Chapter 123 Braised Leopard Meat
Ginseng is a ginseng when it weighs seven ounces, and a treasure when it weighs eight ounces.
Wang Yuanchao knew that in 1981, a wild ginseng weighing 9.2 taels was produced in Northeast China. At that time, this wild ginseng was sold for 2 million yuan, which instantly caused a sensation across the country.
Many local people only realized that the ginseng they used to dig was actually so valuable.
You should know that nowadays, a purchasing station only pays more than 1,000 yuan for a hundred-year-old ginseng. After purchasing it at a low price, the pharmaceutical company then sells it overseas at a high price.
So these days many people only know that wild ginseng is a good thing, but ordinary people at this time actually don’t know the true value of wild ginseng.
Wang Yuanchao is not short of money, so he would not sell such valuable wild ginseng at a low price.
After the reform and opening up, Wang Yuanchao could sell this thing to start a business or keep it as a family heirloom.
Wang Yuanchao could make his choice calmly. Dealing with it cheaply in this era would definitely be the biggest loss.
So after Wang Yuanchao put the hundred-year-old ginseng into the space, he started walking towards home.
Walking all the way to the edge of the mountain, at the foot of his own yard, Wang Yuanchao carefully observed that there was no one nearby.
Wang Yuanchao took out the leopard he had hunted today from the space and put it in the bamboo basket. Then he killed more than a dozen rabbits and five pheasants from the space, took them out and put them in the bamboo basket.
Wang Yuanchao picked up the bamboo basket and walked home.
As soon as he entered the yard, Zhang Yuanyuan ran up to him, hugged Wang Yuanchao tightly, and said with a sob:
"My dear, why are you back so late today?
When my mother and I came back, we didn't see you, and we were scared to death, wuwuwu~"
Wang Yuanchao touched Zhang Yuanyuan's little head and gently advised: "Silly girl, I walked too far into the mountain and didn't pay attention to the time. Am I a little late when I came back?
Let go quickly, there is something in the bamboo basket. Put it in the kitchen first."
Zhang Yuanyuan listened to Wang Yuanchao's words and let him go . Wang Yuanchao then carried a bamboo basket on his back and dumped the hares, pheasants and leopards in the basket onto the kitchen floor. He then said to his mother-in-law who was standing beside him:
"Mother-in-law, we caught a lot of rabbits today. Let's have braised rabbit meat tonight. I'll teach you how to make it."
Widow Du looked at the leopard on the ground, her face pale, and she angrily hit Wang Yuanchao's arm and said:
"Eat, eat, eat. All you know is eating. Where did this Siberian leopard come from?"
Wang Yuanchao knew that Widow Du cared about him, so he said casually:
"I shot this thing in the mountains. It flew towards me.
I killed it with a single blow of my knife, then drained all its internal organs and blood, and took it back."
Widow Du saw that Wang Yuanchao spoke so casually and didn't know the seriousness of the matter. Her worry was evident on her face. She said with a pale face, "Yuanchao, the Siberian leopard eats people. It's very ferocious. Fortunately, you are lucky and nothing happened today. Otherwise, what would we mother and daughter do in the future?
Wuuwuwu~ Yuan Chao, please don’t go into the mountains anymore, okay? I beg you. "
Wang Yuanchao saw Widow Du crying with tears in her eyes. He felt uneasy but didn't dare to speak loudly. He had to pick up Widow Du's face towel and handed it to her, comforting her: "Okay, okay, mother-in-law, we have enough mountain products at home.
Starting today, I will no longer go up the mountain to look for mountain products, okay?"
Widow Du's expression improved a little, and she looked at Wang Yuanchao hesitantly with tears in her eyes and asked:
"Yuan Chao, are you telling the truth? Are you not lying to me?"
Wang Yuanchao was serious this time. The family had already prepared enough supplies for the winter, so Wang Yuanchao did not plan to go into the mountains. He looked at Widow Du affirmatively, nodded, and said:
"Mom, seriously, from today on, I will only pick up some firewood on the edge of the mountain and never go up the mountain again. Can you rest assured?"
Widow Du knew that Wang Yuanchao would do what he promised. They had lived together for so long, and Widow Du still trusted Wang Yuanchao very much. So she finally breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"That's great, Yuan Chao. Our family has lived a very good life because of you. In the entire Red Flag Brigade, I don't know if anyone can live a better life than our family.
My mother and Yuanyuan are both people who cherish blessings. Now they just hope that our family can live a stable life.
I don’t want you to take risks in the mountains, okay?”
Wang Yuanchao liked the feeling of being cared for and felt warm in his heart, so he nodded affirmatively and said, "Well, mother-in-law, don't worry, you two are still at home. I won't take risks easily, don't worry,
By the way, Leopard, can you do it?
How about we make a sample tonight?"
"I only know that the bones of the Northeast Leopard are very precious medicinal materials. The elderly here will boil the bones of the Northeast Leopard into glue, which has the effects of strengthening muscles and bones, unblocking meridians, and relieving pain. It is very effective in treating waist and knee pain.
As for leopard meat, I have never eaten it.
But we can slice the leopard meat and try to braise it to see if it tastes good, how about that? "
"Okay, then how about making a braised rabbit and a pheasant stew?"
"Okay, Yuan Chao, go take a rest, I'll do it."
Wang Yuanchao did not rest, but came to the place where his wine was fermenting and said, "It's okay, mother-in-law, you cook. Let me see the wine I brewed. It has been fermenting for seven days.
The first fermentation should be ready.”
After saying that, Wang Yuanchao opened the lid of a wine jar and saw that the grapes in the jar had sunk into the wine. So he took out a ceramic basin, disinfected it with white wine and boiling water, took out gauze as a filter, fished out the grapes in the jar, and placed them on the gauze to filter.
Then pour the filtered wine into the wine jar, seal it, and let it continue to ferment.
In this way, 500 kilograms of grapes can eventually produce about 350 kilograms of wine, which is sealed in a wine jar and continues to ferment for about 20 days. Then the wine is completely brewed.
At that time, Wang Yuanchao would need to give 50 kilograms to Section Chief Liu, and the remaining 300 kilograms of wine would be enough for Wang Yuanchao and his family of three to drink at every meal during the winter . They would not be able to finish it even during the half-year hibernation.
After Wang Yuanchao sealed the last jar of wine, he completed another task before hibernation, and his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Then he said to the mother and daughter who were cooking, "Mother-in-law, Yuanyuan, tomorrow I will go to the Qingyu River in front of the door and get some river sand to dry. After you finish the autumn harvest, we can fry walnuts, peanuts, and melon seeds for dinner."
"Okay, but we don't have any peanuts or melon seeds at home right now."
"I'll find a way."
(End of this chapter)
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