piece of meaty bone and a handful of barbecued meat.
He took a bite on the left, a bite on the right, and ate with a slurp of oil in his mouth.
Just the bones with the meat removed today are enough for the whole family to eat today and tomorrow.
All other meats are turned into jerky.
Xiushui fished out a piece of sheep skull. Although it was a bit hard to chew, it was delicious, especially when you cracked the outer layer and sucked in the brain marrow inside, it was so satisfying.
"Hey, it would be perfect with some chili sauce."
The old lady gave her a sidelong glance. "It's delicious just by smearing some salt on it."
I used to think that other people were just bragging about high-end cooking methods for some food, but the simplest methods were just nonsense.
Now it seems that this is the experience summarized by countless people."
After saying that, she tore off another piece of pork bone. The more you chew it, the more delicious it becomes.
No wonder dogs love to chew bones, they really are delicious.
"By the way, don't throw away the bones you've chewed, and don't make them dirty. Throw them in this basket. Gou Wa Zi will come to collect them later."
"What are you going to do with these chewed bones? Brother Gouwa's family is poor, so are you going to recycle the bones to make soup?"
After Xiushui asked, she saw the old lady sigh.
"Yes, that's what Gou Wa's grandmother said.
She saw that everyone had caught a lot, so she thought no one would want the bones, so she let us keep them.
After drying, grind the ones that can be ground into powder, and take the ones that can’t be ground into powder. You can use them to make soup later.”
Xiushui's eyes widened. "This...did their family not gain anything this time?"
"Yes, Gou Wa and his grandfather worked together with others and also got about 20 kilograms of meat.
But they have very little food at home. After drying these bones, we can use them to make soup on the road ahead, add some wild vegetables, and it will be no worse than eating bran!"
There are poor families in every era, and Gou Wa’s family is a typical poor family.
Gou Wa's mother was in poor health and had to take medicine after giving birth to the youngest.
In order to make a living, Gou Wa's father fell while carrying a tree on a snowy day and died after staying at home for a month.
Gou Wa's mother couldn't bear the blow and didn't want to implicate her family, so she hanged herself on the day Gou Wa's father passed away.
The two old people were left with three children, and they survived every year by relying on handouts from the villagers and picking wild vegetables.
After finishing this simple yet luxurious all-meat meal, the whole family continued to divide the work of making dried meat.
The meat jerky needs to be cut into strips and cooked first. Steaming is actually the best method, but there are not many such conditions in the wild. Just cook it and then spread it out on the stone slab to dry.
Xiushui looked around the mall and found a large iron plate used for making guokui, so she simply changed to that one.
After fleeing famine for a few days, the Wen family got used to Xiushui's surprise when they kept their property.
From time to time, she would take out some strange things, and the kids would automatically say that she picked them up without her having to explain.
For example, the flying tiger claws, iron cages, iron hooks, etc. today were all proudly told to the adults by the children, saying that it was all thanks to Sister Xiushui.
For this reason, the adults could only sigh that Xiushui was a girl with great energy.
After sighing, they were all filled with a strong sense of glory and dejection.
After everyone knew about this, they would warn the kids not to show off to outsiders.
The kids shook their heads firmly: They wouldn’t tell anyone, because if they did they wouldn’t get any snacks.
After the men brought back the firewood, they killed the animals, skinned them, and took the meat. Li and a few other strong men kneaded the skins together, and soon they set them on fire to dry.
Several half-grown boys and girls from Xiushui were responsible for cutting and spreading the meat, while the youngest ones were responsible for each taking care of a piece of meat.
From the old to the young, no one is idle.
When we were halfway through cutting, Gou Wa came to collect the bones.
Looking at the fourteen-year-old boy, Xiushui is two years younger than him, but they are almost the same height.
The skinny and deformed hunched back shows at first glance that he has pigeon breasts caused by severe malnutrition.
His situation is quite common among poorer families, the only difference is the degree.
Their family was considered to be the first to eat early, as many families were greedy for more meat and did not come out of the woods until it was completely dark.
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