Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 144 Wild Fruits

Ji Wenhe replied in the kitchen: "Okay, be careful."

The branches behind the stove were almost burned out, so she carried in a few piles from the yard.

She brushed the sawdust off her dress and started to pick wild vegetables at the kitchen door.

There are fewer and fewer hard-to-find wild vegetables, but those in the vegetable fields will soon be edible.

Chop the wild vegetables, mix them with the black flour and fine flour, sprinkle a little bit of salt on them, and you will have the essential wild vegetable cakes for every day.

When Shen Rongshan came back, the hot water in the pot had just boiled.

"Wen He, look."

He appeared in front of her, holding a handful of red fruits as if offering treasure.

Ji Wenhe looked down and said, "Wild fruit?"

A bit like the raspberries she had eaten before.

"Brother Shen, is this raspberry or blackberry?"

Shen Rongshan put it in a basin and poured a bucket of water into it to wash it: "We farmers call it mountain raspberry, and the doctors and wine shops in the town call it raspberry."

He washed one and handed it to her: "It tastes sour and sweet. We only picked these. The others were eaten by birds."

There were many wild fruits in the mountains, but before they could pick them, some of the unripe ones were eaten by birds.

Ji Wenhe picked up one and handed it to him. Seeing him eat it, he smiled and said, "Is it delicious?"

"Well, it's delicious."

She smiled even more happily: "I think it tastes good too."

He scooped the fruits from the basin into the bowl: "Leave a few for them. It's a pity. If there were more on the mountain, we could pick them and sell them in town."

"I knew this fruit could be made into medicine, but I didn't expect it could also be made into wine."

I bought a box of fruit at a fruit store before. It was so expensive, only fifty yuan a box. My colleague said she was getting cheated.

I've only eaten it that once. Maybe it's because there are fewer raspberries in their area, so they are more expensive.

"Wenhe, how do you make shredded wood ear mushrooms?" Shen Rongshan asked.

"First, cut the fungus into shreds, pour it into the pot and cook it, then pour it into the cold water."

"it is good."

He took a kitchen knife and cut the soaked black fungus into shreds, then continued.

"We farmers have always called it mountain raspberry. One time, when I went to the wine shop to get some wine for Master, I saw someone bringing half a basket of mountain raspberries to sell in the shop."

"I heard from the boss there that a man once went up the mountain to chop wood. He ate raspberries because he was thirsty, and it unexpectedly cured his habit of getting up at night."

"Later he ate this fruit every day and gave it a name, raspberry."

Ji Wenhe ate the fruit and asked in confusion: "Why is it called raspberry? I don't understand."

Shen Rongshan raised his eyes and glanced at her: "I'll talk to you after you finish eating."

"It's okay, just tell me."

For those who have experienced great storms, there is nothing that they cannot withstand.

He said: "After eating raspberries, you don't have to get up often at night, and when you don't need to use the urinal, you just turn the urinal over and throw it aside. That's why it's called raspberry."

"I also heard it from the owner of the liquor store. I don't know if it's true or not. I guess it's just made up. Don't take it seriously. Just eat it."

Ji Wenhe finished what he had in his hand and stopped eating, leaving the rest for the twins.

Pointing to the chili peppers beside him, he said, "Chop them into smaller pieces, divide them into two pieces later, mix them with shredded fungus, and then stir-fry the marinated meat."

"Okay." Shen Rongshan cut the chili and fungus shreds, put them into the pot and cooked them, then took them out and rinsed them with cold water.

"Rinsing with cold water can keep the fungus crisp and fresh. We don't have enough spices at home. If we had all the spices, it would taste better when mixed together."

She glanced at the bottom of the stove and pulled the branches out, and the fire immediately shrank.

"Wen He, what should we do next? Put the chili in?"

Put the shredded wood ear mushrooms in a large bowl.

"Put the chili in another bowl, add the amaranth, use a wooden spoon to scoop in three tablespoons of vinegar, two tablespoons of soy sauce, and a little bit of salt. Don't put too much, otherwise it will be too salty."

Ji Wenhe scooped out the hot water from the pot and put a small piece of lard in it: "Brother Shen, are you done?"

"All right."

"Bring the bowl over here and pour the hot oil on it."

Shen Rongshan did as he was told, and when the hot oil was poured on, there was a crackling sound.

"Mix it, pour it over the shredded wood ear mushrooms and mix it again. It will taste better after an hour when the flavor is absorbed."

After the shredded wood ear mushrooms were mixed, she took a bite. It was sour, spicy and crispy. It was not delicious as all the other ingredients, but it was not bad either.

She looked at him expectantly: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

He nodded affirmatively: "Yeah, it's delicious. It tastes better with minced garlic."

Ji Wenhe's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "You are also a person who knows how to eat. I used to like to add minced garlic when I made it. The taste of this one is a little worse, but it's also delicious."

Shen Rongshan put the mixed black fungus shreds into the cupboard and started cooking: "I'll go to the mountain to look out for wild garlic next time and dig it up and transplant it."

"Also, if you see wild onions or chilies, dig them up too."

He nodded in agreement.

After the beginning of summer, mosquitoes begin to appear in the mountains.

Especially in the wasteland, there are a lot of flies.

This day.

Ji Wenhe fed the chickens and went to the paddy field with the empty basket.

Passing by Lan Qiuhua's house, he looked at the chicken coop and said, "Aunt Lan, there are a lot of flies around your chicken coop too. There are even more in my wasteland."

There is a vegetable plot in her yard, and a small chicken coop next to it.

"That's right. You can't drive them away. If you keep livestock at home, there will be a lot of flies in the summer. It's inevitable."

"The chicken coop needs to be cleaned regularly. After it rains, the smell of rotten food is unpleasant. If it is not cleaned properly, the chickens will get sick."

Ji Wenhe turned around and looked towards the wasteland: "How can I clean my house? It's so big."

Lan Qiuhua closed the door of the chicken coop and said, "Your house is fine. There is plenty of space. You can see that they rarely go west."

I came out of the yard and looked at the busy figures in the wasteland.

"The day after tomorrow we're going to plant rice. We're all weeding and tilling the paddy fields. You have seven mu of land, so plant the rice quickly."

It would take less than an hour for three of us to finish the task together.

"Aunt Lan, after we finish planting our rice seedlings, we will go to your house to help. Brother Rongshan and I will go."

"Yuanshan and Wenshan asked them to go out and sell the goods. Brother Shen said he would buy thirty kilograms of pork tomorrow morning."

The three of them went out separately to sell, and came back after selling everything. They did not go to some villages that were too far away.

"I'm afraid thirty kilograms is not enough. Are you planning to go to the village behind our mountain or the village on the other side of Baiyun Mountain?"

Lan Qiuhua thinks meat sells best at this time.

Ji Wenhe shook his head: "If we can't sell all the goods, we will go. If we sell all the goods, we won't go. I'm afraid that if I buy too much, I will lose money."

Family members with many people would buy half a catty, while family members with fewer people would buy in several taels. It is rare to see someone buying a catty.

"That's fine, you guys make your own plans. It's better to have not enough to sell than not be able to sell at all."

She smiled and said, "Yes, Aunt Lan, I'm going to the paddy field, you are busy."

"Hey, go ahead."

Shen Rongshan was watering the fields and weeding.

All the people who went to work in the town have returned and are busy working in the fields.

She already knows all the aunts in the village, but she is meeting most of the men for the first time.