To make the original version of beggar's chicken, you only need firewood and soil.
The firewood was already there, and she had cut some dead branches on the road and brought them over.
Soil is easier to deal with and is found everywhere in the mountains. The soil in the Weijiagou area is loess with few impurities, making it the most suitable for begging chickens.
She carried the pheasant to the stream, made a small opening at the tail of the chicken with a hatchet, took out the internal organs, and washed away the blood in the stream.
Only the chicken liver was left of the internal organs. It would be too troublesome to clean up the rest, so she didn't plan to have any.
When she came out of the house, she took some salt and pepper.
There are wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees on the mountain, so every household has Zanthoxylum bungeanum for seasoning, and there are no other seasonings that need to be purchased.
There were a lot of Sichuan peppercorns at home, so she took some out inconspicuously.
Not only did she bring salt and peppercorns, but there were also matches, a large enamel jar, chopsticks and a spoon in her backpack. She didn't come to the wilderness to survive, she just brought some food for herself, so she would naturally bring whatever she might need.
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She stuffed a pinch of salt and a handful of peppercorns into the chicken's belly.
A simple stove was built with a few large stones and the firewood was lit.
After mixing the mud, thickly paste the whole chicken into a big mud dumpling, put it in the stove, and put some firewood on the mud dumpling.
Not long after it was done, Zihua heard movement in the woods to the left, and she immediately turned around.
There is a figure moving in the woods.
Although the man deliberately hid behind a bush, Zi Hua still saw him clearly.
The person was a young woman, looking over from behind the bushes through the gaps between the trees.
It seems that he also came to this beach. He probably smelled the smell of burning firewood and knew that there was someone at the beach, so he hid first.
The place where Zihua set up the stove was not covered. When she saw the woman clearly, the woman also saw her clearly. Perhaps she saw that Zihua was also a young woman. After hesitating for a while, she walked out of the forest.
The woman was beautiful, with two short ponytails just above her shoulders. She was wearing a dark red top, military casual trousers, and military green rubber-soled shoes.
Each village has its own mountain, and if you go to the mountains to find wild products or hunt game, you always go to the mountains of your own village.
People who come to the mountains in this area are usually people from Weijiagou, but Zihua didn't know this young woman, and her dress was very different from the people in the village. She was most likely an educated youth who settled in Weijiagou.
When the young woman saw the simple stove and the burning firewood in front of Zihua, she immediately understood what Zihua was doing here.
It is very common to secretly eat game meat or something, but it is not something that can be made public. If you encounter someone serious, it will be troublesome to report it to the brigade headquarters.
Although there are very few such people in Weijiagou, it is not unheard of.
It doesn't matter if she broke the other person's secret, she also has secrets to expose to the other person.
She smiled at Zihua and explained the purpose of her visit, "I'm going to catch some fish." This meant that everyone was here to have a meal, and no one needed to be on guard against anyone else.
There are fish in the Xingxi River. Because the water in the stream is shallow, the fish in it are small. The largest one is only one stick long and two fingers wide.
People from Weijiagou rarely catch fish here.
There are many fish bones in the mountain streams but little meat. It takes a long time to catch a bowl of fish, but it will be full of fish bones in your mouth, which is not enough to delay things.
The Xingxi River flows down the mountain and merges into the Xingxi River. The river surface is large, the water is deep, and the fish grow big. People in the village who want to eat fish always go to the Xingxi River or the reservoir to catch them.
Zihua just saw fish in the stream. There were not only fish, but also shrimps and crabs, but they were all small, so she didn't think about catching them because they were too small.
Seeing that the other person was here to order more food just like her, Zihua nodded to her.
The young woman found a flat sandy area without gravel, put down the basket she was carrying, took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs above her knees, and took out a net bag made of an old mosquito net and a piece of wire from the basket.
, walked towards the stream.
What Zihua noticed was a long scar on the woman's calf, which extended to her knees and was blocked by her trouser legs.
The widest part of the scar can be as large as a finger, and it is uneven and looks even more ferocious on the woman's fair legs.
Seeing this scar, Zihua knew who the woman was.
In the memory of the original owner, the woman was Zheng Jinghong, an educated youth.
Zheng Jinghong came to Weijiagou more than two years ago.
The educated youth spot is on the east side of Dapingpo in the village. The original owner lives in the west end. Because he is often sick and does not often move around the village, he has never met Zheng Jinghong. Not only Zheng Jinghong, but also the original owner of the educated youth in Weijiagou in the past two years has basically not met.
know.
The original owner could know that Zheng Jinghong heard what Miao Dalan said. Miao Dalan couldn't keep things in mind. She would talk about what she saw, heard, and did at home.
Not long after Zheng Jinghong arrived, while digging wild vegetables in the mountains, she was startled by a snake that suddenly jumped out. She accidentally fell into the ravine and broke her leg.
Another surprise...
Zihua couldn't help but think more.
The place where Zheng Jinghong dug wild vegetables was not remote. Someone heard her cry for help and went down the mountain to ask someone to rescue her.
Fortunately, Du Laoqi's specialty was bruises. Zheng Jinghong was discovered in time. Although her leg bone was broken, Du Laoqi's good medical skills healed her leg without leaving any traces.
Disability.
But the injury was so deep that scars were unavoidable and remained.
Zheng Jinghong's leg injury was serious and it took more than half a year to recover.
Her family is not here and she has no one to take care of her. She relies on the help of a few educated youths from the Educated Youth Point.
Several educated youths did a good job. They made her medicine on time and cooked her meals, so Zheng Jing's legs were not disabled.
Educated youths also have to work every day to earn wages to support themselves. No matter how much they earn, they are powerless.
After Zheng Jinghong's legs healed, her body collapsed and she lost shape.
Because of this, Miao Dalan thought of the original owner and sighed for Zheng Jinghong. She gave Zheng Jinghong food several times when she was relaxing at home.
However, Zheng Jinghong is much better than the original owner. The original owner had internal diseases and was difficult to maintain. Zheng Jinghong cannot keep up with nutrition and her body is simply thin. This is relatively easy to make up for.
Now it seems that Zheng Jinghong's body is well maintained. She is still thin, but already within the normal range, and her complexion looks better than that of Juhua.
The stream was not deep, and Zheng Jinghong stood just below her knees. She bent over and fished into the water with her net bag from time to time.
After Zihua watched for ten minutes, Zheng Jinghong didn't catch a single fish, but she caught a few small shrimps.
Fish that can survive in flowing streams are very agile and not easy to catch.
She knew why Zheng Jinghong came here to catch fish instead of going to the Xingxi River. Although there were many fish in the river, the water was deeper and deeper. With Zheng Jinghong's fishing tools and her fishing skills, she might not be able to catch even one.
Disaster.
Anyway, the water here is shallow and the fish are swimming right in front of you. Sooner or later you can catch a few.