Chapter 566: Traveling into the Mountains
In the mountains and forests in summer, there are clear sounds of insects and birds everywhere. When you are in it, you can completely feel the coexistence of tranquility and excitement.
This is like an elegant light concert, which can immerse people's hearts without feeling lonely.
As soon as they entered the forest, Zhang An and the others encountered a large clump of very dense and leafy red thorn vines. This is one of the many dream vines in the mountains. It is similar to the thorn vine, except that The color of the fruit changes when it matures.
On every branch of its tree, there are many green, red, purple and black red weeds.
The green ones are because the red weeds have just grown and are still raw. They will slowly turn into red, purple, and finally black.
Under normal circumstances, it can be eaten after it turns red. Most of them are picked and used as medicinal materials at this time, so it is named red.
But at this time, the ripeness of the red water chestnuts is not high. The fruits are hard and taste very sour. Generally, few people are willing to pick them just for eating.
After the red water chestnut turns from red to purple, the taste and texture will undergo earth-shaking changes. Although there is still a trace of sour juice when eating, it is mostly sweet.
At this time, the red weed is at its most delicious. It is sour and sweet. Although the fruit is a little softer, it is not to the point of breaking when touched. Many people in the village go to the mountains to graze cattle. The children will attack them at this time.
Even some adults who went to the fields would pick a few and eat them after seeing it. Then they would find a few big tree leaves and pick the rest and take them home to their children.
In later generations, many people would go into the mountains to pick these things and buy them on the street. It was also at this time.
When the time is later and the purple red asparagus completely turns black, the fruit will become very soft. You don’t even need to bite it with your teeth when you put it in your mouth. The pulp and juice will be in your mouth with a sip. The mouth blooms.
At this time, the red water chestnut has reached the stage of ripeness, and when you taste it, you can feel the presence of a hint of sourness. It is the sweetest time, not worse than honey at all.
However, the fruits are too soft, so they can only be picked and eaten on site, not taken away. Moreover, within a few days, these red asparagus will naturally fall from the thorn vines to the ground, or rot on the ground. inside, or being carried away by ants and other animals to be used as food.
At this time, in the tent in front of Zhang An and the others, many ripe red asparagus fell on the ground, and many industrious ants were moving them into their nests.
“Hey, this is the wild fruit that the village elder brought to us last night. We saw it as soon as we entered the mountains, but this fruit is much smaller.”
Zhang Zilin seemed to have never been in an ordinary mountain, and she became interested as soon as she saw this.
Last night Zhang Jianwen brought about a kilogram of red asparagus to Zhang An's house. The sweet and sour wild fruit instantly conquered her, who had never tasted such wild fruit before.
So she always thought that there wouldn’t be many wild fruits like this, so she was so surprised now.
When she later discovered that it can grow in damp soil and can be seen everywhere, she probably got used to it.
While she was still surprised, Ding Yi had already stepped forward, picked them one by one and fed them into their Ding Zijie’s mouth.
Xiao Siqi is no exception. The uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the village often pick them and bring them home to him, so he never hesitates to eat unless he has not seen them before. Passed.
“Let’s go. This bunch of fruits is too small. It’s probably because the soil here is too poor and the sweetness is not very high. If we walk further in, there will be more inside, and they are all They are big and taste very sweet, just like the ones my uncle brought last night."
Zhang An ate a few and fed a few to his son on his shoulder. Give up this Penghonglan.
Because the red asparagus produced was really not big, he, who had eaten countless Mengzi since he was a child, naturally didn't notice it.
What Zhang Jianwen brought last night were all picked by Zhang Ping in the forest further inside.
Generally, no one would go to the places he went, so he basically chose many wild fruits in the mountains.
The fat man and his wife, who were still focused on picking red weeds and stuffing them into their mouths, stopped immediately when they heard this.
Because the taste of these red water chestnuts is indeed not as good as the ones the old village chief brought last night, and they are not satisfying to eat.
Sure enough, the further you go into the mountains, the more red thorn vines you see. They can be found on any bank of a stream, and there are also other rice-planting vines, field thorns, etc.
Not only do they grow flat, dense and large, but the fruits they produce are indeed much larger than the ones we just encountered before. It is really enjoyable to eat.
This actually has a lot to do with the route they took into the mountains. Not many people usually take this road, so these dreams are preserved.
If we had found a mountainous road with more mountains, or the road where the group of cowherd boys in the village often herd cattle, they would have been extinct long ago.
Walking on the mountain road was quite strenuous at first, because neither Fatty, Zhang Zilin, nor Ding Yi and Li Li usually walked on the mountain road.
But along the way, everyone took a few steps and stopped to pick the seeds for a while. Unknowingly, after walking for a long time on the mountain road, everyone felt tired and needed a rest, and even their stomachs were still wet. Feeling a little full.
"Okay, it's already noon now, and the sun is getting brighter. This place is quite nice. Let's rest here and I'll give you some outdoor flavor packages."
< br>When they arrived at Shuijingchong, Zhang An found a fairly spacious dam nearby and told everyone.
As a family with a family, it is not impossible for them to go into the mountains to have fun, but it is definitely unrealistic to go deep into the mountains.
Shuijingchong is undoubtedly a very suitable place to rest and rest. The forest is not small, but it is not very deep either.
What's more important is that there are mountain springs here. Although these springs dried up during the previous drought, after the rain later, the mountain springs emerged again.
No one has any objections to Zhang An's arrangement. After all, Zhang An is the most familiar with this place among them all.
So after Ding Yi handed the Ding Zizi in his arms to Li Li, he took out a large piece of bedsheet from the pocket he brought with him, and spread it with the fat man in the dam. This was what Zhang An had specially bought before. It is thicker than ordinary sheets and much wider than ordinary sheets, so it is very suitable for taking it back to the field.
After the paving was completed, the two little guys had already started playing on it. Su Ying, Li Li and Zhang Zilin also took out the food they had brought out.
These are some snacks, mostly brought by Ding Yi, because every time this guy comes back, he has to bring some back.
Zhang An, on the other hand, chose a place near the stream and started digging a hole with a branch, preparing to dig out a temporary fire pit.
Although I have already eaten at home and do not need to fill up another meal at noon, it still takes so long to go into the mountains.
"Fat man, follow me. Let's go pick up firewood nearby."
Seeing that Zhang An was digging a fire pit, they couldn't do much to help, so Ding Yi called Fatty. Look around for firewood.
This is not the first time for him to play in the mountains, so he needs to be familiar with it.
This was the first time that Fatty followed Ding Yi out, and he was very interested. Naturally, he followed Ding Yi eagerly.
Going to the mountains is not just about enjoying the natural scenery, blowing the mountain breeze, and looking at the green trees and wild flowers.
What is more important is to do some down-to-earth things, such as picking some wild fruits, having a picnic, catching some prey if possible, fishing for small fish, etc. These are more exciting than anything else. Happy. "When you are collecting firewood, pay attention to the deep places in the grass and woods, and use a long stick in your hand to hit it a little. Although we are not going very deep and there are no old poisons, there are still cauliflower snakes."
When Ding Yi and Fatty went out, Zhang An reminded him.
Because this season many snakes will hide in the shade in dark places such as grass or shrubs.
Although there will not be small but highly toxic old poisons like Xiaoqing and Xiaoyin in Shuijingchong, there are still a lot of common non-poisonous spicy strips. Zhang An is worried that if they are not careful, they will Be scared.
"You three are playing here with your children. I'm going to go out for a walk and see if I can catch anything. Those two guys are nearby. If you need anything, call them."
After Zhang An dug a simple fire pit, he told Su Ying and the other three that he was going to take Xiaohu out for a walk.
After all, Zhang An himself is still a hunter. He definitely wants to try his hand when he goes into the mountains, otherwise he will be in vain.
"Okay, let's go. Just come back early. How about we light the fire first, or if there is anything else we need to do."
At this moment, Su Ying and the other three women were talking to Xiao Si. Qi and his two brothers had fun playing with Qiuqiu.
Seeing that the three men were doing something, they wanted to help.
"No, no, no, you can just play. There is nothing to do now. I will come back to regenerate the fire."
There is really nothing to do now, only lighting the fire, but that is not the case. in a hurry.
And lighting a fire in the mountains requires a lot of skills. Zhang An had to do it himself, so he was really worried about what would happen if they let them do it.
Then Zhang An took Xiaohu to the woods, leaving Dahu and Erhu behind to follow Su Ying and others.
When he went out today, Zhang An only brought three dogs with him. It would be inconvenient to have more dogs, and they also need to be looked after at home.
As soon as he entered the woods, Zhang An activated his hunter instinct and discovered two rabbit holes.
The little tiger immediately ran over, sniffed at the entrance of the hole with his nose, and kept digging at the entrance of the hole with his two front paws.
Its movement means that there is a rabbit in this hole. There are many rabbit holes in the mountains, but many of them are abandoned by rabbits. However, the tiger's sense of smell is very sensitive and can distinguish whether there is prey in the hole.
Soon, Zhang An stopped Xiaohu's excitement, searched around for a while, used local materials to make a trap at the entrance of the cave, and then continued to search.
Not long after walking, Xiaohu made another harvest in a grass forest.
When it ran back in a hurry, it still had a big piece of yellow striped jumpsuit in its mouth.
This thing is not small. Zhang An looked at it and estimated that it was only slightly thinner than his forearm.
When the little tiger was holding it in its mouth, its spicy head was still spitting out words and twisting left and right, as if it was looking for an opportunity to take a bite of the ground in front of it, and its back half His body was also twisting constantly, trying to wrap himself around Xiaohu and roll him up.
But the little tiger has teased this harmless guy countless times, and it is not unreasonable at all. He just takes two steps and shakes his head, and directly shakes the big spicy thing on his mouth. of.
After all, what Latiao is most afraid of is being dumped.
“Okay, little tiger, let him go, we don’t care about eating this stuff.”
Seeing that the little tiger was about to come over with his prey to claim credit, Zhang An still Let it throw this thing away.
This cauliflower snake is not small, and it tastes delicious when peeled and roasted.
It’s just that Zhang An doesn’t care about this thing. It doesn’t matter if it’s just the three of them, but there are three lesbians present, and Su Ying and the others are not willing to touch this thing at all.
The little tiger listened to his master's order without any hesitation. He ran to the edge of the sill in front with the spicy strips in his mouth and threw it down.
This cauliflower snake was also lucky enough to meet Zhang An. If it had met other people in the village, it would probably have been captured and taken back to the village to make dragon and phoenix stew.
After returning from a circle, Zhang An had a pheasant and a rabbit in his hand, and there were several pheasant eggs in his pocket.
This was all caught by Xiaohu and has nothing to do with Zhang An. Moreover, when Xiaohu went after the pheasant, he also found a chicken nest, which is how the eggs in Zhang An's pocket came from.
On the way back, he took off the condom he had just put on. After all, this thing would not be useful until the evening or night.
He is not going to come over to see it tomorrow, so he will dismantle it and catch it at night, then put it here to waste.
"I'll go, you guy has only been here for a while, and you've already harvested something, and there are still two of them."
As soon as Zhang An came back, the fat man found the bag in his hand The prey exclaimed somewhat exaggeratedly.
"Tch, what's this? If we were in the deep mountains and given some more time, he could catch a deer or something else for you."
Ding Yize said very calmly, he had followed him before Zhang An had been in the mountains and knew that catching rabbits and pheasants was not difficult for him.
"Actually, it has nothing to do with me. It was all caught by Xiaohu."
Zhang An chuckled, rubbed Xiaohu's dog's head and said.
"What's the matter? You tamed the little tiger yourself."
Except for Zhang Zilin, everyone else was very calm about this. They had long known about the big dogs of the Zhang An family. It's up to you.
“By the way, what are you doing?”
Zhang An found that except Li Li and Su Ying who were taking care of their children, several other people had taken off their shoes and were in the creek below, as if Looking for something while bending down.
“Look, I’m looking for this.”
Hearing Zhang An ask, the fat man raised the bag in his hand to show Zhang An, which contained many crabs.
"There are actually crabs here. Although they are not very big, they can be found even if you move a stone."
(End of Chapter)