Chapter 115 The Dog I Miss
“Dad, brother! I want to eat bear paws. I heard from Sun Wenyu in our class that bear paws are delicious!!”

Recently, the food costs of the Yue family have increased visibly. At the very least, they have two bowls of noodles, and they can eat meat almost every meal. So the youngest sister Jingjing has gained confidence in the class, and her complexion has become rosy.

Ordinary wild boar meat can no longer satisfy the taste buds of Jingjing, the little greedy cat. When she heard about bear paws, the little girl’s eyes immediately lit up.

Yue Feng looked at his little sister with some doting, and said without hesitation: “Eat! The bear is ours, we brought it back to eat! Keep the two front paws and send them to the canteen to sell them, and put the two back paws in the pot tonight!”

“Oh! That’s great. We’ll have bear paws tonight!” Jingjing jumped up happily when she heard her second brother agreed.

Seeing his sister so excited, Yue Feng added: “But don’t be too confident. This bear paw can’t be made in a short time. It needs to be dehaired and peeled. It’s hard to cook it today. Stew it after dinner and eat it tomorrow!”

“That’s fine, we can eat it tomorrow!”

Although Jingjing was a little confused, she could understand the concept of stewing bear paws for a long time. She just had to let the bear eat it.

It is easier to get things done when there are more people. Yue Feng went home and made a report, and soon everyone got busy.

The sled was unloaded from the truck, and the wild boar was buried in the snow pile in the center of the yard. Of the four bear paws, Yue Feng put two hind paws in the pot, and the remaining two front paws will be sent to the second canteen together with the wild boar to be sold tomorrow afternoon.

After unloading the car, Yue Feng called several team members together again.

Yue Feng pointed at the second largest sow among the six pigs and said, “Among these pigs, Xiaonian and Junqiang also have a share of intelligence dividends! What do you think is the appropriate way to divide it among them? Otherwise, give this sow to them?”

“After cleaning up the sow’s offal, shouldn’t there still be 170 to 180 kilograms of empty body? They just gave me some information. I don’t think one share is worth that much!”

Xiao Tao is a rather mixed up guy. After hearing about Yue Feng’s plan, he was the first to express his opinion that he shouldn’t give so much.

“What about Xiaowen? What do you think?” Yue Feng nodded and asked Xiaowen.
Xiaowen frowned slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, “Since we have hunted down the prey, we must share the information we promised to them.

There are four of us, five groups, plus one group for guns and one group for intelligence, a total of seven groups. There are three big pigs, weighing a total of about 950 kilograms, and three small pigs weighing about kilograms, with a total gross weight of about kilograms!

Calculated this way, one share is equivalent to 135 kilograms of live pig! If given to this sow, it is indeed a bit too much!

I personally think that if you have to give it to a sow, you can just remove its hind legs and drain its internal organs, and the weight will be about the same!”

At this time, Xiaowu, who had been silent, said, “Let me tell you, it would be better to give them this cannon egg!
This thing may not be sold at a high price, but it has a lot of meat! Maybe Xiaonian and his friends will be happier if they get some!
We can sell sow meat, so neither side suffers a loss and everyone is happy!!”

It’s true that Xiaowu’s proposal is more attractive, but Yuefeng knows Xiaonian’s temperament. If you let him choose, he might choose this way, but if you choose for him, he will be more likely to have trouble. Yuefeng’s hunting team is cooperating with outsiders for the first time, and he doesn’t want to be criticized.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng nodded: “Xiao Tao, go to Xiao Nian’s house and call him and Jun Qiang over! Since we are going to do it, let’s do it openly!”

“Okay, I’ll go right away!” Xiao Tao responded, turned around and walked out of the yard, heading straight for Xiaonian’s house on the front street.

In less than ten minutes, Xiaonian and Junqiang followed Xiaotao to Yue Feng’s house.

As soon as they entered the yard, the two brothers showed joy on their faces. The six wild boars on the ground were lined up in a row. Even the five sets of pig offal they brought back were frozen stiff and placed on the snow.

“It has to be Brother Feng. You guys killed so many pigs this time! That’s awesome!” Xiaonian complimented with a smile.

Yue Feng raised his lips and nodded: “There are six pigs, some big and some small, some male and some female. I promised to give you a share. I want you to come and see today’s harvest, and then take your share back!”

“How embarrassing. You are the leader, so just decide the division!” Xiaonian scratched his head, glanced at the wild boar corpse on the ground, and said hypocritically.

Yue Feng said seriously while counting on his fingers: “There are seven shares in total, you and Junqiang will share one share!
Based on weight alone, these six pigs are estimated to have a gross weight of about 950 kilograms, and each pig has 135 kilograms of gross weight.

However, sow meat is more expensive than sow eggs. Sow eggs weigh a little over 60 kilograms, and according to the market price, they are less than 80 yuan, which is equivalent to a little over kilograms of sow meat.

In terms of value conversion, this egg can be converted into 100 kilograms of live sow.

This means the total sow gross weight is 850 pounds, with one share weighing 120 pounds.

After all, you two brothers are from the same family, so you guys can choose first. Once you’ve chosen, we’ll divide it up later!”

When Junqiang learned that he could get more than 100 kilograms of pork by giving some information, he was immediately delighted and kept looking at his cousin, meaning that he should not hesitate and make his choice quickly.

But Xiaonian, after looking him up and down, was a little undecided.

Yue Feng told him that the price of cannon roe meat was cheaper, and Xiaonian understood the hidden meaning, but he didn’t want this cannon roe.

If you want sow meat, you will get much less because according to the price of sow meat, one pound is almost equivalent to more than two pounds, which is a bit of a loss.

“Brother Xiaonian!” Seeing that Xiaonian was slow to speak, the simple-minded Junqiang couldn’t hold back and shouted in a deep voice.

“Otherwise, let’s split the money between the two of us brothers after we sell them. What do you think, Brother Feng?” Xiaonian said with a turn of his eyes.

Sharing the pork is indeed cost-effective, but these days it also costs money to turn pork into money. After all the calculations, the two brothers can share sixty or seventy yuan in cash, which is not a small amount. With this money, they can do a lot of things.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: “The cost of dividing the money is too high, it’s not cost-effective for you! If you take into account the sales, it won’t be seven shares, it will be at least nine shares! Let’s just divide the meat!”

“That’s fine! Then give this cannon egg to both of us!”

Xiaonian didn’t expect Yue Feng to be so clear-headed and not willing to take any loss. When he failed to get the money, he could only settle for the next best thing, which was the wild boar with eggs weighing more than 200 kilograms. “Okay, in addition to the pig’s stomach, pick another pair of offal to take away!” Yue Feng waved his hand, and it was considered a deal with Xiaonian.

Soon, everyone worked together to lift the wild boar onto the sled brought by Xiaonian. After watching the two brothers leave, the issue of dividends came to an end for the time being. The dividends within the team would be distributed after the money was made from the sale.

After the prey was divided, the frozen wild boars were temporarily buried in the snow, and then everyone went into the house.

Meng Yulan scooped all the corn porridge in the pot into the enamel basin and scrubbed it several times until there was not a trace of oil left in the clear water in the pot.

When the water boiled, Yue Feng tied the bear gall in the small cloth bag with a cotton thread, then hung it in the boiling water and dipped it.

It’s strange to say, the green-looking grass gall bladder swelled up instantly after coming into contact with hot water. All the tiny wrinkles on the surface swelled up, and the texture of the skin surface looked like a large inflated toad that can occasionally be seen on rainy days.

After the bear bile was dipped in boiling water, Yue Feng carried it out of the north room, tied a knot on the cotton thread tied with the bear bile, and hung it on the beam of the warehouse in the yard.

Black bear bile is a very precious medicinal ingredient, but the bile just taken from the bear cannot be sold. It needs to be dipped in boiling water and then hung in a ventilated and cool place to dry.

The dipping in boiling water is not done just once. After the surface of the bear bile is ‘deflated’, you need to dip it a second time, a third time… until it is completely dried and the bear bile no longer expands when placed in boiling water.

After finishing the main work, Yue Feng and his brothers didn’t need to do anything else. Yue Feng took off a yellow-haired pig’s thigh and carried it into the house. He scooped some cold water into the basin and soaked it. It didn’t take long for the frozen pig leg to thaw.

Wait until the pork leg meat has thawed, peel off the skin, remove the bones, and then cut the meat into slices. Add potatoes, dried eggplants, dried beans, vermicelli, hazel mushrooms, and sauerkraut, ingredients that every household in Northeast China eats in winter, and stew them in a big pot. It is a rare delicacy.

As for the bear paws, they were quickly cooked after being poured out of the pot. According to Yue Feng’s memory of his experience in his previous life, it would take at least five or six hours to stew the two paws.

There are many stories about stewing bear paws. A well-cooked bear paw is fat but not greasy, leaving a lingering taste in your mouth. But if you don’t know how to cook it blindly, you will only eat greasy fat, chewy bones, and the smell of earth and pine nuts.

It was already dark, past six o’clock, and it was definitely impossible to eat bear paws tonight. Just to remove the hair, it would take more than two hours to boil the water, and after removing the hair, it would take another three or four hours to boil it. It would take until midnight before everything was done.

But eating bear paws is mainly for the sake of taste. This is the first time I have killed a bear since my rebirth, so I have to try it out.

In this way, we worked in the kitchen until 7:30 before we had our meal, and this was all thanks to the tender meat of the little yellow-haired fish which was easier to cook.

A big pot of hot wild boar meat stew was brought to the table, and the brothers, who had been hungry for a long time, immediately started fighting.

The wild boar meat slices are cooked casually, and in the full bowl of meat, at least more than half is pork. Pick up a piece with chopsticks and put it in your mouth, and those who like it will hum.

There were four brothers, each of them drank two taels of white wine and two steamed buns made of two liang of flour. After the meal, they actually didn’t finish the meat and vegetables in the big bowl on the table, which was rare.

Xiao Tao covered his stomach with his mouth full of oil and said, “No, I have been eating too much oil recently. It seems that my appetite has decreased. I can’t eat anymore!”

“Don’t talk about you. Xiaowu and I have also eaten less. I remember we stewed a big pot of pork two days ago, and the pot was still not full, so Brother Feng scooped a second batch from the pot! It hasn’t been long since then!” Xiaowen also expressed his feelings.

Looking at his friends who were holding their stomachs with satisfied expressions, Yue Feng said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth: “Everyone, work hard, and your life will gradually get better!
“Tomorrow we’ll drag the bear back from the mountain, and we’ll have a pot of bear meat to taste tonight! There are so many wild animals on the mountain, and now that we have guns, we can go for a stroll in the mountain whenever we have time! !”

“Oh, we don’t have a dog. It would be great if we had a good lead dog!” Xiaowen couldn’t help but sigh.

“Yes, if we have a good leader dog, we don’t have to rely on chasing prey in the snow and asking outsiders for information! We can just let the dog go on the mountain, and we can get twice the result with half the effort!” Xiaowu couldn’t help but agree.

When the team talked about dogs, Yue Feng’s first reaction was to think of the four hounds in Chen Pao’s hands today.

The blue wolf that was bitten to death was a gang dog, and a rare tough gang dog at that. There were many old scars on its fur, all of which were traces left by a head-on confrontation with its prey.

The real leader of Uncle Chen’s dog pack is the uninjured little female dog.

Although this little bitch is small in size, she is very smart when working in the mountains. She will not put herself in danger unless it is a life-and-death situation.

Many people may have a misunderstanding about hunting dogs, thinking that the kind of hunting dogs that are simply brave, bite hard, and dare to fight and charge are the real good hunting dogs. Dogo Argentino and Pit Bull Terrier are sought after by some new young hunters in many places.

In fact, this idea is very one-sided.

If it is too strong, it will be easily broken, just like the blue wolf, which cannot encounter any tough enemies. This kind of bold dog is indeed efficient in hunting. A pig weighing over 200 pounds can be captured in one round as long as it is trapped.

But once the dog is let out, it is not certain what it will encounter. What if it is a 300-400-pound cannon egg? What if it is a 300-400-pound blind bear like today? If the dog is confronted head-on, it will suffer a great loss.

At best, you will be injured, and at worst, you will die. It all depends on your luck.

Haven’t you seen that when a dozen dogs go out to fight together, only three to five dogs or even more are killed and wounded? There are countless injured dogs, and they are carried down the mountain one by one.

That is to say, at this stage of material abundance, people use hunting dogs for hunting and protecting farmers and no longer consider cost-effectiveness. If the hunting dogs in Changbai Mountain in the 80s had such a loss rate, no one could afford it. Even Mr. Qiao Sanye, who was well-known for his wealth, could not afford such heavy losses of hunting dogs.

The hunting dogs of that era were all native dogs of the Northeast. In terms of bloodline, they were mainly northern pastoral dogs, with a small number of hunting dogs mixed with Mongolian and Xi bloodlines. Overall, they were dogs with relatively high combat IQs, unlike the Pit Bulls and Dogo Argentinos, who relied purely on brute force to do their work, and fought in a fight where either you die or I die.

The ideal hunting dog in Yue Feng’s mind should be the kind of dog that has an accurate understanding of the fighting power of both sides. It will not hesitate when facing a soft persimmon, and it will know how to deal with and show weakness when facing a tough one. It would be best if it is more powerful and can do everything, and the longer the trip, the better.

After the lesson of killing Xiong Cangzi today, Chen Pao will most likely have the idea of ​​retiring. Even if he himself doesn’t want to quit, his son probably won’t do it either. He has already taken the quick-acting heart-saving pill, and going up the mountain to seek excitement again is a risk he cannot bear.

If the three experienced hunting dogs in his hands were willing to be sold, Yue Feng would be determined to get them!

Yue Feng doesn’t know yet, but he will soon get the dog he’s been dreaming about!
(End of this chapter)