Volume 2 Survival in the Forbidden Land Chapter 14 Toon Scrambled Eggs
Cooking on the fire, there is not much rice, and I can still only make porridge, but it is relatively thicker than before. There is no shortage of wild vegetables in the barren mountains and wilderness, and the familiar white rice and wild vegetable porridge makes people look a little uncomfortable. After cooking the gruel, it was packed in a large wooden basin, which Ling Chen originally used to wash his face. Because you have to free up the pan to fry eggs, it can be regarded as making the best use of everything at this time.
Ling Chen and Ling Yue carefully identified each mushroom on the ground, and after some screening, they picked out a few mushrooms that looked problematic and burned them. These mushrooms are all collected from the ponderosa pine in the pine forest in the distance, and the whole has a bright yellow color with a fragrant taste, which is extremely fresh and delicious among mushrooms, and it is rare for them to pick so much. Select some of them to make a mushroom soup, and the rest of them are going to be roasted by the fire for easy storage. At the same time, the taste of dried pine mushrooms is more delicious and the fragrance is stronger than that of live ones.
Not long after, Xu Ziqing and Wang Qingyu came back with a handful of toons. At the same time, they also picked a large handful of fresh sycamore leaves, which was ordered by Ling Chen, there was no bowl, they could only wrap a few layers of leaves to make a simple container, the effect of holding soup was very good, tightly fitted, not a drop was leaked. This was suddenly discovered by Xu Ziqing before, and as a result, the three brothers finally bid farewell to the bleak life of three people eating around a pot.
Everything is ready, and the next thing is the highlight dish of this time - scrambled eggs with toon.
Ling Chen deliberately washed off the pot, waited for the pot to boil dry, and put in the lard. Suddenly, a fresh and fragrant oily smell came to the face, and wisps of white smoke rose, bringing a rich oil fragrance. Everyone hasn't touched meat for seven days, and such a touching taste bud experience hooks the heart, and saliva can't help but secrete out. Even girls who have always been reserved can't control it in front of food.
When the lard is completely melted, the oil is hot enough. Ling Chen took out the egg, carefully asked Wang Qingyun to hold it up, and then knocked it open with the back of Ning Yuanru's dagger. The eggshell is very thick and strong, so this is the only way to do it. If it is an ordinary egg, it will be done with a casual bump on the edge of the pot, but this is an egg that has been magnified several times, of course, it can't be done in ordinary ways.
The egg liquid slid into the oil pan, and the oil pan suddenly churned. The fire is big enough not to worry. Wang Qingyun carefully picked out the eggshell with his hands, and drained out all the remaining egg whites, without wasting anything.
"I'll be eating with this in a while. Wang Qingyun threw away the remaining half of the eggshell in his hand and said triumphantly. "There's still half left, Chenzi, forget it, let's give it to Ziqing, Chenzi, you still use the pot. Wang Qingyun said.
"Look, my brother loves you so much. There are good things thinking about you. Wang Qingyun habitually put his hand on Xu Ziqing's shoulder, "So don't keep raising the bar with your brother in the future, it's good to point more to your brother." "Anyway, I also gave Xu Ziqing a look that you know.
Xu Ziqing quietly took half of the eggshell, put it into the storage ring, and then said slowly: "Brother Qingyun didn't say that when he called his younger brother 'Xu Big Head'. ”
"Hey?!, you Xu big head, you still gasp for your face, aren't you?" Wang Qingyun once again implemented his bully spirit and bullied Xu Ziqing again.
At this time, everyone was too lazy to complain about Wang Qingyun, and they all looked at the pot intently.
Wash and chop the toons, put them in a pan and stir-fry them with the eggs. There is no spatula, and Ling Chen's homemade pair of chopsticks are stir-fried, and the effect is no different. In just a moment, the fragrance was already fully emanated. The aroma of the eggs is mixed with the special and charming smell of toon, which makes people appetize. Stir-fry a few times and remove from heat. A dish of scrambled eggs with toon without any seasonings, not even salt, is done. Poured into the large sycamore leaves spread on the ground, because there is little oil, or even not enough, so it does not look very greasy.
Finally, there is the yellow pine mushroom soup. Pour water directly into it, and that's right, make a mushroom soup with a little oil left over from the scrambled egg pot. The water is boiled to relax the bacteria, and it is ready to be done by dividing it by two.
The group sat in front of a thin porridge in a wooden basin, scrambled eggs with toon spread on the leaves of a sycamore tree, and a large mouthful of pine mushroom soup in an iron pot.
Ling Chen's face was solemn, looking at the meal in front of him. Seriously, the toon scrambled eggs in front of him were divided into six parts, and then distributed to everyone. The rice porridge was also given to them one by one, and Wang Qingyun and Xu Ziqing did use eggshells. This eggshell is thick, making it quite suitable for making bowls. In the end, only the wooden basin remained, which was Ling Chen's own. Taking a deep breath, Ling Chen spit out two words: "Open dinner!"
Suddenly, a group of people were like hungry tigers pounced on food, and the wind swept away. It was like a starving ghost who hadn't eaten in days, and he had seen the expression of abundant food. No, now they can't make expressions, and they eat nothing but food in their mouths. The hands are fast and the hands are slow, probably because he thought of this problem, so Ling Chen divided the food evenly among everyone. A person like Wang Qingyun who eats more and takes more will not be polite to everyone, how can a girl rob him. A group of girls can't take care of Sven at this time, the taste of scrambled eggs is so wonderful, with rice porridge and pine mushrooms, they can eat with a full sense of happiness. Although there are no seasonings, the food is bland and tasteless. But everyone's hearts are sweet and warm at this time. It is a rare pleasure to be able to enjoy such a place with friends. At this time, of course, they know that they have to help each other, and they must also support each other on the road ahead.
It was the first time they had eaten a full meal since they came here. Whether it's drinking soup or whatever, this unforgettable satisfaction is something you can never forget. People have to eat every day, but no matter how much they eat or what they eat in the future, it will never have the same meaning as it does today.
Today's meal was very clean and there was nothing left. As usual, this time everyone was full. After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, a group of people gathered around the fire and told each other some interesting things. The rain has been falling before and after Qingming, and it seems to show no signs of stopping. The mountain road is difficult to find, of course it is not wise to walk in the rain, they are not in a hurry to walk, the road ahead is unknown, and it is not much point to rush to this half-day journey in a hurry. The sheds here are also sheltered from the wind and rain, and the ground is dry and suitable for trimming. So Ling Chen didn't say anything, followed a group of people to talk and laugh, and forgot about his troubles for the time being.
In the afternoon, Ling Chen discussed with Wang Qingyun and went to look for the place they had gone to before. According to Ling Yue, there are still many pine mushrooms there, and in the past two days of rain, there will be many new mushrooms popping up. The pine forest was large, and there was fog in the morning, so they didn't go too deep. Ning Yuanru also wanted to go, after all, she was guarding Ling Chen in the morning and didn't help everyone.
After saying go, after a little tidying up, a group of people hit the road.
It was really difficult to walk on the road, and they all broke a branch and walked on a cane. In many places, the vegetation is lush, and the leaves of the trees are heavily waterlogged, and it will rain heavily if it is cold. Kicked in the tree, and then ran away, as fast as he could, leaving a burst of screams for the girls. Of course, Ling Chen is involved in such a prank, Xu Ziqing is always the innocent victim who was beaten to death by a stick, and the initiator is of course Wang Qingyun, and he has bad intentions everywhere.
After walking for about half an hour, there is a dense pine forest in front of you, where the pine needles fall all over the ground, there is a lot of decay, no wonder there are so many fungi growing, this is simply a paradise for them to grow. At the same time, it is also a paradise for Ling Chen and others, which is completely synonymous with food. Now there are two more people, and the efficiency will be greatly improved.
However, there is a broken slope here, shrouded in shrubs and grass, and it is completely impossible to see how deep it is. It was very dangerous to walk, and a group of people walked cautiously. If you fall, it's one thing whether you can climb up or not, and even if you want to climb up, it will take a long time.
A little search of the area yielded some remnants of mushrooms. The mushrooms here are indeed very rich, Ling Yue said that they had almost emptied this place before, but in half a day, they had grown so much. The group continued to march deeper into the forest, and on the way Wang Qingyun showed off where he had found the egg. Pointing to the scene, Wang Qingyun was triumphant. It was a nest on the ground, similar to a bird's nest, but much larger. It was built from leaves and branches, but unfortunately the eggs in the nest were already in their stomachs.
There are pine branches secreted under the branches of the pine tree, and Ling Chen randomly found a pine tree and found a large lump of white solid at the root. This kind of thing can help combustion, it is a good ignition material, and it is also sticky and can stick to things. After the introduction, Ling Chen asked them to look for this thing while looking for mushrooms.
In another area, they also found a lot of mushrooms, and the group worked very hard to pick them, and the range became larger and larger, and it was almost impossible to pick them all. All afternoon, a group of people were busy picking mushrooms. There is no need to look for it here, look at the past, and the mountains are all over the place. But there are also more and more mushrooms of all kinds, and they are all kinds and kinds of mushrooms, making it difficult to decide. So they picked all the mushrooms that didn't look so bright, and then sifted them together.
Rush times always pass very quickly, and today is a rainy day. It didn't take long to feel that the sky was getting darker, and even Ling Chen was a little surprised. The forest at night is not so safe, you have to go back quickly. This is Ling Chen's own negligence, but fortunately, it is still early, and it is still too late to go back. As soon as he looked up, he could still see the figure of his teammates, Ling Chen hurriedly greeted him and began to return to the camp.
The group was very scattered, so it took some time to assemble. The clouds had not yet dispersed, and the sky was already a little dark. After greeting everyone, Ling Chen hurriedly led them and began to rush to the camp.
Along the way, they were discussing how much they had gained from each other, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Ling Chen also gradually let down his guard, talking and laughing with them along the way. Wang Qingyun began to be restless again, and added a bet to see who picked more mushrooms, and the one who lost would give him a large clay bowl, and if he lost, he would give him a very rare eggshell bowl that he treasured. This caused a wave of disdain, as if someone would care about his eggshell bowl.
Ling Chen is the choice to return to the original way, after all, human nature is the fear of the unknown and insecurity. There is a road that has been confirmed to be safe, so of course I chose this path.