After the genius was abolished, he became my Taoist companion

63. Southern mangosteen

After five or six days of rain in a row, the weather finally cleared up.That afternoon, Ye Huangui didn't go to the field ridge. He stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked around, then turned to Tan Duzhi and said, "Maybe the bamboo shoots from Nanshan have come out~ go pull them up!"

Ye Huangui said that Nanshan is the mountain that goes east to the end of the small road at the door, but the bamboo shoots do not grow on the side near the col, but on the southeast slope, and you need to climb over a mountain to reach it. arrive.

He didn't know what kind of bamboo that piece of Nanshan was, but he only knew which bamboos were as thick as a thumb when they grew up, and the tallest was only ten feet tall.

Every year at the beginning of April, the bamboo shoots of Nanshan come out one after another, and at the end of May, there are fewer bamboo shoots.The bamboo shoots pulled out are stir-fried and sweet, and the stewed soup is refreshing, which is not the taste of bamboo shoots elsewhere.

Ye Huangui likes to eat this kind of bamboo shoots, and even more likes to pull out bamboo shoots.Therefore, in April and May every year, he would go for a walk in the bamboo forest every few days, and bring back any suitable bamboo shoots.

The unfinished bamboo shoots are kept to dry, and the unplucked bamboo shoots are allowed to grow into bamboo.Chengzhu has good toughness, and he often uses them to build shelves or directly set fires.

Seeing Ye Huangui's enthusiasm, Tan Duzhi nodded with a smile: "Yes, good."

Tan Duzhi thought that Ye Huangui wanted to go alone, but just as he was about to say the word 'go', Ye Huangui bent down and carried him on his back.

Tan Duzhi was slightly surprised: "You... want to take me there?"

Ye Huangui smiled and said: "Yes, how boring you are at home all day long. The weather is fine today, and the road to Nanshan is easy to walk. I will take you up the mountain for a stroll."

Tan Duzhifu said with a smile on Ye Hugui's back: "How do you pull out bamboo shoots when you carry me behind your back?"

Ye Huangui smiled and said: "Go and see first, if there are any, I will go there again. The two of us can't eat many bamboo shoots for a meal, if we really can't do it, just let Zhaocai carry them back."

Zhaocai, who was running ahead, turned his head and barked twice, his voice full of confidence.

Tan Duzhi looked at the little animals running in front of Ye Huangui, and he said quietly, "I won't say anything to bring you wealth and treasure up the mountain with you. Why did Jixiang and Yaya go with you?"

Yaya ran very happily, and twisted its buttocks very vigorously.Hearing Tan Duzhi calling its name, Yaya proudly turned her head and gave two 'ang' sounds.

Ye Huangui smiled and said: "They don't worry about us, they have to see it with their own eyes to be at ease."

Tan Duzhi smiled: "I have learned a lot."

At the end of the path, there is a path up the mountain, and the gentle path is made of bluestone steps.After a period of rain, piles of moss grew on the corners of the bluestone steps.

Ye Huangui put on non-slip shoes on purpose, and kept staring at his feet when he walked, for fear that he would fall if he was not careful.

Zhaocai they have been running up the mountain, they climb the steps very fast, even ducks can climb the slope neatly.On the contrary, Jixiang, who is the tallest, is not very good at walking this kind of mountain path, so he can only lower his head and eat grass under the path.

The soil on the mountain was wet, and after several days of rain, all kinds of grasses grew out.Walking on the road, he could smell all kinds of green grass at any time. He sighed: "Oh, it's been a long time since I went up the mountain. The grass on the road has grown so high."

Yaya stretched its neck and screamed a few times, Ye Huangui quickly said: "I don't blame you, Yaya, you and the ducks have worked very hard!"

Ducks and ducks will lead the ducks to patrol the fruit forest beside the stream, and the weeds in the fruit forest rely on them to prevent wanton growth.

It was not the first time that Tan Duzhi was carried all over the mountain by Ye Huangui on his back. Under the influence of Ye Huangui, he could already tell which plants were grown by himself and which were planted by others.

For example, there are more than a dozen unnamed trees evenly distributed on the side of the road, which are artificially planted at first glance.

He asked, "What is growing by the roadside?"

Ye Huangui smiled and said, "The chestnut tree will bloom in a while."

Hearing that it was a chestnut tree, Tan Duzhi took a closer look at the jagged leaves of the chestnut tree: "This is a chestnut tree. I have only eaten chestnuts before, but I have never seen a tree."

Ye Huangui chuckled: "There are several kinds of chestnuts here. The trees look similar, and you can tell them apart when they bear fruit."

Ye Huangui said: "The smell of the chestnut tree blooming is a bit... unpleasant, I can only plant them farther away."

Chestnuts are delicious, but the smell of flowers is unbearable. Ye Huangui could only drive the chestnut trees out of the fruit forest to the mountain with tears in his eyes.

Ye Huangui looked at the dense canopy of the chestnut tree with satisfaction: "Seeing that this posture can produce a lot of chestnuts this year, how about I make you a dish with chestnuts this fall?"

Tan Duzhi smiled and said, "Okay."

Ye Huangui looked forward to it: "When the chestnuts are ripe this year, Lao Tan, you can still pick chestnuts with me. With your help, we will definitely be able to pick up a lot of chestnuts and go home!"

Tan Duzhi's face was gentle: "Well, good."

After passing the chestnut trees, the mountain eased a little.There are some pine and cypress trees growing on the hillside, and you can smell the fragrance of pine and cypress branches before you get close.

Ye Huangui introduced: "Many branches of our fire are picked here. By the way, do you like sausages? Let's buy two pigs this winter, and I will make bacon sausages for you, smoke them with pine and cypress branches and grapefruit peels. Smoke it, it's delicious!"

Tan Duzhi's smile hasn't stopped since he went up the mountain: "Really? Then I must try it."

So Ye Huangui began to describe the deliciousness of sausage and bacon to him: "At that time, you will be in good health, so you don't have to be taboo. I can put more peppers and peppers to ensure that you will enjoy eating!"

Tan Duzhi stared at the back of Ye Huangui's head. Ye Huangui's skin was very good, and his ears were very delicate.Because of carrying Tan Duzhi on his back a little bit of strength, his ears and cheeks were slightly red.

Tan Duzhi felt itchy in his heart, he really wanted to reach out and touch Ye Huangui's ear.In fact, he did.

The rough left index finger touched Ye Huangui's left ear, like a superficial touch.Ye Huangui's ears were a little cold, and the softness he felt on his fingertips was different from what he had touched before.So he touched it again.

Ye Huangui turned his head in doubt: "Huh? What's wrong?"

Tan Duzhi withdrew his hand suddenly, his heart beat faster but his tone was calm: "Something dirty fell on your ear."

Ye Huangui gratefully said: "Ah, thank you, Old Tan!" This is the case in the woods, where dead leaves often fall on the body, and the most terrifying thing is the silk-spinning caterpillar, which hangs from the tree and twists and turns. Yes, Ye Huangui will be tricked if he doesn't pay attention.

Tan Duzhi was serious: "You should be thankful."

My heart was filled with the luck of not being caught and the secret satisfaction.

Before passing the pines and bolins, the sound of gurgling water came from the front.Tan Duzhi swept his consciousness, and saw a small stream under the pines and bolins, with lush bamboo growing on both sides of the stream, presumably this is Ye Huangui's destination.

As soon as he walked to the side of the bamboo forest, Ye Huangui was overjoyed: "Oh! There are so many bamboo shoots!"

I saw high and low bamboo shoots everywhere in the bamboo forest near the water. These bamboo shoots were wrapped in blue-gray skins, and there were a few crumpled goose-yellow leaves on the top of the bamboo shoots.

Compared with the thick spring bamboo shoots bought in the bamboo sea before, the bamboo shoots here are thin and long, and the thickest one is only as thick as Ye Huangui's wrist.

It rained for several days, and the water in the stream rose a lot.The new bamboo shoots nourished by the stream are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The tallest bamboo shoots are already as tall as a person, and more bamboo shoots have just emerged from the ground with only sharp corners exposed.

Ye Huangui's target was those one-foot-high bamboo shoots, and he put Tan Duzhi on the stone beside the stream: "Old Tan, sit down first, I'll break off a few bamboo shoots and go back to eat at night."

Tan Duzhi responded with a smile: "Okay." After a pause, he added: "Be careful."

Ye Huan turned his head and didn't look back: "Don't worry!" He has been pulling bamboo shoots here for several years, and there will be no danger if they are around.

The sound of breaking bamboo shoots was very pleasant. Ye Huangui held the bamboo shoots and twisted slightly to the side, only to hear a crisp 'click' sound, and a juicy and tender shoot left the ground.

The bottom section of bamboo shoots lost the protection of the bamboo shoots, revealing the bluish-white bamboo shoots. The color of the bamboo shoots is moist and transparent, and the juice can still be seen flowing slowly on the broken surface.A scent of bamboo shoots came oncoming, fresh and elegant, and the smell was refreshing.

Tan Duzhi's eyes kept falling on Ye Huangui's body. Seeing Ye Hugui's happy breaking, his heart was itchy, and he wished he could break one too.

Tan Du was not the only one who had this idea, and Zhao Cai Jin Bao also had the same idea. When these two claws fell, a tender bamboo shoot would fall down.Then they walked up to Tan Duzhi with bamboo shoots in their mouths, and put the bamboo shoots down.

Duck is not very interested in bamboo shoots, it ran to play in the stream.A playful goose floats on the surface of the water with swaying bamboo shadows. It is very relaxing to see this scene.

Ye Huangui only pulled it out for a while, and there were too many bamboo shoots in his hand.Pull it out again, I'm afraid they won't be able to carry it back.

When he walked to Tan Duzhi's side, he couldn't help laughing: "Old Tan, you are amazing, even if you sit here, someone will give you bamboo shoots."

Tan Duzhi held a large handful of bamboo shoots in his arms, and they just threw them away, and Tan Duzhi could only catch the bamboo shoots they dropped.When Ye Huangui came back, Zhao Cai was walking with two bamboo shoots in his mouth.

Tan Duzhi smiled briskly, "Yes."

Ye Huangui shook his head and shook his head: "Often I heard Uncle Fu say that a blessed person will get things done for you without doing anything. I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it. It turns out that Lao Tan is a blessed person!"

Tan Duzhi was delighted: "Really?"

Someone once said he was lucky because he was gifted from birth.But he never felt lucky, and everything he got before was because of his hard work.

Ye Huangui took out three ropes, and he tied a lot of bamboo shoots on both ends of the first rope.Then he greeted Zhaocai: "Come here, Zhaocai, these are yours! Don't throw them away."

While talking, he put the rope on Zhaocai's back, and two balls of bamboo shoots hung on Zhaocai's side.Zhaocai walked a few steps, but none of the bamboo shoots fell off.It stuck out its tongue and panted haha, looking very happy.

Next, Jinbao also hung up the same rope that trapped the bamboo shoots, but Jinbao carried fewer bamboo shoots than the lucky ones.

In the end, ropes were hung on the duck's back, and the bamboo shoots on its back were even fewer, and there were only ten bamboo shoots in total.

However, the duck was very proud, it raised its neck and barked a few times, then swaggered and followed Zhaocai and the others towards home.The three small animals lined up in a row. They turned their heads to look at Ye Huangui from time to time as they walked, for fear that Ye Huangui would fall behind.

Seeing the small animals carrying bamboo shoots walking in front, Tan Duzhi couldn't help laughing: "It's so cute."

Ye Huangui smiled and said: "Every time I ask them to help with something, they are very happy. Let me tell you, if I let one of them do things alone, the rest will be angry. You can't even coax them well! "

Tan Duzhi said: "Maybe in their minds, helping you with things is a kind of reward, and they don't have to worry about shortages, but about inequality."

64. Sour bamboo shoots and dried bamboo shoots

After Ye Huangui sent Tan Duzhi home, he really went to Nanshan again with a big basket on his back and two huge bags.When he came back, the basket and bag were full of bamboo shoots a foot long.

The bamboo shoots fell on the bluestone slabs in the courtyard and piled up in a pile, and the fragrance of bamboo permeated the entire courtyard.

Ye Huangui moved a stool, took a basket and sat next to the bamboo shoots. He said to the onlookers, Tan Duzhi: "This year, there is a lot of rain, and the bamboo shoots have grown a lot. The weather should be good these days, and I will try to get more sun. Dried bamboo shoots."

As he spoke, his hands kept moving.I saw him cut the tip of the bamboo shoots, but he didn't cut off the bamboo shoots completely.There are more bamboo shoots on the tip of the bamboo shoots, and the slanted knife edge exposes all the bamboo shoots, without hurting the bamboo shoots at all.

He pulled the crumbling bamboo shoots and wrapped them around the round knife handle. The bamboo shoots were very strong, so there was no need to worry about breaking them.At this time, he took the bamboo shoots and spun around the handle a few times, only to hear the sound of clicking, and the entangled bamboo shoots were rolled away by the handle.The protective layer of the bamboo shoots was torn open in an instant, and after a few strokes, a green and white tender bamboo shoot came out of the bamboo shoot shell.

Ye Huangui moved very quickly, and in the time he spoke, he peeled several bamboo shoots.

Tan Duzhi also wanted to help, but he only had two fingers to move, so it would be nice not to cause trouble for Ye Huangui.

Ye Huangui was peeling off the bamboo shoot clothes, and suddenly he remembered something: "Old Tan, can you eat hot and sour food?"

Tan Duzhi thought for a while: "For example?"

Ye Huangui said, "For example... kimchi?"

Tan Duzhi shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Ye Huangui dropped the bamboo shoots in his hand and ran to the kitchen: "Just wait."

Tan Duzhi's consciousness has been chasing Ye Huangui, and saw him open a jar with a lid along the mouth from the jars in the corner of the kitchen.After uncovering the lid, he used chopsticks to pick out a long pink thing inside.

Ye Huangui covered the jar, and he held the strip and walked up to Tan Duzhi: "Here, I made pickled radishes, see if you can accept the taste."

Tan Duzhi picked up the soaked radish curiously, but before he tasted it, a hot and sour taste came over his face.After taking a bite, the pickled radish made a crisp 'click' sound.

Tan Duzhi didn't believe it was a radish. He had never eaten a radish with this taste.The hot and sour taste was so inspiring, Tan Duzhijun's face turned red from the heat, but he was reluctant to let go of the radish, and just wanted to take another bite.The pickled radish is sour, hot and crisp, and you can't stop eating it once you eat it.

If you give him a bowl of rice now, he can eat the whole meal with this piece of radish.

Ye Huangui was busy peeling the bamboo shoots again. He observed Tan Duzhi's expression and asked, "How is it? Do you like this taste?"

Tan Duzhi nodded: "It's very delicious." The sour, hot and spicy appetizers are satisfying, and they are impeccable in both taste and flavor.

Ye Huangui chuckled: "I knew you would like this taste. Uncle Fu and Brother Yan both like the kimchi I made, and I will make some for them every year. It's a pity that I can't eat spicy food. The kimchi I make can only Enjoy a few bites."

Tan Duzhi narrowed his eyes: "It's a pity."

Ye Huangui said: "It's not a pity, as long as someone likes to eat it, I feel very happy. Oh, what I want to ask you is, do you want to try soaked sour bamboo shoots? It's also delicious after it's done, sour bamboo shoots Hot and sour, the bamboo shoots are crispier than radishes, and the taste is very good.”

Tan Duzhi thought for a while: "Is it possible? Will it be too troublesome?"

Ye Huangui said: "No trouble, it's very simple to make. I happen to have an empty jar. I'll make a jar of pickled bamboo shoots later!"

Pulling out the bamboo shoots was a pleasure for a while, and I lost my hand in a hurry to peel them.Even though Ye Huangui was not slow, when he peeled off all the bamboo shoots, the sky began to darken.

The peeled bamboo shoots are bluish-white in color, and the greener and whiter the more they go up, the more obvious.They were neatly stacked in bamboo baskets one by one.

Even though Ye Huangui came back with a lot of bamboo shoots, the bamboo shoots that were peeled out were only packed into two big baskets, and there were quite a lot of bamboo shoots that were thrown away.

After feeding the chickens and settling down the animals, smoke rose from the kitchen again.

Today's dishes include stewed pork, stir-fried double bamboo shoots, and a bowl of braised bamboo shoots in oil. At Tan Duzhi's request, a plate of pickles with a hot and sour taste was added to the table.There are soaked radish, soaked cowpea, and several unnamed tubers with irregular shapes.

Tan Duzhi has a true love for kimchi, and he finished a whole bowl by himself.Seeing Ye Huangui tremble with fear, for fear that he would spoil his stomach.

After dinner, Ye Huan returned to a pot for marinating tiger meat, and another pot for cooking washed bamboo shoots.

Bamboo shoots from Nanshan taste sweet, and they taste delicious even when they are stir-fried.But what Ye Huangui was going to do was soak bamboo shoots and dried bamboo shoots. If they were not cooked, the dried bamboo shoots would be too old to chew.

The bluish-white bamboo shoots remained unchanged after being boiled for a long time, but the fragrance of the bamboo shoots permeated the whole room.After the bamboo shoots were cooked, Ye Huangui took them out and put them in cold water.

Cooked bamboo shoots do not break like fresh bamboo shoots, and the temperature gives them toughness.The bamboo shoots that have passed through the cold water can be easily torn in half by pinching the bottom and pressing and tearing.

The middle of the bamboo shoots is empty, and after being torn in half, the water inside will flow out, which is convenient for subsequent drying.

Tan Duzhi was also helping to tear the bamboo shoots, and compared to the light Ye Huangui, his movements were much slower.He stretched out the index finger of his left hand to flatten the bottom of the bamboo shoots, and then used two fingers to separate the bamboo shoots bit by bit.

This process was very slow, and Tan Duzhi worked very hard.But Ye Huangui didn't stop him, on the contrary, he would praise Tan Duzhi after he successfully separated the bamboo shoots.

Not long after, the bamboo shoots that Ye Huangui picked in the afternoon turned into a pile of one-foot-long bamboo shoots.Ye Huangui separated some and put them in the Shau Kei to filter the water, and he put the remaining bamboo shoots neatly in the cabinet, waiting for the weather to be good tomorrow before taking them out to dry.

While the bamboo shoots in Shau Kei were filtering the water, Ye Huangui moved out of the kimchi jar in the corner.It was a brown-yellow earthen jar with a rim that could be filled with water and an upside-down lid.

The edible kimchi in this jar has been picked out by Ye Huangui and killed by Lao Tan, and the rest of it is old jar water and ingredients such as chili and garlic seeds.

Ye Huangui washed the dust off the outside of the jar, and also washed the mouth and lid.The washed kimchi jar looks very old, and has a thick and heavy texture that has been used for a long time.

Ye Huangui said proudly while filling the jar with bamboo shoots: "The kimchi in my house is all raw water kimchi, and the vegetables that need to be pickled can be stuffed in after washing, don't worry about Changbaihua!"

Tan Duzhi was puzzled: "Raw pickles?" Could there be cooked pickles?

Ye Huangui said: "Raw water kimchi refers to soaking it directly in mountain spring water when making it. There is no need to boil the water before making it."

Tan Duzhi half understood: "Oh..." I don't really understand, but it's fine if I can eat it.

Ye Huangui stuffed the bamboo shoots into the kimchi mother water one by one. After all the bamboo shoots were soaked in the mother water, he sprinkled a handful of salt and a little white wine into the altar.

After closing the lid, he sprinkled a little fine salt on the rim of the altar, and then poured a bowl of clear water on the rim.

After the kimchi jar returned to the place where it was before, Ye Huangui clapped his hands relaxedly: "Okay, we can start eating in half a month!"

In fact, it can be eaten after soaking for three or four days, but Ye Huangui heard that the shorter the soaking time of kimchi, the worse the rich things in it will be for the body.To be on the safe side, he'd better hang out for a while longer.

There are no night activities in the backcountry, Ye Huangui has long been used to going to bed early.In addition, he didn't take a nap this afternoon, and he started to doze off not long after washing up.

However, Tan Duzhi really wanted to talk today, so Ye Huangui could only force himself to chat with him.

For example, now, Tan Duzhi is asking: "Before I came, were you so busy at home alone?"

Ye Huangui hugged Qiaoqiao vaguely: "It's okay, when you are alone, you can be busy for a while, and if you are not happy, you can stay busy..."

Tan Duzhi said ashamedly: "I have caused you trouble."

Ye Huangui reached out and patted his chest: "No, I think I'm very motivated to do things after you came. Don't think about it, you are really good."

Tan Duzhi wanted to say something, but Ye Huangui had closed his eyes and fell asleep with his head resting on Qiaoqiao's body.His white and slender arms lay across his chest. Although he was so thin, his presence was so strong that Tan Duzhi couldn't ignore it.

Seeing that Ye Huangui's breathing became longer, Tan Duzhi reached out and skillfully pulled out Qiaoqiao and put it under the bed.Ye Huangui, who had lost Qiaoqiao, whimpered and rolled towards Tan Duzhi's direction, entangled Lao Tan with his hands and feet.

In the darkness, the light in Tan Duzhi's eyes was flickering, and Ye Huangui's sleeping face was so clear in his eyes.He lay defenseless beside him, exposing his most vulnerable side to himself.

Tan Duzhi suddenly understood Qinghe a little bit, if Qinghe met someone like Ye Huangui in the illusion.He is so good, giving himself wholeheartedly...

He and Ye Huangui had only been together for a month or two, while Qinghe had been in the illusion for 300 years.How could he reject such a person?

Tan Duzhi felt that he was thinking more and more recently. Of course, after losing his cultivation, he did think more than before.

It's just that what he thought before was how to better protect himself, how to guard against people who would hurt him.But now, he was thinking more about Ye Huangui.

If there is really a powerful person standing behind Ye Huangui, he can hold Ye Huangui's lifeblood.If this person uses Ye Huangui's life to threaten him to hand over the Hongmeng Pearl...

A month ago, Tan Duzhi was able to tell the other party with certainty: Impossible.

But now, he wasn't sure.

Ye Huangui took a long breath, and rolled into Tan Duzhi's arms.I don't know what he dreamed about, but there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Tan Duzhi looked at Ye Huangui's face carefully, his eyebrows and eyes were very delicate, and the more he looked at it, the more attractive he became.

Tan Duzhi is used to seeing beauties, and his former Taoist partner Sheng Yanyue is the kind of person who is unforgettable at a glance.It's just that compared with Ye Huangui, he has more calculations and less sincerity after all.

Although he did a lot for Sheng Yanyue, Sheng Yanyue never thanked him.And Ye Huangui would encourage and praise him after he helped tear a few bamboo shoots.

The contrast was so strong that Tan Duzhi couldn't bear to look directly at it.Suddenly, a strange thought came to his mind: he had met so many people before, why did he only compare Ye Huangui with Sheng Yanyue?

Shao Mingche was also kind to him. After learning of his accident, Mingche was busy trying his best to help him.Why didn't he use Shao Mingche as a comparison?How about comparing Ye Huangui and Sheng Yanyue?

Lao Tan lay in a mess on the bed, he didn't understand, why?

Fortunately, Ye Huangui talked in his sleep: "Hey... Old Tan..."

All the messy thoughts in Tan Duzhi's mind flew away.He stretched out his left hand to touch Ye Huangui's soft hair: "Sleep, I'm here."