sbdcsierra Chapter 442: Matsutake Mushrooms Come Out
Chapter 442: Matsutake Mushrooms Come Out
The family sat in the yard. In the middle of the table was the grilled fish, which was cut into strips and served in a clay pot. Next to it were two bowls of fried young pumpkin, a large bowl of fried bitter gourd and meat, and a pot of loofah and egg soup.
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "Why, today is the day for the vegetable and melon meeting, why are there only melons?"
Li said, "You're so stupid. You planted all these. You planted every corner of the garden. I don't know how you planted them, but they all grew well and had so many melons. Now they're all getting old. I can only give this and that, but the melons in other people's fields have grown up too. You don't want them anymore. There are so many melons in the garden. What are you going to do?"
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "That's true. The plants I planted didn't grow very well at first, but then Guoguo took over and now they all seem to have grown big. It seems that not everyone can do well with this kind of land."
Zhou Guodao thought to himself, who told you not to be willing to top the plant? You are reluctant to even pinch off the side buds, so of course it won't grow that well.
When the meal was served, no one spoke anymore; everyone just stared at the pot of grilled fish in the middle.
This is no ordinary fish!
Zhou Guo picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in her mouth. The familiar sweet taste instantly spread in her mouth. She chewed it slightly and found it chewy and springy. She had never eaten such freshwater fish in her two lifetimes.
Zhou Mi said as he ate, "It's a pity that this thing is hard to catch. Otherwise, we can catch a few and raise them in this small pond. Maybe we can keep them alive. When we want to eat them in the future, we can catch one and eat it. If we don't want to eat them anymore, we can pick a few and take them to the city to sell. Such delicious food is 100 coins per pound. There will definitely be a lot of people buying it. Then we can let the big fish give birth to small fish. When the small fish grow up, we will have an endless supply of shadowless fish. Wouldn't that be rich? We don't have to do anything. We can make money just by sitting at home. That's how good life will be!"
I couldn't help but laugh when I said this.
Zhou Mai laughed and said, "How can such a good thing happen in the world? This fish is so delicious, so it is rare and hard to catch. It comes from deep in the mountains. You have seen that pond of water, right? It is green and blue in the deep, and we don't know how deep it is. If you throw it into this small puddle in our yard, it won't survive a night. You'd better forget it, it's just wishful thinking!"
Zhou Gu put away the smile on his face when he heard this and said disappointedly: "It turns out that it doesn't work."
Zhou Guo laughed, "Brother, of course not. This fish is so big. Do you know how much effort I put in? I stood in the water for more than half an hour, looking for it back and forth in that area. Maybe God took pity on me. I turned around and saw a black shadow in front of me. It ran away in a flash. Fortunately, I was quick, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat it today. This fish is a gift from God for us to eat. I guess God is reluctant to let us sell it."
Li looked at her disapprovingly, "The water in the mountains is so cold, how can you keep standing in the water? Girls are different from boys. You can't touch cold water too much. You have to take care of your body. Don't think you can take it lightly just because you are young. When you really get sick in the future, you will have to bear it."
Zhou Guo nodded seriously and said, "Mom, I understand. I will pay attention next time."
In fact, she felt that she was as strong as a bull, and such a small matter would definitely not be a big deal, but she still had to pay more attention.
Li nodded with satisfaction. Although her daughter was a little opinionated and a bit playful and noisy, it was good enough that she was obedient.
The old man had no time to talk. He even refused to drink wine with the fish, fearing that the smell of the wine would overwhelm the delicious taste.
The family slowly finished a pot of grilled fish before starting to eat other dishes. The delicious ones were always finished first.
It was the first time that little Zhou Su enjoyed eating this kind of fish so much. Zhou Guo put a big piece in his bowl. He held up his chopsticks and tasted it slowly bit by bit. When Zhou Guo finished his meal, he had not finished his fish yet.
A few days later, the old man had nothing to do. He couldn't find anyone to play with at the village entrance, so he ran to the mountains. He had to eat the shadowless fish in the mountains. He hadn't eaten the pine mushrooms this year, and he missed them so much!
Every day Zhou Guo drove the livestock in the backyard out to graze, and Zhou Gu and others followed along.
When they come back they usually have a cartload of grass and a cartload of firewood.
However, this year's fodder does not need to be prepared as quickly as last year. Since the beginning of spring, the Zhou family has started preparing it regardless of whether they have anything to do or not. They cut the grass and dry it. The several piles buried in the backyard last year have already been full, and they have started to build new ones.
What's more, there are wheat straw, rice straw and soybean stalks. There is enough fodder this year. What we need to prepare more at this time is firewood.
When the house was built, a firewood room was not built, so the Zhou family had to build a simple shed next to the kitchen, which was sufficient to store firewood.
The excess firewood is placed under the eaves at the back of the house. The eaves are widened specifically to store firewood. When the firewood in the woodshed is used up, the firewood from the back wall is moved in. In this way, more firewood can be stored and can be brought home almost continuously. If there is no room, it can be placed against the courtyard wall. Anyway, the courtyard wall is high and wide enough.
Another half month passed, and suddenly one day, before noon, the old man came back excitedly, looking for Zhou Guo all over the yard. He found Zhou Guo in the backyard, raised the two pine mushrooms in his hand, smiled like a child, and said, "The pine mushrooms in the mountains are out."
Zhou Guo was composting. Her composting project was on the agenda again. When she saw these two pine mushrooms of such good quality, she put all composting aside. Her eyes lit up. She threw away her wooden fork, took the two mushrooms in her hand and looked at them. She asked excitedly, "Master, the pine mushrooms are out. Why did you come back so early?"
The old man's expression remained unchanged, and he said casually, "I forgot to bring my backpack and sack."
Zhou Guo looked at him in surprise, "You go up the mountain to pick mushrooms without a sack?"
"I forgot about it. I went there every day before, but I never found any. But today, I found two without bringing any flowers. I saw that not many people came out of the mountain at this time. I want to find a meal. I don't think I can do it alone. You have to go. You are young and have good eyesight."
Zhou Guo nodded, "Let's go together and bring some food."
They went back to the house, took a small backpack and a sack, filled two pots with water, put some rice cakes and snacks in them, and then left.
There was no one else at home except her now. Some of them went out to chop wood or to herd cattle and cut grass. Li took Xu to the fields to weed the soybeans. Ever since Xu showed her ability to work when they harvested wheat last time, Li took her with her wherever she went. Such a big girl would be wasted if she was kept at home, so she could be taken to the fields and do the work quickly and well.