Chapter 432 Thatched House
This kind of mushroom is strange because it has a dark green cap and a snow-white stem. A delicate white mesh skirt grows from the bottom of the cap. Hanging to the ground, among the withered yellow bamboo leaves, it looks like a little girl in a white skirt, spotless and eye-catching.
Seeing this clump of mushrooms, Chen Ling was extremely surprised: "Hahaha, oh, I have never picked such fresh bamboo fungus. I am so lucky today."
This bamboo Sun is known as one of the eight delicacies of grass. All of them are delicious.
Even the mountain people like them who rely on the mountains are sometimes hard to find.
Chen Ling had eaten it a few times, even if it was just boiled soup, it was so delicious that he would never forget it.
In the final analysis, it is because this thing is not like ordinary mushrooms that can be found everywhere in the wild.
Most of the bamboo fungus grows deep in the bamboo forest.
On the other hand, it is strange that many people in the local area do not know that this thing is edible.
Just like dog milk honey, adults and children go to suck its honey, but they don’t know that it is a medicinal material called rehmannia glutinosa...
"What a good thing. I just happen to have mountain donkey meat at home. Mountain delicacies go with game. Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Chen Ling wiped his saliva and began to squat down to pick the bamboo fungus.
There were more than ten bamboo fungus plants in this clump, but Chen Ling didn't pick them because they were too small. Finally, he picked eleven plants.
Chen Ling thought there were too few, so he divided two plants into Dongtian.
Similarly planted in the bamboo forest in front of the hut.
Ripening, cultivating new plants, spreading...
A total of more than thirty plants have been picked, and we can make a few dishes with various tricks.
Bamboo fungus with mountain donkey meat, bamboo fungus stewed with chicken, etc...
Don’t worry about not being able to preserve this, just dry the bamboo fungus in the sun.
After going down the mountain and returning home, Chen Ling selected a few plants and cleaned them. He took a piece of mountain donkey meat from the small water tower, cut it into large pieces and put it into a pot to stew soup.
Naturally, you have to eat the freshly picked bamboo fungus in the pot as soon as you get home to live up to its delicious taste.
Then he split the dead bamboo he brought back and put it into the stove to light the fire.
Soon after the water boiled, a strange fragrance wafted out of the kitchen.
Even Wang Susu smelled it in her sleep, rubbed her eyes, yawned and walked to the kitchen.
"Aling, what are you planning to eat so early in the morning? It's so delicious."
"Are you awake?"
Chen Ling was cooking noodles in a wok on a small stove. Hearing this, he turned around and smiled slightly: "Look at the mushrooms like this, do you recognize them?"
As he said this, he pointed He pointed to the bamboo sieve on the table beside him.
Wang Susu looked inside and saw the mushrooms in the bamboo sieve. She opened her red mouth in surprise: "I have seen this before. Is this edible? There are many in the bamboo garden on the mountain. I When I was a child, I thought it was dog urine or something that looked weird and was broken by kicking it.”
“Pfft, it was broken by kicking it?”
Chen Ling was speechless. "This is a treasure. We often talk about delicacies from mountains and seas, delicacies from mountains and seas. This is a veritable delicacy. You will know after you taste it later."
Wang Susu walked to the pot and sniffed. After sniffing, he tilted his head and looked at him, "Hehe, you don't need to taste it. I know it's delicious just by smelling it."
As he said this, he came over and tapped his head with his feet: "Don't Thinking that I didn’t know, I got up early in the morning and ran to the mountains without even taking the dog.”
If it weren’t for the swollen belly, she would still look like a little girl.
Chen Ling looked at it with tears in his heart and a smile in his eyes, "I can't sleep anymore, so get up and walk around for a while. I see that you are sleeping soundly, and I don't dare to wake you up, so I'd better leave the dog behind. It’s better to be a janitor at home.”
"Huh, it's not you yet. You had to go through all the trouble last night... It's only going to be five months, and it's not reliable yet. You wouldn't listen, otherwise I would have gotten up early."
Wang Susu was angry and ashamed. , Fortunately, we are an old couple now, so we won’t be so blushing that we can’t speak.
However, the inherent shyness and inability to let go made her face still hot. She turned around and said to take Rui Rui down to eat, and then left in a hurry, for fear that Chen Ling would say something crazy again, which was too explicit for her. Can't hear it.
As soon as I heard it, my heart felt numb and my body felt weak.
Chen Ling glanced at his wife's increasingly plump and graceful back, smiled, took out the cooked noodles and put them into bowls.
He and Wang Susu had two big bowls, and Rui Rui had half a bowl.
Add chopped green onion, pickle foam, bean foam, two ladles of bamboo fungus soup, and pour it over the noodles.
The soup is crystal clear and the room is full of fragrance.
Put a few more pieces of mountain donkey meat that are red, plump, bright-colored, and without a trace of fat into the bowl.
The taste is really amazing.
Mountain delicacies paired with game, even with ordinary noodles, are so delicious that one almost swallows them.
Ruirui had so much fun yesterday that she slept more deeply than Wang Susu in the morning. She usually got up early at seven o'clock, but she was still fast asleep today.
But after being carried to the kitchen by Wang Susu, she immediately felt very energetic when she smelled the fragrance. She didn’t use spoons or chopsticks, nor did she need to be fed by her parents. She grabbed the meat and noodles and ate them by herself. After finishing the meal, she held the bowl and asked Chen Ling to give it to her. He served soup with a bigger appetite than Coyotito.
Chen Ling and the others finished eating the noodles and simply drank the soup, which had a different taste, even better than before.
The family of three had a delicious meal.
Half the pot was left for the second elder and Wang Zhenzhen.
Wang Zhenzhen doesn’t have to go to school this weekend.
Just wait until they come over to eat.
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After dinner, Chen Ling was going to look for two sheep to kill today.
Hang it in a small water tower so that my uncle and the others can eat it when they come.
At this time, Wang Cunye and Wang Zhenzhen took Ruirui outside to play.
Wang Susu and Gao Xiulan were playing with dustpans in the yard, tinkering with rags.
These rags are used to stick soles and make uppers.
Although you should wear sandals and slippers in the summer, when it comes to working in the fields, you still have to wear the usual slip-ons.
After harvesting wheat and planting corn, there are many busy times.
Wang Susu holds the soles of her shoes.
Gao Xiulan picked out a piece of light and thin white fabric and wanted to make two sets of short linings for Wang Cunye and Chen Lingweng.
Basically, farm girls and mothers-in-law can do some needlework.
Gao Xiulan and Wang Susu are even more skillful.
Well, now that Wang Susu has limited mobility, she can only make shoes or cut some small clothes for her son.
Gao Xiulan still has to rely on Gao Xiulan to get these serious clothes.
The two of them were in the small yard in front of the bamboo house, making clothes and shoes around the table.
Chen Ling was not far away guarding the ditch, killing and skinning sheep.
A circle of big dogs and a small cat were squatting around.
With so many preys to practice, he is now becoming more and more proficient in his techniques. It only takes seven or eight minutes to kill a sheep.
Easily kill two big fat goats.
Chen Ling used an iron hook to hang it into the small water tower, locked the iron door of the small water tower, and fed the dogs with some of the inedible offal left over from the slaughtered sheep.
I even went to the two shanlizi caves outside to throw some fresh offal.
Stand in the distance, waiting for a mountain raccoon with colorful fur to emerge from the grass and take its entrails back into the hole.
Chen Lingcai left with satisfaction.
After all, it was bred for crossbreeding between domestic cats and mountain civets, so it definitely needs to be raised more maturely. Otherwise, you won’t be able to catch it in the future, and you won’t be a relative. What kind of pet cat is this?
There are only six or seven days left before the Dragon Boat Festival.
After Chen Ling killed the sheep, he went into the cave to look for something delicious to make rice dumplings with.
In the past two years, the rice dumpling leaves were given by Liang Hongyu, which are commonly used rice dumpling leaves, namely eyebrow bamboo leaves.
But in the mountains, you can use whatever you have. Usually you just go to the waterside to pick some reed leaves, which is easier.
Chen Ling searched twice in the cave, tried again and again, and found that he still had reed leaves.
Just use the reed leaves that grow in the cave.
He simply made two rice dumplings in the Dongtianjia pot and tested them very roughly. It was indeed more fragrant than ordinary ones.
This suited him very well.
I just came out of the cave, and my heart moved again. I remembered that the lotus leaf chicken I made at home was extremely delicious.
I plan to try making rice dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves again. Is it delicious?
It’s a pity that I haven’t had time to do it yet.
Liu Nier and a group of little kids came to him and called him, saying that they were going to have dinner at Wang Jusheng's house today. Zhao Dahai and his family had chosen a place to build a house, so they asked him to hurry over.
Chen Ling had no choice but to give up.
Let the little green horse out and ride away.
When we arrived, we found that Wang Jusheng’s house was really lively. In addition to Zhao Dahai’s two sons, Wang Lixian’s family was there, Chen Dazhi’s family was there, and Wang Cunye was also playing here with Ruirui.
In the yard, adults were talking, little children were giggling, and cars belonging to Zhao Dahai and his family were parked outside the wall.
This fight is like going to work and having a meal.
As soon as Chen Ling entered the house, everyone called him over and said that the location for building the house had been selected.
It is near the primary school and next to Dayantang.
But it still needs a lot of modifications.
According to Zhao Yubao, the two small ditches in the east and north of the village were to be connected and widened into a river that would flow around the village.
The two ditches are the drainage ditches in the village, just like the sewers in the city. Some places are exposed, and some places are covered with bluestone slabs, and the sound of water flowing inside can be heard.
When it rains heavily and the reservoir needs to be drained, this ditch is used for drainage.
Drainage from the temporary ditches dug by each house will also flow from these two ditches to the Dayan Pond.
Of course, the drainage of the reservoir must be more than just these two small ditches.
But these are the only two roads leading to the village.
Now Zhao Yubao said that he would pay to build a river, spacious and bright, and then build houses, plant bamboo forests, cultivate vegetable gardens and so on in the farmland north of Dayan Pond.
In short, he couldn't go to the mountains, so he transformed the village into the kind of poetic and picturesque atmosphere he wanted.
Fortunately, although the old man has a lot of demands, the villagers don’t dislike him and even look forward to it.
Because this great writer is willing to spend money.
As for transforming it into what he wants, it requires a lot of work, so what's the problem?
No one in the mountains is afraid of hard work.
You can make money and work by guarding the village. Where can you find such a good thing?
Wang Laishun is also happy that they can generate income for the village, so everyone is happy.
The two old men Zhao Yubao were so happy that they asked Zhao Dahai to go shopping in the county and treat everyone to a meal.
The old ladies from the two families even wanted to cook the food themselves and asked Chen Ling to come over and try their craftsmanship.
Chen Ling's family of three had eaten their food in the city, and it was indeed quite good.
But the two old ladies said one after another that it would taste better to cook on the farm's high-pitched stove, and they would definitely let him try it.
Then he got busy in the kitchen of Wang Jusheng’s house.
The ladies took action, and Chen Ling and the other men were chatting under the trees in the yard.
Not to mention, when the old lady cooks the food, it tastes no worse than the cooks in the village.
Pork trotters are stewed with white radish, half of which is taken out, and then put into the pot to make it sweet and sour.
Sprinkle the other half with chopped green onion and coriander before serving it out, not to mention how fragrant it is.
It can be seen from here that the cooking method is more elaborate than in the village. In the village, everyone cooks it in one pot, and they can eat it deliciously. It is very enjoyable. Where can you get two kinds of dishes in one pot? How troublesome it is to do it.
Bobcat’s mother, Aunt Zhong, has even more tricks. The pork belly is marinated in soy sauce and honey and fried to make barbecued pork.
It is said that they study various recipes and choose the ones they are good at.
He also said that the weather is hot now and there is a lot of meat to buy, so the barbecued pork can be kept for two days longer.
But this really underestimates their appetite.
Then, fried duck, fried eel, salt-fried mutton, and some fried vegetables and cold dishes.
It’s really all kinds of things.
Before dinner, Chen Ling was asked to call Wang Susu over, but Chen Ling didn't go either. He only said that it was inconvenient for his wife to move around.
This is also because the Shanmao family lives not far away at the farm and disturbs their family all day long, so I don’t say much.
Everyone had a great time eating.
After dinner, I had nothing to do, so I went outside Chen Ling’s farm to drink tea, enjoy the cool air, play chess and chat.
Zhao Yubao said to try raising some chickens and ducks in Erzhu’s unused yard first.
And I also want to sell two old hens with nests in the village to try the fun of hatching chicks and ducks.
Wang Jusheng then told him: "Uncle Zhao, if you can raise some chickens, let's forget about the little ducks. Ducks eat a lot, poop a lot, smell bad, and are very difficult to take care of."
He originally wanted to say that ducks have a large appetite and it is not cost-effective to raise more ducks and lay fewer eggs.
But Zhao Yubao was obviously not short of money, so he changed his words as soon as he said it.
"Huh? I think Fugui's place is pretty good. Let it go out for a while, find food for yourself, poop outside, and fertilize the flowers, plants and trees."
"They are chattering every day. When such a large group of people are let out, hey, there will be a lot of fun."
Zhao Yubao said with a smile.
Wang Jusheng shook his head: "It can't be compared with wealth. His place is big, and his dogs are in charge. We can't do that. If we raise too many, we won't be able to keep the yard."
Chickens The little duck looks cute and playful, but when it grows up, it becomes different and poops all over the yard.
Moreover, chicken feces and duck feces are not dry feces. They become wet and lumpy. They are very difficult to clean up.
The smell is still very strong. After a long time, the yard is very smoky.
There are mountains and water around Chen Ling's house. Flowers, plants and trees are growing vigorously. A good circulation has been formed for a long time, and there is no smell at all.
"Okay, then let's raise two less, dig out the river first, and build a house before talking about anything else."
Zhao Yubao said a little unwillingly.
Chen Ling took a sip of tea and suggested with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, if you are like this, why don't you build a tiled house first, let go of digging the river channel, and build two buildings near the weir and pond first. We live in a thatched house, next to a grassy slope, and the trees are so cool. We build two thatched huts under the trees, put up fences around the huts, open a small yard, and grow some vegetables. It’s such a simple thing.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Hearing this, Zhao Yubao and Lao Zhong looked at each other, one of them patted their foreheads and the other patted their thighs: “It’s over, it’s over, people are getting confused, such a simple question. Why didn't we think of it? Fugui's approach is better. Come on, let's go find Brother Laishun and ask him to find someone to build two thatched houses for us to live in. "
The two old men's eyes were bright, they rubbed their hands happily and strode out of the orchard, eager to do so.
As if living in a thatched house is such a wonderful thing.
(End of this chapter)