Riding the wind of rebirth

"In the countryside, she was much wilder than me." Zhou Zhi shook his head when he thought of how his cousin An Xin was at that time: "I hope Tiechui doesn't become like her in the future. The black cows from my fifth uncle's family would hide in the mountains when they saw her."

“Is Black Bull the cow raised by Uncle Five?”

“No, it’s my fifth uncle’s dog.” Mai Xiaomiao smiled and said, “It’s very well behaved. It even knew to see us off when we left.”

Hei Niu is a common black-backed native dog in rural southern Sichuan. It cannot be compared with Lao Chi Ri's Black Dragon, but it was well trained by his fifth uncle. When cousin An Xin teased it, it was still a puppy. She would not let it go through the door, so she had to train it to dig a hole. As a result, it got stuck in the hole in the door sill and couldn't move. It took a lot of effort to rescue it. I guess that childhood shadow remained in Hei Niu's heart until he grew up.

Anyway, the last time Zhou Zhi went back and saw Hei Niu, he still jumped over the threshold and never scratched it.

Xu Anxin grew up in a big factory. Her living environment is similar to that in big cities, but her personality is lively and cheerful. With Zhou Zhi and Su Datou, two younger brothers who understand rural life, at her disposal, of course she wants to have a lot of fun.

Even though Li Laosan and her had children, he still didn't know about these details of her childhood life, so he couldn't help but listen with great interest.

After lunch, Zhou Zhi took out two sets of fishing gear and took Li Laosan to go fishing.

Unexpectedly, just like riding a horse, Li Laosan didn't need any instruction and he became very good at it.

Zhouzhi's fishing rig is a variation of lure fishing. It uses small sequins and small hooks weighing a few grams. For the purpose of weighting, a transparent glass drop-shaped pendant is specially customized. The rod is also soft and delicate. It is used to deal with small fish such as peach blossom, horse mouth, and whitebait in the stream.

You can also catch armyfish, but you can only catch those weighing less than half a pound. If you catch more than half a pound, this set of fishing gear will be too difficult to use and you will have to change to more powerful fishing gear.

"It's similar to jigging, and a bit like a simplified version of fly fishing," Li Laosan said as he opened the spool and cast the rod skillfully. The glass drop pendant with sequins fell near a rock structure 20 to 30 meters away. "I'm familiar with both of these fishing methods."

Actually, they are somewhat similar. Iron fishing is a method of sea fishing using sequins on cruise ships. It is a variation of lure fishing. People who have yachts and like fishing are naturally familiar with it.

Fly fishing originated in England, where Li Laosan spent his high school and college years, so he is no stranger to it.

"Tennis, golf, billiards." Li Laosan chatted with Zhou Zhi while reeling in the phone. "When I came to the mainland, I heard them say that these are some kind of aristocratic sports. Many places are applying to build golf courses."

"Actually, rich people in Europe and America are more into yachts and horse racing."

“But those are more places to expand personal connections, not really for sports.”

"The real sports are mountain climbing, sailing, long-distance running, cycling..."

"In short, you just have to endure the hardship, right?" Zhou Zhi found it funny.

"Stream fishing is also a good sport." Li Laosan said with a smile: "Anyway, there is a chain of contempt for this."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but think of the wealthy man in later generations who had to climb several peaks, and who after two years of playing in China, ran to the African savannah to charter a helicopter to photograph the pig intestines of animals. Maybe they were in true love, but some people later on tried to imitate them in order to "match their status", which was really a forced act.

The small fish in the stream were quite powerful. They actively sought bait and took the bait quickly. The result surprised Li Laoda.

There are many stream mouths here, the big ones are more than ten centimeters long, and the small ones are almost the size of a palm. The thin rods, thin lines, small hooks and small baits make the fish feel great after catching them, and also make Li Laosan have a lot of fun.

After a while, there were twenty or thirty peach blossom fish and carp in the fish basket in the water.

"Can this fish be raised?" The peach blossom fish is also called the broad-finned bream. This season is the mating season. The fins of the male fish will become very long, the pelvic fins will turn orange-red, and many green stripes will appear on the body. It will reflect the colors of the rainbow under the sun, which makes Mai Xiaomiao like it very much.

"It's possible, but the conditions are rather harsh. You have to use a high-dissolved-oxygen stream tank." Zhou Zhi said, "Also, this fish has a fierce temper and likes to jump out of the tank, so you have to put a lid on the tank." "It's so troublesome."

"Besides, they are only beautiful for a short period of time. After three months, they will return to their normal appearance." Zhou Zhi said, "So there is really no point in keeping them. It is better to add a dish, coat them in batter and fry them. They taste very good."

"Yes, Anxin said that you and your other brother caught small fish and asked the eldest lady to make crispy fish for you, saying that it was a rare delicacy that you ate when you were a child." Li Laosan remembered the interesting story his wife told him.

"Life was still very difficult at that time." Zhou Zhi shook his head and smiled, "Only the eldest lady doted on us and was willing to use oil to fry small fish for us. Because we couldn't eat it anywhere else, that's why cousin Anxin was so impressed."

"If I cook it for her now, she might think it's just like that."

"No, fish elbow is delicious. It tastes good no matter how you cook it." Mai Xiaomiao strongly supports Zhou Zhi.

"It seems like I can't justify not showing off my skills." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Then let's add a fried fish dish tonight!"

"Xiao Miao said that you saw a lot of animals last time, including monkeys?" Li Laosan asked curiously, "Why didn't you see any today?"

"It was winter when we came here last time, and there was little food in the mountains. This valley is very warm because of the hot springs, and there is more food, so animals come here in large numbers." Zhou Zhi said, "It's early summer now, and there is no shortage of food in the mountains, so fewer animals come here."

"If you really want to see animals, follow Grandpa Chi Ri to the reservoir for a walk every morning and come back. I guarantee you'll see a lot of wild animals in a few days."

"Forget it then." Li Laosan waved his hand: "Like you just said, you can't endure it without suffering!"

After playing for a while, Zhou Zhi began to formally build the base, set up the tent, put up the canopy, picked up the charcoal from the fire pit into the barbecue grill, placed an iron plate, piled nuts on it, brewed tea, set up the lounge chair, and started to drink afternoon tea.

The three people's teas are different. Li Laosan is from Hong Kong Island and prefers fermented tea such as black tea. Although Liangshan Prefecture does not produce tea, the surrounding Yazhou, Meishan, Emei, and central Yunnan are all good production areas of fermented tea, such as Pu'er, black tea, and Tuo tea, and there are many varieties.

Recently, Li Laosan has become obsessed with Tuo tea.

The "Tuo" in Tuocha refers to Tuojiang River, but in fact the Tuojiang River basin is not its origin. This tea is a famous tea in central Yunnan, and its origin is Xiaguan.

The preparation of Xiaguan Tuocha is actually similar to that of the "Tuancha" in the Song Dynasty. It is made by steaming and pressing Yunnan green tea into a unique shape, shaped like a bowl or mortar.

After aging, Tuo tea has a tight appearance, a reddish color, a unique aged aroma, a bright orange-yellow soup color, a rich aroma, a mellow taste, and a sweet aftertaste in the throat.

The tea produced by Xiaguan Tea Factory at that time was mainly sold to "Xufu" in Shuzhong, which is today's Yizhou area. The locals used Tuojiang River water to make tea, and the taste was very good, hence the name.

What’s funny is that although this tea has won numerous awards, including the World Food Gold Crown Award, the title of Yunnan Province Quality Product, the Ministry of Commerce Quality Product, the China Food Expo Gold Award, the National Food Silver Award, and the title of National Famous Tea, it is still not well known to the public.

However, looking at Li Laosan's greedy look, Zhou Zhi guessed that the time would not be long for this tea to become truly famous throughout the world.

Among them, the Grade A Xiaojintuo is actually the highest grade of Pu'er tea that is famous in later generations.

The Xiaojintuo of today is not comparable to the Xiaojintuo of later generations. That is truly the best stuff that can beat all Pu'er teas of later generations.

Li Laosan is a playboy, but he really knows what is good and what is bad. (End of this chapter)