Chapter 211

Zhao Jian said: "yes, Xinghu is also in the deep mountains. We must have a lot of food there. It's raining hard all the time. It's too cold to find it."

Beard nodded: "isn't it? I've been thinking about things in the mountains for a long time, but it's a pity that there are no animals, and the animals in the mountains don't know where to go?"

Zhao Jian guessed: "it should be migration. Animals are more sensitive to climate change than people."

As they walked and talked, they heard the sound of surprise not far away, saying that they had found the mushroom.

Xu Qing takes Li Changting to pick mushrooms. Unfortunately, there aren't many mushrooms. Xu Qing picks three. Many people don't know which mushrooms are poisonous and which ones are not. They just pick them all at once. When they go back, they'll ask someone who knows.

Only an hour later, Xu Qing had already pulled out half a basket of bamboo shoots and a handful of ferns. Although there are many things on this mountain, we have to look carefully to find them.

An afternoon passed quickly in the process of searching and picking. At night, everyone gathered on a hill to pick up dead branches and burn a fire. They cooked the food picked today and ate it with salt.

The cold of spring has passed, and it's not very cold to sleep by the fire at night.

Xu Qing didn't bring any utensils with him. When they finished their meal, they borrowed the spoon from him. After taking off the shell of the bamboo shoots, they cooked them directly in the water, and then mixed them with the chili sauce Xu Qing had brought with him.

Beard beside surprised stare: "you even have pancakes and chili sauce?"

"What?" Zhao Jian and others who heard the sound also turned their heads. When they saw the golden fluffy dough cakes in Xu Qing's and Li Changting's hands, they made incredible sounds one after another. When they saw the red hot sauce in Xu Qing's small jar, their saliva almost came down!

"At this time, your family still has noodles. There must have been a lot of grain before the drought?" Zhao Jian tut said.

They finished all their rice and noodles in the new year, and they have been eating sweet potatoes for more than three months now!

Xu Qing said: "it's better to take it when you go out."

Seeing beard and Zhao Jian's eager eyes, Xu Qing said with a smile, "I didn't make much flour cake. You can share this bottle of chili sauce."

"Really?"

"Thank you, thank you!" Beard was a little embarrassed, but Zhao Jian was thick skinned and couldn't wait to take the chili sauce from Xu Qing. Looking at the red chili oil inside, Zhao Jian swallowed and couldn't help taking chopsticks to taste it.

"Incense! Spicy! It's delicious

"General, give us some!" Others urged.

Everyone got together and divided a small jar of chili sauce. When the jar was returned to Xu Qing, the jar was so clean that even the oil stains could not be found.

Xu Qing and Li Changting simply had dinner and then had an early rest. Beard and Zhao Jian are still chatting. It's a pity that they don't have any wine. Otherwise, the moon is like underwater, and three or five good friends are chatting and laughing about wine.

The next day, we continued to walk in the deep mountains. Today was probably a day of great luck. Just after crossing a mountain in the morning, we found a large bamboo forest.

Because of the large number of people, everyone walked in a wide range. When the news came here, it took Xu Qing and beard half an hour to walk there.

People who have already entered the bamboo forest don't dig directly, but wait for beard and Zhao Jian to talk. After all, there are so many people, and everyone is staring at them eagerly. How to distribute them still depends on the two masters.

"Is this the bamboo forest you found?" Beard asked Xu Qing.

"No, it will take us more than half a day to get to the bamboo forest I found. I haven't been to this place either." Xu Qing shook his head.

"First look at the size of the bamboo forest, and then estimate the number of bamboo shoots inside." Zhao Jian immediately arranged for humanity.

"Yes."

The group went into the bamboo forest. Bamboo shoots were everywhere in the bamboo forest. Most of the thick and strong ones were just emerged, and the highest one was at the waist.

The bamboo grove is too big. After walking for a long time, everyone came back in a circle. Xu Qing said that the bamboo grove is at least twice as big as the one she found.

This news makes everyone excited. After a full meal last night, now they see so many bamboo shoots. At least they don't have to worry about starvation for a while.

Beard and Zhao Jian finally decided to dig out the bamboo shoots together, then write down the number, and finally distribute them evenly.

Although this may be unfair to those who make more efforts, it is also to take care of the old and weak women and children.

after beard and Zhao Jian talked, everyone took hoes to dig in one after another. Xu Qing's hoe is in the space. Fortunately, she has dug enough bamboo shoots, so let's leave them for everyone to eat.

Xu Qing and Li Changting continue to look for food in the nearby mountains. They don't look for anything else but mushrooms.

After the severe drought and flood, the mountain was so quiet that there were no birds singing. In the past, there were the most snakes in the mountain. Now, let alone snakes, we can't even see small lizards.

After looking for two mountain peaks, Xu Qing was very disappointed, but Li Changting, looking around, found three big Ganoderma lucidum.Taking advantage of the fact that they are far enough away from the crowd, they hide behind the big tree and enter the space. They come out after eating and drinking enough.

By the time Xu Qing went back, everyone had already dug up the bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoots are piled together, and then we can fill up the hollowed land in the bamboo forest, and fill the soil back. Be careful not to damage the roots. When we come back later, there will be many bamboo shoots.

Some people go to fill the hole, the rest peel the bamboo shoots on the spot, do not use the too hard shell, and keep the tender clothes and dried bamboo shoots inside. These are edible.

Before dinner, Zhao Jian divided the bamboo shoots for everyone. The taste of big bamboo shoots and small bamboo shoots is different. Small bamboo shoots are more astringent and big bamboo shoots are sweeter.

The big bamboo shoots in the mountains are delicious even if they are just mixed with some salt. The soup made with bamboo shoots, wild vegetables and mushrooms is also very delicious.

Xu Qing ate two roasted sweet potatoes with wild vegetable soup and was satisfied.

Today's big harvest, everyone's bamboo basket is too full to hold, and they are only half the way away from Xu Qing's bamboo forest.

However, no one will dislike the fact that they can't take too much food with them. If the bamboo basket can't hold it, they can make some more. How many ready-made bamboos do they need.

Seeing that the contents in Xu Qing's bamboo basket were less than that in the morning, Zhao Jian couldn't help but wonder, "you haven't found anything in the mountain you've been wandering all day?"

Xu Qing said: "I want to find some mushrooms, but I went to the two mountains, there are a lot of wild vegetables, but there are no mushrooms."

With that, Xu Qing took out the three Ganoderma lucidum from the bamboo basket: "the mushroom has not been found. Changting has found three Ganoderma lucidum, and each of you has one."