After cycling to the Big Courtyard, Li Long dropped off some meat and was about to leave when he saw that the venison he had brought the day before was still cooking in the pot.
He frowned, wondering whether Gu Xiaoxia had been too busy lately to deal with it.
If that was the case, he could not rush off. He had to get this meat air-drying first.
Li Long put the bicycle back on its stand, fished the venison out of the pot, rubbed it with salt, cut it into small pieces, and set it on the kitchen rack to dry.
As for the meat he had just brought, he cut some off the bones and put it in the pot to cook with fat. With split firewood burning underneath, he began separating the bones one by one, salting the meat, and hanging up the Dried Meat to air-dry.
One good thing about the Big Courtyard was all its rooms. At this time of year, the mornings and evenings were cool, and there were hardly any flies left. Salted meat would not spoil easily either. He could pick any room, put up a rack, and hang the meat.
Once that was done, he checked the meat and fat in the pot. They were nearly ready, so he left them there.
After a moment's thought, Li Long unloaded most of the meat and put it in a large basin to cool in water from the hand pump. Then he cycled east, intending to take some meat to the Liang family.
He had given the Liang family air-dried meat for the Mid-Autumn Festival. This time he had wild boar meat and venison, and he would feel bad if he did not bring them some.
In all fairness, the Liang family had