OBS Chapter 184 Wild Onions
Chapter 184 Wild Onions
When we got home, everyone was busy working and Zhou Xing had already started cooking.
Zhou Guo brought over a basket of fresh and juicy wild vegetables. When Zhou Xing saw them, she said happily, "Where did you get so many green onions? They will taste even better when we put them in the pot later."
She said, "I dug along the river bank, but didn't find much." Looking at the bustling crowd, she lowered her head to look at her basket of wild vegetables. It looked like a lot, but there were really not many. The wild vegetables were all fluffy. If they were put into the pot and blanched, they would be connected to each other, and one could pick up a large bunch. How many bunches could she pick?
She brought the basket over, found a stool to sit on, and picked the leaves one by one so that everyone could eat more.
Zhou Xing looked back and saw her picking wild vegetables piece by piece. She was dumbfounded. "What are you doing? The vegetables are not big to begin with. If you pick them piece by piece like this, I won't be able to find them when I put them in the pot."
Zhou Guo said, "I thought there were too many people, so if we picked this much, everyone could have a chopstick full. There were too many people picking wild vegetables in the village, so I searched for a long time before finding this little. I'll go out and look for it after dinner. This time, I'll go in a different direction and not follow them."
Zhou Xing opened her mouth, thinking that since she picked the wild vegetables so small, people would probably say she was stingy and that she was reluctant to leave even a single wild vegetable behind.
Zhou Guo glanced at her and miraculously understood her hesitation to speak. He pointed at the meat beside him and said, "You are still worried about this? Have you forgotten that we have so much meat? This badger weighs at least 20 kilograms. Cutting it in half is a big deal. Who would be willing to eat so much meat? Don't worry, your meal will make everyone very satisfied."
After all, no one can eat meat every meal like they do. The last time they ate meat was pheasant and rabbit sent by the master.
Zhou Xing suddenly realized and patted her head, wondering how could she have forgotten about this.
The badger meat is fried in a pan and then dried pine mushrooms are added to stew for about half an hour, during which time the aroma of the meat continues to waft around.
Everyone who was working knew that there would be meat to eat at noon, and they were full of energy. Many of them came for the Zhou family's meat. You know, with the old man's skills, there must be meat. Zhou Dacang and his men were not weak either, and they could catch pheasants and rabbits at will.
At this moment, everyone smelled the strange aroma coming from the pot, their stomachs growled and their saliva kept coming out. It smelled so damn good, and the meat was delicious, so they worked harder.
Zhou Guo took a machete and polished the wood that she had sawed off last night until it was smooth. There were no stools at home, so she had to make do with sitting on them. There was not enough wood, so she ran to the river and brought back several smooth, flat and clean stones. She arranged them in a circle in the shed, so that they could be sat on.
Zhou Xing looked back and saw wooden and stone benches on the ground. She was surprised and said, "Guoguo, these stones look really nice after you put them like this. I can't really say why they look nice, they just look nice."
Zhou Guo looked up and saw that the stones and wood were arranged in various shapes and at different heights. In such a mud yard, it looked simple and ancient. It was a bit rustic, but clean and did not look too out of place.
"Sister, is the meal ready?" Her stools were all placed there, and everyone had a seat. She looked up at the sky and realized it was time for lunch. She had been working for the whole morning.
Zhou Xing opened the pot, pressed the meat with a spatula, and nodded, "It's ready, you can eat it."
Zhou Guo shouted to everyone: "It's time to eat."
As soon as he shouted, everyone immediately dropped what they were holding and rushed over here in a bustling and anxious manner.
"Oh, it's time for dinner. Finally, it's time for dinner. The aroma is making my stomach flutter. I'm not even thinking about what to do. It's not good if the food smells too good."
"Come on, you're the most delicious. Let's go. I'm starving."
Zhou Mai and others fetched a bucket of water and asked the workers to wash their hands.
Zhou Guo took a bowl to serve the rice. Their family didn't have enough bowls for so many people, so they had to borrow some from someone else's house.
The Zhou family took a little food and then moved away, leaving the space near the pot for the people working.
The workers' eyes widened when they smelled the fragrance coming from the pot.
After taking a bite of the meat, he sighed repeatedly and ate with relish.
Halfway through the meal, most of the food in the pot had been eaten. Zhou Guo picked up the wild vegetables from the basket and threw them in, pressing them with a spatula. "This, just blanch it a little and you can eat it."
Everyone nodded happily, "Okay, okay."
Having said that, she just took a step back and the dish was picked up by someone. Everyone was grabbing it with their chopsticks, and in the blink of an eye, the dish was gone.
She was dumbfounded. He hadn't even left yet.
"Hmm, delicious. The wild vegetables taste much better when stewed with meat. It smells so good."
"Yeah, I thought the wild vegetables had become more delicious. Come, bring the basket over and let's go. The pine mushrooms are delicious, the wild vegetables are delicious, and the meat is even more delicious. It's all thanks to the old man that I can eat game from time to time. I haven't even caught a wild rabbit in my entire life."
Zhou Dacang smiled and said, "It's delicious, just eat it, there will be another meal in the evening."
When we heard that we would have this in the evening, everyone became excited.
The big pot of pine mushroom stew and a basket of wild vegetables were eaten up cleanly, not even a mouthful of soup was left. Zhou Guo was not very full, so he poured the last bit of rice in the bowl into the pot, shoveled the rice up and down, and the broth on the edge of the pot was absorbed into the rice.
I happily put it into the bowl and took a bite. It was full of flavor and tasted better than the vegetables.
After finishing her meal, she looked around behind people, but didn't see any work she could do, so she picked up the basket and went out again. Her brothers all stayed at home to help with odd jobs, so she had to go alone.
This time we changed direction and didn't even stop near the village. I knew without looking that there were not many of them. We went all the way along the river, going farther and farther, leaving the village far behind.
The wild vegetables gradually increased. In half an hour, there was a full basket of shepherd's purse and four handfuls of wild onions.
At this time, she looked up and found a fork in the road ahead. The river water was divided into two streams, one coming from the right and one from the front. The front was the entrance to the forest, and further in was the mountain. One stream of river water flowed out of the mountain.
He looked down at the basket, then looked up at the sky, and found that it was still early, so he went into the mountains without hesitation, hoping to catch a pheasant or something.
Not long into the walk, she heard the sound of rushing water. The ditch in the forest was rugged and narrow, with many rocks. The running water hit the rocks, creating waves of splashes. The stones on the shore were covered with moss. She continued to move forward.
Not far away, she saw a knee-deep pool of water. The river here was flat, the current was not fast, and the water was clear. She was sweating after walking for half a while, so she went down with the basket, intending to wash the vegetables here.