Chapter 76: Behave well and I will reward you
Zengzi is an ancient cooking utensil. It used to be mostly pottery. Now with the development of the times, it has gradually evolved into a "wooden Zengzi". The outside is slightly like a wooden barrel, but the grate inside is made of bamboo strips that are woven inward and upward. The slightly arched conical steaming bottom has many small holes, which can be placed on the pot to steam food.
The wooden steamer of Li Xiang's family is made of fir, because fir is relatively common, and its material is light, soft and has a straight texture, making it a good material for making steamers.
There is no fixed size for the size of the steamer. You can make it as large as you want according to your needs. The bottom diameter of Li Xiang's steamer is about 30 centimeters, the top diameter is about 40 centimeters, and the height is about 50 centimeters. It is half a rice steamer, weighing seven or eight pounds. of. If the food intake of city people were to be eaten in small bowls, this half-boiled rice would have to hold at least thirty bowls.
Before Li Xiang returned to his hometown, his grandma would simply cook porridge with just one vegetable or a plate of pickles. She rarely ate meat. When she wanted to eat occasionally, she didn't bother to cook anything. Instead of scooping and draining the rice, use a clay pot to stuff a small earthen pot.
Fortunately, there are two dogs and cats at home, otherwise I would have done even less cooking.
Now that Li Xiang is at home, he can earn money and eat, so there are more varieties of meals.
Today we have radish and pork ribs soup, pickled vegetables and tofu, braised lion head, braised beef with spicy sauce, stir-fried wild boar with dried red pepper, and braised winter bamboo shoots. Grandma Li Xiang’s cooking skills are still good. After decades of cooking, she is very good. Full of flavor.
After eating, Li Xiang went out for a walk with his three-pronged steel fork, mainly to patrol around the village to see if there were any wild boars nearby.
These days, he basically goes out for inspection every evening, but fortunately, he doesn't.
In fact, wild boars are social animals. They have their own territory. If they go out, they usually stay in groups. The solitary pig last time was probably driven out by the pigs.
Li Xiang guessed that he might be the loser in the competition for Pig King? Driven away by a younger and more powerful boar? If so, wouldn't the more powerful boar have more potential?
The news said that in other places, there have been several incidents of wild boar groups moving out and invading villages and vegetable fields.
The number of wild boars in Sichuan Province is said to be 800,000, but they are scattered in the huge Sichuan Province, and the density is not that high. They are all hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. Unless the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, they cannot be seen casually.
When Li Xiang got home, his grandma had already gone to bed. He turned on the computer and began to fill in and upload various information. After submitting it, he waited for review. Then he turned on the hot water and sat in the bathroom, soaking his feet happily while watching the fans.
The discussion in the group has already been heated.
This news is quite popular, and Li Xiang said in the group that he was going to clean the mountain in the next few days, so everyone's interest was even higher.
"Why is the official recycling price higher for living things than for dead ones?" a fan asked.
Some people said: "It probably tastes better alive. Live wild boars are killed and sold now, so they are naturally fresher."
"I'll go, is there still such a thing? Could it be that some senior executive was greedy and wanted to try something new, so he issued such a reward order?"
"It's not impossible. Otherwise, why would we have to ask for a more expensive life and not be allowed to use poison?"
"Yes, it's made with poison, how can you eat it?"
"I find it a bit funny. If you want to catch a wild boar now, you need to get a certificate of no criminal record, otherwise you are not qualified to catch the pig."
"Haha, that's necessary. People with criminal records are deprived of this right."
"It may also be for safety reasons. After all, those who have committed crimes are ruthless people. If there are people in the deep mountains and forests, they might cause some murders."
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, let us grab it with our hands?"
A fan said: "You can use many things, such as traps, nets, spears, daggers, bows and arrows, steel forks, etc."
"Didn't you say that bows and arrows cannot be used?"
"No, the regulations only say that crossbows cannot be used, but bows and arrows can be used. Crossbows and bows are different."
"Indeed, the crossbow is equipped with a firing device and a sight. It has a fast rate of fire and strong power. It can reach more than 200 pounds and can easily penetrate iron plates. At close range, it is more lethal than a gun." "I play When eating chicken, use crossbow arrows, one arrow at a time, and those with guns can't beat me."
"General compound bows and recurve bows only have 80-100 pounds of power, and they also need to accumulate power and require long-term practice to achieve accuracy. I will give you twenty crossbows and you can pull as many people as you want, including the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Yes, you can quickly form combat effectiveness, but if you are given twenty bows, the requirements are not comparable.”
A fan added: "Crossbows are small and easy to hide, while bows are usually larger and can be easily spotted."
Everyone expressed their opinions and the conversation was lively.
Some fans even curiously asked: "Why is it the Bureau of Forestry and Grassland and not the Forestry Department? Aren't agencies in general provinces called bureaus, while those in cities and counties are called bureaus?"
Someone explained: "It is now the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The names of those under the jurisdiction of each province have long been changed, but some still retain their original names."
"Oh, that's it."
"I always feel that God is helping Brother Xiang with this reward order."
"That's right, isn't this a proper way to give money to Brother Xiang? No one can hunt as efficiently as Brother Xiang without using firearms, crossbows, or poisons."
"It's a shame that I'm from the city and have to go to work even if it snows heavily. Otherwise, I really want to follow Brother Xiang to hunt wild boars!"
“This reward order comes just in time, as if it was custom-made for Brother Xiang.”
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Li Xiang quickly explained: "It just happened to happen."
As soon as he showed up, everyone became more excited and asked Li Xiang how he was preparing.
Li Xiang said that he had formed a team and signed up. He was just waiting for the review to be approved, the hunting qualification certificate was obtained, and the sled was ready before he started to go into the mountains to sweep wild boars.
I also took photos of the prepared supplies and posted them in the group.
Everyone commented one after another, saying what was missing, but Li Xiang felt it was enough and was too lazy to buy any more.
Somewhere, in a mansion, a little girl with an refined temperament, pure beauty and a fairy-like appearance smiled slightly, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she also became interested. She rarely sent a sentence in the group: "Brother Xiang, this time Go into the mountains and behave well, I will give you a lot of rewards.”
Everyone laughed: "Didn't you call yourself sister before? Why have you become aunt now? How can you say that you are old?"
Luo Feifei raised her eyebrows and replied: "Auntie is happy. I am 43 years old, and she is more than enough to be your aunt."
"Then Sister Bang will be called Aunt Bang."
Luo Feifei: "Auntie, haha."
Everyone encouraged Li Xiang to quickly call him "Auntie" to earn money for correcting his confession.
Li Xiang: "..." Naturally, he couldn't scream and immediately found an excuse to log off.
In a distant mansion, Luo Feifei covered her little cherry mouth and laughed like a goose.
Soon, no one paid much attention to her, because the little aunt was too ugly. From her profile picture, everyone felt that it would be better to call her aunt, or fat aunt.
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