When the huge mountain muntjac and two pheasants were placed on the ground, everyone in the Li family watched closely with excitement.
"Er baby! Did you hit this?" Chen Xianglan looked excited and asked in disbelief.
Li Shimei on the side also pointed at the mountain muntjac excitedly and said: "Erguo, what is this? When should we eat it?"
Although Li Shimei has never seen mountain muntjac, she can't wait to eat it.
Li Shiqiang looked at the excited family and felt very happy in his heart.
He nodded and replied: "We fought these together in the mountains."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Chen Xianglan nodded with a smile on her face, and quickly ordered: "Quick, take it to the kitchen. This mountain muntjac must be skinned quickly and the meat processed."
The whole family, except for a few small ones, all started moving together.
The old man Li Nongchang was sharpening his knife in the yard, while my mother and eldest sister were boiling water in the kitchen, which also lit a kerosene lamp, while the youngest and youngest were watching the mountain muntjacs and pheasants.
Li Shiqiang and the three of them were sitting in the main room, watching the busy work with peace of mind.
But before long, brother-in-law Tong Shunqiang couldn't sit still and went to the kitchen to help.
"Er baby! When will we go next time?"
Xu Sheng looked expectant and was already thinking about the next time he would go into the mountains.
Li Shiqiang thought for a while but did not answer. Instead, he asked: "When will you get down next time?"
Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment and said angrily: "You old man is the captain of the sideline team and the leader of the platoon. Why do you ask me?"
Their Jinsha brigade has three production teams and a sideline team, and the old man Li Nongchang is the captain of the sideline team.
Li Shiqiang walked to the door and asked Li Nongchang who was sharpening his knife in the yard: "Old man, when are you going to the lower row again?"
Li Nongchang raised his head and looked at the sky, thought for a moment and said, "We've almost cut enough bamboo, and we can put it down the day after tomorrow."
Li Shiqiang turned back to Xu Sheng and said, "Then let's wait until the lower row comes back!"
Xu Sheng asked casually: "Are you going to go to the platoon the day after tomorrow?"
"Go, of course you go!"
Li Shiqiang also has some medicinal herbs that he plans to sell, so of course he has to follow them.
After hearing this, Xu Sheng asked in disbelief: "Are you really going to follow your old man down the platoon in the future? You are so good at shooting, why are you still in the platoon?"
In Xu Sheng's view, Li Shiqiang could kill a mountain muntjac with two shots and a pheasant with one shot. Wouldn't it be better to go to the mountains every day if he had this ability?
When Li Shiqiang heard what Xu Sheng said, he knew that he was a little addicted, and he quickly persuaded him: "Don't think that hunting is so easy. An old hunter from the second team died in the mountains some time ago. Do you know?"
"Even an old hunter like that will die in the mountains. Do you still think hunting is easy?"
The story about the old hunter from the second team was widely spread in the village, and Xu Sheng had naturally heard of it.
Thinking of this, his hunting heart finally cooled down a bit.
Seeing this, Li Shiqiang was still a little worried and said: "If you want to hunt, come to me. Don't sneak into the mountains alone."
"Do you think I'm stupid? I went there secretly alone!"
Xu Sheng rolled his eyes at him angrily, came to Li Shimei and Li Shijun and began to brag: "Did you see, I shot this pheasant. With one shot, this pheasant couldn't fly."
Li Shimei raised his head, pointed at the mountain muntjac and asked, "Who shot this?"
"It was your second brother who beat me."
"That's still my second pot who is the most powerful! You hit so small, my second pot hit so big!" Li Shimei opened her hands vigorously and gestured, and said very proudly.
"That's it! That's it!"
Li Shijun also nodded his head.
"Bring the things to the kitchen!"
Listening to his mother's voice coming from the kitchen, Li Shiqiang and Xu Sheng moved the things into the kitchen.
"Go, go, why are you two following me in?"
After Chen Xianglan drove away the two little guys who came in to join in the fun, she looked at the mountain muntjac on the ground and said, "How do I kill this? How do I peel off the skin? I have killed chickens and ducks, but I have never killed this thing!"
Li Nongchang, who took the sharpened knife into the kitchen, nodded in embarrassment and said: "The skin of this mountain muntjac is expensive, and it will be useless if it is not peeled properly."
"Mom, I'll do this, and you go get those two pheasants."
Li Shiqiang took the knife, hung up the mountain muntjac first, and then began to skin it skillfully.
This mountain suede leather can be made into fine leather, which is indeed a bit expensive.
Fortunately, Li Shiqiang's second shot at the mountain muntjac hit the head, and the first shot only hit the body with very little iron sand.
The peeled mountain muntjac is of good quality.
After peeling off the skin, they began to disembowel and take out all the internal organs.
Wash the heart, liver, and lungs, boil them, and eat them. The intestines and stomach are much more troublesome.
Li Shiqiang turned around and asked while cleaning up: "Are you going to eat these offal? If so, take them back."
After hunting, it’s natural to start dividing things up.
"don't want!"
Xu Sheng glanced at it with disgust, then said directly: "I'll just take the pheasant I shot! I shot it for my sister, not them, why did I bring so many back?"
Li Shiqiang was stunned for a moment, then gave him two more wild eggs: "Then go back quickly and get meat for your sister."
"OK!"
Xu Sheng was about to go back with his things, but was stopped by Chen Xianglan.
"What are you going back for! Bring your sister over and eat with us! Will your sister-in-law get it for you? She might not even be able to put a drop of oil in it for you."
After listening to Chen Xianglan's words, Xu Sheng also reacted, nodded quickly and said, "I'll go back and call her now."
But before he could take a step, he was stopped again.
"Wait!"
Li Shiqiang took the knife, neatly cut off a hind leg and handed it over: "By the way, take this and the gun you used today to my third uncle's house."
"If there's anything else, let's finish it in a minute."
"No, hurry up and get out!"
After Xu Sheng left, Li Shiqiang cut off another hind leg and said to Tong Shunqiang in the kitchen: "Brother-in-law, do you think this is enough for your mother to eat?"
"That's enough! That's enough!"
"She lives alone, these are enough for her." Brother-in-law Tong Shunqiang nodded with a smile on his face and responded quickly.
After removing the internal organs and fur, a mountain muntjac weighing more than fifty kilograms actually weighs just over thirty kilograms.
After removing the two big hind legs, he only weighed about twenty pounds.
You won't be able to finish all this meat in one meal.
After Li Shiqiang cut some meat for dinner tonight, he cut the rest into strips and hung them up with some salt.
After he finished, he found that there was not much salt left in the house.
It seems that I will have to buy some salt back the day after tomorrow.
After thinking about it in his mind, he looked at the fourth child Li Shimei and the youngest Li Shijun standing at the door eagerly.
Li Shiqiang smiled and took out two wild eggs: "Sister, boil two eggs first for these two little guys."
"No, Erguo!"
Li Shimei shook her head, touched her belly and said, "I want to keep my belly to eat meat."
Li Shijun next to him also nodded vigorously and said: "I want to eat meat!"
