To make fried chicken mushrooms, you first need to tear the drained mushroom stems into thin strips and cut the caps into strips of roughly the same thickness. Pour rapeseed oil into a pot, and when the oil is hot, add the prepared dried chili pepper segments, scallion segments, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and other seasonings. Slowly fry until the chili peppers turn slightly black, then remove the seasonings. Add the drained chicken mushroom strips to the oil and slowly press out the excess water. That's it!
To prevent it from spoiling, Yu Yin added a little salt.
Find all the canning jars you can find at home, clean them thoroughly, boil them in hot water, drain them, then pack the fried matsutake mushrooms into the jars, finally pour in the oil used to fry the matsutake mushrooms, seal the jars, and they're ready to be shipped.
A basket of termite mushrooms yielded seven jars of oil-processed termite mushrooms. I sent three jars to my brother-in-law, since he has a large family and can't keep them all to himself. I also sent one jar each to Grandma Lu and her mother, and two jars to my second sister. As for the rest of the Lu family, I left them as is.
After working late into the night, Yu Yin made sure the two little ones were sound asleep before quietly entering her spatial dimension.
I've been busy picking mushrooms lately and haven't been able to come into this space much.
Yu Yin was astonished by the change in space. What a wonderful place this was! As far as the eye could see, there was a lush green fruit tree. The saplings she had planted back then had sprouted new buds and were now verdant and lush.
What brings the most joy is the field of grain. The wheat has already headed, the rice has flowered, the corn cobs are about a foot long, the potato flowers are in bloom, and the rapeseed flowers are blooming brilliantly... It's a scene of a bountiful harvest!
Even more surprisingly, the chirping of chicks came from the chicken coop. Yu Yin hurried over and saw a group of yellowish, fluffy chicks hatching and looking for food. If Yu Yin had come in a few days later, they might have starved to death.
When she brought back thirty hatching eggs, Yu Yin, based on her past experience, found a wide-mouthed bamboo basket, filled it with dry straw, laid a layer of tattered clothes on top, arranged the eggs, and covered them with a small, worn-out quilt. These past few days, she'd been busy picking mushrooms and had completely forgotten about them. She'd checked on them from time to time before, but unexpectedly, when she saw them again, they were a different species.
I quickly went to the vegetable garden, picked a handful of vegetable leaves, tore them up and threw them in the shed, and then used something to fill a container with spiritual spring water for them.
Yu Yin thought to herself, "Eat and drink quickly so I can grow up fast and get the same treatment as me."
After inspecting the planting area, they moved on to the small square to check on their spoils.
On one side of the small square, dozens of large bamboo baskets were placed side by side, most of which were now empty.
The ripe green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and eggplants have all been picked and stored in the basket, while clusters of vegetables are still waiting to be picked from the vines. The mushrooms, which Yu Yin is most concerned about, are also in the basket, still kept as fresh as if they were just picked. This space, I love it!
Looking at the various grains and vegetables in the space, and imagining the future with chickens and ducks everywhere and abundant harvests, Yu Yin was delighted.
She'll try again later to see if she can raise fish and ducks in the spring water, and also grow some lotus roots. She doesn't mind drinking water with the ducks, and thinking about the delicious old duck soup, she's overcome all her worries.
The plants in the space are growing well, and the vegetables in the yard are ready to eat.
Although the plants are sparse, the green beans, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers... are all ripe, and we've already eaten them several times.
Lu Shurui especially loves tomatoes, whether she eats them raw or cooked, and she takes even better care of the garden than Yu Yin.
Sister Wang came to visit once and was extremely envious. She said that the vegetables in her own yard could never survive; they would rot before they could grow for a while.
Yu Yin picked tomatoes and cucumbers and gave them to Sister Wang, receiving a string of thanks from her.
In southern Xinjiang, well, having enough to eat isn't a problem. Nature has provided such a rich variety of species that as long as you're not lazy, filling your stomach is no problem.
However, it's not easy to eat well, as many supplies are rationed, especially oils and fats.
Due to the climate, poultry is difficult to raise to adulthood here, making it difficult to obtain meat. This is especially true in the Production and Construction Corps, where there are mostly young and strong men, and even the young women have large appetites.
Food lacking in oil and fat is not filling, and young people who are growing up crave food often steal chickens from family compounds or ethnic minority villages, leading to constant friction and tension between the two sides.
None of this concerns Yu Yin. She can't worry about that right now; her own life has just started to improve, and she can't care about other people's lives.
Isn't it said that when poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue, and when prosperous, one should help others? In this special era, on the sensitive border, if you recklessly act like a good person, you'll be exposed in no time. Yu Yin isn't a bad person, but she's not a saint either, much less a fool!
Once outside, I glanced at the child; he hadn't wet or soiled himself and was sleeping soundly.
Sleeping well, eating well, maintaining good health, and living a carefree life are Yu Yin's pursuits.
The next day, Yu Yin packed up the fried chicken mushrooms and some dried mushrooms and sent them to her brother and Sister Lu. That's how Yu Yin's day began.
As for Lu Erjie, after receiving the tea, dried fruit, dried bamboo shoots and other items sent by Yu Yin, and after reading Yu Yin's request, she gave the tea and letter to Lu Erjie's husband.
"Buy a mosquito net, a thin one, with good breathability."
Brother-in-law Lu read the request and thought it was no big deal, easy to handle, and would get it done tomorrow. Now, what he cared about most was the tea. His sister-in-law was really particular; there were several kinds of tea, all good quality, and she knew how to get things done.
The next day, as soon as he got to work, Lu's brother-in-law went to the warehouse, found a warehouse manager he was on good terms with, picked out several new mosquito nets, found a few defective ones that wouldn't interfere with their use, and also took some milk powder, White Rabbit milk candy, and other snacks. He paid for them and sent them all off.
Yu Yin's package contained not only tea and dried fruit, but also some local specialties and money. How could you buy things without money? This was also why Lu's second brother-in-law was happy to run errands; he felt his brother-in-law and his wife were meticulous in their work and wouldn't just think about taking advantage. If they were like his sister-in-law, he would have stopped serving them long ago.
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