Return to the small mountain village in 1981

721-730

Chapter 721 Chapter 726: Peace and Happiness Zhou Huaian and the other two went to the kitchen, took down the medicine jars on the cupboard, scrubbed them, and then scooped a ladle of boiling water from the steel pot into the medicine jars.

Lift the hemp rope tied to the gallbladder and put the bear gall into boiling water. When the boiling water covers the bear gall, the gall quickly deflates.

Wang Zhen nodded with satisfaction after seeing it. Zhou Huaian took the bear gall and hung it on the beam, and the three of them went to the main room.

Zhou Yiding picked up a bear paw and said, "I heard that eating bear paw is good for the body. How about we clean the bear paw and make braised bear paw?"

Wang Zhen smiled and shook his head. "You can't eat freshly cut bear paws. You have to leave them for a year until they are completely dry the next year, then you can stew them and eat them."

“Pickle it with salt?” It was the first time Zhou Yiding heard that bear paws had to be pickled for a year before they could be eaten.

"It's not salt." Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Do you two put it together or separately?"

Zhou Yiding: “Let’s release them together.”

Wang Zhen looked at Zhou Huaian, "Brother-in-law, do you have lime and straw paper at home?"

Zhou Huaian looked at the old man, and he nodded and said, "Yes, I'll get it for you."

Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Then let's clean up the bear paw first."

Zhou Huaian and the old man took out firewood and a brazier and lit it in the yard. Several people put the bear paw on the fire, and immediately an unpleasant and pungent smell emanated.

"Fuck! It stinks." Zhou Huaian hurriedly went to the steps to collect a few handkerchiefs and handed them to the three people to plug their noses. Only then could they endure the unpleasant burnt smell.

The four of them burned the fur on the four bear paws completely clean. Since they could not get wet, they just used a knife and a stiff brush to roughly clean the burnt surface, and then wiped the blood and dirt on the bear paws with straw paper.

While the old man went to get the lime, Wang Zhen asked Zhou Huaian to find a jar. He wiped the pot dry, scooped a few bowls of rice into the pot and stir-fried it until it turned brown. A fragrant rice aroma spread out.

Zhou Yiding saw that he was very skilled in frying and asked, "You can cook too?"

Wang Zhen smiled and shook his head, "The dishes I cook are not tasty. I learned this when I was preparing medicinal herbs."

"What are you doing with fried rice?" Zhou Yiding said as he grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth. It was crispy and delicious, even better than fried beans. "Fragrant! Fried rice is even more fragrant."

"Put the pickled bear paws in jars." Wang Zhen scooped up the fried rice and put it into a basin, and Zhou Huaian and the old man brought the jars and lime.

"The lime is here, all fine lime." Zhou Huaian said with a smile, "Are you going to use the lime to pickle the bear paw?"

"Lime is used to pad the bottom and seal the mouth." Wang Zhen picked up the small wooden shovel in his basket, scooped some lime and poured it into the bottom of the jar to make a layer, and then spread a thick layer of fried rice on it.

Put the bear paws into the jar one by one, pour the remaining fried rice into the jar and stuff it tightly around until the bear paws are completely covered with fried rice, then put lime on top to seal the mouth, and then seal the jar lid.