Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 259 Fried Escargot

Chapter 260 Fried Escargot

After searching around, Qingji didn't find any opponents who came to provoke him. It was probably because of his might that he scared away the teasers who wanted to take advantage of him, so he triumphantly led his harem to search for herbivorous insects on the ground.

At the closest time, they were only two or three meters away from Li Junge and the others. Since the three of them were motionless, they were not noticed.

After more than ten minutes, he was sure that his opponent had escaped, and then he led a few hens complacently and disappeared behind the grass road when he came.

Ren Weiwei jumped up excitedly: "Great! Hahahaha! Golden pheasant! I caught a golden pheasant! And it's so close... ouch!"

It turned out that my legs were numb from squatting for too long, and my feet fell to the side when my feet softened.

Li Junge quickly grabbed it, and he was so helpless that he fell down for a long time!
Uncle Orion was very disappointed, he patted his head and said, "It's obviously a silver chicken whistle, why did you tease Qingji out?"

Li Junge was also disappointed, and said: "Well, I hope you can tease a pheasant out, and let me shoot an arrow."

Ren Weiwei was both excited and excited: "Uncle Orion, Erpi, this white-bellied golden pheasant is as precious as the white pheasant! They are both national second-class key protected animals! Hahaha, you are so amazing here! Really say it! Get it when you arrive!"

Li Junge nodded and said: "Well, I understand when you say Golden Pheasant. This thing is the second rank in the official uniform, and its status is higher than that of the white pheasant!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Uncle Orion: "Jing Weiwei is making such a fuss, don't even think about taking pictures of silver chickens today, why don't we go back and cook? I'm already hungry."

The three started to walk back, and Uncle Orion introduced to Ren Weiwei: "Originally, there shouldn't be so few Qing chickens. The main reason is that everyone thinks that Qing chickens have the effect of stopping bleeding and detoxification. Stewed and eaten can heal blood. Hemorrhoids, sores, and feathers are so beautiful that they become rarer and rarer.”

Li Junge asked: "Then can I raise it at home?"

Uncle Orion said: "As long as it is a chicken, you should be able to raise it? At most, you are afraid of people. As long as the place is big enough and quiet, you can raise it. Anyway, it will become blind at night, so it is not difficult to catch."

Think about it, there are a lot of things about turning over the years, so let's wait for this matter.

Back at the camp, the tents have been set up, four side by side, drainage ditches have been dug around, and Uncle Bamboo Carpenter burned all the water.

Li Junge opened his super big backpack and took out rice and bacon.

Ren Weiwei clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I really think I want to be a vegetarian, so there is still meat to eat!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "It's okay to starve scientific researchers, but it's difficult to find green leafy vegetables in the mountains in winter. There are only wild onions and garlic."

Si Xingzhun said: "Erpi, you can talk nonsense! I have picked a lot of young and old!"

Li Junge didn't even speculate: "You're crazy, Er Zhun! You actually know wild vegetables! Uncle Bamboo Carpenter taught you, right?!"

Si Xingzhun pulled Li Junge to the side of a pair of grass leaves, and said excitedly: "Look, this is wild onion, this is wild garlic, this is ear root, this is blood-skinned vegetable, this is wild chrysanthemum, this is sunflower ginger .”

Li Junge pushed aside the other items and said, "These are all easy to recognize. You can find both wild Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum and Yanghe ginger. It's no use staying in Lijiagou for half a year!"

After speaking, he smiled at Ren Weiwei: "You are lucky! This ginger, onion and garlic are all ready, so you can touch some freshwater fish and try it!"

Ren Weiwei was also dumbfounded: "Erpi, you guys are really great here. When we come to this season in Northeast China, the outside is completely bare, but you even have so many wild vegetables!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "Actually, there are still some delicacies, but today Erzhun made so many wild vegetables is enough, so let's save it until tomorrow."

After speaking, he stewed the rice, and said to Si Xingzhun with a bag, "Where did you pick the ears?"

Si Xingzhun said happily: "Let's go, I'll take you there, do you still want to pick?"

Li Junge smiled and said: "You only saw vegetarian ones, go, I'll take you to get some meaty ones!"

Coming to the stream, Li Junge began to walk downstream along the mountain stream.

Si Xingzhun asked in surprise, "Huh? How do you know Zheergen is downstream?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "There are two kinds of Zheer roots. One kind grows in the soil and has large leaves, which are basically green. The other kind has smaller leaves, lighter green leaves, brighter red on the back, and very tender roots. Those are meant to grow in places like swamps and mud ponds, and the ones you picked seem to be the kind that are only found near swamps."

Si Xingzhun asked, "Then why don't you go upstream?"

Li Junge said: "You can tell by looking at the water. The water is still very clear, which means that there is very little organic matter in the water. The water after passing through the mud should be greener than this, so it can be judged that the mud is downstream."

Si Xingzhun said, "Uh, well, you were right."

Li Junge smiled and said: "You are right, this is the valuable experience of mountain runners, okay?"

After a short walk, the stream became wider. On the right side of the downhill direction of the stream, there was a Dahui Bay. The soil from the surrounding mountains was washed down by the rain and piled up here, forming a mud swamp.

Li Junge said: "I like to encounter this kind of place in the mountains the most. Once I encounter it, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking!"

Si Xingzhun said: "When I picked off the ears, I found that there are many snails in the water here. They are very big. I wonder if they can be eaten?"

Li Junge laughed and said, "Why can't you eat it! Don't taste too good!"

Si Xingzhun still hesitated: "But I heard that big snails are not edible..."

Li Junge said with a smile: "The snails are edible regardless of their size. The big snails you mentioned are apple snails, which are invasive species. Apple snails have crisp shells and long tentacles. Field snails have thick shells and short tentacles; The snail shell is sharper and longer, while the apple snail shell is shorter and flat. This is the difference between them. However, it is difficult to get large snails, so you said that it is best not to eat large snails, and there is some truth to it.”

After speaking, he pointed to the mud pond: "But these big snails are an exception!"

Then Li Junge said: "The reason why I can't eat it is because there are rumors that there is a kind of parasite in the apple snail. In fact, all snails, including field snails, are hosts of parasites, and there are more than one kind of parasite. Therefore, the key is the processing method. If it is cooked well, there must be problems eating it, and small snails are easier to cook than big snails, so this pot can only be carried by big snails."

There are so many snails in the mud, Mr. Li Jun went into the mud, and touched a lot of them in a short while.

Then he fished out twenty or thirty eels by the water's edge.

These eels are much smaller than those in the terraced fields at the back of Lijiagou, which may be due to the colder conditions on the mountain.

Li Junge said: "Okay, it's almost done, let's go back."

Si Xingzhun became addicted to picking up snails and eels, and said, "Would you like to do more?"

Li Junge said: "The water is too cold. Dozens of them are enough today. If you want a good harvest, you have to rely on Uncle Bamboo Carpenter. He is probably starting work now."

The two returned to the camp all the way, the rice was already cooked, and they were waiting for Li Junge to cook.

Mountain runners only have two meals a day. When they are hungry in the middle, they usually use potatoes and sweet potatoes as a top. The main reason is that after breakfast, they will have a lot of activities. The blood is mainly supplied to the circulatory system, and the hunger is relatively slow. Eating lunch is not conducive to exercise in the afternoon. .

It was three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and Li Junge started cooking.

This meal is very simple, because the eels are still being raised in woven bags and thrown into the stream water, and the snails are also put in a basin, soaked in some water and lettuce oil, until they spit out all the sand.

So this meal is white rice, wild garlic leaves with stems cut into horse ears, fried bacon, stir-fried chrysanthemum chrysanthemum, wild garlic minced and fried with blood skin vegetables, wild onion cold and folded ears.

It's so simple, Ren Weiwei and Si Xingzhun are already enjoying themselves.

Uncle Orion was also very satisfied, and said to Uncle Bamboo Carpenter: "From this year onwards, I will bring Piwa into the mountains, and that is to enjoy the blessing."

Li Junge said: "Where is this? After eating, we can make a pot of fried snails. Everyone enjoys the fire while sucking snails, and some wine to faint. That's how comfortable it will be!"

After dinner, Uncle Orion went to wash up, and Li Junge took Ren Weiwei and Si Xingzhun to knock on the snails.

The snails had already spit out almost all the sand. Li Junge picked out a medium-sized one, and together with the two of them, they knocked off the top of the snail with small stones, and then washed it clean again.

Bring the snails back, put oil in the big pot, then start to add watercress, marinade, five-spice powder, pepper, chili and stir-fry until the aroma is tangy, pour in the snails, stir-fry a few times, add water, some white wine, two teaspoons sugar, add a handful of wild onions, a handful of wild garlic, and crushed ginger and ginger, and start to slurp with the lid on.

On the other side, use a pot to add water, then start to cook the fermented glutinous rice water, and roast some sweet potatoes by the fire by the way.

Uncle Bamboo Carpenter had cut down two moso bamboos earlier, cut out a lot of bamboo threads, and began to weave bamboo cages one by one.

The bamboo cage has a lid, the lid is hollow, and around the mouth is a circle of sharpened bamboo thorns, which are neatly arranged and extend into the cage, forming a funnel.

Uncle Bamboo Craftsman doesn't even need to look at the cages, he keeps his hands in his hands, and chats with a few small ones in his mouth.

Both Ren Weiwei and Si Xingzhun were overwhelmed by the smell of snails, and they asked once after they couldn't talk for a few words: "Are you alright?"

After grunting for about half an hour, Li Junge opened the lid, and the aroma overflowed.

Picking away the wild onions and wild garlic, Li Junge started to turn the pot. After more than half of the juice was turned over, he removed the open flame, put the pot on it to heat it up, and shouted: "Uncle Orion, Uncle Carpenter, eat snails!"

Uncle Bamboo Carpenter came over with a small bamboo tube with a thin bamboo stick, and took the stainless steel cup handed over by Uncle Orion with a smile. Inside was the old bubble wine that Uncle Orion must go up the mountain.

The younger ones drank the fermented glutinous rice water, and Si Xingzhun picked up a snail and said, "This head is much bigger than the one sold in Shudu!"

Pick up the lid of the snail with a stick, pick out the meat, chew it in your mouth, close your eyes and say intoxicatedly: "This taste, even a god would not change it..."

Li Junge laughed loudly: "I have to take a sip of the soup left in the shell, it tastes even better."

Ren Weiwei took a sip, squinted her eyes and nodded.

Li Junge held up the fermented glutinous rice water and said, "Come, on behalf of Grandpa Mountain God, welcome scientific researchers and literary and artistic workers."

Ren Weiwei said: "Hahaha, I used to think that working in the field is hard work, but it turned out to be so fun, there are food and drinks, and they are all so delicious!"

(End of this chapter)