Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Occasionally there was the snapping sound of firewood being burned outside the house, and the old-fashioned fan in the house made a squeaking sound every time it turned.

The wind blowing out was warm, and the sunlight from outside spilled into the house through the open door.

Zhao Yeqing didn't know when he fell asleep. When he opened his eyes, Mu Xi was no longer on the bench, and no one was seen outside the room.

Two sticks and snow cakes were also missing.

There is a cup of warm herbal tea on the table.

She didn't like to drink warm water the most, either cold or hot. Drinking warm water always made her feel indescribably uncomfortable.

It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and she remembered what Mu Xi had said at noon, asking her to repay the favor of saving her life.

I looked around in the kitchen and didn't know what to cook.

The weather is too hot, and the chicken soup stewed with matsutake mushrooms is a bit too nutritious, and the stir-fried wild boar meat is not good. The taste of wild boar meat is too overbearing and will cover up the aroma of matsutake.

The best way to eat it is the original pan-fried version.

It's a pity that I don't have butter at home. Although butter has aroma, it complements the aroma of matsutake.

Now you can only make do with vegetable oil, and it is best not to use rapeseed oil. The aroma is too strong, so use odorless vegetable oil such as corn oil to retain the original taste.

Just pan-fried matsutake mushrooms is definitely not enough.

Zhao Yeqing saw several bags of ribs in the freezer and took one out to thaw.

She plans to make a braised pork ribs with eggplant and beans.

This dish was her first trip to the north. A friend from the north took her to a restaurant, and the first dish served was this. It was a huge plate, which deeply shocked her soul.

She walked to the small vegetable garden. Now the fruits and vegetables have begun to bear fruit one after another. The first batch of tomatoes have begun to turn red. Some eggplants have grown early and are about ten centimeters tall. She originally planned to raise more. , those that were picked after getting bigger can only be sacrificed now.

The eggplants you grow yourself are not likely to grow into the big, bulging eggplants found in the vegetable market, and will be slightly smaller in size.

The large vegetable garden is also lush and green, which makes me feel good when I look at it. Plus, I cultivated it myself, which gives me an even greater sense of accomplishment.

The beans were still very tender, and only a few could barely be picked off. She turned the cowpea and string bean racks several times, and the two together barely made up for a meal.

Sweet potato leaves are an additional product in the process of growing sweet potatoes. They are high-yielding and delicious, and do not require too much care.

After a period of time when the food is very prosperous, it will be impossible to eat it all. Even if you raise a pig at home, you won’t be able to eat it all.

Now look at the parts that are still tender, pick up the tender tips and fry them on a plate.

The garlic fruits in the field are not very big yet, but the garlic leaves on the surface are already edible. Stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts is also her favorite dish.

Zhao Yeqing took all the ingredients back to the kitchen and started cooking.

Cook the ribs first, this takes the longest.

Add enough ginger slices, cooking wine, and Sichuan peppercorns to remove the smell of wild boar meat. Boil the ribs under cold water over high heat, and foam will appear on the surface. The foam is all red, which is different from usual pork.

After taking the ribs out, wash off the blood foam, add aniseed to the pot and stir-fry, then add hot water to cover the ribs.

The seasonings are all homemade soy sauce and dark soy sauce, as well as a few grains of rock sugar.

It needs to be simmered for twenty minutes before adding the eggplant and beans. If you add them too early, they will be stewed.

The dish she ate before when she went to the north was topped with some flower rolls. The flower rolls stewed in one pot were full of the flavor of pork ribs, and she could eat five.

Unfortunately, there was too little flour now, and she was reluctant to make it. After making two meals, it was gone.

She still chooses to eat rice as her staple food. There is less than fifty kilograms of rice left. She originally expected to have enough rice for four months, but now there are two of her. The boys have larger appetites, so it is estimated that she can only eat it for less than two months.

The rice is steamed and the ribs are almost ready.

She fried the green vegetables first, and then started frying the matsutake mushrooms when Mu Xi came back, ensuring that she could eat them freshly out of the pan as soon as possible.

The sweet potato leaves are very ripe, and the green vegetables are not afraid of being eaten cold, so fry them and put them out.

When the food was almost cold, Mu Xi finally came back.

The ones who appeared earlier than him were Luo Mu and Xue Pan. Both of them were obviously a little tired from playing. I don’t know how long they walked out today. They were wilting when they got home. Luo Mu ran to the freezer and wandered around.

I feed her every day, and the leftovers are frozen in the freezer. In the morning, I will pull out the freezer, which means that I am hungry.

The milk in the freezer had been used up in the morning, and now it was time to feed milk. Zhao Yeqing took a bottle from the cupboard and poured it into two small basins.

Mu Xi came in, his body covered in dust.

"Where have you been? How long have you been there?" Zhao Yeqing asked while standing by the sink washing matsutake mushrooms.

I saw that there was nothing special except for a few fruits in his hand.

Mu Xi put the kiwi fruit on his hand next to the sink, "I just walked around looking for something but couldn't find it. I'll have a look tomorrow."

"Maybe I know what it is."

"Have you seen the honeycomb?" Mu Xi didn't give in.

"I really haven't seen it. I was looking for it before. Do you want to use honey? There is some in the cabinet."

The sink is next to the kitchen window, facing the reservoir. Mu Xi is scooping water next to the reservoir to wash away the mud on the soles of his shoes.

Hearing this, he replied: "No, I saw it, there isn't much left."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yeqing expressed his previous thoughts, "Looking at the land left by cutting down trees, I was thinking some time ago whether I could build two beehives to raise some bees."

Mu Xi nodded, "Very good, but how many flowers do you plan to plant?"

Zhao Yeqing was stunned as he washed his matsutake hands, "What kind of flowers should I plant?"

"To raise bees, you must have a nectar source, otherwise you have to rely on the small wild flowers on the mountain. When are you going to eat honey?" Mu Xi shook off the water on his shoes, "I saw your box of seeds. There are a lot of flower seeds, aren't there? Just sprinkle it on.”

Planting flowers only provides nectar when the flowers are blooming. It is also troublesome to find bee colonies, and it is risky to catch them if you find them.

Zhao Yeqing felt that honey was not that important anymore.

"Forget it, it's too much trouble." Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.

Mu Xi said nothing, as if he had received an expected answer.

She cleans the matsutake mushrooms very carefully. The skin is nutritious and cannot be peeled off. She can only wash it carefully.

Cut it into thin slices with a knife and fry it in hot oil. The rich aroma of the fungus spreads out soon after it is removed from the pan.

Fry both sides until slightly brown and you can remove it without adding any salt.

Zhao Yeqing shouted outside that dinner was ready.

Mu Xi put down the bacon he was turning, washed his hands and walked in to serve the food.

The pork ribs have just been uncovered and served, and they are still a little warm.

"Try it."

Mu Xi gave each of them a bite and said, "It's very good. It tastes better than what I made."

Zhao Yeqing felt very uncomfortable hearing his sincere and yin-yang praise, and looked at him in surprise.

Mu Xi picked up another chopstick and said, "You can do it from now on."