SIAS Chapter 49.1

On the last day of the holiday, Yi Qingqing sent the favor she had promised to Li Mengxue and the others, and then she went up the mountain to chop firewood.

The winter in the northeast was very cold, so you had to prepare enough firewood.

Although it was still a long time before winter, the winter in the northeast was long and the summer was short, so it was always a good idea to prepare early.

As it was now, the team only had two or three days off a month, and after that, the firewood for daily use had to be collected by rushing out after work. There was probably not enough time to stockpile firewood.

She also wanted to chop some wood, saw it into short wooden stakes of similar length, and stick them around the vegetable garden in the yard to make a fence. That way, she wouldn’t have to worry about the soil in the ground being washed onto the gravel road when it rains.

At this time, the property had not been distributed to each household. The mountain belonged to everyone and firewood could be cut as much as you wanted.

Yi Qingqing chopped and sawed the wood on the mountain. It took her two or three trips back and forth in the morning to finally prepare all the wood for the vegetable garden.

Then, she began to prepare to stockpile firewood for heating the kang in winter.

This was much simpler. There was no need to carefully select the thickness. Anyway, it would be split when the time came. There was no need to burn such good firewood for cooking on weekdays. Any firewood picked up would do.

This trip was almost done. It was estimated that it was almost noon, so Yi Qingqing carried the backpack to the abandoned hunter’s hut.

“Are you here?” Yun Guyuan was boiling water to scald chicken feathers. When he heard the movement in the bushes, he looked over.

Yi Qingqing looked into the shed and asked, “Where is Gao Beizhu? Is he not with you today?”

She often saw Gao Beizhu following him like a little tail.

“No, he has something to do.” Yun Guyuan said seriously.

Yi Qingqing believed it and asked, “Do you want to make chicken for dinner today?”

“Well, there are the most pheasants in this forest, so they are easier to hunt.” Said Yun Guyuan.

Even though there were many pheasants, they were also very clever. They would disappear without a trace before people found them.

When Yi Qingqing was learning hunting skills, she went around the Daqing Mountain with Master Li countless times during his time.

It was said that there were fewer people at that time, and there were more wild animals in the mountains, but they were not easy to catch at all.

She practiced for many days to follow the trail of her prey, but the prey always managed to escape before her.

Yun Guyuan spoke as if this pheasant was his second-best option, which was really frustrating.

“Do you come here to hunt every day?” Yi Qingqing asked him.

Yun Guyuan nodded and shook his head, “It’s true that I go up the mountain every day, but I don’t hunt every day, otherwise, the prey will go bad if I can’t finish it all at once.”

“Then, I will teach you how to make smoked bacon today. If you can build a wooden shed, you can also build a small shed in your backyard, seal it on all sides, and use it to smoke meat. It can be stored for a long time after being smoked. In addition, it can be preserved by making jerky, but chicken is not suitable for making jerky.”

Yi Qingqing thought for a while and said again, “We will cook half of this chicken for lunch, and I will teach you how to marinate and smoke the other half.”

“Okay.” Yun Guyuan agreed to everything.

It didn’t matter what he did. The important thing was to be with her. (T/N: Okay, okay, I understand! Hah– Man!)

“Some smoked bacon is smoked with cypress branches, some with pine needles, and some with tea tree branches. The flavor of the materials used will remain on the meat, and each has its own flavor.”

“In Daqing Mountain, pine and cypress are the most abundant. You can choose the wood for smoking the meat according to your own ideas.”

“The most important thing is to marinate it. For this meat, first apply salt and marinate it overnight…”

 

 

 

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