The Sweet Little Fulang

It was just dawn, and there was movement in the house before the sun rose.

The first thing Lu Gu did when he came out of the room was to see the chickens and ducks. Because it was cold at night, he would drive the chickens and ducks to the main room to sleep at night. He made two shallow flat baskets with bamboo strips and spread hay inside. Before going to bed, I used two newly made small bamboo baskets to cover the grass nests of the chickens and ducks, and poked a wooden stick on the mouth of the upside-down bamboo baskets, leaving a gap.

Shen Xuanqing was too tired these days, and he hadn't woken up yet. When Lu Gu woke up, he knew that it was sometimes like this when he woke up early. Lu Gu first boiled water to heat up steamed buns and pancakes, and then he slept for a while.

Remove the bamboo baskets. Some chickens and ducks were awakened, fluttering their wings and chirping twice. Seeing that they were all well, Lu Gu covered the bamboo baskets and let them out after the sun came out.

He opened the two doors of the main room, and the coldness came in. The three dogs sleeping in the corner of the room curled up even tighter. The gray and white fine dog still glanced at him, but it didn't seem to get up.

The flames at the bottom of the stove rose, and some fine firewood was added to it, and it quickly became hot. Lu Gu opened the lid of the cage and saw that there were still about ten Zamian steamed buns. Xuan Qing brought a few into the mountains as dry food.

He put a drawer in the pot and put four steamed buns on it to heat up. After covering the pot, he hesitated for a moment, then picked up a bowl and scooped up a bowl and a half from the bag of fine flour.

White noodles don't even weigh [-] catties, so naturally he should eat sparingly. Since he entered the mountain, he has only made noodles in scallion oil soup twice, and he is reluctant to eat more.

The water boiled quickly, and the steamed buns became soft and hot after covering them for a while. He used a bowl to cover the hot steamed buns, otherwise the heat would escape.Listening to the movement in the room again, Shen Xuanqing was still awake, the sky in the east had just turned white, and it was still early.

Lu Gu scooped boiling water to heat the noodles, so that the pancakes can be cooked faster, and you don't have to wait for the noodles to rise before making them.Having been in the mountains with Shen Xuanqing for so many days, he is more proficient at cooking and frying vegetables than before. He kneads the dough very neatly. Five small dough cakes come out quickly. The fire at the bottom of the pot has not been extinguished yet. Put the cake embryos on the bottom of the pan and turn over to bake.

Shen Xuanqing finally got up, and the three dogs followed him out.

Dahui yawned, and the little dog stretched its four long legs in the yard, and stretched its waist.

Shen Xuanqing was washing in the courtyard, and he was not afraid of the cold, so he washed with cold water.Lu Gu had just washed, he picked up the pickles, brought out the four steamed buns in a bowl, there were two bowls of water on the table in the main room, it was warm enough to drink now, the two of them sat at the table to eat and drink stand up.

Lu Gu ate less in the morning, one steamed bun was enough, and the remaining three belonged to Shen Xuanqing.

"Want to touch the snails today?" Shen Xuanqing asked him, and after seeing him nod, he said, "The big ash is for you, don't go too far, it's okay if you can't touch it."

"En." Lu Gu nodded in response.

I have been busy with fences and ponds for the past few days, and I didn’t go hunting in the mountains. I have to go out today. Shen Xuanqing packed up after eating. Seeing that the small cloth bag that usually holds dry food in the bamboo basket was shriveled, he went there by himself. The kitchen took it.

Lu Gu was washing the pickle bowl, saw him come in to remove the lid of the drawer, took five or six steamed buns with mixed noodles and stuffed them into the cloth bag, Shen Xuanqing packed them before he could speak.

He stood up so anxiously that he didn't even have time to wipe his wet hands. Shen Xuanqing walked out with a cloth bag, just in front of him. In a hurry, he reached out to grab the corner of Shen Xuanqing's clothes, and found that his hands were wet, leaving behind the corners of his clothes. With a little wet mark, he was frightened and cowardly, let go of his hand and said anxiously: "Wait a minute."

Shen Xuanqing had no choice but to stop, and for the first time Lu Gu approached timidly by the corner of his clothes, which made him smile a little.

The cloth bag in his hand was taken away by Lu Gu, he didn't know what to do, he saw Lu Gu lifted the lid of the pot and took out five white flour cakes from it.

This thing is different. It was made for Shen Xuanqing alone. He bought chickens and ducklings for him and treated him so well. Embarrassed, he lowered his head and gave a short and shy smile, and said in a low voice: "The dry food for entering the mountains, eat this."

Fine noodles are better than miscellaneous noodles for nourishing people. Shen Xuanqing has to work hard to hunt, so he can't eat better.

After receiving the cloth bag, the white cake inside was still hot, making Shen Xuanqing feel warm in his hands, and seeing Lu Gu smile so shyly, the string in his heart seemed to be gently plucked, his own The little husband thought about himself so much that he didn't know how to express that joy, his handsome face was smiling a little silly.

Lu Gu looked at him with such a smile, he became more and more shy and did not dare to raise his head. Finally, he heard the dog barking twice towards the courtyard gate, and Shen Xuanqing came back to his senses.

Lu Gu escorted him to the door, and Dahui watched him and the dog walk into the forest, and turned back to the yard to start a busy day when they could no longer see him.

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After the sun came out, the quiet mountain forest was no longer as scary as at night. When encountering a place with dense grass, Lu Gu used the long wooden stick in his hand to explore the grass and clear the way, and Da Hui followed him all the way to find it.Walking along the direction where he picked the mushrooms last time, he really found a mountain stream.

The stream flows down the mountain. The water looks extremely clear, even cleaner than the Qingxi River. There are tender green cress growing beside the stream. Lu Gu feels fresh and tender when he pinches it. After taking a bite, he decides it is time to go. Pick more and wait for Shen Xuanqing to come back to eat at night.

This watercress is tenderer than the ones he picked by the river in the village before. I think it will be delicious when cut into salads. It can also be stir-fried or fried with meat. There are not many pickles in the jar. The watercress can be marinated in vinegar for a day or two. You can eat it, it's sour and crunchy, and you can eat it with sour pickles, otherwise you will always eat salty.

Fortunately, he came out today with a big bamboo basket on his back, so he could get some back.

Shui Qin was not in a hurry, there was no one else here, so he took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trousers and got into the water.Since he came here specially to touch the snails, he naturally wouldn't go back too early. Lu Gu brought himself four steamed buns with mixed noodles and put them in a cloth bag. Now that he was in the water, he tied the cloth bag to the back rope of the bamboo basket.

There were quite a lot of stones in the water, he opened several pieces and finally saw three or four green snails with thin shells, all of them were quite big, but the shells were too fragile and thin, some of them were not mature enough, they would break if squeezed hard .

Lu Gu's hands are light, and he didn't want to crush them, so he touched them and threw them into the bamboo basket behind his back gently.He walked along the stream to the place where there were many rocks above, and searched all the rocks that could be turned over, looking for them very carefully.

He even asked him to catch a small crab called purple belly in the mountain stream, which was either under the stone or hidden in the muddy water. It got its name because of the lavender on its belly. I don’t know what the place next to it is called. It’s like this in their countryside. It's called, it's a kind of expensive mountain delicacy.

When he was in Anjia Village, he saw someone go up the mountain to catch some, but that person didn't sell them, he took them home and fried them himself, and after eating them, he showed off in the village for a while, saying that he was eating with the rich men in the town. up.

This stuff can be fried with peppercorns, since it's for food, Lu Gu won't let it go easily, and catch purple belly and green snails together.

When he saw the purple belly, he remembered that this thing is as expensive as green snails, but this deep mountain is not as good as when he was in the front mountain, and he could go to the town to sell something he caught. Shen Xuanqing walked fast, and he could go out in an hour and a half. Up.

But he also thought that snail crabs are like loaches when they are caught. They need to be raised for a few days to spit out mud, and they can survive for a few days in the water. If you catch some and keep them in the water in two days, you can take them back with wooden barrels, and they are easier to carry than fish. Small crabs can live well out of the water for a while. He soaked green snails in wine and left only the snail meat, which is still lighter.

Thinking of this, Lu Gu became eager. He wanted to find more. Shen Xuanqing and his family couldn't finish eating, and they could even sell them in the town for money.

Fearing that the small crabs would be crushed or the green snails would be eaten, he picked a few large leaves to wrap the green snails. After he found a lot of leaves, he wrapped them with slender and strong grass stems and threw them into the bamboo basket. Don't be afraid.

Belly purple used its sharp legs to draw the movement of "hahahaha" in the bamboo basket. Sometimes it seemed that they were climbing up. Lu Gu patted the bamboo basket with his backhand a few times, and the little crab that had just climbed a little fell into the bottom of the bamboo basket again. .

There was a splash of water, it was Lu Gu who grabbed a purple belly from the muddy water, held it in the clear water, shook it with his hands and washed it, and it was clean quickly.

The stream was muddy due to walking and washing mud, but after people left, it cleared up again not long after.

Da Hui waded in the water for a while, then returned to the shore, fluttering his body and flicking his fur, splashing water spots on Lu Gu's body, he looked up at Da Hui, with a slight smile in his eyes, followed by a dog It's really reassuring, even if you go far, you won't feel that you can't find your way back.

This mountain stream is quite long. He searched along the stream for a long time, rummaging both upstream and downstream. When he felt hungry, he looked up and saw the sun above his head. It was already noon, so he went to the bank and sat down. Rest on a big rock.

He moved his shoes and socks as he walked, so as not to lose them. After his feet were dry, he put them on. When he saw edible red fruits in the grass beside him, he picked them all up, squatted by the stream, washed them, and tasted a sweet one. , is too small.

Seeing Da Hui approaching, he tried to feed Da Hui two, but unexpectedly, he ate it. It turned out that dogs also like to eat fruit.

Not only grass red fruit, but when he waded over the water just now, he saw a water bun tree. The fruits on it were all red, and they were still big, but he didn't know whether it was bitter bun or sweet bun.This kind of wild fruit is thin and juicy, and when it is ripe, it can burst open like a water bag, so it is called water bag tree.

Lu Gu walked over and tiptoed to pull off a branch, picked a small red fruit and bit the skin lightly, feeling the sweetness of the juice, his eyes were full of joy, it was a sweet bun!

The water bun tree is more bitter than sweet, eight out of ten trees are bitter, the kind of bitterness that even adults can't stand, let alone eat it, just like he just bit the fruit peel and the tip of the tongue got the juice, The tip of the tongue is bitter and numb, and people who are not used to the bitter taste will retch, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

So after tasting the sweetness, Lu Gu was very pleasantly surprised. He picked some red ones and took them to the stream to wash. The redder the fruit, the riper it was. The flesh inside was soft and full of juice. He stuffed one in his mouth One bite, and the sweet juice will overflow.

Seeing Da Hui beside him, he broke open a sweet bun and handed it over. Da Hui smelled it, opened his mouth and ate it, and even licked the sweet juice from his fingers.One person and one dog shared and ate the sweet buns he had picked.

Lu Gu gnawed two and a half of the four steamed buns, and gave the remaining one and a half to Da Hui. Da Hui followed him today and didn't have time to catch bamboo rats and chase rabbits, so he couldn't let him go hungry.

After eating, he found a clear place, took a few sips of it with his hands, and Dahui followed him to drink water with his head down. He was human and intelligent.