Chapter 1019

After everyone arrived, they only stayed for more than half an hour before the four dishes were out of the pot.

The first dish, slaughtered pig dish, is actually meat stewed with cabbage, with a lot of meat and very little cabbage.

The second dish, stewed big bones and ribs, stewed a whole big pot.

The third dish, blood sausage, pig liver, and heart meat dipped in garlic paste. Although it is 3 things, they are all placed in one basin, so it counts as one dish.

The fourth dish, and also the last dish, is stewed meat.

That's right, it's stewed meat, the kind of stewed meat without any side dishes.

A whole pig, except for the head and trotters, only the pig lungs, pig heart, pig stomach, and large intestines were left aside because they couldn't be eaten—or more accurately, there were too few to feed these people.

A meal, everyone ate quite satisfied.

You have to know that people in this era generally lack oil and water, and this meal of meat in Wang An's house was in a state of being completely enough to eat, so you can imagine how everyone would eat.

Although everyone ate a lot, meat is quite filling, so the slaughtered pig dish and stewed meat were not even half eaten, and more than half was left.

Only the stewed big bones and blood sausage heart meat were eaten up.

It is very obvious that Liu Guilan miscalculated everyone's appetite; too much meat was stewed!

But to be honest, eating like this is actually not good, because after not eating meat for a long time, suddenly eating so much meat, the gastrointestinal tract of ordinary people can't stand it.

I still remember the first time Wang An went into the mountains and hit a wild pig. Although Wang An's family ate corn flour pancakes, it can be said that this kind of meal was very greasy, but the whole family still had varying degrees of diarrhea.

Fortunately, every family is prepared with medicine for diarrhea, such as Scutellaria, Coptis, and Pueraria, so the problem of diarrhea is not a big deal.

After the meal, Liu Guilan distributed the leftovers, mainly the slaughtered pig dish and stewed meat, to every family, and even Zhao Cuiyun's family was not left out.

It was only then that Wang An understood why Liu Guilan insisted on stewing a whole pig when she knew that everyone couldn't eat it at all.

The main thing is that sending fresh meat to relatives would make people feel embarrassed and still owe human feelings.

But if you distribute leftovers to relatives, it is a very natural thing, which will make people's worries instantly much less.

I have to say, although Liu Guilan is stingy in living, she is absolutely impeccable in being a person and doing things.

One night passed without words, and the sky brightened in a blink of an eye.

After breakfast, Feng Chengmin, Seeing Mu Xueli, Wang An, and Wang Li, four people, each rode a horse and led a horse, and walked into the southwest direction of the big mountains.

The reason for riding one horse and leading one horse is that the back of each horse led by each person was carrying a big sack.

And the things contained in the big sack were the wooden board traps that everyone spent an afternoon making yesterday.

Besides this, everyone brought several jin of salt particles used as bait.

It's just that because the four people were going to set traps to catch sika deer, not to shoot sika deer with guns, so the four people didn't bring dogs on this trip.

On the way, Feng Chengmin suddenly said:

"I tell you, when we arrive at the place, let's not smoke, especially in front of that salt-alkali land, don't smoke even more."

Wang Li asked with a confused face upon hearing this:

"Why is that, Old Uncle? Doesn't the smoke smell disperse as soon as it blows? Can it scare the deer away?"

After Wang Li finished asking, Wang An and Seeing Mu Xueli also looked at Feng Chengmin.

It is very obvious that Wang An and Seeing Mu Xueli were also a bit confused.

Although the deer nose is very powerful, even more powerful than a dog nose, the smoke smell is scattered with the wind.

The main thing is that when Wang An and the three went into the mountains, they were always unscrupulous, smoking when they wanted to smoke, and never once said that hunting was delayed because of smoking.

Moreover, when Wang An learned hunting from Feng Chengmin, the two also smoked when they wanted to smoke. At that time, Feng Chengmin didn't say such things.

So Feng Chengmin suddenly came up with such words, which was truly a bit surprising.

Feng Chengmin rolled his eyes at the three and said:

"It's fine to smoke, but cigarette ash and cigarette butts can't fall in front of that. Can you do it?"

The three were stunned upon hearing this, and then all subconsciously shook their heads, saying very firmly:

"No."

In this era, who doesn't throw away cigarette butts as soon as they smoke outside?

At most, they are afraid of causing a fire, and they will step on it after throwing it.

Collect the cigarette ash and cigarette butts yourself after smoking? Forget it, where to put them? You can't put them in your pocket.

Feng Chengmin rolled his eyes at the three and said:

"If you can't do it, don't talk nonsense. The cigarette butt is thrown there, the smell of tobacco oil is so strong, and the smell won't disperse for many days."

As he spoke, Feng Chengmin took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it, and said to Wang An and the three:

"It's not comfortable riding a horse, you guys smoke your own cigarettes."

After exhaling a puff of smoke, Feng Chengmin continued:

"You guys don't think about it, the sika deer nose is so sharp, and suddenly such a smell comes out, how stupid must the sika deer be to still approach that place?"

Wang An and the three felt that what Feng Chengmin said was very reasonable, so they took out cigarettes and hurriedly lit one for themselves...

Just like that, the four people chatted while walking. Although the speed was not fast, it definitely couldn't be said to be slow.

The mountain road is hard to walk, and the horse can't stand it if it walks too fast.

After walking for a full two hours, the four people finally arrived at the salt-alkali land mentioned by Li Dashan, that is, Li Xiuyu's eldest brother.

Almost all animals, including humans, cannot live without salt.

If domestic mules, horses, cattle, and sheep lick stones or eat soil, it means they have a light mouth and should be fed some salt particles.

And the method for herbivorous animals like deer or roe deer in the mountains to solve the problem of eating salt is to rely on the salt-alkali land in the big mountains.

Normally speaking, as long as the salt in a salt-alkali land can still be licked, deer herds generally will not change places.

So the salt brought by the four people is to deepen the temptation.

Tying the horses to the periphery of the salt-alkali land, Feng Chengmin and Wang An's four people began to stroll around the salt-alkali land.

The reason is none other than that the four people need to confirm the direction from which the deer herd comes, that is, to find the "deer path."

Because deer are similar to rabbits, they generally go and come on one road and will not easily change roads. Perhaps in their view, this is the safest way.

Soon, the four people found a trace of deer stepping on the southwest side of the salt-alkali land.

Having found the "deer path," the next step was much easier, but Wang An still asked Feng Chengmin:

"Old Uncle, what's our plan?"

(End of chapter)