Forest Kindergarten

Wash and slice matsutake mushrooms, and fry them in butter until slightly golden.Eating like this can best reflect the aroma of the fungus.

The children gathered around Ye Kong's legs with their own small dinner plates. After frying, each of them ate one piece while it was hot. The three matsutake mushrooms were quite big, but they were not enough. Seeing that they liked it, Ye Kong gave them all. Didn't eat a bite.

After he washed the frying pan, Fei Ya came over with his own plate: "You eat!"

There was another piece inside, Ye Kong rubbed the top of her head, picked it up and put it in his mouth, the butter stimulated the fragrance of matsutake resin, making the mouth warm and tender.

Fei Ya was learning to write. In the evening, grandma came to pick up the two children. Fei Miao was unwilling to leave, and yelled, "Big raccoon, two raccoons, three raccoons!" and cried again.

Ye Kong also wanted them to stay, but grandma thought it would cause trouble for the teacher, so she insisted on taking the two children home.

The sky cleared up in the afternoon, the sky was turned orange pink by the setting sun, and large clouds were blown away on the treetops by the wind.

The temperature and sunshine in early summer cannot be underestimated. In just a few hours, the open space in front of the wooden house is almost dry.

Ye Kong put on his trousers and gloves to mow the grass, while the three little civet cats played around.

"You say..." Ye Kong said, and the little civet cat ran over and squatted at his feet, "What should I plant? What do you want to eat?"

Big Beaver: "Bobo!"

Two raccoons: "Red, red!"

Three Beavers: "Quack!"

"..." Ye Kong stood up and moved his sore waist, "I have to see what can be planted."

The weeds in the open space in front of the door were almost gone. He rummaged through the warehouse for a long time and brought out two huge rusty iron buckets. Put on the lid.

Weeds and fallen leaves are good organic fertilizers, but they should be retting before burying them in the ground.

After finishing this, it was almost dark, grandma brought a lot of food, one person and three raccoons ate together, Ye Kong washed the dirty clothes and went to take a bath.

He emptied himself and soaked in the hot spring. The slightly hot water penetrated into the bones, and his whole body relaxed.

Water vapor condenses on the colorful mosaic tiles, turns into small water droplets and slides into the water.Except for the little civet cat jumping up and down, there were almost no other sounds.

The hot spring water is running water, so it won't be cold. Ye Kong soaked it too comfortably, and I don't know how long it took. He was caught under the armpit and lifted up while he was half asleep and half awake.

He woke up suddenly: "What are you doing?"

The man in red looked at him with disgust on his face: "What am I doing? You almost slipped into the water, or you would have drowned if I hadn't come! Really! Human beings are too fragile, even taking a bath will kill you..."

As soon as he let go, Ye Kong fell back into the pool unsteadily and splashed water on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you!"

Lian Pei snorted: "You're welcome."

After Ye Kong got dressed, he saw him strolling in the kitchen, looked left and right, and thought, it seems that this mountain ghost has taken my place as a fixed food spot, that's all, as long as he doesn't eat me or people, he can eat whatever he wants. him.

He warmed up the braised pork left over from dinner, and cooked some noodles: "There are only these today."

After Lianpei finished eating, he sat on the porch, showing no intention of leaving, and the civet cats surrounded him and rubbed against him.Ye Kong washed a few sand fruits for the little civet cat, poured two cups of tea, put them on a tray with the refreshments, and sat next to him.

"I'm here to see the enchantment and have a meal." Lian Pei boasted boldly.

"Oh." Ye Kong took a sip of tea, looked up at the sky, the sky was clear, and the stars came out, covering the sky like broken diamonds, "What do you see?"

Lianpei felt it when he came in just now, the barrier in that room only had a weak magnetic field, and he wouldn't notice it unless he sensed it carefully, no wonder he didn't feel it yesterday.

"This wooden house probably lived in some kind of monk or mage before. This is not something ordinary people can make."

Ye Kong: "How long have you been in Zongshan?"

Lian Pei: "I can't remember clearly, it's not decades but 100 years."

Ye Kong: "This wooden house looks old." He suddenly asked, "How did you become a mountain ghost?"

Lian Pei: "What else can it be? Those who die in the water are water ghosts, and those who die in the mountains are mountain ghosts."

Ye Kong has heard the legend of mountain ghosts. People say that mountain ghosts are transformed into people who lost their way in the mountains and were left behind by the mountains.But he guessed that the so-called getting lost and not being able to find the physical body should be eaten by wild animals.

If the body cannot be found, the mountain ghost will always be trapped in the mountain.He somewhat regretted asking this question.

"You can come to eat every day when you are free." He said softly, this is the only thing he can do for Lianpei.

Lian Pei: "Okay, okay, I want to eat roast chicken tomorrow!"

Ye Kong: "..."

Where can I steal chicken for you! ?

Early in the morning, the village chief brought two chickens and threw them on the open space at the door. He frowned and said, "I had a strange dream yesterday, asking me to take a chicken to the house closest to Zongshan to raise it." , I think that the one closest to Zongshan should be Teacher Xiaokong.”

He rubbed his head: "I was afraid it was the instruction of the mountain god, so I brought it here. You raise one and eat one, and I will bring some chicks later. Domestic chickens don't need to be closed, they won't run away."

"It's really strange..." He muttered, "There are also fish, which are also what the mountain god wants."

"..." Ye Kong raised his forehead, Lian Pei, did you order all the dishes for tomorrow?

The village chief went back, and Fei Ya came running with Fei Miao after a while: "Teacher! Teacher Xiao Kong!"

Fei Ya was sweating from running, her hair was uncombed, it was a mess like a bird's nest.

Ye Kong told the civet cats not to eat chicken and not to scare them, and took a comb to comb Fei Ya's hair.He is considered dexterous among boys, but Fei Ya's hair is messy and knotted, and the little girl still screams when he combs it.

After finally combing two horn braids, Erli turned into Fei Ya's appearance, pointed at his own head, and then pointed at Fei Ya's head, indicating that he wanted the horn braids too.

Ye Kong gave her the same braid, Fei Miao leaned over again, Ye Kong couldn't help laughing, and tied a rubber band on the top of Fei Miao's head.

Two shofar braids, three tugged at the sky, Ye Kong alone carried a small water bottle, painted with wormwood water, and put some fruit to eat: "Let's go, let's go for an outing today!"

Because he couldn't go to the village with the civet cat, Ye Kong took them to the mountains.

Yesterday Lian Pei told him that he could enter the mountain at will, and no wild beast would dare to touch him. The smug expression at that time made Ye Kong feel amused and eager to try.

If he had been by himself, he would have gone to the deep mountains, but the siblings are too young, Fei Miao walked so far into the mountains last time, it was beyond his expectation.

He didn't dare to walk on the too rugged mountain road, so he led a crooked and staggering small team along the relatively gentle mountain road, through the beard forest to the Xiaocong River.

The water of the Xiaocong River flows down from Zongshan Mountain and forms a small lake outside the Beard Forest, just like a green onion with green jade roots.

Stopping and stopping all morning, I only walked three or four miles.The weather is fine, the wind is sunny, the summer heats up after the rain, the sun shines brightly on the lake, the mallard ducks are playing in pairs on the lake, and the gray-brown ducks flap their wings and fly across the lake, The male duck followed her closely, for fear that his wife would disappear.

The outing team found a large flat rock by the lake, from which they could overlook the paddy fields on the other side of the lake.

Ye Kong distributed the fruit to the children, and went to the lake to catch fish together after eating.

Speaking of catching fish, Fei Ya took a small net to catch for a long time, and only caught a few small fish. Fei Miao was stepping on the water by the river with bare feet, catching tadpoles, and the little civet cat ran around not wanting to get near the water.

Ye Kong wore a straw hat and watched them play under the shade of the tree, thinking about roasting chicken.

Fei Ya ran over with a small bucket: "Teacher, look!" She ran so fast that she spilled a lot of water, and a few small fish swam frantically in the water.

Ye Kong laughed and said, "These fish are too small to be used for cooking, so put them back into the lake."

Fei Ya: "No, I want to keep them!"

There is an empty fish tank in the wooden house, but these fish cannot grow up in the fish tank like in the lake or river, but Ye Kong still agrees: "Then you have to take care of them yourself."

Fei Ya nodded happily, and squatted on the ground to observe carefully.

"Ya'er, have you seen a mountain ghost?" Ye Kong asked suddenly.

Fei Ya: "Well, I've seen it."

Ye Kong: "Where did you see him?"

Fei Ya: "It's right there with you." She pointed to the wooden house, "Once I ran to play and saw him standing at the door, I thought he was going to steal something, so I beat him, punched him Run!"

"How do you know he belongs to a mountain ghost?"

Fei Ya: "My grandma told me." She touched the little fish with her small hands, but the little fish quickly hid and couldn't touch it. "Grandma said that the one in the red dress is a mountain ghost."

Ye Kong: "Do you often see mountain ghosts?"

Fei Ya: "I only saw it once, grandma said she saw it once when she was a child..."

Lianpei is probably just a legend among the villagers of Zongshan Village.Ye Kong thought to himself.

After having a picnic by the lake, the team walked up the mountain along the Xiaocong River in the afternoon. This season is the time for picking mulberries. There are many wild mulberry trees in the forest. No one picks them, and the branches are heavy and bent.

Ripe purple-black mulberries fell to the ground without anyone picking them. Ye Kong pulled down a branch and asked the children to pick them.Children who grew up in the country know what is ripe, they only pick the thumb-sized dark purple fruits, and the red ones are left on the tree.

Feiya can climb trees and pick high ones by himself.

The civet cat also climbed up the tree to learn how she picked it, and ate a round belly while picking it.

A few people picked two baskets in a short while, Ye Kong held them in his hand, and led the children back.

On the way back, each child picked a handful of wild flowers.

Back home just to take a nap, Ye Kong washed some wild mulberries with salt water and put them in a bamboo basket to dry.

I took out a vase from the cabinet in the living room on the first floor. The pea-green vase was dusty, and after washing it, I found that it was translucent emerald.

Connect water to the vase, cut the stems of wild flowers obliquely, and insert them into the vase. Daisy with yellow stamens and white petals and flying canopy, mother-in-law with blue-purple corolla, and lavender medlar flowers are all placed in the vase. It's beautiful at the dinner table.

On the way back, I also met a pagoda tree in full bloom, and picked a lot of pagoda flowers.

After washing and drying, half of it is wrapped in flour and the whole string is fried in an oil pan. The other half is mixed with eggs and flour and baked into Sophora japonica cake.

The children ate happily. After grandma picked up the siblings, Ye Kong quickly took a bath. Immediately after the bath, Lord Shangui appeared on time.

"Where's my roast chicken? I specifically entrusted the village head with a dream and asked him to bring the chicken."

Ye Kong wiped his wet hair and replied: "We went out for a picnic today, so we don't have time to kill chickens. I made Sophora japonica cakes and grilled lamb chops with cumin."

Lianpei ate up the remaining pancakes and meat while complaining.

He saw the small glass jar on the cabinet at a glance. Inside, there was a layer of mulberry and a layer of rock sugar, stuffed to the brim, and filled with white wine: "You made mulberry wine?! I like it!"

Ye Kong: "I just brewed it, so it will take three months before I can drink it."

Lianpei held the jar in his hand, Ye Kong seemed to see the transparent air flow passing by, Lianpei opened the lid, and tore off the plastic wrap: "It's alright, come here, bring the cup!"

He poured two glasses, and Ye Kong tasted it. It was indeed mellow and sweet. The sweetness and sourness of mulberries entered the wine.

Ye Kong drank several small cups in a row, his fair face turned pink, he squinted his eyes at Lian Pei, approached him and said, "Master Shan Gui, you are so amazing!"

The aroma of wine hits the face, mixed with the faint scent of soap that has just been bathed, the nectar of acacia flower cake, the rich sweet scent of wild flowers in the vase, and the fresh rosin of summer night.

Of the five human senses, the sense of smell is the sharpest and the easiest to form memories. The five senses of ghosts are unclear. Anyway, after many years, Lian Pei still remembers this night. A human who was not afraid of him was slightly drunk and brought She laughed and praised him for being great, and let him take the lead.

"What's the matter!" Lian Peixiang was as complacent as before, but he couldn't find the original tone, and Ye Kong didn't realize that something was wrong with him, so he stood up and grabbed his wrist: "Do me a favor."

"What?"

Pulled into the yard by Ye Kong, under the light of Xingyue, Ye Kong pointed to two large iron buckets: "Help me ferment them too."

"Okay." Lian Pei was in a daze and directly fermented the two barrels as before, "What is this?" He stepped forward to open the lid...

If the scent is a gentle breeze, then the smell of the weed fertilizer that has been retting for three months is like a tornado that is rampant.

Master Shangui held the bucket and vomited all the pancakes and lamb chops he had just eaten.