Chapter 14 - delicious fragrant fruit
After Chen Xiayue mixed some noodles, she took two eggs out of the space, one was mixed with noodles and woke up after mixing, and then she began to boil water.
There is no more meat at home, so Chen Xiayue doesn’t plan to make noodles with broth for Zhang Chengchuan, just make tomato and egg noodles.
She went to the vegetable field in the yard to pick a tomato and came back. The boiled water scalded the skin of the tomato. After cutting it into pieces, she scrambled the tomato and scrambled eggs. After it was almost noisy, she added water and boiled it.
When cooking the tomato and egg soup, Chen Xiayue took out the dough and dried it thin, cut it into noodles, poured out the boiled tomato and egg soup base, cooked the noodles in a pot of water, and put them in the soup base. Boil a green cabbage or two, and it tastes good.
Zhang Chengchuan was very happy to eat, the tomatoes were sweet and sour, the eggs were very fragrant, and the noodles were very glutinous. Zhang Chengchuan ate very well.
“Daughter-in-law, your craftsmanship is really good. It’s even better than the one made by the county state-run restaurant.” Zhang Chengchuan praised her with a thumbs up while eating.
“Thank you for the compliment, it’s fine if you like it.” Chen Xiayue said with a smile, as a chef, of course people like to be praised for their delicious food.
After Zhang Chengchuan happily finished eating the tomato and egg noodles, he took the knife and went up the mountain with the big bamboo basket he was carrying when he just went up the mountain.
Chen Xiayue watched him go and didn’t sit still. She took out the mushrooms she just picked and washed it with water. The mushrooms picked are all very common mushrooms, all of which can be washed off with water or something.
Chen Xiayue put the washed mushrooms on the bamboo plaque on the side to dry. It is still the afternoon when the sun is just right, so let it dry out to remove the water.
Chen Xiayue doesn’t plan to cook meat often in the near future, not to mention the attitude of the family members, even neighbors who smell meat will guess how their family lives so well and can eat meat often.
While Chen Xiayue was busy cleaning the mushrooms, Zhang Chengchuan went up the mountain with a hatchet on his back. The route was the same as the road he took his daughter-in-law up the mountain just now, but he turned in a different direction when he was halfway there.
This direction is the direction he just pointed to let his daughter-in-law put the fragrant fruit, and this road is the direction to the cliff.
Zhang Chengchuan walked towards the destination while cutting off the lush weeds with a knife. It took him about half an hour to finally reach the edge of the cliff.
The cliff here is not too high, but it is also very dangerous, so not many people come here. And now there is still a dozen meters away from the edge of the cliff, and there is a large vine with lush fruits.
The ten fragrant fruit vines cover an area of more than one mu or nearly two acres of land, and these fragrant fruits are not supported by anyone, so they are all climbing on the surrounding trees or shrubs, or some are directly against the ground. of.
Zhang Chengchuan looked at the fragrant fruit that had been eaten by birds and other animals in less than two hours, nodded with satisfaction, then cut a vine with a hatchet and spread it at the bottom of the bamboo basket.
This vine can not only hold these fragrant fruits, but also can be used as seedlings for cutting and transplanting. Zhang Chengchuan looked at the fragrant fruits that were about the size of his fist, and couldn’t help picking one and taking a bite.
The color of the unripe skin of the fragrant fruit is emerald green, while the skin of the mature fragrant fruit is bean green, which is easy to distinguish.
After Zhang Chengchuan took a bite of the fragrant fruit, he was amazed by the sweet taste. According to the introduction, the taste of fragrant fruit is similar to fragrant pear, but Zhang Chengchuan thinks fragrant fruit is better than fragrant pear.
Moreover, the fragrant fruit is very hydrated. After Zhang Chengchuan climbed the mountain for so long, he felt that his throat was moisturised after taking a bite of the fragrant fruit. It is a very thirst-quenching fruit.
Zhang Chengchuan picked the ripe fragrant fruit and put it in the bamboo basket while eating. By the time he finished eating one fragrant fruit, he had already picked more than half of the basket.
Zhang Chengchuan didn’t eat too much. After picking a full basket, he found other vines and weaved a net on the top to prevent the fragrant fruit from falling out. Then he walked to the cliff not far away to have a look.
I hope that the villagers will not accidentally fall off the cliff when they go up the mountain to pick fruit. Although the cliff is not very high or very steep, if you accidentally fall, you will die accidentally.
Zhang Chengchuan came back after watching it for a while. After standing up with a bamboo basket full of fragrant fruits on his back, he returned according to the original road.
Of course, Zhang Chengchuan also chopped some firewood by the way. After all, he used the chopping wood as an excuse to go up the mountain. If he only brought Xiangguo down the mountain without the firewood, wouldn’t he clearly tell others that he came for Xiangguo?
Let’s cover up and say that I found the fragrant fruit when I was chopping wood. I saw that many small animals were eating fragrant fruit, and I tasted one myself, and I picked it back when I thought it was delicious.
Because Zhang Chengchuan was carrying fragrant fruit and firewood on his back, he slowed down when he went down the mountain. When he went down the mountain and returned to the village, he happened to meet the villagers who were about to finish work for a long time.
“Achuan, what are you carrying?” a young man about the age of Zhang Chengchuan asked curiously.
“This is the fruit? What kind of fruit are there so many? Where did you pick it?” The young man was very curious. He had to know that their mountains were all rummaged by nearby people except for the deep mountains. How could there be such a large Much fruit?
What’s more, their village is not far from the station, and the troops like to go to the mountains to train and so on. They are more familiar with the mountains, how can they still keep so many fruits?
“I found a kind of fruit on the cliff. I saw other birds. I ate one of them. The taste is similar to that of pears. It’s very delicious.” Zhang Chengchuan explained with a serious face, “It’s so good. Of course, I will pick more of the fruit to eat.”
“Have you finished picking?” the young man asked.
“How is that possible? There are a lot of fruits that are full of them. I calculate there are several thousand catties. How can I finish picking them?” Zhang Chengchuan shook his head and said.
“What? How many kilograms of fruit? Are you kidding me?”
“Chang Jun, what do you think it’s good for me to lie to you? Even on the cliff, someone can find it by touching it, why am I lying to you?” Zhang Chengchuan said, “Okay, okay, I’ll come back with so many fruits on my back. I’m very tired, so I won’t tell you more.”
“No, no, Achuan, I’ll help you.” Zhang Changjun heard Zhang Chengchuan say this, and quickly took the firewood he was carrying to help carry it, “Achuan, give me a fruit to taste, and I’ll see what you mean. not real.”
“Why are you lying to me?” Zhang Chengchuan didn’t refuse, he handed the firewood directly to Zhang Changjun, and then touched a fragrant fruit and handed it to him.
Zhang Changjun held the firewood on his shoulders with one hand, took a bite of the fragrant fruit with the other, and was immediately amazed by the sweet and juicy fragrant fruit.
“It’s too delicious, isn’t it?” Zhang Changjun said in surprise, “Achuan, give me a few more, and I’ll take it back and give it to my parents and my kids.”