Chapter 43: Living in the Mountains

Uncle Zhan took out some small snacks and distributed them to everyone, so that everyone could pad their stomachs first. I had dinner very early yesterday, so I should have been hungry for a long time. I didn't know I was hungry when I fell asleep, but when I woke up, I was hungry and panicked.

There was also water in the thermos cup, a little bit of a flatbread, fed it to Aunt Xu's mouth, and fed her a few mouthfuls of water. Then Aunt Xu was embarrassed to push it away and eat it herself.

Su Luoxing was also a little hungry, took a pack of small biscuits, and Kazkaz ate it, and after a few bites, he didn't feel hungry, so he didn't eat it, it was too dry, and he was thirsty. Gu Xiaoxiao didn't eat, she liked to get up in the morning and drink a glass of boiled water before eating. She'll wait until she gets back to eat.

"The sun is coming out. Si Xing said coldly, and Zhan Qi, a shapeless one, hung on his shoulder again.

At first, a little bit of golden red light shot out of the sea of clouds. Then the sun like a duck egg yolk slowly crawled out, and the time was very short, only a few minutes. The little half of the sky is golden red.

Under the light of the sun, the clouds and mist in the mountains have nothing to hide, all under the feet, as if they are in heaven and earth. Su Luoxing suddenly ran to the edge and yelled at the mountain: "It's so good......

scared Gu Xiaoxiao, and then she laughed too, and then yelled: "You have to be together all the time." ”

Zhao Xiaokun didn't know what to say, but he thought it was funny, so he was angry and roared. When the group was finished, they looked at each other and smiled.

When he went back, Zhan Qi rubbed his eyes and said, "It's so good-looking, will you come back tomorrow......?" I'm really going to freeze to death today. "He was wearing a complete jacket, Si Xing's, and gave it to him. Look at his frozen face is a little yellow.

To be honest, after the sun came out, it wasn't so cold, and Si Xing was wearing a single sweater.

When they got to the hut, both couples got up. The porridge in the pot is boiling. It's not that much to see people's sleepiness. Go to bed early and get up early, as soon as they go out to watch the sunrise, the two old men will know. Then I got up.

"Come, boil hot water here, drink hot water to warm your stomach, and then wash your face with hot water, bubble your hands." It was cold in the mountains in the morning. The old woman came out with a basin and two hot water bottles of boiling water. You can drink it or take it to wash your face.

The dish is a stir-fried green vegetable, unknown wild vegetables, and homemade pickles.

The kimchi is refreshing, with a bit of sweetness, and it tastes crunchy. It was great to eat.

After eating, Aunt Xu went to help wash the dishes, and the rest of the people stayed in the living room. Yesterday I said yes, but today I walked around the mountains, and maybe I could catch game.

There are still pheasants and hares on the mountain, and there are quite a few. The man used to be a hunter and had an earthen shotgun, but later he said that he would turn it in. Relying on some local methods to set traps or something, and occasionally there are stupid rabbits and pheasants or something, and they really get hit.

Once, a small wild boar was caught, probably lost, fell into the pit, was directly stuck in the neck by the sharpened bamboo stick below, and died. When I went to see it in the morning, I wasted some effort to drag it back.

The taste of game is much better, and the meat should be more chewy. The meat is fragrant, especially when grilled, and some of the fat is all roasted into oil, dripping with honey and spices, and then stuffing some vegetables in the stomach. There's nothing to say about the taste.

And this honey is picked by the owner's own family. Halfway up the mountain, bees were kept. I can also make wine, pick a kind of yellow wild fruit on the mountain, use the stream water that melts snow on the mountain in early spring, scoop a bucket of ice lingling, melt the stream water with the fragrance of flowers for a season, add fruit and rock sugar. It becomes a sweet fruit wine, and it can be drunk in autumn, when the mountains are red all over the country.

This beauty of the four seasons is not seen in this area and can only be seen in some mountains. Red Mountain is not one mountain, but many. The mountain where the old couple lives is the one with the lowest altitude, and it doesn't snow, so at most you can experience a little bit of the change of the seasons. If you want to see the snow, you have to go to the next one.

After breakfast, I will warm up, plus I may have to walk for a while, it will be hot, and I will wear two thin shirts. Each person carried a bag and loaded it with dry food. It's the kind of bun that the old man prepares every time the wife goes out hunting. Very hungry, one can almost last a day.

First, I went out and followed and saw a homemade trap or two. Dig a hole and cover it with weeds, with spikes underneath. If you fall, the average small prey will die, and even if it doesn't die, it will be seriously injured. Can't run away.

Then I walked along the hill and stopped to see the scenery. I went back at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, it was dark in the mountains, and I was not sure if I would encounter any strange creatures.

Speaking of which, there are a lot of anthelmintic herbs planted around the house. So there are very few mosquitoes or anything.

In the evening, it is a dish stir-fried with bacon that was dried last year. The meat is wild boar, and the pheasant meat is stewed. I simmered it in a casserole over low heat for an afternoon, plus jujube wolfberries and other boiled soups, and the fragrance wafted out before I entered the kitchen. I didn't add any spices, just a little salt. Drink with a mouth full of oil.

In order to relieve the greasy, I also used wild vegetables and flour to make more than a dozen steamed buns. Put it on the stove and steam it. Soft on the palate.

At night, put on thick clothes and sit in the open space outside the house to watch the stars.

There was a fire and chatting around, and there were small sweet potatoes and small potatoes, which were roasted on the side of the charcoal. When eating and playing for supper.

Before you know it, it's nine or ten o'clock. At the urging of Uncle Zhan, they all went back to their rooms to sleep.

I also got up early the next day to watch the sunrise, but Aunt Xu didn't go, she couldn't afford to toss when she was old. Accompany the old couple to make breakfast.

Porridge with meat. Cut the dried meat into small pieces, add white radish, lotus root or something, boil the water and put it all down, slowly boil for an hour, add a little salt, and the aroma of the ingredients melts into the rice.

The water is also just right, it is a pot of very thick porridge, neither dry nor thin. Today's kimchi was mixed with a little peppercorn noodles, sweet and spicy.

Waiting for them to come back, the steamed buns are also out of the pot. Truth be told, this host rarely eats pasta. Because it is a bit troublesome to go down the mountain, it takes more than half a day to ride a small tricycle back and forth on the main road, and I may only go to the town once a month.

The rice is grown by himself, and the vegetables are almost all grown by himself, and it is a distance from the house, which is also a seven- or eight-minute walk, close to the stream, so that he can get water.

In winter, plant some hardy vegetables, and some that have been left for a long time, and put them in the cellar. The same is true for fruit wine, and the old man said that he would open a few bottles for everyone to try tonight.

There are not many wines made every year, only six or seven bottles, after all, there are not many wild fruits. Usually, the old lady didn't allow him to drink, and he was only allowed to drink a small sip.

There are not many people here, and it is rare to see a guest, so they all take it out.

Coincidentally, in the afternoon, a pheasant was caught.

In fact, it was Si Xing's sharp-eyed eyes that saw a chicken nest in the bushes. And two or three eggs. The pheasant lay on it, and when he saw the man coming, he ran away.

After looking for a while, I couldn't find the pheasant, so I wanted to forget it, but I didn't expect to jump into the trap set by the old man. In the afternoon, he was picked up by the old man who looked at the trap every day.

Su Luoxing and the others pinched a few eggs, and when they went back, they happened to run into the old man who was boiling water and scalding chicken feathers. greeted them with a smile and said that they had caught a pheasant and would eat roast chicken tonight.

The pheasant is quite fat, and it has been raised for a month, and it weighs more than two catties after plucking.

He put the broken pot on the ground, put some flammable dried wood, lit it, set up a simple barbecue grill with branches, skewered the pheasants with wet branches, and put spices and ingredients in the belly. Brush the surface with honey. A group of people waited, watching the oil bubble out.

Originally, I had only heard the old man say that the game was great, but I didn't expect that I was so lucky that I could taste it so quickly.

A pheasant is certainly not enough. It was also stewed with pork ribs, white radish, and pickles. Dry rice steamed with sweet potatoes.

The fruit wine is very delicious, not very sweet, and has a bit of fermented wine flavor. Very seductive. There are several kinds of fruit wines, the best one to drink is the grape one. Wild grapes in the mountains. It's delicious even if you don't make sake. It's just that it can't be stored, so it can only be made together.

Zhan Qi, who ate it, said that it was delicious, his share of food was almost over, and he also ate half of Si Xing's. Su Luoxing, who watched it, sighed with emotion, Sister Xingxing is really good, and there is nothing to say.

With such a good temper, I don't know what kind of girl I will marry in the future. She must be a gentle girl.

Although the final result was that she called out how Si Xing was blind.

After playing for two days, I went down the mountain, because the old man said that it might rain on the third day, and it would be difficult to walk if it rained, it was all muddy roads, and it would be stained with mud on the legs of the trousers. It's not easy to take care of it, so I went down the mountain early, and sure enough, the mountain rain said it would fall.

As soon as I arrived at the foot of the mountain, it began to rain lightly. It's good to go down the mountain, otherwise I'm afraid I would have to stay in the mountain for four or five days.

After walking for a while, I left the Red Mountain completely, and there was no rain, and the road was dry. There are not many people, and it is originally a small town. I didn't stay in a hotel either.

Si Xing invited everyone to stay at his house for a day or two.

Si Xingjia is a traditional courtyard house, built with civil wood. If it weren't for his house, you might think it was an ancient building left behind.

The house is big and beautiful with every detail. It's great to take costume photos here.

Si Xing is the son of Zhong Mingding's family, with a good temper, funny, and a winner in life.

During the day, he followed Si Xing to other nearby attractions to play, and soon a week's trip to Red Mountain passed.

When they went back, Si Xing sent them to the train station and said goodbye to Su Luoxing's reluctant eyes.

"Sister Xingxing, next time you come to Hongshi to play~" Su Luoxing was pulled by Gu Xiaoxiao.

Zhan Qi took his hand away from Si Xing's shoulder and waved his hand, "Si Xing has time to come to Hongshi to play, hahahahahaha ”

"Well, I'll come to you when I have time. Si Xing smiled and waved his hand and watched them enter the train station.