Jiang Xiaonian endured the stench from pig feces, quickly turned the inner wall of his intestines to the outside, and then washed away all these large pieces of dirt with water and grass.

There was still a layer of pig feces and lard sticking to the inner wall of the intestines, Jiang Xiaonian took half a bucket of water, carefully scrubbed it one by one, turned it inside out two or three times, scrubbed it again and again, and then put it in the bamboo basket, washed his hands clean, and walked to the kitchen.

As soon as she finished dealing with these, Zhou Huihui and Jiang Mengliang returned home with a lot of bamboo on their backs.

The two didn't care about Jiang Xiaonian, who was busy in the kitchen, but cut off all the branches of the bamboo, and then split the bamboo from it, and after splitting it into the width of the thumb nail, they carefully cut off the pale yellow bamboo knots inside the bamboo, leaving only a thin layer of bamboo strips.

These bamboo strips are things that weave bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets.

Jiang Xiaonian saw that it was still early, and after placing the processed things, he walked to the mountain with the basket on his back.

On the way, I happened to meet Wang Qing, who came out to dig wild vegetables, and she stepped forward to greet her: "Sister Qing'er, you also came out to dig wild vegetables?" ”

Because Jiang Xiaonian has been going to Wang Yuhu's house every day to deliver fish and grass these days, he can be regarded as familiar with Wang Qing, Wang Qing, like Aunt Song, is a more enthusiastic person.

"yes, let's go together?"

Jiang Xiaonian nodded, and the two walked towards the mountain.

Jiang Xiaonian saw that the wild vegetables she dug were only the ones that Zhou Huihui usually dug, and probably understood that there were only these kinds of wild vegetables that people here knew.

The reason why there are no bracken and mushrooms on those stalls is because they don't know that they can be eaten.

Just when she bent down to pick down a nest of mushrooms growing on the edge of the roots, Wang Qing hurriedly stopped her and said, "Xiao Nian, these things can't be eaten!" Someone once picked up this thing in the mountains and ate it, and the whole family was poisoned. ”

Jiang Xiaonian grew up in the countryside, of course she knew which mushrooms were poisonous and which were not, she smiled and said to Wang Qing: "Actually, this mushroom is not all poisonous, you look at this, the color is not bright, there is a light gray layer on it, there are no spots, it is not poisonous, I have eaten it before, it is delicious." ”

Wang Qing nodded suddenly and said, "Okay, I remember, I will adopt this one in the future." ”

In fact, there are many kinds that are not poisonous, but Jiang Xiaonian was afraid that Wang Qing would not be able to remember, so he didn't say much.

Wang Qing got a new variety of wild vegetables, she was very happy, and enthusiastically introduced Jiang Xiaonian: "Xiao Nian, you see, this is a kind of edible wild vegetable that my mother found, others don't know, my mother calls it white cauliflower, you can chop it up and put it in the nest, it tastes very good." ”

Jiang Xiaonian realized that everyone here knew so little, all because they didn't share, of course, they taught the apprentice to starve to death of the master, which is also a rule of survival.

The resources in the mountains are limited, and if everyone knew about it, they might all be dug up before the next day.

Jiang Xiaonian and Wang Qing picked all the way, and after about an hour, they returned with a full load.

Wang Qing also specially instructed her to cover the lid of the bamboo basket, so as not to be seen by others, and then she would have no food.

Jiang Xiaonian nodded and said to Wang Qing: "Sister Qing'er, I won't go to your house today to deliver fish grass, please tell Aunt Song, I will send it tomorrow." ”

After Wang Qing agreed, the two went home separately.

When they returned home, Jiang Mengliang and Zhou Huihui were still busy in the courtyard, Jiang Xiaonian did not disturb them, and went directly into the kitchen with the basket on his back.

Tonight's meal, let her cook.

She picked some mushrooms and bracken, and the cauliflower that Wang Qing told her, washed the bracken and bracket, and began to make a fire.

She didn't plan to eat them all in one meal, the mushrooms were not washed, but put them in a bamboo basket and saved them for tomorrow.

After the pot burned red, she poured all the three catties of plate oil into the pot, and with the sound of sizzling, the lard slowly oozed out from under the plate oil, which was clear and clear.

The oil in the pan gradually becomes smaller, and finally turns into oil residue, floating on top of the lard.

Jiang Xiaonian took out a clay pot, washed it and wiped it dry, stood on the stool, and scooped the lard into the jar spoonful by spoon.

At this time, the lard is still liquid, and when it solidifies, it will turn into a white paste.

The oil residue was not poured out, Jiang Xiaonian scooped them all up, put them on the wooden board, chopped them a little with a knife, and put them in the pot with a little salt and mixed them, it was a delicious dish.

It would be better if she added a little chili powder, but she paid special attention when she went to town today, there were no chili peppers in this era.

For Jiang Xiaonian, who likes to eat chili peppers, it is really a pity.

After refining the oil, Jiang Xiaonian began to wash rice, and bought five catties of rice today, and now there is meat and wild vegetables, so let's have a luxury.

She calculated, even if each person only eats two taels of rice, she will have to eat eight taels for a meal, and Jiang Mengliang and Zhou Huihui may have to eat more.

It's better to cook a catty, and eat a full meal.

She did not pour out the water for washing rice, but put it in a clay pot, and later she could boil it and drink it as rice soup.

After cooking on a stove, Jiang Xiaonian began to cut vegetables, she carefully cut half a catty of fat into thin slices and put it in a bowl, although there was not much, but it was also a rare meat on the table.

Then cut the bracken into sections, and then stir-fry the meat to eat, if you add garlic leaves and stir-fry, it will be more fragrant.

It's just that there doesn't even seem to be garlic here, and Jiang Xiaonian is very helpless.

She had been in the kitchen for nearly an hour, and by this time smoke had risen from the chimney.

Jiang Mengliang and Zhou Huihui were too attentive before, and they didn't notice the movement in the kitchen until Jiang Wei came home, smelled a strange fragrance, and walked straight to the kitchen.

"Sister, what are you doing? It smells so good! ”

Jiang Xiaonian packed the last dish, jumped down from the stool, and said to Jiang Wei, "Brother, are you back?" It's just right, let's go and call my father and mother to dinner. ”

Jiang Wei looked at the dishes on the stove, a stir-fried meat with spring bamboo shoots, a fried meat with bracken, and a large pot of white cauliflower cut into minced soup, although he couldn't name them, but he felt that these dishes must be delicious in the world.

After swallowing his saliva, he immediately jumped out and shouted loudly into the courtyard, "Dad, mother, it's time to eat!" My sister made a lot of dishes! ”

Zhou Huihui came back to her senses at this time, she was so busy that she forgot to cook.

She hurriedly put down the work in her hand and walked to the kitchen, thinking that Jiang Xiaonian was just making wheat bran porridge and boiled vegetables, but as soon as she entered the kitchen, she was stunned directly at the door.

When I was working just now, I thought that the fragrance of this vegetable came from Wang Xi's house on the other side of the mountain, and I was still wondering in my heart, how could this fragrance spread so far, but I didn't expect it to come from my own kitchen.