bayedsolid Chapter 276
Chapter 276
It was just daybreak when Zhong Ruyi got up and washed up. Cuicui also got up.
After thinking for a while, she went to knock on Zhang Mingzhu's door, "Cousin! Do you want to go dig chicken-foot mushrooms with me? Cousin? Zhang Mingzhu?"
Zhang Mingzhu buried her face in the quilt. When she heard the shouting outside the door, she turned over and got up a few seconds later to open the door. "Where are we going to dig?"
She asked, her voice still thick with sleep, as she rubbed her eyes.
"Are you going or not? If you are going, go wash up now. We are getting ready to set off." Zhong Ruyi bent down and took out the things from the two backpacks under the eaves.
She and Cuicui will each have one later. She hopes there will be enough chicken mushrooms today as she really wants to eat some.
If there are really a lot, you can not only stir-fry them, but also make some chicken mushroom oil and mix it with noodles.
Seeing that they were ready, Zhang Mingzhu quickly changed her clothes and went to wash up.
The three of them didn't even have breakfast. They headed up the mountain before it got fully light. One of them carried a backpack and a basket in his hand, and Xiao Huang followed behind him.
On the way, Zhong Ruyi picked up a very straight stick. She liked it very much and kept playing with it in her hand.
Before reaching the foot of the mountain, I saw several clusters of chicken-foot mushrooms popping up at the edge of the field in the village.
Zhong Ruyi saw a flash of white light in the corner of her eyes. She turned around and saw a large patch of chicken-foot mushrooms in a cornfield.
She rushed over and used a stick to pry open the soil bit by bit, revealing the white roots inside.
After digging and looking around, they found a few clusters of chicken foot mushrooms. The three of them began to dig diligently like mice falling into a rice jar.
Before they reached the top of the mountain, there were already more than a dozen chicken-foot mushrooms in the three people's backpacks.
When they got to the top of the mountain, Zhong Ruyi looked around and said, "Let's walk apart, but not too far away. After digging, remember to look back to see if anyone is still there."
After the agreement, the three of them walked in the direction they wanted to go, but they were not too far away and they could see their backs when they looked up.
By noon, the weather was gradually getting warmer, and Li Guihua waited at home for a long time but the three people never came back.
She was a little anxious and was about to go out to look for him, when she met Jiang Qin as soon as she went out.
"Sister-in-law, have you seen the boss?" Jiang Qin asked after coming in and seeing no one.
Li Guihua said, "My little sister, her cousin and Cuicui went up the mountain to dig chicken-foot mushrooms at dawn this morning. What happened? What do you want to see her for?"
Jiang Qin didn't see anyone so he thought it was okay to talk to Li Guihua. He came back to pull rabbits. The cold rabbits in the store were selling very well these days. Sometimes one trip in the morning was not enough, so he had to come back for another trip at noon.
"Xiao Yun said that there was a customer who had been waiting for several days at the store. He said he wanted to buy grapes. Today he went back and said he would come back next time. He asked Xiao Yun to ask the boss if he could sell the grapes to him at a lower price because he wanted a lot."
"Grape?"
Li Guihua was a little puzzled, but she still agreed, "Okay, I'll tell her when I see her, go and do your business first."
She had sharp eyes and saw at a glance that there was a mule at the door, with a cage hanging on each side of its body, each filled with fat and big-eared rabbits.
Jiang Qin left after he finished speaking, as his rabbit was still waiting in the store.
After closing the door, Tiedan had already followed Zhong's father to the new house. Now there was no one at home, so she simply locked the door.
But before she could reach the ridge of the field and take the shortcut up the mountain, the three men had already returned with red faces and sweaty foreheads.
Zhong Ruyi waved to Li Guihua who was standing at the edge of the field from a distance, "Sister-in-law!"
When he got closer to Li Guihua, he asked, "Why did you take so long? I haven't eaten since this morning! Let's go back and eat first!"
The three men followed behind, using leaves to cover the backpack.
There were more than just the three of them going up the mountain to dig chicken-foot mushrooms today. When their backpacks were half full and they were about to move to another place, they found that there were people on other hills as well.
The three of them looked at each other, then quickly pounced on him as soon as they saw him.
It was almost noon before the three of them were ready to return. The three backpacks they brought were already full. The baskets did not contain chicken-foot mushrooms, but were filled with picked chestnuts.
Xiao Huang followed behind, also feeling very tired. Gouzi was very happy to go up the mountain this time.
I hid in the bushes, catching butterflies and insects, and my body was covered with a lot of grass seeds.
After returning home, I poured the chicken-foot mushrooms in the basket onto a cleaner open space.
There was a large area covered with white mushrooms covered with mud.
Li Guihua was very happy. The mushrooms were delicious when cooked, and all the children in the family loved them.
She took lunch out of the pot for the three of them and told them to take a nap after eating, and then collect the mushrooms she had picked up when she came back from work in the evening.
After Zhong Ruyi and the other two finished their lunch which was already past mealtime, they went back to sleep.
When I woke up, it was already evening. Li Guihua had returned from work and was now tearing open the washed chicken mushrooms with her second sister-in-law in the yard.
Seeing them getting up, Liu Yu Niang smiled and said, "Go wash your face quickly. The meal is already on the table. You can eat after washing your hands."
Four-month-old Lanlan was lying in the stroller made by Zhong's father, and Tiedan was playing with her beside her.
The little baby was amused by the rattle in front of him and laughed so hard that people couldn't help laughing when they heard it.
After dinner, the family sat together to clean up the chicken mushrooms. Li Guihua had already taken the torn ones into the kitchen.
Divide it into two halves, otherwise it will be difficult to handle if there is too much in one pot.
Li Guihua felt a little distressed as she poured oil into the pot. The fried chicken mushroom was indeed delicious, but it also consumed a lot of oil!
When the oil is hot and smoking, put the chili peppers and garlic in the pot, squeeze them dry and then pour in a little chicken mushroom.
Because she fell so quickly, the back of Li Guihua's hand was immediately splashed with several spots of oil.
After the oil temperature drops, pour the remaining chicken mushrooms in, turn them over and fry them, then add the appropriate amount of salt.
In order to avoid some parts being burned due to uneven heating during the process, you must stir constantly and stir-fry over low heat.
Everyone in the family likes to eat dry and fragrant food, so Li Guihua specially boiled it for a while longer.
When the chicken mushrooms are squeezed dry, scoop them out and put them into a jar that has been washed and dried.
I filled three jars the first time. Although it consumed a lot of oil, it was really fragrant.
Several heads popped in from the door, all staring eagerly.
The second time I fried more chicken mushrooms, and put them into five jars. If they are stored properly, they can be kept for a year or so. However, my family loves to eat them, so they probably can’t be kept that long.
Li Guihua fried and ate the cooled dried chicken mushrooms with gusto. She wished she could have a bowl of noodles to mix it with.
In the yard, Mr. Zhong was holding his sleeping granddaughter. He had just finished his meal, but when he smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen, he felt a little hungry again.
Seeing that he kept looking towards the kitchen, Zhong Ruyi didn't ask him whether he wanted to eat or not. She just said that she was not full for dinner and wanted to go and have some noodles. It was a good opportunity to try the taste of her sister-in-law's newly made fried chicken with mushrooms.
"Give Dad a bowl too!" Father Zhong said quickly, but he didn't dare speak loudly for fear of waking up his little granddaughter who had just fallen asleep in his arms.
So less than an hour after dinner, in the Zhong family yard, several people started slurping their bowls of noodles.
Zhang Mingzhu was eating so much that she could hardly lift her head. After finishing the meal, she wiped her mouth and sighed: The fruits of my hard work taste so delicious!