Luo Xiuyan also saw the cicadas in the water. She couldn't help but sip her saliva and said, "I want to eat cicada tofu."
"Is it delicious?" Tian Cai had never eaten it. She only heard her grandfather say that cicadas were delicious, but she really didn't know how delicious they were.
"Delicious!" Luo Xiuyan nodded vigorously. It had been several years since her family last ate it. At that time, her second sister-in-law was pregnant and insisted on having it. Her second brother spent a whole day to grab a bowl of it. Her mother cooked it for her. Luo Xiuyan also grabbed a bowl to try it at that time. It was really a delicacy.
Tian Cai imagined it. He had never eaten crayfish stewed with tofu, but crayfish stewed with tofu was similar to it. How delicious could crayfish stewed with tofu be? It should be just okay. Anyway, people at that time had not eaten many good foods.
Seeing Tian Cai's indifferent expression, Luo Xiuyan said, "Crayfish tofu is not just a simple stew of crayfish and tofu. It takes a lot of effort to make. Otherwise, my mother wouldn't want to make it!"
To make this crayfish tofu, you must first remove the crayfish shell and sand thread, then put it in a stone mortar and crush it and filter it, filter it several times with fine gauze, and set the filtered crayfish juice aside for later use.
Heat oil in a hot pan and add ginger slices to stir-fry, add water, and when the water boils, add crayfish juice and egg white. After a while, you will see pink and white flowers floating in the pan. Add some salt to season, and sprinkle some chopped green onions in. That's it.
"The soup was a blend of the aroma of crayfish and chopped green onions, and it wasn't fishy at all. Later, when I asked my mother to make it again, she said it was too much trouble and that I should wait until I got engaged to meet my in-laws."
After hearing her description, Tian Cai felt that the crayfish tofu was more like a soup, and he felt that the taste should be right. "How about we grab some and try it when we get back?"
Luo Xiuyan immediately smiled and nodded in agreement, but then thought about the current season and held back, "No, it's only May, the season when crayfish are giving birth. My grandfather said we can't catch crayfish at this time, it's against the harmony of nature."
Although people at that time didn't understand sustainable development, they all knew how to fish in a dry pond. There was also the village rule of cutting down as many trees as possible and planting as many. But when it came to planting trees, it seemed she hadn't done it yet. "I have to go plant trees on the south slope this afternoon. I haven't replanted the ones I cut down last year yet."
The Luo family had completed the work last month, while Tian Cai was busy tending to his own vegetable garden.
The two hurried back home. Tian Cai simply heated up a pancake and ate some pickles for lunch, and poured the medicinal herbs in the bamboo basket into the bamboo winnowing basket in the backyard.
In the past, if she had cleaned it up and poured the herbs on top, she wouldn't have to worry about it. But this time, Tian Cai didn't dare to be careless. The price of Gastrodia elata was too high, and she didn't dare to take the risk. If someone she knew stole it, she would be heartbroken.
Tian Cai dragged the bamboo winnowing basket used to dry the medicinal herbs into the firewood shed in the backyard, so that no one could see it unless they came over on purpose. After seeing that there was no problem, he hung the door again, carried the bucket and medicine hoe, and went up the mountain.
Tian Cai thought it would be better to plant more trees than just once, so he decided to plant this year's trees as well. He found ten saplings and planted them separately. He then went to the mountain stream to fetch a bucket of water and watered them thoroughly. Of course, in order to prevent these saplings from dying, he added dew to the water.
Tian Cai had saved several small bottles of dew before. After using them to make medicine, plant trees and grow vegetables over this period of time, only half a bottle was left. She used the remaining bottle to store dew for the second stage, and saved a small bottle as well.
Other people plant trees in March and April, and she didn't know if it would be too late to plant in May. Tian Cai was afraid that the trees would not survive, so she simply brought the dew along. She had made a small cloth bag for herself before, and although it couldn't be used for other things, it was enough to hold some common medicines.
Looking at the sky, it shouldn't be too late, and now that the days are long, she has more time to wander around the mountain. Tian Cai carried the shovel and the bucket and walked a little further in. She wanted to try to catch a fish, but the mountain stream she and Luo Xiujuan encountered before was too small. It was full of small fish and shrimps, and there was nothing edible.
As a result, Tian Cai saw a lot of medicinal herbs on the way in. He couldn't help but dig out all the ones he could use. He didn't bring a bamboo basket or anything, so he had to put them in a bucket temporarily. There were dense woods all around, and ordinary people had no way to identify the direction, but these were not a problem for Tian Cai.
After crossing another hill, Tian Cai heard a sound ahead. She hid the bucket aside and carefully carried the shovel and walked towards the direction of the sound.
After making sure that there was only one person in front of him, Tian Cai pushed aside the bushes and walked over.
The person holding the tree trunk was a familiar face, the handsome boy from the Qin family.
"Qinling?" Tian Cai put away the dagger in his hand and frowned at his bloody calf. "Are you injured?"
She didn't know if this man had a conflict with the woods. She had met him twice in the mountains here. She almost lost her life the first time, and the second time was not much better.
The man saw that Tian Cai's tense expression had also slightly relaxed. He was silent for a moment before saying, "I accidentally stepped into a trap."
Tian Cai paused. A trap?
She looked around and the more she looked, the more familiar this place seemed to her. She felt a little guilty for some reason and said tentatively, "It's a good thing you managed to get out of such a deep trap."
"Not deep." Qin Ling's eyelashes were like small fans. She fanned herself twice, pursed her pale lips, and didn't want to talk anymore.
Tian Cai didn't dare to ask any more questions. She squatted down to check his injured leg. She saw that there was a cut about 20 centimeters long on his right leg from the ankle to the top, and part of the bamboo was still stuck in the flesh and could not be pulled out.
The other leg wasn't much better, with several scratches on the thigh.
Tian Cai: “…”
She felt even more guilty. The more she looked at it, the more it looked like the bamboo slips in her trap. She had always sharpened one side and stuck it upside down at the bottom. Later, when the snow fell heavily, she stopped going there, thinking that it might have been broken by something and she just left it there. Besides, few people went into the mountains, so she didn't expect something like this to happen.
Tian Cai only brought dew today and no medicine, so he didn't dare to pull out the bamboo strips directly, in case it caused secondary damage.
"I don't have any medicine on me, let me help you go back first." Tian Cai found a flexible vine and tied a knot on Qin Ling's thigh, hoping to slow down the blood flow. Then he helped him up and helped him walk back.
A pair of soft hands suddenly grabbed his arms. Qin Ling's usually indifferent and expressionless face froze, and he felt that his legs were a little unable to move. It was the first time he was so close to a girl.
The last time doesn’t count. I was unconscious last time and didn’t know anything.
Tian Cai originally intended to put his arm around his neck and support him as he walked, but for some reason this man just refused to move towards him, and Tian Cai felt awkward after walking a few steps.
"I might as well just carry you down." Tian Cai had to hold the shovel in his other hand. It was too tiring to walk like this, and they wouldn't get home until midnight.
Qin Ling refused. He didn't think his injuries were that serious and he could walk on his own.
The two of them walked awkwardly for a while, and when they arrived at the place where Tian Cai had hidden the bucket, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she asked Qin Ling to help him carry the bucket and shovel, and she half-knelt down and easily carried him on her back.
Tian Cai didn't see that at that moment Qin Ling's eyelashes were like a frightened rabbit, and his ears turned completely red.
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