inspire-indiana Chapter 172 Sell it
Chapter 172 Sell it
Badger oil has its own aroma. Fry the pine mushroom slices in a pan for a while, then drop a circle of this oil into the pan. A unique fragrance will immediately arise, so strong that it will make you salivate.
"Wow, it smells so good. Why does it smell so good? The one I made last night didn't seem to be so fragrant. Which mountain did you find the pine mushrooms today? Are they a different variety?" Zhou Dacang closed his eyes and took a deep sniff. It smelled so good.
Zhou Guo was intoxicated by the smell. "This is not a problem with the species, it's clearly a problem with the oil. The oil used is different. Master, you are really wise. How did you think of catching badgers to make oil?"
At this point she had an idea, opened her eyes, and said with a smile: "Master, I will go into the mountains with you tomorrow and catch a few more of these things so that we can make more oil."
When she sells pine mushrooms with this oil, it should sell better. She will sell them at a high price!
The old man stared at the pot without turning his head, absent-mindedly, "Well, I need to catch a few more. This oil is really fragrant. Why didn't it smell so good before? It seems that good things should be paired with good things, otherwise they won't be able to bring out their greatest fragrance."
Everyone had their own thoughts and stared at the pot eagerly.
After waiting for a long time, the first pot of pine mushroom slices came out of the pot. Several people couldn't wait and started to eat them with chopsticks. Each of them couldn't wait to put a slice into their mouths.
Zhou Guo was the only one suffering. His hands were wrapped like dumplings and he couldn't hold the food with chopsticks. He wanted to grab the food with his hands, but he couldn't use any strength. The delicious food was right in front of him and he could only watch others eat it. He was so anxious that he stamped his feet and wished he could pick it up with his mouth.
"Guoguo, come on, open your mouth."
"Ah?" She was so anxious that she turned her head when she heard this. She saw her brother Zhou Mai holding a piece of fragrant pine mushroom, dragging one hand under it, bringing it to her mouth, and gently said, "Open your mouth."
She opened her mouth subconsciously, and the warm and temptingly fragrant pine mushroom slices were put into her mouth. Before she chewed it, the fragrance spread from her lips, teeth and tongue to her heart and rushed straight to her forehead. It was so fragrant that she almost shed tears. How did the saying go, high-end ingredients only require the simplest cooking methods, and it was really good.
After she finished one piece, Zhou Mai gave her another one.
The brother and sister ate one by one, and after eating several slices, Zhou Guo realized that he hadn't eaten a single bite. He said, "Brother, you should eat it too. It's delicious, more fragrant than last night. The oil that the master used was not in vain. Eat it quickly, or the whole pot will be gone."
Zhou Mai ate a slice and his eyes lit up. The two of them used their bowls to pick up many slices and shared them.
Li, who had been busy in the pot, turned around and saw that her daughter was being taken care of by Zhou Mai. After eating two slices herself, she started to fry the next pot. The food was much more delicious than last night. One or half a pot was not enough. With so many people, they would probably need two sacks of oil. The more than two kilograms of oil did not seem to be much at this time.
Zhou Dacang and his friends finished one pot and started to prepare ingredients for the next one.
As I scraped, I finished the whole sack of pine mushrooms without realizing it.
Zhou Guo was stunned. How could he finish all this?
As it turned out, they could still finish it. Pot after pot of pine mushroom slices were swept away, and then they started to fry the next pot. Everyone ate until their mouths were greasy and their stomachs were full. They had just finished dinner, but they had no intention of stopping.
"Ah, no, no, I don't want to eat anymore. I can't eat anymore." Zhou Gu shook his hand and put down his chopsticks. He touched his stomach and burped for a long time, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Zhou Mi said: "Of course you won't eat it if it's all eaten. A whole sack of mushrooms has been eaten up. How come our family can eat so much?" As he said this, he sighed, it was so delicious.
Zhou Dacang and his friends looked at the sacks that had been completely eaten and sighed, "It looks like a lot of food, but it doesn't last long. We eat one sack a day, and there are only a few sacks here, not enough for two days."
Zhou Mai glanced at Zhou Guo and touched her round belly. He felt relieved and said, "Let's go into the mountains tomorrow and pick up a few more sacks."
Everyone nodded. They would not be willing to give up such delicious food even if they could sell it. They should pick more. There would not be much in a sack.
Zhou Guo was drowsy with his round belly. He had worked for the whole afternoon and now that he was full he wanted to sleep. He leaned his back against Zhou Dacang and soon fell asleep.
Zhou Da Cang looked down and saw that she had fallen asleep. He held her close to the fire and said to everyone, "We have cut down all the trees in the mountains. We can just leave them to dry. Tomorrow we have to go buy some wood and cut some straw. We have to dry them for a few more days."
Zhou Xing said: "I have also cut several carts of grass at home these days, but I am afraid it is not enough."
"It doesn't matter. We will all go cut the grass tomorrow and hang it out to dry. It will be almost done in two days." Li waved her hand and everyone went to cut the grass.
Zhou Gu said: "The bricks still need to be dried. My bricks are not dried enough. There are so many holes that cannot be filled. More bricks need to be dried."
Li nodded after hearing this, "Okay, it's late, let's go to bed."
Zhou Guo got up on time the next day without fail. In the next few days, she would form a biological clock and would wake up on time without even an alarm clock.
During breakfast, everyone gathered together to discuss today's work.
Zhou Dacang was the first to speak: "I want to go with the villagers to order wood. I heard that the village ahead has wood for sale, so we should go and take a look."
Zhou Gu quickly said, "I want to continue making bricks."
"Then I'll continue cutting thatch." Zhou Xing was not willing to be outdone. Everyone in the family had things to do, and she couldn't just stay at home and cook three meals a day.
Zhou Mai said he would help dry bricks, and Zhou Mi would help cut thatch.
Zhou Guo and the old man are the only ones in the family who have nothing to do.
The old man stopped talking and went into the mountains all day long. Now there are pine mushrooms in the mountains, and he wants to stay in the mountains all day long. "Well, I have to go to the mountains. There are not many days left to pick pine mushrooms. I'm afraid they will be gone after a while. I have to go find more."
Zhou Guo looked at his hands, which were wrapped like dumplings. He couldn't dry bricks or cut grass, nor could he go into the mountains. It seemed that his uncle didn't need his help. He looked at the three sacks of matsutake mushrooms left at home and said, "How about I go to the county town to sell them?"
"What?" The old man almost jumped up, his beard twitching with anger. "That won't do. I spent so much effort prying them back from the mountains one by one. My eyes are almost blinded by them. And you're going to sell them now? You loser!"
Zhou Guo raised his sleeve and wiped the saliva off his face. "No, Master, don't be so excited. It's not good to get upset. I'll go and give it a try. You said there are so many fungi at home that we can't eat them all in a short time. This stuff doesn't last long. It will go bad after four days. It's better for me to take it to the county town to sell it and get some money to buy you some wine."
The old man was very angry at first, but when he heard about wine, he could no longer vent his anger and sat down again. "I don't like wine either. I almost forgot the taste after not drinking it for a long time."