Twenty-sixth of the lunar month.

There are still 4 days left before the Spring Festival.

There has just been a snowfall in Yunhai City.

The snow has whitened the mountainous area around Yunhai City, and the snow in the city has been cleared, but there is still a layer of snow on the green belt on both sides of the street.

In the square of the community, there are people who build snowmen out of snow, the shops on both sides of the street hang Spring Festival couplets, and a few naughty children set off firecrackers on the street.

The streets and alleys are full of New Year's flavor.

The major supermarkets are overcrowded, and people go into the supermarkets to buy New Year's goods.

Many shelves have long been snapped up, especially a few shelves where gift boxes are stored.

The fresh goods section of the supermarket is also crowded with people, and people who used to buy meat products for a pound or two are now doubling their purchases at home, and in addition to eating for themselves every Chinese New Year, they also have to entertain relatives.

Uncle Zhang Li, who lives in the West Community, is also in the crowd of buyers, and his son and daughter return to their hometown to visit relatives from other places during the Chinese New Year, so they must prepare ingredients in advance.

As soon as he weighed one side of the ribs and put them into the purchasing cart, he heard someone greet him.

"Uncle Zhang, buy so many ribs?"

It was a middle-aged man in his 40s who spoke.

Uncle Zhang quickly recognized this person, he was the owner of the restaurant downstairs in the community - Li Qiang.

"Boss Li, are you purchasing ingredients for the restaurant?"

Boss Li is carefully selecting bullfrogs in the fresh area, the big bullfrogs are very lively, although it is winter, but there is no meaning of hibernation at all.

"Yes, it's almost the New Year, and the bullfrogs in the supermarket are on sale, which are cheaper than my wholesale ones, so come and choose a few." ”

Boss Li's private restaurant operates all kinds of game, the signature dish is snake pot, as well as stir-fried field chicken, radish rabbit head,

In addition to finished dishes, we also purchase live wild ingredients for wholesale and retail.

Uncle Zhang likes to eat wild meat, and often frequents Boss Li's private restaurant, and the two have become friends after a long time.

Boss Li selected dozens of bullfrogs and put them in a bag and prepared to weigh them.

The staff in the fresh food section of the supermarket asked, "Do you want to help with it?"

In the past, some people came to buy bullfrogs, generally bought two or three, after weighing, the supermarket staff will help slaughter and clean up, so buy dozens of them at once, it is really rare.

"No, I don't. Boss Li waved his hand, "I just run a restaurant, and I'm skilled at handling these bullfrogs." ”

Boss Li put the weighed bullfrog into his shopping trolley, and thought: You don't see the processing technology here, and the essence of the frog is gone, so you should go back and do it yourself.

Uncle Zhang looked at the bullfrog in Boss Li's car and said with a smile: "Boss Li's business is good, buy so many ingredients." ”

"Isn't this going to be the Spring Festival, the flow of people has increased a lot, prepare more ingredients, and be prepared. ”

Boss Li glanced at the New Year's goods in Uncle Zhang's trolley again, which was much more than his hotel purchase.

"Uncle Zhang, you haven't been to my store much recently, have you eaten all the New Year's goods at home?"

"I've not had a good appetite lately. Uncle Zhang frowned, "My son and daughter are coming back for the New Year, and I have been busy purchasing New Year's goods recently, and I have listened to my old woman's nagging all day long, and I have a lot to worry about." ”

Boss Li smiled heartily, "Are you hungry for my family's snake soup?"

"I haven't eaten for a few days, it's a bit gluttonous. ”

"Recently, I have bought a new batch of mountain goods, which are very fresh, why don't you try them at night?"

"Is there any fresh snake gall bladder?" Uncle Zhang looked forward to it.

"There are snakes caught from the mountains, not farmed, and I am going to kill a few tonight, and the snake gall bladder that I have taken is for you. ”

"Wild snakes, it's winter, do we still have wild snakes here?" Uncle Zhang asked.

"Now as long as you want to eat, I can get it for you, what's wrong with winter? There are also snakes in winter, in addition to farmed, wild ones can also be caught, hibernating, better catching. Boss Li proudly showed off.

Uncle Zhang was said to be itchy, fresh wild snake gall is difficult to encounter, but recently in addition to cleaning the house, he also has to buy New Year's goods, and he has recently had a little cold, his nose is always inexplicably itchy, sneezing is terrible, and his appetite is not very good, his wife thinks he is sick, insists that he eat lightly, and does not even let him drink wine.

If he said that he was going to eat wild meat, he would definitely be nagged by his wife again.

When I was about to go to the cashier to check out, my wife's phone suddenly called.

"Old man, I went shopping with one of my sisters tonight, her son was going to take his girlfriend home, she was excited, let me help choose clothes, don't go home to eat, you can solve dinner by yourself. ”

"Okay, okay, you go and get busy, you don't have to worry about me. ”

Hanging up the phone, Uncle Zhang looked excited, and grabbed Boss Li, "Snake gall help me keep it, and go to your private restaurant tonight." ”

In the evening of the same day.

Uncle Zhang sent the New Year's goods home, cleaned up, and went downstairs to the Li family's private restaurant.

There are already a few tables of customers in the restaurant, who are drinking, chatting and eating.

As soon as Uncle Zhang entered the door, he yelled at the back kitchen, "Boss Li, a snake soup, a plate of fried chicken, and half a catty of snake gall wine." ”

"Well, I'll get you ready right away. The boss responded in the back kitchen, only hearing his voice, not seeing him.

Uncle Zhang chose a window seat to sit down, and there were still a few people like him who sat at a table alone for eating and drinking, and most of the other guests were drinking and chatting around the table in groups of threes and twos.

Boss Li poked his head out of the curtain of the back kitchen door and beckoned to Uncle Zhang, "Come, come in, leave good things for you." ”

Uncle Zhang understood and immediately trotted into the back kitchen.

Lifting the curtain of the door, a smell of blood came to my face.

The back kitchen was full of various cages, including five or six for snakes.

Snakes of various colors are entangled together, and the scalp of ordinary people will be numb when they see it.

Uncle Zhang likes to eat snakes, and he is also bold, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he didn't think so, but felt slightly excited.

Boss Li was carrying a snake with a thick yellow thumb, picking up scissors to disembowel his belly, and his technique was very skillful.

Dig out the internal organs, take out the snake gall bladder, bloody and slightly hot.

"Lao Zhang, I know your hobby, this snake gall is still hot. ”

Uncle Zhang's eyes were excited, he pinched the snake gall bladder with his fingers, put it in his mouth, tilted his neck, and swallowed it raw.

There is no bitterness, only a mouthful full of blood.

He nodded, and praised it, "It's strong enough, it's better than the farmed snake gall I ate before." ”

Pulling two tissues from the kitchen stove and wiping his hands and mouth, his eyes spotted the rows of self-medicated liquor.

There are a variety of medicinal liquors here, including medicinal liquors made with various herbs, but more often than not, snake gall wine.

The boss was very careful, and made different medicinal wines from the snake gall bladder bubbles of different snakes, and different labels were attached to the outside of the medicinal wine bottles made of transparent glass, indicating the type of snake gall bladder.

It is said that drinking this snake gall wine can strengthen the muscles and bones, nourish yin and replenish yang.

Uncle Li pointed to one of the wine jars with a yellow and translucent color, "This kind of snake gall wine, come for a catty." ”

"Well, you go back to your seat and wait. ”

Uncle Zhang returned to his seat, and Boss Li quickly served snake gall wine first, and then sent a plate of fried peanuts up, "Old customer, fried peanuts are delivered, you drink them first, snake soup and fried field chicken will come immediately." ”

By the time the main dish came up, Uncle Zhang had already drunk most of the wine, and the peanuts were almost bottoming out.

Sure enough, he is a drunkard, and he can drink half a catty of wine with peanuts.

The snake soup is delicious, the frog is fat and tender, and the main dish is accompanied by snake gall wine, which is twice as delicious.

After eating and drinking, Uncle Zhang patted his belly and went home.

When he got home, he felt an itchy nose, and after a few sneezes, he didn't seem to feel anything, lying on the sofa watching TV and resting, waiting for his wife to come back.

The picture on the TV in front of him became more and more blurry, and sleepiness hit, and he fell asleep in a daze.