Chapter 35 Snail
Seeing several people queuing up to register at the gate of the military camp, he walked over to queue up and looked around the camp. It looked like a temporary camp, but the tents were more luxurious than the previous ones. It seemed that this was where the commander was staying.
"Hey, hey, what's your name?"
"Gu Chengze." He immediately put away his thoughts.
"Let me see your household registration. Hmm, you're a new resident. I see. Which camp do you want to go to?"
"Vanguard Battalion."
"What? Are you sure?" No one has come to register for the Vanguard Camp in the past few days.
"Sure." There is only a chance in the vanguard camp.
"If you're sure, I'll sign your name. It won't be possible to regret it later."
"Sure."
"Okay, here you go. Report to the Vanguard Battalion. Keep going to the right. Someone will tell you where to go when you get there."
Gu Chengze took the household registration and walked to the right, passing through a number of tents. There didn't seem to be many people there, so they must have gone for early morning training.
Walking further, I saw a sign that said Vanguard Camp, and there were two people holding hands there. When they saw Gu Chengze coming, they walked forward.
"Which battalion are you from? Why are you here?" It's training time now, why are you here at this time?
"I'm a new recruit reporting in."
"What?" He looked at the weak-looking boy in front of him. He was from the Vanguard Battalion? "Are you sure you want to come here?" They hadn't seen anyone from the Vanguard Battalion for a long time. With only this one person coming in such a long time, he didn't know if the other battalion commanders would go crazy trying to grab him.
"Yes." Although he knew that almost no one was willing to go to the vanguard camp, it was not so unbelievable.
"Wait here for a moment." Then he ran away quickly.
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At this time, Li Zheng looked at the somewhat empty yard. Why did it feel so empty without one person? She quickly shook her head and turned to go to the vegetable market. She remembered that it was April and there should be some fresh food. She wondered if there would be any fresh river or seafood!
When they arrived at the vegetable market, they saw that it was no different from any other place. "Hey, Miss A Zheng, you are here. Do you want any shrimps today? I caught these from the river early this morning." Everyone in the area knew Miss A Zheng. She came here every morning, and it was said that she opened a food shop at home.
"Yes, weigh it for me." Seeing the shrimps jumping around, Gu Chengze took the shrimp paste away and made some more today.
"Uncle Wang, do you have any new things recently?"
"What a new thing! There are crabs now, but they won't get fat until June." The girl who runs a food store must get some and go back to collect some.
"I heard there are some snails in the river now?" Doesn't the old man know either?
"Oh, Miss Azheng, who told you that? Maybe they are lying. This stuff is used to feed chickens in our countryside." Someone had eaten this stuff before, and it tasted sandy and fishy.
"Really? Uncle, can you bring me some?" Feed the chickens? They probably won't eat it.
"Miss Zheng, are you sure you want it? No one's going to eat it." Uncle Wang was a little scared. What if they didn't want it after catching it? Wouldn't that be...
"Yes, I want it. Uncle, please give me 50 kilograms tomorrow and I'll give you 20 cents as a deposit." She also knew that in this kind of thing, you have to pay a deposit first to make people trust you.
Uncle Wang looked at the twenty cents in his hand. It didn't matter if he didn't want the money. There were plenty of those things anyway, and they were not worth much money. At most, it would take some time. Besides, he could just let the boys at home go, and it wouldn't delay anything.
"Okay, Miss Zheng, just come by this time tomorrow and I'll definitely bring it to you."
I feel happy when I think about eating snails tomorrow. It would be great if I could eat snail noodles. But I don’t know how to make the noodles, and I also have to get sour bamboo shoots, and I don’t know if there are any fresh bamboo shoots at this time.
Gu Chengze was holding the large bag Li Zheng had given him. He had put some of it in his space, otherwise the bag would have been bigger than him. The soldier said he was going to the Eighth Battalion's tent. When he arrived at the entrance, he looked inside and saw that seven beds were occupied, with three empty. He chose a bed near the inside, made it, put his things away, and sat down to meditate. In this military camp, strength was everything, and he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.
The next day, Li Zheng took the snails back from Uncle Wang and bought them for two pounds for one penny. He said he would deliver another fifty pounds the next day. She wanted to eat them today, so she put some salt in the snails to help them spit out the sand quickly.
Seeing that the sand was almost spit out, she quickly prepared onions, ginger, garlic and spices, but she ground the spices into powder. After all, she still had to make money and also had to take precautions.
After preparing the skewers in the afternoon, I started stir-frying the snails. I put on some oil, added onions, ginger, and garlic, and sautéed them until fragrant. After that, I added the snails and began stir-frying. I added spice powder to enhance the flavor, added some wine to remove the fishy smell, and finally added salt and cornel to stir-fry for a while. The snails are still delicious when spicy, but after all, they are sold to students, so no matter how spicy they are, they can't be too spicy. That's just her. Can others stir-fry 50 kilograms of snails at once?
That afternoon, the window of the shop was open as usual, but Li Zheng added a line of words on the small blackboard: Fried snails, five cents per serving.
"Sister, I'm back. What is this?" Can those hard things be eaten?
"Brother Bao, try some. This is snail. Come, sister will teach you how to eat it. Just put it in your mouth and suck it out." She scooped a bowl for him and asked him to eat it while standing as a living sign.
"Sister Zheng, what is this?"
"Oh, it's you. These are snails. Do you want some? They're delicious, but a little spicy." She also knew the little fat boy Cheng Jun. He came to buy them every day. His father was a bodyguard and his family had some money.
"Okay, I want five pounds." Anyway, everything Sister Zheng cooks is delicious. If it's not delicious, let his father eat it.
Although Bao Ge'er was a living sign, after all, only the chicken feeder in the village knew about it, so not many people bought it. But she didn't care. In a few days, more people would come to buy it. After all, fried snails are a snack that can be found everywhere, so it's impossible not to be popular. You can tell by the way Bao Ge'er's mouth is red from eating it, but he still wants more.
When little fat boy Cheng Jun returned home, he quickly put the snails on the table and prepared to eat them. He had just eaten a few on the way and his mouth was numb after eating them, but the taste was really good, except that there was a little less meat.
"What did you buy again, kid?" This brat has been obsessed with eating skewers recently, but I didn't say anything after seeing him eat the vegetables. However, the smell today is different from before.
"Dad, these are snails, they are delicious, try them." He had to coax his father, otherwise he would have less pocket money.
"Here... okay, I'll try it." Isn't this just chicken feed? This kid must have been tricked. However, seeing his son's expectant look, he still took one and tried it.
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