Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

After the konjac was ground, Lin Heng washed his hands and sat down to drink a cup of tea.

After waiting for the konjac and lye water to react, they put it in a pot and boiled it. After boiling, they had to soak it in cold water for a while to soak away the excess lye water.

After lunch, Lin Heng did not go out and helped at home.

He and Xiulan took out the chestnuts picked in the fall, cut a cross with scissors, and roasted them on the fireplace for ten minutes.

After roasting, take it out and pour it into boiling water to soak. When the boiling water is warm, you can peel the chestnuts. The shell becomes soft and the inner membrane expands, and it is easy to peel out the golden chestnut flesh.

But there are three greedy little guys in front of them, and they peel faster than they eat.

"Okay, go play by yourself, and don't eat the rest." Xiulan warned them after seeing them eat some.

Xiaoxia went to play by herself, Luming and Duheng still didn't believe in evil, and stretched out their little claws to take it.

After being beaten, they ran away quickly and couldn't come back.

"Chestnuts are better than hairy chestnuts, and they are also easier to peel." Xiulan said with emotion after peeling the chestnuts.

"Next year, I will graft the hairy chestnut trees in our forest. In two years, there will be more chestnut trees." Lin Heng said while eating chestnuts.

This kind of close-kin grafting has a survival rate of 80 to 90 percent, and it is very simple.

"Sure, there are a few hairy chestnut trees that do not bear chestnuts in Hongfeng Mountain, and there are more on Huangliupo, dozens or even hundreds of hairy chestnut trees." Xiulan nodded, she felt that this was very necessary.

Not only are chestnuts delicious, but they are also not cheap to sell. If they are all grafted into chestnuts, it will also be a harvest.

"I will go to graft them in the spring, and then I will find that there will be a chestnut forest there." Lin Heng said, regardless of whether to sell it or not, it is also very good to eat it at home.

After speaking, he took the iron pot, chopped the legs of the beaten golden chicken and put them in the bottom of the pot, then added chestnuts and yam, and then added a small amount of red dates, astragalus, codonopsis and mushrooms.

Fill the water and simmer slowly on the fireplace.

While the golden chicken was stewing, Lin Heng helped Xiulan prepare eight other dishes.

Originally, they wanted to eat hot pot, but because they wanted to eat chestnut and yam stewed chicken, they gave up and chose to cook.

When they finished the dishes, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. After resting and waiting in the house for a while, Lin's father and mother pushed the door in.

"It smells so good, what is stewed, the whole house is full of fragrance." Lin's father walked into the house and said with a smile.

"Today there is another delicious food." Lin's mother also said with a smile.

"It's chestnut and yam stewed golden chicken." Lin Heng said with a smile. There was no one else today, just their family and parents.

The eldest brother's family went to his father-in-law's house for dinner and couldn't come over.

"I said it smelled so good, it turned out to be stewed golden chicken!" Lin's father was surprised.

The table was already set, and Xiaoxia, Luming, and Du Heng's three children had already sat down in a row waiting for dinner.

Xiulan and the others went to the kitchen to serve the dishes, while Lin Heng took a small white porcelain basin with red peony flowers, which was very classic in this era, and scooped out the whole golden chicken, and scooped out some yam and chestnuts, filling the basin.

The golden soup was slightly oily, and with chestnuts and yam, it looked drooling.

After all the dishes were served, everyone started to eat the golden chicken first, some with soup and some with meat. The chicken was already soft and could be torn apart with chopsticks.

Lin Heng scooped some for each child, and then ate it himself.

The soup looked light, but the fragrance was very rich. The fragrance of the chicken and the flavors of chestnuts, yam and other ingredients blended together, which could be said to be delicious after one bite.

"It is true that three taels of flying birds are worth three pounds of beasts." Father Lin smiled and sighed.

"This mink meat tastes good too." Lin Heng took a bite himself and picked up some for Xiulan.

In addition to these, there are ham and fried bacon and pork belly. Compared with fresh meat, these two are harder to chew, but the taste is more fragrant. They are perfect with a glass of rice wine in this deep winter.

After drinking the wine, the main food in the evening is white flour steamed buns, whether it is used to soak in golden chicken chestnut soup or cut open and sandwiched with some sour beans.

Lin Heng prefers to smear a layer of moldy tofu and chili, plus meat and sour beans, the taste is extremely rich, and he can eat several in one breath.

One day passed like this, and the next day was still cloudy without sun or rain, but the wind was very strong, and there was a whistling sound outside the yard.

Konjac tofu was a complete success. After breakfast, Lin Heng took some for his eldest brother, and carried some to Hongfeng Mountain. Passing by the center of the village, he happened to see many people in the village gathered together to make sweet potato vermicelli.

When he arrived at Hongfeng Mountain and told his father, he took the 50 kilograms of sweet potato flour he had dried this year and went over, naturally preparing to use the machine to press it into sweet potato vermicelli.

Many families work together to make it, and it is easier for people. It is very troublesome to make it by yourself.

When thinking of sweet potato flour, Lin Heng thought of fern root flour. Fern root flour tastes great when mixed with vegetables, but it is too difficult to extract, and few people make it here.

He came to the village where sweet potato flour was made and asked: "Has anyone dug fern roots to make flour this year?"

"No, fern roots produce less flour, it's too troublesome!"

"Yes, digging fern roots is not as good as digging kudzu roots!"

Everyone shook their heads, saying that it was not worth it and they were unwilling to do it.

"Okay!" Lin Heng spread his hands helplessly.

Father Lin looked at him and said: "Son, if you want to make it, we can go dig it. Digging two or three hundred kilograms can make twenty or thirty kilograms of fern root flour."

"Okay, we'll go dig in two days." Lin Heng agreed. The process of making fern root powder is very complicated, but he is willing to work hard for this bite of food. As long as he feels happy, it is meaningful.

When he got home, he told Xiulan about this matter. Xiulan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you."

She didn't think it was troublesome at all. It was a very interesting thing to make delicious food by yourself.

"Okay, let's do it in two days." Lin Heng said happily.

The vermicelli was ready in the afternoon. Lin's father took it all and asked Xiulan to put it in the yard to dry. When it was dried, he would give them some back.

"Son, when are you going to dig fern roots?" Lin's father asked with a smile.

Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "My brother asked me to go hunting in Sanchagou tomorrow, so I have to go in two days."

"Okay, I'll see where there are more fern roots in the next two days so that we can go dig." Lin's father nodded.

In the afternoon, Xiulan made steamed buns for him. The next morning, Lin Heng took the steamed buns, five kilograms of rice, and some sauces and seasonings with his elder brother to go hunting in Sanchagou.

This time he brought a double-barreled shotgun and took Xiongba with him.

The two walked slowly all the way to Sanchagou. When they were almost there, Xiongba noticed movement in the grass by the water and stopped to observe.

Lin Heng looked carefully for a while and found something moving in the wormwood bush. He was not sure whether it was a rabbit or a pheasant.

He held Xiongba down and took out the double-barreled shotgun, loaded a bird bullet, and fired a shot at that position. With a loud bang, the thing in the grass stopped moving.

"Ahhh!!"

Xiongba trotted in and soon caught a fat grey pheasant. Lin Heng grinned and rubbed Xiongba: "You are awesome today. You found something right away."

Pheasants like to hide in bushes and grass. People usually can't find them. This pheasant is very fat and weighs three pounds. It is a big harvest.

"You shot such a big pheasant. Awesome!"

Lin Yue heard the gunshot and rushed over from the other side. He was surprised to see the pheasant Lin Heng was carrying.

Lin Heng grinned and said: "Lucky, it has to be Sanchagou. Let's go up a little and go to the place where we built the shelter before."

There was a natural platform in that place before, close to the stream, which was an ideal location.

"Okay." Lin Yue nodded, and the two walked along the road to that place.

It was dark when they arrived at the place. They spent a long time exploring on the road, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

However, the two were not worried about where to stay at night, because they brought enough plastic film this time, built a simple frame, and surrounded it with film paper, which was very fast to make.

After it was done, they covered it with dry leaves and branches outside, and then made a fire inside. Because the roof was two meters high, they didn't worry that the film paper would burn if they made a fire in the house.

Compared with branches, the heat preservation ability of film paper is obviously better, and it will warm up quickly after the fire is made.

"It's really cold in this mountain, the stream water is frozen." Lin Yue said as he brought in a bag of stream water. This is a soft bucket made of rubber.

"That's for sure. The altitude rise is at least three or four hundred meters, and the temperature must be lower."

Lin Heng put a tripod made of steel bars as thick as a finger on the fire, and then put the iron pot on it to boil water. These are specially made equipment, which can greatly save the time spent camping in the mountains.

After boiling water, they poured some into the kettle, and then used the remaining water to scald the pheasant. After plucking the feathers, the two went to the stream to remove the internal organs, and cleaned them all, preparing to make a chicken offal and pickled cabbage noodles for tomorrow.

"There are no fish in this water. It seems that they have all gone to the deep water." Lin Yue shone a flashlight into the water and sighed.

Lin Heng was already walking back with the pheasant: "It's freezing, let's go back to the house quickly, even if there are fish, I won't catch them."

"Okay!"

Soon the two returned to the shelter. Xiongba didn't go out all the time. He lay on the dry moss by the fire and kept warm leisurely, just like a person.

"Let's not eat the pheasant for now, let's roast the steamed buns." Lin Heng said as he took out the steamed buns and homemade lean meat and mushroom sauce, roasted the steamed buns, cut them open and put the hot sauce in them to eat.

It was already very good to be able to eat such good food in the wild. While eating, Lin Heng threw a roasted one to Xiongba for him to eat.

"Awoo!"

Xiongba put his paw in front of the lean meat and mushroom sauce, as if to say that he wanted to taste it.

"It's spicy, what the hell do you want to eat!" Lin Heng slapped it, and Xiongba ate the steamed bun with a whine, seeming a little aggrieved, and seemed to be cursing.

Lin Heng ignored it and gave it another one after it finished eating. Although Xiongba didn't have meat to eat every day with him, he had meat every two or three days. Usually, his meals were specially made, and there were few leftovers.

After eating, the two hung the pheasant at the door and lay down to rest. They were not afraid of wild beasts attacking them. With two "truths" in their hands, they would not be afraid even if a tiger approached.

After all, with Xiongba there, even a tiger could not get close without being discovered.

The next day, the two got up early to go hunting. Lin Heng hung the pheasant on the tree to prevent it from being eaten by wild animals. He also tried to collect valuable things because there are many people hunting in Sanchagou now, so they can't be as casual as before.

The two kept a distance and explored together to get familiar with the environment here. After all, they haven't been here for more than half a year and don't know the situation yet.

They didn't catch any prey after a morning of exploration, but they had a certain understanding of this place. In the afternoon, Lin Heng put chicken liver on the fish hook and threw it into the swamp to see if he could catch a big catfish.

He brought a lot of fish hooks this time, and set some in the grass where pheasants often appeared on the edge of the swamp, all of which were covered with corn and soybeans.

Hunting in the afternoon was still fruitless. The traces of various prey were not easy to find, and even Xiongba often lost them. Lin Heng passed by the nest of wild honey he found and took a look. He was relieved to see that the bees were alive and well.

He didn't think about harvesting honey. In winter, bees rely on this to survive the winter, and he doesn't lack this little honey now.

"Another day of the air force!" In the evening, Lin Yue sighed while eating sauerkraut and lard rice.

Lin Heng looked up and said, "I think there is still hope. Although there are many people here now, we can still see a lot of fresh footprints and feces, which means that there are still prey in this place, but they are more vigilant."

"That's right. I hope we will have better luck next time." Lin Yue sighed.

The next day, they went to another ditch early to look for prey, but unfortunately they still didn't find any.

When he came back at noon, Lin Heng looked at the fish hooks he had arranged. He couldn't catch any fish in the water, and he couldn't catch any chickens on the shore. He really wanted to sigh to the sky, "Why is the sky like this?"

"Let's get some insects." Lin Heng found a rotten wood, dug out some longhorn beetle larvae, and used these longhorn beetle larvae to put on the fish hooks and re-arrange the fish hook trap.

He didn't believe that there would be no harvest this time.

In the afternoon, they looked for prey again until dark. It was not boring in the woods. It felt good to explore and search all the time.

I thought it was another day of air force, but in the evening they made a new discovery.

"Listen, brother, is this the call of a golden rooster?" Lin Yue said excitedly.

"It is indeed the call of a golden rooster." Lin Heng nodded.

Then the two of them shuttled towards the forest where the golden rooster was calling without saying a word. They must have a harvest today.

Half an hour later, accompanied by a boom of gunfire, they successfully shot two golden roosters.

"Finally, there is a harvest!" Lin Yue said happily.

"Yes, I have been here for two days." Lin Yue nodded. This time the plan is to hunt for three days. If they can't catch anything, they have to go home. After returning to the shelter, the golden rooster was cleaned and hung up with the golden rooster.

In winter, the weather is cold, and the chicken meat will not deteriorate if it is hung for ventilation for ten days or half a month.

The next day, they still got up early to explore. If they didn't find the prey, Lin Heng went to collect the fish hooks at noon.

"Look!"

Lin Heng exclaimed when he walked to the first place to set the fish hook.

"I really got it!" Lin Yue opened his eyes wide and saw a big pheasant lying on the ground. It was not dead yet, but it was breathing less than it was breathing out. (End of this chapter)