Chapter 277 Mushroom Hotpot
After the rain in the empty mountain, I woke up and stood in the corridor to breathe the fresh air, feeling refreshed. The corners and eaves were covered with green plants, some blooming and some bearing fruit, full of the breath of life.
Su Ruojin stretched lazily and said, "Brother Jin, do you want to go to the mountain to pick mushrooms?" She planned to make a mushroom pot.
As long as he is with the young lady, Zhao Lan is happy to do anything, "Yeah."
Su Ruojin took a small basket and handed it to him, "Then please carry the basket, Brother Jin."
Zhao Lan took it with a smile.
As the two of them walked down the corridor, the young lady who was rescued yesterday came trotting over from the other end of the corridor and began to kneel down, saying, "Thank you very much for saving my life." She kowtowed three times.
Su Ruojin looked at the girl behind her—Bi Han.
Bi Han looked helpless. "My dear Second Lady, I have told her to have a good rest and come back when she is well. I didn't even notice her and let her run to the front yard."
The servants of the farm stay all live in the staff dormitory behind the courtyard. The young lady who was rescued yesterday was arranged by Madam Sui to be taken care of by Bi Han, a middle-ranking maid, and she lives next door to her.
It's good to be grateful, but such a remote mountain valley, except for the last time when the bandits came with a purpose, few people can come here, so it was really abrupt for her to come here. Zhao Lan asked Santai to go to Beijing to investigate yesterday.
The news hasn't arrived yet.
After thanking and kneeling, Su Ruojin had no choice but to let Bi Han help him up, "Take good care of yourself."
"Thank you very much, benefactor. I have drunk your medicine and eaten your food. If you don't mind, I am willing to pay for the food and medicine with my work."
Su Ruojin didn't bother to be polite with her: "Okay, I'll ask Manager Ye to calculate how much you spent, and then pay you according to the hours you worked."
Probably not expecting Su Ruojin to respond like this, the pretty young lady was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked towards Zhao Lan, but was frightened by his stern eyes and immediately retracted her neck, "Thank...thank you very much, benefactor."
The young lady's action of peeping at Zhao Lan was obvious, and Su Ruojin was not blind, so of course she saw it.
Su and Zhao looked at each other, helpless. They estimated that such things would be inevitable in the future.
Mao Ya stood aside, her eyes sparking with anger. She wanted to drive the person away right away, saying in a bad tone, "Why don't you take him away?"
"Yes, Sister Mao." Bi Han hurriedly dragged the person away.
Such people were not worth Su Ruojin's anger, so she turned around and put them behind her. "Come on, Brother Jin, let's go up the mountain to pick mushrooms."
The forest washed by wind and rain was very humid, and many mushrooms popped up quickly like bamboo shoots after rain. Su Ruojin didn't know many mushrooms, but Shuangrui knew quite a few and picked up a lot of them.
Su Ruojin didn't dare to pick up something she didn't recognize, "Shuang Guanshi, are you sure they can all be eaten?"
Shuang Rui nodded, "My hometown is in the mountains, I know a lot of mushrooms, and last year when I went to the north with my master to fight, I ate all these mushrooms when we were camping in the wild and had nothing to eat."
After hearing him say that he had eaten it during the war, Su Ruojin finally felt relieved and they even talked about some things about the war.
While chatting and picking, Su Ruojin only picked the shiitake mushrooms, black fungus and those she recognized, and left the ones she didn't recognize. She also picked up a lot of early-ripening walnuts that were knocked to the ground by the wind and rain.
"Wow, I thought they were not ripe, but I didn't expect to pick so many. Brother Jin, I'll make you some sugar-roasted chestnuts when I get home."
"good."
Mushroom hotpot is a specialty pot in Yunnan and Guizhou in later generations. Several different kinds of mushrooms are stewed together in a pot. The fresh fragrance of the mushrooms is brought out under the action of high temperature, and the fresh fragrance is bursting with a charming taste.
Mushrooms are sweet and delicious, smooth and refreshing in the mouth. The essence lies in the deliciousness of the soup and the tenderness of the mushrooms.
It is not enough to make a mushroom hotpot with only the few kinds of mushrooms picked by Su Ruojin. At best, it can only make a mushroom soup. Shuangrui picked a lot of mushrooms, such as flower mushrooms, hazelnut mushrooms, and trumpet mushrooms.
Among them, the flower mushroom is a deformed mushroom and the best among shiitake mushrooms. Su Ruojin didn't dare to pick it when she saw it, thinking it was a poisonous mushroom.
The harvest in the mountains was rich. When Su Ruojin returned home, she gave the mushrooms to the cooks to process. One of the cooks was hired by Mother Dong in Weizhou County, and the other was the wife of a family in the mountain valley.
Su Ruojin changed the clothes that were dirty in the mountains, washed up, and felt a little sleepy again, so she dozed off for a while. When she woke up, the sun was about to set. The sunset glow shone through the mountains and forests onto the farmhouse, as if covered with a layer of blurred gauze, it was very beautiful.
"Oh my god, it's beautiful."
Su Ruojin has been living in a farm house for so long, and this is the first time she has seen this. She couldn't help but climb up to the attic and stand high to enjoy the scenery. If only she had a camera, she really wanted to preserve this moment forever.
Even without a camera, it seemed that some people were doing something to preserve it forever. Shangguan Yu also saw that the evening scenery of the mountains and forests was as beautiful as heaven on earth, and he couldn't help but take out his paintbrush and set up an easel in the yard to paint.
Just as Su Ruojin was about to run down to look at Shangguan Yu's paintings, someone stood behind him.
Shangguan Yu was immersed in the beautiful sunset and didn't realize that there was someone standing behind him with an admiring look on his face, feeling shy and timid.
Qiu Shan, who was grinding paint for his young master, didn't pay attention at first, thinking it was just an ordinary crowd watching. He was used to being watched while his young master was painting. But when he unconsciously saw the young lady's obsessed eyes, he was frightened and almost damaged the precious ultramarine, which was obtained by his previous master, Su Yanzu, from Princess Yuehua.
Ultramarine is the oldest and most vivid blue pigment! It is made from lapis lazuli, which was more expensive than gold in ancient Europe, so ultramarine is also a pigment that can bankrupt people!
All of a sudden, Su Ruojin lost all mood to appreciate and became listless.
Zhao Lan put his arms around the young lady's slender waist and rested his chin on her shoulder, enjoying the sunset and warmth. The young lady let out an almost imperceptible sigh, which he immediately felt. He followed her gaze towards the courtyard and saw the young lady from the Zhong family standing behind Shangguan Yu.
Anyone who is very happy can see the shy and timid look in the young lady's eyes.
Zhao Lan: ...He didn’t expect that a young lady with such low intelligence could also fall in love?
Su Ruojin was in no mood and pushed Zhao Lan's hand away. "Brother Jin, it's getting late. I'm going to go downstairs to make the mushroom pot."
Zhao Lan followed her down the stairs.
The farmhouse built by Su Ruojin is actually a three-in-one courtyard with many rooms and a large yard. The whole farmhouse is one floor, so where does the pavilion come from? It is the master bedroom that Su Ruojin reserved for himself. It is higher than other rooms, just like a LOFT, so he built a pavilion.
One is for the sake of appearance, and the other is so that in case of emergency, things that are not conducive to the farmhouse can be observed from the highest point of the farmhouse.
After coming down, the two of them walked through the corridor and looked at the young lady standing behind Shangguan Yu, but it was just a glance.
In the kitchen, the cooks had already cleaned and washed all kinds of mushrooms, waiting for the young master to start cooking.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Su Ruojin's attention quickly turned to today's dinner. Not to mention the various types of mushrooms, the experienced cooks had already prepared them. Those that needed to be boiled to remove the slight poison had been removed, and those that needed to be fried had already been fried.
Su Ruojin asked Uncle Hua Ping to catch two large roosters, and took out the pork bones that he brought from the county town yesterday and cut them into pieces of meat of appropriate sizes.
After preparing these two types of meat, blanch them in a pot and remove the foam.
Then put the washed chicken and bones into the pot and cook, add the appropriate amount of water, and then put the mushrooms in order according to the degree of maturity of each type of mushroom. After the soup is cooked, add the appropriate amount of salt seasoning, and then scoop the soup into the hot pot and boil it.
Fungi can usually be eaten after being cooked, but they must be cooked thoroughly before eating, otherwise they will fall off the board if you are not careful.
It is best to eat mushrooms in their original flavor, so Su Ruojin did not make so many seasonings. She simply made two kinds, one with garlic and the other with chili.
Try not to drink alcohol when eating mushrooms. Although some wild mushrooms are non-toxic, some of the ingredients they contain will react chemically with the ethanol in the wine to produce toxins and cause poisoning. Therefore, it is best not to drink alcohol when eating wild mushrooms.
When the steaming mushroom hotpot was brought to the yard and eaten with the mountain breeze, dusk was falling and the light was dim. Shangguan Yu had already moved the easel back to his room and came out when he smelled the fragrance.
"It smells so good. I am in for another treat. Thank you for your hard work, Madam."
Su Ruojin smiled brightly, "Mr. Shangguan, you are too polite. Is your painting finished?"
"It's not finished yet, but it's too dark. I can only finish this painting from memory tomorrow."
This is the bad thing about ancient times. There is no way to preserve short-lived things forever. She felt sorry for it, but smiled brightly. "Then I can only appreciate your paintings tomorrow. Come over and eat delicious food first."
As the water in the hot pot began to bubble, everyone gathered around the table and started eating dinner.
Zhong Wanhui didn't stick to Su Ruojin, she sat next to Shangguan Yu.
For a moment, Su Ruojin didn't know how to describe her expression. Logically speaking, when the eldest daughter of a prominent family went missing, the Zhong Ning family and their families should have searched the capital for her, but now there was no movement.
Perhaps, the reason why Miss Zhong was able to escape here was because of the Zhong and Ning families' support behind the scenes.
At the main table were Zhao Lan, Su Ruojin, Shangguan Yu, and Miss Zhong. The rest either sat at another table or ate in the kitchen.
Yunyan was neither at the other table nor in the kitchen. She took the food and squatted in the corner of the corridor to eat. She was blocked by the corridor, so no one saw her squatting in the corner to eat.
The mushroom soup is so delicious that it is no exaggeration to say that it is so delicious that it makes your eyebrows drop.
At night, there are lanterns hanging under the corridor, and the cool mountain breeze, paired with the hot pot, is just the right amount of comfort and coziness.
The dinner took about an hour. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the servants cleared the table and Su Ruojin stood up to digest the food. The moment she stood up, her head suddenly fell to the ground so fast that Zhao Lan couldn't catch it and she fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Lan turned over Su Ruojin who was lying on the ground. Her lips had turned black and she looked like she was poisoned. "Sir... Sir..." he shouted to his accompanying military doctor.
Mr. Mo appeared out of nowhere and took out his staple weapon - a needle. With quick eyes and hands, he inserted seven or eight needles in the blink of an eye and sealed the lips that were still turning purple.
"Sir, what's going on?"
If the soup was poisonous, why were the other people who ate it fine? If the soup was not poisonous, then what happened?
Mr. Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Young Master, judging from the Second Lady's diagnosis, it seems to be Seven Flower Powder, but this poison has long been extinct. Perhaps I am not skilled enough and may have made a wrong diagnosis."
Mr. Mo has been with Zhao Lan since he was born and has always protected him. If there is anyone in this world who is good at identifying poisons, and Mr. Mo says he is second, then no one dares to say they are first.
Seven Flower Powder?
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