Students joined us and we picked two large baskets in one afternoon. To pick wild fruits, you need to climb a tree. The view from the tree is good, and we discovered many new large and sweet wild berries hidden in the back of the bushes.
Little Baozi picked a big basket of his favorite raspberries, and Xu Suizhu promised him to go back and make sweet jam, but the little boy was so happy that he followed the adult and worked obediently throughout the whole process.
After the work, the group took many group photos under the intoxicating sunset.
Then we rode on the fine golden waves and returned.
The next day, I had a good sleep, and got up and started tinkering with the wild fruits I had picked.
The parents-in-law went to the provincial capital and haven't come back yet, so they were the only family of four at home. Baozi's father and his two children scrambled to help, so Xu Suizhu asked Baozi's father to be responsible for washing the fruits. The two children were responsible for transporting the washed and drained fruits to the kitchen.
She is responsible for drying, pickling, and cooking.
As soon as the work was finished, Chen Xingshan sent over a basket of fresh and tender cabbages. Seeing this, he went home and told his mother that he also joined the helpers.
Wild tangerines are mainly sun-dried tangerine peels, but it would be a pity to throw away all the peeled flesh. After marinating some fruits, I tried to make some honey tangerine paste, and it tasted very good when soaked in water. So I put all the tangerine peels in it and marinated it.
The citrus pulp is boiled into honey citrus paste.
Needless to say, wild pear must be boiled with pear paste and sugar. Drink some in autumn and winter to moisten the lungs and remove dryness. Drinking it during cold period has a miraculous effect in relieving cough and reducing phlegm.
After finishing the bulk, the remaining wild berries were easy to handle. Some were kept fresh for eating, and the rest were made into jam.
It was such a busy day that I didn't have time to cook at noon, so I drank honey citrus tea, ate some pastries, and immediately got into the hot process of making sauce.
After finally finishing the work, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Just as I was about to prepare a big meal to reward everyone, the old man sent a bodyguard over to deliver a message, saying that they had won the top three places in the fishing competition and had harvested a lot of river fresh food, and planned to
Shanli Village is holding a river food banquet and tells them to go quickly.
Living by the sea, river food is rarer than seafood. It is also a prize that the old men strive for, so you must go!
"Let's go together, Xiaoshan."
"Yes, Brother Shan, you come with us."
"No, my mother is waiting for me to eat." Chen Xingshan left quickly.
Seeing that he refused to go, Xu Suizhu packed two cans each of the boiled fruit tea and jam and asked Zhuang Yi to send them to the small courtyard.
When Zhuang Yi came back, the family changed their clothes, packed up and set off for the mountain village.
Xiao Wu carried two large baskets of specialties purchased from Guang'an County, as well as freshly brewed honey citrus tea and pear candy, and followed Mr. Lu to drive first, while Xu Suizhu led the two children behind.
"Xiao Xu!"
When she heard Professor Fan's call, she was stunned for a moment, thinking she was hallucinating.
Another sound of "Xiao Xu" was heard, and then he reacted and turned his head to follow the sound.
"Professor Fan? Is it really you? Didn't you go abroad? How..."
Professor Fan gracefully walked up to Chang Shengli on his arm, smiled and touched the heads of the two children and said, "Can't you come back after you go abroad? I'm not from the United States. Who wants to live there all the time!"
Chang Shengli glanced at his wife tenderly and added with a smile: "She misses you very much when she is abroad. As soon as she finishes her business, she urges me to come back."
Professor Fan was strongly invited by the province to lead the expedition in early August. It just so happened that Chang Shengli had an academic exchange meeting in the industry in the United States in mid-September, which happened to be in the same city. So, less than a year after getting married, he usually spent less time together.
Most of them, still like newlyweds in the honeymoon stage, left the country one after another.
After the competition, Professor Fan originally wanted to return to China first, but was coaxed by Dean Chang who was super clingy after marriage. He thought that after returning to China, one of them would be in the fjord, and the other would have to go to work in the provincial capital because he had not yet retired. A typical weekend
The couple softened their hearts and agreed to stay and wait for him.
But before school started, I made an international long distance call to Principal Chi.
Principal Chi was preoccupied with the school's restructuring at that time. Professor Fan said he would be back a month late so he had no time to ask more questions.
As for music classes, there were no professional teachers before, so why don’t we still come here? It doesn’t matter if we miss a few classes, it’s not a college entrance examination subject.
"If I didn't come back, I wouldn't have known that the school had gone through such big twists and turns." Professor Fan glared at Xu Suizhu, "I called before school started, but Lao Chi didn't say a word. He treated me like an outsider! It's my fault that I've lost the town.
Treat it as my mother's family. When I am abroad, I am thinking of you and my students."
"How can you not!" Xu Suizhu explained hurriedly, "You were abroad at the time. Even if we told you that you were beyond our reach, it would only increase our troubles. Besides, you must support us in diversion and restructuring, right?"
"Nonsense!" Professor Fan rolled his eyes at her, "Who wants to go to No. 1 Middle School or No. 2 Middle School? If I really value the so-called key high schools, why would I come to you? I just care about your delicious food and beautiful scenery, so I can go to school.
If you don’t want to go to college, you won’t go to the first or second high school, and you will come here to take care of your retirement..."
"Yes, yes! Don't be angry. By the way, grandpa invited us to eat river delicacies in the mountain village. Do you want to go to the river delicacies banquet?"
Professor Fan: "..."
The topic jumps so quickly. Do you think she didn't know she was changing the topic?
But he still raised his chin: "Go!"
After saying that, he laughed first: "Let's go, let's go! You're the only one who always tempts me with delicious food! That's what I do."
Lu Chixiao's Audi couldn't seat so many people, so Professor Fan waved his hand: "You go first, Lao Chang and I will come by ourselves later."
Xu Suizhu thought their car was parked at the school, so she told them the route to Shanli Village and took the first step.
In fact, Dean Chang's car was parked in his garage. The couple came back from abroad, took planes and trains, and almost vomited. When they got home, they didn't want to drive, so they just walked to school.
.I was in a hurry to use the car and didn’t want to leave. I rented a minivan and took a long trip back to Platinum Coast Phase 2.
By the way, I picked up a few bottles of wine brought from abroad. How could I go to have a meal with nothing?
In the past two years, Shanli Village has long ceased to be a closed and poor ravine due to farmhouse entertainment. This fishing competition is, to put it bluntly, a means of attracting tourists during the National Day.
Most of the people who come here to play here are city dwellers - they come here for the beautiful nature, pure wild mountain and river fresh food, and farm food. When there is a fishing competition, they will go out and have a go.
It costs money to take it home, but it tastes better than what you buy ready-made.
The old man and the others just went to join in the fun. However, thanks to the Star Fishing Rod, they took the top three places. At the end of the game, they were given a large bucket of river fish, including a pair of old tortoises who knew how to bite people.
The old man almost bit his finger by it. He originally wanted to take it back as a pet for his precious great-grandson. How could he dare to give it to his great-grandson to play with if he is so cruel?
Mr. Lin immediately said: "Lao Lu, you are an old man. If you are bitten if you have rough skin and thick flesh, it will not matter. Xiaoyu has delicate skin and tender flesh. If you are bitten, I will feel sorry for you. Just stew it."
You can eat it! Eat it until it’s in your belly and see if it dares to bite!”
Mr. Fu and Mr. Li also said that it is difficult to raise wild tortoises, and it is better to raise turtles. Tortoises are nutritious, and it is most economical to stew them.
So, the four old men gathered together, borrowed a large earthen stove on the spot, hired a skilled cook from the village, and cooked a feast of river delicacies.