CHAPTER XXXVI

At the foot of the mountain is an endless sea of greenery, with idyllic and beautiful scenery, and a few horses can be seen grazing leisurely on the meadow from time to time, giving people the feeling of being in a pasture.

Halfway up the mountainside, the blue sea in the distance and the lush green in the distance complement each other, and it is really difficult to appreciate the magnificent beauty of nature without being there. Sunrise Peak, as the name suggests, is the most beautiful and breathtaking thing to watch the sunrise here.

At first, the road up the mountain was still a low slope, but when it approached the peak, it was full of dense stairs, and both of them had good physical strength, and they did not feel out of breath or strain.

In less than half an hour, they climbed to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the urban area in the distance, the blue sea water makes Xiaoli's heart feel very comfortable, and it seems that all troubles have been blown away by the mountain breeze. If it weren't for the conditions, Hyo-ri really wanted to yell a few times and vent.

The huge crater on the top of the mountain is now covered with vegetation and greenery, and it is impossible to tell that this was once a crater.

At the top of the mountain, the two took some photos and sat for a while, and then walked down the mountain road without staying on the top of the mountain, because they had to take a boat to Ushijima later.

The ama are all elderly aunts, wearing special diving suits and diving into the sea without the help of oxygen cylinders, which has to make people admire the courage and spirit of the ama. At the same time as the performance, there is also a local ama song broadcast, praying for the blessing of heaven for good weather and good weather, the safe return of the ama, and the return of the ama.

Li Shenxing told Xiaoli that among the existing ama, the oldest is over 90 years old, don't look at her staggering on her back, you would never think that she is a working amayeo. When she put on a wetsuit and loaded it into the bottom of the sea, she was as agile as a fish.

The ama work about four hours a day, often in groups of three or five people, and some of the seafood they catch is sold directly to the restaurants they run in the tourist areas. It is said that the ama earn more than $30,000 a year, and if they open a restaurant, it will be far more than that, so they have a relatively high status in the family.

The history of the amayeo in Jeju Island is between 700 and 1000 years, and the number of haenyeo in Jeju Island has been declining because it is too hard and dangerous to be a haenyeye. For example, if you catch an abalone, the abalone is not a fish, but a shell that lives in shallow seas, has a thick shell around its body, and likes to stay on the bottom of the seaweed-filled reefs. The ama should be especially careful when priing the abalone with an iron hook attached to the wrist, if the iron hook is accidentally caught in the shell of the abalone, the ama will be in a very dangerous situation, and every year the ama will die because of it. Therefore, mothers who love their daughters do not want their daughters to be ama, but are willing to use the hard-earned money earned by being ama for their daughters to study and work in big cities. It is estimated that in another twenty or thirty years, there will probably be only more than two of the three on Jeju Island.

After the sunrise peak, it was almost time for lunch.

"Shall we eat first and then go over, or will we eat on Niujima?" asked Li Shenxing.

"Eat here, I want to eat the black pork here. ”

"Black pork, I know that there is a very authentic and unique local method, which is very famous, and many actors have been there. ”

"It's so famous, I haven't heard of it, take me there, I'm going to see how famous it is. ”

In the vicinity of Seongsan Ilchulbong, which is indispensable for Jeju Island's tourist routes, there is an indigenous specialty food shop that has recently become popular among Koreans. This shop is the "Josan Spicy Stir-fried Black Pork" that is well-known to visiting customers!

It is only a 2-minute drive from the entrance of Shiroyama Sunrise Peak, or about 12 minutes on foot. The simple exterior is adorned with a sign written in Korean, and the glass of the door is labeled with the words "Welcome" in Chinese. The interior is clean and bright, and the open kitchen has an approachable feel. There are more than 10 long and low tables, all of which are cushioned seats, which can accommodate about 40 people. As you can see from the autographed photos hanging in the store, many Korean movie and television stars have visited the store.

This is a restaurant specializing in spicy fried black pork, and the menu is also very simple and refined, there are only three things, that is, spicy fried black pork triad, spicy fried black pork, and pork seaweed soup (sargassum).

When I came to this shop, there were not many people now, so I found a spare place and sat down with Xiaoli, Li Shenxing and the boss ordered a spicy fried black pork triad and pork seaweed soup for two people.

The so-called "Sanhe" is the three main ingredients of this dish, live abalone, black pork, and squid. Season the black pork and squid with chili sauce and other ingredients, then place them on a flat wok with a fresh abalone serving around it. After the black pork is stir-fried for 9 years, put it in the shredded radish made in the store and continue to stir-fry, and when it is fully cooked, add bean sprouts, shredded green onions, etc. and stir-fry lightly, and you can start to enjoy.

It doesn't matter if you don't know the method, the clerk will walk around and kindly help you fry it. Eat it directly or wrapped in lettuce leaves, the taste is great, fragrant and spicy with a slight sweet aftertaste, and the ingredients are also fresh so the taste is very good.

"How's it taste? Li Shenxing watched Xiaoli eat so happily, don't tease.

Xiaoli didn't bother to say anything, raised his head and gave Li Shenxing a thumbs up, and then continued to bury his head in eating.

When he had a little leftover, Li Shenxing ordered fried rice, and the clerk would use the remaining sauce and ingredients to mix with rice, shredded seaweed, kimchi, etc. The taste is sure to make you feel full and you won't be able to stop spooning. Compared to the most basic "spicy stir-fried black pork", this dish is made with more live abalone and squid.

"Don't just stare at the meat, drink this pork seaweed soup, you must like it. ”

The name of this soup is something that Hyo-ri has never heard of in Seoul and other regions. Lee Shin-yo explained to Hyo-ri that this is actually the Jeju dialect of pork soup rice, but the ingredients and methods used are also different from pork soup rice, and it is an authentic local dish of Jeju Island.

"Oba, this soup is so fresh~! Scoop a spoonful of soup and put it in your mouth, and the rich broth immediately made Hyori's eyes light up.

"Of course it's delicious, I've been boiling for a long time, and the essence is in the soup. ”

The soup base is pork bone broth that has been boiled for more than 3 days, and it contains not only pork, pork offal, leeks, and dried cabbage, but also sargassum and buckwheat flour.

During the period when Li Shenxing and Xiaoli were eating, there were more and more customers in the store, and when they finished eating, there was a queue outside the door.

"See, the store is small, but it's not just a matter of popularity. ”

"It's really delicious, especially the soup here, after drinking it once, I will definitely want to come back again. Xiaoli said with a reminiscence.

"It's a pork bone soup that has been boiled for several days in a row, can it not taste good, and it is slowly boiled with firewood, we use gas or electric stove to boil, it will not taste so good. ”

"When we stay in Jeju Island a lot, I'll come here more often until I'm tired of eating. ”

"Alright, we'll talk about that later, now it's time for us to take a boat to Ushido. ”

Li Shenxing pulled the reluctant Xiaoli and left this Chengshan spicy fried black pork restaurant.

"How do we get to the ferry?" asked Hyo-ri as he walked to the side of the road.

"It's not very far from the ferry, we walked the trail and it took us more than ten minutes to get there. Li Shenxing took Xiaoli and walked to the beach.

"Are you going to take this road?" Walking on a dirt road, there was not a single pedestrian nearby, so Xiaoli asked suspiciously.

"Just follow along, can I still sell you? Seeing her distrustful look, Li Shenxing was speechless.

It didn't take long for Hyori to find that there was a hotel by the sea, like a villa in the Aegean Sea, the tone of the blue sky and white clouds was very beautiful, and when he walked to the parking lot of the hotel, he saw a field behind him, and there were traces of cars driving past, and Hyori felt that they really didn't go the wrong way.