Chapter 8: Driving away the mountain mud snails
After everyone left, the Yu family courtyard returned to its former tranquility.
Yu Yue and Chen Zhao went into the house and continued to study chemistry.
Zhou Yuesheng turned around and found Yu Zhile staring at him intently, and his breathing tightened.
"Your factory physical fitness setting is not really that of a soldier, right? You can really fight." Yu Zhile directly pinched the muscles of his arm.
It's hard and feels pretty good.
Yu Zhile's force was not strong, and the touch felt like a feather brushing against his skin, causing Zhou Yuesheng to involuntarily tense his body.
He didn't fully understand Yu Zhile's words, but he knew that the more you talk, the more mistakes you make, so he remained silent.
Yu Zhile didn't expect him to answer, so he pinched him a few times and then stopped, quickly going to pick up the kitchen knife that was embedded in the mud.
"It hit a stone and it's become blunt." She sighed. The iron pot was still nowhere to be seen, so the knife couldn't afford to get damaged.
I don’t know if the platform mall sells iron pots, but since they have rice, they should have iron pots as well.
Yu Zhile sat on a small bamboo chair and stared at the mud snails, his mind empty and all kinds of thoughts flying around.
Zhou Yuesheng lowered his head, and from his angle he could only see her trembling eyelashes.
Because of his job, he has met all kinds of people, but Yu Zhile is the first person he cannot see through at all.
She would gently hold Yu Chi in her arms, be proud of her skillful shrimp peeling skills, and throw the kitchen knife without batting an eyelid, but would feel sorry for the knife becoming dull a few minutes later.
A natural born spy.
Zhou Yuesheng let out a "tsk" sound and lightly crushed the air with his fingertips.
The mud snails were soaked in concentrated salt water overnight in advance to secrete a large amount of mucus.
Zhou Yuesheng used a bamboo colander to scoop out the mud snails and clean them, and the water used to pickle the mud snails was left for Yu Zhile.
Yu Zhile added cinnamon, ginger slices and rice wine into a clay pot and cooked it into a marinade. After it cooled, he poured it into a small jar filled with mud snails and sealed it. The jar could be opened and eaten after one month.
Zhou Yuesheng brought the jar into the kitchen. Seeing Yu Zhile staring at the empty wall behind the stove, he also began to pay attention.
Who knows, after watching for a while, Yu Zhile asked: "Can you do carpentry?"
"Yes." Zhou Yuesheng hesitated for a few seconds and gave an affirmative answer.
He had never done carpentry work before, but he could not miss any opportunity to explore the secret behind Yu Zhile.
He can fight in a group, do woodworking, and look good.
Yu Zhile didn't say anything else, just nodded with satisfaction and turned around to prepare for tomorrow's live broadcast of Ganshan.
Later in the evening, it rained a little, and the air was filled with a fresh scent of earth.
The next day, Yu Zhile got up early, cooked some multi-grain porridge and started picking vegetables.
The purslane was delivered by Chen Zhao yesterday evening. It was a little wilted, but it did not affect its edible quality.
Zhou Yuesheng heard the noise from the kitchen and got up immediately.
In a cloud of steam, Yu Zhile turned his head when he heard the voice, smiled and said good morning to him.
The hazy smile made Zhou Yuesheng's heart skip a beat, but he quickly regained his senses and looked at her with scrutiny.
The temperature of the earthen pot, which had been roasted on the fire for half an hour, was astonishingly high. Yu Zhile tried it and immediately pinched his earlobe.
"I'll do it." Zhou Yuesheng dutifully played the role of her companion.
Yu Zhile put another pot on the stove, boiled some water, added a few drops of oil, sprinkled some salt, and put in the purslane to blanch.
After about thirty seconds, remove from the heat, rinse with cold water, squeeze out the water, and finally add minced garlic, chili, salt and soy sauce.
"Try it?" Yu Zhile picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and handed it to Zhou Yuesheng's mouth with a smile in his eyes.
Purslane is crisp and refreshing, and its slight acidity complements the seasoning, making it spicy and appetizing.
Zhou Yuesheng stared at the strands of hair on Yu Zhile's temples for a long time, then suddenly came to his senses and immediately looked away.
When the two were about to go out, Yu Yue and Yu Chi woke up.
Nowadays, Yu Chi is very attached to Yu Zhile, and the first thing he does when he wakes up every day is to ask her for a hug.
"Be good and stay at home. I'll be back soon." Yu Zhile bent down to hug him and found a red rope hanging around his neck.
She picked it out and looked at it. The red string hanging from it was an exquisite conch shell. It was nothing special, so she didn't take it seriously.
However, Zhou Yuesheng remembered the pendant that suddenly appeared.
The Yu family was very close to the mountain, and Yu Zhile and Zhou Yuesheng reached the back slope after walking for a while.
Yesterday's light rain made the mushrooms pop out. The red and yellow mushrooms appeared in clusters, which were particularly eye-catching. Even the air was filled with the smell of mushrooms.
Yu Zhile started the live broadcast as early as when he went out.
At this time, barrages of comments were flying densely across the live broadcast room, with various colors overlapping, making it difficult to see the content.
[I have the urge to turn the fish tank into a botanical garden. 】
[The host's planet has so many rich resources. I envy you.]
The fish farming master appeared in the live broadcast room on time.
xxxx smashed hundreds of sea of clouds, and there was specific welcome music when entering the live broadcast room.
【xxxx: Can I eat it? 】
"Host, the heat has accumulated to 100,000, and synaesthesia can be activated." Xiaoyun appeared at the bottom of the screen.
Her words caused a small climax in the live broadcast room, and the audience sent gifts and called on Yu Zhile to activate the synesthesia function.
Yu Zhile then realized that after she ended the last live broadcast, the popularity of the live broadcast room skyrocketed due to the proposal of the small window, and had already exceeded 200,000.
It takes some time to turn on the synaesthesia function, and all sounds will be blocked during the turning-on process.
The audience is already well aware of the drawbacks of the upgrade function process during the live broadcast, but they all said they don’t care and are satisfied just watching the pictures.
So, Yu Zhile fixed the panoramic perspective, clicked the confirmation button and entered the mountain-chasing state.
"What's wrong?" She felt the strong gaze and turned her head to look at Zhou Yuesheng.
Zhou Yuesheng shook his head, but he was thinking that Yu Zhile's absent-mindedness just now was not like an ordinary daze.
"Then let's start picking mushrooms and wild vegetables!" Yu Zhile said with full energy.
Zhou Yuesheng suppressed his curiosity and shifted his attention to the plants.
He has rich experience in the wild and knows many mushrooms, so he specially picks those that taste good.
Yu Zhile didn't notice that something was wrong with Zhou Yuesheng, and he just picked wild vegetables, including shepherd's purse, wild onions, and bracken.
The two of them picked and stopped, and ten minutes passed quickly.
"Host, the synesthesia function has been upgraded and you can turn it on." Xiaoyun reminded.
Yu Zhile nodded and asked Xiaoyun to do it for him.
In less than a second, the air filled with the scent of soil, grass, and wild mushrooms reached every audience member.
【！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ！】
[Is this the scent of plants and trees recorded in ancient books? I love it! ]
[The anchor must be very happy living in such an environment every day. 】
[Aaaaaah! My fish needs this kind of air, too! ]
Less than a minute after the synesthesia was turned on, the number of barrages increased rapidly, the popularity of the live broadcast room continued to rise, and all kinds of gift special effects flew around.
"Get ready to go into the mountains, there are more things in the mountains." Yu Zhile suddenly spoke.
Zhou Yuesheng straightened up and picked half a bamboo basket of mushrooms.
"This is the Chinese toon tree. The young shoots can be used to scramble eggs or mix with tofu." Yu Zhile pointed forward, "But its taste is quite special, not everyone likes it."
Several trees more than ten meters high stand on the mountainside, with a group of small trees below, and their red buds shine even brighter against the blue sky.
Yu Zhile walked closer and raised his hand to pick it.
With a crisp sound, a rich aroma wafts into your nose.
The barrage feedback was polarized, with some people praising it and others sending out wild question marks.
Zhou Yuesheng didn't know why she suddenly started introducing plants, but his intuition told him that she was not talking to him and she was most likely spreading the news.
After picking only a small handful of toon buds, the two continued walking forward.
Passing by a patch of weeds, the black ferns with curled tops poked their heads out from the gaps, like small whirlpools.
Yu Zhile picked one and placed it in the center of his field of vision, saying, "This is the black fern, which has high nutritional value. It can be dried, stir-fried with meat or cooked in hot pot, but it must be pre-processed before eating."
Zhou Yuesheng went into the bushes to pick ferns, while writing down every word Yu Zhile said.
He suspected that the person who was meeting Yu Zhile was nearby, so he paid attention to the surrounding environment.
Yu Zhile glimpsed a familiar plant among the bushes, with bright red fruits hanging between its stems.
"The prickly ash is a kind of wild fruit. It tastes sour and sweet and can be used to make wine."
As she spoke, she picked a few large leaves from the side and used them as containers to hold the prickly ash she had picked.
Going further, you will see bamboo forests that can be seen everywhere on Haixian Mountain.
On the way up the mountain, the audience in the live broadcast room were shocked beyond words by the various plants.
However, when the breeze blew, the bamboo leaves rustled, and the unique fragrance of the bamboo forest surprised everyone.
【Nature is so wonderful. 】
[After the small showcase function is launched, will the anchor sell plants? I want to buy them. ]
As soon as the fish farming master asked the question, the focus of the barrage discussion changed.
xxxx sticks to its original intention, and a dazzling golden dialog box frames a sentence - Is it edible?
"Grown bamboo cannot be eaten. It is usually used to make bamboo products, like the bamboo basket I carry on my back. But the young shoots of bamboo can be used for cooking." Yu Zhile dug up the soil to reveal the brown bamboo shoot skin.
She pushed out with force, and the sound of the bamboo shoot skin separating from the bamboo shoot body was extremely pleasant.
The bamboo forest is not big, but there are many spring bamboo shoots. Most of the ones picked by Yu Zhile are tender. She only broke off a few that have grown several dozen centimeters through the soil.
"There are many ways to eat spring bamboo shoots. They can be stir-fried, roasted, boiled, or stewed. They can be eaten with both meat and vegetables. The older roots can be used to make soup or pickled into sour bamboo shoots." She introduced while holding two sour bamboo shoots, one large and one small.
Along the way, Zhou Yuesheng didn't find any trace of other people.
"Going to the beach? There will be death news in the next few days, so it's not suitable to go to the beach." Yu Zhile replied to the question in the barrage.
Zhou Yuesheng immediately decided to take the initiative to create an environment for Yu Zhile and the contact person.
"I'll go deeper and see if I can catch some wild animals," said Zhou Yuesheng.
Yu Zhile frowned slightly: "The mountains are very dangerous."
"You know my identity." Zhou Yuesheng reminded.
After careful consideration, Yu Zhile agreed to his proposal and reminded him to be careful before parting.
Zhou Yuesheng walked quickly towards the deep mountains, but did not go far. He set up a few simple traps nearby and hid in the dark to observe Yu Zhile's every move.
"This is wild strawberry, and it tastes pretty good." Yu Zhile squatted down so that the first-person perspective could record the details of the plant more clearly.
After picking wild strawberries, she walked around the area and was surprised to find a few wild lemon trees.
There were yellow lemon fruits hanging on the lemon tree, and she scratched the skin of the lemons with her fingernails.
The slightly sour and astringent smell exploded, bringing a refreshing feeling, which the audience loved.
"This is a lemon. It can be used as a seasoning or jam. Its flesh is very sour." Yu Zhile's tone revealed joy. "In a few days, I can go to the sea to make seafood sauce with it."
Afterwards, she discovered a loquat tree. The loquats hanging on the tree were plump and golden, exuding a faint fruity fragrance.
Half an hour had passed since Zhou Yuesheng left. She was a little absent-minded and looked towards the mountains several times.
"There will be more cooking live broadcasts in the future, and everyone is welcome to watch." Yu Zhile found a place to sit down, and did not turn off the live broadcast, but switched to a panoramic view.
Zhou Yuesheng observed her for a few more minutes and found that apart from talking to herself, she did not do anything strange, and there was no sign of anyone around her.
He turned to look at the trap. Two pheasants were hanging in mid-air, flapping their wings but unable to break free.
When Yu Zhile saw Zhou Yuesheng carrying a pheasant through the bushes, his eyes sparkled and he said, "Zhou Yuesheng, you are amazing."
"Yeah." Zhou Yuesheng saw that her backpack was about to fall, so he took it away, made some space, and covered the pheasant with wild vegetables.
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