Chapter 164: Chestnut stewed pheasant
Early in the morning, the riverside came back with a large bag of water in a watertight bag, and got some things for breakfast by the way.
In such a season, it is very simple to get food in the wild, especially in such a mountain forest, and the river found a clump of pink kudzu at the foot of the mountain, and dug up a large section of fat kudzu root with a knife.
Then put it in the creek to wash it, when you go back, fill it with water in a pot, the temperature in the mountains is low at night, the rabbit meat that you didn't eat and play last night is still not spoiled, put it directly into the pot and stew it with kudzu, after a while, the white gas coming out of the pot has a strong aroma of kudzu medicine, and the meat aroma of rabbit meat.
"What's this?" Xiao Yalin asked, this brother has always been a little magical to her, and he can easily find food in the wild.
"Kudzu, have you ever eaten it?" Ebebe laughed.
"I've eaten kudzu, but it's the first time I've eaten rabbit stewed kudzu. Don't know how it tastes? Xiao Yalin smiled.
Jiangbian filled a bowl with Xiao Yalin's small lunch box, "Don't you know if you taste it?" ”
"Mmmm, it tastes so good!" Xiao Yalin picked up the kudzu and took a bite, almost not getting burned, but Xiao Yalin was still full of praise for the sweet and delicious kudzu.
"Be careful! It's hot! Jiangbian took a tissue and carefully wiped the soup from the corner of Xiao Yalin's mouth.
"Hmm!" Xiao Yalin answered, sweetly in her heart, I don't know if it was the reason for eating this kudzu, but her face was red. The two of them behaved like a newlywed couple.
There was also a lunch box by the riverside, and I found a random stone to sit on, and then I ate it in a big gulp.
"Sister, how are we going today?" Ebebe asked.
"Walking up the stream over there, there is a primeval forest, the most beautiful place in Tianmu Mountain, where there are towering giant trees everywhere, and the air is very fresh. We continued to walk along the untouched and unexplored areas as before, and as for the tourist routes, I don't think there was much to see! Xiao Yalin said.
Jiangbian nodded, but didn't say anything, whether it was to take the tourist route, or to take this rarely visited path, for the riverside, there is not much novelty, the riverside is so big, almost all the time in the mountains and rivers for a livelihood. The landscape here may have its own characteristics, but for the riverside, it loses its novelty.
"Brother, how can I think you're not in good spirits? Is it painful for you to play with your sister? Xiao Yalin asked when she saw Jiangbian's faint expression.
"No, absolutely not! This scenery really doesn't have much attraction for me, so I can't look at the scenery as pleasing to the eye as my sister! Jiang Bian hurriedly explained.
"Poor mouth! My sister almost forgot that you came from the countryside, and I saw something very novel, but for you, it was very ordinary. Otherwise, the next time we go out, let's go to the ocean! You will definitely be interested! Xiao Yalin said.
As for the sea, the riverside is indeed very interested, and when you come out, if you are not confused about the future, you may run to the coast as soon as you come out.
"Brother, have you ever seen the sea?" Xiao Yalin asked.
Jiangbian shook his head, "No, the first time I went out, I went to Qiantang City, I always thought that Qiantang City was close to the sea, but I didn't expect it to be so far from the sea." ”
Qiantang is not actually close to the sea, there are still many roads from the East China Sea, Qiantang is still a big section away from Qiantang Bay, and Qiantang Bay can not be regarded as the sea, the real sea or go to Zhoushan, the closest place where Qiantang can see the sea should be Zhoushan.
"Okay, this time you will accompany your sister, and next time your sister will accompany you to the beach to play!"
The two of them ate very well, and this kudzu root is indeed very appetizing. After finishing breakfast, the two of them cleaned up their belongings and continued walking.
When Jiangbian and Xiao Yalin walked forward, Jiangbian noticed that the four dogs seemed to be heading towards their destination in advance.
By noon, the road had not yet been halfway through, but the two men were already tired and hungry.
"Brother, just take a break here! I just can't walk! My stomach seems to be hungry again! Xiao Yalin sat down in the shade by the stream and put her backpack on the ground.
"Well, then take a break!" Jiang Bian hurriedly put the backpack in his hand on the ground.
"What do we eat at noon? It can't be another fish, right? "Both of them run fish restaurants, and although the fish they make is delicious, they are much less interested in fish when they deal with fish every day.
"Nope! I'll look for it again, and there is a lot to eat in the mountains this season. Sister, you take a rest here first, and I'll come when I go. Jiangbian took a few tools out of his backpack and walked straight into the woods.
After walking a few steps, the river spotted movement in the bushes, and a fat pheasant hiding in the bushes. The pheasant is generally bold and strong, and he thinks that all people can't see it. There was a time when it was crawling in its nest, and you could stay motionless even if you passed by it.
Jiangbian pretended not to see it, and walked over from that side, and although the pheasant was a little nervous, he only shrank his body slightly, and remained still. When the riverside approached the pheasant's nest, he pounced.
At this time, the pheasant panicked, flapped its wings and wanted to fly away, but it was too late, Jiangbian very neatly pressed the pheasant to the ground with both hands, and then lifted the two wings of the pheasant with one hand, tied them with a rope, and then tied the pheasant's legs together. In this way, even if the pheasant is thrown to the ground, there is no danger that the pheasant will take the opportunity to escape.
This season is the time when the pheasant is fattened, because after that, the cold winter is coming, and it must prepare enough energy to survive this harshest season. This adult pheasant weighs more than three pounds, and at first glance it looks like a fat hen.
Although two people can eat a pheasant, it can also make two people eat enough, but eating meat alone is naturally not enough.
The riverside also needs something to spice the chicken.
It is not difficult to find chestnut trees in the mountains and forests, and there are really many types of chestnuts in such primeval forests. It didn't take long for the riverside to pick a small bag of chestnuts. The most troublesome of these is the most common chestnut, because the chestnut in the book has just been opened, and it is difficult to get it out of the thorny shell.
Fortunately, there are many ways to do it by the river, step on it a few times with your feet, and then break it directly with your hands, and you can take out the chestnuts.
Other types of chestnuts are much easier, climb up a tree and fold a few strips of paper down to get a small bag.
Jiangbian only went out for a while, and when he came back, there were chestnuts and pheasants in his hands, which made Xiao Yalin couldn't help but be amazed.
"Brother, you are so powerful, you only went out for a while, and you actually returned with a full load, did you hide there in advance?" Xiao Yalin naturally knew that it was impossible for the riverside to hide there in advance.
Jiangbian smiled, "Yes, I also hid a big beauty here in advance!" ”
"I want to die!" Xiao Yalin clenched her little fist and waved it to the river.
The riverside pretended to be very frightened, and hurriedly went to the creek to bring a bag of water, then filled a pot of water, set up a makeshift stove and began to boil the water.
When the water boiled, the pheasant was brought over by the riverside, and the pheasant also knew that the time of death was near, and struggled desperately in the hands of the riverside.
Slaughtering chickens, removing feathers, disemboweling and disemboweling, the riverside did a very quick job, and it didn't take long for a white pheasant to appear in front of him.
The riverside then removed the shells of the chestnuts and chestnuts, put them in a pot with the pheasant meat, covered them and began to stew.
It didn't take long for a fragrant chestnut stew of pheasant to finish.
"Well, it smells good! The aroma of the chestnuts is organically combined with the flavor of the pheasant meat to form a very good chestnut stew of pheasant. This contestant showed a very high level of control during the cooking of pheasants. Xiao Yalin put a chestnut in her mouth, swallowed it in one gulp, and then commented seriously.
Seeing Xiao Yalin's funny appearance, Jiangbian couldn't help laughing.
"Brother, how did you catch this pheasant?" Xiao Yalin asked.
Jiangbian smiled and briefly told the situation of catching pheasants just now, and Xiao Yalin was also amused by the stupid behavior of pheasants.
"But if you don't look closely, it's really not easy to find it in the grass! The color of its feathers is so close to the color of the surrounding plants that it is impossible to see at first glance. I heard it at the beginning, so I was able to catch it so easily. Ebebe smiled.
The two of them were tired for a morning, and at noon there was such delicious food, and their appetite naturally increased, and the two of them actually ate all the pheasants and chestnuts.
Xiao Yalin patted her stomach, "Brother, you always get such delicious things, if you fatten your sister and can't marry in the future, what should I do?" ”
Jiangbian said casually, "Then I'll marry my sister as a mother-in-law!" ”
"My sister shouldn't marry a man with a flamboyant tongue like my brother! Besides, I'm your sister, how can I be your mother-in-law? Xiao Yalin asked.
Jiangbian scratched his head, he didn't dare to say that Xiao Yalin was not his own sister, maybe Xiao Yalin was waiting there!
The two of them talked and laughed, packed their things, rested for a while, and then began to walk forward with their backpacks on their backs.
Although Xiao Yalin was also carrying a backpack, the heavier things in it had been transferred to the backpack by the river, so Xiao Yalin walked with the backpack for a morning, although she was a little tired, but at least she was able to continue to persevere.
The progress of the afternoon was quite smooth, and before it was dark, I had already come to the primeval forest of West Tianmu Mountain.
Before entering the mountain, the riverside hurriedly pulled Xiao Yalin back, "Sister, slow down, something is wrong here!" Which immoral ghost has set a trap here, or is it the kind of hidden trap, I don't know if it is ready to hunt animals, or is it intended to harm people? ”
"Where? It must have been set up by poachers, and now they are fighting hard against poaching, and these poachers don't dare to poach blatantly. Probably that's why they set the trap so secretly. Xiao Yalin also often hears that there is news of poaching here in Tianmu Mountain, and those who are engaged in catering are more sensitive to this kind of news, because there is such a black trade in the industry. Although Arlinn Fish Restaurant does not have a game project, Xiao Yalin still knows about this aspect of the situation.
(To be continued)