The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 70

"Why are there still people here?"

Fu Shi stretched out his hand to block He Tao behind him and said, "It's okay, it might be a hunter who entered the mountain. You wait here, I'll go out and have a look."

He Tao obediently watched Fu Shi go out, and after a while heard Fu Shi's voice calling her out.He Tao went out to see that Fu Shi was talking to three men.The old and the young are all wearing indigo linen short-sleeved shirts, and their hair is tightly wrapped with turban cloth, which is very different from the clothes of the people in Rongshu Village.

These three people were exactly the villagers who lived in Daqingshan that Fu Shi had mentioned—the Qingshan people. They passed by here when they went down the mountain to exchange things.

He Tao remembered that Fu Shi had said that the cabins in the mountains were built by people from Qingshan, and that the couple now took them without warning. It would be hard to ignore the owner when he came, so he pointed to the mussel meat on the barbecue grill and said : "Have you had lunch? If you haven't eaten, just pay attention to eating something!"

"Then you're welcome." The older villager accepted He Tao's kindness with a cupped hand.

Five people sat down around the fire pit.The number of people has increased, so the roasted ones are naturally not enough to eat. Fu Shi put the other half of the mussels on the shelf, and He Tao cut the roasted meat with a dagger and stuffed it into the bread to make Roujiamo. It was given to three Qingshan people.

The old man from Qingshan thanked him and took the meatloaf, then he took out the small jar in the package.As soon as the sealed oil paper was opened, a spicy and sweet taste wafted out. He dug out a large piece of translucent red sauce with his fingers and spread it on the meatloaf, then handed the jar to Fu Shi and asked, Don't want some hot sauce?"

Fu Shi said thanks, took it, and learned to apply some on the noodle cakes, and some on He Tao's meatloaf: "Daughter-in-law, you should try it too, it tastes so good!"

In fact, He Tao could smell the smell as soon as the people from Qingshan opened the jar.

Spicy!

She used to like all kinds of spicy food, but since the twins got angry because of eating too much spicy food, so far she has steadfastly endured it without taking another bite. I also try to avoid putting chili peppers as much as possible. It can be said that there has been no spicy fragrance in Dahuangdi for almost half a year!
Moreover, the most important thing is how can this hot sauce be so fragrant? !And it smells so tempting? !
If it wasn't for He Tao's confidence in the technological level of this era, she would have wondered if there was a fragrance in it!

He Tao put the Roujiamo in front of her nose and sniffed it vigorously, and then took a bite, and she instantly felt that her happiness value exploded: This is definitely the most delicious chili sauce she has ever tasted, bar none!

He Tao just ate three meatloaf with sauce, and she ate half of Qingshanren's small pot. When she wanted to dig out the hot sauce for the fourth time, Fu Shi coughed and looked at her ——Daughter-in-law, restrain yourself!

He Tao shyly retracted his claws, and said to the Qingshan people a little embarrassedly: "I just laughed, it's because this sauce is so delicious, I couldn't hold back..."

The elder Qingshan man said: "No wonder, if you like it, this can will be given to you!"

"Really?! Thank you, old man." Seeing that people don't mind, He Tao asked more and more: "If possible, can you tell me what this is made of? How did you do it?"

People in Rongshu Village also eat spicy food. Every May and June when the peppers are ripe, every household will make their own pickled chili sauce.Clean fresh chili peppers, remove the stalks, and dry them. After chopping, add salt, garlic kernels, peppercorns, and white wine according to the proportion and mix well. After two or three days in the sun, put them into a large-mouthed clay pot and seal them. This is done.

He Tao has been eating it for two years. It is spicy enough, but not fragrant enough.

Qingshanren’s chili sauce is just the opposite. The spiciness can only be regarded as slightly spicy and slightly sweet, but the aroma is really attractive, and the appearance is also quite good. It is as delicate and transparent as jelly sauce, and the color is red agate. It looks like dark red, it is full of color and fragrance!

She suddenly remembered the tribute sauce mentioned in the book "Yu Shi Ming Yan" that she read when she was in the second year of middle school-Ken sauce.

There is also a reason why she remembers it so clearly: the price of the betel sauce described in the book is too high, it costs 250 guan for a small jar!What is the concept of five hundred coins?In the era in the book, money was usually equivalent to half taels of silver, and a cow was only five to seven taels. That is to say, a small jar of betel sauce cost 30 taels of silver, equivalent to RMB [-], which is more expensive than gold sold by gram. Even more expensive!

Even if literary works are always exaggerated, and it is not the data of the Bureau of Statistics, you can see the value of betel sauce. It is no wonder that betel sauce, which has been lost in practice, is called "a wonderful work in the history of sauce products"!
Although she couldn't remember the original text describing the betel sauce in the book, she always felt that the chili sauce in front of her was infinitely overlapping with the betel sauce in her imagination.

Out of curiosity and surprise, she had checked the relevant information at the beginning.Since there is no recipe handed down, some people say this is a fiction, some people say it is a misrepresentation, and the interpretation of the word Konjac in the authoritative dictionary "Ci Hai" is: Konjac, which is konjac.

Speaking of konjac, He Tao suddenly thought that there is no konjac tofu in this world, and she also happened to know how to make konjac - almost like tofu, it is ground into a pulp, boiled and then put on plaster!

Now it's all right, white tofu and black tofu are a pair!

He Tao silently thanked himself in the second year of middle school in his heart.

It is impossible for the old man Qingshan to know that He Tao has gone through so many detours, so he generously explained the method of hot sauce: "This, the method is very simple. This thing is called betel leaves. In autumn, the fruit ears are picked, and the noodles Scrape off the rough ones on the top, mash them and mix them with ginger juice, then put them on the fire and steam them until the water is dry. However, you don’t have this on the dam. If you want to make it yourself, it’s time to do it at the end of autumn Go into the mountains and look carefully, if you are lucky, you might find it.”

"Thank you, old man." He Tao rolled her eyes and smiled like a little fox.

"By the way, old man, what are you doing down the mountain?"

"Last year, there was a disaster during the wheat harvest. The harvest was not good, and the grain stored in the village was used up. I think this year's year is good, so I plan to go down the mountain to check the price of grain. If it is suitable, I will buy a batch of grain and store it after the wheat harvest. By the way Also look at the market for fur goods." The old man did not hide anything, and answered He Tao's question with a smile.

"It's such a coincidence, old man, our family is also in the fur business. The shop is in Liushu Town, called 'Fu's Native Product Shop'. The shopkeeper is my second uncle, surnamed Fu. I dare not say anything else, but The price of our shop is absolutely fair..."

He Tao talked about it, and kept lobbying the Qingshan people to go to Fu's shop to exchange things.

The old man did not express his dislike for her forced sales, but the more he chatted with her, the happier he became.The two parties agreed on their first and last names. The old man's surname was Jin, and he was the head of Qingshan Village. The two younger ones were descendants of his own clan. The elder was called Qingshu and the other was called Qingmu.The two parties also decided on a title, He Tao and Fu Shi called the old man Jin Laobo, and they were friends with the two equals.

After resting, old man Jin led his two nephews to continue on the road, while Fu Shi and He Tao packed up and set off for the hot spring.

After traveling through the woods for an hour, I saw the fog in the forest from a distance, and followed the fog to find a hot spring stream running down the mountain stream.The widest part is about half a foot, the narrowest part is less than an inch, and the water depth is no more than one foot. The spring water has a pungent sulfur smell, and the temperature is just right.

He Tao and Fu Shi took off their shoes and socks and fell into the creek, holding hands upstream, and after walking for a quarter of an hour, they reached the "end" of the creek - the waterfall.

The waterfall is only three meters high, and the water flow hits a huge rock below. After years and years, a pool of water with a radius of one foot and a depth of two feet is smashed on the boulder - a large natural bathtub.

As soon as He Tao arrived at the destination, he was about to take off his clothes, but was stopped by Fu Shi: "Wait a minute, what will people do when it's broad daylight! Let's come to soak at night."

"Okay..." He Tao put down his hand resentfully.

Fu Shi had been to this place many times before, and he took He Tao to a small cave nearby.After Fu Shi put down his luggage, he sprinkled insect-repelling powder around the cave, lit a bonfire in the center to drive away the moisture, and finally found a pile of hay and made a temporary bed in the corner, and then spread the bed they brought. Mats, small caves immediately become different.

Soon it was dark, and Fu Shi took He Tao back to the hot spring with a torch.Now he didn't have to worry about anything anymore, he stuck the torch into the soil on the bank, took off naked and stepped into the hot spring first.

He Tao, who was so bold and unrestrained during the day because of excitement, became a little squirmed, slowed down his movements and slowly unbuttoned his coat.

"Daughter-in-law, take it off!" Uncle Fu Shi leaned on the stone wall and looked at He Tao.

He Tao, who was already twitching, suddenly felt even more wrong. The difference in height seemed to be that she was on stage and Fu Shi was off stage—a striptease show? !Hair removal, removal!
"Daughter-in-law, hurry up, I'm so anxious to wait!" Fu Shi continued to urge.

"You fucked up, why are you in a hurry!" He Tao rolled his eyes.

Fu Shi chuckled: "Daughter-in-law, you know, today we are not just here to soak in the hot spring..."

The wolf's ambition is clearly revealed!Sperm bugs are on the brain all day long!He Tao spat.However, it is one thing to despise others, and she actually has this plan herself.She remembered the dream she had when Fu Shi first mentioned hot springs, and she couldn't help but blush... The mandarin duck bath is the most, the most loving!
He Tao actually wanted to take a bath with Fu Shi for a long time, but it's a pity that Fu Shi is such a big guy, even if their bathtub is big enough, Fu Shi alone takes up two-thirds of it. There was her place, two people tried to squeeze in once, almost got stuck in it and couldn't get up!

After He Tao took off her naked body and covered the important parts, she went into the hot spring. Fu Shi pulled her into his arms and said with a smile, "Daughter-in-law, I've been waiting for this day for two years!"

"...It's okay to be subtle!" He Tao slapped him.

The days in the mountains passed quickly. The couple slept until they woke up naturally every day, hunting, eating and drinking, and soaking in hot springs.Naturally, Fu Shi’s favorite pastime—eating meat—was indispensable, and he took this activity to the extreme. dagger, so that he could carry his daughter-in-law, who was so tormented by him, down the mountain.

Due to He Tao's complete disappearance, the weaning went smoothly. When she returned home, the twins were drinking goat's milk without crying or fussing.

As for raising a child, she can be said to be a duck on the shelf, completely unprepared, and has been passively accepting this fact since she was pregnant.When it comes to children, the first thing she thinks of is that she has lost all kinds of freedom because of the two of them. In essence, she feels that she is still a child-although she is old enough, she is not yet mature enough to be able to The point of being someone else's mother is rather unwilling.

But seeing the girls after six days away from home, He Tao suddenly felt that it doesn't matter if she suffers a little more for the sake of the children.

"Baby, my little ones..."

She hugged the daughters and kissed them again and again, listening to their immature voices of "babbling and babbling", she felt that her heart was about to melt.

(End of this chapter)