Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

Yesterday’s wild boar was bleached with fire and then placed in a ceramic jar.

They were pickled for a whole day, and Xu Wenyan came to clean them up after dinner.

Wash the palm leaves, drill a hole in them, then pass a long palm leaf through the hole, tie a knot and hang it on the bamboo pole above the stove, and you're done.

This wild boar meat was not easy to come by. The lard refined yesterday has solidified and filled an entire ceramic jar, which is enough to be eaten for one or two months.

With these two pigs, we don’t have to worry about food for the time being.

Chen Sanlin took Xiaohu and Xu Wenyan hunting all day long.

Zhou Jianye actually wanted to go too, after all, there were other chores at home that needed to be done.

Chen Sanlin set up many traps around the forest.

"Brother Chen, why are we carrying so many wooden stakes?" The three of them had hundreds of wooden stakes in their backpacks, and they carried them all the way to the path above the pond.

"Make a trap."

On this road that must be passed to the water source, Chen Sanlin dug a deep pit, and now he needs to insert these cut wooden stakes into it.

Chen Sanlin would tell everyone where the traps were in the forest and mark the areas around them. If a person stepped into a trap like this that was used to catch large animals, they would either die or be crippled.

In order to prevent small animals from triggering the trap, Chen Sanlin laid a lot of branches on the surface so that the trap would not collapse even if a few foxes walked on it.

There are three deep pit traps like this around the stronghold. It’s not that we don’t want to set up more, but it’s really too difficult to dig pits in the mountains.

It took nearly a month just to dig this pit.

There are also upgraded versions of the lasso trap, which are made of kudzu fiber. They are very sturdy and are used to catch small and medium-sized animals. If you are lucky, large animals can also be caught.

When the three of them returned, they saw Zhou Jianye and others gathered in front of the yard.

The yard was filled with all the backpacks in the house.

"Second uncle, what are you doing?"

Zhou Jianye's face looked a little strange, as if he was happy, but also as if he was angry: "Wen Yan is back."

"It's almost autumn, and the vegetables in the fields are ripe. The rabbits are running out like crazy, and the half-red tomatoes and vegetables in the fields have been eaten up." Wang Cuijuan's face was full of heartache.

Everyone knows how difficult it is for them to grow these vegetables along the way.

Xu Wenyan lifted the dustpan on the backpack, and found that there were more than a dozen rabbits in almost every backpack.

Looking at Xu Wenyan, he was also worried: "Xiaohu, go to the creek with your brother Sanlin to clean it up."

Not only the rabbits, but even the scarecrows are useless now. The birds and insects are all coming to eat the vegetables in the fields. Xu Wenyan estimates that he will have to watch over the fields every night for a few days until the rice is ripe.

Thinking of this, Xu Wenyan began to prepare things. This time, none of these spicy rabbits would be able to escape.

"Brother Chen, leave the rabbit head and take out the brain." After Xu Wenyan gave the instructions, he began to make his own magic weapon.

Just use wire to make a noose at the front end of a bamboo pole. When you see rabbits, use the pole to catch them. It doesn't take time to do this and you can make three in a few seconds.

The others took small backpacks and used them to cover the fish when they were close. When a few little ones were chased in the vegetable field, the adults started to catch them.

The rabbits that can survive in the wild, besides being able to reproduce, are also able to run fast. On such a hot day, they ran under the sun for an hour and caught more than 20 rabbits.

These rabbits are fatter than each other, and their bellies are round.

Xu Wenyan sat on the ground, sweat running down his body like a small river: "Aunt, let's pick all the ripe beans and dry them. They won't eat the peppers, so we can keep them."

Xu Wenyan plans to surround the remaining vegetables for cultivation with a fence. This is the dumbest method, but the most effective.

In this hot weather, rabbits are more industrious than bees.

It was said that wild rabbits hide during the day and come out at night.

It took Chen Sanlin half an hour just to process dozens of rabbits. In order to ensure that the fur was not damaged, Xu Wenyan said that he wanted to make a blanket. He couldn't continue to sleep on straw when winter came.

Chen Sanlin remembered everything he said.

There are also these rabbit heads. The reason why it takes so long is because we are cleaning the eyes and brains of the rabbit heads.

In fact, the meat from these two parts is delicious, but Xu Wenyan is very afraid of parasites. This was in ancient times, and there were no antibiotics. Once infected, it was difficult to treat.

After doing all this, you have to scrape off the fat under the rabbit's skin and dry it in the sun.

Xu Wenyan looked at the rabbit heads and his saliva began to flow unconsciously.

"Brother Chen, you are awesome. You washed it so clean."

Children should be praised when they deserve it, otherwise they will no longer be used as tools next time.

Chen Sanlin smiled and continued to work.

The remaining rabbit meat needs to be air-dried, and the specific method is to smoke it over fire. Because salt is really limited, Xu Wenyan does not want to waste it on rabbit meat.

If it is directly air-dried like this, it can be preserved for a long time, but the taste will not be that good.

Put the rabbit head into the pot, pick a few green star anise a few days ago, add chili peppers and salt and simmer in the pot.

Add water in small amounts several times during the process. The longer it is simmered, the more flavorful it will be. The only problem is that it lacks some peppercorns and pickles, otherwise it would be more delicious.

When Xu Wenyan brought the big pot of spicy rabbit head to the pot, everyone else didn't know what to do for a moment.

Looking at the few people gnawing at their work, Xu Wenyan shook his head helplessly. He still had to rely on himself.

"Eat it like this. Watch carefully. First break it open from its mouth, and then break it open from its cheek." The spicy and fresh taste has just entered my mouth, and my mouth starts to secrete saliva.

This is still the Qingshui version of the rabbit head. In his hometown of Sichuan and Chongqing, no rabbit can leave alive!

With Xu Wenyan's demonstration, the others quickly got the hang of it.

"You know what, it's really good. The meat is so chewy, the more you chew it, the more delicious it becomes." Wang Dongmei fell in love with the spicy rabbit head as soon as she tasted it.

Others also praised it.

Everyone was sweating while eating this meal. How comfortable would it be to eat this in winter?

The whole family didn't go to bed early at night. After daybreak, they took torches and walked towards the rabbit holes that had been surveyed today. They all went out at night and placed the traps at the entrance of the holes and in the vegetable garden.

I just went out and I saw a lot of wild rabbits.

It seems that we must increase our efforts tomorrow. If not completely eliminate them, we must at least eliminate half of them.

As for this spicy rabbit head, Xu Wenyan is willing to eat it every day.