Hard times have room

Chapter 445

In the afternoon, Pauline was carrying a sack, just like yesterday, it didn't matter where she went, she didn't let wild vegetables go, mushrooms didn't miss, and bugs didn't even want to slip past her.

One afternoon, for four or five hours, Pauline spent about half of the time in the bamboo forest. It was a bit far, and it took more than half an hour to walk. However, she was digging wild vegetables while walking, but she didn't think it was far. There are still a lot of wild vegetables on the trail, but they are scattered. It’s okay to dig alone, and you can always find some.

In the area outside the bamboo forest, Paulin's harvest was not bad, but she didn't go inside, because she knew that even if she went, there was nothing to gain.

In addition to bamboo, there are still bamboos in the bamboo forest. Even if there are some insects, most of them will climb the tree, which is not something she can imagine. There is another point, and the most important point. There are many snakes in the bamboo forest, and most of them are poisonous.

When digging bamboo shoots in spring, it is a special situation. At that time, the temperature is relatively low, and most snakes have not yet come out of their holes. In addition, there are many people and noisy people. It is really no big problem to scare the snakes away. At least ten. For several years, she hadn't heard of anything big happened to the villagers when they were picking bamboo shoots, but now that's not the case.

This has also led to the fact that few people go to the bamboo forest except for cutting bamboo. The wild vegetables around the bamboo forest have survived, and can even be described as long and lush, but like the wild vegetables in the back mountain, they are gnawed by insects. .

After all, this place is not like the back mountain, where people get together every day to rush there. Even if the wild vegetables and mushrooms grow a lot, there are many people who go there, so many people get one point, there is really not much.

There are far fewer people here in the Bamboo Forest. It can be said that, except for those who chop bamboo and go home to make things, basically no other people come here.

Now is not the time to grow bamboo shoots. At that time, there were people everywhere in this bamboo forest. People came and went, dragging bamboo shoots bundled together. Now, in this place, except for bamboo, it is just outside. Wild vegetables grow a little more lush, but that small piece is a little less.

People in the village like to work in groups, talking, chatting and gossip while doing their work. They are in full swing, just a small piece of wild vegetables growing outside the bamboo forest. If there are four or five people, it may not be enough for each person to carry a basket, let alone those It's the burden.

Others don't like this place, but Pauline likes it very much. She stayed here for more than two hours and collected four baskets of wild vegetables in the space. The pile of wild vegetables in the space was a little taller to the naked eye. .

In addition to the wild vegetables, the rest are the grasshoppers in this place. I don't know if it is because of the bamboo or other reasons. The small half-pocketed grasshoppers she caught are all green, there are several, and they are parked on the bamboo leaves. It's hidden, if it wasn't for the sound she made when she walked by to startle them, she would definitely miss it.

Those grasshoppers have no patterns on their wings, and when they are unfolded, they look like a bamboo leaf.

To be honest, those grasshoppers look pretty good-looking, and according to her aesthetic, they are very pleasing to the eye, not like other grasshoppers, they are weird.

Although it looks pleasing to the eye, the death is quite neat. He didn't suffer too much, and he just caught it and put it in the space.

These grasshoppers, she basically didn't do anything to deal with them, just put them in the space, she only used the basket to hold the wild vegetables she shoveled, and there were no grasshoppers, otherwise it would be too troublesome.

After five o'clock, the sun's light became very soft, and there would no longer be that burning feeling on people's skin. At this time, Pauline came home with a backpack inside. She still remembered that she had a Things are not done!

That's right, the grasshoppers that were dried yesterday, the batch that was dried at noon yesterday, are already dry, and you can try to fry them.

Before going out, she also took a grasshopper from the dustpan and put it in her mouth, and tried the taste. It was already very good, but it was still a little wet, and after another afternoon, it should be almost the same now.

As soon as I got home, Pauline put the back basket in the kitchen and went straight to the dustpan on the chopping wood. The darker grasshopper was cooked at noon yesterday and started to dry. The lighter color was cooked last night. It's not yet time, and I can do it tomorrow. What to do at that time will be left to her mother.

Pauline took a grasshopper directly from the dustpan and put it in her mouth. If nothing else, the taste was actually alright, quite chewy, and had a faint taste like grass. She didn't hate it, except In addition, there is a little saltiness.

She didn't delay. If the sun goes down any longer, the sky will soon get dark, so it will be a bit of a delay. She hasn't made dinner yet, so she has to hurry up to fry these grasshoppers, otherwise it will get dark. If you want to fry it, you can't do anything about it. It's too dark to burn. If you can't make it, it's easy to fry it.

Paulin took the dustpan directly to the kitchen, put it on the chopping board, turned around and went to the stove to set the fire.

Lighting the fire, Pauline took off the pot first, then put a handful of pine needle leaves on the stove and set it on the stove. The twigs burn slowly.

At this time, the pot can be put on the rack. While racking the pot, pour the sun-dried grasshopper into it, hold a pair of chopsticks in your hand, and when the pot is hot, you can stir it with chopsticks.

At the beginning, the range of motion can be a little smaller, and it can be done after more than ten seconds. After that, the speed will be accelerated.

The grasshoppers in the pot were only about 1/3 of those in the dustpan. For the first time, I didn't know what the result would be. She didn't dare to take all the grasshoppers down, but it was her one afternoon's harvest, so she couldn't take it lightly. Huo ho.

In just one or two minutes, some parts of the grasshoppers in the pot had already started to turn yellow. At this time, Pauline really dared not relax, for fear that if she didn’t watch it, the things inside would turn black and turn into coke. What a pity!

After another minute or so, Pauline saw that more than half of the grasshoppers in the pot had changed a little color. After chewing a few times, she couldn't help swallowing it into her stomach.

This fried grasshopper tastes very fragrant and has an amazing taste. The first bite is the outer skin of the grasshopper. During the period, it was mixed with a touch of salty fragrance. It was absolutely perfect as a snack. Anyway, she liked it very much. It was many times better than the pure sun-dried one.

Paulin, who had tasted the taste, did not dare to delay, for fear that the grasshopper in the pot would be scorched.

She directly took the whole pot off the stove, and then, she stirred the grasshopper inside, then went to get the bowl, and used a wooden spatula to put some golden grasshoppers in it. in the bowl.

(End of this chapter)