Chapter 145 Today we have mutton pilaf
Yanggou Village is backed by mountains with many bamboos growing on them, which can be called a bamboo sea.
The old people in the village said that there were pandas in their area in the past.
But I haven't seen any pandas in decades.
There are so many bamboos on the mountain that no one can cut them all. This is not anyone's mountain. If any villager wants to use bamboo, he or she can just take a machete and go up the mountain. Many people's household utensils are made of bamboo.
Yang Guojun said that when they were young, they would use bamboo to make bows and arrows. Bamboo is not easy to bend, but if you roast it over fire and bend it a little bit, and then fix it into the desired shape, it will become very hard.
Using bamboo to make mats is also a tradition in the village. In the past, every household used bamboo to make mats. Who would spend money to buy them?
It’s just that now young people are away from home, and every household has enough mats, so fewer people make mats.
The homestay in Haotang Village has been built and is currently undergoing formaldehyde removal. Xia Wu wanted to add some Harajuku style to the homestay, so he wanted to make some wicker utensils, and Yang Guojun was an expert in this area.
He can make bamboo hats, bamboo mats, and straw raincoats. He can also use bamboo strips to weave small animals such as rabbits, chickens, and grasshoppers. He is simply an all-round master.
Xia Wu really likes her father's skills. Although she is already in her twenties, she still can't resist bamboo weaving animals. Not only does she want to shoot a video about it, she also wants to learn how to weave bamboo.
Yang Guojun is completely unreserved towards her. Does his daughter like it? All is satisfied!
So there are all kinds of bamboo hats, bamboo baskets, baskets and other carrying utensils in the house, as well as bamboo bags, rattan cushions, and straw shoes.
Even the straw sandals woven by Liu Bei were no problem for Yang Guojun, he could handle them all.
Yang Guojun is very clever and has no experience in bamboo weaving. He has come up with many of them on his own. For example, when Xia Wu held Bugs Bunny and asked him if he could weave a bamboo rabbit, Yang Guojun agreed immediately: "Yes!"
In fact, he didn't know how to make it at all. It took him two days of research to finally make a bamboo rabbit. The bamboo rabbit was lifelike, and its red eyes were made of the red beads that Liu Guizhen used to string curtains. Its ears were also woven from bamboo, but with two bamboo leaves inserted in them. It looked very cute.
Xia Wu couldn't let go of the bamboo-woven rabbit and even posted it on her Moments to show off. Yang Guofeng was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. Seeing that his daughter liked it, he continued to indulge in bamboo weaving.
Annie said that there were no cool mats abroad and she wanted to let her family see the power of cool mats, so she bought two cool mats. Xia Wu also gave her a few pairs of straw sandals that he had just learned to make. The cool mats cost 200 yuan, and the international shipping fee was several times that.
But it was obvious that Anne didn't care about the shipping fee.
She also asked Xia Wu to buy a lot of products from Yantou Mountain, such as various jams and honey produced on the mountain. If buffalo milk could not be stored for a long time and sent by mail, she also wanted to let her family taste buffalo milk, which is completely different from dairy milk.
Ji Yunzhou comes to Yantou Mountain every day, so Annie, as his companion, naturally has to leave. She has been on the mountain for a long time and is full of love for every tree and blade of grass here.
"A sheep fell to death? Okay, it's okay, I get it. Take the sheep to the well and the courtyard. It will be a snack today."
Xia Wu hung up the phone and said to her mother, "Let's not cook lunch at home. Let's go eat in the mountains. Uncle Zhao Shun just called me and said a lamb ran into a mountain stream and accidentally fell to its death."
Xia Wu bought dozens of buffaloes in the mountains and hired someone to manage them. Master Yang Si was an expert in raising cattle. There was also a father and son who were distant relatives of Master Yang Si. The father was named Zhao Shun and the son was named Zhao Heng. Like Yang Hongwen, Zhao Heng had a tendency to be autistic and was not well socialized.
Since the father and son were able to endure the pain of herding cattle, Xia Wu recruited them into the villa and made them formal employees, paying them 4,500 yuan each, plus five insurances and one fund.
Zhao Shun and Zhao Heng couldn't find a job before and relied on subsistence allowances for only a few hundred yuan a month. Now they work in the mountains with free food and accommodation. With the high temperature allowance and other benefits, they can earn 10,000 yuan a month. They almost regard Xia Wu as their reincarnated benefactor.
In addition to taking care of the cattle, they also offered to raise sheep in the mountains so that they could sell the sheep and make money in winter.
Xia Wu followed their advice and spent 10,000 yuan to buy dozens of sheep to raise on the mountain. The big dog Weifeng, who was adopted from the construction site, also worked on the cattle farm.
I've only been raising it for a month, and I didn't expect a sheep to fall and die.
But this is normal. After all, it is on the mountain. The mountains over there are connected to each other and blocked by vegetation. People cannot pass from the side, so Xia Wu did not think about taking any protection.
It seems that some protective measures are still necessary.
At this time, Ji Yunzhou was still doing rehabilitation training. Xia Wu sent him a message directly, asking him to come to the mountain to eat mutton after he was done.
Ji Yunzhou set a special reminder tone for Xia Wu. As soon as the tone sounded, he finished a set of exercises and reached for his phone. Annie handed him the phone and glanced at the clock. "Mr. Ji, you still need to train for another half an hour."
"I know," Ji Yunzhou was only wearing a sweatshirt, and his thin upper body muscles could be clearly seen.
He looks much healthier now than when he had just had the operation.
Ji Yunzhou replied to Xia Wu, and Annie asked him, "Mr. Ji, are you going outside soon?"
"Well, let's go eat mutton. Xiao Wu asked if you want to go."
Anne gave him a genuine smile and nodded, "I'll go, thank you."
The lamb was no more than half a year old, and its fur had been processed. When it was weighed, it weighed only over 70 kilograms.
Such tender lamb tastes delicious no matter how you eat it.
There were carrots planted on the mountain, and Wang Yuexia wanted to make a pot of mutton pilaf, which received support from the vast majority of people.
Some parts that are difficult to make into pilaf are picked out and kept for stewing soup, and the rest are made into pilaf. When it is particularly hot at noon, the employees do not work, but stay in the small courtyard by the well to cool off and do some indoor work.
Fortunately, when the courtyard with the well was built, it was built relatively large, and could easily accommodate dozens of people. There were mats laid under the corridor, and everyone sat or lay down, chatting while working, and it was very comfortable.
Zhao Jing and Yang Shuhua were the center of attention. When they started dating, the villagers were gossiping about it and were curious about when they would get married, as there hadn't been a wedding in the village for several years.
Yang Shuhua smiled from ear to ear and said, "Just listen to Jingjing," while looking at Zhao Jing. The young couple couldn't look at each other. Once they looked at each other, it was like a bolt of lightning and fire. The way they exchanged glances was particularly eye-catching. No wonder they couldn't hide their relationship.
Compared to Yang Shuhua's shyness, Zhao Jing was quite calm and confident. "He hasn't passed my assessment yet. When he does, we'll get married. You all will have to contribute to the wedding. Don't worry."
Her words were so rude that the villagers all laughed.
Shi Hongniang smiled and said, "You are such a shameless girl. Don't worry, when you get married, I will embroider a red blanket for you and guarantee that you two will have a prosperous life together!"
"Okay, I'll wait!"
"Jingjing, how did you two start dating? Who's pursuing whom?"
Finally someone asked the question, and Yang Shuhua rushed to answer, "Is there even a need to ask? Of course I was the one pursuing her!"
It is only natural to fall in love with Zhao Jing. They grew up in the same village and knew each other when they were young. They rekindled their relationship when they grew up and had common topics. Zhao Jing has a lot of advantages. They are of the same age, so it was only a matter of time before they fell in love.
"You are so lucky to have found a good girl like Jingjing."
Zhao Jing smiled without saying anything and exchanged a glance with Xia Wu. The two girls formed a united front and knew the truth very well.
Zhao Jing had liked Yang Shuhua a long time ago. After they returned to the village, they worked under Xia Wu. Zhao Jing asked Xia Wu to create opportunities for them to meet and interact, which led to today.
As for why she liked Yang Shuhua, Zhao Jing told Xia Wu that Yang Shuhua was a mischievous child, fair-skinned, and unruly in class, but he was good at math and sports. Once, during a school cleaning, students were asked to bring cleaning tools from home. On the way, they encountered a drunk man who had accidentally fallen into the river while riding his bicycle.
At that time, there were only elementary school students like them on the road. The drunk man was mumbling and no one could hear what he was saying. The children were afraid and did not dare to step forward. At the critical moment, Yang Shuhua stepped forward. While asking the children to call adults, he handed the other end of the shovel to the drunk man to pull him up.
Zhao Jing also went up to help. Finally, the children worked together to pull the drunk man up. The adults rushed over to pull the bicycle out and urged the children to go to school.
Yang Shuhua may have forgotten this incident, but Zhao Jing always remembered it. She began to pay attention to Yang Shuhua's every move. Even though he was naughty, it could not cover up his kind and enthusiastic nature.
When she was twelve or thirteen years old, Zhao Jing thought about confessing her love, but she was too introverted at that time. After hesitating, she buried the love letter under a tree. Her brother dug it out and showed it to her parents, which made her even more afraid to confess her love.
Later, the two people drifted apart. Yang Shuhua had better academic performance than her and was admitted to university, while Zhao Jing was admitted to junior college. If they had not returned to their hometown and met on Xia Wu's hilltop, it is estimated that they would never have had the chance to cross each other's paths.
Both of them have grown up, but Zhao Jing still feels moved when she meets Yang Shuhua again.
Even though others thought Yang Shuhua was a failure as a college student who was unemployed and had returned to his hometown for recuperation, Zhao Jing still remembered that he was a brave, decisive and kind boy who was different from other children.
Who says girls can't take the initiative? She learned from Xia Wu to disguise herself with frankness, but she was still shy inside. Fortunately, the fool Yang Shuhua took the initiative to fall into her love trap and thought he was the winner.
But there was no need to let him know about such things. Zhao Jing showed a shy and happy smile and winked at Xia Wu tacitly.
Wang Yuexia is a good cook, and her lamb chop pilaf is simply delicious. You can smell the aroma of the lamb chop pilaf even before it is cooked.
Seeing Jiang Xun's figure from afar, Yang Shuhua was a little surprised. "Dr. Jiang, long time no see. Where have you been these days?"
Jiang Xun's legs were covered in mud. He was carrying a large bag on his back, half a person's height. Yang Shuhua helped him unload the bag. Jiang Xun sat down on a stone pier, his lips turning white with thirst. "Is there any water? Give me some first."
Someone was quick-eyed and quick-handed and had already prepared some water and handed it to him. Jiang Xun gulped down most of it.
Xia Wu said worriedly, "I thought you left. You looked like you went into the mountains. Next time you do this, leave a message first. Otherwise, what if something happens to you in the mountains?"
Jiang Xun waved his hand. "Don't worry about me. I have a satellite phone with me. I'm a professional when it comes to mountaineering. Besides, I didn't plan to be gone for a few days. I just wanted to take a look around and come back. Hey, guess what I found?"
There was a different light flashing in Jiang Xun's eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin, obviously he was very happy.
"I discovered the purple fir in Zimu Mountain. This tree is extremely rare and endangered. I thought there were only a few, but as I dug deeper into the mountains, I discovered about fifteen. I must report this quickly to the higher authorities so they can number and protect it."
"In addition to these purple fir trees, I also discovered some wild animals that have been rare in recent years. It seems that the ecological environment of this mountain range is very good, but we must also be wary of poachers." Jiang Xun frowned at this point. "When I was tracking the pearly pheasant, I found traces of poachers. I was afraid that they would harm the animals, so I followed them for a few days. I just came back now."
Jiang Xun's words stunned everyone. They had never heard of purple fir and pearl pheasant.
"You're worthy of being a doctor, so amazing!"
"Yes! You know so much!"
"So what are you going to do now? Is there anything we can do to help?"
Jiang Xun smiled and said, "It's okay. You don't need to help me. The government will take care of it after we report it. And it will be good for you too."
If the Zimu Mountains are listed as a protected site, surrounding villages will receive subsidies and forest rangers will be posted to protect the mountains.
"That's good. Poachers, we haven't heard of poachers in a long time. There used to be quite a lot of them, but now that life is better, who would still poach?"
Normal people in the village think so, but there are some petty thieves in this world who don't want to get rich through hard work, but only want to take shortcuts.
Jiang Xun rubbed his stomach. "What is Sister Wang cooking? It smells so good. Do you have anything to fill my stomach first? I'm starving."
Wang Yuexia heard this and shouted, "Dr. Jiang, please wait a few minutes. The meal will be ready soon. We're making lamb chop pilaf today. You're really lucky!"
The lamb on the mountain fell to its death. Although it sounds tragic, it benefited everyone on the mountain, so it was not died in vain.
Ji Yunzhou arrived before dinner started. Jiang Xun had done a great job. Wang Yuexia first served Jiang Xun a bowl of mutton soup, and then filled a plate of mutton rice for him. "Dr. Jiang, eat quickly!"
Jiang Xun was no longer polite and started to eat with relish.
"Xiao Wu, where is Xiao Meng? Why didn't she come back for dinner?"
Liu Guizhen looked around the yard but didn't see Xia Meng. Unconsciously, Xia Meng had been staying at their house for some time, and no other members of the Xia family came to visit.
On the contrary, Liu Guizhen was used to Xia Meng's presence and started looking for her as soon as it was time for dinner.
Xia Wu turned around and didn't see Xia Meng. But when he saw that the children hadn't come to eat, he guessed that they were having too much fun outside, so he sent a message to tell them that it was time for dinner and to come back quickly, otherwise the food would be gone if they came back too late.
Xia Meng, her calves covered in mud, played with a group of village children by the lotus pond at the foot of Zimu Mountain. She glanced at her phone and yelled, "Hurry back! The meal is almost finished!"
He no longer had the arrogant look he had when he first arrived.
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