Rebirth in 80, starting with hunting in the Greater Khingan Mountains

Really, if Sun Mancang hadn't come out to greet him warmly, Jiang He would have beaten Chun Yu half to death today.

She was fierce before, but not this fierce. She was not fierce at all. She was just becoming more and more unrestrained.

Sun Mancang warmly welcomed the two into the house.

Jiang He was a little surprised when he entered the room.

Under normal circumstances, the home of a bachelor in his seventies would not only be very dirty and messy, but also have a unique bachelor smell.

The smell is very bad, and it comes not only from the dirt and mess, but more from the loneliness.

But Sun Mancang's house was very tidy, even the stove was clean and the bowls in the broken bowl rack were washed clean.

Apart from the smell of dry tobacco smoke, there was no other dirty or strange smell in the room.

"Man, you're quite hardworking. It's rare for an old bachelor like you to be so hardworking!"

Sun Mancang laughed heartily, and his laughter seemed to have a bit of a strange meaning.

"We'll prepare something delicious for you!"

"What kind of food is this?"

"I trapped a few squirrels yesterday. They're so delicious when stewed with sauerkraut!"

Sun Mancang asked the two to take off their shoes and get on the kang to warm up, and then he started to wash the pot and cook.

The skinned squirrel roe is very plump. Chop it into small pieces and blanch it in water, then put it into a large pot and stir-fry. As it stir-fries, a faint pine nut aroma wafts out.

When it’s almost done, add hot water and put the cut and washed sauerkraut into the pot. Immediately, the sour aroma of the sauerkraut will waft out.

Jiang He was even more surprised, because the sauerkraut pickled by Sun Mancang was golden yellow inside except for the hard crust on the outside, and did not look rotten at all.

This is absolutely the best sauerkraut.

Pickling sauerkraut seems simple, all you need is a large jar, cabbage, salt and water.

But there are many details involved. If you are not careful, a layer of white fungi will grow on the pickled cabbage brine. This is called white fungus, which emits a sour and smelly smell.

Moreover, the pickled sauerkraut will not only rot, but also have a strong smell of stinky feet.

This old bachelor lives a pretty exquisite life.

Sun Mancang took out a few pickled eggs and salted duck eggs from the jar, washed them and put them in the pot to cook.

Make a dough of cornmeal and white flour, roll it into a ball and pat it on the edge of the pan to make a big pancake.

This action seems simple, but it is actually not difficult at all. However, if you don't tap it properly, it may easily fly out of the pot or slide directly into the soup. You need to use some skill and strength.

The Squirrel had almost finished stewing the sauerkraut, and he took out two smoked chickens from the back windowsill. The smoked chickens were made from pheasant and were half-frozen.

Put a lid on the pot and put the smoked chicken in to heat it up for a while.

A creaking eight-immortal table is placed on the kang. The salted chicken and duck eggs are taken out, cut in half and placed on a plate. Then there is squirrel stewed with sauerkraut, a large plate of smoked chicken, and the pickled must-have for people in Northeast China. Four dishes are ready.

Sun Mancang's living conditions are quite good, so why would he need a wife?

When Sun Mancang dragged out a box of bottled Beida Cang from under the cabinet, Jiang He was immediately in awe.

Just look at those empty bottles and you will know that they are drinking bottled wine that costs more than one dollar a bottle as their daily drink.

Most people can't even enjoy drinking loose wine that costs only a few cents per pound.

Before eating, Sun Mancang took a basin, boiled some cornmeal in it, added some broth, tore up the smoked chicken breast and threw it into the dog food bowl, then took it out to feed the dog.

Cats eat dry food and dogs eat liquid food. Dogs have strong digestive abilities, and eating too dry food can cause constipation and damage the intestines.

There is meat, eggs, and good wine, and the dog at home has plenty of food to eat. Looking across the country these days, this is definitely a wealthy family.

Jiang He gave a thumbs up sincerely, saying, "What a great guy!"

Jiang He came over and had taken a fancy to the dog from Sun Mancang's family. He wanted to ask if he could buy it so that the brother and sister wouldn't be like the idiot, wandering around in the mountains for most of the day, freezing and unable to find any prey.

But when I saw the old bachelor hugging the bitch and kissing her on the mouth without any hesitation, mentioning buying a dog again would be like stealing someone else's wife.

The revenge for one's father's murder and one's wife's abduction will result in death.

Sit cross-legged on the warm kang, fill the wine glass, light a cigarette, say nothing, and start.

The squirrel meat is tender, chewy and fragrant, the pickled cabbage is sour and delicious, the salted eggs and salted duck egg yolks are oily, and the radish cubes, cabbage cores and scallions are dipped in sauce. It is crisp and refreshing, and can relieve greasiness and help sober up. People in Northeast China love it.

Why not smoked pheasant? Because it's not tasty.

Pheasant meat is tough, with dead tendons and gets stuck in your teeth, but it is delicious when stewed with mushrooms and vermicelli. The bright flavor of the chicken makes it delicious in any stew, but this one is not tasty.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Mancang's nose tip was red. The father and son were arm in arm, one calling "little brother" and the other "older brother". Especially when they talked about hunting, their voices became louder and louder.

When he was excited, Sun Mancang walked very fast and went out to catch a live pheasant. The pheasant was a rooster and looked very beautiful.

Three cigarettes were stuck on the edge of the kang, and two large bowls were filled with wine.

Sun Mancang took a kitchen knife, pushed the pheasant's head back, plucked the feathers on its neck, and cut it with a knife, and the chicken blood spilled into the wine bowl.

Sun Mancang found some yellow paper from somewhere and burned it in front of the three-stick incense, almost setting the kang mat on fire.

An old man and a young boy knelt on the kang and kowtowed three times at the place where paper was burned.

Jiang He staggered over to pick up the red wine bowl and shouted, "Come on, drink this bowl of wine. We are brothers from different fathers and mothers. We don't ask to be born on the same day, but we ask to die on the same day!"

"Good brother, that's straightforward. From now on, you are my brother! My wife is your wife!"

"Big brother is open and honest. There's nothing wrong with you. But my wife... my wife is not. If anyone dares to touch her, I will kill his whole family!"

A large bowl of wine weighs one jin.

When you drink this much, the wine no longer tastes spicy, but rather sweet and delicious.

The spring rain was crunching the pheasant's leg bones beside it, making a cackling sound like the laughter of a crow.

Then Jiang He knew nothing.

Jiang He was a big drinker. In his previous life, he could drink a pound and a half of liquor and countless beers, and he could even have sex in between. He drank so much that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and hemiplegia, and then he was forced to take drugs.

Jiang He woke up groaning, his head felt like it was about to explode. He felt like he was being pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, with a rope around his neck, as if he was being crushed to death and hanged.

When he turned his head, he saw Chunyu sleeping next to him, her long braids draped over his neck and her thick legs pressed against his stomach.

Jiang He pushed away the spring rain and crawled out of the quilt with his head shaking.

Chunyu also woke up, sat up, scratched his head, then picked at his fingernails and found a louse. He squeezed it with his thumb nail and it made a crisp sound.

Chunyu raised his head, looked at Jianghe and said, "What are you looking at? You don't have anything!"

Jiang He really doesn't have much to say. Lice are quite common these days, whether in cities or rural areas.

Especially in the seams of pants, there are lice in clusters, and they are happy to stay in warm places.

Then one day, this little thing suddenly disappeared.

However, Jiang He got into trouble many times later, all of which were caused by the Mao below. It was certain that he had done something bad.

As soon as Jiang He landed, Sun Mancang came in with a gust of cold wind and said with a smile, "Brother, hurry up and have a bowl of pickled cabbage soup to sober up. I've fed Xiaohong and put on the leash. You can take her away in a while!"

"Haha, I'll take your dog away!" Jiang He was stunned.

For the old man Sun Mancang, taking his dog away is like taking his wife away.

If you are not careful, someone might die.