Chapter 4 The delicacy of vegetable melon
In the morning, the wind is not strong, the branches are shaking, the colorful light shines on the small courtyard, the industrious bees are busy in the wild flowers outside the courtyard, He Kun's hair is faintly exposed, the quilt is very beautiful and righteous sliding aside, outside the door, the big black is naughty playing with the little chicks who are eating, and they are having fun.
On the lotus leaves in the pond, a few drops of dew flickered, three or two dragonflies flew leisurely, butterflies flapped their wings, and from time to time teased the bee brothers on the side, and the magpies still sang black and white sweaters, standing on the willow branches, squinting and singing.
Everything in the mountain village is so natural, after a busy day yesterday, He Kun is now very concentrated and lazy.
In the kitchen behind the house, grandma had already cleaned up her breakfast, and seeing that He Kun hadn't gotten up yet, she walked straight to this side.
"Bang bang bang" There was a violent knock on the door, surprised a few dozing sparrows, He Kun was naturally awakened, hurriedly put on a sweatshirt and pants, put on a coat, and ran over to open the door.
"Grandma, so early?" Rubbing his eyes that were still a little confused, he yawned deeply, and inadvertently, his nose twitched, and a sweet and sour fragrance with chili pepper stimulation stared at his head.
"It's still early, people have already gone to work." Half past eight o'clock is definitely not too late, but unfortunately for the mountain people, this time is really not early, the mountain people generally have no nightlife, often get up at five or six o'clock in the morning.
It is still a little difficult for He Kun to go to bed early and get up early, listening to his grandmother's nagging in the morning has slowly become a habit, he took a basin of cold water, washed up quickly, and walked to the hall to eat breakfast.
Today's breakfast is potstickers, sweet sauce beans, dried radish, white rice porridge, and a large salted duck egg. It's a very appetite for He Kun.
Dried radish chopped into pieces, plus red pepper, aged vinegar, and various spices stir-fried, out of the spicy vinegar fragrance, it tastes absolutely delicious, these should have been soaked in water last night, fried this morning, He Kun hasn't eaten it for many years, don't mention thinking about it, what breakfast side dishes, it's definitely scum in comparison.
Even the naughty big black with the living waves, and the little chicks who have been bullied smell the smell, they all put down the city construction, and ran to He Kun in a fart, shameless patting and coquettish.
He Kun was eating, looking at this group of little guys with a happy face, not all the fragrance is a good thing, he sandwiched a few chili peppers, put them on the ground, Da Hei quickly stepped forward, swallowed them in one bite, and then kept sticking out his tongue, screaming, while pointing at He Kun with his front grab, while running to the pond outside the door.
He Kun laughed when he saw it, but a group of little chicks were quite leisurely, nodding their heads unhurriedly and eating some leftovers, ignoring the red chili pepper cubes, saying, Isn't He Kunjue's big black very smart? How can it be so easy to be fooled?
"Woohoo." He Kun was eating potstickers and drinking rice porridge, and after rinsing the water, the spicy big black ran in menacingly, and as soon as he entered the door, he kept yelling at He Kun, as if accusing He Kun of deceiving his innocent feelings.
"Go." I don't have a mouthful, who is to blame, He Kun waved his hand to drive away, and the one who ate breakfast was refreshing.
After washing the dishes and chopsticks, He Kun came to the middle of the courtyard, and Da Hei in the distance looked at him with a resentful expression, ignoring He Kun's call at all.
This made He Kun a little funny, he felt that the little animals he raised were getting smarter and smarter, he knew how to be angry, he knew that he was cold with people, it was very amazing, he was well trained, He Kun was satisfied with himself for a while.
Remembering that the vegetable python in the space hadn't eaten for a few days, he turned around and went back to the kitchen to carry a few pieces of pork into the space.
As soon as I entered the space, I found that my worries were completely unnecessary, and I saw this vegetable python lying on the edge of the pond, gulping down the fish in the pond.
He Kun was depressed, this is a foodie, if it goes on like this, the fish raised in this pond may not be enough to feed it, helpless He Kun stepped forward with the pork, tortured him fiercely, pointed to the fish in the pond and shook it, and then pointed to the pork brought in and nodded, regardless of whether the snake could understand or not, he demonstrated back and forth several times before handing the pork over.
Don't look at this vegetable python is not big, but it eats a lot, fortunately, it is not picky, for this little guy, He Kun looks at it more and more strangely, it is said to be a vegetable python, but if you look carefully, it is a little different, and there is no unique smell of the snake, I checked it on the Internet for a long time, and finally concluded that this is a mutated king snake, which is very rare.
The body is black and yellow, the movements are brisk, and the food is large, which are all in line with the characteristics of the king snake, but the snake in front of him not only has a large amount of food, but also digests more than a step faster than ordinary snakes, as for the poisonous surname, it is not clear, but it is definitely a mutant snake.
Feed this ancestor, He Kun fiddled with the flowers and plants on the side of the wooden house, these days I didn't care about cleaning up the inside, all kinds of flowers and plants around the wooden house, colorful, open, after a long time, I feel a little messy.
He Kun hurriedly set up the shelf, put up the flowers and vines, and worked for an hour, finally looking a little bit good.
The lotus flowers in the spring pond have bloomed a lot, the crucian carp and carp in the pond are more and more fat, and the flower seedlings on the side of the pond have moved out a lot, leaving a stronger growth, the chrysanthemum has been more than 20 centimeters, and the orchid grows more slowly, about ten centimeters.
Some of the fruit tree seedlings transplanted in have begun to bear fruit, He Kun picked one, slightly sweet and sour, the taste is okay, it seems that it will not take long to eat, as for the pomegranate, the peach looks a little green, it is estimated that there will be a while.
I looked at the vegetable melon in the vegetable field, the arm thickness is thin, it can be eaten, just make a cold vegetable melon at noon, I don't dare to pick more, for fear of arousing suspicion, this thing is big, but there are still a lot of here, I can't eat it myself, I don't know if Tong Jun will accept this thing.
Looking at the melons and fruits in the field, He Kun was a little dizzy, and he was fooled by the owner of the seed shop in a few words.
I am afraid that the vegetables in this vegetable field will ripen in a few days, and then there will be a burst of early and dark greed. I thought it would be much easier to get some machinery to help with sowing and picking in the future.
Exiting the space, looking at the time is still early, I have been thinking about building a wooden house over there in the fruit forest for the past few days, and I have not been free, and now I happen to be free, I walked over with my camera and took a few pictures, ready to post them on the Internet, and spent money to find someone to design one.
After choosing for a long time, I found a place that I thought was more suitable, the terrain was relatively flat and open, which was very suitable for building a wooden house.
Birds chirping in the woods, streams flowing, bluestone-paved paths, old trees in the village, stone bridges, gurgling water, wild flowers in the mountains in the distance, bamboo forests rippling in the wind, in the season of peach blossoms and cherry blossoms, a wisp of mountain breeze blows, patches of petals slowly fall, a quaint style wooden house is located between the mountains and forests, how charming it should be.
Near noon, He Kun took advantage of his grandmother's absence, so he began to fiddle with the vegetable melon in his hand, the vegetable melon is more tenacious than the cucumber, the meat is thick, more crisp, and when making it, it must be cut into thin slices as much as possible, preferably translucent thin slices.
He Kun used the spring water to grow a vegetable melon weighing three or five pounds, take it in your hand and weigh it, it is quite material, the melon skin must be removed if it is old, but He Kun pinched it with his fingers, it was very tender, and he patted it a few times with a kitchen knife, and slice it into a thin piece.
Crushed garlic is essential, aged vinegar, chili oil, salt, sugar. He Kun directly made a porcelain pot, this melon is really not small, it is enough for a family to eat, mix it, you must soak it in salt for a while, more than ten minutes, out of the water, the melon slices will be softer. It tastes even better.
Served with a few vegetarian dishes and a plate of braised pork, the lunch is all alive.
After the old man entered the house, he saw that the food had been cooked, and entered the house with a smile, scooped half a scoop of flower wine, and the two of them drank a little wine and ate crisp vegetables and melons, but all other dishes were left behind.
In the past, people liked to grow vegetable melons, not only can they be eaten as fruits, but also as food.
"Yes, some of the flavor of the past." While eating, the old man nagged about the past, when he was a child, there were not many good things, and the most eaten dish in summer was vegetable melon.
"It tastes good, Xiao Kunkun's craftsmanship is getting better and better, and I'm about to catch up with grandma." Grandma took a piece and put it in her mouth, it was crisp and good.
"Of course, don't look at whose apprentice I am." He Kun patted a sycophant grandmother and couldn't stop laughing, and she sandwiched a few pieces of braised pork for He Kun. (To be continued.) )