Enjoy the world

Not only Huang Cansheng, the owner of Honggang who fled to Fesuo Port from Mande Kingdom, can process dry abalone, but Hua Zhenxing can also. Since he was in elementary school, he not only read the recipes, but also received personal guidance from Old Man Yang.

Old man Yang said that this is a pleasant side dish, "It can only be eaten once in a while to cultivate one's temperament, observe the changes in the nature of things, and use the merits of the last year to get delicious food in the next year. The true meaning of not being hasty and not drying up after seven days is like the taste of life." , It doesn’t stop at the entrance for a moment.”

When Hua Zhenxing grew up, he always felt that Old Man Yang might be deceiving him. If you process, cook and taste it by yourself, you can really experience the process that the old man mentioned.

But many things here are often done by the chefs, and diners only enjoy the moment when the dishes are served. For example, in the grocery store, Hua Zhenxing was the chef and Old Man Yang was the diner. He also expressed his doubts to Yang Tehong.

Old Man Yang looked at the processed and juicy abalone that Xiaohua brought in front of him, as well as the specially prepared knives and forks beside the plate. He shook his head and said, "Bring it back to the kitchen, cut it up and serve it up." , pay attention to cutting it evenly! Aunt Ke said back then that if you don’t cut it straight, you won’t eat it.”

Hua Zhenxing wondered: "Who is Aunt Ke?"

Yang Tehong: "That's Master Ke's mother!"

Hua Zhenxing: "In terms of idioms, didn't you, the old man, also tell me 'square without cutting'?"

Old Man Yang glared and said, "These are two different things. Don't mess around! You've already served such a dish that requires so much effort, but you still have to cut it in the end, okay?"

Hua Zhenxing had no choice but to go back to the kitchen, pick up the knife and fork and cut it before sending it to Old Man Yang.

Old Man Yang ate several mouthfuls with great enjoyment, then put down his chopsticks and said, "What I once said is true. When I eat it, I will also taste the making process of this dish, and even more, I will taste the cooking of this dish." of you.

It’s like we savor what’s happening in the world, not just the moment in front of us. If you were really a chef, would you care about it? I’m afraid you’d just hope someone could say what I said back then, right? "

Old Man Yang is really good at deceiving! But recently, Huazhenxing has had a little impression, that is, when I saw the residents of Fesuogang checking in and swiping noodles, they only chose one type of noodles every day, making it feel like an ancient emperor flipping brands.

Can people taste the real taste of that signature bowl of fried noodles? Anyway, Hua Zhenxing is good at it. Whether some things and some words are just nonsense depends on your experience and realm.

There are also abalone on the rocks in the Feso Port area, especially near the mouth of the Beiso River. The locals do not eat it and will not eat it. Every year, Huazhenxing collects the best-looking fresh abalone and processes some runny dried abalone. The quantity is not large and is eaten by the family.

When it is ventilated and dried, there is no strange smell like the "Abalone House" that the ancients said, because this is not a shop selling fresh food. After the fresh abalone is shelled and cleaned, Huazhenxing ties it with cotton string and threads it into strings to dry, which has no smell.

In the small dry season between the two rainy seasons, you can just hang it directly in the shade of a tree. The temperature and humidity are quite suitable, but you must pay attention to the drying temperature. The meat of abalone is thick, and air-drying on the outside will form a protective layer to prevent air and bacteria from entering. However, if the inside is not completely dry, it will slowly ferment and become soggy.

There are many ingredients that must be fresh, such as bamboo shoots or matsutake mushrooms; there are also some ingredients that are more delicious than fresh after natural fermentation and have a natural freshness-enhancing process, such as shiitake mushrooms or scallops.

The dried soft-boiled abalone is amber in color, with a slight layer of white frost on the surface. The unique sweet smell is very light, and you have to get close to smell it.

When it's almost done, it needs to be placed in a cool, dry place for a period of time so that the soft drinks are still fermenting naturally, and then the production is complete. As long as the environment is suitable, the processed soft-boiled dried abalone can be stored for a long time, which is a bit like the raw material in tea.

When Mr. Feng came last time, he was sitting in the small courtyard having lunch. He saw two bunches of dried abalone hanging under the shade of a tree. They were almost dry and golden yellow with a slight frost on them. He was so greedy that his mouth watered.

Out of politeness, Hua Zhenxing told him politely that these soft-boiled abalones had not been processed yet, but there were processed abalones from last year and the year before in the grocery store. If they really wanted to cook them, the soft-boiled abalone from the year before last would taste better.

Unfortunately, it takes too long to make this dish, so it’s impossible to eat it on the same day. If Mr. Feng comes to play again next time, you can say hello a week in advance and you can have this dish then.

These are polite words but also true. It takes about a week to make this dish. The process of soaking in water and steaming takes several days. Adding various ingredients and simmering it in a crock pot takes another two days. Finally, it is ready. Prepare the sauce and serve it to the table.

Hua Zhen said it casually last year, but Mr. Feng became concerned about it.

But the message from Mr. Feng is also a reminder to Hua Zhenxing. After experiencing a period of busyness and a period of leisure, he seemed to have forgotten something, not the dish he promised last year, but his own feelings.

During the recent period, although he was not pushed by system tasks, he was still following the various things in front of him. Even though he had taken some time off, he seemed to have forgotten to take the initiative to regain a certain feeling.

All matters in the Klin District were on track, and there was no need for him to worry about it for the time being. Others were busy, so what was he doing every day?

In his mind, Zhenxingbang is only on the sand table. Except for the part of the road where he escorted Dr. Luo, he has never set foot in many other places. He doesn't even know that there are bamboo forests and wild ducks in the mountains.

The world he has seen since childhood is full of chaos and evil, so he is full of yearning and longing for the unknown and beautiful world. He couldn't just sit in a safe grocery store and look at the dangerous Feso Port outside the door, nor could he expect a few old people to arrange everything well. Huan Xiangguo was his own dream.

Apart from anything else, Chun Rong Dan was his own dream. The "Chun Rong Dan Refining Mission" has only found two medicinal materials so far. Are we waiting for these elixirs to pop out on their own?

After putting down his mobile phone, Hua Zhenxing began to pack his backpack, greeted the three elderly people, Manman and others, saying that he was going out for a few days.

After receiving the call, Old Man Yang went back to the grocery store that night and gave Hua Zhenxing a paper crane.

Old Man Yang didn't say much, he just asked Hua Zhenxing to take the paper crane with him and be careful not to lose it. It might protect him at a critical moment. But he also reminded that the paper crane may not be reliable, and you still have to rely on yourself for everything.

Hua Zhenxing was so convinced that he even brought a long stick and the wooden magpie he made.

The long stick was also processed by Hua Zhenxing himself, and he once used it to beat dogs - hyenas on the grassland. Later, the stick was used as a chisel by Teacher Ding Qi, who forcibly dug a deep tunnel into a rock. Later, it was brought back to the grocery store, and it is said that Old Man Yang processed it again.

Hua Zhenxing was very impressed when he picked up the stick. It looked like a long branch that had just been cut down. It was as thick as a walnut and the bark had not even been peeled off. But if you look closely, the bark seems to be integrated into the texture pattern of the wood, and it seems to have been formed by playing with the unique patina for many years. It is neither slippery nor astringent when held in the hand.

After shaking vigorously, the stick's elasticity was just right and it was extremely tough. It was no longer the same as the original stick.

He had learned how to sharpen wood some time ago, and he could refine the wood with his spiritual consciousness as soon as he took out the knife. But now he tried using the spiritual consciousness refining method and found that this was no longer a material that he could process or that he did not need to process it anymore. processing.

One end of the stick has a square tip, which doesn't look very sharp, but in Teacher Ding's hands it can be driven into rocks, and in Hua Zhenxing's hands it can be used as a spear.

Holding the stick in his hand at this moment, Hua Zhenxing had an inexplicable feeling that his strength had greatly increased. If he encountered the group of hyenas again, he was sure that he could defeat them all without throwing away grenades... This feeling is not right, so be careful. Okay, throw the grenade when it's time to throw it.

Hua Zhen went out with his stick. The starting point of his trip was the mouth of Beisuo River. He has been to this place before. During the heavy rainy season, in order to complete "System Task 6", he visited all the areas involved in the first and second phases of the Beisuo River Basin Transformation Project.

He first looked at the abalones on the rocks by the sea. They were in very good condition and growing well. He had so many things to do this year that he actually forgot to process the dried abalone, but it didn't matter, there was still stock in the grocery store.

Before going out, he took out a batch of soft-boiled abalone that had been processed the year before last. Tomman helped soak the hair in the past few days and explained in detail how to do it. Soaking hair doesn't require much skill, just being careful and responsible, of course Manman is fine. Even if Mr. Feng doesn't come, they can still eat by themselves.

Huazhenxing has been processing soft-boiled abalone every year for the past three years, but why didn’t they think of promoting it in Fesoport as well? Because soft-boiled abalone is not oily noodles, it is not a necessary thing in this place, and it cannot solve the problems faced here.

It is an ingredient that needs to be processed for several months. It will taste best after two years, and it takes another week to cook it when you eat it. Just like Hua Zhenxing wanted to promote the art of nourishing the body, but he did not intend to promote the art of shaping the face.

It is the small dry season now, and the mouth of the Beisuo River can no longer be seen, but if you look closely, you can still find the water flow. Small streams of water as thin as sticks spread widely, meandering through the grass.

If it were this time in previous years, there would have been very few flows, but this year it has increased significantly because the entire basin has changed.

This change is inadvertent. If you don't search and compare deliberately, you won't notice it when you walk here. Hua Zhenxing walked westward with a stick, stopping at intervals to release the wooden magpies and record data on the temperature, humidity, and airflow in the atmosphere at different altitudes.

Huanxiang Industrial R\u0026D Department needs these data and has set up many sampling points to collect them regularly. Huazhenxing was helping them improve it and at the same time record the accurate date of surveying and mapping.

It is difficult to predict changes in the climate of a river basin. Using supercomputer simulation also requires three prerequisites: computing power, algorithm models and original data. Without original data, nothing can be done. For Hua Zhenxing himself, by recording these, he can also grasp the changes in this area in time in his mental image of the soul.

He wants to go all the way west from here, first to the valley where the reservoir will be built, and then continue westward through the valley, climbing over several mountains. The destination is the place circled by Mr. Feng on the map. The straight-line distance is about eight miles. ten kilometers.

It sounds like it's not far away. Hua Zhen is about to comprehensively inspect the planned Beisuo River Basin and reach places he has never set foot in before. It's like continuing to open up the infinite unknowns in this world.

After sending Dr. Luo away, Hua Zhenxing had experienced this feeling on the way back to Fiso Port. At that time, he had a longing. Since he was a child, Old Man Yang or Uncle Mo would take him on trips, but now he can explore on his own.

But after returning to Fiso Port, a series of things happened, and I forgot about this idea, and only now I regained the feeling. Walking in your own world, the distance is a world that has never been opened but will be reached.

Just a few kilometers westward from the coastline, Hua Zhenxing stopped because the "Chunrong Dan refining mission" suddenly responded.