Chapter 100: Holiday Alone
With this incident in front of us, don’t accuse Chen Miaomiao of being a big shot in the future. Even if there are real difficulties, she will not help!
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The next day was still a rest time. Lu Miao got up early in the morning and packed up all the things he bought the day before. He took some of them and packed them separately. Then he picked up the bamboo basket and the package and prepared to go out.
Ren Bingxin saw her and asked her, "Miaomiao, where are you going?"
"What else can I do?"
Lu Miao calmly shook the things on his body and said, "Let's find a dining partner to improve our food! You just need to take care of yourselves today, no need to wait for me!"
Everyone in the educated youth center knew that Lu Miao was looking for members in the team to share meals, so Ren Bingxin didn't care much about it.
"Go early and come back early. It's a rare day to have a good rest."
"I know~ You keep busy!"
Lu Miao chuckled and trotted out of the house happily.
The busy farming season had just passed, and not only did the educated youth have a holiday, but Fu Jingyou also took two days off for himself, which was a rare opportunity.
He arranged to go to Yanji yesterday, and today, thinking that Lu Miao was coming over, he simply waited at home.
I originally thought that Lu Miao would not come until ten or eleven in the morning at the earliest, but who would have expected that she would be at the backyard door actively reporting in before nine o'clock?
At that time, Fu Jingyou was tinkering in the small vegetable garden in the backyard. The tomatoes he had planted earlier had gradually turned red in the past two days. He was picking them when he saw Lu Miao coming in from the back door with bags of things.
Fu Jingyou stepped out of the vegetable patch and asked, "Why are you taking so many things again?"
"The educated youth camp is inconvenient, and I don't have the chance to eat these normally." Lu Miao disagreed, "They always say that the weather in the south is too hot, and I was afraid that they would go bad, so I thought of bringing them here to eat together."
"Go inside first, put down your things and sit for a while."
"Um."
The two entered the room one after the other, and Fu Jingyou asked:
"Have you had breakfast?"
The kitchen furnishings basically remain the same as they were when Lu Miao came here before, with things like reclining chairs, small tables and small stools, all of which are "regulars".
"Not yet." Lu Miao shook his head and took off his things one by one and placed them on the small table. "I'll get up and pack and come over."
Fu Jingyou felt joy for a moment, but after that moment, he suddenly became restrained again.
He was secretly annoyed in his heart. This had never happened before, so what happened today?
After standing stupidly at the door for a long time, Fu Jingyou finally realized what was happening and walked towards the stove eagerly, intending to get something to eat for Lu Miao. Lu Miao was quick and sat on a small stool to hold him back in time.
"Hey, stop doing it, I won't eat it!"
After saying that, he pulled his hand back and rummaged through a bulging cloth bag on the small table, and took out a few dried toads that were as dry as tree branches.
Lu Miao looked at Fu Jingyou with sparkling eyes: "I have this, it's good stuff, you help me peel it and soak it, and we can eat it together!"
Fu Jingyou squatted beside the table and picked up two dried toads to examine them carefully. "Is this something good?"
Knowing that he hadn't come across this, Lu Miao said, "We don't have it in the south. It's only found in the north. Do you know about the Northeast? The Northeastern Wood Frog!"
That’s right, it was the forest frog that Lu Miao had bought from Geng Xiaoyun before, and he brought it here.
It’s a pity that the farthest place Fu Jingyou has been is the county town. In addition, information is blocked in those days and people are not so particular. After Lu Miao talked for a long time, he still looked confused and looked like he couldn’t understand.
Lu Miao angrily kicked Fu Jingyou lightly and said unhappily, "Snow Toad, have you heard of Snow Toad too?"
Fu Jingyou raised the corners of his lips, and when he smiled, he rarely showed a few neat teeth. He looked naive and too honest: "Just tell me how to do it, and I'll do it."
Lu Miao glanced at him coquettishly and angrily, asked him to remove the things on the small table to make some space, and asked him to bring a clean bowl.
Lu Miao took the lead in picking up a dried toad and started to process it in front of Fu Jingyou as if guiding him.
First she broke off the two hind legs, then pulled off the shriveled and wrinkled front legs. Lu Miao was focused and her fingers were nimble. She pinched off the head and tail of a toad in her hands, and soon only the main body was left.
Carefully peel off the crispy outer skin, and the yellow rock sugar-colored snow frog oil and black frog seeds inside gradually appear.
"See this?"
Lu Miao carefully picked out the black frog seeds.
"Um."
Fu Jingyou nodded.
Lu Miao nodded at the frog oil and said, "This is the seed of the wood frog. We can't take this. We only want this part."
"There's not much left of a dried toad. You peeled this and that, and you still don't want it? That's all you want?"
Fu Jingyou also ordered some frog oil in the bowl.
Lu Miao chuckled. He usually saw his cold face, so now he was happy to see his tangled and depressed expression. "Why else do they say snow frog oil is soft gold?"
Fu Jingyou raised his eyes when he heard this, and Lu Miao looked at him, nodded slightly and continued to explain:
"The Northeastern wood frog is also called the snow frog. Don't think it's the same thing just because it looks like a toad. They all look similar. This one is only found in the Northeast."
"They lay eggs in April and May, and when they hatch and grow into adult frogs in May and June, they migrate up the mountain. In September and October, they come down again and hibernate near low-lying streams and rivers. They can even survive under the ice."
"We usually catch them when the weather is cold."
Fu Jingyou nodded.
Speaking of which, the wood frog is indeed different from the toads and frogs here.
Where in the world can you find any frogs in winter? Even if you dig three feet deep, you won't find any.
When it came to the unknown, Fu Jingyou listened attentively and his expression was serious. Lu Miao felt that his behavior was very different from usual. He couldn't help laughing as he spoke:
"Fresh frogs are eaten for their seeds and meat, but dried frogs like this are only for their oil."
Fu Jingyou nodded and took notes silently in his mind, "Now how do I make this toad oil?"
"What toad oil? It's disgusting! It's edible after all, can't you put it in a nicer way?"
Fu Jingyou asked, "How do you eat this snow frog oil?"
Lu Miao was satisfied, and she peeled another dried toad, took out the frog oil and put it into the bowl. Seeing that the bowl was almost full, she took the bowl to the bucket to scoop water and soak the frog oil in it.
"That's it. Soak it for two hours first. Once it's a little thickened, remove the black impurities in the middle."
Fu Jingyou was a little confused and asked, "You made this, aren't you going to eat it now? Haven't you had breakfast yet?"
"I do want to eat it, but the snow frog oil can't be soaked in a short time. After removing the impurities inside, you have to continue soaking it!"
Fu Jingyou listened and said, "Why are you making this food when you can't eat it anytime soon? It's a waste of effort."
"It's a bit of a hassle, but how can it be considered a waste?"
Lu Miao pouted unhappily: "I can't eat it, but you can eat it later. Besides, I taught you how to do it. Next time I come, you can prepare it in advance, right?"
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