There are several ways to prepare tiger bones, including sand extraction, vinegar extraction, and wine extraction. Li Long was a little surprised after reading the notes.
In the past, he thought that the preparation of tiger bones should be to scrape the minced meat, wash it, and then roast it.
Unexpectedly, the preparation really turned the tiger bones into crispy pieces, almost destroying the tissue.
Is it easy to bring out the medicinal properties in this way?
Will the decayed tiger bones also have medicinal properties?
Of course, the latter sentence is a joke.
Li Long baked the remaining deer tires in the afternoon, then put them in a cloth bag, smashed them, washed the stone mortar for pounding garlic, wiped them dry, and pounded the broken pieces into powder.
It's okay, because it's blocked by the burnt smell, so it doesn't smell bad, and it's not difficult to swallow even if you think about it.
There are no empty capsules like those of later generations. Otherwise, get some and pack these powders together to make it more convenient to take.
For now, I can only take it with warm water. Let’s see if my wife can eat it in the evening.
I found an open can bottle, washed it and dried it, put the powder in it, closed the lid and put it in the bedroom. The next step was to get the tiger bones.
After reading it, I realized that the preparation of tiger bones cannot be done in a short while.
It's troublesome to say it's troublesome.
Then do the basic work first.
Tiger bones must be broken into pieces before processing, and they are usually processed before use. But before breaking it into pieces, you need to scrape off all the minced meat, wash it, and dry it in the shade.
Li Long still had some time, so he went to the side room and slowly removed the meat from the tiger bones.
This is a delicate job and it will take some time.
Before one-tenth of the work was finished, Gu Xiaoxia had already left work.
At this time, Yang Xiulan was also cooking in the small courtyard kitchen.
After having dinner with my daughter last night, both of them went to bed early.
Yang Xiulan got up early this morning. After breakfast, she cleared out a space in the bedroom and moved a writing desk from the west master bedroom.
Han Fang asked while helping to move the desk:
"Mom, what are you doing with this desk? Where we live, there won't be anywhere else to put it."
"Here is your father's memorial." Yang Xiulan said, "Your father is dead, and we must honor him."
"Oh." Han Fang seemed to understand, "Then why don't you use the writing desk I ordered?"
"It's inconvenient." Yang Xiulan explained.
The writing desk is actually the desk of later generations. It is long and has drawers and cabinets. Because it is often used for office work and writing, it is called a writing desk at this time.
The east room is slightly smaller, with a stove, a desk, a bed, and a cabinet on the north wall.
When the desk was moved in, it could only be placed against the east wall against the cabinet.
Yang Xiulan planned to place the place of worship for Han Bin here.
Originally, a memorial tablet was supposed to be made, but Yang Xiulan had been in Northern Xinjiang for a long time and knew that this was not done here.
So I told Han Fang that she was wrong just now. She planned to go to the photo studio to see if she could enlarge the family photo, and then take out Han Bin's photo alone as a posthumous photo.
There was no need to let Han Fang know about these things. She asked Han Fang to do her homework at home - when she left, Han Fang's things and her things were packed, including homework.
Han Fang was not afraid and agreed obediently.
After Yang Xiulan left, Han Fang added some coal to the stove, then took out her homework and started writing in front of the desk.
By evening, in front of the desk against the east wall, there was already a bowl filled with soil, with three sticks of sanitary incense inserted in it. There were three porcelain plates placed in front of the bowl, each containing cigarettes, fried small crucian carp, and three apples.
Sister Yang bought this apple from many places.
In the past, in the big courtyard, Li Long often brought back various kinds of food, including those sent by people who came for him. Yang Xiulan didn't feel much about it.
I went out to sell things today and realized that even if I have money, I may not be able to buy some things at this time.
There is also a bottle of wine placed next to the bowl where the incense is placed, and next to it is a cup. The bottle is open and a glass is in the glass. A scent of wine filled the air.
Photos can be developed, but it takes time.
Yang Xiulan sighed, for now, that's it.
Little New Year is here in a blink of an eye, and there is already a New Year atmosphere on the streets. Occasionally there will be children laughing or screaming, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers.
Although there is no one selling standard couplets with the word "Fu" in the free market, there are already small stalls selling firecrackers.
The goods probably come in from Wucheng, and then the second-hand money is transferred here.
The air is filled with smoke and the aroma of fried food.
Compared with the previous two years, life is indeed better. This better life is generally reflected in the food and clothing during the New Year.
Although she has to keep her husband's filial piety, Yang Xiulan doesn't plan to go out in the stall these days, but she still plans to make a new set of clothes for Han Fang.
Let it go on her own.
Gu Xiaoxia can only have a holiday until the day before the Chinese New Year, and the holiday only lasts three days.
Therefore, Li Long and the others can only return to the team for these three days.
But Gu Boyuan was different. He closed the store on the New Year's Day, rode his bicycle, and leisurely returned to the team.
Although the weather was very cold, the road from the county to Guanli was only a little over ten kilometers, but it also took an hour to ride a bicycle. After all, the road was not as easy to walk as in later generations.
But even so, Gu Boyuan was still very happy.
There was a feeling of returning home in fine clothes - not that I had really made a fortune or that I was promising again, but mainly because I heard and saw many new things while staying in the pesticide store, but no one shared them.
Returning to the fourth team, there are many familiar people there, and the human touch is stronger, which makes it feel better.
Li Long still has to stay in the big yard and prepare some food, but not much. In addition to picking up Gu Xiaoxia, the main thing he has to do every day is to process tiger bones, and then officially start processing tiger bones on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, which is January 28th.
He uses vinegar extract, which takes less time and is more convenient.
Because it was his first time experimenting, he used two vertebrae.
In the afternoon, Li Long was quite satisfied when looking at the processed tiger bones.
The first time I concocted it, it didn’t fail.
Next is the gun wine.
There are simple and complex recipes for tiger bone wine. Li Long used a relatively simple one. He bought some of the medicinal materials from the medicinal materials company.
Glass bottles are also used for brewing wine. After a few more trips to the winery in the food factory, he realized that the winery had large glass bottles.
At this time, burning glass is really not a high-level technology.
Li Long just felt a little regretful about the wine he had made earlier.
Fortunately, soaking tiger bones in wine is also a process of preparation. He planned to take out the tiger bones and process them again when he had time after the New Year.
In the south courtyard, after Han Fang came back from playing outside, she asked Yang Xiulan:
"Mom, do we post couplets at our house?"
"No more." Yang Xiulan had already come out of her sadness. She turned her head and glanced at Han Bin's photo on the altar table, and then said to Han Fang:
"Your father died this year. According to the rules, our family cannot post couplets for three years."
"Oh, then I understand." Han Fang went over to take a look, offered incense to her father, and then went to do her homework obediently.
There were not many homeworks at this time. Han Fang had already finished her homework. She was now adding the code herself and copying the content from the original textbook.
Yang Xiulan was pleased that the child was so sensible and well-behaved, but also a little distressed. Although my life was not good when I was young, I still had people to play with in the village.
Xiaofang really has no playmates except her classmates at school. At this age, he should still like to play.
But in this family, playing is really a luxury for her.
It should be better after the New Year... after the New Year, when the two of them return to the big yard. At least there, Han Fang and the neighbor's children could play together.
Although they have lived here for a long time, the neighbors nearby don't seem to like the mother and daughter very much.
Quite troublesome. After taking some time off, Yang Xiulan realized that she had been neglecting her daughter these days.
But this thought just passed by for a moment. At this time, parents can provide their children with food and clothing, and prevent their children from being bullied. There are not as many feelings as in later generations.
She could tell that Han Fang was not particularly sad about her father's death. She was a little disappointed, but also a little relaxed. At least my daughter's schooling will not be greatly affected. The Education Bureau has a three-day holiday on the first, second and third day of the Lunar New Year. But on New Year's Eve, I worked half a day and had a day off in the afternoon.
Li Long had already packed his things and put them in the jeep. When Gu Xiaoxia got off work, he took her back to the fourth team.
The door of the big courtyard has been pasted with the characters "福" and couplets, which looks festive, but not overly so.
There is no Chinese knot or lantern, so it looks a bit thin.
But Li Long didn't care. The real root was in the fourth team, and they were happy during the New Year there.
This year's Spring Festival Gala will definitely be a good one, and my family must have cooked a lot of delicious food.
When the jeep drove back, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were guessing about this. Although they are married, they are still young in front of their parents, elder brothers and sisters-in-law, and they do not need to prepare these things at home.
During the Chinese New Year, the most I can do is put some melon seed candies and the like in my house, waiting for people to pay New Year greetings.
As for eating, etc., it must be at the eldest brother's house.
On the way, they also talked about Sister Yang and Han Fang, but there was really nothing they could do about this matter. They could only wait for time to settle and dilute the sadness.
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Although Ma County has a small population at this time, much less than those counties in the mainland, the Chinese New Year is a national holiday, and in many villages, some people have already started setting off firecrackers.
Most of the Han villages in northern Xinjiang are people from all over the country, so the customs are different.
Some people eat dumplings and firecrackers at noon on New Year's Eve, some eat dumplings and firecrackers at night, and some have a sumptuous dinner at night.
Of course, there are also those who eat dumplings in the morning for three consecutive days from the first to the third day of junior high school, to name a few.
The sound of firecrackers gradually became continuous. The number of firecrackers these days is usually not very large, there are one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, and more than two thousand, and usually you don't buy that many.
So the sound of firecrackers is short and loud.
By the time Li Long and the others arrived at the fourth team, they could already smell the strong smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.
When the jeep drove to the yard of the eldest brother's house, the father, mother, brother and sister-in-law all came out.
Li Long got out of the car and took down the things he brought one by one.
"Then what are those things for? Do you need to eat them in your yard?" Du Chunfang, my mother, openly favored Li Long as always.
"Yes, I still have plenty over there." Li Long specifically pointed to the two cans of wine and said to his father: "After these two cans of wine are stored for a month, you two can drink one cup a day. .”
"Hey, the one behind said, come in quickly, it's cold outside!"
The family carried their things into the house. The house was warm. Li Juan and Li Qiang were not there, saying they were going out to play.
Gu Xiaoxia's belly was more obvious. Liang Yuemei pulled her to the bed and asked about the situation in a low voice.
There is no kang this winter. The conditions at home were better, so we no longer had to sleep in a crowded way, and since we had money to haul more coal, we didn’t have a kang. There were two beds, one large and one small, in the master bedroom and living room.
It hadn't been a long time since they'd seen each other, so without chatting for a while, Li Long drove the jeep to the front yard, put in the water, and cleaned up the house here.
There are couplets posted here in the front yard, and the handwriting is still Gu Boyuan's. The fire in the stove is burning brightly, and the melon seed candies are already placed on the table.
very nice.
In the evening, I watched the Spring Festival Gala in my father’s house. I saw it last year, and Li Long said it would be available again this year, so everyone remembered it. Usually other people would go to Li's house to watch TV at this time, but it's different today. On New Year's Eve, basically no one would go to other people's houses.
As soon as midnight passed, Gu Xiaoxia sent red envelopes to Li Juan and Li Qiang. Li Juan and Li Qiang were happy, but they were not happy for a while, and Liang Yuemei took away the two ten-dollar bills.
Neither child was disappointed, they were used to it. Then when he wasn't paying attention, Li Long stuffed two yuan into each of the two siblings. It was not much money, so the children could spend it.
After watching the party, I went back to the front yard to rest. The house was warm and comfortable.
"I always feel that living in this house is more comfortable than living in the county compound." Gu Xiaoxia and Li Long whispered in bed, "It's also peaceful."
"That's right, this one is more like our home than that one." Li Long smiled.
The next day I got up to pay New Year's greetings. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia were married, but they still had to pay New Year's greetings to the older members of the team.
It was inconvenient for Gu Xiaoxia. He took Li Juan and Li Qiang with him. After walking a few houses, Li Juan and Li Juan, whose pockets were full of candies and peanuts, got separated from Li Long. When they arrived at Lao Ma, Li Long met Xie Yundong and Tao Daqiang.
Just sit down at Old Uncle Luo's place.
Uncle Luo was also happy. When he saw them all coming, he brought out braised pork and other things, and also took out a bottle of wine.
"Would you like some drinks?" Old Uncle Luo said with a smile.
In fact, most adult people at this time, whether married or not, will warmly greet you to have a bite or two drinks when visiting other people's homes for New Year greetings.
Of course, there are some exceptions.
As for the children who are paying New Year greetings, those who are close to them will give them lucky money, and usually they will bring out candies and melon seeds and let them pretend.
"You're not going to drink anymore, are you?" Li Long said with a smile, "Uncle Luo, your drinking buddies haven't come to you for a drink?"
"Drink, it's only in the afternoon." Old Uncle Luo was very happy, "You drink yours, I won't."
"It's okay if you don't drink. Let's toast you a glass each." Although Li Long was the youngest, he raised his head, "We don't drink too much, just two glasses."
None of them are good drinkers, so the glass is filled with meaning. Uncle Luo was very happy when he saw them opening the bottle. At this time, most people aged forty and above want to save face. If young people stay here, drink together, and respect him together, they will gain face.
Old Uncle Luo just had two drinks and then went to listen to the radio.
Li Long said while eating braised food:
"Now that we have met, let's talk about something serious."
Xie Yundong and Tao Daqiang listened carefully.
"After the Chinese New Year, when spring begins, I will buy the tractor back."
"So early?" Xie Yundong was a little surprised, "It's still several months before the wheat is harvested."
"You are familiar with driving a tractor to work on your own home. If there is a problem when harvesting wheat, you can handle it yourself and know how to fix it." Li Long said.
Tao Daqiang thought for a while and said:
"Okay, I'll buy the tractor when I start planting in the spring. I need to get familiar with it in advance."
Tao Daqiang bought his own tractor. Li Long wanted to buy it for Xie Yundong and Liang Dacheng. Things have been agreed, at least for now, nothing has changed.
Of course, Li Long would still take over the job if he should, but in the future, he would be more inclined to accept the people he gathered.
At this time, it will be easier to fix the people and set up cooperatives or large machinery in the future. It is a natural thing.
"I will pull the harvester back after it has finished springing." Li Long picked up the cup and touched it with others and said, "The harvester will be more useful than the previous one. If there are no changes, we will put it back after we compile the handle. It’s almost time to get ready to cut the wheat.”
As he spoke, Li Long drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
The other two drank too.
"Da Qiang, are you going to do the editing job this year? I said if there is still such a job."
"Go." Tao Daqiang said, "I plan to build a side house on the east side of my yard in the spring. We will live there and my dad will live here."
Everyone knows this. After all, Tao Jianshe lost his wife, and after Tao Daqiang left, they lived in the same house. It's hard to say.
"Okay, just call us then." Li Long asked with a smile, "Do you want a brick maker?"
"No need. I laid out the soil last year." Tao Daqiang said with a smile, "The wood is also ready. If there are enough people, it will be built in a few days."
Since it was already prepared, it would only take a few days.
One person drank another glass, put the cap on the bottle, and continued to wish New Year greetings.
After leaving the door of Lao Ma's house, Li Long heard the sound of firecrackers again.
The three of them went to a settlement in the west to pay New Year greetings, and then had a few drinks at Liang Dacheng's house.
When Li Long came back in the evening, his walking was already a little crooked.
I drank a lot today, but I was very happy. He inexplicably remembered the words of a famous movie star from later generations.
When you are famous and rich, you meet good people.
At least everyone I met today was very enthusiastic and kind to me.
This new year has begun so beautifully. (End of chapter)