small farmer

Chapter 156 Digging Bamboo Shoots (12)

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Coupled with the beautiful scenery of the Tapang River, everyone felt that the trip was worthwhile.

The sun was approaching midday, the sun was scorching across the sky, and the air was filled with waves of heat, so everyone packed up their things one after another, poured out the fire and headed home.

"Uncle Crazy, I'm leaving, but what do I want to do with Dahei Xiaohei?" Before leaving in the afternoon, the little girl Jiajia pouted with tears in her eyes, very reluctant to give up.

"Oh, baby, don't be sad, if you miss them, you can start the video, so you can see them every day?" Zhang Feng squatted down and said with a smile.

"Yes, we can start the video, and we can come again next week!" Jiajia's mother touched her daughter's face and said with a smile.

"Mom, you have to keep your word!" The little girl was very happy immediately, thinking that next week she would be able to play at Uncle Crazy's house again.

"Of course, say goodbye to everyone..."

"Sister Xiaoyueyue, sister Yiyi... Goodbye, Grandma Zhang, I will miss you..." The little girl bid farewell to everyone reluctantly.

"We'll miss you too..."

"Hey, come to grandma's house next week to play..."

The little girl nodded with tears in her eyes, even though she was very reluctant to give up, she finally went back with her parents.

Pistachio Jiajia left, and the house seemed to become deserted all of a sudden, as if something was missing.

"Hey! Xiaoqin Xiaofeng, you guys have to hurry up, look at Er Niu, who is about the same age as you, his little duck is about to go to elementary school..."

Hearing what their mother said, Zhang Feng and the elder sister were speechless, they could only lower their heads silently, Liu Yiyi also blushed and secretly glanced at Zhang Feng, said something to everyone in a hurry, and then went back to grandparents' house up.

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At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was finally not so hot. Zhang Feng was carrying a backpack, holding a small hoe and a sickle, and was about to go to the bamboo forest in the back mountain.

"Wang Wang... Wang Wang..."

"Da Hei Xiao Hei, why are you here?" Just as Zhang Feng walked out of the courtyard, the two puppies followed immediately, wagging their tails.

"Woooo..." The two puppies surrounded Zhang Feng, fawning over their master, as if they wanted him to take them out to play.

"Okay, if you want to go, follow up..." Zhang Feng waved with a smile, and walked towards the back mountain with the two puppies.

After more than a month of careful feeding by Zhang Feng, the two puppies are no longer small. Zhang Feng measured their weight two days ago, and the two puppies weighed nearly [-] kilograms.

The two puppies grow very fast, their hair is black and shiny, and their small round eyes are piercing and full of spirituality. They are very smart and cute at first glance.

Dahei is no longer the chubby and short-legged boy he was when he was a child. Now he has a well-proportioned body and has become the long-legged Ouba among dogs.

They have strong bodies and strong limbs. They followed Zhang Feng through the mountains, rocks, grass and trees. They were flexible and vigorous, not at all like puppies of more than two months old.

After entering the back mountain, after walking for about ten minutes, Zhang Feng and the two puppies finally arrived at their bamboo forest.

In Moon Lake Village, every household has a piece of woodland, including Zhang Feng’s. There is a forest of about [-] acres in size. The trees in the forest are mainly pine trees, which are evergreen all year round and are so lush and lush. There is also a small bamboo forest in a corner of the house, covering an area of ​​about three or four hundred square meters, which is not large.

Every year in the early summer, bamboo shoots pop out one after another in the bamboo forest. If the bamboo shoots are not dug in time, they may grow into bamboos several meters high in three or two days, so you can imagine how fast bamboo grows.

People often use bamboo with a sharp mouth, thick skin, and hollow belly to satirize people who have no real talents. The popular saying is embroidered pillows or vases that are not fancy.

In fact, bamboo has many uses in rural areas. The dustpans, shunpans, chopsticks, mats, pig cages, chicken cages, fish baskets commonly used by villagers... Many commonly used small items are made of bamboo, so bamboo is very common in rural areas.

Therefore, although everyone does not have the elegant feeling of "I would rather eat meat than live without bamboo" by Dongpo Layman, bamboo can be seen almost everywhere in the village.

Everyone is very familiar with bamboo shoots. In the countryside, this is a common farm side dish. Generally, everyone will take advantage of the season when bamboo shoots are born, dig more bamboo shoots to make sour shoots, or make them into dried bamboo shoots. Whenever guests come, just use bacon Stir-fried, it becomes a delicious side dish, which is delicious and suitable for rice. It is very popular with everyone. Zhang Feng also likes fried sour bamboo shoots with bacon, and stewed bamboo shoots with chicken. These are all Zhang Feng wanted to eat before. Unbelievably delicious.

Looking at the tall and straight mottled bamboos standing proudly, not afraid of the severe cold and heat, not afraid of the wind and snow pressure, they always maintain an elevated body and natural arrogance. Such a resolute spirit is admirable, so there are so many bamboos in ancient times. Literati and poets love bamboo, and the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum have their own noble images.

It's a pity that Zhang Feng is just an ordinary person, and he is also a foodie. Faced with such delicious bamboo shoots, you don't care whether he is noble or not. He went into the bamboo forest and began to carefully look for delicious bamboo shoots.

There are actually a lot of bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, which can be seen almost everywhere, but not every bamboo shoot has to be dug up, because it is necessary to maintain the vitality of the bamboo forest and replenish new bamboos, so when digging bamboo shoots, generally only some crooked melons and split dates are selected. , I am sorry for the bamboo shoots of the audience.

After finding the target, Zhang Feng picked up a small hoe to push aside the bamboo leaves on the ground, dug out a bamboo shoot in two or three strokes, put the bamboo shoot in the back basket, and continued to search for the next one.

"Wow woof... woof woof..." The two puppies saw their master looking for bamboo shoots, and enthusiastically followed them to help. They ran to the bamboo shoots, patted them, and barked at Zhang Feng, as if to say, "Master, we found bamboo shoots."

"Hehe, that's all right, go and play by yourself..." Although the two puppies are very smart, they don't know the appearance of bamboo at all. As long as they find bamboo shoots, they will report to Zhang Feng. Several times, they all lied about the military situation, so Zhang Feng shook his head and said with a smile.

After dismissing the enthusiastic puppy, Zhang Feng continued to look for suitable bamboo shoots, looking for something good that suddenly Zhang Feng's eyes lit up.

"Huh! I didn't expect there to be such a good thing here." Suddenly, seven or eight snow-white mushrooms appeared in front of Zhang Feng. The mushrooms were wearing a beautiful hollow white dress, which seemed to be the famous mountain treasure - bamboo fungus.

Zhang Feng quickly dug out the bamboo fungus, picked it up with leaves, put it on the side and prepared to dig out the bamboo shoots and take them home. This is one of the most delicious mountain delicacies in the world, and the price is not cheap, and it costs hundreds of pounds per catty. Thousands of dollars, dry goods are even more expensive.

This food is not only nutritious, but also very delicious. If it is used to stew chicken, the taste will be even more delicious. Thinking of Zhang Feng, he salivates, and he plans to try stewing a chicken when he returns home.

About half an hour later, Zhang Feng dug a basket full, which was the result of Zhang Feng's mercy, otherwise the basket would not fit at all.

"Dahei and Xiaohei are back home!" Zhang Feng picked up the bamboo shoots and was about to go home with a delicious bamboo fungus in his hand, only to find that the two puppies had disappeared.

"Woooo..."

"Wang Wang..."

Hearing the master's voice, two puppies rushed out from the depths of the bamboo forest and ran towards Zhang Feng quickly. They were really obedient puppies.

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"Xiaofeng is back?" When they got home, the older sister and younger sister were watching TV.

"came back"

"Wow woof... woof woof..." Da Hei Xiao Hei couldn't help but ran to everyone's door and said hello, as if saying that we were back too.

"Hehe, Da Hei Xiao Hei is so cute." Everyone couldn't help but stroked their black and smooth hair.

Then everyone peeled off the shell of the bamboo shoots together, because Zhang Feng and the eldest sister are the best knife workers, so the work of cutting bamboo shoots at random was entrusted to them. In the past, cutting such a basket of bamboo shoots would not take three to five hours. But now Zhang Feng and his elder sister's knife skills are superb, and it only took more than half an hour to complete the work. My mother is amazed and envious.

Together, everyone grinds the bitter-tasting mottled bamboo shoots with salt, puts them in glass jars and seals them. After a day or two, they become sour bamboo shoots. When you want to eat them, stir-fry them with sliced ​​meat, which is delicious.

The remaining Mianzhu shoots do not have a bitter taste, so keep some in the refrigerator, and put the rest in a dustpan, and carry them outside to dry. As long as the sun is strong enough, they can be dried in three or two days. Store it until next year.

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