After Prince Kun left, Xiao Qiongzhi pointed to the bundle of firewood in his hand and asked in a low voice, "Where did you pick up this firewood?" ”

Sk pointed to a fork in the road on the right and said, "Over there." ”

Xiao Qiongzhi then took Ske and walked over there.

After approaching, Xiao Qiongzhi found that there was a large open space in front of him, and there were a lot of cut pine branches, a few plum branches, and tea branches on the ground.

Some have already done it, and some are not quite dry.

Behind the clearing, there is a large pine forest, and the tall pine trees reach into the sky, each at least two or three feet high.

A chaifu was sitting under a large pine tree next to the clearing, wiping the sweat from his forehead and face with his sleeve.

Seeing Xiao Qiongzhi and Ske approaching, the Chai Fu's expression was very puzzled: "Nobleman, why did you send the firewood back?" ”

"What we need is not this dry pine branch, but dried plum branches or dried tea branches." Ske said.

"Plum branches and tea branches are much more expensive than dry pine branches, and you have to make up another three coins and two silver." As he spoke, the chaifu walked to the place where the plum branches were spread and picked a handful of dried plum branches and tied them up.

Xiao Qiongzhi didn't expect that the dried pine branches in Sze were bought from Chaifu, and he didn't expect that Chaifu actually had dried plum branches to sell.

Considering that it was not easy for Chai Fu to earn some hard-earned money, she did not specifically explain her grandfather's rules to Squer.

She bought the bundle of dried plum branches from Ske, and then, putting the bundle aside, and led Ske into the pine forest, intending to try her luck and see if she could find some pine mushrooms.

Because, in the memory of another world in her mind, her grandmother would often use the sun-dried pine mushroom steamed fish head or boiled fish sent by relatives in the countryside to eat, not only to remove the fishy smell, but also to have a fresh and delicate fragrance that shiitake mushrooms are completely incomparable.

She is fragrant, if you pick up the pine mushroom and put it in the steamed Hongmeng fish masked head, or when making fish jelly, put it in the Hongmeng fish meat and cook it together, it will definitely make the Hongmeng fish head and Hongmeng fish jelly taste extra tender and fragrant.

Fortunately, she didn't go far before she found a small pile of pine mushrooms in a thatched pile under a tall pine tree.

They resemble a small umbrella, and the surface of the umbrella is covered with a layer of chestnut-brown ciliated scales, which look a little dry.

The mushroom meat inside is white, fat and thick.

The folds under the umbrella are light white, denser than those of shiitake mushrooms, curved, and unequal in length.

The stipe is stout, and the little finger is as long as the thumb is long.

There are chestnut-brown ciliated scales underneath the ring, solid inside, slightly enlarged at the base.

Xiao Qiongzhi took Ske, while collecting, and explained to Ske the characteristics of it that are different from mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, as well as the effect of removing the fishy smell when it is cooked with fish, and the taste of eating.

Ske was said to be interested by Xiao Qiongzhi.

He remembered the appearance of the pine mushroom, and then began to look for the pine mushroom separately from Xiao Qiongzhi.

When the two of them returned to the picnic point together with the pine mushrooms they picked and the bundle of plum branches they bought, Xiao Zhengzhen also came over.

He and Xiao Zhenjia each sat upright on their chairs and took a deer stand to roast on the fire.

Beside them, there was a table on which peppercorns, mochi, salt, soy sauce, cinnamon, star anise and other condiments were placed.

Prince Xuan, Prince Zhao, Prince Kun, Prince Qiu and others also sat on a chair and surrounded them in the shape of an umbrella to watch them busy.

Farther away, six stoves were buried, six pots were erected, and two large chopping boards were erected.

Among them, those pots and stoves, one of which has a rice pot on the stove, is already cooking rice on a fire.

There are five other pots, three are iron pots for stir-frying, and two are iron pots for stews.

In the iron pot for stir-frying, some people are stir-frying wild boar, hare meat, and wild mutton.

Only one of the iron pots for stewing is already boiling water, and a wooden frame has been set up on the water.

On the side of the board next to the pot, the pangolin was still being killed by a guard, and it should be a while before it was put up.

The pot and stove for the other stew were empty, presumably as a backup.

Not far from these pot stoves, a lot of red apricots and green people gathered together with Zhou Dayong, Zhou Duoqin, Zhou Duoniu, Zhou Shishan, and Zhou Meixing, and washed onions, ginger, and garlic with water in a basin.

These things were asked for by Xiao Qiongzhi and Xiao Zhen's family, when they took everyone to eat at a restaurant near the noon gate.

At this time, Xiao Jinjia had already cut off the head of Hongmeng Fish, and also cut more than 20 catties of fish meat, and was carrying a sheep to Xiao Zhen's house and Xiao Zhengzhen's side.

A few guards took firewood, and those who carried the shelves followed closely behind Xiao Jinjia.

It is estimated that Xiao Jinjia is planning to get to Xiao Zhen's house and Xiao Zhengzhen to bake things together.

It's really hot.

However, the Bugu Courtyard is far away from here, and when Xiao Qiongzhi was here, he only saw pots and buckets, and he didn't see any pots, tables and other large parts.

It's really surprising that so many things appear at once.

Xiao Qiongzhi called the red apricot and green peach to him, pointed to the pots and tables, and asked them curiously, "Where did you get these things?" ”

Hong Xing pointed to the south side of Merlin and said with a smile: "Except for the basin and bucket, which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to bring from the Bugu Courtyard in advance, the rest of the things were taken from a cellar over there. ”

"Master, you don't know the head, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to come here for a picnic every autumn and winter, and in that cellar, a lot of such pots, tables, stools, etc. have been prepared."

Xiao Qiongzhi understood.

In the past eight years, in order to cultivate high-quality hybrid rice, she stayed in the countryside of Nanzheng County, which is nearly 800 miles away from the capital, for three years. The vast majority of our energy is devoted to cultivating high-quality hybrid rice seeds.

The following year, she traveled abroad.

In her fifth and sixth years, she went deep into the private sector to inspect and promote basic education and economic construction.

It wasn't until last year that she returned to Beijing and was admitted to Zhilan Academy to study.

As a result, there was a lot of rain in autumn and winter last year, and Xiao Zhen's family had no chance to take everyone out for a picnic, so she didn't know that Xiao Zhen's family actually made a cellar here.

However, it has to be said that it is a good idea to get a cellar at the top of this hill to store the things you need for a picnic.

She poured all the nearly two catties of pine mushrooms in her sleeves into an empty basin nearby, and let the red apricots and green peaches be responsible for washing.

She herself quickly put the Hongmeng fish pieces cut by Xiao Jinjia into another empty basin, sprinkled salt and cooking wine to pickle, and sprinkled the other two pieces of Hongmeng fish that were ready to be taken home and given to Xiao Xuanliang, sprinkled a layer of salt to keep them fresh, and then began to prepare other condiments for steaming Hongmeng fish head and boiling fish jelly.

After about a quarter of an hour, the red apricot had already cleaned and cut the pine mushrooms.

Xiao Qiongzhi asked Skate, who had been by her side, to light the fire on the empty stove, and she herself was responsible for cooking the fish.

After three quarters of an hour, the fish was cooked.

She drained out all the fish soup, filled it in a basin, and let people put it in the stream where the Hongmeng fish was caught and iced, and then began to make the steamed Hongmeng fish head.

By the time everyone had finished eating, it was already the beginning of the unitary period, and the sky was starting to get dark.

Xiao Qiongzhi asked all the tables to be put together to form a large table, and asked people to bring stools from the cellar, and everyone hurriedly sat down to eat together.

During the banquet, Xiao Qiongzhi's steamed Hongmeng fish head and Hongmeng fish jelly were well received by everyone.

Especially Ske.

He smacked his lips as he ate: "It's delicious!" Delicious! It turns out that when I make fish and eat it, with this pine mushroom, the taste will be so tender and fragrant, I only found out today! ”

"My future queen, is there anything in this world that you don't know?" He turned his head and looked at Xiao Qiongzhi with a smile, and asked with an exaggerated expression.

"The pine mushrooms are really tender and fragrant. If you like to eat, I'll bring someone over tomorrow afternoon, and then go to the pine forest to find it, pick all the pine mushrooms in it, dry them for later use, and make a dish for you every day for the next few days. Xiao Qiongzhi was very happy to be praised and said with a smile.

"Haha, okay, it's a word!" Ske laughed even more.