The next day, Shen Yuehu and Ji Xun went to the second uncle's place for a visit and then went home. Uncle Ji Shen and the second uncle Ji Shen were starting to build the stove. There were many processes to be busy with. Shen Yuehu and Ji Xun also Unable to help, I went home to discuss what raw materials to use to make wine.
Ji Xun knew nothing about wine making. Shen Yuyu grew up in the countryside and knew that all grains and fruits could be used to make wine. The main thing was how to make a fine wine like Maotai. Even if it was successful, he still had to try it slowly. Can't rush.
After discussing the matter of making wine for a while, Shen Yuyu went to pick some young leaves to feed the rabbits, while Ji Xun took his horse to graze.
After Shen Yuyu fed the rabbit, he saw that the snails in the basin had vomited a lot of mud. He hurriedly brought two buckets of water to wash them. After washing the vomited mud, he ran to pick a handful of mugwort leaves and grind them into pieces. Throw it into a basin.
In the afternoon, I changed the water for the snails twice more. By this time tomorrow, all the sediment should have been spit out, and you can make stir-fried snails.
On this day, I did some trivial things like this and it passed in the blink of an eye.
On the third day, Shen Yuyu went to the wellhead to wash clothes as usual, but this time it was strange. When she came, no one raised their heads, and everyone looked nervously listening to an aunt talking.
"Last night when I was about to go to bed, my cow ran away from the cowshed. My husband was not at home, so I went looking for it with a torch.'
The aunt who spoke lived in the southeast corner of the village, only a few vegetable plots away from the abandoned royal residence. Her eyes were full of horror.
"When I walked outside the Wang family's residence, I suddenly saw a shadow floating at the corner door of the Wang's residence. Her hair was disheveled and I couldn't see her face clearly, but I felt that her legs were not touching the ground and were floating. I took a closer look and saw that Suddenly he disappeared again."
After the aunt finished speaking, another aunt answered with lingering fear, "I saw it too. Last night when I went out to pour water for washing my feet, I vaguely saw a white ghost floating in the cemetery across the road."
The more everyone talked, the more evil they became, and everyone looked awe-inspiring.
Since those two things happened, the Wang family has become a completely haunted house, and no one dares to give it to anyone.
As time went by, it became completely deserted. The outside of the house was covered with wild grass and the inside was dark, eerie and dead. Everyone who passed by took a detour.
After hearing what these two people said this time, everyone was filled with fear.
"How about the village raise some money and invite a Taoist priest to come back to drive away ghosts?" someone suggested.
"I think it's better to forget it, fierce ghost. How can ordinary Taoist priests have this ability?"
"There is a Taoist temple in my parents' house. I heard that the Taoist priest is very capable. I will go back to my parents' house later if I have something to do. Do you want to ask?"
"Ask, of course you have to ask." The aunt who was looking for the ghost was obviously frightened, "I will pay half of the money, and everyone will raise the rest. You should have no objection, right?!"
All the women present nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Shen Yuyu was there, someone asked her: "Girl Ji Chen, can you count your share of this money?"
"Forget it." Shen Yuyu answered simply, "You'll tell me how much you spent later, and I'll pay for it." She didn't believe in ghosts, but could she not agree? She would have to live in Ji Shenjia Village from now on.
Seeing that Shen Yuyu agreed, the others finalized the matter.
Shen Yue also smiled and lamented that the country people were timid and exaggerated, and had shadows in their hearts that caused everyone to fight. It was so evil that they were giving money to Taoist priests in vain.
After washing my clothes and going home, I washed the snail again and threw some mugwort leaves and a little salt in it to induce vomiting.
Ji Xun was pouring water on the flowerbed, and Shen Yue was squatting beside the wooden basin and talking to him, "Axun, I'll make fried snails for you to eat this afternoon. It's delicious."
"Okay." Ji Xun replied, wondering what excuse he could find to eat less?
"Then I'll pick some perilla and bring it back." Shen Yuyu said as she left the yard. That day, she saw a large patch of perilla growing outside the Wang family's old house, so she went over there.
In the distance, the house was submerged in withered grass that was taller than a person. The walls were covered with moss and covered with ivy. It was so abandoned that no one took care of it. Occasionally, a weasel jumped out of it, which was shocking. One jump.
In a piece of withered grass, there are many perillas growing, and the tender red leaves exude a peculiar fragrance.
No one eats perilla here, let alone grows it. It’s so rare to come across a patch like this. I must save some seeds when the time comes, so that I can make some new dishes for the restaurant.
When Shen Yuyu picked the perilla and was about to leave, he suddenly heard a "squeak" sound, which seemed to come from an abandoned old house. The sound was not loud, but Shen Yuyu felt that his ears were not wrong, so he I raised my ears and listened carefully, but I didn't hear anything anymore.
It was impossible for a ghost to come out in broad daylight. I guess a door in the house was left open and was blown by the wind.
Shen Yuyu shrugged and went back with the perilla leaves.
After lunch, Shen Yuyu was ready to make snails. It’s not that people here don’t eat snails, but because they are poor in the countryside, they are reluctant to put in oil, and there are not many cooking materials, so it doesn’t taste good when cooked. It has a strong earthy smell, and gradually fewer people eat it.
Today, Shen Yuyu plans to make more and give a bowl to the clan leader and several uncles, so that they can taste what kind of delicacy it is.
Wash the snails and remove their tails, mix all the chili spices, heat the oil in a pan, add star anise, dried chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the snails and stir-fry until almost done, add soy sauce, pour a little rice wine, and add the spring water in the space Stew. When the water is almost dry, add the perilla leaves, stir-fry twice to reduce the juice, and a fragrant stir-fried snail is ready.
I kept a bowl at home, divided the rest into four portions, packed them in food boxes, and took them to Shaiguping.
The elders who were playing chess stopped playing chess when they smelled the aroma. They immediately put the chessboard away properly and took out a bowl of snails from the food box to start playing.
"This~~Girl Ji Chen, your craftsmanship is really nothing to say. No wonder the restaurant is open." The patriarch even instigated the snail meat and soup.
The second uncle also licked his lips and praised: "This snail is cooked without any earthy smell, and even the soup is more delicious. Tsk, tsk, Ji Chen, girl, is awesome."
The other two uncles didn't talk as much as they did, and they kept giving thumbs up while eating.
After sending the snails home, Shen Yuyu found that the bowl of snails left at home was missing half of it. Hum, Ji Xun must have eaten it secretly.
Ji Xun just wanted to try one, but after eating one he couldn't stop. As soon as Shen Yuyu came home, he started laughing.
"Madam, come quickly, dinner is ready." He said and already started to attack the snails.
The next day, Shen Yuyu heard more people at the wellhead saying they had seen ghosts. Some were in the cemetery and some were in the Wang family residence, which made people panic.
Shen Yuyu told Ji Xun these remarks and asked him: "Axun, do you believe it is really haunted?"
Shen Yuyu is a modern doctor who has seen all kinds of 'human bodies'. He is a materialist and logically does not believe it.
But it is inevitable to have doubts. Her soul can travel here from modern times. Maybe there is a ghost?
"I don't believe it." Ji Xun shook his head. He had seen many mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield, but he had never seen a ghost before.
"Then let's go to visit the king's house tonight? How about we find out the truth?"
