Chapter 173 Eating grilled fish and picking mountain products
To be honest, it was the right decision to bring Ye Ma and the others here.
All the fruits and vegetables that could be picked were picked cleanly, and there were piles of their fruits on the ground, without feeling tired at all.
Grandma Ye put down a large chili pepper, walked around the mountain of chili peppers with satisfaction, and waved her hand to call Ye Zhen over:
"We've picked all the peppers, let's pack them up."
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "Grandma, are you satisfied with the picking?"
Grandma Ye nodded regretfully, "It would be great if we could shoot a video, it would be great material."
"Oh my, an old woman can talk about materials!" Grandpa Ye grabbed a bunch of lychees and said teasingly, "If this is filmed, our village will be trampled to pieces!"
This is true. Where can such a strange fruit be found? If it is posted on the platform, no matter whether it is true or not, there will always be curious netizens.
If the matter gets out of hand, it will be difficult to explain.
Grandma Ye rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm just talking, I won't really post it."
Grandma Ye turned her head and ignored her, and urged Ye Zhen: "Pack the things, we have to go back to eat." She touched her belly and found that she didn't feel hungry when she was picking fruits, but now she was starving when she stopped.
Ye Zhen looked around, picked up a big mango and pushed it to Grandma Ye, saying sincerely, "Grandma, eat it!"
Grandma Ye held it with both hands. This was a large green mango. The mango was originally large in size, and now it needed both hands to hold it. She couldn't help but laugh and scold:
"I'm going to die of fullness if I eat this one mango!"
Ye Zhen dodged with a smile and put all the fruits and vegetables on the ground into the talisman.
After collecting the last pile, Ye Zhen smiled and asked a few people, "Have you all had enough picking?"
Without waiting for the few people to answer, Ye Zhen made some hand gestures and started practicing his skills. All the ripe fruits fell off automatically. Ye Zhen threw the talisman into the air. A golden light flashed, and the talismans were arranged in order, collecting all the piles of fruits and vegetables.
In a short while, all the fruits and vegetables in the valley were picked.
Grandma Ye: “!”
She was surprised, "Why didn't you just pick it like this?"
Although flying up and down is fun, my hands are sore after picking for most of the day.
Ye Zhen was surprised, "Don't you want to try it yourself?"
Mother Ye at the side: "..."
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The cool breeze blows, the water vapor from the mountains brings the fragrance of grass and trees, the charcoal on the grill is dotted, and the grilled fish is crispy and charred.
Ye Zhen prepared some vegetables to serve as a side dish for the grilled fish. The potatoes were too big, so a small piece would be enough for several people.
Not to mention the lettuce, which is as thick as a calf and not old at all, with green leaves and tender green flesh. A small piece is enough. Mother Ye peels the skin skillfully, then cuts it into pieces and blanchs it for later use.
Put seasonings in a large pot, add various side dishes, lotus root, lettuce, corn, potatoes, yams, etc. Finally, cover with the grilled fish and simmer in water for a while.
Grilled fish is best eaten with rice. Take out the bowls and chopsticks. The rice has been steamed at home and each person can have a big bowl.
Now that we have the staple food, we must have fruit after the meal.
Ye Zhen took out various fruits and placed them on the stone beach. Grandma Ye took a kitchen knife and cut a little bit of each and put them on a plate. She washed the small ones and ate them directly.
As time passed, the aroma from the pot seeped out from the cracks, making Ye Zhen so greedy that he always wanted to open it and take a look.
"Mom, are you done?" Ye Zhen leaned over and asked, his hands itching to open the lid.
Mother Ye estimated the time and said, "We have to wait a while!"
Ye Zhen was patient, the fish was so delicious. Wild fish was delicious to begin with, and now that the spiritual energy of the mountains was rising, the taste of the fish was even better.
After Ye Ma sprinkled a handful of coriander on it, it was finally ready to eat.
The pot was full, and the four of them brought their small stools and ate directly around the pot, each with a bowl of rice, munching on it.
Grandpa Ye praised with enjoyment: "This fish is so delicious!"
Ye Zhen nodded, "Yes, they are delicious. The water quality in our village is good. Next year, we will stock some small fish fry from here in the village pond."
"You still want to make trouble?" Ye's mother asked in surprise.
There are already a lot of things to do at home. Although the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are free-range, they still need to be fed every day. If you want to eat fish, we have plenty of fish, shrimps and crabs in our own pond, not to mention the large fruit forest on the mountain and the vegetables planted in the fields.
"How can I do that? I just thought that the other ponds in the village are empty anyway. Next year, I will come here to get some small fish fry and let the villagers take them home to raise them. I will also grow some aquatic plants in the pond and sell them when they are ready. The more money I make, the better."
"This is our hometown after all, and I will try my best to help if I am able to."
There is something that Ye Zhen didn’t say, that is, she may have found a way to leave this world, and if her family leaves in the future, she hopes to bring blessings to this place.
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After eating and drinking their fill, they rested for a while. Ye Zhen caught a few more big fish in the lake. Ye Ma and the others cleaned up the dishes and packed up their things. Ye Zhen took them to the place where they were digging wild potatoes.
"Look, this is the yam vine. The yam in the mud is the yam we eat. Have you seen it, Grandpa?"
Grandpa Ye looked through the leaves and scraped the yam with his fingernails, and finally shook his head, "I have definitely never seen it."
Well, if I don’t know him, then I don’t know him. As long as I can eat it, that’s fine.
Ye Zhen dug a few and took them home, leaving the rest for the wild boar. The group pasted some talismans on them and continued wandering in the mountains.
"Oh my god! There are so many fried dough sticks, all cooked!"
Grandma Ye looked at the vines clinging to the tall trees in front of her, with many brown, white and purple fruits hanging from them.
When the fruit is ripe, the shell splits open on both sides, and from time to time small birds and squirrels eat the flesh inside.
With the talisman, Ye Ma was not afraid of anything and acted boldly. She picked up a big stick and waved away the grass in front of her, then rushed forward with all her strength.
He pulled the vines down, picked the fruits and gave them to Grandpa Ye and the others behind him, and then he broke the fruits open and ate one himself.
While spitting out the seeds, he muttered: "When I was a kid, I would have been so happy to see this August bombyx. I hid it so that no one could find it. This thing has too many seeds."
Grandpa Ye nodded and said, "No one comes to this mountain, so I don't know how many wild fruits there are."
Then he sighed, "It's just that life is good now. When we were young, people would keep an eye on the ripe fruits, even the green ones. People don't eat wild fruits much nowadays, so the wild animals in the mountains are cheap."
After listening to her parents-in-law's sighs, Mother Ye picked a few more herself. They were indeed delicious, and tasted just like they did when she was a child, except that there were too many seeds.
It suddenly occurred to me that since Ye Zi is so good at farming, could they cultivate a variety of August Explosion with fewer seeds?
"Ye Zi, how about we try to plant it at home?"
Ye Zhen thought back to his orchard and looked through the fruits there. He had planted many common varieties that were rare both at home and abroad, but he had never planted August Explosion!
She nodded, "Grow it! I'll improve it later, and we can eat seedless August fried food."
After picking some August bombyx and breaking off a few branches and putting them aside, the few of them continued flying and walking.
I picked a lot of delicious wild fruits and dug some medicinal herbs on the mountain. The mountains are pristine. Although it is late autumn, due to the climate, the grass and trees are still lush, wild ferns grow wildly, and old green-capped trees can be seen everywhere, including some rare tree species.
Ye Zhen couldn't recognize them, but he felt that some of the big trees contained a lot of spiritual energy. Grandpa Ye could recognize some of them.
There are many dead trees on the ground, and there are even more mushrooms growing on the dead trees. Wild big mushrooms, black fungus, white fungus, ganoderma...
There are many varieties of Ganoderma lucidum, including red Ganoderma, purple Ganoderma, cloud Ganoderma, black Ganoderma, etc. Some are fan-shaped like a pot cover, and some have light yellow buds that have not yet grown. All of them are gifts from nature, big and small.
When she first saw them, Ye's mother was very surprised and delighted. But after walking a few steps, she saw a bunch of them and picked up a few of them, and she became numb.
Ganoderma lucidum is an annual plant. All the suitable ones have been picked. It's time for Ye Ma and the others to start plucking them carefully. Later, they saw more and had more choices. They were too lazy to bend down for Ganoderma lucidum that was not as big as a palm.
As we walked along the way, we found a large basket filled with various large Ganoderma lucidum.
"These Ganoderma lucidum can be stewed into soup every day for half a year." Grandpa Ye shook his head with a smile on his face.
The few of them walked and stopped, and saw many strange plants. The orchids growing in the mountains and forests had a faint fragrance and came in various colors. Although they were beautiful and only for appreciation by a few people, it was illegal to dig up orchids privately.
After strolling around the forest, Ye Zhen led a few people to the cliffs. There were three thousand waterfalls and bottomless mountains below. There were clouds and mists and birds flying around. Ye's mother looked at them in fear and did not dare to continue.
Grandma Ye was very brave. Ye Zhen pointed to a cluster of knotty plants on the cliff and said, "Look, what is that?"
Grandma Ye and the others looked over and said, "Oh! Is this a wild dendrobium?"
"Not only that, look down there, isn't it rock ear?" Grandpa Ye said, pointing at the plants below with sharp eyes.
Rock ear is very expensive. Wild dried rock ear is more than 1,000 yuan per pound! It grows on cliffs. The quality varies according to the climate conditions. It is difficult to pick it, especially on steep cliffs. It is rare in the wild and has always been in short supply. If the picker is not careful, his life will be in danger.
Rock ears?
Ye Zhen didn't quite recognize this thing and thought it was dried wood ear. She had seen a lot of it on the cliff a few times before, but she had ignored it.
I was amazed in my heart, no wonder it is sold at such a high price, the fact that it grows in this place alone and people take such great risks to pick it is worth the price.
Several people picked the Dendrobium and Rock Fungus. Ye Zhen flew along the cliff, picking them all the way back.
When we got home, Ye's father and the others had returned, and the whole yard was filled with green and red tea seeds spread out to dry in the sun.
Little Brother Ye slumped in his chair with a look of resentment on his face, "Mom, where have you been?"
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