Suona sound deep in the mountains

So I started making breakfast.Uncle Fu helped me light the fire while talking to me. This meal was ready before I knew it.Uncle Fu only eats a small bowl of rice.

After dinner, I saw that the road in front of the door was blocked by vegetation, and it was a problem to even get in and out.I took out the long hatchet and swept it along the way we came in and out.After sweeping the road, I took out the hoe and dug a vegetable field by the house.

Regardless of Uncle Fu's physical condition, we have to stay at home for a long time.If you don’t grow à la carte, you even buy the small dishes you eat every day. Not to mention the long distance, it’s not easy to go to the street. Even if you can buy it every day, it’s still not as good as growing it yourself.

I was working in the field, and Uncle Fu was with me, bending down from time to time to help me pick up the stones I dug up.

The ground was dug well, but there were no seeds for a while.We have not been farming at home for so many years, and the seeds we left behind are all stale and have lost their ability to germinate.

I had no choice but to buy some seeds when I went to Wangbanqiao to buy things that day.

Nothing to do in the afternoon, I suddenly remembered that in the dense forest on the mountain, there are wild herbs, the most of which is sealwort, this kind of thing is fragrant, sweet, and somewhat greasy, maybe this thing has some curative effect on constipation.I thought of picking Polygonatum.

When I told Uncle Fu, Uncle Fu said, "I'll go too."

So I shouldered a hoe, and Uncle Fu took a snakeskin bag and walked towards the cedar forest not far away while sweeping the road.

The forest was dark, quiet, and somewhat shady.It is late autumn now, and it is already very cool outside the forest, and the temperature in this forest is much lower.I saw that Uncle Fu was wearing a little thin. I was afraid that he would catch a cold, so I touched his shoulder and asked him if he was cold. Uncle Fu said, "It's just right, cool." .

There are many sealworts in this forest, and they look like artificially planted ones.Digging out a bag, it is fat and big, usually weighing more than half a catty.Individual large ones weigh one or two catties.The skin was yellow and the meat was tender, so he quickly dug out half of the bag. Uncle Fu said, "That's enough. Dig again after eating."

It's still early and we're in no rush to go back.There is a ravine nearby, and the ditch is full of water all the year round. I proposed to go there and wash the sealwort in the bag before going back. Uncle Fu agreed, "Okay."

When we arrived at the flowing water in the valley, we were about to squat down when we saw a five-step snake with white spots and yellow patches coiled beside the ditch, looking at us with its head up and spitting out a letter.

I couldn't help but my scalp exploded, my back was numb, I turned back and pulled Uncle Fu, pointed at the snake, and said tremblingly: 'Snake...snake...! "

Uncle Fu looked along my finger, saw it too, and said calmly, "Don't be afraid, this is a good thing. Shuishan, do you dare to grab it?"

I shake my head.Uncle Fu took a step forward, and the snake head was in the middle, but it didn't move.

At this time, it is impossible to catch the snake with bare hands.Because no matter from which direction you stretch out your hand, you will be bitten by it effortlessly.

Seeing this, he knew that the snake was on guard and would not act lightly.Uncle Fu took out some thin pieces of burning paper and a lighter from his body as if conjuring, and lit the paper. In an instant, a wisp of light smoke drifted around the snake.

I saw that when the snake saw the wisp of smoke, it no longer curled up in place, but slowly moved its body, ready to escape.At this time, Uncle Fu was not in a hurry, he saw him approaching, raised his foot, and stepped on the snake exactly seven inches away.The snake's body twisted a few times, as if it wanted to strangle Uncle Fu's feet, but before it could curl up, it collapsed limply.

Uncle Fu reached out to lift the snake up, tied the snake's head with a rope, and hung it on a branch.

Uncle Fu said: "After washing the sealwort, we will go back. Tonight we can have a stewed snake soup with sealwort."

I poured all the sealwort in the bag into the water, took off my shoes and scrubbed them with my feet.

I was very curious about Uncle Fu's actions just now: "Uncle, what was that smoke you just now, why can't the snake move when it smells the smoke?"

Uncle Fu said: "This is snake repellent! When we walk in the mountains, we must carry this medicine with us at all times. If we encounter a big snake and you can't fight it, you have to use this. Especially the five snakes just now. Stepping snake, don't stun it, it's very powerful. If it bites someone, if the first aid is not timely, it will be very troublesome..."

"What kind of medicine are these? I haven't heard from you yet."

"Now I'll tell you. It's just one or two realgars ground into powder, a small bottle of cloud essence, plus a few stink bugs ground into powder, mixed well, sprinkled on burning paper, and it's done. When using it, burn a few Zhang, when the snake smells the smoke, Hunmiao will lose its energy. Why don't you let me catch it with your hands?" Uncle Fu said slowly.

"Why haven't I heard you say it before?" I said to Uncle Fu casually while rubbing Huang Jing.

"I'll tell you when I need it." Uncle Fu said.

"So, last time we were in Huhai, the paper you burned was also this thing?"

"Of course."

I laughed dumbly and said, "I thought you were worshiping some kind of god! You made it so mysterious. Even I was fooled by you..."

Uncle Fu also smiled: "No, why should I attract you?"

I said angrily, "You attract me so much, you don't have to play tricks on me."

"Then tell me, what is it about me that attracts you?"

I suddenly raised my voice and said loudly: "I love you! Just love you! How can I say it so clearly!"

Uncle Fu was startled by my sudden loud voice: "You are crazy!"

I went back into the water again, rubbed the sealwort for a while, and when I saw that it was almost done, I fished it out, put it in a bag, carried it on the handle of the hoe, hung the snake on the other end of the handle of the hoe, and walked slowly. walk home.

When he got home, Uncle Fu hung the snake on a hook, cut a circle at seven inches with a kitchen knife, pinched the cut tightly, and pulled it down, and the snake skin tube was peeled off.On the hook was a long tube of white meat.

Before it was dark, we erected three stones on an open space behind the house, set up a pot, lit a fire, washed the snake meat, put it in the pot and stewed it.

According to the saying in our mountains, snake meat cannot be cooked indoors.Otherwise, other snakes will get into the house and bite people secretly when they smell the smell.

After burning for a while, it was almost dark, and the snake meat was almost stewed. Take it out, tear off the snake meat one by one on the board, and finally there is a long snake skeleton left.

Next, return the snake meat to the pot, put in a bowl of sliced ​​Huang Jing, cover the pot and simmer slowly,

When the heat in the pot is soaring, the lid of the pot jumps up and down again, then uncover the lid, add oil, salt and spices, stir well, and even bring the pot into the house, the fire outside is put out with water, and the two return home Enjoy this sumptuous dinner.

When eating, Uncle Fu said: "Shuishan, eat more. This food is good!"

I asked Uncle Fu, "Then tell me, what's so good about it?"

Uncle Fu said seriously: "The nature of this snake is yin, and it is designed to nourish the deficiency of kidney yin. When my father was alive, he would urinate a lot at night, and sometimes he would wake up seven or eight times a night. Occasionally, I would catch a snake and cook it in soup. Give him a drink, and he won’t have to get up at night for more than half a year. Do you think it’s okay?”

"Does it really have such an effect? ​​Then you eat more, maybe your illness will be cured!"

As I said that, I picked up a piece of snake meat and fed it into Uncle Fu's mouth.Uncle Fu opened his mouth and ate.He also followed my example, picked up a piece and fed it to my mouth.I said, "I'll do it myself."

Uncle Fu said: "It's indecent to come and not to go." I had to catch it and eat it.

Uncle Fu didn't eat much meat, so he drank a bowl of soup.

I was reluctant to eat more, so I put away the remaining half pot of meat and soup.

This thing may have unexpected benefits for Uncle Fu's body.

And this live snake, although there are many on the mountain, is not something that can be caught every day.

After a busy day, I am not only tired, but also dirty.I boiled the hot water, took a bath with Uncle Fu, and went to bed to rest.

Uncle Fu is a clean person.Although he doesn't sweat all day, he still has to wash his body clean every night.In his words, I love to gnaw on his body with my mouth.