The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

In mid-June, the city should have fallen into the heat of summer.

However, for the two surnamed villages surrounded by mountains and surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is still a time of gentle breeze and cool breeze.

When I was in the village, I didn’t feel it much. After entering the mountains, a large area of ​​trees and grassy slopes brought coolness and heat to everyone.

Wearing red hats and wearing reflective vests, Zhou Quan and Bao Erlong are very conspicuous in the pine forest. The signature reflective vests allow people who are far apart to find their positions smoothly.

Before entering the mountain, Zhou Quan and Bao Erlong had discussed it. Bao Erlong, who knew more about the situation in the mountain, would lead the way and lead the way, while Zhou Quan would be in charge of falling behind and observing at any time to ensure the safety of the guests.

After entering the pine forest, both the Yu family and the Xu family were very excited. Uncles and aunts who hadn’t climbed mountains to pick mushrooms for a long time walked in the forest two by two, one after the other. There are various locations among trees.

It can be seen that these uncles and aunts are quite experienced in picking mushrooms, and the posture of Xu's father and Xu's mother over there is more professional than Zhou Quan's nominal tour guides.

After discovering this, Zhou Quan focused his attention on the young couple and their big fat boy.

That guy Lele is a big kid, and he really kept the agreement with Zhou Quan.

Although he was always running and jumping, he never left Zhouquan's sight. It seemed that the little fat man was sure to get the mushroom promised by Zhouquan.

I have to say that this family is very lucky. Two or three days ago, there was only half a day of light rain here. The humid air and soil are very conducive to the germination of fungi.

Experienced mushroom pickers know that one or two days after the rain is the best time to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

Today is a suitable day for picking mushrooms. The weather is neither too hot nor too hot. The Xu family and his wife, who were walking in front of them, soon had a harvest in their rattan boxes. Both of them had four or five big mushrooms in their baskets. The matsutake mushrooms are scattered inside.

Behind them, Yu's father and Yu's mother also gained something. Although they were not rich, they finally opened their businesses.

The little fat man who has been following Zhou Quan's body is holding a pine mushroom, which is one of Zhou Quan's previous cover-ups.

The little fat man holding the template looked serious and said expectantly: "Come out, little mushroom, your good friend is here."

After Zhouquan heard the little fat man's muttering, he kept pursing his lips and giggling, and called Lele to teach him the secret script secretly: "Let me tell you, little mushrooms like to grow in shady places with lush vegetation, especially pine trees. roots, that's the best place for them to grow."

So like Xiao Lele and Lele's parents who just stare at the surface and don't bend down to look in the grass, it is difficult to find mushrooms.

But Zhou Quan didn't intend to tell them this point yet. Picking mushrooms is only interesting if you have to find them yourself. If you rely entirely on other people's guidance, it's better to spend money to buy ready-made mushrooms in the market.

Always let them try their luck first, but the people who walked ahead picked mushrooms just before reaching the edge of the forest. It seems that their luck is very good today.

After hearing Zhouquan's 'cheat book', Yu Lele seemed to understand something.

But this little thing is very clever, he memorized a few key words in Zhouquan's mouth, such as lush vegetation and pine roots.

According to Zhou Quan's instruction, the little fat man bent down to pick up the thorns and weeds, and soon he also gained something.

Under a pine tree, two very cute little mushroom heads are hidden in it.

One of them is the size of an egg, and the other is the size of a pigeon's egg. The yellow and yellow fleshy and tender fungus caps, and the white fungus under the body are covered in the dead leaf meadow.

Seeing this, Xiao Lele held her breath, bent down like a scholar and adult, and grabbed the two pine mushroom caps with her gloved chubby hands.

Zhou Quan, who had been watching him all the time, reminded in time: "Don't grab the mushroom's cap directly, it will pull them from the stipe. Use your hands to press down the dead leaves and meadow around the mushroom, sticking to the root Gently shake the mushrooms off."

The little fat man blinked his eyes when he heard the words, and then followed Zhou Quan's instructions.

Lele quickly picked off the two complete small pine mushrooms with soil on their roots.

Zhou Quan walked over and used his feet to cover the soil that was still attached to the white thread and said: "After you pick the mushroom, if you find that white fungus or hyphae near its root, remember to hide them. Well, because this way the seeds will stay, and after the next rain, there will be cute little mushrooms growing here."

The little Lele, who had harvested something, was very happy, holding a basket and bouncing to the adults to ask for praise.

After the little fat man left, Chef Bao, who had disappeared from Zhou Quan's sight for a while, appeared silently behind Fa Xiao with a basket at some point.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Zhou Quan looked back and saw that it was him, so he deliberately slowed down, and the two of them gradually distanced themselves from the front line.

Zhou Quan took a look into Chef Bao's rattan box and found that he had harvested a lot, but except for the small white mushrooms, all of them were smaller than the height of the thumb.

Seeing this, Zhou Quan silently gave the other party a thumbs up in his heart. He really deserves to be Chef Bao. Even though it is just an ordinary fried pork with mushrooms, he is absolutely not sloppy in the selection of ingredients.

Anyone who knows pine mushrooms knows that grown mushrooms are far less delicious and tender than small mushrooms.

If the fungus cap has grown to the point where the sponge-like substance underneath turns from bright yellow to brown, then both the taste and taste will be much worse.

The thumb-sized small pine mushrooms should take about two days to produce mushrooms, which is when the meat is delicious and the bacteria are smooth and plump.

If people in the village really want to eat fresh food, they will definitely choose this kind when choosing pine mushrooms.

However, it has only been a long time since I went up the mountain, and there are so many harvests in Faxiao's rattan frame. I didn't just pick them as soon as I saw them, but deliberately chose them. It seems that this person's luck today must not be bad.

Just as Zhou Quan thought, Chef Bao's luck was indeed overwhelming. They were obviously at the end of the line, and the road ahead was walked by others, but he still had a way to find the ingredients he needed in these places.

Seeing that Fa Xiao went to the depths of a clump of weeds and thorns, squatted down and worked hard for a few minutes, when he came back, there was another pile of small matsutake mushrooms in the rattan frame.

What kind of luck is this?

If the little father in front of him, who has not gained anything until now, sees it, won't he have to jump up and shout that it's unfair?

Seeing that Zhou Quan's gaze was always on him, Chef Bao was inexplicably in a good mood.

Curving the corners of his lips and squinting his eyes, Chef Bao lifted the rattan frame, shook it in mid-air and said: "Choose fresh wild mushrooms, blanch them and put them aside for later use. Pour peanut oil into the pot, add green onion and ginger to the pot, The best pork plum meat is three-point fat and seven-point thin. After the cooking wine removes the fishy smell, pour it directly into the pot and stir-fry. When the meat changes color and the aroma is overflowing in the pot, pour the wild mushrooms that were blanched before into the pot Stir-fry with sliced ​​meat. Refined salt, light soy sauce, a little chicken essence to enhance the flavor, and it can be out of the pan after frying."

"This dish is simple but nutritious. The sliced ​​meat will absorb the umami of wild mushrooms, and the wild mushrooms will also be stained with meat fat. It is delicious, tender, crispy and delicious. With a bowl of white rice, one person can eat Eat the whole plate."

Attracted by Fa Xiao's words, Zhou Quan couldn't help but follow the other party's thinking.

When Chef Bao was talking, images had already appeared in Zhouquan's mind, and it also brought back the taste of fried pork with pine mushrooms in his memory, and he couldn't help drooling just thinking about it.

Swallowing a few mouthfuls hard, Zhou Quan glared at Fa Xiao.

I don't know why he is greedy, why is he so attractive! ! !

Seeing his stingy look, Chef Bao's mood became brighter.

However, it felt like the other party was about to slap his paws at him if he continued to tease him. Although he had small arms and legs, his attack power was not very strong, but Chef Bao was still afraid that he would hurt him if he caught him.

So the gentleman put down the rattan frame he picked up, leaned into the other's ear and whispered: "I picked a lot of small white mushrooms and small pine mushrooms. Except for the customers, it's okay to fry more. Today at noon My work meal is stir-fried pork with mushrooms, and I will cook a pot of pigeon soup for you alone, remember to come to Sijin for lunch at noon."

The working hours of the B&B are from [-] am to [-] pm, providing working meals and staff lounges, and one day of paid leave per week.

The salary offered by Baojia B&B is similar to that in the city, at least 20.00% higher than other similar jobs in the town.

The place of work is close to home, and the money earned is more than other places. Although seeing that the homestay is becoming popular, the workload of cleaning and helping the kitchen must be greatly increased, but it doesn't matter that the boss said that there are bonuses and more work.

The aunts are very satisfied with this, and they heard that the B&B still has plans to continue recruiting people, and they are all paying attention secretly.

Because this is the first customer, Zhou Quan and Bao Yan are also practicing themselves, accumulating experience anytime and anywhere.

Bao Erlong, who is familiar with the terrain, always looks for places that are easy to walk, such as places with steep slopes or places close to cliffs, he will not take the guests there.

After walking for more than two hours, Zhouquan looked at the time and felt that it was almost time to start the return journey.

Bao Erlong, who received the signal from Zhou Quan, took everyone to a mountain spring, in order to let everyone have a rest, and the guy who had finished drinking the bottled water could also replenish water.

The spring here is a source of the creek at the foot of the mountain. The water is clean and clear, and the taste is sweet. The water flows continuously all year round. It is the most frequent place for villagers to come to rest.

The adults sit and rest on the bluestone slabs next to the spring, while the energetic children play under the spring, stepping on the water with their bare feet.

During the rest, everyone looked at each other's harvest. The rattan frame on the side of the two old couples was almost full, while the side of the young couple was barely half full.

The most astonishing thing was Xiao Lele, the little rattan frame was not only filled long ago, but also carried a lot of clothes.

Lele's mother felt sorry for her child's clothes, so she transferred the mushrooms that Lele had put in her coat to her rattan frame.

However, it was too late to do this now, the little fat man's clothes were yellowish, and he probably had to wash them well when he went back.

"It's a pity that most of them are small white mushrooms and pine mushrooms, and there are only a few red mushrooms." Although the picking is very enjoyable, Dad Xu, who loves red mushrooms more, said so.

"Uncle, this season is not the time to pick red mushrooms. After the beginning of autumn, the weather starts to turn cold. That's when red mushrooms start to germinate in large areas. Every year from the beginning of August to the end of October is the time to pick red mushrooms. "

"Then let's come back on eleventh and call our old friends. It will be lively when there are many people."

After chatting, laughing and resting for more than ten minutes, Bao Erlong began to lead everyone back, of course the route back was different, so that everyone could continue to play.

By the time they returned to the homestay, everyone's rattan boxes had been filled, and the family who had a good harvest were all smiling.

Back in the yard, he found the old kang mat and poured the mushrooms that had just returned on it. The guests cleaned it up and dried it, while Zhou Quan and the others carefully checked whether there were any poisonous mushrooms mixed in.

When they finished finishing the boxes of mushrooms, it was time for lunch. The guests who participated in the physical labor all morning felt that they could eat a cow even if they were given a cow.

After arranging the guests and staff, Chef Bao dragged a little boy under the covers into his room.

There are not only freshly cooked fried pork with mushrooms and pigeon soup, but also Sihe noodles pancakes and warm shochu.

Tired all morning, Zhou Quan and Chef Bao sat on the kang, ate food and drank wine, and exchanged their opinions on the future management of the homestay.

"Brother Baoyan, after more than a day of personal experience, I think the general direction of the development of the homestay is correct. When there are more guests in the future, we can add uncles, uncles, aunts and so on in the village. I am willing to spend Those in the shed will arrange reception for flower picking, and those who are willing to work hard can be tour guides, so that men, women and children in the village will soon find suitable jobs."

"Well, but before you do it, you have to talk to them about everything you need to say, about service attitude and customer safety, and only those who agree to the conditions can join."

"Looking at the current appearance of the guests, they are very satisfied with the environment of our homestay and the village. I think more and more people will come to visit in the future."

"We can still handle it now. What if there are too many people in the future? You are the only one in charge. Are you busy?"

Chef Bao smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, when I was working in Master's restaurant, each person basically had seven or eighty tables with three or four hundred dishes a day. When there were many people, our brothers and sisters A few people received more than 300 tables a day, from 12:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, the intensity of the B&B is nothing."

"Let's hire a few more helpers. There are too few kitchen helpers and you. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."

"Uncle Chen is already in contact. In about half a month, Uncle Wen from my family in the village will come back to be my assistant. If it doesn't work, I can still recruit a helper. The village lacks other things, but there is no shortage of cooking. of."

"That way I'm relieved."

When people are happy, they will inevitably drink more wine. After lunch, Zhou Quan, who is resting on the pillow, is full of alcohol, vaguely wanting to sleep.

However, the guests over there chose to go down and continue to participate in the herbal identification activities, Zhou Quan was thinking about it, so he tried to control himself not to fall asleep.

Chef Bao, who came back from packing his things, looked at Fa Xiao's head hanging down little by little, trying to prop himself up, took the blanket and covered him and said, "Zhou Zhou, sleep if you're sleepy."

"Well, no, I will take the guests up the mountain to identify herbs in a while."

"It's not that Erlong is still here. Wen Li will be back in the afternoon. They have memorized the materials you printed out. There will be no problems. With them around, you can rest assured."

Hearing this, Zhou Quan hummed a few times, as if he wanted to say something else, but soon he was placed under Zhou Gong's hands, and obediently raised the white flag to surrender.

Listening to the sound of breathing evenly, Baozhen stroked his head lightly with his hand and said in a low voice, "I've worked so hard for you for so long, be tired, sleep well."