Zhang Luo's mushroom picking operation for several days was finally "executed" on the eighteenth day.
The weather is beautiful, the sky is clear, the sun is bright, and the breeze is gentle.
The team entering the mountain was very large, including not only Geng's mother and daughter, but also Liu, Wang, Yang, Yu, Fang and others.
Li Zhong originally wanted to arrange for Tiandong to come with him, but Chengxue refused. The table would be set the day after tomorrow, and the stove at home would be set up. Tomorrow they could prepare meatballs, croquettes and so on.
Besides, they are all women, and the only three sons are children, so it is really inconvenient for Tiandong to follow them. I didn’t even think of taking Gastrodia elata, but Yu Niang said that the children were small and she would lead the dog with her, so she agreed.
Yuniang started busy early in the morning. She steamed several snacks, packed them in food boxes, and followed her into the mountains with her two daughters and one son.
Gastrodia elata leads Huzi, Li Yue goes with Yu Wan, Bai Shao wants to hug Li Tian, but Cheng Xue forcibly stops him. It’s not that the child can’t leave, not to mention that even if the family is different now, before Li Hui enters the officialdom, he will definitely
You can’t coddle your children.
After entering the mountains, I will miss every place under the pine trees.
Hazel mushroom, pine mushroom, yellow mushroom...
Cheng Xue also picked a lot of horse manure bags. These are also called puffballs and gray bags, which are also a kind of mushroom. Horse manure bags after the rain have hemostatic properties and are very fragrant when fried.
It’s hard to find, but Hu Zi found it. I picked and rubbed the tiger zi at the same time, and the little thing couldn’t enjoy it.
"Mom, there are drumstick mushrooms here."
Coprinus drumstick, white, slender, also called Coprinus comatus, is picked when it is tender and has a meaty texture like chicken shreds when fried. It tastes good. This kind of mushroom is like monkey legs. When you find a piece, you will find it in a pile.
Dried in the sun, the stew soup is very delicious in winter.
Think about last year, it was very hard to stay alive, but this year I can go into the mountains, and it will get better and better in the future.
Li Yue, Yu Wan, Mian Ni and others all obediently helped pick mushrooms. Li Tian, Li Heng, Yun Ni, Cuini and others were playing behind Gastrodia elata and Bai Zhi.
With them following us, we don’t have to worry about the children getting hurt.
When the basket was eighty percent full, Geng took a break. There was a small clear ditch to the east where everyone went to wash their hands.
Yuniang took her two daughters to open the tarpaulin she brought, and then placed the food box in the middle. Desserts, brown sugar steamed buns, cold potato shreds, and fried river shrimp.
Geng also took out the cloth bag and opened it layer by layer. The cakes inside were still warm. Fang brought boiled eggs, Yu brought...
Everyone, regardless of each other, put everything they brought on the tarpaulin.
After Mrs. Geng wiped her hands, she enthusiastically shared the cakes with everyone.
"Hurry up, hurry up, you're welcome, my scallion pancakes are always delicious."
Mrs. Xu took the cake from her mother, leaned on Cheng Xue's back, and looked up at the sky.
"Xue Niang, the last time we went out together, it was better to dig wild vegetables in the spring."
"It's not good. This is because no one from our village has gone to the mountains this year, otherwise it would be our turn to pick them." Yang said as she sandwiched the cold shredded potatoes.
There was too much chili and she couldn't eat it.
"No one from our village is organizing a trip to the mountains this year, and those wives aren't coming either, so we'll just pick it up." Mrs. Fang echoed.
At this time in previous years, Jiang Jianye would organize men in the village to go into the mountains to look for sticks. If he could find one, he would be able to share one or two taels of silver.
It's a pity that most of the men in the village went to the military camp this year, and those who stayed behind are working in the forestry. The most important thing is that Jiang Jianye is in poor health and has no energy.
In the front and back yards of Li Qingshan's house and Jiang Jianye's house, Ms. Fang had nothing to do and talked about the "mother-son war" last night.
"...I don't know what Aunt Jiang is thinking. She has to let Da Qiang marry that one. No matter what Uncle Jiang says, it won't work. They argue every day and it's annoying to death."
Mr. Geng curled his lips and said coldly:
"She doesn't have to do anything. If Da Qiang marries a girl she likes, she will suffer the consequences after marriage."
"Even if this girl has a good temper, the relationship between the young couple is quite difficult." Ms. Liu was worried.
After seeing how her nephew and his wife got along, she still felt that "blind marriage" was unreliable. They had to meet each other before marriage to get to know each other.
When Li Yue and others were full, they went to play by the river ditch.
Mrs. Xu saw Mrs. Yu eating shredded potatoes one bite after another and asked:
“Isn’t it spicy?”
Yu shook her head, "It's not spicy, it's quite fragrant."
Yang said "ouch" and joked with a smile:
"Are you pregnant? Is it so spicy or not?"
"Ah?" Yu was slightly startled, then shook her head hastily, "No, it can't be."
Mrs. Liu didn't think the potato shreds were spicy, but after hearing what she said, she said softly:
"Can you, if you have, ask your sister-in-law to take a pulse, then we will know."
She watched Mr. Yu grow up, and she would be obedient and sensible when she was a child. Otherwise, her brother and sister-in-law would not be able to give them so much when they get married. The young couple is so sweet that if they get pregnant after two months of marriage, it will be a great joy.
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Last time she returned from Wanghe Village, Degui asked her if she had any letters.
Cheng Xue felt her pulse, and everyone's eyes were fixed on her. Even Mrs. Yu. In fact, she really wanted and looked forward to having children. She had taken care of her brother's children all by herself, including her sister-in-law's several confinements.
She also takes care of her.
It can be said that she is quite experienced in giving birth, raising and raising children.
"Change hands."
Yu changed his hands obediently. After Cheng Xue touched it, he asked:
"When was the last time you had a child?"
"On July 20th, my childhood date is quite accurate. This date has not yet arrived, so I said no."
It was obvious that she was very nervous and tried her best to explain and hide her feelings.
Cheng Xue put down her hand with a smile, rolled some potato shreds in a pancake and handed it to her, saying:
"Children just depend on fate, don't worry. If you don't come on the 20th, come back to me."
"Okay." Mrs. Yu took the cake and took a big bite.
After eating and drinking, and taking a short break, everyone continued to pick mushrooms.
Cheng Xue's family has a lot of food. When they go home, they pick out what they want to make for the evening, blanch the rest and save it for setting on the table the day after tomorrow.
After being out for most of the day, Li Zhong and Tian Dong had already set up four temporary stoves in the yard. After the fire was done, the mud was dry. Now they were boiling water in a large pot and leaving it to blanch the mushrooms.
"After setting the table, we will go into the mountain again and ask Li Zhong to follow him in Tiandong. He can pick more and come back to dry it and eat it in the winter." Cheng Xue suggested.
With six more mouths, you don’t have to worry about food, but you have to prepare vegetables in advance. I guess I will have to buy cabbage this year, and I will have to sell a lot of it.
"Now that I know how to get to the back mountain, I can take the four children into the mountain when I have time. Madam, don't worry. Li Zhong means that the autumn harvest will start on the 21st. Madam, do you think that's okay?"
"Just make up your mind, I have no objection."
"Mom, the water is ready and you can blanch the mushrooms."
Tiandong's honest voice came, and Yu Niang hurriedly carried the basin over. Cheng Xue looked at the busy mother and son, and it was reasonable to say that at the age of eighteen, it is time to get a wife. But people like them have no freedom, unless they are given by their masters, they will not have any freedom at all.
Opportunity.
Like Li Zhong, three in four, his eldest son is only 18 years old. In Liangyan, when ordinary people have children at the age of 25, it is too late...