With Pinxixi in hand, I have a supermarket in the Changzheng!

Zhou Yue and Zhou Xing followed the two brothers Mancang to a large pond nearby.

The water in the pond was very clear. As soon as a few people approached, they could see densely packed toads in the water, the number of which was astonishingly large.

Zhou Xing squatted down, picked up a toad from the pond, held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time.

"This is different from the toads we have here. Why does it feel so small and look different?"

Mancang heard this and asked curiously.

"Brother Xing, what do the toads in your area look like?"

Zhou Xing compared the size with his hands and began to describe it.

"The frogs in our area are as big as steamed buns, and their bodies are covered with pockmarks!"

Zhou Yue held her forehead and wanted to laugh. This silly brother was so cute.

The toads in their hometown are toads, and toads can grow very large.

But the toad in this pond is not an ordinary toad, it is a forest frog!

The Chinese forest frog is one of the three treasures of Northeast China. Wild Chinese forest frogs like this one are now a national second-class protected animal!

Zhou Yue is a five-star chef, so of course she has learned to cook braised frog.

The frogs used are all farmed and very expensive. There are ten frogs in one dish and it costs 198!

Mancang said as he put the forest frog into the bucket.

"Although the toads here are not big, they are very delicious. I will ask my mother to braise them for you to try later. They are delicious!"

These forest frogs are much smaller than toads and bullfrogs. An adult forest frog weighs only about 20 grams.

"Okay! I'll catch it too!"

Zhou Xing and Zhou Yue rolled up their sleeves and trouser legs, ready to go to the pond for a good work.

There are adult forest frogs, very small ones, and even groups of tadpoles in the pond.

"Brother Xing, we can't catch females. We can only catch males in the spring."

Mancang saw Zhou Xing grabbing things randomly and hurriedly stopped him.

"Ah? Why?"

"It's spring now, and the mother toad has eggs in her belly. She has to keep them so that she can continue to lay pups!"

Zhou Yue felt relieved after hearing Mancang’s explanation. It seems that everyone is still very aware of ecological protection and knows about sustainable development!

Zhou Xing was a little confused when he saw the toads that all looked similar.

"These toads all look the same, how do you tell the male from the female?"

Mancang grabbed a male with his left hand and a female with his right hand and gave everyone a comparative explanation.

"The male toad has a white belly, while the female toad has a spotted belly. The male toad has a small belly, while the female toad's belly is round and big!"

"Okay! I know!"

The resources of forest frogs here are so abundant that the children caught a full bucket without much effort.

"Mom! We're back. Look, we caught a lot of frogs!"

The village chief's wife heard her son's voice and came out. She saw a bucket full of toads and smiled.

"Okay, okay, mom will make you some braised toad!"

First, boil a large pot of hot water and pour it into the bucket containing the toads.

Wash all the dirt off the surface of the toad, then cut open its belly and take out the internal organs.

In fact, if you catch a forest frog in winter, you don’t need to remove the internal organs. You can just put it into the pot and cook it and eat it.

Because the forest frog stops eating after winter and does not eat for a long time, its stomach is empty and very clean.

But now it’s spring, things are different. There is food eaten by the forest frog in my stomach, so I have to simply process the internal organs.

The earthen stoves and big iron pots in the Northeast are particularly down-to-earth. After the oil is hot, add seasonings and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour the big bucket of forest frogs into it.

After stir-frying evenly, cover the pot and simmer, and the aroma will soon waft out.

Zhou Yue and several children who were standing nearby and watching the cooking process couldn't help but swallow their saliva!