After a simple lunch, not only Liu Mang and Jieba, but even Dr. Kang followed Wu Jing towards the mountains and forests with curiosity.

"Monk, what are you looking for in this treasure hunt?" Walking on the road, Liu Mang couldn't help but ask.

"When I get to the place, I can only tell you that it is a delicious thing. Wu Jing carried a shovel on her shoulder, looking mysterious.

"What is it to eat?" At this time, Liu Mang's interest increased greatly.

Everyone followed Wu Jing over a hill and came to a wild pine forest halfway down the mountain below Qingyun Village.

This wild pine forest grows lush and stands out in the autumn forest of dead yellow deciduous trees.

"Alright, it's the place. Wu Jing put down the shovel on her shoulder and whistled with her fingers in her mouth.

Hearing the whistle, the jerboa got out of Wujing's clothes, flapping its big ears and shaking its little head from side to side.

Wu Jing took out a peanut from her pocket, fed it to the jerboa to eat, and then pointed with her hand: "Preserved egg, let's start working." ”

The jerboa jumped off Wu Jing's body, hung his head down, and ran on the ground sniffing and running.

"Strange, what is this little creature looking for? Is his sense of smell more useful than that of a dog?" asked Jebba.

"Of course, rats have a sense of smell several times better than dogs. It can not only recognize a variety of different types of faint odors, but also smell odors at different times, and even determine the size of objects in space by smells. Dr. Kang explained.

"No wonder ......," Jeba sighed.

The jerboa led the crowd through the pine forest for about fifty or sixty meters, and soon stopped in front of one of the pine trees and began to make a strange cry of 'coo, coo'.

"Found it!" Wu Jing hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the jerboa, rewarded it with a peanut, and then handed the shovel to Jeba, and stepped on the place where the jerboa was standing still just now: "Jeba, dig down!"

"Oh. Jeba answered, grabbed the shovel and dug it up.

The soil under the pine forest is very soft, and it is all humus formed by the fall of pine needles all year round, and Jeba has a lot of strength, and soon digs a large pit half a meter deep.

"Stop!" Seeing that it was almost over, Wu Jing shouted, squatted down and lay down in front of the dirt pit, carefully digging out the soil at the bottom of the pit with his hands.

After digging down about half a foot or so, Wu Jing clenched a fist-sized, black thing in his hand and shouted: "Brother Mang, look!"

"So what you're looking for is Wu Niang Guo!" Dr. Kang suddenly realized.

"What's Niangguo?" Jebba asked.

"Niang fruit is truffle, also called truffle. Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Oh, truffles, are there truffles in China?" Jeba understood when he heard the name truffle.

"Yes. Liu Mang took the piece of truffle dug up from Wu Jing's hand, leaned it to the end of his nose and sniffed deeply: "We Chinese are not as enthusiastic about truffles as you Europeans, but there are still a small amount of them." ”

The smell coming from the nose is very special, with the smell of earth, the smell of garlic, and even a faint smell of elk.

Liu Mang is no stranger to truffles, not only the black truffle in his hand now, but also the more precious white truffle, which he has also used in his dishes.

However, truffles are a very special ingredient, and their aroma cannot be heated, and it will disappear once heated, so it will not taste any special food, but will appear a little dry.

Chinese cuisine is not like Western food, many dishes like to be heated and eaten, which may also be one of the reasons why truffles are not sought after by Chinese people.

"Sprinkle two slices of this thing when the soup is opened, it tastes very fresh!" Wu Jing was a little proud.

"Wu Jing, you monk really know how to eat!" Liu Mang gently shook off the soil on the truffle, took out a plastic bag and put it on: "Okay, find some more, I'll add two dishes to you in the evening." ”

Then, everyone searched for this pine forest again, and soon found four or five, about a pound of truffles, under the smell of jerboas.

"I said that there was no one missing, so I was looking for truffles. Liu Mang returned to the temple, and as soon as he walked into the kitchen, Han Shaobai walked in, glanced at the stove, and picked up a truffle.

"Uncle Shi, do you like to eat truffles? How did those chefs cook in the past?" In Chinese cuisine, there are very few records about truffle cooking, so Liu Mang wanted to ask Han Shaobai about it.

"Average. Han Shaobai took it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it: "Don't look at foreign devils to see it like that, in fact, it is because they couldn't cook well before, so they will look for natural ingredients to add to the taste of the dish itself." Our ancestors have always paid attention to color, flavor and shape, and have long formed their own system for the harmony of taste and aroma of dishes. In addition to the aroma, the taste of truffles is not particularly good, and the production is scarce, so even fewer people know about it. ”

"That's ......" Liu Mang nodded, agreeing.

Indeed, in addition to the taste, the truffle tastes similar to a piece of paper, just like the first bite of the Beijing snack Poria sandwich cake, which feels a little dry.

Therefore, those foreign chefs either cut the truffles into very thin slices and serve them with the fried meat, or make them into powder and sprinkle them on the dessert to add to the aroma of the dish.

"My advice is not to think of truffles as an ingredient, but as an adjunct to complement the flavor of other ingredients. Han Shaobai thought about it and continued.

"Uncle Shi, I have been taught. Liu Mang arched his hand and made a long bow.

"Do you know what I like about you?" Seeing Liu Mang's movements, Han Shaobai smiled.

"Which point?"

"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself. Maintaining a humble heart at all times is really valuable in today's society. ”

"Shouldn't this be?" Liu Mang scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Everyone is not omnipotent, there are always things that they don't understand." Confucius said: When three people go together, there must be my teacher. ”

"Okay, if there is anything you don't understand in the future, feel free to ask. I'm not as talented as you, but I'm lucky to have lived long enough, and when it comes to experience, I still know a little bit. After Han Shaobai finished speaking, he walked out with his hands behind his back.

"I'll come to you, uncle. Liu Mang smiled and walked to the pool with the truffle.

After washing the soil on these truffles and brushing them with a brush, Liu Mang walked to the refrigerator.

"What are you going to do at night?" opened the refrigerator door, revealing only a piece of beef tenderloin, a large piece of pork belly, and some vegetables.

"Sizzling beef tenderloin, cabbage ball soup, these two dishes with truffles are sure to be delicious. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Mang suddenly had an idea in his heart.