Chapter 25 Bamboo Shoots
"Wife, now that we have finished planting the vegetables, you take a rest. I will go to Pheasant Hill to see if I can catch two pheasants to make soup for you to nourish your body." Gu Yan put the rake, pickaxe and other planting tools into the warehouse.
Li Wanqing wanted to go out for a walk, so she wanted to go with him: "Husband, I want to go out for a walk too, can you take me with you?"
When Gu Yan heard that his wife wanted to go with him, he immediately became excited: "Wife, aren't you tired? Of course I want to take you out for a walk, but I'm afraid you are too tired.
"I'm not tired, I just want to go out and enjoy this place. Is Pheasant Hill far from home? Are there many pheasants there?" Li Wanqing asked curiously.
"It's not far away. There is a bamboo forest there. Gu Xiang and her friends usually go there to dig wild vegetables." Gu Yan said.
Li Wanqing - I heard there's a bamboo forest, so I'd definitely go. A bamboo forest means bamboo shoots. She really loves bamboo shoots, whether stir-fried with meat, mixed with shredded bamboo shoots, or pickled and soured. Just thinking about it makes her drool.
"Then let's go quickly. Each of us will carry a backpack and a small pickaxe. Now is the time to eat spring bamboo shoots, and I want to dig more to dry." Li Wanqing said excitedly.
Seeing that his wife was happy, Gu Yan was happy too. Although he didn't know what bamboo shoots his wife was talking about, it didn't stop him from agreeing with her in everything.
"Hey, wife, I've got the backpack and the pickaxe. Let's go." Gu Yan carried one backpack on his back and another in one hand, leaving his free hand to hold Li Wanqing's.
Yeji Hill is indeed not far away, and it only takes more than half an hour to walk there. "Wife, we're here. This is what we usually call Yeji Hill.
There are no big game around here, so you can look around without worrying about it.
I'll go ahead and see if there are any pheasants or rabbits.
Wife, I'm right in front. If anything goes wrong, just call me loudly." Gu Yan warned.
"Okay, I get it. Go ahead. I'll be in the bamboo forest up ahead, so I won't wander around." Li Wanqing agreed halfheartedly. Her heart had already flown to the nearby bamboo forest, and she didn't care where Gu Yan was going.
Seeing his wife's impatience, Gu Yan had no choice but to let her go first, but he still reminded her: "Wife, don't go too far in the bamboo forest."
Li Wanqing waved her hand casually and trotted towards the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest is very dense and there are many bamboo shoots. It seems that no one has ever dug them up.
Li Wanqing took a small pickaxe and dug up the tender ones. When the basket was full, she put it into the space. Before she knew it, she had dug out most of the bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.
Moreover, Li Wanqing also caught a bamboo rat. It was also a coincidence. Li Wanqing was digging a bamboo shoot, and a bamboo rat jumped out from the hole next to the bamboo shoot.
Li Wanqing subconsciously swung her pickaxe and killed the bamboo rat.
Li Wanqing was now sitting on a rock with a bamboo rat beside her, and her hands were constantly wrapping bamboo shoots.
"Wife, what are you doing with these small bamboos?" Li Wanqing was concentrating on wrapping bamboo shoots when Gu Yan came back with two pheasants and four rabbits.
"You're back, husband. You caught so many pheasants and rabbits here in just half a day?" Li Wanqing asked in surprise.
“I was lucky today. When I got there, I encountered pheasants and found a rabbit hole.
Wife, I find that my luck has improved since I married you.
The same thing happened the last time we went to Wild Boar Ridge. We not only killed a wild boar, but also a deer." The more Gu Yan thought about it, the more he realized this was the case. His good luck was all brought to him by his wife.
Li Wanqing did not comment on this. No one could tell whether it was lucky or not, so the right thing to do was to pack up the pile of bamboo shoots on the ground first.
"Husband, it's getting dark, please help me pack all the bamboo shoots." Li Wanqing said.
"This is what you call bamboo shoots. Aren't these just small bamboos?" Gu Yan said, looking at a pile of bamboo shoots on the ground. It's true that they are small bamboos. Aren't bamboo shoots really bamboos when they grow up?
"This is a bamboo shoot. It's not wrong to call it a little bamboo. Let me tell you, bamboo shoots are delicious.
It can be eaten stir-fried, mixed, pickled, or dried into bamboo shoots for stewing meat in winter.
Please help pack them quickly, otherwise we will have to wait till midnight to make so many." Li Wanqing said.
Gu Yan had never thought that this small bamboo could be eaten. If it was true as his wife said, that bamboo shoots could be eaten in so many ways, then they would have missed out on so much delicious food over the years.
As for accusing Li Wanqing of lying, Gu Yan had never thought about it. His wife had lived in a wealthy family, so it was normal for her to be knowledgeable and experienced.
"Okay, I'll take care of the rest. You take a rest, wife." Gu Yan quickly squatted down with Li Wanqing.
Gu Yan was used to working, and his hands were strong. In a short while, he had already wrapped as many bamboo shoots as Li Wanqing had in half an hour. Together, the two of them finally finished wrapping all the bamboo shoots by dusk.
It looks like a lot before it's packed, but after it's packed, it's just a little more than two backpacks.
Li Wanqing originally wanted to have each of them carry a backpack, but Gu Yan refused to let her do so.
"Wife, this is heavy, you don't have to carry it. No one comes here usually. Put it here first, and I will come back to carry it later." Gu Yan said.
Li Wanqing did not let the man down. In modern times, she heard someone say that if a man feels sorry for you and doesn't let you work, you must not be stubborn and do it yourself.
Otherwise, over time, men will get used to it. No matter how much you do, men will not feel bad.
So Li Wanqing didn't object anymore and followed Gu Yan back home empty-handed.
"Wife, I'll go get the rest." Gu Yan put down the backpack and turned to go out again. Li Wanqing was not idle at home either. She cleaned the bamboo shoots, moved the cutting board and sat down to start slicing. It is not easy to dry bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots need to be sliced and then blanched in water so that the dried bamboo shoots are not astringent. When Gu Yan came back, Li Wanqing had not finished cutting half of them.
Li Wanqing asked Gu Yan to sit down and take over cutting the bamboo shoots, while she got up to boil water and blanch the bamboo shoots.
The two of them worked for more than an hour before they finally dried the bamboo shoots they dug today.
Since there are bamboo shoots, there will naturally be no shortage of dishes for dinner.
Li Wanqing made scallion pancakes, stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, and mixed shredded bamboo shoots in the evening.
Gu Yan naturally ate with great pleasure. He felt that what he had eaten in the previous twenty years could not be called food. It could only be said that it was to fill his stomach in order to survive.
"Wife, this scallion pancake is really fragrant, and the bamboo shoots are delicious too.
My dear wife, we didn't know that this little bamboo can be eaten before. How much good things have we missed?
And I have never eaten scallion pancakes. My mother can only make steamed buns, and the steamed buns are so hard that they can kill people.
I am so lucky to have you as my wife." Gu Yan ate contentedly and did not forget to praise Li Wanqing.
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