After a simple rebirth

Fu Ying talked to Fu Ma, "I thought you were going to dig Gastrodia elata!"

"The place where we dig Gastrodia elata is too far away, and we can't carry so much. You want to eat Gastrodia elata? There's some at the bottom of the ditch at your second aunt's house."

Fu Ying was shocked. What was planted under Fu Ergu's house was Gastrodia elata?

When I was very young, I remember that Fu Ergu's house didn't have a wall. Her house didn't face the main road, but faced the field. There was a slope in front, and they were always planting things.

There was a field of long yellow stalks. She thought it was sorghum at first, but later found out it was not. She helped Fu Ergu dig them out. There was a fruit under each stalk, about the size of a star fruit. She shook off the soil and then just took the fruit. She looked at the fruit and thought it was ginger for some reason, and didn't ask Ergu what it was.

Later, Fu Ergu's family renovated their house, expanded the yard, and built a wall, so they no longer saw the yellow pole. The small piece of land near their own land was also fenced off and turned into a place to raise chickens.

Fu Ying was still in shock. "She must have planted it a long time ago. I can't see it now."

"Yes, she used to grow a lot and sell them on the street. Now that there are many people growing them and there are always people selling them, she doesn't grow much anymore, but she still has a little."

Fu Ying thought about it and didn't know which one it was, so she didn't go over there to take a look. She went to her second aunt's house just to have a meal and didn't pay attention to her house.

"If you don't want to eat, just ask."

She doesn't like to eat Gastrodia elata either. I don't know if it's just my memory or I remember it wrongly, but when I was a kid I ate a lot of wild Gastrodia elata, and I remember it was sweet.

But when he came back with Zhang Zun in the previous life, Fu's father bought some Gastrodia elata and fried them for them as a midnight snack. Not only was Zhang Zun not used to it, but Fu Ying also found it strange and couldn't eat more after eating two. Fu Zhe even shouted that it was too unpalatable. Fu's father gritted his teeth and ate three, explaining that they might be too old, so he threw them away.

Zhang Zun's mother heard that Fu Ying's hometown produced Gastrodia elata, so she asked her to buy Gastrodia elata several times to make soup, because Gastrodia elata soup is very useful for high blood pressure and migraine. Fu Ying wanted to persuade her to soak it in medicinal wine, which would be more effective if soaked for a month, but because she didn't drink alcohol and was not used to drinking medicinal wine, she still used it to make soup.

No more mention of Gastrodia elata, Fu Ying talked about dried bamboo shoots. Fu Ma's cooking is a simplified version of hot pot, just boil the water and add the vegetables directly, the essence is the dipping sauce, which is also very good with rice.

Since they are having hotpot in their hometown, Fu Ying still has things she wants to eat. Dried bamboo shoots, oyster mushrooms, and green vegetables are Fu Ying’s three favorites.

"Mom, did you buy bamboo shoots? I want to eat dried bamboo shoots."

Fu's mother was puzzled. "Dried bamboo shoots? What is that?"

Fu Ying... Is communication so difficult now? Can't you understand what I'm saying?

"It's just dried bamboo shoots. Didn't you say to boil them? It's delicious if you put bamboo shoots in it."

"When I asked you at the market, you said you didn't want to eat anything. How can I buy it?" He stood up and said, "I'll go to your second aunt's house and ask. She should have bought these things."

Fu Ying took the opportunity to make more requests, "If you have oyster mushrooms, take some. If you don't have any, take some crispy rice cakes. Let's cook them together."

Fu's mother glared at Fu Ying again, "Why are you so greedy? Do you want anything else to eat?"

Fu Ying shook her head and said, “That’s enough, that’s enough. There are both meat and vegetables. Just thinking about it can make me eat an extra bowl of rice.”

Fu Ying started cooking. While she was washing the Codonopsis pilosula, Fu Zhe came back with vegetables and onions. Fu Ying took them and washed them.

This vegetable should be called water cabbage, but here it is generally called green vegetables. It is different from baby cabbage. The root is white and the leaves are green. They spread out like flowers. They are very sweet and delicious when cooked.

Afraid that Fu Ma wouldn't eat cilantro, and taking the risk of being scolded by her mother again, Fu Ying prepared two dipping sauces, one Yunnan style, and one Dian style, or what Fu Ma calls the Miaozi way of eating.

She learned the crazy taste from eating hotpot outside many times. There are a lot of seasonings in the hotpot restaurants, and she can just add them herself.

Fu Ying used to add a little bit of everything, including chili powder and chili oil, which tasted weird. Later, Zhang Zun made a slightly sweet sauce, but it was delicious. Whenever we had hot pot, he would make the sauce.

After watching it so many times, Fu Ying might also understand a little bit.

Peel 3 garlic cloves, cut them into garlic cloves and put them in a bowl. The finer the better. Then add a little bit of chili powder and Sichuan pepper powder, a small spoonful of oyster sauce, a small spoonful of soy sauce, and four or five drops of sesame oil. Add some chopped green onions and coriander according to personal taste. If you want to neutralize the taste and make it not too spicy and durable, a small spoonful of white sugar is the finishing touch.

Fu Ying likes to eat salty and spicy food, so she couldn't imagine the strange taste of adding sugar. But Zhang Zun always adds some sugar, so the sauce is not too sweet, not weird, and not saltier and saltier. She never gets tired of it, so she also learned to add some sugar.

Yunnan style is the traditional sauce, which includes chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder, MSG, soy sauce, and green onions. Just scoop it up and pour it on the cooking water when it boils.

Fu Ying had washed the vegetables, and when she was waiting for the water to boil, Fu's mother came back with the crispy baba that Fu Ying wanted, which was crispy pork and a few bamboo shoots, but there was no oyster mushroom.

"Your second aunt didn't buy any oyster mushrooms last time she went to the market. You can buy some next time you go to the market."

Fu Ying nodded and took the food from Fu's mother. "Why don't we just cut the small crispy cakes into pieces and throw the whole thing in to cook?"

"Don't cut the crispy baba, just cook it and eat it directly, but you need to cut the dried bamboo shoots."

The local bamboo shoots are mostly wild, and the wild bamboo shoots are long and thin, almost the same size as chopsticks. Bamboo itself is a relatively invasive plant, and there are too many bamboos in the deep mountains.

Some people also eat fresh bamboo shoots, but fresh bamboo shoots must be tender enough to be delicious, and the price is naturally a bit more expensive.

In rural areas, people store food to ensure that they have food to eat even if the harvest season is not over, so they usually dry it for storage. After drying, they cook it and the taste of new and old bamboo shoots is not much different, such as stir-frying dried bamboo shoots with bacon or cooking dried bamboo shoots in hot pot.

When Fu Ying was in Guangdong Province, she liked a Hunan dish called stir-fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots. If she couldn't finish it, she would take it home and cook noodles with it.

Fu Ying washed the bamboo shoots and cut them into short pieces on the chopping board. The bamboo shoots to be cooked are usually cut into the length of the index finger so that they are easier to pick up with chopsticks.

When the water is boiling, put it in the pot to cook, and then put the crispy stuffing in. Fu Ying took a bowl to serve the rice, put the Yunnan sauce in front of Fu's mother, and the Dian sauce in front of herself.

Seeing the two sauces, Fu Ma started to scold, "Who taught you to have two dipping sauces for a dish? You even put garlic in it. What kind of way is that?"

Fu Ying calmly replied, "I learned it in Guangdong Province. I know you are not used to it, so I made one for you. You can also try mine."

After saying that, Fu Ying felt it was a waste to eat all the sauce at once, so she went to get another bowl, poured out half of it, and would eat it next time. It was perfect.

Fu's mother stopped scolding, and Fu Ying waited for the water to boil before putting in the dishes, and the family began to eat. Fu Zhe seemed to be equally satisfied, but he dipped more of Fu Ying's crazy sauce, and Fu's mother insisted on saving face and didn't try Fu Ying's sauce.

Fu Ying didn’t know whether her mother was satisfied with the sauce she prepared. Fu Ying was enjoying her meal very much. She loved hotpot, dipping sauce, and dried bamboo shoots.