Wang Mingyuan sat up from his sleep and saw Zhang Shouzhong and others not far from him, lighting firewood and roasting meat.

He looked at the tiger skins and tiger bones placed next to a few people, his expression was relieved, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, got up and walked next to a few people.

Look at the sun, it's already around two o'clock in the afternoon.

The sleep time is not long, just over an hour.

Just now in my sleep, I still inevitably dreamed of the scene of the tiger pounced and was awakened, and when I saw the tiger skin and tiger bones, I was relieved a lot.

"Slept?" Liu Li, who took turns on guard, led the lone wolf back: "I just thought about whether to wake you up to eat, and you woke up...... How does it feel? ”

"It's okay, it's been relieved."

The feeling of weakness in Wang Mingyuan's body before has been mostly eliminated.

He believed that the next time he saw a tiger, he would not be as frightened as he was today.

After all, it's just an animal, and there are so many people around me who protect themselves, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

He looked at the barbecue on the charcoal fire, and quickly recognized that it was not tiger meat, so he asked, "You went hunting again?" ”

Zhang Shouzhong smiled: "This is picked up for nothing." ”

Pick it up for nothing?

"When they were skinning the tiger just now, Li Tong and I went out to take a look, didn't the tiger catch a takin before, but it turned out that the takin was opened by the tiger's claws on its belly, although it ran away at that time, but it didn't take long for it to die because of too much bleeding. It was brought back by the two of us with four legs and some tendon meat, and the taste of this thing is much better than tiger meat. Zhang Shouzhong explained.

Li Tong also followed and said: "We followed the takin herd and took a look from a distance, and found that there were a lot of small takins inside. ”

"Don't be too greedy!"

Wang Mingyuan shook his head and denied: "These two tiger cubs, plus tiger bones and tiger skins, almost four people will have to take them, the way back is not easy, and someone has to be on guard all the way to prevent changes, if we get two more takins, we can't take them." ”

As soon as the takin is born, it is not small, and it is not easy to carry it all the way back.

As long as it grows for a few days, you can run and jump, and it is not easy to catch in the face of such a large herd of takin.

"Also, the tigress has been killed, and the two tiger cubs can't stand the hunger, they have a lot to eat, so they have to hurry back and find a few ewes to feed. In this place, the water and grass are flourishing, and the takin will not leave in a short time, so it is not too late to gather people after we go back. ”

Wang Mingyuan was even more worried that the two tiger cubs were starving.

Several people glanced at each other, but they didn't have any opinions.

Originally, I just came to step on a little to investigate the situation, but I accidentally got two tiger cubs, the most difficult thing has been done, and there is nothing to be satisfied with.

Influenced by Wang Mingyuan, especially Zhang Shouzhong, he knew that he had to hunt and roast after entering the mountain, so he wrapped a lot of pepper, salt and five-spice powder seasonings from Wang Mingyuan in newspapers.

The two takin legs roasted on the wood fire are cut vertically and horizontally into flower knives and sprinkled with spices, pepper and salt, and when they are gradually roasted to a golden brown, it is a pleasure to watch.

Zhang Shouzhong tried to cut a piece first and tasted it, quickly chewed a piece and swallowed it, his brows were furrowed very tightly, and everyone looked at him, they all felt that it was very unpalatable, and asked one after another: "How does it taste?" ”

Zhang Shouzhong shook his head and didn't speak, but his hands didn't stop.

This time, he used a knife, directly attacked, and looked like he was ready to cut a large piece.

As soon as I got it, I realized that it was unpalatable.

If it's unpalatable, you will cut so much at once?

"Despicable!"

laughed and scolded one by one, and started one after another.

Wang Mingyuan also came up, cut a piece down, tasted it carefully, and found that the meat quality of the takin leg was very similar to mutton. With the blessing of five-spice powder and salt and pepper, it has a feeling of lamb skewers.

What if this were a little more cumin...... Wang Mingyuan's mind moved, and the sheep outfit reached into the bag and took out a small bag of cumin powder from his carry-on space.

He stepped forward and sprinkled the cumin powder on the leg of another takin, which had not yet been moved, and roasted it as he could.

Soon, the peculiar aroma escaped, and several people were eating barbecue, but as soon as they smelled the smell, the more they ate, the more they felt tasteless, and their eyes were fixed on the piece that Wang Mingyuan turned over.

However, this time, none of them started immediately, until Wang Mingyuan stopped baking and cut a piece to the side, and then they started one after another.

As soon as I ate it, my eyes lit up.

Cumin, a spice of the fennel family, is considered by the world to be the second largest spice after pepper because it is rich in essential oils and has a strong fragrance.

To a large extent, cumin is the reason why the lamb skewers in southern Xinjiang are so famous.

To be honest, in Yun Province, in the seasoning and even barbecue of later generations, few people will use cumin. Not to mention the mountains of this year.

As soon as several people tasted Wang Mingyuan's barbecue with cumin powder, they were immediately attracted by the unique fragrance and had a great appetite.

Zhang Shouzhong quickly came over: "Xiao Wang, what do you think Uncle Zhang is doing to you?" ”

"I don't have to say!" Wang Mingyuan didn't think about it and replied directly.

Needless to say, that's just the way it is.

"Then do you think it's worth this little pack?" Zhang Shouzhong glanced at the cumin powder placed in front of Wang Mingyuan.

Seeing this, Wang Mingyuan smiled bitterly.

"Don't you just want some cumin powder, go around so many bends...... Wang Mingyuan shook his head: "Go back to my house and get it, I still have a lot there." ”

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"That's what you're waiting for...... I'll go back, I have to get some antelope beef back, and after the roast is out, I won't starve Zhang Guanghua's little fart to death. Zhang Shouzhong had already calculated: "Alas, what did you call this thing just now?" ”

"Cumin powder, also called benzoin fennel." Wang Mingyuan said.

Several other people also came over, and they knew from the look in their eyes what they wanted to do.

Wang Mingyuan immediately smiled: "Both!" ”

Hearing this, they all immediately laughed.

I ate a meal of roast antelope beef beautifully, and drank some cool mountain spring in the small ditch, which was very refreshing.

After eating and drinking, while the group was resting, Liu Li took some tiger meat and threw it to the lone wolf.

However, out of instinct, when the lone wolf threw the tiger meat in front of him, he still looked a little shocked and did not dare to swallow.

He encouraged and urged him for a long time before he ate a piece.

After a while, the state of the lone wolf, which would tremble when he felt the breath of the tiger, gradually disappeared and became much bolder.

Perhaps, in its current opinion, the behemoth that made it instinctively fear was just food.

The tiger cub was still wrapped in clothes by Zhang Shouzhong and Wang Mingyuan and tied in his arms, and in addition, Zhang Shouzhong also got a takin leg to carry it. Li Tong tied the tiger bones and tiger skin with the rope he carried, and the rest of the people got some tiger meat and antelope beef as much as they could.

Wang Mingyuan also got a lot of antelope beef and tiger meat, and followed the group on the return journey.

The way back, the natural selection has been opened up, if you change places, but you have to overcome all the thorns and thorns, it is too laborious.

So, even if they brought a lot of things with them when they went back, they were still much faster than when they came.

As soon as it was dark, the group arrived at the farm.

All the people on the farm, who had already eaten dinner, were gathering in the small square.

Look at the open curtain and the movie projector that they are ready to watch the movie.

When the movie projector was not played, it was always placed in Wang Mingyuan's wooden house, Han Xiaoling was very curious about this thing, and Wang Mingyuan simply told her about the principle of playback and the way to operate.

However, after all, it was the first time for her to put it, and she watched Wang Mingyuan's very simple operation, but when she got there, she was in a hurry, especially when she saw the film in the projector mixed into a mess every minute, her head was big.

Seeing Wang Mingyuan coming back, Han Xiaoling ran over with a sad face: "I broke the projector." ”

Showing a movie to a dry person, she has a careful mind, but she is also kind-hearted.

Wang Mingyuan smiled: "If it's broken, it's broken, what's the big deal." ”

Indeed, in Wang Mingyuan's view, it is just a projector, and if he wants, he can get it from 2023 at any time.

"Help me take a look, everyone is waiting. I just praised Haikou and said that I would show it to them. Han Xiaoling tugged on Wang Mingyuan's sleeve and kept shaking.

Wang Mingyuan sighed helplessly, took out the little tiger wrapped in the clothes in front of him, and stuffed it into Han Xiaoling's arms.

I thought Han Xiaoling would be scared, but I didn't expect that when I saw the little tiger in my arms, I was overjoyed: "Where did you get this kitten, it's so cute!" ”

Wang Mingyuan grinned: "This is not a kitten, it's a big cat!" ”

"It doesn't matter if it's a big cat or a kitten, it's all a cat!" Han Xiaoling was unaware.

"This is not a cat...... It's a tiger cub! Zhang Shouzhong, who had already taken the first step to the house to put down the meat and came back with another little tiger, said with a smile.

Hearing that it was a tiger, Han Xiaoling was taken aback, and almost instinctively wanted to throw it away, it can be seen that the tiger cub is so petite, and the throwing action has been made, and he hurriedly took it back.

It looks like it's not throwing it, it's not throwing it.

Wang Mingyuan laughed: "Although it is a tiger, it is indeed similar to a cat now, don't be afraid." ”

Hearing that Zhang Shouzhong and the others brought back the little tiger, none of the people present had seen it, so they all gathered around and looked at it curiously.

The tiger cub also opened his eyes wide, looking curiously at the crowd of people who came around, looking very surprised, and kept drilling into Han Xiaoling's arms.

Looking at that cute appearance, Han Xiaoling finally stopped being so afraid, tried to reach out and touch its fur, and laughed happily: "Soft, fleshy!" ”

One by one, they suddenly let go, and the tiger cub in Zhang Shouzhong's arms was immediately picked up by them, this hug, that touch.

No matter how powerful an animal is, when it is small, it is just a cute thing.

"Don't play bad!" Wang Mingyuan hurriedly reminded.

Han Xiaoling also handed the little tiger in her arms to Ma Cui, who was staring at her, and followed Wang Mingyuan to the wooden house.

As soon as she arrived at the house, she was busy lighting a fire and cooking: "I asked them, and they said that you would not be able to come back for a day or two in a short period of time when you entered the mountains, so I didn't leave food at night...... If you want something to eat, I'll make it for you right away. ”

Wang Mingyuan put the meat he was carrying on the kitchen table, reached out and rubbed Han Xiaoling's head: "We ate late at noon, and we're not too hungry now." Cook me a bowl of noodles...... I'm going to look at the projector. ”

"Good!" Han Xiaoling nodded obediently and began to cook noodles.

Wang Mingyuan walked out of the wooden house and towards the small square.

It took more than ten minutes for him to take off the film reel, then recoil the film, then install the projector, and after making sure that it could be projected normally, he returned to the house and saw Tang Nianqiu and Kang Langxiang standing under the big tree on the right side of the square, talking in a low voice.

There was nothing unusual about her.

To be honest, watching a movie on this sweltering summer night is definitely not a beautiful thing.

Because this is the time when mosquitoes are rampant.

In the forest, there are several kinds of mosquitoes, especially a small mosquito with white markings, when they bite people, it is really itchy.

But despite this, a group of people gathered in front of the movie curtain, grabbed a few times here, scratched a few times, and still watched it with relish, and Wang Mingyuan shook his head.

He began to wonder if he was watching a movie or feeding mosquitoes.

When he returned to the wooden house, he took out dozens of boxes of panacea in his carry-on space, handed them to Han Xiaoling, and asked her to send them to a group of people, and greeted the projector by the way.

When he was eating noodles, Zhang Shouzhong pushed the door in, and the big bowl in his hand was sent to Wang Mingyuan: "Come, drink this thing!" ”

Wang Mingyuan looked at the blue-black liquid in the bowl and asked suspiciously, "What is this?" ”

He smelled a strong fishy smell and was very uncomfortable.

"Tiger guts, it's the guts of the tiger we killed today...... Hurry up, hold your breath, and drink it all at once. Zhang Shouzhong urged.

"Third uncle, I'm not sick, what are you doing with this? I don't drink ......."

He shook his head like a rattle.

He had experienced the bitter taste of bile.

This is still what Wang Mingyuan experienced when he lived in Zhangjiaao with his grandfather.

I caught a cold at night, and the next day my grandfather went to Chenjiagou and got a pig bitter gall that had been dried in the shade after killing the pig, saying that it had the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying and treating colds.

Just peeled off the bitter bile oil skin, got a small piece of dried bile from it, and let Wang Mingyuan eat it.

This meal made him never forget that terrifying taste for the rest of his life.

Now, Zhang Shouzhong actually let him drink tiger guts, and it is still such a big bowl......

"Third uncle, is this what you are talking about?" Wang Mingyuan asked.

"That's right, where to eat, aren't you scared by the tiger, drink this tiger guts, you can strengthen your courage, and when you see the tiger again in the future, you won't be afraid anymore." Zhang Shouzhong said with concern.

"Don't drink...... Third uncle, do you think I'm like this, like someone in trouble? ”

"Are you alright? If it's really okay, why are you so frightened that you suddenly sit up and break out in a cold sweat when you sleep in the mountains? There are some things that can't be careless. ”

"I don't drink it anyway."

"You wait......"

Zhang Shouzhong hurriedly walked out of the house, and after a while, he pulled Kang Langxiang back: "Tell Xiao Wang, can this tiger be brave!" ”

Seeing Zhang Shouzhong looking so serious, Wang Mingyuan stopped eating noodles and looked at Kang Langxiang with interest: "Really? If eating it really strengthens my guts, I'll eat it! ”

"Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to form and supplementation, and there is indeed a certain truth, this tiger gall has the effect of treating the nerves, in a certain sense, it is to strengthen the courage. I heard the third uncle say about your fight against the tiger today, you should be scared, drinking it is really good for you! Kang Langxiang nodded and said.

"Look, it's a letter now, what you say has to count, drink it quickly!" Zhang Shouzhong urged.

Wang Mingyuan scratched his head, looked at a big bowl of green juice, and was in trouble.