After Li Yuan returned after sending the mountain pig's leg, he thought that Zhao Mo would not be able to deal with the meat that could not be eaten, so he wanted to go to her home to teach her how to salt it to make cured meat.

The Li family lives at the end of the village, and Zhao Mo's family is at the edge of the village, and there are sparsely populated trails along the way, so they have not met gossip villagers along the way.

As soon as she walked to the door of her courtyard, she heard an angry voice from inside.

"Stinky girl! I'm doing this for your own good! With an uncle helping you plow, how much trouble have you saved? ”

"Uncle, you don't have to worry about my land, whether you plow or not, how to plow is my business, if you don't have anything else, please go back!"

Then a sound of footsteps came out, and Li Yuan happened to flash aside, and the courtyard door was thrown open, and an angry figure rushed out of it.

It is Zhao Mo's aunt Liu.

When she was far away, Li Yuan walked towards the courtyard.

When Zhao Mo heard the footsteps, she thought that Liu was going and returning, and said without raising her head: "Uncle Niang, save your tongue, I will take care of my family's land myself." ”

"It's me."

Li Yuan wanted to ask her about the Liu family, but he was worried that it would be bad for him to ask about other people's family affairs, so he had to give up.

When he saw that she was peeling an orange, he wondered, "This orange is not delicious, what are you doing with it?" ”

She looked up and saw who it was, smiled at him, and explained, "It's not for eating, it's for marinating bacon, and it tastes better with it." ”

"I've never heard of orange peel for curing meat."

Zhao Mo didn't respond, and asked rhetorically, "What is Brother Li doing here?" ”

Li Yuan said embarrassedly: "I thought you didn't know how to marinate meat, so I thought I would come over and help you deal with it." Who knew you could do anything, but I underestimated you. ”

If someone who doesn't know each other says this, there will definitely be a suspicion of irony, but after a life-and-death friendship between the two of them, the relationship is much closer than before, and Li Yuan doesn't have as many scruples as before.

"Brother Li, don't laugh at me, since you're here, you might as well help me!"

As she spoke, she unceremoniously commanded Li Yuan to help carry the meat and put it on the shelf, and put the cut pine and cypress branches at the bottom, and then cover it with a closed cloth.

It stands to reason that if there is a good recipe for food at home, she will think about keeping it secret, but she has nothing to hide from Li Yuan.

Unexpectedly, her unintentional move caused Li Yuan to look at her frequently and without words.

"It's very easy to walk through the water, so remember to be careful." Coming out of the Zhao family's courtyard, Li Yuan confessed uneasily.

After having been in contact with her for so long, he did not doubt that such cured and smoked meat would not taste good. He felt that the noble man he met last time had a very reasonable sentence, Zhao Mo didn't look like a thirteen-year-old girl at all!

"Brother Li, don't worry, I'll watch it."

Just as Li Yuan turned to leave, behind a big tree not far away, a person was poking his head out to stare at this scene, his small eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a grim light shining in them.

Within a few days, the cured bacon gave off an enticing aroma, but fortunately there were no other neighbors in their vicinity, otherwise the smell would have wafted out, and the whole village would have known that they had bacon to eat.

can have meat to eat, and the happiest person is Zhao Rong.

"Sister, it rained last night, and the weather is warm today, I'll go pick up some Nanfeng mushrooms and come back to eat!" Zhao Rong took a bite of a lean piece of cured bacon and said excitedly.

In the past, when their mother was still alive, they went into the mountains to pick up fresh mushrooms and came back, and my mother would go to the market to cut some pork and come back to fry.

The southerly mushroom is a species of fungus endemic to the south, which only emerges in the spring when it rains and the south wind blows, and is generally only seen under open pine trees.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is still early, I may be able to pick up a lot of them by entering the mountain earlier.

Zhao Mo thought of this and nodded: "That's okay, let's pick up some in the afternoon." ”

Their home is on the edge of Huaxi Village, and they are detached. The homestead in the backyard used to build a house was used by her to grow sweet potatoes, and the sweet potato seedlings were green and lush, and they grew very gratifying.

Behind the homestead is a small hill, which is covered with grass and low trees, as few people come up to play. Along the small stream next to the hillside, over the small hillside, there is an endless stretch of reckless green hills.

She asked Zhao Li to stay at home and continue to practice embroidery, this kind of delicate work will become rusty if she doesn't practice it for a day, so she left her at home to guard.

When his father and mother were alive, Zhao Rongji liked to climb trees and wade through water with a group of half-sized children in the village, and walk chickens and lackeys.

Since his father and mother passed away last year, he seems to be a different person, and he no longer plays with those children, let alone wanders around.

Now taking him into the mountain is like letting go of his original nature, carrying a bamboo basket on his back and hiding behind the grass and trees.

Zhao Mo said loudly worriedly: "Don't go around!" ”

"Sister, don't worry, I've been here I don't know how many times!"

Indeed, in the past, Zhao Rongji liked to go to the back mountains to play, and this piece was basically his territory.

In desperation, Zhao Mo had to take care of herself first, she couldn't compare to him, she was extremely unfamiliar with this piece.

As Zhao Rong said, there are a lot of Nanfeng mushrooms growing on the mountain after a night of rain, and they always grow under the pine trees in large clusters, and they are a big handful when they are picked up.

She lowered her head to pick up the mushrooms, thinking about how she could keep them longer, or...... Why don't you just take it to the market and sell it? It just so happens that the market will open tomorrow!

Before she could come up with a reason, she suddenly sensed a dangerous aura, and she raised her head, only to see a black bear twice her size crouching not far away!

At this time, it was standing next to a tree, looking at itself with a pair of dark eyes.

……

She clearly felt her heart beating fast, and her palms were soaked in cold sweat at some point.

She breathed slowly, her mind racing for a solution.

Before she could come up with a clue, she saw that the black bear on the other side had already turned in this direction.

She licked her dry lips with difficulty, and carefully lowered the bamboo basket in her hand.

Then he took off the outer jacket on his body very slowly, and slowly put the jacket that was still warm on the ground.

During the whole process, the corner of her eye kept firmly on the black bear opposite.

Seeing that the other party has no desire to attack for the time being. looked, and stepped back with a very slow movement.

One-step.

The black bear didn't move.

Two steps.

The black bear didn't move.

Three steps.

Four steps, five steps.

……

By the time she retreated behind a tree, she was drenched in sweat.

She didn't dare to gasp for breath, and raised her head through the crack in the tree, only to see that the black bear had lowered its head and sniffed something.

She steadied her breath and walked away with a slightly faster pace than before.

Unexpectedly, when I finally walked two or three hundred meters, I saw a small figure running over quickly.

"Sister! Where have you been! My basket is full! Zhao Rong was very excited to see her.

Her heart tightened, and she met him, reaching out to quickly cover his mouth, and looked back nervously behind her.

Sure enough, his voice alarmed the black bear!

"Run! There are bears! ”

She threw his basket with one hand, and before she had time to explain to him, she took his hand and ran quickly.

At this time, Zhao Rong also saw the huge black shadow clearly and exclaimed.

The two men were thin and short-handed, and they only ran a few steps before the black shadow behind them caught up.

The frightened black bear squinted its sharp teeth, and squatted on its hind legs and pounced towards the two of them!