Back To The 80s-Chapter 127 - 126 pictures: Wild Game_1

And at this moment, from a psychological analysis: Guo Huaqiang’s two unnatural movements, touching his eyebrows suggested shame, touching the back of his neck indicated he was lying! Ashamed and lying to himself? 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Lu Zhanguo felt a sudden surge of uncontrollable anger in his chest. He lowered his eyelids, pondering for a while before saying, "Alright, it’s almost noon, I’m going back first." He got up, opened the door, and left.

Guo Huaqiang stood dumbfounded, staring at the closed door blankly.

Seeing Lu Zhanguo return with a poor look on his face, Gu Xiaobei couldn’t help but ask worriedly, "What’s wrong? You look terrible."

"Nothing, the camp has some minor issues, do you need any help with anything?" Lu Zhanguo washed his hands, also hiding the displeasure on his face.

"The stuffing pancakes are done, I just need to make a tomato and egg soup now." Gu Xiaobei saw Lu Zhanguo’s normal expression after washing his hands, did she misread his mood earlier?

Once the egg soup was ready, Chen Gang and Jiujiu also came into the room. Chen Gang held a sack with something moving inside. He said to Gu Xiaobei, "Auntie, uncle, I caught a badger yesterday after school on the mountain ridge, I brought it for you to eat."

Gu Xiaobei didn’t know what a badger was, but the name sounded frightening, and it was alive, she didn’t dare to take it, looking at Lu Zhanguo instead.

Lu Zhanguo took the sack, and the badger inside was grunting like a pig. The badger weighed more than thirty pounds, which made him curious, "Did you catch this by yourself, Chen Gang?" Lu Zhanguo knew that adult badgers were exceptionally fierce, they looked clumsy but were very agile.

"Yes, I found the badger’s footprints in the field a few days ago. I followed the footprints to its burrow, last night I lit some branches at the entrance, smoked it out, and caught it in the sack, unfortunately one got away," Chen Gang explained.

Lu Zhanguo looked at Chen Gang admiringly, "Well done, you are suited to be a scout. Train with me when you get the chance."

Gu Xiaobei added from the side, "Just one is enough, you take it back, let your mother have it."

Chen Gang was silent for a while, then said, "Auntie, can I take some lean meat for my mom after it’s slaughtered this afternoon? This badger is very fat, and my mom can’t eat greasy food, or else she’ll get sick, and no one will be there to take care of her when I’m not home."

Gu Xiaobei felt a pang in her heart hearing this, it was tough being bedridden for years with little to eat, suddenly having a meat dish would be too harsh.

"Alright, let your uncle slaughter it in the afternoon, come over after school to take some lean meat back." Gu Xiaobei decided after some thought.

After the meal, Gu Xiaobei first checked the homework she assigned to Chen Gang yesterday, taught a few new courses, and a few simple English words, reminding Chen Gang, "For English, you must read it out loud, on your way to and from school, read it out loud."

"Okay," Chen Gang also felt that he had made much progress lately, he was even able to solve slightly more complex math problems for fourth graders. At this rate, he should have no problem taking the middle school entrance exam next year.

After sending off Chen Gang and Jiujiu, Lu Zhanguo, who had been silent all this time, looked at Gu Xiaobei intently.

"What are you looking at?" Gu Xiaobei leaned close to him, curiously asking.

"Our children will be very fortunate in the future, because you will definitely be a good mother." Lu Zhanguo looked at Gu Xiaobei, sincerely saying.

"Mmh, that’s a sound compliment, I agree!" Gu Xiaobei felt a little joy in her heart at the compliment, yet she did not play modest, unabashedly agreeing.

Lu Zhanguo couldn’t help but laugh, reaching out to pinch her cheek, it was soft and tender, a very pleasant feeling, "How come your skin is so thick?"

"If my skin wasn’t thick, how could I win over a piece of high ground like you?" Gu Xiaobei’s eyes were full of playful mockery.

Lu Zhanguo felt a little uncomfortable and changed the subject, "I’m going to the kitchen to slaughter the badger, do you want to come?"

"Sure." Gu Xiaobei’s attention was indeed immediately diverted, curious about what a badger looked like. "Is it easy to catch a badger?"

"No, badgers are very cunning normally. They are nocturnal, and only come out frequently to eat a lot and store energy for their hibernation in the late October." Lu Zhanguo explained.

"So now is when the badger is at its fattest? Chen Gang is really amazing." Gu Xiaobei admired.

The badger was short and stout, with a long nose like a pig, hence the name badger, but it had small ears and eyes, Gu Xiaobei found it cuter than she had imagined.

When it came to slaughtering the badger, Lu Zhanguo and the soldiers did it at the edge of the vegetable field. Gu Xiaobei didn’t dare to watch. She felt it was too cruel to see the creature slaughtered right in front of her eyes and then cooked right after.

The soldiers from the kitchen cleaned everything up, even the innards, keeping the heart, liver, and stomach. The badger meat was indeed very fatty, wrapped in a thick layer of grease. Lu Zhanguo swiftly shaved off the fat layer, tossing it aside.

"You’re not keeping this?" Gu Xiaobei, standing on the side, asked curiously.

"Badger grease is inedible, it leads to diarrhea, but it’s good for treating burns, I’ll render it later, and store it in a jar." Lu Zhanguo patiently explained.

Gu Xiaobei leaned in closer to smell the meat, and thought that the meat smelled stronger than pork. "This will taste good when braised in soy sauce and some baijiu is added." Lu Zhanguo smiled at Gu Xiaobei’s look of disgust.

The assisting soldiers felt this was unbelievable, was this their platoon leader who usually had a stern face?

After everything was cleaned, Gu Xiaobei took two of the forelegs, and one of the hind legs, the rest was left to the kitchen. At this point, the soldiers also ate meat once a week. All young men, this was the age when they could really eat.

One of the forelegs was about two pounds, Gu Xiaobei planned to give one to Li Fengmei’s family, and the remaining three or so pounds of the hind leg was for Chen Gang to take home.

Gu Xiaobei suggested cooking all the meat, so Chen Gang could take the cooked meat back later, which would be more convenient.

Dinner was cooked by Lu Zhanguo. He braised the badger meat, adding some potatoes when it was almost done, braising half a pot.

Gu Xiaobei filled two full lunchboxes with meat for Chen Gang to take back from Li Fengmei’s house. Chen Gang waved his hands, "Auntie, this is too much, I’ll just take one box."

"You just listen to me, take them all back, let your fourth brother and sister-in-law have some too." Gu Xiaobei persuaded.

"My fourth sister-in-law..." Chen Gang expressed some displeasure, he deeply disliked his sister-in-law.

"If you give your sister-in-law some, she won’t dare to treat your mom badly. If you care only about your mom, your sister-in-law may hold a grudge, and she will definitely treat your mom even worse." Gu Xiaobei patiently explained, after all, Chen Gang was still a child, and often let his preferences dictate his actions.

Chen Gang nodded, also agreeing with Gu Xiaobei’s argument, knowing the small-mindedness of Li Xianglan.

After sending off Chen Gang, Gu Xiaobei also washed her hands to prepare for dinner, trying a piece of badger meat, she thought it wasn’t as delicious as she had expected. The meat had a taste of earthy muskiness, which she couldn’t accept.

Jiujiu, however, was happily gnawing the meat, her little mouth smeared with oil, enjoying it immensely.