After a simple rebirth

It was said that the journey would take an hour, but maybe because everyone was chatting and walking fast, we arrived in less than an hour.

The Hongshi Reservoir is long and narrow, like a belt, but not that thin. It is more like a lying tree, only not so straight, with many extended branches. Those places are often a paradise for anglers.

The reservoir that seemed so big to Fu Ying when she was a child seems just like that now.

After all, she had been to several large reservoirs on the Dongjiang River, which were so big and deep that it took more than half an hour to swim around them by boat.

Although the Hongshi Reservoir has been artificially widened, it is not really too big.

Moreover, Wumeng is the source of many rivers, with numerous tributaries and a developed water system. Therefore, although the Hongshi Reservoir is large, it is not particularly important.

In the past, people living nearby could swim and fish in the reservoir, but now they are not allowed to do so, not even fishing, because every year people get into accidents in the reservoir and because we need to protect ecological civilization.

Fu Ying and her friends arrived at the dam mouth of the reservoir, which is also the landmark building of the Hongshi Reservoir.

The reservoir is so long, so we won’t go further in. It’s also dangerous to go close to the water’s edge, so we can only stay here.

After arriving, Fu Ying merged the twelve groups into six groups, with eight people sharing food and playing games together later.

It’s not that particular in the countryside. Everyone just sits down a little distance away from each other and starts eating.

Chen Lu brought a 1.5-meter picnic mat, spread it on the ground, and sat on the ground without being pretentious. Then she took out a dozen small cakes with beautiful decorations. There were also large cakes, but they were squeezed a little, but it did not affect the eating.

Fu Ying looked at her mat and gave a thumbs up, then sat down, took out a rice ball from her schoolbag, took out a disposable lunch box for cold dishes, and put bamboo sticks next to it.

Shen Wenbo and Lin Jincheng also took out a bunch of food from their schoolbags, including jelly, potato chips, melon seeds, spicy strips, and probably all kinds of snacks you could think of, and spread them out in a pile.

The second group who were sitting with them were shocked when they saw what they took out.

"Damn, Lao Lin, your group prepared so much food, it's too rich."

"Didn't you prepare anything to eat?" Lin Jincheng asked puzzledly.

"We just bought some snacks. Unlike you guys, you also got cakes, rice balls, and fruits that are so exquisite. We can't compare!" The boy sighed and unceremoniously picked up the cherries that Lin Jincheng brought and ate them.

Fu Ying looked at it and thought that it should be the small cherry that Lin Jincheng mentioned. There were not many red ones, so it should be early-ripening and must be sour. The sweeter cherries can only be eaten after Qingming Festival!

Sure enough, the boy started to yell again, "Damn it, your cherry is here to poison me. It's so sour that I can't even bear a tooth!"

Everyone laughed. People from other groups looked over, but since they had just started eating, they were too embarrassed to come over.

Yuan Jun's group was also taking out food. They didn't prepare much, just snacks like potato chips that didn't fill you up. One boy did buy bread, but it didn't look that appealing compared to the fresh cake baked by Chen Lu.

There was only one girl in Yuan Jun's group. That girl took out two boxes of things, one box of yellow rice cake and the other box of boneless chicken feet!

As they are both girls, they should definitely help other girls. She didn’t expect that someone would bring boneless chicken feet. This thing is easier said than done, and it’s a bit expensive to buy chicken feet alone.

"You are so amazing! Did you make this chicken feet yourself?" Fu Ying invited her to sit next to her and praised her cooking skills.

The girl's name was also reserved, Tan Jinyu, and she became shy when Fu Ying praised her.

"Yes, I learned it by watching videos, but I didn't feel very successful, so I also brought some yellow cakes with me. Eating yellow cakes is enough to fill you up."

"You are already amazing. You made it yourself, so it must be very good! Can I try it?"

Fu Ying asked for her opinion, and after seeing her nod, she poked one with a bamboo stick and ate it. It was quite delicious.

"You've done it very successfully. Boneless chicken feet should be sour and spicy to stimulate the appetite. Yours is super delicious."

After eating, Fu Ying gave a thumbs up to show her approval. Although the boneless chicken feet were a bit hard and difficult to remove the bones, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. It was really good and the flavor was strong enough.

"Really? I don't think I can eat it by myself. Thank you." Tan Jinyu smiled happily, revealing his little fangs.

Chen Lu also ate one. "It's really delicious. If there is a TV, it will be perfect for the TV series."

Fu Ying took out her rice balls and asked everyone, "It tastes better when there are more people. Let's eat together since we're sitting together. I have two kinds of rice balls here. The difference is that they are hot dogs and chicken strips. I made quite a lot of them. They are very filling. You can order rice balls first and then eat snacks. Otherwise, you may not be able to finish it later. Which one do you want?"

"I want chicken fillet," Yuan Jun spoke first.

Fu Ying handed the rice balls to the boys one by one in the order starting from him. As expected, most boys wanted hot dogs, while the girls didn't care.

Eight people, only eight were consumed, there are still a lot! After distributing them, Fu Ying spoke again,

"I made thirty or forty of them. Boys may get hungry easily. If you don't have enough, just take some. If you feel embarrassed, ask Lin Jincheng to help you. If I don't carry them back after eating, it means you are helping me."

Fu Ying used a bamboo stick to pick up some kelp shreds and put them on the rice ball. It tasted spicy and quite delicious.

"Fu Ying, the rice balls you made are so delicious. How did you come up with the idea of ​​making this?" Tan Jinyu asked her.

"Teacher said we were going on a trip, I thought we were just going out to eat and drink, and snacks alone wouldn't fill us up, we must have some staple food.

The packaged bread bought from the store is not tasty, so I want to make my own. I originally wanted to make a sandwich, but there was no suitable bread base, so I chose rice. For example, the rice balls of sushi can hold a lot of ingredients and are delicious, so I made this.

In fact, this is also my first time making rice balls. Luckily, I didn’t fail, otherwise you would all be the guinea pigs that I poisoned!”

"No, we will eat whatever you cook." Tan Jinyu encouraged her.

Fu Ying looked at it and thought that was not necessarily the case. At least that group of boys would definitely find excuses not to eat.

The three girls only ate one each. Fu Ying could still eat more, but she also wanted to have some snacks.

She tried the cherries that Lin Jincheng brought. She tried her best to pick the redder ones, but they were still very sour. No wonder the boy reacted so strongly.

This kind of small cherry is unique here. Compared with the big cherries in Shandong Province in the north, it is really the difference between northern men and southern potatoes.

Fu Ying has been to cherry picking gardens in the north, where the cherry trees are quite large and the fruits are as big as plums. But the cherry trees here are not only small, but the fruits are only as big as longans, and they are small longans, only slightly larger than the marbles that children play with.

This kind of cherry has a different taste of sweet and sour, and the skin is very thin, which makes it difficult to pick and transport. Fu's mother once sent five kilograms of cherries to Fu Ying, but half of them went bad after the cold chain was expedited.

Therefore, this kind of cherry is destined to be eaten only locally and cannot be sold on a large scale.

The head teacher, Mr. Tan, was patrolling among several groups. Their group also tried hard to invite the teacher to eat with them. After each of them ate a little, they went to other groups with the rice balls stuffed by Fu Ying in their hands.