Zhang Chi returned to the door of the house and heard someone shouting before he entered. He turned around and saw that Cannon was standing in front of the bullpen waving to him.
After waiting for a while, Cannon came over on horseback.
"Boss, didn't we make an appointment to find mushrooms?" Cannon rode up to Zhang Chi.
After hearing this, Zhang Chi remembered that he had made an appointment with Cannon to pick mushrooms in the mountains in the morning.
So he said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I forgot about this matter, now...it's not too late."
I looked down at my watch and saw that it wasn't even ten o'clock yet.
Cannon said: "Okay, let's set off now."
Zhang Chi then asked: "Do you want to bring anything?"
Cannon thought for a moment: "Bring the basket with you, the one with a big belly and a lid...".
Cannon started gesticulating while talking.
Zhang Chi understood. Cannon was talking about the fish basket he brought from his hometown. It was made by his grandfather. When Zhang Chi came back, he brought some bamboo weavings, including this fish basket.
So Zhang Chi went into the house and took out the fish basket, and the two of them got on their horses and went down to the foot of the mountain talking and laughing.
After leaving the ranch, Zhang Chi followed Cannon up the mountain.
Originally, Zhang Chi thought there was still some distance to go, but within ten minutes of walking up the mountain, Cannon reined in his horse and jumped off.
"arrive!"
Zhang Chi then dismounted, looked at the surrounding environment with disbelief, and asked Cannon: "Is this right here?"
Zhang Chi looked around and saw no mushrooms anywhere. This place was not like the kind of place he imagined where mushrooms could grow.
Cannon bent down and picked up a branch from the ground, and began to pluck up the dead leaves on the ground. As he plucked them, he said to Zhang Chi: "The mushrooms are under these dead leaves, near the special tree roots. Look for them carefully." You can find them as soon as you look for them. Also, BOSS, pay attention, there may be snakes in the leaves, and it is no joke if some guys bite you...".
Snakes are really common in this place in the countryside. Most of them are non-venomous, but there are also quite a few poisonous ones. Not to mention the mountains. When Zhang Chi was in Folsom, there were snakes crawling downstairs in the Tongzi Building where he lived. In other people's homes.
Zhang Chi is not afraid of these things, but every time he sees them, he feels uncomfortable, especially when the snakes are swimming. The hair on Zhang Chi's back stands up because of their appearance.
Following Cannon's example, Zhang Chi also picked up a branch, but the one Zhang Chi picked was a very thick one. He said that the branch was actually about the same size as a stick and could be used as a crutch.
"This is it".
After a while, Cannon shouted happily and waved to Zhang Chi without looking back.
Zhang Chi took a closer look and found that under the peeled leaves, there was a golden umbrella cover and a white handle underneath. There were about a dozen of them. They were quite long, but the umbrella was not big.
"Is this thing edible?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but ask as he looked at the mushroom.
In Zhang Chi's concept, edible mushrooms are all colorless. For example, the oyster mushrooms and copri mushrooms sold in the market are at most a little light yellow. Of course, the shiitake mushrooms are sauce-colored, but they are not golden. yellow.
It looks like it's poisonous.
"This is what you ate yesterday. Once heated, the color disappears. This is the most delicious mushroom in the mountains." Cannon said while using his hands to remove the mud from the bottom of the mushrooms and remove all the mushrooms. come out.
Zhang Chi understood what Cannon meant, took the basket over from horseback, opened the lid and asked Cannon to put the mushrooms in his hand.
Seeing the mushrooms, Zhang Chi started looking for them carefully.
Not to mention, Zhang Chi soon found a cluster of about ten trees. They were also hidden under the loose dry leaves. You really couldn't find them unless you peeled off the leaves.
After digging out the mushrooms from the ground, Zhang Chi brought them to Cannon's eyes and asked him to take a look.
"Yes, that's it." Cannon nodded.
With his first harvest, Zhang Chi regained his energy and used the branches in his hands to push up under the roots of the tree.
It was like what Cannon said. There were really a lot of mushrooms in the mountains. After a while, the two of them had made half a basket.
"There are quite a few," Zhang Chi said.
The two of them sat down to take a rest, took a sip of the water they brought, and prepared to continue picking.
Cannon said: "Normally no one goes up the mountain, so there are a lot of mushrooms in the mountains."
This is easy to understand. Originally, there were not many people in Amber Town, only a few hundred families. This was still a lot. If we excluded the casual cowboys, the number of people would probably be even less.
Small towns in the west are like this. There are not many people in each small town. If you stay in a small town and don't go anywhere else, you will never see a few familiar faces in your life. With such a small population facing such a big mountain, even if
How many mushrooms can be picked from the mountains in the whole town? This amount is not enough to pop up after a rain in the mountains.
Of course, you need a permit or something to harvest these things, but no one is asking the government. Even if it only costs ten dollars a time, no one is willing to pay the money.
It’s hard to let go of good wealth!
People everywhere are like this. The folks in Amber Town are not very aware. Some people even directly think that before your government existed, my ancestors had been picking mushrooms here for who knows how many years.
You haven't paid any fees, so why do you want to collect money after you established it? No way!
There is nothing the government can do to simplify the process. As long as you pay the money, the certificate will be issued to you in less than a minute, but no one is willing to hand it over.
If others refused to pay, Zhang Chi would not be foolish and rush to pay the money. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.
After the two of them picked half of the basket, Cannon asked Zhang Chi to stop, saying that they had eaten enough, and they turned to go home.
When they arrived at the ranch, Cannon asked Zhang Chi to dump all the mushrooms on the porch in front of the door and began to pick them up one by one.
"What is this for?" Zhang Chi was curious.
Cannon said: "I'm afraid you'll come back with poisonous mushrooms."
"Can this be a mistake?" Zhang Chi felt that Cannon didn't believe him.
As soon as he asked this question, Cannon had a mushroom in his hand: "This one is poisonous. If there is one, there must be a second one."
Well!
Zhang Chi felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't possibly mean that Cannon picked it up, because besides himself, he estimated that Cannon would not pick up such poisonous mushrooms.
"How can you tell?"
Just ask if you make a mistake. It's one of Zhang Chi's good qualities not to be ashamed to ask.
Cannon took the poisonous mushroom and explained to Zhang Chi: "Look, although the two mushrooms look alike, this kind of mushroom can be touched with your hands on the top of the umbrella."
As he spoke, Cannon touched the top of the mushroom with his hand, then rubbed it twice and showed it to Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi saw that there seemed to be a layer of silver powder on the pads of his fingers.
"Is this thing poisonous?" Zhang Chi wanted to reach out and touch it, but it was poisonous and he thought it would be better not to touch it.
Cannon shook his head: "This thing is not poisonous, but the mushroom handle is poisonous, but it is not very toxic. If you eat it, you will have diarrhea for a few days and you will not be able to lift your pants."
After saying this, Zhang Chi felt much more relieved.
Watching Cannon pick, Zhang Chi soon discovered the difference between the two mushrooms. The edible mushroom umbrella was larger and the top of the umbrella was not flat, really like an umbrella. The poisonous mushroom umbrella was flatter and the sides were flat.
There is a slight upward hook. Apart from these differences, everything else is almost the same. For a novice like me, it is normal to make mistakes.
After picking out all the poisonous mushrooms, Cannon took a bag and packed the poisonous mushrooms.
"Wherever you throw this thing, don't let the cow eat it," Zhang Chi said casually.
"It's fine for cows to eat this," Cannon said.
Um?!
Zhang Chi felt a little strange.
Cannon explained: "The digestive systems of cows and humans are different. This thing is fine for them, but not good for us humans. I feed these to the cows. Also, these mushrooms are placed on
It can be kept in a cool place for three or four days, so you can eat it slowly."
"Don't you want some?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon waved his hand: "I don't want them. I ate them for several days before you came back, and I don't want to see them now."
Since Cannon didn't want it, Zhang Chi had no choice but to accept it all.
I originally wanted to eat mushroom soup, but now there are mushrooms, but not tofu, and it's already almost one o'clock. If I go to buy tofu, I won't have lunch and just have dinner instead.
Faced with these mushrooms, Zhang Chi thought for a moment and decided to make scrambled eggs with mushrooms for noon. Zhang Chi had no shortage of eggs at home, and they were all fresh.
After riding up the Red Flame Mountain and coming to the stable, Cannon took advantage of his free time to build several poultry houses, each about a cubic meter in size. A total of four or five were placed against the wall of the stable, free-range.
Chickens and geese are squatting inside.
Arriving at the door of the chicken coop, Zhang Chi bent down and looked in. He saw several hens nesting inside, that is, hatching chicks.
He reached under the hen's belly and took out an egg.
Zhang Chi is a principled person and would not just touch the belly of one hen. He took an egg from each hen's belly. First he looked at the sun and found that there was no chick in the egg.
It doesn't look like a chicken, so eggs like this are suitable for frying. Otherwise, if the eggshell is broken, a chicken will fall out of it, which would be bad.
Falling out chicks might be a good thing for some students who like to eat live beads, but Zhang Chi couldn't stand that, so eating eggs was more in line with his eating habits.
I grabbed a few eggs and hummed a little tune when I got home. I simmered the rice first, washed the mushrooms and tore them into strips with my hands, cracked a few eggs and stirred them up, put some pepper and salt to remove the fishy smell, and added some base.
taste.
Put oil in the pot, pour the beaten egg liquid into the pot, and scratch the eggs a few times. Take the eggs out, get some more oil, put the mushrooms in and fry them. After they are wilted, put the eggs aside and start.
Season, wait until the seasoning is done, and a plate of scrambled eggs with mushrooms will be ready.
The mushrooms were so fresh that when paired with eggs, they were so delicious that they made me lose my eyebrows. However, Zhang Chi felt that he couldn’t eat them after two bites. The first chopsticks were okay for eating something too fresh, but it became a bit bitter after that.
He opened a bag of pickled mustard and stuffed the remaining rice into his stomach. While eating, Zhang Chi also thought: Why is there no movement from the neighbors?
Is it possible that my sense of justice is a little weak? Or maybe there are too many cows, and I can't tell if I am missing a thousand heads for a while?