Chapter 263 262. Japanese knotweed
Although there was no big fish or meat, the dinner was really satisfying.
Although Zhou Qian still did not dare to relax completely, he lay on the leaves with a unique plant scent and fell asleep soon.
In the dark night, the ivy at my feet stretched out its branches tremblingly, groping for the finely divided spore powder on the ground, thinking it was dust, and happily collected it all night.
So much so that when Zhou Qian woke up in the morning and walked out, he always felt that one of his legs was as heavy as lead.
The ivy on his leg has a criminal record. Although it has no thoughts, it has instincts. It is obviously just a piece of mutated material that was induced, but it always feels like it can still take root in the soil and survive.
It’s okay to hide the soil secretly when you dig the vegetable garden, but you can’t find any mud in this cave, so there’s no need to hide it, right?
Zhou Qian frowned, guessing that maybe he hadn’t used his legs and feet so intensely for a long time, which made the prosthetic limb here feel heavy...
It seems that he still has to do it when he finds time. Just a review.
He took two more steps and quickly got used to the weight again.
At this time, Huaiyu had happily brought back several green tubular plants with red spots from outside, and hurriedly ordered Zhou Qian to boil water.
He was a little confused: "Potgonium cuspidatum?"
The scientific name is Polygonum cuspidatum, but actually the locals prefer to call it Sour Tongzhi. As the name suggests, it is like a rod with a hollow center and tastes sour.
“Well,” Huaiyu replied happily: “Yesterday’s steamed sophora japonica, Brother Zhou Qian, you ate it very well! Breakfast happens to be very important, so I just want to get some more sophora japonica and bring it back— —But look! I saw knotweed! "
"This tastes sour, it must be very appetizing, right? You had a good meal yesterday."
She muttered, watching Zhou Qian quickly set up a pot to boil water, and then quickly cut the knotweed into sections, waiting to be boiled in the pot.
Zhou Qian can eat anything, but he can only make a big stew in one pot. While waiting for the water to boil, Huaiyu told him: "You can keep an eye on this while it is blanching. It will take about half a minute." Just take them all out.”
Otherwise, the knotweed has a lot of water, and after blanching for a long time, all the inside will turn into juice, leaving only a layer of skin on the surface, and the taste will be very bad.
She peeled off two more cloves of garlic and looked at the remaining half of it with confusion: "I knew I should have brought two fresh peppers."
Zhou Qian never thought about it. I have never been able to eat such comfortable food in the mountains and forests, and now I am extremely satisfied: "There are a lot of things to bring, let's just pick up the most important things, three buckets of water are already very heavy."
"There are no more three buckets of water!" Huaiyu happily pointed to the corner: "After today's breakfast, we only have one bucket of water left. We will go back after exploring at noon!"
She was deep in thought Said: "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality. Now I can't get used to sleeping in the wild!"
Zhou Qianxin thought about how you slept with your pillow on it yesterday, but he didn't see anything about it that you couldn't get used to sleeping in. .
While talking, the water in the pot was already boiling.
Zhou Qian quickly poured in all the chopped knotweed, counting the seconds in his heart seriously. When I counted 30, I quickly picked them up again.
Although he was not very skilled, he did it meticulously. Huaiyu was very satisfied: "Okay, let me tear these into finer pieces. Brother Zhou Qian, you continue to boil water. This one will need to be boiled again for half a minute." "
"It's so troublesome..."
He was actually a little uncomfortable with it. In the past, after waking up in the morning, he would simply wash up, swallow the dry food, and then go on a mission.
But now I have to spend so much time cooking early in the morning because of my atrophic stomach...
Zhou Qian felt anxious and embarrassed for a while. . But more than anything, I am happy.
Huaiyu glanced at him carefully, thinking that it was not quite bright yet, so it was a bit difficult to walk on the mountain road at this moment. Secondly...
Moving forward with Zhou Qian, climbing the mountain is like a task. Who doesn’t want to fish more at work? If she makes breakfast a little longer, won't she save an hour of walking?
But at this moment she just smiled, as sweet and well-behaved as usual. Zhou Qian was greatly moved. He became more focused while counting silently in his mind, and soon blanched the peeled knotweed for the second time. Finish.
The time to blanch the knotweed is just right. The garlic and chili peppers have been prepared in Huaiyu, so pour oil into the hot pan, add the ingredients, stir-fry, and then add the drained knotweed. Stir fry together.
After being scalded with water, the knotweed changed from a tender green with red spots to a gray-green color now, with no color at all in terms of color, fragrance, and flavor.
But Huaiyu is right about one thing.
Although it is just a vegetarian stir-fry, the oil used still has the taste of shrimp, which is very inconsistent. However, it is sour and delicious in the mouth, with a crunchy and chewy texture. It soon makes people feel thirsty, so they endure it. I couldn't help but turn my head and take another bite of the pie!
This wonderful combination is like porridge and pickles, especially when paired together.
The two of them ate in front of the small pot and quickly filled their empty bellies.
After eating and packing his things, Zhou Qian looked at the two empty buckets and the last bucket of water in his backpack, and finally made a decision -
"Going down the mountain should be faster than going up the mountain, and the road is already familiar. But after all, we have been walking for a day, and your physical strength may not be able to keep up... So, we should return at 12 noon."
Huaiyu silently estimated the time, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Disappointed: "With such a hasty schedule, there is no way I can pick up all the good things I encountered, right?"
Looked at Zhou Qian resentfully again: It was clearly intentional.
Zhou Qian rubbed her head: "How can I still know you? I'm afraid I want to take all the things I met along the way but didn't touch on the return trip! Otherwise, you would take so many bags. What are you doing?”
Then he pointed to the big mushroom above his head: "I'm really afraid that you'll have to ask me to carry away this half of the mushroom."
It's not that I can't carry it away, but except for this half of the mushroom, the mushrooms on the mountain are so good. There are many things.
As for carrying this kind of thing, it is sweet to maintain it in small amounts, but if it is too much...
Zhou Qian felt his heavy legs and felt that he was not too energetic today.
Huaiyu:……
While she was being pressed, she shrank, and at the same time she couldn't help but sigh: How could you guess so accurately? That's what she had in mind.
After all, the mushroom in front of me is so big that it can cover the entire top of the mountain! It would be a shame not to take it back.
People are happy with the mushrooms themselves, so it would be a pity not to cut off most of them.
Not only Huaiyu, but Zhou Qian himself wants to take it back! After all, the mushroom kebabs served last night, despite the lack of ingredients, tasted delicious and tender enough.
He grimaced and coughed lightly: "It won't happen again."
Update two, good night. I can’t finish writing Next Door anymore. Next Door will be updated tomorrow.