After a simple rebirth

Actually, Fu Ying wanted to try grilling the fish on a skewer, which should be delicious.

But after thinking about it, he realized that neither he nor Fu Zhe had the ability, and Xiao Ye might not be able to do it either. It would be too difficult for him, so he decided not to make such an unreasonable request.

The two of them broke off a few branches and Fu Ying watched Xiaoye skillfully knock the crabs unconscious against the stone man, or maybe even killed them. Anyway, he pierced the crabs through the head and threaded them out through the tail. He strung three crabs on a string and started roasting them.

There are still a few struggling, but they still can't escape the fate of being roasted. The roasted river crabs turn red in color, and the difference between them and ordinary hairy crabs is that they are not as big, but everything else is the same.

The three of them each took one. Fu Ying was originally wondering if this river crab should be eaten whole and suspected that the crab shell could choke people to death. At this time, Xiao Ye pulled off the crab's legs and sucked the flesh inside.

Well, this is how crabs are eaten.

The river crabs are small, and there is not much meat in the claws and feet. I eat them purely for the sense of participation. When I cracked open the shell, the crab roe inside was also very small and was gone in a few bites.

River crabs don’t have the fishy smell that Fu Ying imagined. The meat is very tender and fresh, but they are relatively small in size and don’t give you the same satisfaction as eating sea crabs in big bites.

Before roasting the next round of river crabs, Xiaoye first took a few opened chestnuts, pried open the prickly thorns on the outside to take out the flesh, then stuffed the flesh into the hole and prepared to roast the chestnuts.

Fu Ying knew why he picked the chestnuts first. How could he roast them without picking them?

While grilling the crabs, I heard the crackling sound of chestnuts breaking their shells and the aroma began to come out.

When Fu Ying got the chestnuts, they were very hot. Wild chestnuts are small, and Fu Ying tossed them back and forth in her hands. Finally, they were not so hot anymore, and Fu Ying put them in her mouth. They were sweet and soft. It turned out that wild chestnuts were really delicious.

After eating and resting for half an hour, Xiaoye set off again and took them to the kiwi fruit place.

Compared to the tall chestnut trees and the need for cooperation, kiwifruit trees are easier to pick. The average wild kiwifruit tree is about one person tall, but there are taller ones that are easier to climb. The branches are not thick, but droop because of the weight of the fruit, making it easier to pick. Wild kiwifruits have a lot of hair and are a bit hard, like thorns. They are big and small, but not as big as those sold in supermarkets.

The three of them also put down their backpacks and looked for ripe ones. Fu Zhe found one and showed it to Xiaoye. Xiaoye said it was not ripe enough. Unconvinced, he peeled it and took a bite. It was so sour that his whole face wrinkled.

Fu Ying couldn't help laughing. The fruit that Fu Zhe had picked was still green, so it must be hard and sour. He insisted on trying it, and it would be strange if it wasn't sour.

Fu Ying found a smaller one, which was soft at the head and tail, and was basically edible. She picked it, tore it open, and bit into the flesh. The head was very sweet, and the middle was still slightly sour, but it was good.

After eating for a while, we started to get down to business. Everyone picked the big and hard ones and put them in the backpack. Since they were going to take them home and not eat them right away, the harder ones were better.

Both backpacks were almost full, so Fu Ying called a halt. Going down the mountain would be exhausting, that was enough.

As a result, when they passed the wild chestnut forest, Xiaoye pointed to the other side and said that there were wild walnuts on the mountain over there. She asked them if they wanted to pick them up. Fu Ying said that she would see if they were tired from carrying them, and if the main labor force was not tired, she would not be tired either.

In the end I decided to pick up a little bit, since I was already here!

It wasn’t too far, and we arrived in just ten minutes. The wild walnut tree was taller than the wild chestnut tree. The older it was, the thicker its branches and trunks were, and the bigger its fruits were.

Wild walnut trees are difficult to climb, but fortunately, the walnuts don't need to be stepped on the branches, and they will fall to the ground when they are ripe. When Fu Ying and her friends walked into the walnut forest, there were many walnut fruits on the ground.

When walnuts are ripe, they are green on the outside and then fall to the ground. The green skin will slowly rot and turn black, and the core will fall out. If the core is not rotten, the meat inside is edible. So you don't need to pick walnuts that are too fresh. If they are all green, you have to let them rot or manually chisel off the green skin.

Xiaoye said that the best time for wild walnuts would be half a month or a month earlier, but there are still some now.

They put the backpack aside and started picking walnuts. Fu Ying picked green-skinned walnuts with black spots. The black spots made it easier to crack the skin, and if they were squeezed, they would be hard inside. Walnuts that were soft and crumbled when squeezed were not picked, because she was afraid that there was no fruit inside or that they were eaten by insects.

They picked walnuts very quickly and soon filled their backpacks.

Fu Zhe also volunteered his coat to hold the walnuts. Fu Ying wanted to beat him to death. The green skin of the walnuts would take several days to wash off, and he still took his coat. It would be annoying to see that the clothes were not washed clean. Although it was blue, close to cyan, she still wanted to beat him. If you don't commit suicide, you won't get beaten.

"Go home and wash this coat by hand. I won't take care of you." Fu Ying couldn't help but say to him.

"Wash it yourself. I'll just rub it twice and throw it in the washing machine. It's just stained inside the coat, so it can't be seen." Fu Zhe didn't care.

Fu Ying...I can bear it!

The two boys carried backpacks and Fu Ying carried a clothes load of walnuts and returned to Aunt Fu's house.

It took more than an hour to go up the mountain and half an hour to go down the mountain. It turned out that going downhill was fast.

It was just a little after four when we got home. Second Aunt Fu and the others were playing 1,000 points, while First Aunt Fu was holding Xiao Rui and watching the game.

Looking at their things, the eldest cousin's wife asked why Xiaoye asked Fu Zhe to carry so many things. Fu's mother said it was good to let Fu Zhe carry things as it would give him more exercise.

With wild chestnuts, we stewed chestnuts with smoked pork ribs for dinner. Chicken stewed with chestnuts is the best, but Aunt Fu's family didn't raise chickens, and Aunt Fu and her family couldn't let Aunt Fu really kill a chicken. We originally wanted to just cook it, but Aunt Fu insisted on stewing the pork ribs, saying that we hadn't finished eating the smoked pork ribs during the Chinese New Year, and it just happened that we had finished eating them, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon. I couldn't persuade her, so I agreed to stew the pork ribs.

They stopped playing cards and started boiling water to wash spareribs and peel chestnuts. Fu Ying and the other two also helped to peel some chestnuts. The cousin kept asking them to go play, but Fu Ying said she really didn't want to move and it was nice to just sit and peel chestnuts.

In the evening, I stewed the spare ribs with chestnuts for two hours, then transferred the stew to an iron pot. After it boiled, I added some cured pork belly slices, green vegetables, dried bamboo shoots, and crispy pork, and the disguised hot pot was ready.

The ribs were very salty, but they were okay after being cooked for a long time. They were delicious to chew, and the meat fell off as soon as you sucked it. The chestnuts were cooked until soft and rotten, and they were much more delicious than roasted ones. The pork belly slices were thin and not greasy, and they went well with rice, so Fu Ying ignored Fu Ma's look and ate two bowls.

After eating, a group of people sat in the field to enjoy the breeze. It was not completely dark yet. The field faced north, not west, but we could still see the afterglow of the sunset. In addition, the mountain was high and the wind was strong. Sitting high and looking far away, the field of vision was wide, which really gave us a sense of rural leisure and comfort.

Aunt Fu wanted to go home overnight because she was worried about her pigs and grandson, but Aunt Fu and her eldest cousin kept persuading her to stay overnight and go back with the Fu family tomorrow. It was so dark, and Aunt Fu walked alone. Even if she was sent to the intersection, it would still be dangerous for her to go home alone.

In the end, Fu Ergu had no choice but to stay and sleep for one night and go home the next day.