Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 317

Chapter 310 Eight Years Soup
Lao Li also saw it and said, "It's really Davidia involucrata! It's another living fossil!"

After speaking, he explained to Weiwei: "This tree is even more precious than the white pheasant! Like Cypinophora spinulosa, it belongs to one of the eight national first-class protected plants. It belongs to the remains of the Cenozoic Tertiary period 6000 million years ago, and there is also a 'Plant Giant Panda'. title."

Uncle Orion said: "Now the pigeon tree's flowers are just starting to bloom, and it will be beautiful when it is in full bloom in half a month, as if the whole tree is full of white pigeons, we call it 'pigeon tree' .”

Wei Wei's eyes began to star again: "Then I took a picture of the white pheasant on the Davidia involucrata tree, and the second-level protected animals live on the first-level protected plants. Hehehe, this is not allowed to contribute to the BBC again. If this continues, I will would be really proud..."

The whole group laughed.

Then go up, the topic can not be separated from the white pheasant and Davidia involucrata.Li Junge asked Professor Ding: "Cyphilis spinulosa and Davidia involucrata, should it be that Cyan spinosa appeared earlier on the earth?"

Professor Ding nodded: "Alphila spinulosa is a fern. Ferns are the first plants to appear on land except fungi. The flourishing period of Alphila spinulosa was 8000 million years ago, which is at the same time as dinosaurs and much earlier than Davidia involucrata."

"However, both trees were attacked by Quaternary glaciers. Quaternary glaciers wiped out most of the animals and plants on the earth at that time. It is really not easy for these two kinds of trees to be preserved to this day."

Speaking of this, Professor Ding laughed again: "Actually, the protection of rare plants in our country is not as bad as the outside world understands. In some respects, it is quite good! For example, there are only a few metasequoias when they were first discovered. Become ordinary street trees, plank trees, paper-making trees, and if someone mentions this in the future, you can give them back with Metasequoia!"

Lao Li laughed loudly: "Don't talk about it, Lao Ding, this thing hasn't been removed from the red list of endangered species yet, and we still need to work hard!"

After noon, several people began to look for food and prepare dinner.

Wei Wei said in amazement: "It's only the fourth day, and we've eaten more than a dozen kinds of wild vegetables during our journey, right?"

Li Junge said: "In Shuzhou in spring, there are really not too many wild vegetables. In addition to the ones on the ground, there are also many on the trees. Look, there is one kind over there."

Looking at it with only one eye, a small plant grew red and green shoots, and he couldn't help clapping his hands and shouting: "Chun Ya!"

Uncle Yaoshi laughed so hard that he fell down: "Look clearly, the tree is full of thorns, it's the old man with thorns!"

Li Junge also laughed: "This thing is also called 'Niaobuluo', because it is covered with large and small thorns on the top, and there are a few big buds and leaves on the bottom, so it is called Laobao, which is not the same as Chunya. thing."

There is a trick to get the old thorn bag. Li Junge tied the ends of two yellow thorn sticks with a rope, then stretched up the tree and hung the rope on the old thorn bag, and then turned the sticks together. After the rope was tightened, he pulled the old thorn bag from Cut from the tree, do not pick it by hand, so as not to be stabbed.

Wei Wei giggled and picked up the thorny old bag that had fallen on the floor, and threw it into Uncle Bale Carpenter's basket.

When passing through a green bamboo forest, Li Junge stopped to dig some bamboo shoots.

After leaving the bamboo forest and coming to a meadow by the mountain stream, Uncle Orion said, "It's the first day of climbing today. Everyone is tired. Let's rest early."

Weiwei put down the bag, and said to Li Junge: "Are we going to eat these thorny old bags tonight?"

Li Junge said: "There are wild vegetables everywhere in this grassland, but you don't know them. Why don't you just come with me and let's dig wild vegetables."

The two walked on the grass for a while, and Li Junge pointed to a clump of plants on the ground and said, "Look, this one can be eaten."

Weiwei fiddled with the leaves: "Ah, there is ash behind the leaves."

Li Junge said with a smile: "By the way, this dish is called 'huihuicai', but don't underestimate it. Don't look at it as a wild vegetable. In ancient times, people ate it as the main vegetable. There is an old name of 'chenopodium'." The tender part is called 'Lai'. It is said in the "Book of Songs" that 'There is a platform in the South Mountain, and Lai in the North Mountain. Only gentlemen are happy, and the foundation of a country. The food, the soup of quinoa and husk' means that when Yao was the king of the world, he could only eat rough rice and drink wild vegetable soup."

Weiwei said: "Quinopodium is a gray vegetable, so what is Huo?"

Li Junge said: "Huohu is Luhuo, which is wild soybeans. In ancient times, the poor people ate these two as vegetables, so the "generation of Chenopodium" also refers to the poor people."

Weiwei rolled her eyes and said with a smirk, "Then why don't you eat wild peas?"

Li Junge rolled his eyes: "Test me, right? The vetch has another name, called 'Wei'. There is a song in the Book of Songs called "Caiwei". The old brothers Boyi and Shuqi did not eat after the fall of the Shang Dynasty. Zhou Su, ran to Shouyang Mountain to eat this, but it turned out that the flower and fruit stage of this thing was poisonous, and I don’t know whether Boyi Shuqi starved to death or was poisoned to death.”

Wei Wei was surprised and said: "Oh, you can tell the truth about everything, Erpi, you can!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "Hey, I don't think so, you're almost too late. But the common people before the Qin Dynasty were really pitiful. Most of the vegetables we use now are exotic species. Even Chinese cabbage was not used until the Tang and Song dynasties. It is a hybrid of several kinds of mustard greens. Oh, look, there is another kind of wild vegetable here."

On the ground is a plant of grass that grows close to the ground, with its leaves spread out, like a small lettuce with its leaves spread out, and many triangular gaps are cut out of the leaves with scissors.

Li Junge said: "This is also an old variety that appeared in the "Book of Songs". Shepherd's purse is as sweet as it is. That means shepherd's purse is delicious!"

Weiwei said, "Really? Then let's collect more!"

Li Junge rolled his eyes, and said: "Tonight, we will eat bacon and wild garlic stir-fried prickly old buns, and baked pancakes with bamboo shoots and sausages. You are from the Northeast. If you pack the pancakes, I will make you a dish with shepherd's purse." Centennial Soup', how about it?!"

Wei Wei smiled and said: "Okay! I'm good at baking big pancakes! Isn't it hard to make your hundred-year-old soup? It sounds like you're very good at the name!"

Li Junge was very proud: "That is, this dish, now very few people know the name, let alone make it!"

After picking a large bag of gray and shepherd's purses and returning to the camp, Li Junge first took all kinds of vegetables to the stream and cleaned them, and then came back, found two sausages and a few green bamboo shoots and chopped them into small pieces, took out the flour and gave it to The only thing that rises and forms batter is pancakes.

I took some fat bacon from my side, cut it into small cubes, fried it in an oil pan to form oily residue, then scooped up the oily residue, poured in the prickly old buns, minced wild garlic, stir-fried, poured in the oily residue and stirred evenly, and then After frying a portion of stir-fried gray and gray vegetables, and then chopping up the shepherd's purse, I waited leisurely for Weiwei pancakes.

Wei Wei was so busy that she was sweating profusely, and said to Li Junge: "Huh? Aren't you going to make a hundred-year-old soup? Why are you still free?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, it's not too late to make the pancake after you bake it. This centenarian soup, if you make it now and eat it, it's delicious!"

Wei Wei managed to bake the big cake with great difficulty, and came over with great interest to watch Li Junge make the centennial soup.

Li Junge boiled a pot of water in advance, mixed another bowl of starch water, and said to Wei Wei: "Look, this centenarian soup is coming so fast!"

After speaking, he threw the shepherd's purse leaves into the pot and stirred a few times, then added some salt to enhance the flavor, then poured in the starch water to turn the pot of soup into a paste, dripped some sesame oil, spread his hands together and said, "It's done! It's emerald green, isn't it pretty?"

This made Wei Wei furious: "What's 'hundred-year-old soup'! You just want to trick me into working! This is a pot of shepherd's purse paste!"

Li Junge laughed loudly and said, "I understand now, it's too late!" After speaking, he lifted the shrimp cage and ran away.

Wei Wei was so angry that she chased after her: "Stop! I'm so mad! What the hell! You are a big liar!"

Li Junge laughed while running: "Don't chase, don't chase, I'll go get the shrimp pot, and I'll fry some small fish for you in the evening as an apology..."

When we came to a rotten tree root, we dug out a bunch of earthworms and threw them into the shrimp pots and went down to the depths of the stream. After washing our hands, we returned to the camp, and everyone started to eat dinner together.

Professor Li rolled the pancake into a hole shape, added some bacon shavings to the pancake and fried the old bun, chewed it and said: "Well, this pancake is good, but the craftsmanship of Northeast pancakes is great!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "The Northeast pancake is a hundred-year-old soup, which is a perfect match!"

Wei Wei is about to go crazy again: "Shepherd's purse is mushy! Shepherd's purse is mushy!"

Professor Ding laughed loudly: "I just heard the two of you making a fuss, Piwa, you too, shepherd's purse is mushy, shepherd's purse is mushy, what a name!"

Li Junge yelled at Qu: "Professor Ding, I really didn't lie to her! This is the authentic 'Hundred Years Soup'! It is recorded in Tao Gu's "Qing Yi Lu" in Song Dynasty, 'the common name is the hundred years old soup. , even if you are poor, you can have it, even if you are a hundred years old, you can enjoy it forever.'”

After finishing speaking, he said: "But it means that shepherd's purse is everywhere. Even if you are so poor that you can't get any poorer, you will be guaranteed to have shepherd's purse soup for 100 years. It doesn't mean that you can live a hundred years if you eat it. It means that Weiwei did the splits by herself!"

A group of people couldn't help laughing when they heard Li Junge quoting scriptures.

After eating, seeing that it was almost time, Li Junge came to the stream and picked up the shrimp cage.

There are already a lot of small fish and shrimp in it, about a catty or so.

However, the fish and shrimp in the mountain stream are very small, and the big ones are only as long as the little finger.

However, Xiaoyu has his own way of putting down the shrimp cage again, and carrying the fish and shrimp back to the camp. Li Junge built another firepit, took out some red charcoal from the original firepit, put it in, and covered it with a layer of firewood ash. Hang the frying pan above it, and spread a layer of hay stalks as thick as a finger in the pan, so that the small fish and shrimps are evenly spread on the top.

I can't sleep casually tonight. When entering the virgin forest, basic vigilance is necessary, so I made an appointment with Uncle Orion to watch the first half of the night and the second half of the night.

Before going to bed, there were a few wild animal calls of "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" up on the distant mountain.

Uncle Orion comforted the scientific research trio and said, "This is the red-haired dogs gathering, ready to go hunting. They are afraid of fire, and Piwa will take care of me. It's okay, you can sleep at ease!"

Everyone fell asleep, Li Junge came to the fire with a gun in hand, added firewood, turned his back to the fire, and guarded the camp.

Because it is a scientific investigation, I am afraid that disturbing the animals will not be conducive to observation. This time we did not bring Baida and them out, so we can only rely on people to keep watch at night.

And the vigil must be carried with a fire on your back, because the eyes suddenly move from a bright place to a dark place, there will be an adaptation process, and you can’t see things clearly during this process.

Moreover, wild animals are afraid of fire and will not jump over the fire to attack, so carrying the fire on their backs is safe.

(End of this chapter)