Su Tian woke up at three in the afternoon. She put on her basket, walked over to the male educated youth, and asked them if they wanted to go up the mountain together.
Everyone had nothing to do and wanted to go together. Zhou Dajun and the other old educated youths led Su Tian and the others into the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms. They had eaten seafood yesterday, so today they wanted to try something different and eat mountain delicacies.
Su Tian just wanted to see if there were any herbs she could dig up. She had a vague feeling that she was getting internal heat and wanted to dig up some herbs to dispel the dampness and heat.
The mountains in Qinzhou Town are green all year round. Although it is more than halfway through August, wild vegetables can be seen everywhere, but there are not many mushrooms. Most of them have been dug up by the villagers. You can only pick mushrooms if you go deeper into the mountains.
There are many kinds of mushrooms, but most of them are poisonous. The older generation of educated youth knew only a few kinds that were edible, and dared not pick the others.
Su Tian was only so-so when it came to identifying mushrooms; she could only follow in their footsteps. She occasionally dug up plantain.
Boiling plantain with soybeans and drinking the resulting decoction can clear heat and improve eyesight, and can also clear heat and reduce fire. It can be used to treat eye discomfort such as red, swollen, and painful eyes, and excessive tearing. It has a good relieving effect on symptoms such as red, swollen, hot, and painful eyes caused by internal heat toxins. It is also often used in combination with chrysanthemum, cassia seed, etc.
Chen Gang, that unlucky fellow, often picked poisonous mushrooms. Zhou Dajun taught him for a long time, but he still picked poisonous ones. If it weren't for the fear that he would be poisoned to death and implicate the people at the educated youth settlement, we really wouldn't care about him; we'd rather he just poison himself.
Look at the others. Apart from Chen Gang, the newcomers Liu Jianfeng and Qi Jianming are gradually finding their way. Only Chen Gang is dragging everyone down. He's useless at everything except eating. Luckily, we separated him and put him to work on his own.
Besides wild vegetables and mushrooms, the mountains also have pheasants and rabbits, as well as snakes, wild boars, and so on. The place Su Tian and her group came from wasn't deep in the mountains, where wild boars generally don't appear, so it was relatively safe.
Zhou Dajun and his group went up the mountain hoping to try their luck and catch some pheasants or rabbits. They had only eaten meat once in the past month, which Su Tian had given them, and they hadn't eaten any since. Everyone's mouths were very bland, and they were really craving meat.
However, pheasants and rabbits are not so easy to catch. When Zhou Dajun and his team go up the mountain, they probably don't even see a feather nine out of ten times. There was even one time when they had a pheasant right in front of them but still couldn't catch it.
This time, we were really lucky. First we encountered pheasants, and then we encountered rabbits.
Xu Wen discovered the rabbit. After they found it, everyone tried to surround it, but the rabbit darted around and plunged into a small hole.
Seeing this, Su Tian immediately picked up a pebble from the ground and quickly shot it out. With a thud, the rabbit fainted outside the burrow.
Having caught the rabbit, everyone happily prepared to return to the educated youth settlement. However, on their way down the mountain, they encountered pheasants again, this time scurrying about. Su Tian threw stones at the pheasant, and it fell to the ground again.
"Su Tian, you're amazing! You hit the target so accurately with a stone. You're the one who caught these pheasants and rabbits. You can take them back," Zhou Dajun said.
Everyone admired Su Tian. She was capable of working, catching human traffickers, and hunting wild animals. Her superb skills made her seem like a martial arts hero from a wuxia novel.
"It's just luck. Everyone gets a share of the pheasant and rabbit, so let's eat together."
They wandered around for a while longer, and when they saw that there was nothing else to pick on the mountain, they decided to return.
Back at the educated youth settlement, Xu Wen cooked rice while Ma Junjie boiled water and killed chickens. The wild rabbits were lively and energetic; they were tied up and placed in the woodshed to be eaten the next day.
Ma Junjie killed the chicken and called Zheng Yuanyuan to cook. Her grandfather and father were both chefs, and she had been learning to cook since she was a child.
Normally, Zheng Yuanyuan follows the rules everyone agrees on, only taking action when faced with special ingredients. This time, it's chicken, which she hasn't had in a long time, and she wants to make it delicious and bring out its best qualities.
She asked Ma Junjie to cut the chicken in half, use one half to make soup, and cut the other half into pieces to stir-fry with mushrooms.
Xie Qiuying went to the vegetable garden and picked white radishes and potatoes. She used the white radishes to make chicken soup, and stir-fried and stewed the potatoes and mushrooms with the chicken.
Wash a few more bunches of bok choy and make them into white peony bok choy, then stir-fry a pumpkin. That's just enough for this many people.
After working for an hour, they could finally eat. The white radish and chicken soup was exceptionally delicious, and the white radish was smooth and refreshing.
The pheasant stew with mushrooms and potatoes was delicious; the fresh mushrooms were incredibly tender and flavorful. Everyone raved about it, praising Zheng Yuanyuan's culinary skills. The pheasant stew with mushrooms and potatoes, in particular, was unforgettable.
After eating and drinking their fill, the food was completely devoured, and even the white radish and chicken soup was gone. Everyone sat down in their chairs, their faces beaming with happiness.
After dinner, everyone sat around in the courtyard, admiring the starry night sky. Su Tian remarked on how simple and beautiful life was here. They felt they could wake up smiling from a dream after such a meal with meat.
Chen Gang and He Hua weren't invited to this meal because Su Tian didn't want to give that scoundrel a free meal. So, they weren't included in the brothel feast and had to watch.
The two of them could only cook when the stove was empty.
"Brother Chen Gang, how about we get married? We can move to an empty house after the wedding and hire someone to build a stove."
When Chen Gang heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He had no desire to get married at all. He was no good at work, had no money, and couldn't afford to support He Hua.
Besides, He Hua had become like a country girl, and he didn't want to be with her day and night. He still wanted to win back Su Tian's heart and be with her.
I believe that I won't starve to death after being with Su Tian.
Thinking this to himself, he didn't dare say it out loud, and could only coax He Hua, "He Hua, we have nothing right now, let's not get married yet."
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