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

Jiang Hai roared, and the whole village suddenly became noisy. Every family was checking to see if their children were at home.

Those whose children are at home are relieved, while those who are not at home are all nervous.

Jiang He and his men, along with several young and old women, ran towards a river as if their lives depended on it.

In this cold winter, if you fall into the river, you will definitely die.

Fortunately, there was a river not far away, and it was there after crossing the land in the south.

After passing through the tree path, you will reach the edge of the small river. The shallow part of the river is above the ankles, but the slow-flowing part is more than three meters deep.

Following the footprints to the river, Jiang He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw buckets, scoop nets, clamps, chicken offal and other things placed by the river.

These things are very professional and definitely not something a village kid can tinker with.

The women, both young and old, who hadn't found their children, also breathed a sigh of relief.

After walking downstream along the ice for less than a few dozen meters, I found a rapid current here. Steam was coming out of the water surface. Even though the temperature was forty or fifty degrees below zero, there was still an area that was not frozen.

A man had most of his body submerged in the water, his hands tightly grasping a willow branch hanging from the riverbank. He had lost consciousness, but was still holding on to the branch tightly.

Fortunately, this person was lucky, otherwise he would have been washed under the ice by the water and the ball would have been completely lost.

If you fall into the water in winter and no one rescues you, you will become numb and sink to the bottom in a few minutes due to the cold.

The cotton-padded jacket and trousers were soaked with water, and the person who fell into the water was numb from the cold and could not use any strength, so one or two people could not pull him away.

Jiang He lay on the ice, moved over little by little, put a rope around the other person's waist, then stepped back and asked everyone to pull together.

There is strength in numbers, and more women make the work easier. With a few shouts of "hey yo, hey yo", they pulled the person up.

The man was already unconscious, lying on the ice motionless, with only weak breathing.

Jiang He quickly went up and stripped him of all his clothes. At this time, he would rather be naked than wear wet cotton clothes, otherwise he would be frozen before he got home.

However, after stripping off the man's clothes, Jiang He exclaimed, and actually recognized him. It was Zheng Mingshi, the acting director of the timber yard, who was about to be promoted to the official director.

In his previous life, he went to the river to fish and was washed away. That was in 82.

In this life, he fell into the water before even reaching the age of 80.

"This guy is so white!"

Chunyu's words made Jianghe stunned, and then he looked at Chunyu touching Zheng Mingshi's body in a sly manner, even touching the key parts.

Jiang He glared at her and asked, "Don't you like women? Why do you touch men too?"

Besides, it has been frozen for such a long time that it has shrunk to the size of a bean. What is there to touch?

Jiang He and Liu Er took off their cotton jackets, covered Zheng Mingshi with them, and then dragged him back. If they got back in time, they might still be able to save him.

A large group of people rushed back to the village. The women who had just helped hurried home. Then, the whole village was filled with the sound of children crying.

Jiang Hai followed Jiang He and whispered, "Brother, brother, I brought back the bucket and everything. There are fish, toads, and two big water rats!"

Jiang He turned his head and saw Jiang Hai smiling ingratiatingly.

He knew he couldn't escape the beating today, so he wanted to please his elder brother and ask him to say a few good words for him.

Jiang He snorted and sneered twice, how could his brother disturb your complete childhood!

Jiang He came in and threw Zheng Mingshi onto the kang, covered him with a big quilt, and then heated the kang again.

To deal with this kind of hypothermia, you need to keep him warm, then raise his temperature, and at the same time give him more ginger soup.

The rest is up to fate.

Seeing Zheng Mingshi groaning under the quilt, and sweat on his forehead after drinking two bowls of ginger soup, Jiang He felt a little relieved, thinking that he would not die in his own home.

The captured live deer was kept in the pigsty, and the venison was cleaned and stewed in a pot.

Looking at the big bucket, each toad is as big as a child's fist, with a bulging belly, and each one is a fat mother holding her cubs.

There are also dozens of fish, about half a foot long, with big mouths and whiskers, black backs and yellow bellies, and a sharp thorn on the back. They are called gayazi, which taste delicious, but if not cooked well, they will have a strong earthy smell.

There are also two large rats about a foot long. These are not rats, but water rats, a bit like otters. Their fur is extremely valuable, second only to the sable, which is known for its great fur.

Jiang He was cleaning the fish when Jiang Hai screamed miserably.

Only then did my mother remember that the kid was actually playing in the water in the middle of winter. It would be strange if he didn't get beaten.

Miao Xiaoyu came, and Jiang Hai found his savior. He hugged Miao Xiaoyu's thighs and shouted to his sister-in-law for help.

Li Shuqin glared at her, and Miao Xiaoyu pretended not to see anything and quickly went into the house to clean up the fish.

For children these days, it’s enough as long as they are not thirsty or hungry. There is no such thing as spoiling or pampering them.

Being beaten was commonplace. How could you dare to run when you were being beaten? The more you ran, the harder you were beaten. I would break your legs and see where you could run.

Jiang He saw that it was almost time and called out, "Xiao Hai, go call your mother Chen and your sister Xiao Qing to come home for dinner!"

Jiang Hai ran out, shouting as he ran: "Brother, I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains."

"You little bastard, did he scold me?" Jiang He said angrily.

Liu Er laughed heartily: "This kid will definitely be a great man when he grows up!"

Jiang He was in a daze. Yes, my little brother is very capable. In the words of later generations, he has a very high emotional intelligence. But in his previous life, he ended up like that. It shouldn't have happened.

Jiang Hechang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Miao Xiaoyu, who was beside him and looked at him with a bit of shyness, and then looked at Jiang Xiaomei, who was helping to light the fire obediently.

Then he looked at his mother who was busy cooking, and his father Jiang Dashan who was smoking a cigarette with a smile on his face.

It’s different now. My whole life will be different.

Jiang He's mood suddenly became particularly good. I will cook something delicious today.

Toad and gizzard clams are a perfect match because they are ready for cooking at about the same time and are both suitable for stewing in sauce.

You need to put more oil in the pot. Remember, no matter what kind of game it is, it will not taste good if you don’t put enough oil.

Then put some pork belly into the pot and stir-fry to produce meat oil, then add onion, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, star anise and dried chilies and stir-fry until fragrant.

Now comes the most important step. Put two large spoons of homemade farm-made soybean paste into the pot and continue to stir-fry until the aroma of the cooked paste comes out. Then pour a pot of boiling water into it.

With a whoosh, a strong aroma of sauce wafted into the air.

This sauce is very important. In the rural areas of Northeast China, if you want to know whether the women in this family are diligent and capable of managing the household, you will know after tasting a bite of their sauce.

If you are diligent, the sauce will ferment well, and if you make the foam frequently, the sauce will be salty, fragrant and fresh.

If you meet a lazy woman, the sauce she makes will have a strong smell of stinky feet.

If it rains in the summer, maggots will grow in the sauce, and there will be maggot tracks on the surface of the sauce.

But, it’s hard to say.

Because some people like to eat that stinky soybean paste.

Some people like the maggot sprouts in the sauce. They are crunchy and bursting with juice when you bite them, and are also high in protein. They are very proud of this taste.

After the soup base is ready, add the toad and croaker, and a handful of vermicelli. That’s it. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, then simmer over high heat until the sauce thickens.

When the soup is almost dry and becomes sticky, you can remove it from the heat.

In the big pot, the toad was stewed tightly and covered with brown oil.

There were some tears in the skin of the gayazi, revealing the snow-white garlic-shaped fish meat.

Especially the vermicelli, which absorbed the soup, turned into a dark red color, and emitted little sizzling oil bubbles.

The special aroma of toad and fish, two kinds of river seafood, mixed together, plus plenty of oil and water, is so fragrant that it hits your head as soon as you smell it.