Chapter Twenty-Eight: Wild Mushrooms in the Mountains Are Plentiful and Fresh

It rained for several days, not very much, but it was the kind of rain that allowed the land to absorb it adequately. This season is also the time when mushrooms grow and germinate, the soil is moist and full of water, mushrooms can emerge overnight, and after two or three days, they are completely ripe, and if no one picks them for a few days, they will gradually rot and return to the soil to moisten the earth.

There are more than ten kinds of wild mushrooms that can be eaten in Liujiacun Mountain, some of which don't even have names, and three of them are the most delicious.

Chanterelle yellow, the color is tender yellow, the shape is like chicken fat, so it is called chanterelle. This mushroom prefers to grow in the soil near the roots of large pine trees, and it is very delicious when stewed with chanterelle and local chicken.

Duck blood red, the color is red, more bright than duck blood, hence the name duck blood red. It likes to grow in the bushes under large trees, and if you want to pick them, you must open the bushes and look for them. Mushroom Hongyan used to be considered a poisonous mushroom, no one dared to eat it, I don't know which ancestor of Liu Jiachong bravely tried it, and found that its taste was extremely delicious, especially when cooked with fish, the taste was absolutely unforgettable after eating.

Purple ding, the color is light purple, the largest after maturity is only the thickness of an adult's fingers, and it grows densely together in clusters, so it is called purple dingding. This mushroom prefers to grow in the mountains in the pile of dead branches and leaves, and you can pick a large patch as soon as you find it. The taste of this mushroom is so delicious that it doesn't need any other condiments, and the taste of boiling water will make you almost swallow your tongue.

Although these three types of mushrooms are very delicious, they are not easy to preserve, and they will rot soon after leaving the soil, so they must be eaten the same day when they are picked, otherwise they will spoil the next day, and even if they are stored in the refrigerator now, they will only last for two days.

On this day, God finally let go of the sun, and after breakfast, Liu Wen took Qing'er to invite Yang Yong and his wife to pick up mushrooms in No. 3 Middle School. The children need to go to school, and the mountain roads are slippery and difficult to move forward, so it is inconvenient for the elderly to go.

Liu Wen and his entourage met many villagers and tourists who got the news, and they were also preparing to pick up wild mushrooms. Whenever Liu Wendan meets someone he knows, he must say hello or hand over a cigarette.

There must be poisonous mushrooms among the wild mushrooms in the mountains, but the villagers have passed down from generation to generation and know which ones can be eaten and which ones cannot be touched, even the teenage children in the village know about this situation.

Liu Wen is not afraid that tourists will pick up poisonous mushrooms, because after picking them up, tourists will inevitably ask the villagers to help identify them, and the villagers will know if they can eat them at a glance.

"Today I'm going to teach you both the easiest way to tell if a mushroom is poisonous or not, and don't rush to pick wild mushrooms when you find them. You should pay attention to see if the mushroom has been bitten by insects, ants or wild animals, and if there is, then such mushrooms are not poisonous even if they are picked with confidence. If you see that the mushrooms in front of you are unusually clean and tidy, emitting a bad smell, or some kind of sweet aroma. At this time, you should be careful, this mushroom is mostly poisonous, do not step on it. I tell you this method because I am afraid that if one day you are alone in the wilderness, knowing this method may be useful. If you two find mushrooms today, I'll know when the time comes. When he came to the foot of the mountain, Liu Wen said a lot to Yang Yong and his wife.

"Alright, alright. Why are you talking about all this, let's pick up mushrooms!" Qing'er took Liu Wen's hand and said.

Liu Wen and his entourage carried small bamboo baskets on their backs, wore long water shoes on their feet, and held a bamboo stick of about one meter, lined up in turn, and marched towards the mountain at an interval of ten meters. The bamboo stick in the hand is very effective, not only can push away the dense grass and bushes, check whether there are wild mushrooms inside, and the bamboo stick can also hit the grass to scare the snake, alarm the snake in advance, and prevent being bitten by the snake.

"In the grass, in the bushes and even in the pile of dead branches and leaves, you have to turn it carefully, maybe there are wild mushrooms in it, and there are cool and moist under the big trees, which is the place where mushrooms like to grow. After Liu Wen's final advice, everyone took a step and chose a deserted hillside to climb up.

"Qing'er, I found a mushroom, come and help me take a look. It didn't take long for Xue Fang's surprise to sound.

"Oh! This is a straw mushroom, which is very common in the mountains and can be eaten. Qing'er looked at the three light gray mushrooms in the grass, one big and one small, and said.

"Wenzi, come and help me see if I can pick this mushroom?" Yang Yong called out on the other side.

"Oh! This is a white mushroom to eat, and it tastes good. Liu Wen replied.

Because Yang Yong and Xue Fang needed help identifying mushrooms, four people were originally lined up in turn, but they became a group of two, Xue Fang and Qing'er were in a group, Liu Wen and Yang Yong were in a group, and the interval between the two groups was about thirty meters.

Liu Wen and Yang Yong then discovered that mushrooms were all common species, including vegetable mushrooms and tea mushrooms, as well as an unknown but edible mushroom. In the back, Liu Wen didn't bother to introduce it, and when he saw Yang Yong's inquiring gaze, he nodded if he could eat it, and shook his head when it was poisonous.

"I won't be so bad luck today, right? I didn't see any of the three best mushrooms. Liu Wen thought secretly in his heart. Coming to a big maple tree, Liu Wen casually pushed aside a bush, but he didn't expect that the surprise was often in the next moment, and two red and bright mushrooms the size of a teacup suddenly appeared in front of him.

"It's duck blood red. Liu Wen squatted down with some excitement, carefully pinched off the mushroom stalk against the ground, and then said to Yang Yong: "This is duck blood red, which is a very delicious mushroom, this kind of mushroom is relatively rare, and today we can find it shows that our luck is not bad." Now the roots of the mushrooms are kept, and in a few days another mushroom will grow, so that the people behind them can come and pick them, and if they are uprooted, they will not grow again. "The mushrooms I found earlier are so common in the mountains that it doesn't matter if they have roots or not. After stepping on the duck blood red, Liu Wen's group seemed to have really come to the good luck, and they also found two duck blood red under this big maple tree, and got a total of three. In addition, when they came to a large pine tree, Liu Wen's group found three more nests of chanterelles. The size of this chanterelle yellow wine glass, all grow together in nests, each nest has five or six, tender yellow and tender, and it is very pleasing to look at. This chanterelle yellow Liu Wen also carefully retains the roots when picking, the three nests are added together, enough to cook a dish, and after going back, make a local chicken and chanterelle yellow stew together, that taste makes people drool when they think about it!

"Yang Yong, Liu Wen, come here! Xue Fang shouted excitedly on the other end.

Liu Wen and Yang Yong hurriedly ran over, Xue Fang was standing on the edge of a small pit, Qing'er was picking purple dings below, the bottom of the pit was full of dead branches and fallen leaves, and it was covered with dense purple dings, just like a light purple carpet, Liu Wen knew that the number of mushrooms was not less than two hundred.

"What are you doing in a daze, come down and pick it!" Qing'er's words alarmed Liu Wen and Yang Yong, the scene in front of them was too rare, so many wild mushrooms grew together, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Liu Wen really couldn't believe it.

After the three people jumped down in turn, it was time to pick hard, and after the four of them had picked all the purple dings in the small pit, they took a little rest and began to return home, and there were enough mushrooms they had picked. Besides, these purple dings are not easy to preserve, so it's better to make them into a delicious dish quickly!

At night, it was still at Yang Yong's house, Liu Wen's mother was the chef, and Xue Fangqing'er was the master. The three families gathered together again, ready to eat a mushroom feast.

Chanterelle yellow and cured pheasants stewed together in soup, and there happened to be a few preserved pheasants at home, so Qing'er took two over. After the pressure cooker stewed two cured pheasants, put them into the cleaned chanterelle, and after the water was boiled, a strange aroma gradually spread, and when you take a breath, the gluttonous worms in your stomach are immediately ready to move, and you can't stop after tasting it.

The duck blood red boiled is the yellow bone fish that Liu Wen took out of the space, and after cooking, the taste is fresh and sweet, which makes it difficult for people to control their appetite.

There are also two large bowls of purple dices on each table, just put them in a sesame oil pot and heat them, pour in the purple dices and stir-fry a few times, then pour in water and boil, add an appropriate amount of salt to get out of the pot. The taste of purple ding is fresh in one word, which makes people appetite fresh.

At this mushroom feast, the three families were a little too full, Xiao Haohao and Yaya had a round stomach and wanted to drink purple Ding Ding soup, but they refused to stop after being drunk by Xue Fang. After dinner, the three families took a walk in the courtyard to digest their food.

Professor Lin couldn't help but sigh after tasting the rare supreme delicacy of these three kinds of mushrooms, and hearing that they were not easy to preserve: "Treasured delicacies, natural nature! Only a treasure land like Liu Jiachong can give birth to such delicacies!"

On this night, Liu Jiachong's family was basically eating a mushroom feast, and Deng Hongxia's house was sitting with more than a dozen tourists, divided into two tables and waiting for dinner. Deng Hongxia and her brother-in-law are busy in the kitchen, usually making three dishes and one soup for dinner, but today the tourists have contributed a lot of mushrooms, and Deng Hongxia is ready to set up a mushroom feast.

Now Deng Hongxia is very busy every day, and she has to receive three or four groups of guests a day. He has three guest rooms, and after the renovation of Liu Wen's old house, there are five more rooms, and eight rooms are sometimes not enough on weekends.

Deng Hongxia was already wondering if she would invite another person from her mother's side, and now she earned more money in a month than in the past year. Deng Hongxia knew that all this was a change brought about by Uncle Wen Zi after he came back, so he still had to read, and sometimes an idea of a reader was 10,000 times stronger than these mud legs who only knew how to dig in the soil. In the future, the dog baby should be supervised more in his studies, and strive to be admitted to university in the future and become a cultural talent!