There was a big iron pot at the entrance of the village, and the fire underneath was burning brightly.
There are pork offal and pork bones in the big pot, and the water is dotted with red dried chilies and emerald green pickled peppers.
The soup base was bubbling and boiling, and then dried wild mushrooms, unknown wild vegetables, and spices were sprinkled in.
The whole village was mobilized to make this wild boar meat stew, and the elderly were busy. The elderly in the village have the most experience in how to make the wild boar meat taste best.
Various wild mushrooms, wild onions, wild garlic from the mountains, as well as tree barks, leaves and herbs that Jiang Che did not recognize were taken out. These were all exclusive secret recipes passed down from generation to generation by the elders of Huaxi Village.
Each family contributed a little, and there were twenty or thirty kinds of spices and wild vegetables on the big table alone. The whole village put a lot of thought into making this big pot of pork soup!
The children were drooling and chasing and playing happily on the side. Just like during Chinese New Year, they rarely had the chance to eat meat.
The villagers have washed the wild boar's internal organs clean with salt and flour, so there is no need to worry about any smell.
Jiang Che remembered experiencing this kind of scene once when he was very young. At that time, his grandmother was the chef. So many years have passed and his grandmother is no longer with us.
I wonder if today's whole pig feast still has the same flavor as before. Jiang Che couldn't help but recall the pork offal soup his grandmother made when he was a child. It was so delicious! It was also the most beautiful taste that Jiang Che kept in his memory!
"It smells so good! This pork offal soup is definitely made by your grandma!"
"It's a pity that your grandmother's craftsmanship was not passed down. I really miss it when I think about it!"
The old village chief suddenly began to sigh beside Jiang Che.
After hearing what the village chief said, Jiang Che also thought of his grandparents' past.
In fact, it would be more accurate to say that my grandparents disappeared rather than passed away. Even their bodies have not been found.
My grandfather was the most senior mountain herder in the village. Digging ginseng was as easy as eating and drinking. Jiang Che's family was better off than the other villagers because of his grandfather's ginseng sales.
I remember when Jiang Che was a child, he was just in the first grade of elementary school. One day, a man in a suit came to his house and said that he wanted to buy a hundred-year-old ginseng and the reward was 100,000 yuan.
One hundred thousand was definitely a huge sum of money at that time! In order to ensure a good life for the whole family, my grandfather took on this task despite the danger to his own life.
At that time, the Daqing Mountain had not yet been closed to the public, and the ginseng in the periphery had basically been dug up. If you wanted to find ginseng that was a hundred years old, you had to go deep into the heart of the Daqing Mountain to look for it.
But the hinterland of Daqing Mountain is undoubtedly a den of dragons and tigers! There are bears, wild boars, and even tigers. The whole family is against it, but grandpa still goes alone without listening to the advice.
In the end, something happened and my grandfather was gone for a week.
Grandma couldn't stand such fruitless waiting, so one night she secretly ran up the mountain to look for grandpa. In this way, both grandpa and grandma disappeared in the Snake Valley area in the heart of Daqing Mountain. The village also organized several search and rescue teams, but found nothing.
In the end, I thought that they were gone, so I built a cenotaph for my grandparents. It has been more than ten years now. How great it would be if my grandparents were still alive!
"Grandpa Village Chief, it's been so long. My grandparents must be watching over our Huaxi Village from heaven. I believe our village will get better and better."
Jiang Che hurriedly comforted the old village chief. As he got older, he liked to reminisce about the past, which made Jiang Che sad.
"Speaking of building Huaxi Village, I suddenly remembered what Xiao Che said about improving cucumbers and tomatoes last time at your house. How's that going? Don't keep Grandpa waiting too long!"
The old village chief suddenly looked at Jiang Che and asked expectantly.
"Don't worry, Grandpa Village Head, we have a plan. The rice seedlings I purchased have arrived, and I will go to the county town to pick them up tomorrow. Then we can start planting. I guarantee you will be satisfied."
The seedlings of several kinds of vegetables and fruits have piled up into a small hill in the space. Fortunately, the space is full of spiritual energy, so there is no need to worry about the seedlings withering.
Hearing Jiang Che say this, the village chief was delighted and said hurriedly, "Great, Xiao Che, you must hurry up. Tomorrow I'll have someone send you to town to quickly bring the rice seedlings back. Time waits for no one."
"Don't worry, there shouldn't be any problem. Just wait and see the results!"
At this time, my second uncle and several strong men in the village suddenly ran over and said happily.
"Village chief, this is great news! We were going to chisel some rocks this morning, and guess what? The big rock blocking the entrance to the village is gone! Our road to the village is now open!"
Second uncle Jiang Yunhai said happily that he and the villagers had just received a task to chisel stones this morning. Who would have thought that when they first arrived at the mountain, they saw that the mountain road was empty and they all thought they had taken the wrong path.
So I walked forward for quite a distance and finally found that the stone was really gone. I was so happy!
"There's such a thing. Ten of you can't pry it open, and it's gone overnight?!"
The village chief stood up in disbelief. Isn’t this too weird?
"Really, Village Chief, we found this white powder at the very beginning of the stone. Village Chief, please take a look."
Jiang Yunhai took out a handful of white powder from his pocket and showed it to the village chief. Jiang Che saw that it was the powder left after the imperial green jade was sucked dry.
The village chief took the powder, looked at it and didn't know what it was, so he just threw it away.
"Okay, don't speculate about this. It's a good thing that the stone is gone. After dinner, take it to the Nanshan Temple to worship the mountain god. This matter will be over. Don't spread rumors and scare the villagers."
The village chief quickly warned a few people that the village was full of illiterate old people who liked to listen to miraculous things. If they knew that such a big stone disappeared out of thin air, who knows what kind of rumors would spread.
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