The story of the little man "marrying" his wife

As the sun rose, the first ray of light shone into the mountains and forests, and the white mist quickly dissipated.

Lu Bai was picking mushrooms, the white canopy was plump and fresh, the taste of this kind of mushrooms was very good, but they were a bit small, thin and small, only one clump, he didn't find many, But there are other types of mushrooms.

Wind's breath was hard to find in the end, and he couldn't find it today. After two days of rain, this kind of valuable herb would stop growing.

On the way back, I saw some fungus on the fallen wood in the forest, which had grown very big, so I picked them up and looked for food in the mountains while walking back. Whether it was mushrooms or bamboo shoots, it was a dish to take home. Or just dry it and save it for later.

Fresh wild mushrooms and wild bamboo shoots can be sold for money in the town, but the ones Lu Bai found today are not going to be sold.

In order to repay the debt, he lived frugally for a long time, and he was reluctant to put more oil and water in the cooking. Let alone losing weight, it would be unbearable to have a bad taste in his mouth.

During the few months of debt repayment, the two dogs he raised were able to catch a rabbit in the mountains from time to time, so that he could occasionally eat meat, as well as fish, shrimp and loaches in the river, those miscellaneous fish that could not be sold. Shrimp, he cooked and ate it himself, but it was just a matter of turning on the fire once to eat a meal full of oil and water. After all, the chances were rare.

I finally paid off my debts two months ago. Anyway, I can't sell them for much, and they were picked from the mountains. I don't have capital, so I plan to solve my greed by myself.

I didn’t bring a dog with me when I went into the mountains today. I have been running with my family in the mountains since I was a child. I know the roads well, as long as I don’t go into the deep wild woods.

I found more than a dozen "finger shoots" in the bamboo forest. These shoots are thin and long, and the thickness is about the same as that of human fingers, so the villagers named them this way.

After breaking off the bamboo shoots, Lu Bai separated the mushrooms and some fungus and wild vegetables in the basket. It was almost half of the basket, but these seemed to be a lot, and the mushrooms were much less when they were fried. Once the shell is peeled off, there is only so much food inside, not even as thick as a finger.

So he searched for a long time and found a lot of thin bamboo shoots.

There is a stream not far from the bamboo forest. Lu got up and went up the mountain before dawn. After putting away the things in the basket, he was a little hungry. He carried the basket that was almost full of finger shoots and walked towards the stream. It was quite heavy. of.

The way down the mountain would take at least half an hour, so he planned to wash his hands and eat the pancakes he brought to fill his stomach so as not to panic in his hungry stomach.

Putting the bamboo basket on a flat place by the stream, Lu Bai squatted down. The water in the mountain was cold, so he picked up the water and washed his hands.

Standing up and shaking the water off his hands, he sat on a slightly flat rock by the stream and took down the cloth bags and bamboo tubes hanging on both sides of the basket.

There are two thick buns in the cloth bag, the size of a palm. It was hot when I got up early, but now it is cold, so it can be softer. The boiled water in the bamboo tube is also cold, but it is better to bring water than to drink directly. Cold stream water is better.

After sitting down, eating and drinking, and resting for a while, Lu Bai carried the basket again and walked down the mountain.

Half an hour later, before I got home, I was coming down the hill when I heard dogs barking in the yard.

Lu Bai himself couldn't tell what was going on, Da Hui Da Huang knew he was back from a long distance away, he didn't know if it was because of his sharp ears or sharp nose, before he went into the mountains, he let two dogs guard the house at the gate, whatever he wanted The two ran around, and every time they came back, Dahui and Dahuang would run up and go back with him before they went down the mountain.

The sun was getting brighter, and Lu Bai saw Da Hui and Da Huang through the crack of the door, Da Hui barked excitedly, wagging his tail and waited for him to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Da Hui rushed up, jumping and having fun.

Rhubarb followed Lu Bai to the yard. After Lu Bai put down the basket, it sniffed the contents of the basket. It was not very interested, so it lay down next to it.

I went to the kitchen to light the fire at the bottom of the stove with a torch, and added a few handfuls of firewood.

In the pot is the rice soup that he cooked early in the morning, and in the drawer is the thick noodle steamed buns that he put away before he left.

Farmers basically only ate two meals, but they got up too early to go to the mountains, so they would inevitably be hungry, so he ate some before leaving, so that he could work hard like this.

Because there is no one else in the family to cook for him, sometimes when he comes back late, he is so hungry that he can’t cook, so Lu Bai learned to add an extra scoop of water when cooking rice soup, so that when he comes back, the remaining rice soup only needs to be hot can eat.

Taking the wooden basin used for the stove to the yard, Lu Bai dumped the contents of the basket on the ground, and picked up the fungus and mushrooms into the wooden basin.

The black fungus that has just been picked cannot be eaten. There is a thin bamboo bed on the west side of the yard, which is specially used to dry things. He spreads the fungus evenly on it and eats it after drying.

The fresh mushrooms were tender and delicious. He picked several kinds, and there were two small enoki mushrooms. The color was very beautiful.

This kind of light golden mushroom is very expensive in the town, even if he only has two, he can't sell it, so he might as well try it himself, and there are others, some of which can't be named officially, anyway, the mushrooms in their village People know that these types can be eaten and will not be poisoned.

Gather half a pot of mushrooms together, leaving a place for bamboo shoots.

I went into the kitchen to add more firewood, and when I came out, I pushed aside the big ash that had been sniffing on the bamboo shoots, and started peeling the bamboo shoots.

The peeled bamboo shoot heart is bright yellow, about the length of the index finger, but very thin, only half of the finger.

Finger bamboo shoots can be made into pickled bamboo shoots. They are hot and sour and delicious. Lu Bai swallowed when he thought of the hot and sour taste.

I have finished the soaked bamboo shoots before, and I have no time to make more. The bamboo shoots can be fried with bacon or sliced ​​meat. Unfortunately, there is no meat at home, only a little lard.

Lu Bai's hands were dexterous, and the bamboo shoots were quickly peeled. He carried the wooden basin into the kitchen, and added another firewood to the bottom of the stove.

The pot is already steaming, and the rice soup and steamed buns inside will be covered for a while. A few scoops of water are poured from the water tank into the wooden basin, and the mushrooms and bamboo shoots are washed and put aside.

It would be great if there were two pots, one for steamed bread and rice soup, and the other for cooking.

Thinking this way, he brought the cage and the pot cover to the stove next to him. The rice soup at the bottom of the pot was gurgling and boiling, and there were signs that it was about to burn dry. He drank a bowl in the morning and kept it. There are not many, so the burning time cannot be long.

Put the rice soup into a bowl and put it in a cage with a lid to keep some heat.

Clean the pot, and take out a small bowl from the cold drawer where cold vegetables and cakes are usually placed. The bottom of the bowl is white lard.

There are two water tanks in the kitchen, and the cold cage drawer is placed next to it. The lard will not melt until it is hotter at noon, so it is still white now.

This is the last bit left. Ten days after paying off the debt, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. He gritted his teeth and went to the town to buy a catty of pork for twenty yuan. Eating, just a little food, eating a little bit every day for more than a month, is much better than the previous life of paying off debts.

Lu Bai is eating enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry now. He wants to earn money to marry a wife, but he doesn't want to live that kind of lifeless life. He took out twenty copper coins to buy something with oil and water. For a young and hardworking man As far as men are concerned, it can still be done.

What's more, before his mother left, she saw that he was reluctant to eat and drink and lost a lot of weight. She took his hand and cried and told him to eat and drink well in the future. Don't be like his father, who is reluctant to eat and wear in order to make money, and lose money. I lost my body, and finally earned money all my life. I didn’t eat or use any good things. I fell and caught the cold.

So for Lu Bai, money needs to be saved, but he can't treat himself too badly when it comes to food.

Go to the counter and cut the bamboo shoots from the middle, and the mushrooms are all sliced ​​into pieces.

He put the thin bamboo shoots into a clean round-bellied crock. This kind of bamboo shoots are very tender, and they are very thin after being cut in half. No need to blanch, just pour the chili water and vinegar into it.

He made the chili water by himself. Almost every household in his village would make this kind of chili water. The bamboo shoots become hot and sour after being soaked for a long time, but today I found finger bamboo shoots. It has a refreshing hot and sour taste, and the bamboo shoots are tender enough.

A small fire was burning at the bottom of the stove, Lu Bai added some firewood, dug out some lard from the bottom of the bowl and put it into the pot, the thin layer of lard melted quickly.

Today he is going to fry mushrooms with lard. The fried mushrooms are mixed with the smell of lard residue, full of salty aroma, and have the taste of mushrooms.

The gray-black, common mushrooms that grow in layers and are usually torn into strips by hand are not fried, because the mushrooms with round umbrellas are the best to fry, such as golden mushrooms.

Put the mushroom slices in and cover the bottom of the pot, and there will be a sizzling sound, and oil splashes from time to time.

Lu Bai took the chopsticks and turned the fried golden side over, and put in some lard after the lard became less. He was busy in the kitchen by himself, and got out a flat bowl of fried mushrooms.

The smell of lard attracted Dahui Rhubarb to the kitchen, but they were quickly driven out by Lu Bai.

After finishing his work, Lu Bai took out a small part of the bowl of fried mushrooms and put them into another bowl, moved the remaining half of the bowl of mushrooms to the side to make room, and then fished out a lot of bright yellow mushrooms from the earthen pot. Bamboo shoots come out.

A bowl full of hot and sour soaked bamboo shoots and fried mushrooms in lard came out, but he didn't eat it right away. Instead, he took out the food box and put the bowl in, then locked the courtyard door in a hurry and went out.

At noon, when most farmers had their first serious meal, Lu Xiaobai went up the mountain with a food box.

Orion helped him last time, but he never found a suitable day to thank him. Today, the fried mushrooms in lard are full of oil and water, and they are still very fragrant. He has never eaten so much lard before.

The well-connected families in the village will give each other half a bowl if they cook something delicious.

In Orion's yard, Lu Bai could see the silhouette from a distance, but he didn't know if Shen Orion was at home.

He had been here before, and the outside of the yard was full of fallen leaves. Although he hadn't seen it inside, he knew what it looked like when he thought about it. Now the people living here are much cleaner than before.

"Chang Lan?"

Seeing that the courtyard door was slightly open, Lu Bai yelled before he got close.

The tall man sitting in the yard handling the prey heard someone shouting, he recognized Lu Bai's voice, put down the knife in his hand and walked outside.

"Today I found some mushrooms and fried them with lard residue. You should try them too."

Lu Bai lifted the lid of the food box, took out the big bowl, and said to Orion with a smile, "You eat first, I'll eat when I go back."

Taking the bowl in his hand, Shen Changlan looked at the little man in front of him, and after thinking about it for a while, he knew that it was for helping him that day. It can be said that Lu Bai is thanking him for the gift.

"Thank you."

Seeing that Lu Bai turned to leave, he thanked him, thinking of the rabbit he hunted in the mountains, he called Lu Bai: "Wait."

Pushing back and forth was really embarrassing, Shen Changlan didn't seem to be stingy, his expression was flat, because this rabbit was really nothing rare to him, so without saying a few polite words, Lu Bai accepted it graciously , he thought when he went down the mountain, and accepted Orion's love again.