Chapter 39: Entering the Mountain (please collect and recommend)
Dinner was Zhang An’s hand.
During the day Wang Fang protested against her family’s living standards during this period.
So Zhang An didn't think about cooking much at night. He simply made a pot of spicy soup and ate hot pot on the stove.
Saute a few pieces of fat meat with a spoonful of pork, add home-made oil chili, stir-fry the chopped onions and garlic until the fragrance comes out, add in the sliced potatoes and stir-fry.
Pour the home-cooked green bean soup into the pot.
The side dish is the pea tips that Zhang An picked in the yard. The pea tips from other people’s homes have begun to bloom and prepare to produce small peas this season.
But the peas in Zhang Anyuan’s house actually sprouted new sprouts while bearing fruit.
After digging a large handful of coriander, Zhang An didn’t think of chopping it up, but washed the whole plant including the roots and leaves, and scalded it for eating.
This is what Zhang An has wanted to do since his previous life. However, the coriander grown at home in his previous life was too small, troublesome to wash, and not satisfying to eat.
Later, even after Zhang Anjin started working, this thing was still too expensive.
More than ten yuan is a penny, so Zhang An, who especially likes coriander, has only achieved coriander freedom in this life.
Coriander is the local name, and its scientific name is coriander.
The reviews for this thing are too extreme. Those who like it love it very much, while those who hate it don’t want to touch it at all.
After Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang washed their hands and came in, the family started to have dinner.
The spicy oily soup was boiling over the fire. Zhang An put the tip of a pea with a chopstick into it and it was cooked in a few seconds.
It’s a pity that no one selling tofu came today. Otherwise, it would be beautiful to buy a piece of old tofu and cook it together.
Coriander needs to be cooked for a while longer than pea tips. Although it can be eaten raw, it is better to cook it with the roots for a while.
Cooked coriander has a unique texture. Zhang An’s favorite is the root of coriander, which is especially delicious when cooked, with a hint of sweetness.
If there was an Internet now and it was posted online, this way of eating would definitely be criticized.
The family was enjoying their meal when they heard someone shouting outside the door.
"Jianguo, Xiao An..."
Zhang An stood up and saw that it was the second grandfather. Xiaohu had already brought the second grandfather in.
“Second Grandpa, come and eat.”
Zhang An found a chair for Second Grandpa to sit down by the stove.
Wang Fang also stood up and brought a pair of bowls and chopsticks over, but instead of loading them with rice, Zhang An poured some of the gastrodia wine he had soaked from the cabinet.
Originally, the second grandfather said he wouldn’t eat, but he couldn’t stand the enthusiasm of Zhang An’s family, not to mention that Zhang An had already used his ultimate move.
As soon as the wine was poured out, the second grandfather did not refuse.
Wang Fang also took out the sliced meat from the refrigerator and asked the second grandfather to heat it and drink it.
Second Grandpa took a sip of wine and raised his brows slightly.
"This wine in your house is made from Gastrodia elata." The second grandfather didn't even look at it when he first poured the wine. After drinking it, he could test out what ingredients were in it.
Sure enough, drinking wine for so many years is not in vain. Ginger is still spicy and has rich experience.
"Yes, Master, Xiao An and I found this on the mountain last year, above the Dishui Pond. We have been soaking in it for several months."
Zhang Jianguo explained with a smile.
“This wine is good. Gastrodia elata is not very old, so it’s okay.”
After drinking a small bowl of wine, Zhang An gave the old man some food. The old man didn’t show any pretense, just ate a bowl of beans. Jian'er ate a bowl before getting down to business.
"I plan to go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow, so I want Zhang An to take the family dog with me."
Secretary Zhang has been walking in the mountains all his life, especially in the woods. I know a lot about the herbs and medicines in there.
As I get older, I may not be able to enter the mountains in the future.
So he thought about passing on some of his things to his children and grandchildren. The sons and nephews at home are not interested in this and are busy taking care of the family.
The children and grandchildren are not very old. Zhang An is only twenty years old, so he is considered a personal choice.
The old man had the same plan in his previous life, but Zhang An didn't like going into the mountains at that time, so the old man's plan came to nothing.
Later, several cousins grew up, but the old man was also older and it was inconvenient to go into the mountains.
What this thing emphasizes is step-by-step on-site explanation and teaching.
“I have long wanted to go into the mountains with the second master.” Zhang An said with a smile.
Second Master Zhang doesn’t believe this at all. Why?
He had told Zhang An about this before, but Zhang An didn't go at all.
It was during this period that Zhang An became more sensible than before, and he also liked to crawl into the mountains, so Mr. Zhang opened his mouth again.
"You little monkey, you are coaxing me. I called you a few years ago, so why don't you come with me?"
Zhang An was not embarrassed at all. He was only a few years old at that time and did not understand that the mountains were full of treasures.
"Aren't you young and ignorant? Anyway, we have been mountain people all our lives. We rely on mountains and water to eat and drink. How can we not be close to the mountains."
"Before The naive little guy has grown up. It’s good to be sensible and know how to be down-to-earth. We mountain people just want to be close to the mountains." When Zhang An was born, his brothers were still there, and everyone was still young at that time.
In the blink of an eye, the little guy has grown so big, and the hair on his head has turned white. Time flies so fast.
Early the next morning, after Zhang An got up and washed up, Wang Fang cooked a bowl of noodles and added two fried eggs.
The three dogs at home are also eating.
Zhang An only plans to take Xiaohu there today, while the other two brothers will stay at home.
There were too many places that Zhang An couldn’t stand.
Second Master Zhang also said that if we don’t go into the mountains today, we will just wander around the outside.
I have been staying at home since before the Chinese New Year, and it’s time to go out and have some fun.
After eating, Zhang An went to Erye with the tools he had prepared.
Zhang An was going to carry a small bamboo basket with some cakes and a pot of tea prepared by his mother.
Originally Zhang An didn’t want to take it with him because there was water in the space, but he couldn’t explain it clearly, so he just took it with him.
Although it is possible to catch some prey in the mountains, they do not stay in the mountains for too long, and it takes time to get food from the mountains.
And it is an unwritten tradition not to hunt in spring. Most of the animals in the forest are pregnant now, so hunting is not allowed.
When we arrived at the second master’s house, he was eating. Originally, the second grandma was going to cook it for Zhang An. Zhang An said that he had eaten it, and his mother got up early in the morning to cook it.
The second grandma took the pot off the fire.
After the second master finished eating, he also carried a small bamboo basket on his back.
The difference is that the second master brought a small medicine hoe and a walking stick.
The walking stick is very useful in the woods this season. It can not only be used to walk on it, but also to pat the grass in front of it from time to time.
It is spring now, and it is about to enter the third month of the lunar calendar. As the saying goes, snakes come out of the mountains on March 3rd.
But in fact, every March 3rd, hibernating snakes also wake up.
There might be one coiled in the grass somewhere where you don’t notice it.
It would be fine if it was not poisonous, but it would be difficult to get bitten by a poisonous one, and current medical conditions are underdeveloped.
Poisonous snakes abound in the mountains and forests. Zhang An encountered green bamboo snakes and highly venomous snakes such as white knot snakes in the mountains.
Qingzhubiao is the local common name. People’s nickname is Zhuyeqing, and the white-knuckle snake is the bungara snake. These two things are highly poisonous.
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