The black-bellied prince: the little princess of the chef

Chapter 173
"it is good!"

Wu Yan didn't ask Ye Qing exactly what he wanted him to help with, but he answered without thinking, then put down the basket, raised his head, and scanned every tree around him with sharp eyes.

Ye Qing was immediately amazed, he didn't expect that he hadn't opened his mouth yet, he was able to read his own thoughts with a tacit understanding, which is really very gratifying.

"Speechless, I want the biggest one!"

"no problem!"

Wu Yan's sharp eyes caught a jumping figure in the distance, and he immediately chased after him.

Ye Qing looked at the back of him running away, then looked up at the big pine cone above his head, and muttered to himself: "There is one above the head, is there a bigger one over there?"

She came here today to collect pine resin and boil rosin, after she came up with the idea of ​​picking pine cones and frying pine nuts, and Wu Yan picked the biggest pine nuts for her to see, Ye Qing put the basket on it, rest assured Go collect turpentine.

She put a little pine resin that Wu Yan gave her into the basket, and went to collect it tree by tree.

There is indeed a lot of pine resin in this pine forest, but the resin is generally accumulated in the branches of the trees. Most of the pine trees in the pine forest are tall. She has never climbed a tree, and there are no stairs at the moment. Pine trees with shorter branches.

The sun is rising higher and higher, and the light penetrating into the pine forest through layers of leaves is getting brighter and brighter. The pine forest that was still a little quiet just now seems to be alive in an instant, and even the sunlight shining on the ground is also mischievously floating non-stop.

Ye Qing stepped on the soft ground, carefully picked the pine resin from the tree trunk, for fear that he would waste some time and spend more time looking for the next pine tree.

"Qingqing, I found it, the biggest one." Wu Yan saw Ye Qing's figure, carrying a huge squirrel, ran up to her happily, and handed it to her as if offering a treasure, "Look quickly, it should be Biggest squirrel in this pine forest."

Ye Qing turned around full of excitement, a huge figure blocked her view, and she was almost fainted by the squirrel that Wu Yan put up to her nose.Did he go to catch squirrels just now?
The two of them really "understand each other"!

Seeing that she didn't speak, Wu Yan thought she was stunned by the huge size of the squirrel, looked at the really huge squirrel, then looked at Ye Qing and said with a smile: "Qingqing, do you like it? It's the biggest in the pine forest! "

The corner of Ye Qing's mouth twitched slightly and he said he liked it, and raised his hand to wipe the black line on his forehead.But if you like it, you like it, but the thing she really wants is still hanging on the tree. She pointed to the pine cone above her head and said, "Wu Yan, is there a way to get the biggest pine cone down?"

Wu Yan looked up at the pine cone on the branch, bit his lip, and nodded heavily.Then regardless of Ye Qing's willingness or not, or whether he was afraid, he stuffed the squirrel into Ye Qing's hand and said, "Here, you catch it first, and I'll go get the biggest pine cone."

Brother Squirrel relied on his huge body to hop in Ye Qing's hand twice, but because Ye Qing's hand was tight, he still couldn't break free.

Ye Qing looked down at the squirrel with round eyes, stared at it for a while, then put it on the ground, ready to release it.Such a big squirrel is probably the ancestor of the squirrel family, a refined elf, which is not something people can catch and play with.

"Go away!"

Without Ye Qing's confinement, the squirrel can stay leisurely, as soon as Ye Qing lets go, it runs away!
That speed is so fast, it's faster than a rabbit!

And when she raised her head to look for Wu Yan's figure, she was so frightened that her soul almost flew away!

It is said that "ten catties of sweat is a tower", and Wuyan is no exception. In order to collect the largest pine cone at a high place, he spent a lot of effort to climb to a height of more than ten meters, carefully stepping on the thick branches , close to what he thought was the largest pine cone.Stretch the arm as far as possible, and fully open the fingers, slowly touch the largest pine cone, and then pluck it vigorously.

Ye Qing looked terrified, stood below and broke into a cold sweat for Wu Yan, she was really afraid that he would pick a so-called "biggest pine cone" on a whim, fall from a high place, and any accidents would happen A surprise that people can't imagine.

"Wuyan, be careful, slow down, slow down."

Wu Yan's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, he held his breath, held the pine cone, and stepped back cautiously, until he reached the branch beside the trunk, he was relieved.It's so high, and there are no safety measures at all, it's a bit scary to think about it.

He hugged the thick tree trunk with one hand, waved the hand holding the pine cone to Ye Qing, and said loudly: "Qingqing, look, I picked it for you."

Ye Qing nodded to him, tears of worry and emotion could no longer be restrained, and burst out of his eyes in an instant.

Wu Yan didn't know why she suddenly burst into tears, quickly put the pine cone into her arms, and climbed down from the tree with both hands and feet.Before he could stand firmly on his feet, he handed the pine cone to her and said, "Qingqing, here you are, do you like it?"

Seeing his simple and ignorant look, Ye Qing immediately burst into tears, took the pine cone in his hand, pursed his lips, nodded heavily and said, "I like it, I like it very much."

How could she not like a man who was willing to pay for her regardless of gains or losses?

When Wu Yan heard that Ye Qing liked it, he was also very happy, and muttered to himself, "It's good if you like it, it's good if you like it", but looking around, the big squirrel just now disappeared, and immediately said in surprise: "Where is the squirrel?" ? The squirrel ran away."

Ye Qing wiped away his tears, looked at the pine cone in his hand, all of them hadn't opened yet, the pine nuts were still inside.Sure enough, the trees are full of babies!
Pine nuts are rich in fat, protein, and carbohydrates. They are important traditional Chinese medicines, which can moisturize the skin, prolong life, and have high therapeutic value.If you can successfully launch fried pine nuts or use pine nuts as accessories to make pastries, this is definitely a very promising project.And the pine cones produced in this pine forest should be able to meet the needs of the entire Jincheng people.

However, picking the pine cones is too difficult and requires too much labor. There is no way for them to pick up the pine cones in this pine forest.This year, the pine cones are ripe and a lot has been wasted. It may be enough to pick some up and eat them yourself.However, before the middle of next year, the villagers have to be mobilized to pick pine cones together.

"Wu Yan, let's go back first, and come back when tomorrow is free."

"Come again? Isn't the pine oil you picked up today not enough? Or, let's come again in the afternoon?"

Ye Qing quickly shook his head, and explained: "These two baskets of pine resin are enough for the time being, I think, tomorrow we will call Qi Su, Big Brother, Lian Dong and the others to pick pine cones together, and pick pine nuts to eat."

(End of this chapter)