Joe's Farming

Qiao Yu looked at the white net-like mushroom cap in front of him.

He said to Hongxiu happily: "Sister-in-law, you are amazing! I have only seen this thing in books. It is called bamboo fungus.

It’s a very famous mountain delicacy, and it’s very expensive!”

Hongxiu couldn't believe it: "But it smells like it's rotten."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Because this bamboo fungus is indeed rotten.

The time for picking bamboo fungus is very short, usually from the end of Chenshi to the end of Sishi in the morning.

If it is not picked during this period, it will rot and emit this rotten smell, attracting small insects to carry away the seeds and sow them elsewhere. "

Li Xin suddenly asked, "Is this to be dried and eaten, stewed in chicken soup or something, so it's crispy?"

Qiao Yu nodded.

"So this is its name. I've eaten it before. It's very fragrant and the soup is very delicious after being stewed in it."

"Well, bamboo fungus must be dried and stored immediately after being picked. When you want to eat it, you usually soak it and stew it in soup. It not only tastes special but is also delicious."

Qiao Yu added.

Everyone felt a little regretful when they saw the bamboo fungus that had not grown on the ground.

Gu Gang smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll come and take a look tomorrow morning. I'll pick them when they're ready."

Xu Ning had never seen bamboo fungus before, and after hearing Qiao Yu and Li Xin's description, he really wanted to eat it, but his home was in town, so it was impossible for him to pick bamboo fungus early in the morning.

Xu Yuan sensed her husband's mood and immediately said to Gu Gang, "Brother Gu, can you help me and Aning pick some tomorrow?"

Xu Yuan was Gu Gang’s big charcoal customer before, so there was no reason for Gu Gang to refuse.

"Don't worry, as long as it blooms tomorrow, I'll pick it."

Qiao Yu also comforted him: "I'll dry it for you when the time comes, you can come and get it anytime!"

"Thank you, Brother Qiao."

Since we can’t pick bamboo fungi yet, let’s continue picking bamboo shoots.

Mr. and Mrs. Xu Yuan also happily pulled up bamboo shoots.

Xu Yuan is in much better health now. While picking bamboo shoots, he can also ask Qiao Yu what delicious foods can be made with bamboo shoots.

Qiao Yu talked about dried bamboo shoots, cold bamboo shoots, stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, and braised bamboo shoots with pork.

Xu Ning sat aside and took note of it obediently. When he got back, he would use the bamboo shoots picked by Xu Yuan to cook a good meal for his parents-in-law.

Qiao Yu looked at Xu Ning's belly, which was bigger than hers.

"How come yours looks so much bigger when we are about the same month?"

Xu Ning felt a little embarrassed when being stared at: "I don't know, maybe it's because I can eat more than Brother Qiao?"

Qiao Yu asked curiously, "Can I touch it?"

Xu Ning blushed and nodded.

Qiao Yu touched it and said, "This belly is not fat at all. Where did you eat?"

Xu Yuan quickly brought back a basket of bamboo shoots. Seeing Qiao Yu touching her husband's belly, he said proudly:

“Is it nice to touch?”

Qiao Yu quickly withdrew her hand, what a fool Xu Yuan.

"It feels good to touch, but have you seen a doctor? I heard that a pregnant man's belly cannot be too big, otherwise the baby will be too big and he will suffer."

Xu Yuan heard this and asked nervously, "Really?"

He had always thought that Xu Ning was blessed to be able to eat, and Xu Ning really hadn't gained much weight.

But now compared with Qiao Yu, Xu Ning's does seem abnormally large.

Qiao Yu nodded: "It's better to invite Jiang Shuo back, just in case."

Xu Yuan nodded solemnly: "Okay."

Xu Ning said to Xu Yuan apologetically, "I won't eat so much in the future."

Xu Yuan felt a little distressed: "Let's wait until Doctor Jiang comes. There are still five months left. There's no rush."

Qiao Yu also comforted Xu Yuan a few words, saying that she was just worried and what she said might not be right, so she should just listen to the doctor.

When Gu Feng came back, Gu Gang and Hong Xiu had already tied up the pile of bamboo shoots on the ground with straw ropes, and they had tied them into several bundles.

Gu Gang threw everything into his and Gu Feng's big bamboo baskets.

The baskets and backpacks in the hands of others were also full.

In addition to bamboo shoots, the most common vegetable is bracken.

[Today, my friend went up the mountain to pick bracken and bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots in the article are larger.]

Gu Feng held a few more strings of mushrooms in his hand, and Qiao Yu immediately asked him to put them in her basket excitedly.

Gu Feng gave a bunch to Xu Yuan, then put the rest in Qiao Yu's basket, then took the basket and carried it himself.

Everyone took their belongings and started walking down the mountain.

This time Xu Yuan picked a lot of bamboo shoots and several kinds of wild vegetables and was very happy.

He said he would come again in two days.

Xu Ning felt a little worried when he thought about what Qiao Yu said, and planned to eat less when he returned.

The children were extremely happy and were very excited on the way down the mountain. They even sang the nursery rhymes that Li Xin had taught them.

Anyway, everyone present was family, and no one would bother to figure out why Li Xin sang a nursery rhyme with such a strange tune.

It was already late when they arrived at the Gu family. Qiao Yu and Gu Feng sent Xu Yuan and his wife to the door, and picked up a basket of bamboo shoots for the children to deliver to Aunt Shi.

Then the family started peeling bamboo shoots in the yard.

Qiao Yu first asked everyone to peel a pot of bamboo shoots for Bai Lan: "We'll have stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat tonight."

Bai Lan looked at the fresh bamboo shoots and said, "Hey!"

Qiao Yu peeled the fruits for a while and then took a break: "Let's cook the rest first and then dry them in the sun. Let Da Zhuang and Su Qing go to the mountain to pick some more tomorrow."

Bamboo shoots sprout very quickly, and new ones usually appear overnight.

Bai Lan said, "Okay."

The remaining ferns also needed to be processed. Fortunately, Dazhuang and Xiaobai came back from the village after collecting duck eggs.

Qiao Yu looked at the duck eggs that needed to be cleaned, and once again decided that although preserved eggs and salted duck eggs had high profits, they really took up too much time and space.

"Da Zhuang, please stop collecting eggs for the time being. I'll have everyone deliver them there later."

Qiao Yu pointed to the foot of the next mountain.

"Tomorrow you and Su Qing will go to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots."

Da Zhuang of course listened to Qiao Yu and nodded quickly: "Listen to the boss."

Qiao Yu then said to Gu Feng: "Brother Gu, our villa is completed, it's time to build the chicken and sheep pens.

By the way, build me a shed for making preserved eggs. There is almost no place to step in this yard."

Gu Feng quickly agreed.

Gu Gang had built his own house and had nothing to do for the time being, so he asked, "Do you need me to do anything?"

Qiao Yu was not polite: "I heard that planting beans can fertilize the soil, so I'll go to the mountain over there in a few days and spread some seeds.

Once it grows, it can be used as food for chickens and sheep.

Oh, and there are bamboo fungi. Brother Gu, go check them out with your elder brother tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

"When picking, be gentle and pull up the whole mushroom. It is best to remove the black cap first, as I am afraid that the dust on it will stick to the cap.

That thing can’t be washed, it needs to be directly exposed to the sun when the time comes, try to make it as clean as possible.”

Qiao Yu added.

Gu Feng nodded: "Okay, I'll wash my hands first before picking them up."

Gu Feng is always like this, always obedient to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu thought he was so cute, but there were so many people around that she couldn't say anything.

I am more active at night.

If they hadn't remembered that Gu Feng was going to pick bamboo fungi early the next morning, the two of them would probably have quarreled until midnight.

Fortunately, the bamboo fungus really bloomed at the end of the morning hour the next day.

The two brothers of the Gu family came back with two full baskets of snow-white bamboo fungus.

【Bamboo fungus】