Ever since he met the snow ginseng, Li Xiao wanted to try his luck again and see if he could find some saffron. This thing is really expensive and is sold at two prices.
But the two of them walked all the way and only dug up some very common medicinal materials.
While walking, Li Xiao found a few Gastrodia elata plants not far away, so he waved his hand and called Tashi over.
Tashi was looking for medicinal materials some distance away from Li Xiao. After seeing Li Xiao's gesture, he quickly walked over.
As we were almost there, there was a sudden noise in the grass next to us.
Tashi was startled.
Although they are still on the outskirts of the canyon and generally speaking there will be no wild animals, no one can guarantee that this place is absolutely safe.
So Tashi quickly stopped and looked closely at the grass where the noise had just occurred.
When Li Xiao saw that Tashi had stopped moving, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the snake was following him?
Thinking of this, Li Xiao quickly walked over and saw Tashi staring at the grass in a daze.
Before Li Xiao could react, he saw something flying out of the grass.
Li Xiao subconsciously held Tashi in his arms, and then looked at the grass.
I saw a colorful pheasant struggling in the grass.
"This...isn't this a pheasant?"
Li Xiao walked over, grabbed the pheasant's wings with one force, and lifted it up.
At this time, Li Xiao noticed that the pheasant's ankles were wrapped with a bunch of vines.
There are several white eggs not far away.
It seemed that this pheasant came here to lay eggs, but as soon as Tashi passed by, the pheasant was disturbed, and the pheasant tried to fly away in panic.
Unexpectedly, it got entangled in vines.
The more panicked the vines got, the tighter they became, which gave Li Xiao an advantage.
Li Xiao held the pheasant and smiled at Tashi, "It seems we have some oral food tonight."
Tashi's eyes were also shining, and she kept nodding, "Grandma's stewed chicken is the most delicious."
Li Xiao smiled, couldn't help it, and touched Tashi's hair again.
"Shall we go back first?"
Tashi nodded. He had already dug up a lot of medicinal materials today, especially after hearing from Brother Li that Fritillaria was very valuable. He had dug so many more, so it should be enough.
So the two of them prepared to go down the mountain.
It has been almost an afternoon since they came in. If they wanted to go down, they would have to walk for at least an hour or two.
It wasn't very far at first, but when they were halfway there, it suddenly started to rain.
Tashi looked at the sky and said to Li Xiao: "Brother Li, let's stay on the mountain for a while. I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily."
Li Xiao himself didn't know whether it would be a big bet, but he believed in Tashi.
"Then let's find a place to hide under a tree?"
Tashi smiled and said, "No, there is a thatched hut not far from here. It was built by people who often come to the mountains to hunt. Generally, everyone will go there if they want to stay overnight or take shelter from the rain."
Li Xiao nodded, followed Tashi, and walked towards the house.
When he got there, Li Xiao realized that it was true that this was a thatched house. It was built with a few wooden boards and straw, but it was okay, at least it could keep out the wind and rain.
When they got inside, Li Xiao found that there was a bed inside, and there were even some pots and pans.
What surprised him most was that there was some firewood under the bed. There was thick straw under the firewood, but it didn't get damp.
Tashi skillfully picked up some dry firewood from under the bed, then took some dry straw and started a fire.
Li Xiao watched Tashi busy and could only say that children from poor families should be the masters of their families. Children in big cities as old as Tashi might not even be able to light a fire.
After a while, the fire was lit, and the rain outside was also heavy. After a while, the ground was wet. After a while, it was a heavy downpour.
Li Xiao looked at the rain and couldn't help feeling a little lucky.
Fortunately, there is such a place on this mountain, and fortunately Tashi saw that it would rain heavily.
"Tashi, you are so awesome, you even know it's going to rain heavily."
Tashi scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "It's nothing, everyone here knows it."
Li Xiao suddenly became curious, "Then how do you tell whether it will rain heavily?"
If it is just a simple judgment of whether it will rain, then Li Xiao can do it too. Seeing the dark clouds in the sky gathering together, it means it is going to rain, but it does not rule out that those dark clouds just want to gather and disperse.
possible.
Tashi thought for a while, "I can't tell you this, but you'll know it when you see it."
Li Xiao nodded, I'm afraid this is experience.
Tashi watched the fire rise and walked around the house again, as if he was looking for something.
"What's wrong, Tashi? What are you looking for?"
Tashi frowned, I remember there should be ginger here.
However, Tashi searched around and couldn't find it, so he could only open the door and walk out.
Li Xiao was stunned and quickly chased after him.
"Tashi, come back quickly, it's still raining outside."
Tashi waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and then Li Xiao saw him standing under the eaves and starting to dig.
Fortunately, Li Xiao felt relieved after seeing that there would be no rain under the eaves, and then went to see what Tashi was digging.
He didn't look around when he came in just now, but when he took a look, he realized that there was ginger growing under the eaves.
After Tashi dug up a piece, he quickly entered the house.
The room was quite warm at this time because of the fire.
Li Xiao asked Tashi to sit next to the fire to warm himself up, and he tied a simple frame with some firewood and vines and placed it on the fire to hold the basin.
After installing it, I discovered that there was no water here.
They had brought water with them when they went up the mountain, and they still have some with them now, but no one knows when the rain will stop. If it rains for two or three days in a row, they will not starve to death because they have this chicken.
, but it’s hard to say if there is no water. Do we need to collect rainwater and boil it for drinking?
Although it is still a bit unhygienic, this is the only way to do it.
Just when Li Xiao was about to catch the rainwater, he saw Tashi taking out a hot water bottle from somewhere.
It's full of water.
Li Xiao was stunned, "Where did this thing come from?"
Zhaxi smiled and said, "These are all put by people who go up the mountain. As long as there is no water in it, or the water inside has been stored for a long time, the people who go up the mountain will go to the spring to get some water and fill it up. Anyway, it is here
not far away."
Li Xiao took the kettle and looked at it, but didn't find anything special about the kettle.
"Then how do you determine when the water was received?"
Tashi handed the note in his hand to Li Xiao.
I saw yesterday's date written on it.
Tashi explained to Li Xiao: "There is a pen and paper here. If you finish drawing water, you will write it down."
Li Xiao nodded and couldn't help but admire the whimsy and wit of human beings.
Since it is yesterday's water, there is nothing to worry about.
After drinking ginger soup, the two sat and chatted in the room for a while. After a while, Li Xiao heard Tashi's stomach growl.
Tashi himself heard it and was very embarrassed.
Li Xiong smiled, "Are you hungry?"
Tashi nodded and was about to take out two steamed buns when he was stopped by Li Xiao.
"Are there any knives or anything here?"
Tashi was a little confused, but still handed the knife he was carrying to Li Xiao.
This knife is a very ordinary kitchen knife, but Li Xiao still doesn't understand why a child like Tashi would carry a knife with him when he goes up the mountain.
So I asked Tashi.
Tashi said "Oh" and explained: "My father told me to defend myself because he was afraid that I would meet bad people or wild beasts."
Li Xiao couldn't help but was speechless. If he met a bad guy, with a body as small as Tashi, this knife might not be a murder weapon for others.
As for encountering wild beasts, if it is a larger beast, I am afraid this knife will be useless.
But after thinking about it, Li Xiao still didn't say it out loud, but just silently took the knife.
"Brother will make you some soup."
Tashi's eyes lit up, "Okay!"
Fans in the live broadcast room were very excited when they saw Li Xiao wanting to cook.
Studio:
"What is the anchor going to do?"
"Is it difficult?"
"I'm afraid I can only cook a chicken."
"I hope it's not difficult, so I can still learn it."
As soon as Li Xiao looked up, he happened to see the barrage saying 'I hope it's not difficult', so he smiled and said: "It's not difficult. There aren't many things here. It's impossible to make something too difficult. I'm going to stew one."
Snow Cantonese Ma Chicken Soup.”
Li Xiao carried the still lively pheasant in front of the screen.
The poor pheasant had no idea what was going to happen. It opened its pair of black eyes and looked at the world.
"Originally it was supposed to be ginseng and Tianmaji, but snow ginseng is the same. It's all fine."
Because it is inconvenient to use a large amount of hot water to remove the feathers of the pheasant, we can only bleed the chicken and then remove the skin along with it.
Li Xiao felt distressed while doing it. You know, chicken skin is also delicious. It's a pity to think about it.
But there's nothing that can be done about it. They can't eat it with the hair on it.
After finally finishing it and cleaning it up, Li Xiao washed the chicken a little, chopped it into small pieces, and then threw it into the basin where the ginger soup was boiled. He mashed the ginger a little and threw it away.
Went in, intending to get rid of the fishy smell.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough ingredients on hand, so I could only simply remove the fishy smell.
While the chicken was removing the fishy smell, Li Xiao threw the damaged part of the snow ginseng outside, and then cut a few slices, but did not dare to cut them all in, for fear that the medicinal effect would be too strong.
You know, judging from the size of this snow ginseng, it must be at least several decades old, and it is wild, so its medicinal effect must be very strong.
Later, Li Xiao cut some Gastrodia elata.
At this time, take out the chicken.
Fortunately, there is more than just one basin here.
Then throw away the water in which the chicken was just cooked, change the water, and throw the chicken, snow ginseng, and gastrodia elata into the basin.
The two of them were cooking chicken and chatting.
I don’t know how long it took, but bursts of aroma suddenly came from the pot, and Tashi, who was still chatting, looked over instantly.
Li Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that the child was indeed hungry.
Zhaxi felt Li Xiao's gaze and lowered his head in embarrassment.
Li Xiao didn't bother him and took a bowl and filled Tashi with a bowl of chicken and soup.
Tashi didn't drink either. It wasn't until Li Xiao started to drink that Tashi followed and took a sip.
To be honest, this chicken soup is not very delicious because there is no seasoning, but Tashi still tastes it very delicious.
Li Xiao is also hungry and is eating hard at this time.
The fans in the live broadcast room just looked at Li Xiaochi, and the tears in the corners of their eyes could not help but flow from the corners of their mouths.
Studio:
"To be honest, even though I know that there are no condiments that are not delicious, I am still very greedy."
"The anchor eats deliciously."
"I can't wait to get started."
"I'm a handicap, but I opened my takeout app."
"Fortunately, I'm eating takeout, hahaha, the barbecue is also good."
Li Xiao glanced at the live broadcast room and laughed twice, "The preparation of this snow-capped No-Maj chicken is really simple, don't worry if you are handicapped. To put it bluntly, just throw all these things in and cook them. If you like it, it will be soft.
For the glutinous texture, you can also cook it for a while, preferably using a pressure cooker."
The two of them had eaten and drank enough, and there wasn't much left in the pot of chicken soup. After all, to be honest, the pheasant wasn't very big.
"If possible, you can also use native chicken to make it. In fact, pheasant is not the first choice, because the taste of pheasant meat is relatively woody, so the taste is not that good."
At this time, Li Xiao, who had eaten and drank enough, thought of giving a commentary to the fans in the live broadcast room.
"But the soup tastes very good. Although there is no salt or other spices, it doesn't taste that rich, but it has an original deliciousness."
Hearing what Li Xiao said, Tashi, who had just put down the bowl, couldn't hold back and poured some more soup to drink.
Li Xiao didn't say anything, just watched him drink.
When he was almost done drinking, Li Xiao took down the basin with the chicken, and then took out two white eggs from the basket on his back.
This is the egg that the pheasant laid when the pheasant was found.
Of course, Li Xiao would not let go of that nest of eggs, but he still left one egg in the nest, which can be regarded as leaving a bloodline for the pheasant?
As for the remaining few, Li Xiao decided to reunite them in his belly.
So Li Xiao threw the two eggs into the fire without any psychological burden, waiting for them to turn into fragrant roasted eggs.
After a while, he heard a "crackling" sound coming from inside, and Li Xiao quickly used a branch to pull the eggs out.
I saw that the surface of the eggs had been burnt black, and one was even slightly cracked.
But Li Xiao didn't care and took the cracked egg himself and gave the intact one to Tashi.
Tashi was already full, but looking at this fragrant egg, she couldn't help but swallow.
Seeing that he didn't eat, Li Xiao thought he was really full, so he said: "When you are full, stop eating now. You can save it for midnight. It won't spoil anyway."
