Chapter 299: Things recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Chen Ling’s new identity as a forest ranger is quite good.
It doesn’t conflict with life, and I can still receive a monthly salary. My family was very happy when they found out.
"Professor, have you eaten? If you haven't had lunch, let's have lunch together."
Wang Cunye saw that they were in a hurry and had just arrived at lunch time, so he asked them to sit down. Next meal.
"No, no, you eat what you have. There are many of us, so we brought cooked food..."
Han Ninggui waved his hand, there were more than ten people coming this time, and it wasn't just him and Feng Yi. If there were only He was rude to both of them.
Wang Cunye also saw that they were embarrassed because there were so many of them, so he pulled Han Ninggui to sit down: "Oh, it's okay. Sit down. The food you brought with you after walking such a long way has already become cold. Sit down quickly and eat. It’s hot. If it’s not enough, let’s make it again.”
Gao Xiulan was also serving them bowls of rice.
Today at noon, it was a common meal at home. I made some pimple soup with cabbage.
One pot holds exactly eight bowls.
This is because Chen Ling eats a lot. No matter how full he is, he still has to drink three or four bowls of steamed buns and fried steamed buns in one meal.
"If there's not enough food, I'll make another pot. It's very fast." Seeing this, Chen Ling got up and walked to the kitchen.
Han Ninggui hurriedly followed and took out a bag of cooked food from his bag, preparing to cut it and place it on two plates in the kitchen.
Chen Ling took a look and saw that it was a piece of cooked beef, as well as lungs and liver.
People nowadays rarely eat intestines and stomach.
Fat intestines and other things will not come into being until another ten years.
Intestines and stomachs are very cheap nowadays.
Things like lung lobes and liver are extremely popular.
Especially people who often travel around the world like this one very much.
Entering the kitchen, Han Ninggui was cutting meat, while Chen Ling went to choose and wash vegetables, took out two bowls of white flour, poured it into a basin, beat eggs, added sweet potato starch, and stirred into a batter.
"Hey, didn't Fuguiyou make pimple soup? Why did he stir it all into a paste?"
Han Ninggui was very confused when he saw his behavior. This is not how he made pimple soup. How can I not know this for half my life?
“Oh, save yourself the trouble, instead of making pimple soup, just make a pot of noodle and fish soup.”
“Noodle fish? What is noodle fish?”
"Actually, they are also gnocchi. Haha..."
Chen Ling laughed twice and quickly fried the tomatoes, added sweet potato leaves, cabbage, and water.
“There are many ways to make this thing in our north. I am just trying to save trouble.”
While the soup in the pot was boiling, he took out the aluminum round hole pliers Li, holding the Yanli in one hand and a spoon in the other, use the spoon to scoop a spoonful of batter and pour it on the Yanli.
The batter will leak down through the small round holes in the fence and fall into the boiling soup.
While Chen Ling poured batter onto the pan with a spoon, he had to keep scraping it with the spoon.
To prevent the batter from accumulating and causing the noodle fish to leak into the soup and form a big ball.
Wait until all the batter leaks into the soup.
Han Ninggui came over and took a look. The fish in the pot were big at one end and small at the other. They were tumbling in the boiling vegetable soup, and they really looked like small fish.
“Oh, it turns out this is a noodle fish. It looks like a tadpole, with a small tail.”
"Yes, in fact, after making the batter, people usually use chopsticks to stir it into the pot, which is also called fish frying."
Chen Ling said: "There are many ways to make this thing, and sometimes the batter is mushy. , there are also those that are mixed into noodles before being put into the pot, boiled in water, and then cooled to make fried fish noodles, braised fish noodles, and there are many kinds of mung bean noodles and starch made into jelly fish.”
< br>"After making it, pour some vinegar and two spoons of chili oil. The hot and sour taste is very delicious. Here we eat it like hot and sour slices. Further north, we pour two spoons of hot sesame seeds on it. It is very fragrant."< br>
As he spoke, Chen Ling scooped up half a bowl for him and let him taste it.
Han Ninggui took two sips, smacked his mouth and praised: "So this is noodle fish. It tastes better than pimple soup. I have to say that the noodle culture in the north is really broad and profound. After so many years, I still I didn’t recognize it all.”
"Hey, that's Uncle Han, you haven't studied this."
The two of them were talking and taking the noodle and fish soup out of the pot.
Although Han Ninggui didn’t know about this fish soup, someone recognized it.
It was the young man I met at Lutou Mountain in Fenglei Town last year. The one who was made to vomit by the wolf carcasses all over the ground.
“I’ve seen this before. It’s called cold shrimp in our hometown. It’s made from rice ground into a paste, drained out with a colander, and put in mint water and sour plum soup in summer. It’s very refreshing.”
Chen Ling nodded: "Oh, yours is called cold shrimp. We have something similar here, called jelly fish. It's like mung bean jelly."
The two of them came up with this idea, and everyone tasted it They ordered noodles and fish soup, and while praising them, they also talked about the special meals in their various places.
In this way, we quickly became familiar with each other.
In other words, Chen Ling became familiar with them.
Because these people have long known about Chen Ling from Han Ninggui, and they know him very well.
I've heard of all kinds of dogs and kites.
So someone asked Chen Ling: "Brother, we just saw a sign hanging at the door of your farm, saying that you can match a dog for two thousand at a time. Is it a matter of whether the dog is matched or not..."
"I don't care if I match him. I just need to bring the bitch to the door. If my dog likes the bitch, he will ride on it and mate me. If I match him like this, it will be two thousand yuan. There is no guarantee that he will be a good match or not."< br>
In fact, with Hei Wa’s ability, as long as he is willing to match, there is no one he cannot match.
Heiwa has a majestic appearance and looks very good among male dogs.
Even if they don't understand Heiwa's abilities, there are still people who like dogs who will pay for it just by looking at the appearance.
So when Han Ninggui heard what he said, he smiled and said: "As for Shanmao, this is not expensive at all. But here in the mountains and valleys, the price is a bit scary."
"Well, indeed, I just hung up because I was annoyed by being looked for..."
When Chen Ling told Hei Wa about it, everyone knew what was going on, so they I understand very well how Chen Ling feels.
While understanding, I was also shocked by Hei Wa's bravery.
He was actually mated with a female wolf.
And not just one wolf, but the female wolf of a pack.
Mom, can this dog be so powerful?
"Not long after we got married, the pack of wolves moved."
Chen Ling told his father-in-law's guess at that time, and asked Han Ninggui: "She must be pregnant. ”
"She is pregnant. Wolves are very cautious. They will give birth to wolf cubs within two months of pregnancy. Do you think it is possible for them to give birth so close to human settlements?"
Han Ninggui smiled and asked. One sentence.
"Oh, let me just say that. A few days ago, we were getting along very well with Heiwa, but on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we suddenly moved out overnight."
"So, After the 15th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar, there will be several litters of wolf and dog pups."
Then it is inevitable to talk about cats, three dogs and four dogs. Four months is too slow for dogs to conceive, but wolves are faster than two. Just a month or something.
Han Ninggui said: "You are wrong about this. Most of wolves, dogs, jackals, and foxes will give birth to cubs after about two months of pregnancy." If you add up the days and nights, it’s said to be four months for a dog, but it’s actually about two months.”
As soon as he said this, Chen Ling’s family was shocked. A little confused.
"Fugui, you have a dog, and you raise the dog so well, you don't know this?"
"I don't know, I haven't had a dog for a short time."
Chen Ling looked at his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Wang Cunye shook his head: "Who knows this? They all say cats, three dogs, four pigs, five sheep and six. They have been talking for a long time. Who bothers to remember when this dog will give birth to puppies? Besides, we don't I have raised female dogs, and the old big yellow dogs were also male. "
Gao Xiulan also said: "Yes, if it is chickens and ducks, I know clearly that they will be hatched every year, and they will be hatched by me. , I went to Fenglei Town to sell chickens. We don’t raise dogs well. After the big yellow dog dies of old age, your eldest and second brothers will no longer raise dogs.”
The old lady was also influenced by folk proverbs. , I always thought that dogs were pregnant for four months.
Chen Ling said oh.
He previously thought that wolves were affected by the harsh living environment in the wild and had a short pregnancy period.
Then he stopped worrying about this and asked Han Ninggui: "Uncle Han, these wolves, dogs, jackals, and foxes are all about two months pregnant, and they all look similar. What do you think? Dogs can mate with wolves, but can they mate with jackals and foxes?"
"Hahaha, you kid, you really dare to think about it."
Han Ninggui and his gang. People were stunned when they heard Chen Ling's words. Han Ninggui pointed at Chen Ling with a smile, and then said to Feng Yi and his companions: "What am I talking about? This guy just thinks differently from others. Even though he is in the country, he is more daring than anyone else."
"Hey, Professor, what do you think my son-in-law said is really possible? , can it be bred with jackals and foxes? ”
But Wang Cunye also became interested.
"Ahem, brother, you..."
Han Ninggui's curiosity aroused when he saw the old man, and he almost complained, so he had to say: "Dogs and foxes can't do it, dogs and jackals can't do it. Yes. ”
Dogs, wolves, and jackals are all descended from the same ancestor.
Foxes have their own ancestors, which are different from them.
They are not the same thing, and they will not get pregnant if they are paired together.
In this way, everyone will understand.
Chen Ling also gave up the idea of using the female fox outside the farm, otherwise he would really want to try to see if a dog and a fox could have any magical offspring.
After dinner, we just sat together and talked.
Just in the afternoon, someone came over with a female dog. After arriving at the farm, I was shocked when I saw the car of Han Ninggui and others. Then I learned that it costs 2,000 yuan to match a dog. I didn’t care whether it was worthy or not. .
He didn't stay long, took the dog and left cursing.
"You offend people by doing this."
"There is nothing you can do to offend people. Otherwise, people will come looking for you every few days, which is very annoying."
Chen Ling then put out two more plants for them to study.
Feng Yi said: "If we can't find this thing with banana leaves when we go into the mountain this time, we will have no choice but to take these plants away from you first.
I may not be able to benefit you for the time being, because I won’t have any funds by this time this year. I still have to keep my own money to buy your fish next year, haha. "
He fiddled with the banana leaf plant with increasingly thicker leaves twice, and it felt as if it was about to bloom.
After looking carefully, the mustache raised his head and continued to say to Chen Ling: " Don't worry, no matter what you say now, they are still our non-staff members. We have received national attention and strong support in the past two years, and we will not treat our own people badly. ”
Chen Ling nodded.
He doesn’t care about this.
But it suddenly occurred to him that the four seasons in the Sun and Moon Cave were not distinct, and he still had no idea when the flowers, plants and trees that did not exist in the outside world would bloom or bear fruit.
It’s unclear what effect it has.
Because there are only a few of them out now, and they have not even grown in the outside world for a full year.
I have to study it slowly later.
But if it simply grew in the cave, Chen Ling discovered that this plant that looks like a banana leaf can not only repel insects and be used as a seasoning, but some birds also like to peck at its fruits.
Chen Ling tried to eat the fruit from this tree. The shape of the fruit is like a prickly pear, slightly larger, and the texture and taste are very similar to crisp persimmons.
After eating, I felt a strong throat-locking feeling after chewing betel nut, followed by a strong feeling of fullness.
He once wrote to his pen pal, saying that he had seen a kind of plant in an unknown book. It was just an excuse anyway.
The other party replied according to his description, saying that he had only seen this kind of plant and fruit with somewhat similar functions in Shanhaijing, but had never seen it in reality.
Remembering this matter, Chen Ling talked to Feng Yi. After hearing this, Mustache looked at him in surprise: "You have a lot of connections. It's not enough for me and Lao Han to be friends. And The professor is a pen pal.”
"But what they said makes sense. Your description is too mysterious. Although this thing is a newly discovered tree species, it may also be a mutant species that appears due to acclimatization. After all, it is not impossible for Southern Orange and Northern Trifoliate. Given that there is no relevant To record it, we still have to see adult trees.”
Han Ninggui agreed with Mustache’s statement and said that Chen Ling could go with him this time.
Chen Ling wanted to play along.
But thinking about leopards moving around in the nearby mountains, he felt uneasy about going into the mountains like this.
If you want to enter the mountain, you still have to solve this hidden danger. Once locked up in the cave, everything will be over.
So I declined, saying that Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi were fine.
Last time, Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi took the lead in leading them into the mountains. Both parties were quite satisfied, so it was natural to find them this time.
Han Ninggui shook his head: "We mainly want to use your dogs and eagles. You can follow them, one is worth ten."
Unfortunately, Chen Ling is worried about the family and cannot follow. They go.
He took them to the village to find Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi.
It was quite smooth to go to them at this time. Although Wang Lixian built two earthen sheds this year and wanted to divide them into two sheds to grow mushrooms and vegetables in the winter, the autumn harvest has just passed and he has not yet started to get busy. Being able to go into the mountains with people like Han Ninggui.
In this way, on the second day, four or five people gathered in the village, plus Han Ninggui and his party, more than ten people entered the mountain in a mighty manner.
Chen Ling went for a walk in the mountains in the morning as usual to fulfill the duties of the newly appointed forest ranger.
In the afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife and take care of the baby.
Lie in the yard at night and watch the stars, while driving away the red-crowned cranes that come to steal fish several times.
He seemed to have nothing to do and was extremely leisurely.
In fact, by going up the mountain every day and wandering around the mountain lake in the past few days, he had completely figured out the leopard's range of activities and was ready to take action.
Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.
Even the Sun Moon Cave and Heaven opened their doors, only for the leopard to come in.
Thinking about the fairyland-like living environment in Dongtian, he couldn't help but feel happy for the leopard.
"Little leopard, little leopard, you have caught up with the good times. Not only can I not kill you, but I also want to let you live in the paradise of cave heaven. It is really unreasonable."
(End of this chapter)