The sun shone through the treetops into the woods, and Yao Xiaoqing's stomach growled.
When he arrived at a stream, he put down the bamboo basket, untied the little pheasant, disemboweled it, peeled off the skin, spread some seasoning on the chicken belly, wrapped the pheasant with rice dumpling leaves, and tied it with vines.
Dig some mud and wrap it up.
I dug a pit, gathered some firewood, lit it, and started roasting the beggar chicken.
The fire started roaring, so I added some firewood inside and let it burn.
Yao Xiaoqing was lying on a big rock, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers coming from the forest, and listening to the birds singing on the branches.
She felt that this place was an unexplored holy land with treasures everywhere. As long as you wanted to find it, there would be anything.
She was thinking about the fields of potatoes, taro, kudzu, millet, beans, pumpkins that had been planted this season, and that there would be another crop of millet in a few months.
Waiting for the autumn harvest, the Yaoshan tribe, except for the small number of tribes and no rice or cotton, was actually richer than the ancient villages of later generations.
Another small goal has been achieved. When the Yaoshan market opens, I will go out to look for rice. I just wonder if crops like cotton, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are available here?
If anything, except for the lack of electricity and internet, life here is much more comfortable than in later generations.
When Yao Xiaoqing thought of this, she still felt a little proud, but also a little worried.
I took a piece of dried meat and chewed it slowly. I looked at the big tree above my head and noticed that there were small pink and crimson flowers blooming among the oily green leaves.
"It's so beautiful. The flowers on one tree have two colors."
Look, look at her suddenly getting up, the little yellowish fruit in the middle of the leaves seems to be star anise!
Yao Xiaoqing was a little excited. He took a few steps forward and walked to a small tree. He pulled a branch, picked off a fruit and counted the eight corners.
Looking at the yellowish fruit in her hand, she laughed and said, "Star anise fruit! Hahaha! I've searched all over the place and found it, but it took no effort to get it!"
Star anise tree! She looked around and saw that there was a huge forest full of star anise trees. Although star anise is a spice, it also has medicinal properties. It can eliminate phlegm, relieve cough, clear throat, etc.
It is also an indispensable seasoning for household cooking. It can reduce the fishy smell of meat, increase the fragrance, and stimulate appetite. It is also one of the raw materials for preparing five-spice powder and seasoning powder...
Braised pork, barbecue, bean paste, and soy sauce are all useful.
Thinking of this, she salivated and picked excitedly, even forgetting about the beggar chickens. It wasn't until her basket was full and her stomach growled that she remembered the beggar chickens in the pit.
"Hey! If only I had discovered it earlier, it would have tasted better."
Pulling the beggar's chicken steak out of the pit and knocking off the mud wrapped on it, the fragrance of rice dumpling leaves, mixed with the strong fragrance of chicken, hit your nostrils and almost made your mouth water.
I squatted by the stream and washed my hands. I peeled off the rice dumpling leaves and saw the oily beggar's chicken. I pulled off a chicken leg and took a bite. The meat was tender in my mouth. I turned it around in my mouth and swallowed it.
Gone inside.
"Not bad! This is pollution-free and all-natural flavor!"
Yao Xiaoqing sat on the big rock, leaning against the octagonal tree behind him, smelling the fragrance of flowers, and felt that this day was really a kind of enjoyment.
She ate a pheasant completely, and then she felt full. She looked at the chicken bones on the ground with lingering interest, drank some water, rinsed her mouth, and buried the chicken bones in the pit.
After resting for a while and feeling a little drowsy, I picked up my backpack and started walking back.
On the way back, I found more than a dozen apricot and peach trees. In a patch of weeds, I found a piece of patchouli. There was also a clump of gardenia not far away, with small buds already exposed, and they will bloom in a while.
Already.
Patchouli and gardenia were her favorites. Yao Xiaoqing put down the basket on his back and picked up the engineer shovel to start digging.
Putting Patchouli on the backpack, he picked up the basket on his back, carried the engineering shovel in one hand, and carried a dozen half-sized gardenias in the other, and walked back in a hurry.
As soon as we reached the pine forest, we saw a group of savage-like men walking in front of us from a distance. Some were carrying baskets on their backs and carrying prey on their shoulders, and some were carrying small trees with soil on their shoulders. Except for the Yaoshan tribe,
Who else could be there.
"Father, Mu Feng..." Yao Xiaoqing shouted loudly.
The person in front stopped and Muba looked back at her in surprise, "Xiaoqing, why are you here?"
The other people also greeted her with a smile, "Xiaoqing, you came out to collect herbs alone!"
"Well! The tribe is busy transplanting pumpkins." Yao Xiaoqing walked forward happily, "You have been out for a long time."
Muba smiled and nodded, "Yeah! We walked around the mountains and told the tribes we saw about our big gathering."
Yao Hu and Mu Feng who were walking in front also turned to look over. Jiang Li turned around and saw Yao Xiaoqing with a smile on his face, and smiled in surprise, "Qing Wu!"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "What a coincidence!"
Mu Feng pointed behind him, "Father, look, Xiao Qing is there!"
Yao Hu glared at him angrily, "I saw it." He said and strode over.
Yao Xiaoqing stepped forward and looked at Yao Hu with a smile, "Father, are you tired?"
Yao Hu smiled and shook his head, "Father, you are not tired. Mu Feng, please help me carry the flowers and trees."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Li had already reached out and took the gardenia from Yao Xiaoqing's hand, and also took down the pheasant and patchouli from the basket on his back.
Mu Feng smiled and said, "The same goes for Jiang Li."
Yao Hu patted him gently and said, "Lazy!"
"Hehe!" Mu Feng looked at Yao Xiaoqing and giggled, "Xiaoqing, my father is partial."
Yao Xiaoqing comforted her proudly, "I'll prepare delicious food for you when I go back."
"We want to eat too!" others protested.
Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "Both of them are. I found two spices today, and then I found others, how can I make barbecue powder?"
You are back just in time, I will take you to pick spices in the forest tomorrow."
When everyone hears the word barbecue powder, they think of barbecue. The taste of barbecue sprinkled with barbecue powder is different.
"Okay! Let's pick anise tomorrow."
Heiba picked up an star anise tree and said, "Qingwu, is that the fruit with several aniseed leaves in your basket?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Yes! This is called eight anise."
"Okay, it will get dark if you don't leave." Yao Hu interrupted everyone with a smile.
"Let's go back and talk slowly." Everyone walked back talking and laughing.
As soon as we reached the foot of the mountain, we could see Jiang Li's yard when we looked up.
Hei Ba smiled and looked back at Jiang Li, "Chief, let's come over tomorrow to see if anyone has secretly moved in?"
Daliang smiled and said: "I just came here to see it before coming here, no one has been in."
Atan said to Jiang Li: "Chief, it's time for us to move back!" He felt that if they stayed here, they would become members of the Yaoshan tribe.