A few kilograms of rabbit meat earns ten work points, which makes many people envious.

But for Wang Manyin, it was better than nothing and he didn't care at all.

However, Wang Qingming next to him thought about it and immediately asked: "Brother Lianshun, is it possible to process and divide meat as long as you get it?"

"What do you mean, you can also get rabbit meat?" Wang Lianshun asked in surprise seeing Lian Zizui's appearance.

Someone nearby thought that Wang Qingming was also planning to take his local dog to catch hares, so he quickly advised him: "Uncle Qingming, don't even think about eating chicken farts. Just your black dog, it's hard to chase people away, and you still want to catch up with the rabbit."

The terrain of the Loess Plateau is complex, and the speed of native dogs cannot be used at all. Except for Rhubarb, there are few native dogs in the village who can often catch hares.

"It's not a rabbit. Can we use chinchilla meat? If it pays for the work points, I'll dig it out at noon. Let's make a deal first, then the chinchilla skin will be mine..." Wang Qingming had a cunning light in his eyes.

"Isn't it a little early to dig for a chinchilla now? This thing has just been out for a few days. It's hard to find."

Wang Lianshun hesitated to speak.

Wang Manyin didn't know what to say to this.

When I was in college, I shared a bed with a friend from the northwest who rented a house and lived outside. One year after the winter vacation, the friend said that he had brought special products from his hometown for him to taste.

If an inexperienced person is busy digging a hole for a long time, it will be a lost hole with nothing in it, and it will be a waste of effort.

Wang Manyin served a large bowl of vegetables as usual, plus a few black ones.

"Man Yin, I'm going to feed the squirrel, and I want to use your dog... then I'll give you a piece of squirrel skin, what do you think?"

During the most expensive period in the capital, a yellow squirrel could be sold for one penny. At that price, one could buy a month's worth of food for an adult.

During the famine in the early years, the yellow rats near Jar Village were almost exterminated.

"If you don't believe it, I'll take you to the outside of Yuanxi County when I have the opportunity. There are several ancient stone tablets there, which record this matter. However, a few years ago, the tablets were smashed, and the words can still be read..."

In the Shige Festival, handing in task pigs has always been a difficult problem. Last year, due to swine fever, the tasks in each village were not satisfactory.

Buying back a sheep, killing it and eating dozens of kilograms of meat, and finally making money. Of course he was tempted by such a good thing.

The educated youths nearby all had doubts on their faces.

"Manyin, Xiangyang told us about going to Yuandong County. Are sheep in the northern grasslands so cheap?" Wang Lianshun took a piece of rabbit meat with chopsticks and asked in a low voice.

For today's farmers, it is naturally a huge income.

"Okay, I'll discuss it with Mandun in the next two days. If it works out, you and Xiangyang will make another trip."

Wang Manyin guessed wrong several times. When the other party revealed that the answer was yellow rat meat, he almost vomited it out, so he even checked it online.

Even if you find a real hole, it's not that easy to catch a yellow squirrel. The hole of this thing can be one or two meters deep and four or five meters long, and there are many forks in it.

Of course, Wang Manyin has always kept away from field mice, but he cannot overcome the psychological barrier.

If it is used to pay for the mission pigs, it is really a good deal. Wang Lianshun calculated this account very clearly in his mind.

Wang Manyin did not tell lies. For a long time in ancient times, yellow rats were regarded as a precious meat.

Chinchillas also dig holes to live, and the structure of the holes is much more complicated than mouse holes. In addition to the holes they actually live in, they also dig many ecstasy holes, also called false holes.

Raising pigs is a struggle every year, and many people are reluctant, and Wang Lianshun has to go back and forth to say good things. If this can be done, the second team's mission will definitely be successfully completed this year, and maybe they can even get rewards from the commune.

Wang Manyin could only console himself that this thing is equivalent to the bamboo rat in the south. The difference is that one eats the tender grass of crops and the other eats bamboo roots.

Of course, the ones before hibernation are fatter.

Especially in this era, food safety is too vague for farmers who can't even fill their stomachs.

"Of course you can eat it. The Loess Plateau has had the tradition of eating yellow rats since ancient times. In ancient times, this thing was also used as an imperial tribute, specially provided for the emperor to enjoy. For this reason, the local government established a system to capture yellow rats and pay tribute.

institution."

Just as he was about to find a place to eat, he was forced to a deserted place by Wang Lianshun and Wang Yan.

Chinchilla meat is also meat. As long as it allows the laborers on the construction site to eat some oil and water, it doesn't matter if they add a few work points. Especially the chinchillas in spring are so chubby that they can boil half a pound of oil.

There were a few extra pieces of rabbit meat in the bowl, which tasted particularly fragrant. Especially Wang Shouchang's cooking was generally salty, which suited the appetite of a working man.

After the three of them finished chatting about business, they ate in a leeward place.

"Brother Wang, what is a weasel...a weasel, are you guys talking about eating weasels?" Hearing this, Liu Xiangyang, who was waiting to pretend to be stupid, asked in surprise.

"I'll go over and have a look when the yellow squirrel is being fed..."

In the Ming Dynasty, it was also sought after by high-ranking officials. Many people were proud of eating yellow rats and were called "Shizhen". Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu celebrated the birthday of Princess Ning and once gave him 50,000 guan of banknotes and a thousand yellow rats...

After the two of them finished a plate, the friend asked him if he knew what kind of meat he had just eaten.

"This white chicken shit was beaten lightly," Wang Yanqiang cursed again.

In desperation, the commune made an opening and allowed each production team to use sheep instead.

If you let others go to the grassland, you won't feel at ease.

Wang Licheng shook his head repeatedly: "Real or false? Just brag. I don't believe it!?"

"I'll talk to Mancun later, and he will definitely agree. If we can buy dozens of sheep, our task of raising pigs this year will be easier... Even if five sheep are worth one pig, it will be a good deal."

There are as few as two or three ecstasy caves, and as many as a dozen.

However, this thing reproduces very quickly, and a litter can produce seven or eight cubs. Therefore, they have never been truly eradicated, and they tenaciously provide humans with a source of meat.

If you go to the grassland to buy sheep as a private person, you will definitely make a mistake. And buying with a walking tractor is a bit too blatant.

Therefore, if this matter is to be accomplished, a letter of introduction can only be issued by the village level.

Depending on the size of the sheep, four are usually worth one pig.

"Don't worry, just tell me whether I'll give you work points or not?" Wang Qing was obviously very confident.

The reason why Wang Manyin knows the yellow rat so well is partly because of the memory of his previous life, and partly because he has eaten it in his own life in later generations.

What’s even more exaggerated is that the mid-autumn sacrifices in the Yuan Dynasty ancestral temple also included yellow rats. In order to provide them exclusively for the enjoyment of the royal family, an order was issued to set up a protected area.

Of course, it is limited to the squirrel holes on the edge of farmland. Those caves in remote areas rarely contain food, and most of them store seeds of various weeds and shrubs.

It's like some experts said "instant noodles are unhealthy", and many netizens sneered at this. They are so damn poor that they even eat instant noodles and they still care about health.

According to the price paid by the food station for purchasing live pigs, the worst grade C pigs can be sold for more than 40 yuan each. Four sheep bought from the grassland only cost 25 yuan.

If you are not careful when digging, the real hole will be blocked.

Even so, it may not be a guarantee.

Nowadays, strict unified purchasing and marketing are implemented in various places. Agricultural and sideline products cannot flow across regions, let alone be traded privately.

"But it's okay for us to buy some breeding sheep," Wang Manyin told the same story again.

Of course, later generations of experts have always emphasized that you should not eat anything that is not raised.

If something has already entered the stomach, it is impossible to spit it out.

When Wang Manyin arrived at the rental house, his friend had already prepared the dishes and cooked a large plate of meat. Wang Manyin thought it was hare meat and didn't ask much. He just felt that the taste was very fragrant and special.

Generally, in summer and autumn, farmers from Shiliba Village will search for squirrel holes in the mountains. In summer, they irrigate directly with water, and in autumn and winter, they dig with shovels and nails, and they can also get a lot of food.

Even now in the Pigeon Market during the Shige Festival, there are also chinchillas for sale, and the prices are not low.

With Wu Enqi as a friend, buying sheep can save you a lot of trouble.

If you're lucky, you can dig more than 10 kilograms of a squirrel nest. Digging four or five squirrel holes in a day is equivalent to dozens of kilograms of grain.

"Okay, four pounds of yellow rats will be exchanged for ten work points." Wang Lianshun nodded and agreed.

After eating, there was almost an hour's rest time. Wang Manyin was just about to find someone to kill time when he was stopped by Wang Qingming.

Only he can achieve such a proper double standard.

Only then did I realize that the yellow squirrel is actually not a mouse, but a type of ground squirrel. In some places, it has been eaten by people, and a pound of it is sold for more than 80 yuan.

Next to him, Wang Yanqiang also looked forward to it.

It was rare to find a lively event, so Liu Xiangyang naturally did not intend to miss it, and specifically asked to call him when the time came.

Wang Manyin nodded.

For this reason, Guan Guan Village sold more than half of its sheep last year and was not even willing to kill the sheep during the New Year. Shuangshui Village was even worse. It is said that the sheep were almost extinct.

During the Liao and Yuan dynasties, this thing had always been a tribute.

"Uncle Lianshun, it must be true. The key distance is too far. There must be someone checking along the way. I'm afraid it won't be good for you to come back. If the village issues a certificate, there shouldn't be much of a problem..." Wang Manyin replied.

"Uncle Lianshun, what are you thinking? There is no such thing as this. Do you think the people in the commune are stupid and don't know if there is swine fever in each village? Besides, there are pigs in our village but Zhao Jianhai cannot pass the test alone.

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"Rat, are these things really edible?" Liu Xiangyang felt a little nauseous in his throat, and immediately thought of those dirty guys he met in the cave dwelling.

When it comes to chinchillas, Wang Manyin knows very well. The scientific name of this thing is the Daur chinchilla. It is one of the few meats that farmers on the Loess Plateau can eat freely, and it is easier to catch than hares.

"No, it's a kind of rat in the ground. It's also called a big-eyed rat or a bean rat. It looks like a hare, but its ears are very short. The small one weighs about one kilogram, and the maximum can weigh two kilograms. Once summer comes,

, they will run out in groups to steal alfalfa. If left unchecked, they can destroy an acre of land in a few days. After autumn, they will also steal other crops, especially corn, millet, and soybean fields. Weasel holes can often be seen in fields.

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With a hare as a base, the lunch meal was much richer than usual.

But if you fill it with water, it won't be a big deal.

As long as the rats are prevented from escaping, rhubarb comes in handy.

"Okay, Uncle Qingming, since you discovered the squirrel hole, I don't want it anymore. Just follow me and watch the fun."

The yellow squirrel skin supply and marketing cooperative sells it for eight cents a piece in autumn and winter. Now is not the season, and it only costs five cents a piece. Wang Manyin can't even see it.
Chapter completed!