Rebirth 1988 Farming and Raising Children

Chapter 97 The gap is too big

Jiang Ancheng was worried, "Are you all right?"

Sun Miaolan blinked weakly, then squeezed his palm quietly, shook her head and said, "It's just that my chest is a little stuffy, just rest and rest."

Jiang Ancheng understood the hint in Sun Miaolan's eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll help you go to bed and rest first."

"Ah."

When the two of them entered the room, Old Uncle Li immediately frowned, scolded Jiang's father and Jiang's mother with a straight face, "What are you doing here again!"

Old Uncle Li had accumulated power in Junhua Village for many years, and Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were somewhat afraid, and said without confidence: "An Cheng's brother hasn't come home for two days, so I just asked him to look for it."

"Jiang Anshun is so grown up, he doesn't have the feet to go home by himself, he still needs An Cheng to look for him! An Cheng has been in the mountains for half a month, don't see you guys worry about it!"

"You guys, don't favor one another so much, look at what you are doing!" She then taught Quan Hongmei a lesson: "Just open your mouth and come, your mouth is full of shit, Pang Shou!"

"Fortunately, Miaolan is fine. If there is something to do, see if An Cheng will spare you, and see if your natal family dares to say a word for you!"

Quan Hongmei rolled her eyes angrily, pointed at Zhao Feng who was hiding in the crowd and watched the excitement, and shouted: "It's not that I saw it alone, she saw it too, and she can testify!"

If you can eat melons on your own head, if you knew it, you wouldn't come.

The eyes of the villagers all fell on her head, Zhao Feng had no choice but to stand up and say: "I really saw it."

The villagers didn't believe it, and whispered, "My sister-in-law testifies, ghosts believe it."

Old Uncle Li thought that Quan Hongmei should be taught a few words, and it was fine if she just listened to it honestly, but she insisted on making matters worse, and Jiang Ancheng messed around with her mouth.

Old Uncle Li also lost his temper and threatened them: "There is a crime called slander and framing. If An Cheng reports something out of nothing, you will just wait and see."

Quan Hongmei and Zhao Feng couldn't help shuddering, and were scared.

Lao Wang suddenly said: "You see that girl, is she wearing a foreign dress, with her hair permed, and she looks seventeen or eighteen years old?"

Quan Hongmei became excited again in an instant, "Look, look, he has seen it all!"

Aunt Li immediately thought of Song Xueyao, and said coldly, "He is a guest from Jiang Ancheng's city! Miao Lan also had dinner with him at the same table, so you don't need to chew your tongue."

Old Uncle Li lowered his eyes, "His status is not simple. If you continue to shout a few words, it will ruin his reputation. An Cheng will not care about you, and he will not spare you lightly."

Quan Hongmei and Zhao Feng looked surprised, while Jiang's father and Jiang's mother asked in surprise, "How do you all know?"

"Jiang Anshun is the only one in your eyes, what do you guys know, hurry up, don't mess with Ancheng here!"

Old Uncle Li said to the others: "Let's all go, go back and cook!"

The crowd in the hospital gradually dispersed, and Jiang Ancheng asked again: "Is there really no need to go to the hospital?"

Sun Miaolan changed her delicate painting style just now, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I just want to scare them."

Jiang Ancheng had lingering fears, "Fortunately, I'm at home."

Sun Miaolan chuckled, "You're not here, I'll close the door and let the Qilin bite her."

When Xiao Yuer heard this, he immediately picked up the chubby Qilin, showing a row of shiny white teeth: "The Qilin is super powerful!"

Jiang Ancheng and Sun Miaolan looked at each other and smiled, touched his and the little Qilin's round heads, and praised generously: "Well, Qilin is very powerful, and our little fish is also very powerful!"

"Whoa, whoa-"

The sky, which was still clear just now, suddenly rained heavily.

The weather in Yuncheng is so changeable.

Looking at the window, Jiang Ancheng frowned, "It's getting dark soon, Yu Fei and the others may have to stay on the mountain tonight."

The forest with ghost orchids is too far from the village.

It's good that Chen Yufei is familiar with the mountain roads, and he dared to come back in the dark. Others struggled to enter the mountains during the day, and it was too dangerous to walk on the slippery mountain roads at night.

Chen Yufei will definitely choose to take everyone to spend the night in the mountains first.

Sun Miaolan asked worriedly: "Nothing should happen, right?"

Jiang Ancheng shook his head, "There are a lot of them, and they have brought everything they need. The village chief Yu Fei and the others have experience, so nothing will happen."

Sun Miaolan felt much more at ease, and asked again: "Then should we go to Yufei's house for dinner? His aunt is waiting."

Jiang Ancheng thought for a while and said, "Let them come to our house to eat. There are too many carp. If you don't eat them, you will die."

Sun Miaolan stood up, "Then I'll go pick some peppers and shallots."

Jiang Ancheng stopped her, "Don't worry, it won't be dark until a while later, maybe Yufei and the others will be back just in time."

"Well, okay."

The pouring rain turned into a steady drizzle in no time, and Chen Yufei and the others hadn't come back until night fell.

Jiang Ancheng is the chef tonight. In addition to the spicy roasted carp, he also plans to cook three home-cooked dishes.

Sun Miaolan folded rapeseed, and suddenly found rice shrimp wrapped in taro leaves on the window eaves, she probed inside and asked, "Is this made by Xiao Yuer?"

Jiang Ancheng stopped shaking the spoon, and said with a smile: "Well, Xiao Yuer made it, make a leek and shrimp cake."

"There are a little few shrimps."

"It's okay, just put two more eggs."

During the conversation, Xiao Yu'er found the dark red rose cut out from the strap.

Sun Miaolan was afraid that he would get stabbed in his hand, so she stood up quickly to stop her, "Don't touch it, it's a thorn, I got stabbed last time, I haven't had enough, go play with the ball that Dad bought for you."

Xiao Yu'er thumped in search of the ball, Qilin clambered over the threshold, fell with a slap, and kicked it up again and again.

Sun Miaolan picked up the sling and entered the room, "Shall I feed the roses with water?"

Jiang Ancheng pointed to the wooden barrel in the house with his eyes, "It's for planting seedlings, just put it in. I'll make it tomorrow when I have time."

While picking it up in the barrel, Sun Miaolan asked, "If Yufei won't come back today, won't you go to town tomorrow?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "It depends on the situation. If he comes back before morning, let him do it. I still have a lot of things to deal with."

"Well, okay."

The sky was completely dark, and there were sudden barks of dogs in the village, as if outsiders had entered the village.

As soon as Aunt Yufei sat down with the two children, Sun Xianghong's full of laughter came from outside the door: "Miaolan, Ancheng!"

Sun Miaolan greeted her with unexpected eyes.

Sun Xianghong was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat on his head. He walked to the eaves with a smile, put down the sack, took out a bag of tofu with milk, and handed it to Sun Miaolan, "The tofu made by your sister-in-law specially asked me to bring it to you." Eat, oh, there are two bamboo tubes of soybean milk for the little fish to drink."

Hearing Sun Xianghong's voice, Xiao Yu'er ran out in a panic, and yelled crisply and stickily: "Uncle!"

"Hey, uncle misses you so much, let's see what else uncle brought you."

Sun Xianghong took out a lantern-like bamboo weaving container from the back sling again. As soon as he took it out, Xiao Yu'er was caught by the shiny bamboo weaving container and giggled, showing two rows of small white teeth.

Sun Miaolan said to Xiao Yuer: "This is a firefly, isn't it pretty?"

Xiao Yuer couldn't take his eyes off, and nodded affirmatively: "Beautiful, so beautiful!"

Sun Xianghong touched his fleshy little face, "Your brothers caught you specially, I like to ask them to catch you more next time."

Sun Miaolan led him into the house, "Why don't you bring the children over for dinner?"

Sun Xianghong shook his head, "No, say hello to An Cheng, and I'll be leaving. If I can't eat for a day, I'll come and see how you are doing."

They're all here, how can Jiang Ancheng let him go and finish the main course, Sun Miaolan took over the pan-fried tofu, Jiang Ancheng hurriedly grabbed his brother-in-law, "Leave after dinner, I happen to have something to talk to my brother-in-law."

Sun Xianghong sat at the dining table. He and Aunt Yufei knew each other well, so he was not reserved. He said a few warm words, and the wrapped tofu that the children were looking forward to was served.

The round and golden-coated tofu is served with Jiang Ancheng's secret dipping sauce. When you bite open the grilled skin, the mild salty taste of soybeans and the fresh aroma of tofu make the paste flow in your mouth, tender, fragrant and refreshing.

Breaded tofu is a well-known local snack. It is marinated with local natural well water to make the unique taste of wrapped tofu.

In the future, more and more people like wrapped tofu. In order to make the same tofu, vendors found that baking soda is easily soluble in water, and the baking soda solution is weakly alkaline, and it can make delicious food like local well water. packaged tofu.

Soon, packaged tofu workshops sprang up one after another. With the development of cold chain transportation, not only did they have a large number of local diners, but they also became popular all over the country.

But the small packaged tofu is still just a delicacy passed down by the local population.

Xiao Yu'er just stuffed one in his mouth, and couldn't wait to pick up the second one.

Sun Xianghong pointed to the dipping water prepared by Jiang Ancheng, and exaggeratedly said: "With your two dipping ingredients, I can kill a few dustpan tofu."

The soul in the dipping sauce is garlic oil, millet and spicy zheer root. Tofu is torn apart and then dipped in, the taste is more fresh and spicy.

The dry dish is made of this year's freshly pounded dried chili noodles, and some sesame, peanut, crushed pepper and monosodium glutamate are added to make the taste more pure.

Aunt Yufei said without bragging: "The tofu made by Suqin, paired with this dipping water, will definitely make a lot of money opening a shop."

Sun Xianghong paused suddenly when he picked up the wrapped tofu, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of Aunt Yufei's words.

Aunt Yufei took the child away, and Jiang Ancheng said to Sun Xianghong: "Uncle, the boss who collected matsutake didn't accept it anymore. I found another owner of a food factory to collect matsutake. The requirements are not so strict, as long as it is fresh. Yes, matsutake with umbrellas is also available, but the price is low, if you are willing to give me five cents a catty, then I will charge you five hundred catties every day."

The matsutake, which cost fifty cents a catty, suddenly dropped five cents. Sun Xianghong frowned heavily, "Did the boss never accept it again?"

Jiang Ancheng shook his head: "The export is affected, he takes less, and if he takes others, he won't take ours. If you think five cents is too low, it doesn't matter."

There is no limit to the quality of matsutake for five cents. In the weather that has just rained, you can easily dig up several hundred catties.

The purchase volume is guaranteed, and for their family in the mountains, the income is also quite a lot.

It was just that the price gap was too big, Sun Xianghong took a while to sort out his emotions, nodded and said: "Okay, will I wait for you at the intersection tomorrow?"

"Row."

Sun Xianghong thought about it again and asked: "You still receive flowers, don't you? I can get some lilies, but there are not many. People in our village rushed to carpool and went to the city to sell them."

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "Accepted."

Sun Miaolan suddenly looked at Jiang Ancheng, and asked, "Didn't my brother plant some sunflower seeds, can the sunflowers be sold?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "Yes."

The snacks planted for children can also be sold for money, Sun Xianghong cheered up, "Okay, I will cut it now when I go back."

Just as Sun Xianghong was about to leave, Jiang Ancheng called to him again: "The extra matsutake can be dried in the sun. After the season, it can also be used in food factories, and it should be able to sell for money."

Sun Xianghong's eyes lit up, "Okay, let's do more."

After telling Sun Xianghong to collect the mushrooms, Jiang Ancheng knocked on the courtyard door of Uncle Zhou's house again in the light rain.

Uncle Zhou has been waiting for the news that Jiang Ancheng will continue to collect mushrooms.

Although the price has dropped a lot, the three hundred catties of matsutake per day are much better than what they used to farm.

Uncle Zhou readily agreed, and made an appointment to dig fungi with Jiang Ancheng tomorrow morning.

Qi Qi Lili on a rainy night gradually stopped in the middle of the night.

Jiang Ancheng put on his clothes and got up, Sun Miaolan said: "The mountain road is very slippery, you have to be careful."

Jiang Ancheng nodded: "Well, I will be careful."

Sun Miaolan packed some corn cakes for Jiang Ancheng and asked him to share them with Uncle and Aunt Zhou.

This season is a good time for fungus production. Everyone rushes to the mountains early to pick up the more expensive fungus such as the dried fungus Galliporum japonicus and Tiger palm.

When Jiang Ancheng and Zhou Shu and Aunt Zhou met, the others had already entered the mountain with flashlights and torches.

Under the majestic mountains, Jiang Ancheng looked up, and could vaguely see some flames.

Some people's feet are so fast that they are halfway up the mountain.

Their goal was matsutake, and the place where the villagers passed by, the matsutake was basically untouched.

After the rain, there are a lot of fresh matsutake mushrooms.

Jiang Ancheng was called out by Uncle Zhou after a while: "Ancheng, look!"

Looking in the direction of Uncle Zhou's finger, a matsutake that looked like a child's umbrella appeared in his field of vision.

Jiang Ancheng stepped forward, patted the cracked matsutake canopy, let the spores complete their mission of spreading, and pulled up the huge matsutake in one fell swoop.

It is quite heavy, has a touch, and is heavy. If it is placed in 2022, this one plant can be sold for thousands of dollars.

Uncle Zhou confirmed again: "Is this kind of thing okay?"

He was a little old for fear of opening an umbrella.

Jiang Ancheng nodded with a smile, "Yes, this kind is also quite good."

Uncle Zhou was relieved, and he and Aunt Zhou let go of their hands and feet to dig.

It was found that a very large matsutake weighed more than two catties, and after digging more than a dozen such big ones, it weighed more than twenty catties.

After digging the matsutake that was visible to the naked eye, they scraped away the moss under the surrounding pine trees and dug up a lot of matsutake that had just emerged.

There are a lot of matsutake, so it is easy to dig out. It didn't take long for their backs to be half filled.

Aunt Wang took her eldest granddaughter and grandson to the mountain to dig mushrooms. She got up late today and kept talking and complaining. catch up.

She glanced into Uncle and Aunt Zhou's back, wondering, "Why are you digging big flower mushrooms again?"

Caixia town sells this thing for only one or two cents a catty, and it often wastes energy because it cannot be sold.

Later, people in their village seldom dig this kind of fungus.

Uncle Zhou looked sloppy, "The dried taste is not bad, let's see if there are people who want it in winter when there are few fungus."

Aunt Wang was dubious, caught a glimpse of Jiang Ancheng out of the corner of her eye, and immediately rushed over with her grandchildren.

Jiang Ancheng is tall, she couldn't see what was in Jiang Ancheng's back.

His eyes fell on the bamboo shoots in front of Jiang Ancheng, showing a hint of disappointment, his eyes rolled around, and he smiled again: "There is a bamboo forest in front of your house, what are you doing with swords, guns and bamboo shoots, to give those city people a taste of it?"

Jiang Ancheng nodded, "Well, pull it out."

Aunt Wang was not interested in water bamboo shoots or big flower mushrooms. She wanted to please Jiang Ancheng, pointing to the front and invitingly said: "I found several nests of chicken fir over there last year."

Jiang Ancheng smiled, and politely rejected Aunt Wang's kindness, "I'll break some more bamboo shoots, there are too many people."

"Okay, then you want the chicken fir fungus to come to my house to get it anytime."

"Uh-huh."

The water bamboo shoots are thin and long, not much thicker than a grown man's thumb, like a knife and gun, so the villagers call it a knife and gun bamboo shoot.

Bamboo shoots like to grow near moist water or on land with abundant water sources in mountain streams. They are tender and crispy, rich in nutrition, appetizing and invigorating the spleen, can enhance appetite, and promote digestion and absorption. They are one of the favorite bamboo shoots of giant pandas.

The slender dried bamboo shoots that are common in Mala Xiangguo are all pickled dried bamboo shoots.

Fresh dried bamboo shoots and fried bacon are super delicious, but the process of peeling the bamboo shoots is a bit long.

However, it's okay to wait for the delicious food for a longer time.

Jiang Ancheng knelt down and snapped them cleanly. After a while, he found dozens of water bamboo shoots, tied them up with a rattan stick and threw them into the basket.

Continuing to dig matsutake, suddenly, a morel mushroom appeared in Jiang Ancheng's field of vision.

Morchella is one of the four famous mushrooms in the world. It is shaped like a morel. It has an unattractive appearance, a soft taste, and an indescribable delicacy. It has been loved by Western countries for hundreds of years.

But in the eyes of the common people in Yuncheng, it is still just an insignificant miscellaneous fungus.

It has become popular in China, and it will be ranked behind matsutake and truffle.

Because it can be planted artificially, the price is also behind matsutake and truffle.

But ordinary people still can't afford it. In the wild mushroom trading market in 2022, a catty will cost about 300 yuan.

There are many varieties of morels, and the one in front of Jiang Ancheng is a tall morel, the largest morel he has ever seen.

About fifteen centimeters long, Jiang Ancheng picked it up, and it weighed about half a catty.

Shabu shabu-shabu with morel mushrooms is a favorite way of eating among the locals. Jiang Ancheng throws it into the bag at random. If you have time, you can arrange it.

The sight in the woods was dim, Jiang Ancheng took two steps forward and found another deer flower fungus.

The deer flower fungus looks very similar to the morel, but it contains the deer flower fungus, which is highly toxic.

If you eat it by mistake, lie on the board in seconds.

Inexperienced people cook similar bacteria, and accidents often happen.

When the children in their village pick up fungi, they have to be accompanied by adults to carefully teach them to identify them.

Jiang Ancheng crushed the deer flower fungus, suddenly there was a series of footsteps ahead, and there were dozens of them with flashlights.

(End of this chapter)