Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 86
Didn't have long to wait.

Quack... quack...

Suddenly, there were a few rapid screams in the shallow water.

Immediately afterwards, the geese flocked into a mess, spreading their wings and rushing into the air.

There were a few left in place, and a hoarse and low voice came out of their mouths.Their wings flapped wildly, but they couldn't fly at all, they just circled around the puddle.

"Caught it, really caught it!!" Wang Yanqiang shouted excitedly, and rushed over with a gun in his hand.Fearing that it would be a few steps too late, the geese broke free from the hemp rope and fled.

Wang Manyin was also a little excited, holding a few hemp ropes in his hand, and followed closely.

The two ran to the Dongla River and rushed towards the nearest wild goose respectively.

Several guys struggled even more when they saw the humans approaching.It's a pity that their mouths are stuck and they can only circle around in place.

Without much effort, Wang Manyin and the two grabbed one each.Tie the wings and legs with hemp rope, so that they completely lost the possibility of escaping.

A total of five wild geese were recruited, and the two breathed a sigh of relief after the busy work was over.

Up close, the thing looks almost indistinguishable from a domesticated goose.

Wang Manyin took a special look at the traps set up, and found that the geese were more interested in loach and small fish, and none of them devoured the horse's egg.

This also proves that Wang Yanqiang's thinking is biased... as long as it is bait, he can catch wild geese.

As for the horse eggs he saw catching wild geese, it was more likely because at the end of autumn and early winter, everything was sluggish, the wheat fields were green, and the golden horse eggs were very conspicuous, making them easier for wild geese to see.

But it's a pity.Several wild geese swallowed the needle hooks completely into the crop, and there was no way to get them out. Naturally, it was impossible to feed them, so they had to kill them for meat.

Of course, the five wild geese were not divided by Wang Manyin and his family, but were counted as hunting for the team to earn work points.This is what Wang Lianshun agreed at noon, no matter whether they can catch wild geese or not, they will give half a day's work to them.

In this regard, Wang Manyin has no objection.

Again, don't worry about scarcity but inequality.Even if he catches five wild geese, he can only get the village share.Otherwise, if my family eats meat, it will cause hatred properly.

So far, Lanhua has obeyed his orders.

It is easier to do it in the morning and at noon, and it will improve life only when it gets dark at night.

When the two returned to the village with the geese in hand, it immediately caused a commotion, and adults and children gathered around to watch the excitement.

Everyone was elated and kept talking about how to eat wild geese at night.

Wang Manyin quietly pulled Wang Lianshun aside, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Lianshun, let's kill two wild geese to satisfy our hunger, and save the rest of the meat. When the second team starts working on the silting dam, we can improve the lives of the laborers." eat."

So many people have seen wild geese, and it is impossible not to let them eat them, but they must also consider the coming check dam.

Warping dams are physical work that needs to be carried on shoulders and hands. If nutrition cannot be ensured, there is no motivation to do the work.

Especially now that it is the time when spring and yellow are not harvested, many people have begun to go into the mountains to dig wild vegetables.

Guanzi Village is better, because both production teams have some water to irrigate due to the Dongla River.Therefore, there is more food that can be distributed. Basically, every family has some rations, and with the help of digging wild vegetables, it can barely support the wheat harvest.

In Shichuan Village opposite the mountain, many families have already stopped, and the men took their mothers, aunts and children out to beg for food.

It's not just Shichuan Village... On the Shige Festival side, almost half of the village's suffering people are like this, even some production team captains.

In order to make it easier for members to go out and beg for food, some brigades even issue certificates.

"It's fine, but now it's not like winter. I'm afraid wild goose meat can't be preserved for too long... I don't know when the silt dam will be activated because of Director Zhao's interference, so don't make it stink." Wang Lianshun said worriedly.

"It's okay, we can make air-dried geese, and it will be fine for several months." Wang Manyin briefly introduced how to dry geese.

He has seen air-dried chicken made in a certain place in later generations, and the process is not complicated.

It is to kill the chicken, pickle it with salt, and put it in a ventilated place to dry.However, the efficiency of this traditional method is too slow, and it takes two to 30 days to complete.

Wang Manyin plans to choose another quick way... pickle and put it in the sun to dry.If the weather is good, it can be finished in two or three days, but the taste is worse.

In fact, the weather is suitable for drying wild geese. Although the temperature is close to zero at night, it can reach more than 10 degrees at noon during the day.

Listening to Wang Manyin's eloquence, Wang Lianshun naturally agreed.

In fact, these days, he is also thinking about how to arrange meals for the laborers.He even came up with a bold idea, and didn't dare to discuss it with others for the time being.

After the discussion, Wang Lianshun immediately announced that he would eat two wild geese in the evening and save the rest to improve the food for the laborers when they waited for the check dam.

Although many people were a little disappointed, they didn't say anything after all that they could have a meal of meat at night.

More than a dozen men worked together, and within a short time they cleaned up the five geese.

The cook is still in charge of "Slant-eyed" Wang Shouchang. The wild goose meat chopped into small pieces is put in a large pot and stewed with water, and then add green onion, ginger, pepper... The method is simple and rude.

There is no way, because there is a lack of cooking oil and various seasonings, Wang Shouchang can't use it no matter how powerful he is.

Of course, the villagers don't care about the taste either.It is good to have meat these days.

When the stewed potatoes with wild goose meat are ready, there will be a flat bowl for each family as usual.

Two wild geese cleaned up, can produce at most ten catties of meat.There are more than 50 households in the second team, counting the educated youths who joined the team, there are three hundred people, and it is not bad for one person to taste two pieces of meat.

Even so, many members of the first team were envious.

It is said that from winter to now, the second team has divided the meat several times.

Wang Manyin returned with a bowl in one hand and three wild geese in the other.

No one else in the village knew how to be a seasoned geese, so the important task naturally fell on him again.

It's not in vain... Wang Lianshun made it very clear that pickling several wild geese would count as a full day's work for him.As for the amount of salt used, it will be recorded in the account of the production team, and will be calculated together when the dividend is distributed at the end of the year.

Regarding this result, Wang Manyin had nothing to say.

Work points, work points, the lifeblood of members.

Of course, working for the production team cannot be done in vain.Some people go to the commune to hold meetings for half a day, and they are counted as work points, and some people can get "subsidized work points" if they don't work.Of course you should be paid for your labor.

Wang Lianshun is fairly honest, trying to be fair in evaluating work points.Some powerful production team leaders tried every means to find reasons to give their relatives extra points, and some even sent members of the team to work for their own families.

This is also the reason why many production captains change every year.

There was also a catchphrase in the commune next door: "The captain wanted to marry a daughter, so he sent two carpenters and a set of furniture to make a set of furniture. The commune members put forward their opinions and greeted them with a smile on their faces. If they found trouble afterwards, they would deduct ten points from their work. house, the team is looking for helpers, the whole family lives in a new house, and there is no division of labor..."

After dinner, while Lanhua was cleaning the dishes, Wang Manyin was busy.

He has never made air-dried meat, it is purely a mouthful, and he only knows the specific steps and precautions.

But after receiving the task, roll up your sleeves and do it.

Just try to keep the meat dry when marinating, otherwise it will easily deteriorate.As for stuffing with chopped green onion and sliced ​​ginger, he doesn't know how much to measure, so he can only follow his feeling.Then sprinkle with salt and marinate for two days, then put it in the sun.

After working for an hour, Wang Manyin's hands were sore, and he finally finished the three geese.

Then in order to prevent rats, he deliberately put it in a water tank for preservation.

With rhubarb, Wang Manyin's house mice are almost extinct.But there are no absolutes, and occasionally one or two will come from other places...

But most of them can't live for too long, and they are often killed by rhubarb without even digging a hole.

(End of this chapter)