Chapter 140 Daily Life of Xili Couple + Xili + Quercus glauca
There is a reason why Zhou Ye is willing to go along with A Shu.
Villagers usually come to the mountains to chop firewood early in the morning, so the men are usually done chopping wood and working in the fields, so naturally they won't come. Village women rarely travel so far to pick wild vegetables, after all, they're found along the edges of the fields and in the mountains behind the village, and now isn't the best time to pick wild vegetables.
As for the naughty kids in the village, they are nowhere to be seen because their elders have always told them not to come to this deep mountain alone.
But there was no one around, and it was broad daylight. Zhou Ye held Lin Shu's small hand, and as he did so, his hand began to sweat.
Ah Shu's hands were so small that he could completely wrap them in his palms.
Moreover, it was very soft, completely different from his rough hands that had been used up from doing too much rough work.
"Aye, is it hot? Your palms are sweating a lot." Lin Shu asked.
Zhou Ye quickly let go of her and wiped his palm on the hem of his clothes, but heard Ah Shu laughing softly beside him.
He then realized that Ah Shu said this on purpose to tease him.
"Aye, do you still want to take me away?" Lin Shu asked deliberately.
There was a wicked smile hidden in her pair of dark, watery eyes, as if she was certain that he would be too embarrassed to respond.
Zhou Ye did not respond to this, but the hand that had wiped the sweat off his palm took the initiative to hold Lin Shu's, holding the white and smooth hand that was obviously that of a daughter of an official family in his palm, and silently led her forward.
Lin Shu stopped laughing at him and blushed slightly.
When Zhou Ye was silent and focused on his work, he always managed to inexplicably touch Lin Shu's heart. And like now, even when she teased him, he still took her hand, said nothing, and just kept walking forward. Then, that big palm was so hot that it made Lin Shu blush.
The vegetation was sparser at the edge of the deep mountains, but the further in, the more lush it became. Zhou Ye led Lin Shu along a well-trodden path, walking in with familiarity, saying, "Shu, follow me. You can go further in, but don't come alone. There are wild boars in the mountains, and they might come down at any time. They're not like domestic pigs, they're very fierce. If you get hit, you'll be nearly killed."
Lin Shu felt it was funny. He was treating her like a child who knew nothing and was giving her advice.
Don't you even look at where she came from? In the apocalyptic world, animals and plants mutated, and she has not only seen but also killed wild boars and bison as big as hills.
But she responded obediently: "Yeah, I take Brother Aye with me wherever I go. I will never go around alone."
Zhou Ye paused for a moment, hesitating for a moment before asking, "Ah Shu, don't you want to be called that?"
"Silly boy, I didn't want to call you that before because I didn't want you to take advantage of me, but now—" Lin Shu paused here deliberately, looking at him tenderly with her watery eyes, "You've kissed me, hugged me, and taken advantage of me completely. What else do you need to do, verbally?"
Zhou Ye's throat felt itchy from her glare. He wanted to say something, but couldn't.
In the end, he could only squeeze out a sentence with guilt, "Ah Shu, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..."
Ah Shu is a woman, and women are always at a disadvantage in this kind of situation. He really shouldn't have indulged in it just because Ah Shu took the initiative to seduce him.
Lin Shu said angrily, "What are you sorry for? If I go to look for you at night, will you still want to go?"
Zhou Ye said without hesitation: "Ashu, I want it."
Lin Shu was stunned, as if she didn't expect him to answer so straightforwardly. Then, the corners of her mouth curled up high, "I was thinking just now that if you told me goodbye, it wouldn't be right, and I would really ignore you from now on. Humph, don't be so naive after getting the advantage. I know you like it too."
Of course Zhou Ye liked it, so much so that even in his dreams he was hugging Ah Shu and kissing her, making her face flush and gasp for breath, and he gave himself to her just in this kiss and the rubbing of their bodies against each other.
He couldn't say no.
He knew it was wrong and impolite to do so, but Ah Shu had stopped hiding their relationship since some time ago, and everyone who came to their house knew they were a couple. So, it was okay for them to be a little closer.
The most important thing is...Ashu wants it.
After Ah Shu had so passionately expressed her love for his body, he couldn't pour cold water on her. Otherwise, it would be a silent rebuke to her for her misconduct.
He liked Ah Shu so much that he was willing to indulge her in whatever she did.
He could guarantee that he would not hurt Ah Shu, so he would just let Ah Shu do whatever she wanted.
He just needs to stick to his bottom line and not let Ah Shu seduce him and make him lose his mind.
However, he couldn't let others find out, otherwise bad gossip would spread. Ah Shu might not care about other people's gossip, but he did.
"Aye, what are you thinking about? Why aren't you talking?" Lin Shu pulled his hand.
Zhou Ye lowered his voice, "Ashu, as long as it's what you like, I will satisfy you, but you can't... go too far. Understand?"
Lin Shu: ...
"Why are you just talking about me? Don't you like it, Aye? You don't like me climbing into the bed in the middle of the night - wuwu!"
Zhou Ye suddenly stopped and covered Lin Shu's mouth with his hand.
Lin Shu angrily tried to step on his foot, but she didn't step on it firmly. She just pressed on the tanned toes with her toes.
Zhou Ye held it for a while and then let go, explaining in a muffled voice, "A Shu, don't talk about this kind of thing."
"What if I insist on talking about it?" Lin Shu asked.
"Then go back inside and tell it. If you tell it outside and someone hears it, it will damage your reputation."
Lin Shu was breathless when she heard this, and finally muttered, "I know, old-fashioned."
This is the bad thing about dating ancient people: they are old-fashioned and conservative.
Lin Shu was a little curious, was it just A Ye who was like this, or were the others like this as well?
If everyone's moral sense is so high, then how did those rural romances in the books happen? In sorghum fields, behind straw stacks, in caves, on grasslands...
Alas, it was impossible for her and Aye to try love before marriage. Aye would at most ask her to kiss and hug him. He had to stick to his bottom line and would never let her have sex before marriage.
However, she had already felt how majestic Aye was when she sat on him, so he must be no different in that kind of thing.
Lin Shu glanced at Zhou Ye and smiled secretly.
At this moment, Lin Shu was still happy to tease Zhou Ye, but soon, her attention was attracted by the flowers, plants and trees in the mountains.
At first, the flowers and plants in the mountains were similar to those in the back mountains, except that there were more of them here. She saw more wild vegetables, not to mention the large clumps of angelica, which were more than enough for Ah Ye's lunch or to make fruit jelly.
Before she went deep into the woods, she saw large patches of kudzu vines growing at the edge of the forest. As she went deeper into the forest, the light in the forest became weaker. She also saw many ferns, growing in patches. When winter comes, the above-ground parts of the ferns completely wither, and the starch in the rhizomes is the richest. This is the best time to pick them, and the dug-out fern roots can be made into fern root powder!
In Lin Shu's eyes, these are not just pieces of ferns, they are all edible, edible!
Unfortunately, it was still early in winter, so she could see it but not eat it. However, she could dig up some kudzu root first. Although kudzu root was best dug in late autumn, it could be dug up after autumn.
Seeing her looking at the fern with a smile on her face, Zhou Ye unconsciously curled up the corners of his mouth.
He remembered what Ah Shu had told him last time, that Pueraria root can be used to make delicious food. Seeing Ah Shu's behavior, he must have thought that Pueraria root can also be used to make delicious food?
"Ah Shu, these ferns love shady, damp places. There are plenty of them in the mountains. I'll go in and dig them for you. I can have as many as you want. There are also a lot of kudzu roots. Except for the edge of the forest, they are all over the hillside."
"Hmph, what do you mean by dig it out for me? Don't you want to eat it?" Lin Shu glanced at him.
Zhou Ye changed his words, "I did want to eat them. In the past, when I went to the mountains to pick these grass roots, I either chewed them raw or roasted them over a fire. I really couldn't imagine what kind of wild delicacies they would become in Ah Shu's hands." As he said this, there was a smile in his eyes, and he couldn't help but squeeze her big hand.
"Just wait, all the flowers and plants in our mountain are treasures, I will cook them all for you!" Lin Shu also smiled with her eyes curved.
"Wait, Aye!"
Lin Shu suddenly stopped and stared at an old tree in front of her. To be more precise, she stared at the vines wrapped around the old tree. Her eyes lit up, "This... this looks like a smilax chinaberry!"
Although it has not borne fruit yet, Lin Shu still recognized it. This vine is the Ficus pumila vine. It can produce a kind of Ficus pumila fruit. The Ficus pumila seeds inside the Ficus pumila fruit can be used to make jelly!
Unlike the leaves of Guanyin wood, which are rubbed and then solidified with wood ash to become Guanyin tofu, and the ice jelly seeds of the ice jelly tree, which are rubbed to produce pectin and then solidified with lime water to become ice jelly, the seeds of the ficus pumila fruit can be rubbed directly without adding anything else, and after standing still, you can get the gelatin, which is jelly!
When it comes to making fruit jelly, is Guanyin tofu any better than the jelly made from ficus pumila seeds?
However, the first ripening period of the ficus carica fruit will not come until late June. Now I can only use Guanyin tofu to sell ice. When the ficus carica fruit is ripe, I can dig out the seeds and dry them. Then I can use them all year round!
Seeing her so happy, Zhou Ye was surprised. "Ah Shu, do you recognize this? This vine has a kind of fruit, but it's full of seeds and the flesh doesn't taste good."
"What we want are its seeds, which are great for making jelly and ice jelly! Aye, you come to this mountain often, so tell me quickly, where can I find this lychee? The more the better!" Lin Shu asked anxiously.
Zhou Ye was the perfect person to ask about this. He immediately replied, "This vine likes to grow on rocks and old trees, especially the Cyclobalanopsis glauca. There's a Cyclobalanopsis glauca stand deep in the mountains, and many of them have this vine clinging to them."
The oak nuts produced by the Cyclobalanopsis glauca trees are also a favorite food of wild boars and moles. Therefore, every autumn, you can often see wild boars foraging for food and moles passing by in the Cyclobalanopsis glauca forest.
When the third word of Quercus glauca came out, Lin Shu was surprised again, "Quercus glauca? Are there still many Quercus glauca in our mountains?"
She knew there were many Cyclobalanopsis glauca trees in the southwest, but since she hadn't seen any in the back mountains, she wasn't sure if there were any elsewhere. Or maybe there were, but not necessarily many. But Ah Ye said, "A large area of Cyclobalanopsis glauca trees deep in the mountains?!"
Zhou Ye looked at her, as if she had received a piece of heaven's favor, and couldn't help but laugh, "Ah Shu, could it be that the green oak seeds that wild boars and moles eat can also be used to make some delicious dishes?"
Lin Shu's eyes sparkled as she asked, "What's wrong with what wild boars and moles eat? How could wild boars and moles like to eat anything bad? These oak nuts, also known as acorns, are a great way to fill your stomach!"
Zhou Ye hesitated when he heard this and said, "Ah Shu, this Qinggangzi tastes bitter and is not delicious."
"That's because you didn't process it properly. You only ate it raw or simply roasted it. Am I right? Processed acorns can be used to extract acorn starch, which can be used to make vermicelli, acorn cakes, acorn jam, acorn jelly, acorn rice wine, acorn tofu, and even acorn noodles. They taste delicious!" Lin Shu was so happy when she spoke.
She thought there were many treasures in the deep mountains and forests, but she didn't expect there were so many!
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