small farmer

Chapter 192

about half an hour

Zhang Feng has already picked a basket full of prickly pears, which he estimated to be about five or six catties by hand.

"Dahei and Xiaohei are back home..." Zhang Feng stood up after picking prickly pears, and found that the two puppies had disappeared, so he shouted loudly to the surroundings.

"Wow woof... woof woof..." Hearing Zhang Feng's call, the two puppies rushed out of the bushes barking, and ran towards Zhang Feng quickly with their powerful thighs.

Although the two puppies are only five or six months old, they are already [-] to [-] centimeters tall at the shoulders and weigh [-] to [-] kilograms. The cute little faces have gradually matured, full of the majesty that a wolf dog should have , As expected, it is worthy of having the blood of wild wolves, and it becomes more majestic and majestic, exuding a fierce power all over.

In the blink of an eye, the two little ones have grown so big, Zhang Feng smiled with great emotion in his heart,
These two little guys are just like my own children. Watching them grow up bit by bit, although they are naughty, they are also well-behaved. The two little guys have become the pistachios of the family. I love them very much, and the two puppies have become an indispensable part of the family.

"Let's go, let's go home..."

"Wow woof... woof woof..." The two little guys ran to Zhang Feng's side and arched their master's legs with their heads, looking very affectionate.

"Okay, okay, look at the fluff on my pants..." Zhang Feng couldn't help but push the two puppies away.

"Dahei took the basket and let's go home..."

"Wow woof... woof woof..." Dahei responded, holding the bamboo basket in his mouth obediently, and followed Zhang Feng steadily. He was obviously familiar with this kind of work.

Just like this, one person and two dogs are walking on the way home
Zhang Feng, the owner, leisurely with his hands behind his back, admiring the beautiful scenery along the road,

But Dahei became a coolie, honestly helping his master to carry things, apparently becoming Zhang Feng's bag-carrying younger brother.

"Wow! What a cute dog..." Suddenly, the two female tourists exclaimed when they saw Dahei carrying a fruit basket, apparently completely moved by Dahei's intelligence and understanding.

The two female tourists saw Dahei with a slender body and shiny black hair, and they liked it very much. They wanted to go forward but were a little scared, so they could only keep taking pictures with their mobile phones from a distance.

Zhang Feng smiled when he saw it, and continued to walk forward.

I met many tourists along the way, and many of them found it very interesting. They followed behind Dahei and took pictures of Dahei carrying a fruit basket, and then everyone immediately sent the photos to the circle of friends.
Soon these photos caused a sensation in the circle of friends. Everyone praised Dahei for being a good dog. As for Zhang Feng, of course he became a "lazy guy" in everyone's eyes and a villain who squeezed dogs, which aroused everyone's "verbal criticism".

Of course Zhang Feng didn't know, even if he knew, he could only hehe and wouldn't take it to heart.

It wasn't until Zhang Feng brought Dahei Xiaohei home that the people following behind slowly dispersed.

"Brother is back..."

"Oh, Dahei is so good, he brought so many prickly pears back." The little girl couldn't help exclaiming, and immediately ran over and fondled Dahei's head.

"Little girl, come and help." Zhang Feng carried the prickly pear to the stone table, prepared to remove all the thorns from the prickly pear, soaked a jar of pear wine, and made the rest into sugar pear, that is, The prickly pears are soaked in sugar water, so that the taste is not so sour, and the sweet taste is good.

"Excellent!" The little girl took a stool and came over to help remove the tender thorns from the prickly pears.

There are many sharp thorns on the prickly pear, so be careful when handling it, otherwise it is easy to pierce your hands. Generally, you use your thumb to fiddle with the side, so that it is easy to wipe off the fine thorns on the prickly pear fruit.

"Well, the taste is not bad..." Zhang Yue, the little greedy cat, chose a large and yellow prickly pear, removed the thorns on it, then broke open the prickly pear pulp to remove the seeds inside, and stuffed it into his mouth in one bite.

"How is it? The aftertaste is very sweet, right?" Eating prickly pears is similar to eating olives. The taste is ordinary when you first eat it, but after a while, it will have a very sweet aftertaste, which is endless aftertaste.

"Well, not bad." The little girl nodded.

After a while, the eldest sister and Zhang Lin also came to help. They were so many and strong, and they quickly cleaned up the basket full of prickly pears.

"Xiaofeng got so many prickly pears for wine??" asked the elder sister curiously.

"Well, I plan to soak half of the thorn pears into wine, and the remaining thorn pears will be made into sugar water thorn pears." Zhang Feng nodded and said his plan.

Prickly pear wine is a common medicinal wine in rural areas. It has the effect of invigorating the stomach and eliminating food, but it is more troublesome to make. The simplest prickly pear wine needs to be soaked for a year. The taste of prickly pear wine is better if it is soaked for two or three years. .

When his father was still there, there was often a jar of prickly pear wine at home. Sometimes Zhang Feng would take a sip secretly while the adults were away. Although the taste was a bit spicy, there was also a refreshing fragrance of prickly pear.

As for the thorn pear in sugar water, it is the same as the wild pear in sugar water. It is to use sugar to remove the sour taste in the fruit and make the fruit taste better.

However, to make prickly pears in sugar water, it is necessary not only to remove the thorns on the fruit, but also to dig out all the seeds in the fruit, so that they can be soaked in sugar water for two or three days, and then they can be eaten directly when they are not eaten. Removing the seeds saves a lot of trouble.

After finishing the prickly pears soaked in wine, Zhang Feng walked to Uncle Er Niu's house with the wine bottle in hand.

Uncle Er Niu happened to be at home at noon, and the glutinous rice wine brewed by his home was the best wine in the nearby Shili Village, and sometimes people from the city would come here admiringly.

"What are you doing, little duck?" Zhang Feng walked into the yard of Uncle Er Niu's house, and saw that the little duck was playing with crickets or something on the ground with its butt pouted.

"Ah! Crazy brother is here. I'm playing with crickets. You see, this is the general I caught. I even defeated Da Mao's scud in the morning." The little guy showed off to Zhang Feng happily.

The little ones have a cricket cage recently, which is a small square box made of bamboo. When everyone gets together, they let the crickets fight to see whose fighting power is stronger. Every day at the edge of Moon Lake or under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village. You can see the little guys fighting crickets.

"The lunatic is here, come in and sit down!" Uncle Er Niu immediately walked out when he heard Zhang Feng's voice and said with a smile.

"I won't sit down anymore, you can make me five catties of glutinous rice wine, and I have to go home to make prickly pear wine." Zhang Feng handed the wine pot to Uncle Er Niu.

"Okay, then you wait for a while." Uncle Er Niu entered the room and opened the wine jar, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine wafted out. It was really fragrant and full of alcohol.

After drinking five catties of wine and returning home, Zhang Feng poured all the wine into a ceramic jar, then put prickly pears in it, and finally sealed the wine jar and put it in the sweet potato kiln in the backyard.

In this way, the first step of making prickly pear wine is finally completed, and the rest is left to time. It is estimated that after a year, the golden yellow prickly pear wine will be successful.

(End of this chapter)