Chuanchuan and Jiajia held several quail eggs in their hands.

Quail chickens raised in Lushanhe.

In addition to digging out some quail eggs in rice fields and hatching them themselves, some others set traps to catch quail chickens surviving in the wild.

As a result, Lu Shanhe has now hatched hundreds of quail chickens, plus subsidized quail chickens.

Quail chickens that hatch by themselves will not be able to lay eggs until a month later.

But the pheasants caught in the rice fields have begun to lay eggs one after another.

It's just that Lu Shanhe hasn't had time to take care of it yet, so there are many eggs that haven't been taken out yet.

It doesn't matter though.

What Lu Shanhe needs to do now is to expand the quail chicken population.

200 chickens are definitely not enough to sell, not even eggs.

But now that the chickens have started laying eggs, it’s time to give quail eggs a try.

In the past, when food was scarce in rural areas, people would dig out quail chicken nests, take out the eggs and cook them.

However, quail birds are very alert, and it is time-consuming and laborious to dig out the chicken coop. After the 80s, except for children, adults rarely do this kind of thing.

At this time, it is better to go to the fields and do more work to make the vegetables and fruits grow better.

Quail laying hens are just like other rails in the field.

It has never become a part of people's diet.

If Lu Shanhe wants to make money, he must make more money. He must seize the opportunity to find the first pot of gold at the cusp of the late 80s and early 90s and prepare for entering a new era.

So the way to make money is to use your brain.

As in any era, you can make money only if you do things that others cannot do.

Only by constantly innovating can you make money.

For example, go to the fields to catch eels.

A few months ago Lu Shanhe could make money by catching eels.

But later Lu Shanhe promoted some ways of eating eels in Jiangcheng County, so that the earthy smell of eels was not so strong, and many people went to catch eels in the fields.

This resulted in Jiangcheng County's wet markets selling aquatic products basically selling eels, which also led to a sharp drop in sales of eels in Lushan River.

Because there is no technical content in making eel, if Lu Shanhe can do it, others can do it too.

But raising quail chickens is completely different.

Don't underestimate raising chickens is a very simple matter, just feed the chickens.

In fact, as long as your chickens are raised to a certain scale, their growth, illness, hatching, etc. will all be a series of problems.

Without good feed, there are no vaccines or drugs related to chickens. One is that there is no way to breed quail chickens on a large scale. The other is that even if you succeed in breeding, without good feed, its growth rate will be very slow. It's slow, and investment and income are completely out of proportion.

This is the entry threshold for raising quail chickens, and it is Lu Shanhe’s innovation.

Lu Shanhe can do things that others cannot do. Lu Shanhe believes that he will be able to make money.

Lu Shanhe combined his memories from the last time and developed a feed suitable for quail chickens. However, there are still a few amino acids that have not been found. However, this does not matter. The current ratio is enough to make quail chickens grow faster than in the wild. much faster.

It may take three months for quail chickens in the wild to lay eggs, but the artificially raised quail chickens here in Lushan River may be able to lay eggs in about two months.

In addition, the quails raised with feed in Lushanhe are almost twice as big as those in the wild.

Now that the breeding has reached a certain scale, Lu Shanhe plans to go to the county in a few days to see if the quail chickens and quail eggs are selling well.

After all, it is better to try it yourself than to say it a thousand times.

Lu Shanhe touched Chuanchuan's head and placed about 10 quail eggs collected by the two children on the table.

"Do you want to eat quail eggs?" Lu Shanhe asked with a smile.

"I think!" Chuanchuan and Jiajia were very happy and replied in unison.

In fact, children have no idea what quail eggs taste like, whether they are delicious or not.

In this era, food was scarce.

As long as children hear the word "eat", they will salivate with excitement.

How are they like the group of children 30 or [-] years later, who won't eat this or that, and are picky eaters of all kinds.

"Today, uncle will show you his skills and just play nicely in the yard."

The weight of quail and chicken growing naturally in the wild is about 70 to 100 grams, which is less than two taels.

However, the weight of quail chickens grown by eating the feed developed by Lu Shanhe can reach 125 to 150 grams, which is more than two ounces and close to three ounces.

Lu Shanhe went to the chicken room next to He Wenbin and caught three roosters.

Kill the rooster, bleed it, pluck it with boiling water and then disembowel it.

Lu Shanhe's current goal is to continuously expand the quail and chicken population.

Therefore, a large number of hens are needed, but the number of roosters must be controlled.

When the number of quail, chickens and roosters increases, they will fight with each other.

Fighting will not only frighten the hens and reduce egg production, but also cause injuries to the hens.

So more cocks is not always better.

With so many roosters, there are only two ways to go.

Either it goes into your own stomach, or it goes into someone else's stomach.

He Hui is busy in the kitchen of the new house.

After the chili peppers were prepared, she cut the Erdao pork that Lu Shanhe bought from the commune into slices and planned to make a chili fried pork dish for Lu Linshan to drink with in the evening.

In addition to meat, there are two most delicious dishes in the countryside during this period - one is stir-fried loofah flowers with peppers, and the other is stir-fried pumpkin vines.

As the weather gradually gets cooler, the flowering loofahs will not grow big even if they bear fruits.

Rather than letting these loofahs bear fruit and waste nutrients, it is better to pick all the loofah flowers before cutting off the loofah vines. This is a delicacy in the countryside and cannot be eaten in the city.

After He Hui used chili peppers to stir-fry the meat, he cleaned the pumpkin vines and loofah flowers, stir-fried them and stir-fried them with chili peppers respectively.

"You have been working so hard during this time. Just rest outside and play with the children. Don't go into the kitchen."

The days were getting better day by day, but He Hui still felt very sorry for her son.

"Mom, when you're done, give me the kitchen and I'll make something delicious for the children."

Lu Shanhe tipped the quail chicken in his hands that had been washed and cared for.

He Hui looked at the cut-out quail chicken and couldn't help but smile.

"You used the room next door to your uncle to raise chickens. I thought you used it to raise native chickens."

"Raise local chickens. When you go to the market, you can also take them to the market to exchange for some vegetables or meat. If not, you can exchange them for half a catty of soju for your father."

"That's good for you. If you don't live in such a big room and don't raise native chickens, what kind of corncrakes are you going to use?"

In rural areas, all kinds of chickens that live in rice fields, such as quails and chickens, are called crackers.

"Is there any meat in this chicken when you cut it open? It smells earthy and doesn't taste good at all."

When the concept of life was changing in the 60s, there was really no food in the countryside, so He Hui and her family went to the fields to catch rails to eat.

But there is nothing that can be done, and the corncrakes live in the rice fields for many years, and the earthy and grassy smell on their bodies is simply unpalatable.

In addition, rails don’t have much meat to begin with, so as long as the living conditions are good, no one will care about this kind of rural pheasant anymore.

Lu Shanhe said: "Oh mom, just give me the prescription. Don't worry, the food I make will definitely be delicious."

He Hui covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll leave this to you. No matter what, you are still the master chef of the state-owned hotel in Jiangcheng County."

He Hui knew that her son's cooking skills were outstanding.

When she cooks, she just wants everyone to be full. When her son cooks, he must not only eat well, but also eat well.

After He Hui finished her work, she brought the dishes to the table and handed the kitchen over to Lu Shanhe.

Lu Shanhe is going to make tea eggs out of more than 10 quail eggs in his hand.

The spices at home are relatively well stocked.

When working in the summer, Lu Shanhe would also drink a few sips of tea to make himself more comfortable, so there was also tea.

Although these teas were bought at the supply and marketing cooperative in the county and are not particularly good teas, the teas of this era have two advantages over the teas of later generations. One is that the tea has a stronger mountain flavor, and the other is that there are no pesticides.

After putting the tea leaves and spices into the pot and pouring the water, Lu Shanhe put some salt and a little brown sugar in the water.

After the water boils, add the quail eggs.

The size of quail eggs is much smaller than that of chicken eggs, so it should not be cooked for a long time. If it is longer, it will become older and less delicious.

After the egg liquid inside the quail eggs solidified, Lu Shanhe gently cracked the tea eggs with a spoon, opened a small hole and continued to cook for a few minutes, so that the flavor of the soup could be well integrated into the tea eggs.

Because the three roosters are raised on feed, they still have more meat.

Lu Shanhe is ready to open the eyes of children.

So I won’t use traditional rural cooking methods to cook or stir-fry.

Instead, prepare to make Coke Quail Chicken.

Coke is definitely not available, and Lu Shanhe doesn't have the leisure to go to the Jiangcheng County state-owned hotel to get it, but the taste of Coke can be replaced by existing ingredients.

First, blanch the quail laying hens with ginger, garlic and Dad’s sweet potato wine to remove the grassy smell.

Then put it in the pot and boil it with water. Of course, you need to put some salt in the water so that the chicken can be flavored.

Lu Shanhe didn't start stir-frying until it was almost cooked.

In addition to the conventional ingredients such as ginger, onion, garlic and spices, the most important thing is to use brown sugar and a little vinegar to taste the cola.

People in rural areas are reluctant to use heavy ingredients when cooking, but Lu Shanhe is willing to do so if he has money.

A little spice, brown sugar and vinegar can bring out the flavor of quail chicken to the extreme, so it tastes delicious.

After the ingredients are fried, put the three quail chickens into the pot.

Then reduce the fire to a low level and let the sauce slowly simmer the quail chicken.

After about 10 minutes.

Lu Shanhe gently poked the back of the quail chicken with his chopsticks. The meat had become soft, which proved that the quail chicken was ready.

This is an improved version of "Cola Chicken Wings".

To be precise, it should be called Brown Sugar Rice Vinegar Quail Chicken.

It was getting dark gradually, and the children couldn't wait any longer. They all sat on the dining table waiting for dinner.

Lu Meiqi smelled a fragrance that he had never smelled before, and his saliva almost dripped on his collar.

"Brother! What are you cooking today?"

Lu Meiqi was extremely excited.

Lu Shanhe put the quail chicken on a plate and brought it over.

The children screamed excitedly when they saw the delicious food inside.

"Hurry up and eat."

Lu Linshan looked at the family, enjoying themselves. The early autumn wind blew by, and there was no stench like the pigsty in the past.

This feeling is really comfortable.

Lu Linshan took a sip of sweet potato wine.

Lu Shanhe bought him several pieces of Jiangcheng Daqu, but he still couldn't bear to drink them. He still said the sweet potato wine had a taste.

"Hurry up and eat!"

Lu Shanhe was not polite. He first picked up two chopsticks, stir-fried loofah flowers with chili pepper and stir-fried pumpkin vines.

The refreshing fragrance originating from nature increased his saliva secretion, which made him feel comfortable as he continued to dig at the rice.

Then he picked up a piece of quail egg and put it in his mouth.

The quail eggs are chewy on the outside, and the egg powder inside is very tasty after being bitten.

Seeing Lu Shanhe eating with gusto, Lu Meiqi and the two children kept drooling.

"Not only do you have to eat eggs, but you also have to eat chicken legs."

With Lu Shanhe's order, the three children could no longer sit still.

One man took a quail chicken.

Lu Meiqi still hesitated, then broke off the chicken legs and handed them to Lu Linshan and He Hui first, then to Lu Shanhe.

Lu Shanhe laughed loudly and said, "We will have more and more quail chickens in the future, you eat first."

The child put the quail chicken into his mouth.

His whole eyes changed, becoming extremely bright and surprised.

It seems to have opened up a new world of taste buds.

Especially Chuanchuan, who kept stuffing the quail chicken into his mouth.

I'm afraid that a little juice will fall off and be wasted.

"Is it delicious?" Lu Shanhe asked.

"good to eat!"

"good to eat!!"

The children replied in unison.

He Hui also licked her lips and said, "How can it be so delicious?"

She was reluctant to compete with the children for meat, but she looked at the quail chicken eagerly and wanted to take a bite.

Lu Meiqi was a sensible girl, so she tore off the meat from the quail chicken breast and handed it to He Hui.

He Hui just took a light bite and said to Lu Shanhe in great shock: "Shanhe, how do you make this quail chicken? Why is there no earthy or grassy smell at all? The meat is so tender. It's so tender." Better than chicken.”

Lu Shanhe laughed darkly, "If it tastes good, take two more bites."

He has made up his mind.

After helping He Hui finish the work in the fields in the past two days, I will find a way to sell the quail eggs to hot pot restaurants in Jiangcheng County.

Quail laying hens can be sold to state-owned restaurants.

Those leaders in state-owned hotels don’t know how to eat?

It doesn't matter if they don't know how to eat it. Lu Shanhe has plenty of ways to teach them how to eat quail chicken.

There are two ways for folk cuisine to flow, one is from high-end to low-end, and the other is from low-end to high-end.

The so-called starting from the high end to the low end means that some dignitaries and powerful people like a dish, and then the people will imitate them, so that the dish can become popular.

Now that living conditions are gradually getting better, people of course like better and more delicious food, so they often ask what the leaders of Jiangcheng County eat.

As long as Lu Shanhe can promote quail chicken-related cuisine to Jiangcheng County state-owned canteens.

Then Lu Shanhe believes that it won't be long before quail chicken will appear in many restaurants throughout Jiangcheng County.

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