The three of them embarked on the journey again, because they were afraid of the revenge of the group of people, Geng Qiu's family did not dare to stop all the way, until more than four o'clock in the afternoon, it was far away from that place, it was estimated that even if someone came, they would not be able to catch up, so they dared to slow down. The two of them looked around for a place with water to stop and cook. On the way, the two ate some snacks and cucumbers, and Ah Niu also ate the rice soup in the thermos cup, and when it was hot at noon, he also fed him a little cold boiled water to drink.

Originally, there was a path along the river, but after they crossed a bridge, they entered the mountains and could not see the big river. Now you have to find a source of water to cook. The two searched around, and finally found a small river behind a wood. The water seemed to be clear, and the two mules spread their hooves and ran over, put their heads to the water, and drank them with great gulp.

Geng Qiu also hurriedly went to fetch water to cook porridge. While he was cooking porridge, he also made some noodles, and prepared to eat some cakes, it was easy to get hungry just by eating gruel, and the polished rice was specially prepared for Ah Niu, just fifteen catties, and he was preparing Ah Niu to eat for more than a month.

Fried four large thick cakes with green onions, the oil is not good, and the noodles are not good, so the cakes are bought differently, but because they are fried in oil, they smell very fragrant, and they taste good, but they are rough, and if they are white noodles, the taste and texture will be much better. But that's it, the two of them also ate very deliciously. In this world, Geng Qiu has slowly become accustomed to eating these coarse foods, there is no way, it is already good to be able to eat a full stomach here, where do you dare to be picky about the quality of food.

"It tastes good, let's fry a few more sheets tomorrow morning and eat them on the road." Ah Hao ate and drank to his heart's content, lying on the ground and teasing Ah Niu while saying.

"Yes." Geng Qiu responded casually, constantly scrubbing the pots and dishes and cleaning up things, after last night, now he didn't dare to put the used things aside, they were all cleaned up well, and he looked like he could hurry up when he picked it up.

Because it was still early, Ah Hao rested for a while, looked around, and finally climbed a big tree, dug out a bird's nest, and found five bird eggs, although they were small, but they made the two happy.

"You didn't take all the eggs, did you?" Geng Qiu took the egg and asked.

"No, there's another one in the nest." Ah Hao sneered.

"When we go into the mountains, we will be fine, and when there are more wild things, we will be able to add food." Geng Qiu also smiled. I have been a vegetarian for the past few days, and the wild boar meat I brought along the way is almost gone. And the road from Shanyin City to Xiangyang Town is hilly, there are only some small slopes, and there are no pheasants and hares at all, but there are some wild birds, but they are all small, so this time makes the two hungry for meat.

Xiao Hei and Xiao Ash were having fun in the small river, mixing up a section of the river, and suddenly Ah Hao, who had nothing to do, shouted: "Hey, there are big fish." ”

"There, there?" Geng Qiu ran over with Ah Niu in his arms and shouted.

There are really a few fish on the turbid water that turn their stomachs, this section of the river is just a U-shape, and the little black and gray are rolling and playing in this river water, making a few fish in the water uncomfortable, not to mention, and because these fish are too big, they don't have time to escape, and they choke.

The two picked up the big fish and laughed happily, there were three in total, all of them were white-scaled fish, one weighing three or four pounds. Because they were not dead, Geng Qiu threw them into the basket, threw the things he had packed to the ground, and several branches were tied to the mouth of the basket, and then tied one end of the basket with a rope, and the other end was tied to the tree, and put it in the river to raise fish, ready to keep it for tomorrow to eat.

"Let's kill one and marinate it first, I'm afraid that this fish won't live to tomorrow, and if it dies, it won't taste good." Ah Hao said. Although he can't cook, he knows that fish needs to be fresh to be delicious.

"That's right." Geng Qiu nodded, and took out the largest one.

Geng Qiu killed the fish, cut off the head and bones of the fish, added chopped green onions and cooked a small pot of soup. It's a supper for two. This fish head is not small, although it is not as good as the fish head taste of the big head fish, but it is pure natural and fresh. Even though only a little green onion is added, it tastes good.

"Well, you should buy some ginger and soy sauce vinegar." Geng Qiu drank the fish soup and sighed.

"It's just that this soup is a little fishy." Ah Hao took a big sip of the soup and said as well.

The two of them drank the fish soup beautifully, and they were in a good mood. Geng Qiu thought that fish soup could also increase nutrition, so he tried to feed him a few sips, and Ah Niu drank it very energetically, and actually drank half a bowl.

"Ah Niu likes to drink fish soup, so we'll get him more to drink in the future." Ah Hao smiled.

"Well, it's good for children to eat fish." Geng Qiu nodded.

ate too much, one night, Ah Niu actually didn't eat dinner, so Geng Qiu slept very well this night. The first thing Geng Qiu did in the morning was to go to the river to lift the basket, he didn't mention it, he pulled it hard, only to pull the basket out of the water, looked at the basket, laughed happily, and shouted repeatedly: "Ah Hao, come and see, we have gained a lot." ”

After a night, there were more than two fish in the basket, full of fish and shrimp, alive, there were several palm-length crucian carp, the most white scales, and two carp weighing two or three catties, as well as many small fish. Throw away those small shrimp and fish that are too small, and there are still about 100 catties of weight.

"Wow, how can we eat all the fish? How do these fish get in? Ah Hao asked with surprise and joy.

"I guess it's because the basket has a lot of grain in it, and it smells like food, and I washed the pots and bowls in this place yesterday, and there is probably some food in the water, so these fish are greedy and squeezed in. The branches on the mouth of the basket were not tightly tied up, and there were some gaps, but they left a passage for the fish to come in, but it was difficult to get out when they came in. It's just that it's hot again this day, and it's really hard to do so many fish. Geng Qiu said, looking at such a big basket of fish with some difficulty.

"Whatever, let's kill these crucian carp first and cook the soup, and leave the rest there first, and then we'll talk about it when we're full." Ah Hao said indifferently.

The crucian carp soup was cooked thickly, like milk, and the two of them ate cakes while drinking the soup, and also fed a small half bowl of soup to Ah Niu, and the family of three was the most delicious meal in this time. After eating, Geng Qiu also thought of a way to deal with the fish in this basket.

First kill all the fish and marinate them, only all the fish heads are thrown away, and the net fish meat is filled with two pots. Because of these fish, they plan to rest here for a day. During the day, Ah Hao ran around, but he also had a harvest and touched a few birds' eggs. A large patch of wild mugwort leaves and some wild vegetables were also found.

"It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival." Geng Qiu looked at Ai Ye who Ah Hao had retrieved and sighed. He remembered modern life, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household in his hometown would get some mugwort leaves and put them at the door of their homes. Moreover, mugwort leaves can also be made into mugwort leaf baba, which is very fragrant and delicious, and has certain medicinal value. But now there is no glutinous rice, and there are no tools available, but it is a pity that these fresh mugwort leaves.

"Can we get some mugwort leaves to dry and sell?" Geng Qiu thought about what Ah Hao said, and asked because there was a large piece over there.

"Yes, mugwort leaves are a kind of medicinal herbs, as far as I know, it has the effect of relieving itching and removing insects, and I have seen mugwort leaves smoked at home before, but mugwort leaves should be very cheap and can't be sold for a few dollars." Ah Hao said.

"Oh." Geng Qiu lost interest when he heard that it wasn't worth much, but he still asked Ah Hao to pick a big hug back, and he was idle when he was idle, and he took it with him to dry, and it would always be useful in the future.

"Do you want to eat zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival?" Ah Hao asked again.

"Where are you going to eat zongzi?" Geng Qiu asked angrily, two poor ghosts, everywhere is a place to use money, they don't know where their home is, and they still want to eat zongzi.

"I'm just asking." Ah Hao also knew that the current situation was not good, so he hurriedly smiled.

"Okay, let's rest early after dinner, and when I smoke the fish tomorrow, let's hurry up." After Geng Qiu finished speaking, he quickly made dinner. Today they are actually tired of the day, he has to find the branches of the smoked fish pieces, make some simple utensils, such a busy day, the day goes by quite quickly.

Dinner is still fish soup, but a pot of brown rice is cooked, Ah Niu still drinks his rice soup, and the rest of the porridge is left for Ah Hao, Geng Qiu eats brown rice with fish soup himself, he knows that Ah Hao doesn't like to eat this kind of rice, but they can't afford to buy polished rice, in fact, brown rice is not a food that everyone can eat.

Early the next morning, Geng Qiu got up and began to prepare the smoked fish pieces, after a day and a night of pickling, the fish pieces have been marinated very well, the water is basically all drained out, and then drained after washing, spread aside to dry. Geng Qiu had seen a neighbor in Hunan smoke fish and meat in the yard before, and this was how he made it, and it was summer at that time, and the neighbor gave him a few pieces of fish and a piece of meat, and he ate them, and they tasted good.

At that time, the neighbor also said, "If there is a branch from our hometown, it will be more fragrant to smoke." It just so happened that he found the tree here. Tong Guò's preparations yesterday afternoon, his two pots of fish were smoked, and they were relatively simple and quite successful. Except that it is darker, it smells good. He and Ah Hao tasted each other, and they both thought it was delicious. He estimated that the smoked fish weighed seventy or eighty pounds, enough for them to eat for a long time.

The remaining small fish are ready to be dried directly, and the dried small fish can also be stored for a long time. Now that the weather is good, I can dry it in two days while walking. Yesterday he also found a kind of thin rattan, and today he dressed these small fish in a long string and tied them to the edge of the basket, and the two of them were busy for a long time before they got all the fish in the basin ready.

Looking at the fish pieces and strings of small fish tied to the basket, Ah Hao smiled and said, "Brother Qiu, Brother Qiu, you are so capable." So much fish, we could eat it for a long time. I'm not afraid of running out of food now. ”

Ah Hao and Geng Qiu sometimes eat some brown rice porridge and order dried pickles for a few days, after all, when they go out, sometimes they can't find fresh wild vegetables for several days in a row, it's good to be able to fill their stomachs, where can they still think of having vegetables to eat. In this ancient world, food was the most important thing, and Geng Qiu had already seen the poverty of the ancients along the way. Now he also attaches great importance to food.