Chapter 53: Repairing the Cowshed (Seeking Collection, Recommendation and Evaluation)

  When he arrived at the kitchen, Song Wen killed the wolf, threw its internal organs into the lake to feed the fish, skinned it, and planned to tan the skin later to make a bed mat for his father.

  After killing the wolf, he hung the wolf meat with an iron hook and dried it in the wind, leaving it to eat slowly later.

  Wolf meat should not be eaten too much, it will get angry, but can be used to cook soup, and wolf oil is also a treasure, has a great effect on moisturizing the skin, skin cracks. There are also folk remedies that say after being scalded or burned, applying wolf oil can heal wounds without leaving scars, don't know if it's true or not.

  After killing the wolf, he continued to kill the roe deer, and the internal organs were still fed to the fish.

  Last night when he was skinning the roe deer, he deliberately left the skin on and now he has skinned it. It just so happens that he can tan it together with the wolf skin to see what they can make out of them. After skinning the roe deer, he also took out the two fangs from its mouth.

  Song Wen kept some of the spoils from his hunting trips as mementos, hanging them in the large hall on the second floor. So far, he had a wild boar's tusk and a skull, a wolf's fang, and now this wolverine's tooth, making four treasures to adorn the hall. He hoped to fill the left wall of his great hall with trophies from his hunting trips, so he could show them off to friends later. Only time would tell how many more wild creatures would fall prey to him in these woods.

  After killing the roe deer, they hung it up to dry in the wind and then went to build a cowshed behind.

  In the backyard, a lush greenery, all tender green vegetable leaves and grass, only the bright red tomatoes brought a touch of color to this small yard.

  When the house was first built, Song Wen deliberately left a large piece of empty land in the backyard, about three mu, planning to turn the backyard into a garden-like place. For now, it's just planted with vegetables and raised chickens, ducks, and cows, looking messy. The four walls around the yard are connected to the house with a high wall of about three meters made of strip stones, making the yard look square and like a traditional Beijing courtyard, but with the characteristics of Minnan folk houses.

  After arriving at the backyard, Song Wen took a look at the cowshed and then went into the house to fetch pliers, iron wire, nails and a hammer.

  The cowshed wasn't anything special, it was just leaking wind everywhere. As long as the back and both sides of the leaky parts were nailed with wooden boards, it would be fine. In the yard, there was still a pile of wood and planks left over from dismantling the wooden house last time, which happened to be useful. Song Wen took some planks and nailed them around the cowshed.

  After nailing it up, he went to find a few large hemp sacks, cut them open and hung them at the entrance of the cowshed as curtains. They could be put down when it was cold and pulled up when it was hot, very convenient.

  After hanging up the curtain made of gunny sack, Song Wen looked at the cowshed and was quite satisfied. However, where the wooden boards were nailed, there were some gaps.

  When winter comes, the cold wind will seep through the gaps. The cold wind is piercing, and at that time, the cow can't bear it. Thinking about it, I want to go cut some grass to hang around the cowshed, so when the weather is cold, the wind won't blow into the cowshed.

  Just then, a car horn sounded outside, and it was estimated that Song Hu had arrived. He packed up his things and went out.

  Just as they came outside, they saw Song Hu leading a group of people walking in.

  Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Song Long and his sister-in-law Liu Yuxiang, with a 7 or 8-year-old kid standing next to them, who appeared to be his nephew Xiran.

  It's been a year since I last saw my little nephew, and I didn't expect him to have grown up so much.

  "Call him uncle." Song Long said as he entered the door and stroked his son's head.

  "Uncle."

  Xi Ran has rarely met Song Wen since birth, and it seems a bit unfamiliar.

  "Ah, come on, sit inside quickly." Song Wen invited them in to take a seat.

  At this time, Qiqi ran over and hugged Song Wen's leg, shouting: "Uncle, uncle, I want a puppy, I want a puppy."

  This little guy is very close to Song Wen, every time he comes to Song Wen, he will change his tricks to make delicious food for her to eat, and buy things for her to play with. Now she and Xi Xi have become Song Wen's best friends, sometimes they are even closer to Song Wen than their parents.

  "Okay okay, the puppy is over there, go play with it yourself."

  Song Wen pointed at the little dog sleeping on the doorstep and said to Qiqi.

  Qiqi saw the puppy and ran over excitedly.

  A few people came to the living room, made tea, and Song Wen smiled at Song Long while making tea:

  "You've come just in time, yesterday I and Ah Hu went to the mountain to catch a raccoon dog, later we'll make a braised raccoon dog meat dish, and then stew some wolf meat with medicinal herbs, at noon we'll have a good drink."

  "Where's the wolf?" Song Long asked in surprise. It had been a long time since wolves were heard of in these mountains.

  "In the mountain, we went to pick some vegetables two days ago. We spent the night in the mountain and encountered a wolf! You didn't go, or you would have been scared to death. We spent the night in a cave, but unexpectedly, one wolf was watching outside the cave, while another was digging at the entrance. Luckily, we discovered it quickly, or else the wolf would have entered the cave." Song Hu said excitedly, gesturing with his hands and feet, without noticing that his wife's face had changed color.

  "Why didn't you say anything when we were leaving last night?" Huang Wenfeng asked coldly, turning her head to stare at him.

  At this time, Song Hu realized he had misspoken and hastily stopped talking.

  Ke Huang Wenfeng wouldn't let him off so easily and didn't care that there were still people around, one hand fiercely pinching the soft flesh at his waist.

  Song Hu's face turned green and purple at once, presumably in pain, but he was very tough and didn't make a sound.

  "Be more careful in the future, if you dare to spend the night in the forest again, see how I'll deal with you." Huang Wenfeng warned.

  "I won't dare next time." Song Hu hurriedly said.

  "There's always next time." Huang Wenyong raised an eyebrow.

  "No." Song Hu hastily wiped his face and said.

  Song Wen and Song Long saw Song Hu's comical appearance and burst out laughing.

  After drinking tea for a while, several people came outside.

  Outside, the lake waves are clear and blue, white clouds float by, and green grass is lush.

  A big water buffalo is leisurely grazing on the grass, a small water buffalo sometimes nestles under the big water buffalo to drink milk, and sometimes runs to the side to chase the chickens and ducks that are foraging nearby, very mischievous.

  "I didn't expect that Ah Wen, you actually have such a paradise-like place, it seems that what you said about retiring is true."

  Song Long looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him and said to Song Wen.

  When he met Song Long in Nan State, Song Wen only mentioned it casually, but didn't expect him to take it seriously. For a moment, he didn't know how to speak either.

  "You're really thoughtless, if I hadn't run into you that day, I wouldn't have even known you were back. When I got home, I told your mom and she scolded me for a long time, saying I didn't bring you back for dinner. Originally, she wanted to come today too, but was afraid of leaving your aunt at home alone with no one to take care of her, so she said she'll come next week instead. Apparently, she's already made plans with your second and third aunts."

  Song Wen couldn't help but smile wryly, what good things can come from a bunch of women getting together?

  "It's good that you're here, stay for a few days on this side. The air is better than in the city, and who knows, even Amu might not want to leave once she comes." Song Wen said with a mismatch between his words and thoughts.

  When Song Long got married, he didn't come back to congratulate him, so Auntie has been nagging ever since, and even now she's still like that, so actually he's a bit afraid of this Auntie.

  After chatting for a while, it was almost noon, so Song Wen asked Song Hu to accompany him while he went to the kitchen to cook lunch.

  Song Long and his family continued strolling along the lake with their children.