The turtle meat in the pot was almost finished. Lu Ting poured two plates of deer meat into the pot and asked, "Would you like to eat something first? I'll help you serve it."
Su Yan shook her head. "I'll order some dishes first, and then put some mushrooms in. I'll just have some deer meat and mushrooms."
Qin Xiaofang asked, "What kind of fungus is that white fungus that looks like a net?"
"Aunt Qin, are you talking about bamboo fungus? It does look a bit like a net, but it tastes very good."
Su Yan only prepared morels, bamboo fungi and matsutake mushrooms, all of which were freshly picked from the mountains and were best for hot pot.
In addition to these three kinds of mushrooms, there are also bitter chrysanthemum, radish sprouts and chicken feather vegetables in the winnowing basket.
Coriander and spinach are only available in winter, unlike later generations where all kinds of green vegetables are available all year round.
Of course, Su Yan's space can also grow off-season vegetables, but it is definitely hard to explain why she eats them. There are no vegetables on the market, so where do she get these vegetables from?
Su Yan usually grows vegetables according to the season and doesn't do anything random, so taking them out won't arouse suspicion.
For example, she usually wouldn't take out fruits like durian, mangosteen and wax apple. Anyway, there were not many fruit trees planted, and they would be enough for her and Lu Ting to eat for a whole year. The leftovers could be processed into dried fruits.
While eating the mushrooms in the pot, Lu Fengnian suddenly said, "Xiaoyan, do you think we can grow some mushrooms on the mountain where we grow Chinese medicinal herbs?"
"Yes! Shiitake mushrooms, morels, bamboo fungus, and Hericium erinaceus...all of these can be cultivated artificially."
"So many mushrooms can be cultivated artificially. Setting up a cultivation base in the mountains must be very troublesome! How do we grow all these mushrooms?"
"You can ask the experts at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences about this; they should have some understanding of this."
Lu Fengnian looked at Lu Ting and asked, "Are the herbs on the mountain ready to be harvested this year?"
"Lily, astragalus and platycodon can be harvested in the summer, licorice can be harvested next year, and Panax notoginseng, coptis chinensis and parsley will take at least five years to harvest."
“How many kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs are grown on the mountain?”
"There are about a dozen varieties. Last year's watermelon didn't grow well, and I heard they didn't plant any watermelons this year."
Anyway, the farm is no longer under his control, and even the sale of herbs has been taken over by someone else. Lu Ting himself doesn't want to get involved anymore, so just let them be!
To put it bluntly, the reason they took over the farm and medicine garden was to gain credit, right?
It was his father who first proposed this matter. He participated in both organizing the land reclamation and purchasing seedlings, but he was not allowed to participate in subsequent matters.
He simply didn't participate. Even if he did, he wouldn't receive any subsidies. He'd be better off helping Yanyan dig and dry herbs in the space if he had that much time.
Lu Fengnian picked up a piece of deer meat and said as he ate, "We've made some progress at Yaoshan. I don't plan to reclaim the mountain next to it, but I can try growing some fungi there. For example, growing shiitake mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms on dead wood. What do you think?"
"Dad, will the higher-ups agree?"
"Why would you agree or disagree? Growing mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms doesn't require much effort. Look, our army has a pig farm, a soap factory, farmland, and a medicinal garden. Do you think any other army can compare to us?"
Lu Ting thought about it and realized that their troops had indeed achieved self-sufficiency and were not dragging the country down.
When Jiang Lingling and Su Qingshan came home from get off work, they saw their son and daughter-in-law busy in the kitchen.
"Yan Yan, what kind of soup are you making?"
"Winter melon and deer bone soup."
"What soup are you talking about? What is a muntjac?"
Su Qingshan was more knowledgeable. "Muntjacs look similar to deer and are very nutritious. Where did you buy the vegetables?"
"I didn't buy it. My younger sister came back today and gave me five pounds of deer meat and a few bones, saying she wanted to make some soup with them."
When they heard that their daughter had taken it, Su Qingshan and Jiang Lingling fell silent. They couldn't let them know that their daughter had a space. No matter how good the relationship between siblings was, it was always different after marriage.
Jiang Lingling asked Su Qingshan, "Can Yanyan eat deer meat?"
"It's okay to eat some tonic food, but don't eat too much, or you'll get hot and dry. In winter, you should eat some tonic food, and in summer, you should eat some tonic food. Now it's June, so eating some tonic food can help regulate your body."
When Wang Yan heard her father-in-law say it was edible, she ate it without hesitation. They didn't use the deer meat for hot pot, but stewed it.
Su Qingshan looked at his silent youngest son and asked, "Why didn't you ask Ye Qinqin to come back for dinner?"
"She's working the late shift today."
"I'll have a wedding banquet for you next month. You and your mother should go buy anything else. Did you bully your wife?"
"Dad, I listened to you. Even though Ye Qinqin and I got married, I didn't sleep with her. Don't worry, I won't mess around again."
"Dad, what are you talking about? I only see Qinqin once a week."
Ye Qinqin is not a playboy. She is very old-fashioned. She will blush for a long time when you hold her hand, let alone kiss her when she goes to sleep.
Even though they had a marriage certificate, his parents treated him like a little pervert and wouldn't let them sleep together without a wedding.
Just be patient. After the wedding banquet, Ye Qinqin will move to the courtyard to live with him.
The eldest daughter-in-law will give birth in the middle of next month, and the youngest son will get married at the end of the month. It’s a double happiness for their family.
Thinking of this, Jiang Lingling couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Xiao Lang, your sister-in-law will give birth next month, which is a double blessing for our family.
By the way, Yanyan, I may have to put you in a difficult position this time, because Lang had a wedding banquet, but you won’t have a banquet when you have a baby. Just prepare two tables of simple food for your family to celebrate together.”
Wang Yan and Su Lang said in unison, "I understand, Mom."
Su Qingshan asked Jiang Lingling, "Have you found a nanny?"
"I've taken three months of family leave. We'll hire someone to take care of the child after she's a hundred days old. I heard the Lu family also hired a nanny for Lu Jin's child. It seems she's the sister-in-law of Master Lu's aunt."
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