Chapter 175 News reporter in the city
“Boss Ding, do you want it tomorrow? If so, I will pick it early in the morning and wait for you.”
After getting the money The ladies all asked Ding Yi enthusiastically.
The last time Ding Yi came to the village to collect mountain goods, he left a great impression on them because he was willing to pay the price.
"Aunties, don't worry about this right now. I'll take it back and sell it first to test the water and see if there's any sales."
A few maids were too enthusiastic, Ding Yi was a little a little bit Unable to resist, he quickly spoke.
"If it can be sold, I will call Zhang An and ask him to notify you to pick it, okay."
After hearing what Ding Yi said, no one asked any more questions.
Because others have also collected hundreds of kilograms, and if they cannot be sold, they will have to pay for it themselves.
After the maids left, Ding Yi was also ready to say goodbye to Zhang An.
While the ferns were still fresh, he had to quickly bring these young ferns to the store.
Before leaving, Zhang An sprinkled these young ferns with space spring water.
This keeps them fresher longer.
The next morning, the maids in the village came as usual and called Wang Fang to go pick young ferns on the mountain.
"Honey, Ding Yi hasn't said whether he wants it or not. You guys go and pick it now."
"It doesn't matter, Anzi. We are sure whether Boss Ding will accept it or not." I want to pick some back and make some bracken to eat at home.”
The maids smiled and talked to Zhang An. They, women, had a very good impression of Zhang An.
Zhang An brought Ding Yi over, sometimes accepting one thing, and then another.
They made a lot of money, how could they not like this young man Zhang An.
If Zhang An didn’t already have a partner, they would introduce someone to Zhang An.
People in the village usually go early in the morning to pick fern moss, but not in the afternoon.
Because the young bracken picked with dew in the morning is more delicious when made into dried bracken.
Bracken is a short-lived seasonal wild vegetable and its storage time is very short.
So everyone is more willing to collect more and dry it into dried fern moss, so that it can be eaten all year round.
The rural areas in the mountains are not like the cities, with vegetable markets.
When you are in the city, you usually go to the vegetable market to buy whatever you want to eat and cook it later.
But this is not the case in the village. What vegetables are eaten during normal times depends on what vegetables are grown at home.
Sometimes you need to eat beans or eggplants for several months, and even potatoes for a year.
So the villagers often make some dried vegetables and store them in season.
In this case, you can also adjust your own recipes at ordinary times.
When you ask someone to do work, you can also bring out a few more dishes to make it look less shabby.
Normal ones include dried bracken, dried bamboo shoots, tribute vegetables, salted vegetables and sauerkraut, etc.
Including bacon, they are all made with this consideration.
After hearing the adults talking about dried bracken, Zhang An remembered it.
This thing is dry goods, it can be regarded as a kind of mountain goods.
When Ding Yi calls next time, mention this to him.
As you can tell from the name, dried bracken is made by drying fresh bracken.
But the dried bracken made in many places is not delicious. It tastes dry and like eating grass.
Later Zhang An bought many kinds of dried bracken in the supermarket, and they tasted all kinds of strange.
Zhang An considers the dried bracken in Changqing Village to be the most delicious.
When Wang Fang dries fern moss, she usually blanchs it in boiling water first.
Then take out the fern moss to dry, and don’t dry it too much.
Every time it is only half-dried, put it away and put it in a windy place to dry in the shade.
The dried bracken produced in this way does not need to be soaked for a long time when eaten.
It tastes refreshing and crispy. It can not only be fried with meat, but also stewed and served cold.
Cold dried bracken and fern root powder are a perfect match.
After Wang Fang went out, Zhang An had to be the shopkeeper just like yesterday.
It’s just that not many people came to buy things today, so Zhang An was happy to lie down in the yard.
"Hello, can you excuse me?"
Zhang An closed his eyes and meditated in the yard, and suddenly heard someone shouting at the door.
When I got up and took a look, I found four people, two men, two women, standing at the door.
They looked at the little tiger lying next to Zhang An, and they shrank a little.
Zhang An knew that they were afraid of Xiaohu and did not dare to enter the yard.
"Come in, our dog is very well-behaved."
Zhang An got up from the chair, patted the little tiger, and let him take his baby to sleep in the pen. .
The little tiger now looks like a small ox. Normally it is a human being, but I am quite scared to see it.
This was also the case for people who came to the village to play in the past. For this reason, Zhang An even drove the little tiger to the den to stay for a few days.
Today was okay, only Xiaohu was at home, the big tiger followed Wang Fang to the mountains, and the second tiger followed Zhang Jianguo to herd sheep and work as a shepherd dog.
If the three brothers were all here, it would simply give others a sense of oppression.
“This dog of yours is really big. It looks like a lion. It’s quite scary.”
The person who just greeted Zhang An is now chatting with Zhang An.
Without Xiaohu, they talked much more cheerfully.
“Hahaha, many people say this, but although Xiaohu looks scary, he is usually very well-behaved and will not take the initiative to hurt others. Otherwise, our family would not dare to let go like this.”
Zhang An replied to several people while pouring tea for them.
Visitors are guests. No matter what they are here for, it is the host's duty to show their kindness to the landlord.
After some conversation, Zhang An learned that the person in front of him was called Wu Ming.
is a reporter from the city news agency, and several others are his colleagues.
The two girls, the tall one named Li Lin and the slightly shorter and more delicate one named Wang Liya, are both reporters from the newspaper.
The other man, Wang Hua, is a professional photographer, which can be seen just from the camera hanging around his neck.
Perhaps the reporters are all familiar with each other. After chatting with Zhang An, they started talking like they were acquaintances who have known each other for many years.
It turns out that several of them came with a mission when they went to the countryside this time.
Because Changqing Village has now established the only wild giant salamander nature reserve in the city.
The city's news agency must write an article in this regard and prepare to report on this place.
So this time they came here just to shoot the scene and go back to write the manuscript.
After several people came to Changqing, they were attracted by the scene on Huangtupo.
Because the cherry blossoms and peach blossoms are now in full bloom on the mountain, it looks very beautiful from a distance.
Orchards of this size are still relatively rare in the city.
So a few people took pictures in the mountains, after the mission was completed.
I think of this mountain, half of it is as bright as snow, and half of it is colorful with fallen flowers.
They took many photos of this place from a distance, and then wanted to go into the forest to take some more photos.
After asking people in the village, they found out that the cherry blossom forest and peach blossom forest on the mountain were planted by Zhang An.
So if you want to enter the forest, you need to come over and say hello to Zhang An. After all, on someone else's territory, you still have to be sensible.
The current folk customs are not ordinary tough.
"Zhang An, your cherry blossom forest is so beautiful, so we came here to go into the forest and take some photos. I wonder if we can."
Zhang An chatted with them. After talking for a while, Wu Ming began to tell Zhang An about the purpose of his trip.
"There's nothing wrong with this. You can take pictures however you want, as long as you don't shake the flowers when you go in."
Zhang An smiled and said to Wu Ming and his group, "There are no flowers." Before, he had thought that someone would want to come and see the cherry blossom forest.
Wu Ming did not expect that Zhang An would readily agree as soon as he said this.
At first he even felt that he needed to say a few more words.
Because before they went to other places, others would not let them in such private orchards.
“Don’t worry, we are just going in to take some photos and we won’t touch the flowers.”
Zhang An took them to the backyard and asked them to walk through the mountain path he had paved. Go up the mountain.
“By the way, there may be a lot of bees in the forest, but don’t be afraid, they are all domestic bees that I raise.”
Zhang An then remembered that he had Moved a few beehives over.
The flowers on the mountain are blooming so well, and the industrious little bees will definitely not let them go.
“Don’t be afraid even if they land on you. As long as you don’t attack them, they won’t sting you.”
After thinking about it, Zhang An opened his mouth to remind these people. .
Although this group of wasps has become much docile after being domesticated in space.
But it would be uncomfortable to attack them rashly.
Because space not only tames their violent tempers, but also strengthens their aggression.
Ordinary people must not be able to stand the sting of their bee tails.
"Okay, okay, we understand, thank you, Zhang An."
"It's okay, you can go, I won't accompany you up."
Zhang An waved his hands towards them, and did not return to the front yard until he saw them going up the mountain.
Wu Ming and his party of four walked on this mountain path like piano keys, all the way deep into the cherry blossom forest.
"As Zhang An said, there are really a lot of bees."
As soon as they entered the forest, everyone saw little bees flying everywhere.
If Zhang An hadn’t reminded them, they would have been a little scared.
Because there are indeed many bees in this forest.
"They are really hardworking. After picking this one, they flew to another flower and started picking nectar. The book said that the hardworking little bees are really right."
While speaking, Wang Hua held up the camera and took some close-ups of a few bees gathering honey.
On the night of the Waking of Insects, the cherry blossoms in the forest had just opened.
Up to now, all the buds on the tree have bloomed.
“Have you ever felt that the cherry blossoms in this forest not only have larger flowers, but also have a stronger fragrance than other cherry blossoms.”
Wang Hua and a few companions put down the camera said.
He usually didn't notice these, but when he took pictures today, he found that these flowers were obviously much larger than the cherry blossoms in other places.
As we all know, cherry trees that can bear cherries have much smaller cherry flowers with fewer petals.
Unlike cherry blossoms that are specially grown for viewing, ornamental cherry blossoms not only have large flowers, but also have many petals.
Just before going up the mountain, Zhang An also told them that this cherry forest is full of cherry trees that are about to bear fruit.
But now it seems that these cherry blossoms are no less beautiful than ornamental cherry blossoms.
On the contrary, these cherry flowers also have a floral fragrance that is not found in ornamental cherry blossoms.
This is the first time Wang Hua has seen such a situation.
"Yes, I didn't even notice it unless you told me. This floral fragrance smells so good. It's not only strong but also very natural, making it hard for people to notice."
Although cherry blossoms do have some The scent is very light, floral, and you can't smell it unless you get close.
They have never smelled cherry blossoms with such a strong fragrance. Even from a distance, the fragrance is already fragrant.
Wang Yali said, then walked to the lowered branch of a nearby tree, raised her head and smelled the fragrance of the flowers.
When Wang Hua saw this, he immediately picked up the camera and took a close-up of her.
“And you look at the ground, these clovers are growing really well.”
Li Lin squatted on the ground and started looking for the legendary lucky clover.
"Haha, I found the clover."
Li Lin held up a four-leaf clover and waved it in front of everyone.
Seeing this, Wang Liya also squatted on the ground and started searching.
The four-leaf clover is what everyone calls lucky clover. It is said that those who find it will have good luck.
This statement has been circulating among this girl.
Even the children in the village know this statement.
And the flowers they bloom, many people like to pick and braid their headscarves.
Girls wear it on their heads and it looks very nice.
It’s just that it’s not the season yet, and the white alfalfa hasn’t bloomed yet.
The further you go up, the more beautiful the flowers bloom on these trees.
A few people found a place that was more suitable as a background and took some photos for everyone in turn.
Every time they come out to take pictures, they will take some photos as souvenirs after completing the task.
Finally, Wang Hua took out the stand from his bag and took a group photo of the four of them.
With the clicking sound of Wang Hua's shutter, it was almost enough to capture the cherry blossom forest.
But a few people did not go down the mountain. Instead, they walked forward along the path Zhang Anpu took.
Wu Ming and the others had clearly seen it when they were on the bridge.
The flowers on this mountain are obviously divided into two places, one is as bright as snow, and the other is made of pink makeup and jade.
Now that they have finished looking at the white cherry blossoms, they also want to see what the pink flowers are.
This stone road winds through the forest.
Wu Ming and others walked through the cherry blossom forest and came to another thirty acres of peach forest.
"I thought they were two different kinds of cherry blossoms, but I didn't expect them to be peach blossoms."
In the peach grove, there are not only various bees, but also some butterflies.
They happily spread their wings and flap among the flowers.
"This forest is really beautiful, ah--"
Li Lin let out an exclamation before she finished her praise.
“Look, that’s a sika deer.”
Li Lin pointed to the sika deer not far ahead for everyone to see.
Hearing the sound, Wu Ming and everyone looked in the direction Li Lin pointed, and sure enough they saw five sika deer.
They were grazing leisurely under the tree, raising their heads from time to time.
And there are several butterflies flying around on their heads.
These few of them had never been into the mountains very often, and they had never seen such a harmonious natural scene.
(End of this chapter)