Chapter 403 I forgot about this
At the same time, her hands quickly took out a few stones from the brocade bag. The next moment, she saw several black figures emerging from the reeds, and then she realized that they were not the hidden villains at all, but were caught by her. The sound of footsteps startled wild ducks flying.
Even so, her hand holding the stone still moved, and she shot out a handful of stones, and several wild ducks flapped their wings and landed on the ground.
"Fortunately, it didn't fall into the lake, otherwise I would have to find something to fish for." Hong Xiaoduo murmured and stepped forward. When he picked one up, it felt heavy and quite fat, unlike the wild pigeons he shot along the way, which were light and airy. There was only two ounces of meat in each one. If the heat of the roasting was not controlled well, it would be easily burnt. Tianxuan stewed it for everyone to eat.
One, two, three... She shot a total of seven wild ducks. She held them in both hands and stopped moving forward. She turned around and returned to the camp.
Tianshu and the others had just set up the marquee and set up the tables and chairs. When they looked up, they saw Hong Xiaoduo coming back carrying something in both hands.
"Tianxuan, hurry up and boil the water to shed the duck feathers. There will be game tonight." Hong Xiaoduo greeted.
Several children shouted and ran towards her, vying to take the things in her hands, cheering and carrying water to boil water.
Quan Jinghuai didn't know what to say and didn't let her work. But as soon as she walked to the lake, the game came, not just one or two!
"Brother, let's not leave in a hurry tomorrow and take a nice walk around the lake. There must be wild ducks there. Get more of them. Anyway, the temperature is not easy to spoil now. Let Tianxuan make the duck in sauce and pickle it well. It will be a dish for the Chinese New Year. .
There should be fish in this lake, so you can also catch some. The big ones are dried pickled fish, and the small ones are used as vegetables. The especially small ones are wrapped in flour batter and fried, and then sprinkled with some salt and pepper as snacks. , I saw that the recent weather is good. "Hong Xiaoduo himself felt that he should discuss it with Quan Jinghuai.
But to Quan Jinghuai's ears, this was not a discussion at all, but a unilateral notice!
However, he didn't mind.
"Okay, after dinner, Tianxuan and I will stir-fry some bait." Quan Jinghuai responded, feeling a little sympathetic to the fly in the lake. If he met her, he would face the end of being exterminated.
She means that some people are in a hurry to leave. This stay and when to leave will not only depend on the final harvest. If there are wild ducks hunting every day and big fish are caught every day, just watch, she will not say she will leave. .
Other people have to go to the store to buy their New Year's goods, and she either can't afford it, or she just likes this kind of unexpected gain, just to be happy!
It's strange to say that she obviously doesn't know how to cook, but she knows how to make many delicious foods.
Not to mention anything else, just sweet potatoes. Generally speaking, they are eaten steamed, porridge, or roasted.
But she was pointing at Tianxuan and made some French fries, potato chips, dried sweet potatoes, fried sweet potato cakes, shredded sweet potatoes, sweet potato balls, sweet potato buns, and some sweet potato chips baked with salted egg yolk. .
The most common sweet potato can make her think of all kinds of ways to eat it.
Don't tell me, no matter which kind it is, it's delicious.
Quan Jinghuai felt that his second disciple was getting deeper and deeper into the direction of the cook!
As a combination of her and Tianxuan, they would never starve to death no matter where they went, and just opening a shop would be enough to support their big family.
However, there was no chance to open a shop at all, because she was not short of money. She went to the capital and brought back several thousand taels of gold tickets. Even if the Wei Mansion and Prime Minister Dong's Mansion paid her a reward, she actually dared to pick up the emperor's wool!
That's not plucking wool, it's clearly plucking the beard from the tiger's mouth!
Not bad, I still know that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and I still stick to my heart and continue to live a free and easy life. I decisively rejected the emperor and did not stay in the capital to be a female official!
However, Quan Jinghuai still admired her very much. What a temptation it was for the emperor to retain her as an official. How could ordinary people refuse this glittering official career?
However, Quan Jinghuai felt that the emperor's thinking was too simple. He only saw her power and didn't think about it. She only stayed in the capital for a short time and asked his Minister Gu to resign and go back to his hometown. Well, there is also the power behind Concubine Xi. How long have they been building up their strength, planning for so long, and spending so much thought and calculation, but in the end they were eradicated because of her!
If Xiaoduo really agrees to stay in the capital as an official, who knows what huge waves she will cause!
Quan Jinghuai really didn’t feel that his description was too exaggerated, that’s how he felt anyway!
She told these things casually, and when she said it, it was an understatement. Quan Jinghuai felt that she must have other things during her trip to the capital. Dinner was a little late due to collecting wild ducks.
However, on the dinner table, there was an extra dish of wild duck stewed with dried bamboo shoots and a dish of braised wild duck.
The meat of game is inherently delicious, and Tianxuan's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. The two wild duck dishes are amazing both in terms of appearance and taste.
"Mom, if there are wild ducks, are there also wild duck eggs to pick up? I will carry a basket to look for them tomorrow morning and let my second brother pickle the salted eggs." Yao Guang grabbed a braised duck leg and gnawed until his mouth was shiny. .
Hong Xiaoduo shook his head and said: "In this season, wild ducks are not very good at laying eggs. I guess they are choking enough to pick them up."
ah? Yaoguang felt a little regretful when he heard that he might not be able to pick up the wild duck eggs.
"Mom, can we shoot wild ducks with arrows tomorrow?" Tianji hesitated and asked again and again.
"Of course. This is a good opportunity to test your archery skills. How can you improve if you keep shooting at fixed targets?" Hong Xiaoduo responded with a smile.
Tianshu opened his mouth and explained for his younger brother: "What the third brother means is, if we use arrows, but the archery skills are not good, it will be a pity to scare away the wild ducks. If you take action, you will definitely not miss."
Hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo waved his hand disapprovingly: "What's the pity? Just rest assured and go hunting tomorrow. At worst, if you miss, I can just make up for it.
As long as I'm here, I won't let a wild duck fly away and escape. ”
If someone else said this, it would sound like she was bragging, but when it came out of her mouth, no one present thought she was bragging, because she really had that ability.
"Ahem, there's no need to kill them all." Quan Jinghuai couldn't stand listening anymore and said with a smile.
Because it was Master who said this, Tianshu and the others wanted to refute but did not dare.
I really want to say, Master, if you are so kind, just eat a few less pieces of duck meat! I see you take a sip of wine and a sip of wild duck meat, don’t eat it too fragrantly!
What Hong Xiaoduo was thinking about was that in modern times, wild ducks were classified as second-level protected wild animals. Although they were divided into several species, if the number of kills was large, the methods were cruel, and serious consequences were caused, they would be sentenced to five years. Those who are jailed for not less than ten years but not more than ten years shall also be fined.
Don't ask her how she knows such detailed information. The question is, she hunted a lot of game in this dynasty, so she went to the space computer to learn more about it.
Modern times are not like ancient times. Game is everywhere, and villages and towns near the mountains and forests have hunters who make a living by hunting.
Hong Xiaoduo thought that she would have a great time if she could hunt freely here.
"By the way, Xiaoduo, I forgot to tell you something. The two lanterns you bought are magical. A candle can burn for a long, long time. It has been more than a month since you accompanied Kaiyang to the capital. Are there still the same two candles?" Quan Jinghuai happened to look up and saw the lantern hanging on the pole, and thought of asking.
Feiyan and Tianshu also looked at her curiously.
Oh, after hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo remembered that he had been doing it every few days, changing candles and so on.
This time I went to the capital and I forgot about this. How to explain this...
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