NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14 Digging Bamboo Shoots
After several autumn rains, the bamboo shoots in the back mountain bamboo forest began to grow wildly overnight, and villagers went to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots.
In the early morning, Mao Xi took Xiaodouzi into the mountains to dig bamboo shoots.
In less than a quarter of an hour, both backpacks were filled. Mao Xi activated the space function. She grabbed her and Xiaodouzi's backpacks and entered the space.
Xiaodouzi was very surprised when he was brought to the space by Mao Xi for the first time. After seeing the stored potatoes, sweet potatoes, and glutinous rice, he suddenly realized.
"Sister, it turns out that the sweet potatoes you usually sell are hidden here."
"Xiaodouzi, this is our secret. Don't tell it. Help me put the bamboo shoots here first."
Xiaodouzi asked curiously: "Listen to me, sister, I won't tell you, but where is this place?"
"This is Grandpa Kitchen's warehouse. My sister had a dream the night she hit her head. Grandpa Kitchen said that our family was too poor, so she gave it to me!"
"Awesome!" Xiaodouzi said happily and energetically. The siblings dug and stockpiled, and they dug 100 kilograms of bamboo shoots in two quarters of an hour.
Ah Xiao found a stone, sat down with his brother to rest, and took out two sweet potatoes that had been roasted in the morning and ate them together.
The roasted sweet potatoes were still warm, and the smell of burnt food attracted a bamboo rat from the ground.
This bamboo rat is quite intelligent and doesn't seem to be afraid of people. It crawled to Xiaodouzi's feet, stood upright, twitched its little nose and begged for food.
"Do you want to eat too?" Xiaodouzi broke open a small piece of sweet potato and fed it to the bamboo rat.
"Chichi~chichi~" the bamboo rat responded, happily eating roasted sweet potatoes.
"Sister, can I take it home and keep it?"
Mao Xi had liked small animals such as chinchillas and guinea pigs before. Seeing that the bamboo rat in front of her was quite cute, she agreed.
"Xiaodouzi, if you like, keep it."
Xiaodouzi put the bamboo rat on his shoulders, and he and Ma Xi each carried a basket of bamboo shoots and prepared to go down the mountain.
Passing by a stream in the mountains, I saw the native dog Dahuang again. Xiaodouzi ran over and petted Dahuang's head to tease him. Dahuang wagged his tail. This time he actually followed the two siblings across the stream.
Dahuang swayed behind the two of them, walking slowly. With sharp eyes, Mao Xi immediately noticed Dahuang's big belly and judged that it was pregnant.
The two of them, one dog and one rat, went down the mountain together and passed by their own fields. Ah Shu saw his third uncle Liu Yongkang wandering around in his own fields again and acting like a monster.
He surrounded the peppers that were about to mature, as if he wanted to steal a few and go home to sow them.
"Third uncle! You're stealing food again!" Mao Xi shouted at his third uncle.
The third uncle was startled, but then he said with a smile on his face: "Ah Shu, I see that you have planted a lot of new grains in the field. Why don't you give some to the third uncle?"
Mao Xi had an idea and picked two red millet peppers: "Uncle Third, this fruit is very sweet. I'll pick two for you to try."
Liu Yongkang took the chili pepper, put it all into his mouth, chewed it twice, and burst into tears from the spicy food, with a ferocious look on his face.
"Bah! You Liu Mianxi, how dare you play tricks on me." Liu Yongkang spat out the chili pepper and raised his hand as if he was going to slap Mianxi.
Xiaodouzi opened his hands and stood in front of Ma Xi: "You are not allowed to bully my sister!"
The local dog Dahuang bared his teeth at Liu Yongkang and barked "woof". Liu Yongkang had no choice but to give up when he saw a vicious dog.
"What the hell, you and your family are all losing money!" Liu Yongkang left a vicious word and ran away.
After returning home, Mao Xi made a simple nest for Rhubarb in the yard and waited for him to give birth.
Mrs. Chen took her youngest daughter Ajiao to process the bamboo shoots brought back by her siblings.
The square bamboo shoots that grow in autumn are slender, and the bamboo trunks are square in shape, looking like small roots. Once the shells are peeled off, they are all full of shoot meat.
After cleaning, Ma Xi took out the sauerkraut that Auntie had pickled, and first used the pork belly to stir-fry the oil in the pot. When the pork became oily, she added the chopped sauerkraut and fresh bamboo shoots to create a homemade dish of "Pork, sauerkraut and fresh bamboo shoots." It's done.
"Mom, how many more pickles do you have?"
"There are still two more cans, enough to eat!"
Mao Xi took the flour and started kneading the dough, added some pickled cabbage, put it in the pot and fried both sides, making four.
"Sister, are these pancakes?" Xiaodouzi looked at the pancakes on the plate and his mouth watered.
"The cooking pancakes are steamed. This is the pickled cabbage pancake, which is fried. It's much more fragrant than the cooking pancakes. Try it quickly."
Ajiao stretched out her fleshy little hands and scratched and scratched in the air, chanting: "Pie pie, eat pie pie."
Mao Xi handed the pancakes to his brother and sister.
Everyone ate pancakes with soup and fried fresh bamboo shoots, and the plates were empty in two or three times.
"Sister, I want to eat some pancakes too. It's so fragrant. One pancake isn't enough." Xiaodouzi pestered Mao Xi to fry a few more pancakes.
Ah Shu took the opportunity to go to the back room again. "Ding~ The purchase of leeks and flour was successful."
She took out the leeks and said, "I'll make you some leek cakes."
Aniang saw that Miao Xi had taken the leeks from nowhere, and couldn't help but wonder: "Ah Miao, are there wild leeks on the mountain?"
"Yes, I dug some with my sister this morning." Xiaodouzi helped her sister lie.
Mao Xi chopped with a knife, mixed the chopped leeks with a small amount of fried lard, and made a few more leek pancakes.
The younger brothers and sisters were all growing and soon finished the cakes. As the chef, Ma Xi was quite proud.
In the past, she only knew how to eat light meals at get off work or near her home after work. She had never thought of cooking for others, which gave her such a sense of accomplishment. living comfortably without anybody's help! It’s also very delicious to eat food made by yourself.
"Aniang, how about setting up a stall in the future and I make these pancakes?"
"This food is actually better than the pancakes in town. I will set up a stall with you."
"Aniang, Ajiao is still too young, I can just run the stall by myself."
"Xiaodouzi will go to school tomorrow. Can you push the breakfast cart by yourself? I'd better go with you."
Seeing that Mrs. Chen was still insisting, Mao Xi took some more bamboo shoots to the yard: "Auntie, I'm going to dig bamboo shoots again. You can help me clean the bamboo shoots at home and pickle some. Besides, there are still millet and vegetables to be harvested in the field." reason."
In the afternoon, Ms. Chen went to the field to tend vegetables, and Mao Xi took the opportunity to take out all the 100 kilograms of bamboo shoots in the space.
"Ding~" A mall prompt appeared in front of you:
*** L4 ***＜Upgrade completed＞
Unlock: ＜Space Refrigeration and Freezing Area＞
"That's great!" Mao Xi jumped for joy. This freezer area is just perfect for frozen bamboo shoots.
She arranged for Xiaodouzi to clean the bamboo shoots, while she prepared the fillings and crusts for pickled cabbage pancakes and chive pancakes.
It can be fried and sold immediately when it is sold in the evening.
Ajiao was holding a small hollow bamboo tube at the side, and was playing with the pet rat that Xiaodouzi had brought back. The little rat got in, and its little head was exposed at the end of the bamboo tube, shaking its head, looking smart and cute.
"Little bamboo tube, small bamboo tube..." Ajiao shouted to the little mouse.
"Sister, can we call it a small bamboo tube?" Xiaodouzi asked Mian Xi.
"You can call it whatever you like, little Douzi."
Dahuang barked twice, followed by the howl of the puppy.
"Dahuang is born!" Xiaodouzi was excited and ran to the native dog Dahuang. It gave birth to two native puppies. One was golden all over, and the other had a black head and a yellow body.
Mao Xi named them Yuanbao and Preserved Egg.