Chapter 15: Wild Vegetables
Zhou Gu'er looked at the mountain, to say that there are a lot of things on this mountain, and there are also a lot of wild things, like the depths of the mountain, she doesn't know if there are tigers, but there are many blind bears, wild boars, stupid roe deer, and pheasants.
If she had the ability, she could have made some pheasants, stupid roe deer or something, but she didn't have that ability, she couldn't use a shotgun, as for digging a hole or something, Gu'er lived in the mountains and she knew it, she couldn't get it, and those little animals wouldn't fall into the hole.
As for those big holes and big traps, it takes several young people to work together, and in winter, there must be people with a particularly good sense of direction, otherwise there will be a white expanse everywhere on the mountain of time, and even if you find a wild boar dead in the trap, you will not be able to get it back.
Gu Er remembered that there were four young people in the tunzi next door, and they dug a trap a few years ago to get a wild boar, but they couldn't find their way back when they were lifted out, you must know that those people walked in the mountains all the year round, and two of them were found back after a few days, and two of them were not found back, saying that they were frozen to death in the mountains, even they were like this, Zhou Guer wanted to do this alone, that was looking for death.
So the wild boar, the bear blind man can't even think about it, she prayed that she would not encounter these two things, otherwise she would be pushed by the wild boar, and the bear blind man would add a bite, and she would not have to live.
Of course, there are other things on the mountain, wild vegetables at this time, mushrooms at this time, fungus, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pecans, and those mountain peppercorns, schisandra and the like, as long as you work hard, you can get as much as you want.
These things were all good and famous in the future, but now they ......
Zhou Guer shook his head, no one will be rare wild vegetables, unless it is a time to eat, as for fungus, mushrooms and the like, the countryside is not rare, and the city is a little rarer, but there are relatives in the countryside who have given it, and it is not easy to sell, as for the provinces, now is not a period of rapid economic development, everything is convenient, and now if you want to sell things to other places, it is not easy.
It's hard to make use of the resources around you.
However, this wild vegetable is not impossible to make.
Zhou Gu'er moved and sat flat.
The vegetables grown in the field have not yet been harvested, and the radishes, cabbage and potatoes stored in winter are almost eaten, and even if they have not been eaten, they are all wilted, there is no moisture, and it is not delicious.
It's not easy to eat vegetables now, especially in the Northeast, where there are no greenhouses, and it's a luxury to want to eat vegetables, and for a long time, vegetables here were more expensive than meat.
Although it is not a rare wild vegetable, it is also a green vegetable, washed and tidy, and it is not good to take it to the city and no one buys it at all, it is just cheap.
However, she knows that few people sell it, first, rural people think that the city will not be rare, second, rural people rarely pack these up to buy, and people in the city are tired and troublesome, and third, people nowadays rarely have this economic mind. Fourth, the transportation is inconvenient.
It's like their tunzi, it's close to the city, but it's dozens of miles away, now there is no bus, all rely on their legs, to walk to the city, and then walk back, that's a tired person, and now there are few people with bicycles.
If she goes to the city, when she walks from the tunzi, I'm afraid it's noon, and when she sells things and comes back, I'm afraid it's the middle of the night, and she estimates that she can earn a few cents at most on this day. So in this way, people really don't waste a day digging wild vegetables to sell in the market.
It would be nice if it was more convenient, if only there were bicycles, if only there were people I knew in the city, so that it would be easier for me, and someone in the city would help me sell it.
It's a pity......
Zhou Gu'er shook her head, she didn't know the people in the city, and she had to rely on herself.
Gu Er dug up a lot of mothers-in-law, pinched some tender cucumber fragrance, and pinched some hairy legs.
These things were all over the mountain, everywhere, and in a few moments her basket was full.
These wild vegetables are pure and natural, without pesticides, and eating them is good for the body, but now people don't recognize this.
Mother-in-law can be dipped in sauce to eat, hairy legs and the like must be processed, and processing needs oil and salt, otherwise it will not be delicious.
But now oil and salt are expensive, and generally stir-fried vegetables are reluctant to put them, who will use them to cook wild vegetables, without seasoning, the taste of wild vegetables can be imagined how unpalatable, which is why they are not popular now.
But Zhou Guer still wanted to try.
When she returned home, Zhang Da had already left.
Gu'er was cleaning wild vegetables in the kitchen, and Li Hua whispered to her: "Your father didn't promise Zhang Da, Zhang Da was very angry, at that time he raised his voice and screamed several times, and said that he would give your father long money, saying that he would grow to thirty-five, and your father stopped for a while before saying no, saying that you were brought by me, if you marry you badly, the people in Tunzi will gossip about him, choke Zhang Qi, and leave with a scolding grin." ”
Gu Er listened, the movements in her hands did not stop, she expected that now that she had this bait for her adoptive father, he would not agree casually, but she must let him taste the sweetness.
"Now I'm relieved, even if your father has a little conscience, if he doesn't marry you to Zhang Da, how can he live."
Li Hua let out a sigh of relief after speaking, she was really afraid.
Gu Er disagreed, it was strange that Zhou Mazi had a conscience, as long as the money given was high, he could even sell Du Feng'er and Zhou Duo'er, not to mention that he raised them.
"Why are you washing so clean, I don't like this thing anyway, you wash it, just don't have mud."
Li Hua watched her daughter wash the wild vegetables over and over again, and couldn't help but say, like her, she usually washes it twice at most, as long as there is no mud to eat in her mouth, and it is okay if there is mud, they are all croppers, which is so clean.
It is not easy to pick up water at home, and she and Gu'er are the ones who go to pick up water at home, and they are the two of them who work and know that they are tired, so they are usually very economical about water.
But she found that her daughter had only been sick once, and her love was much cleaner, washing vegetables several times, washing her face, washing her hands, and washing her feet every day, she felt a little strange in her heart, but she thought that maybe her daughter was older and knew that she was beautiful, so she didn't think so much.
After the grain was washed, the cucumber fragrance and hairy leg were blanched in hot water.
"Mom, I'll use a little oil."
Gu Er rolled out the large grains of salt and put them evenly in the dish, and shouted plum flowers.
"What kind of oil do you put in this wild vegetable, it's a waste, just eat it like this."
Li Hua didn't think it was necessary.
But seeing Gu'er looking at her like that, she thought about it, took out an oil bottle and dripped two drops of oil into the dish.
Seeing her distressed face, Zhou Guer was funny and sad.
"Mom, you can taste it."
Zhou Guer put a little more of the chili pepper in the kang, and after mixing, he put a chopstick for Li Hua to taste.
"Huh? Don't say, it tastes crispy and raw, and it's quite fragrant, I didn't think this thing could be delicious before, why does this taste different from before. ”
Li Hua's eyes lit up, which was completely different from the bitter mountain vegetables in her memory.
"In the past, when we ate food without oil and salt, it will definitely not taste good."
Zhou Gu'er smiled and tasted it, the fragrance was full of mouth, it was really good.
"It's also said that in the past, you only needed to fill your stomach, how could it be so fine."
Li Hua nodded in agreement.