Chapter Twenty-Three: Twinkle and Twinkle Fireflies
After Liu Wen and his entourage returned home, Liu Wen's father began to slaughter the blood eel in the evening, first stunted the blood eel with a knife, and then directly chopped off the head of the blood eel. This blood can not be wasted, it is directly used to make wine, which has the effect of nourishing yin and aphrodisiac, but it is a great tonic.
In the evening, Yang Yong's family, Professor Lin's family and Liu Wen's family sat together to eat blood eels. In addition to the steamed blood eel, there are also boiled yellow bone fish, black fish boiled tofu, and a stir-fried bacon and stir-fried cabbage heart, which basically fills the table.
The men sat together, drinking and eating the meat of the eel, and the women and children sat at another table next to them. "The meat of this blood eel is extremely tender, fresh and fragrant, and it is indeed supremely delicious. Professor Lin sandwiched a piece of blood eel meat and praised it after tasting it.
"Of course, I heard that this blood eel was still a tribute to the royal family in the past, but in ordinary places, there are no blood eels at all, and the number is scarce, so it is not famous. The old man added on the side.
Liu Wen secretly said in his heart that he was lucky, and secretly collected a pair of blood eels into the space when he closed the hook in the afternoon, so that he was not afraid of large-scale fishing by villagers and tourists, which led to the extinction of blood eel, a rare native species of Liujiachong.
This blood eel wine is worthy of being a great tonic, Liu Wenzhi felt hot and dry at night, and couldn't help but do a second intimate exercise with Qing'er, and only after being completely released did he feel refreshed.
Qing'er snuggled in Liu Wen's arms and whispered about the past. When Qing'er was thirteen years old, her father went up the mountain to collect medicine, but unfortunately fell off the cliff and died.
After more than a year, Qing'er's grandfather once went to the town to catch up with the market to sell mountain goods, and occasionally picked up the abandoned girl.
Grandpa Qing'er felt that meeting Yaya was a fate arranged by God and could not be disappointed, so he did not listen to the persuasion of others to send the child to the county welfare institute, and resolutely decided to leave Yaya alone to raise.
Fortunately, there was a ewe in the next-door neighbor who had just given birth to a lamb, and Yaya survived with goat's milk and porridge soup. The arrival of Yaya injected a new vitality into this lifeless family, and since then, the laughter and laughter in the family have gradually increased, and Yaya is the old man's pistachio. Maybe God couldn't bear it, and specially arranged for Yaya's arrival, which can be regarded as some compensation and comfort for this family full of suffering!
Liu Wen also introduced his past to Qing'er, especially the relationship that lasted for several years. After the two confided in each other, they suddenly felt that each other's hearts were much closer. Liu Wen felt sleepy and surged up one after another, and soon fell asleep, Qing'er felt Liu Wen's warm chest and strong heartbeat, and fell asleep sweetly unconsciously.
When Liu Wen was about to go to Taoyuan in the morning, he accidentally saw a small pointed lotus horn on the water. It won't be long before the water surface will be covered with lotus leaves, and then the lotus flowers will bloom one by one, when the breeze comes, the lotus fragrance bursts, and sitting in the courtyard is also a great enjoyment!
When Liu came back from feeding the chickens, he occasionally heard a few tourists discussing where to pick bubbles today, that is, wild strawberries to eat, the fruit of wild strawberries is hollow inside, and Liu Jiachong is called Baozi locally.
Liu Wen remembered that Yang Yong's family had a juicer, so he called Yang Yong to pick some bubbles and come back to squeeze the juice.
The bubbles are not tall, and there are small thorns on the stems, and they grow one by one on the ground, and it will not take long for them to grow a large patch. The large wasteland between the Nagaoka Reservoir and the Shiraro River is covered with many bubbles.
When Liu Wen and his party arrived, there were already some tourists scattered looking for bubbles. Some of the bubbles are ripe and purplish-red, some are half-green and half-red, apparently not yet ripe, and some are even completely green. In addition, many bubbles are blooming with white flowers and swaying slightly in the wind, as if beckoning to nearby bees and butterflies to come and pollinate.
"We're going to pick this kind of red bubble that is a little hard to the touch, and the inside of the bubble is empty, and we take a look inside to see if there are any bugs? The bubble is so soft that maybe some bugs have gotten into it, but it's too hard, and the taste is too sour, it's not delicious." Liu Wen found a red bubble from the ground and displayed it in front of Yang Yong and them.
Yang Yong, Xue Fang and Qing'er each dispersed and went to find bubbles. "Well, it's sweet and sour! Xue Fang found a suitable bubble, saw that there were no insects inside, blew on the surface of the bubble and threw it into his mouth, after staying in Liu Jiachong for a long time, Xue Fang didn't pay attention to it so much, anyway, Liu Jiachong's food is pure natural and pollution-free.
Hearing Xue Fang say that it was delicious, Yang Yong couldn't help it, picked up a bubble and blew it indiscriminately before stuffing it into his mouth. Yang Yong's eyes lit up, and the taste of the bubble was really good.
Liu Wen and Qing'er also tasted a few, and it was still the familiar taste in their memory. The group searched for more than two hours, and seeing that they had picked enough bubbles, Liu Wen proposed to go home.
After returning home, Xue Fang and Qing'er hurriedly cleaned some of the bubbles, poured them into the juicer, and squeezed four cups of reddish bubble juice in a short time. Liu Wen tried to take a sip, sweet and sour, the taste was not bad, Xue Fang and Qing'er especially liked it.
Xue Fang made six cups of bubble juice and gave them to Professor Lin and his wife, and Liu Wen's parents and his parents-in-law also tasted it. There is still a small part of the bubble left after washing it and putting it in the refrigerator, planning to leave it for Xiao Haohao and Yaya.
That night, Liu Wen's family had dinner, and while chatting in the yard, a flashing firefly flew into the courtyard from outside. When Yaya saw it, she immediately begged Liu Wen to take her outside to catch fireflies and play.
Liu Wen found a small dilapidated lantern from the utility room, removed the shell, covered it with an old mosquito net, and turned it into a small firefly lantern.
When Liu Wen made the lantern, Yang Yong Xue Fang also came over with Xiao Haohao, but there was no way, Liu Wen also made a small firefly lantern for Xiao Haohao.
When the group walked out of the courtyard, there were flashes of light scattered everywhere in the grass by the roadside and on the bushes by the ditch. Not a single firefly was seen in the first two nights, as if all the fireflies had appeared overnight.
There are many tourists and children in the village who are already in action, some of them are carrying glass bottles, some are carrying mineral water bottles, and when they see a flickering firefly, they carefully grab it and put it in the bottle.
Liu Wen and his entourage also successfully caught several fireflies, which were placed in the lanterns of Yaya and Xiao Haohao, and the flashes of light immediately shone on the little faces of Yaya and Xiao Haohao who were red with excitement.
On the way, when they meet other groups of people catching fireflies, as long as there are children, Yaya and Xiao Haohao will carry the little firefly lanterns to show off in front of each other, which makes the children envious, and immediately begged their parents to help make one.
An adult asked for a specific method, and Liu Wen explained the method in detail, and the method was quite simple, that is, the old mosquito net and the small lantern were a little difficult to find. Liu Haiqing and his family have flexible brains, and immediately seized the business opportunity, and the next day they ordered a batch of small lanterns from Liu Chuanwang, and when they were covered with a layer of gauze, they became a small firefly lantern, and a hundred small lanterns were sold out on the same day.
As long as the weather is fine in these two days, many tourists will run out to catch fireflies at night, and after catching them, they will play all night, and then release all the fireflies during the day. Tourists enjoy the fun of capture and the joy of childhood.
Professor Lin once pointed out that fireflies are a particularly picky species for the environment, and fireflies cannot survive if the environment is slightly polluted.
There are many places where there are fireflies in Liujia Village, but Liu Wen's peach orchard has the largest number, at first Liu Wen thought it was the credit of the space spirit stone, but later learned that the fireflies were attracted by their favorite food snails. There are many snails in the lush weeds by the ditch in Taoyuan, and the size of the large snail is not much different from that of a large field snail in Liu Jiachong.
Liu Wen knew that French snails could be eaten, but he didn't know if Liu Jiachong's local snails could be eaten. So Liu Wen caught some big snails, there were hundreds, and after taking them home, he first put some water and dropped a few drops of sesame oil, so that the snails could spit out all the impurities in their bodies.
In the evening, Liu Wen invited Professor Lin and Yang Yong's family to come over to eat snails, and the snail meat made by Liu Wen's mother was particularly tender, with a slightly unique flavor, but the taste was surprisingly good. A hundred snails are not enough for everyone, and the remaining twenty or so snails are occupied by Yaya and Xiao Haohao, and the adults are not allowed to clamp them. Xiao Haohao also said that when he and Yaya were growing their bodies, they had to eat more snail meat to grow taller, which caused everyone to laugh, okay, if you like to eat, then eat more, and make more next time.
Liu Wen introduced the snail recipe to his cousin, who interviewed for the dish in the farmhouse, which attracted the enthusiasm of tourists, but he didn't expect the response to be unexpectedly good.
There are also tourists who go to Taoyuan to pick up snails, Liu Wen has never obstructed them, so Liu Wen also raised a batch of snails in the space. After the number of snails in Taoyuan decreases, you can replenish them at any time, as long as the tourists are happy to catch and eat happily, this is enough.