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"How come you picked so many mushrooms today? Are there many on the mountain now?"

While washing the bamboo shoots in her hand, Xie looked at the mushrooms piled up like a small hill nearby and asked in confusion.

In the past, when Su He went up the mountain to pick wild fruits, he would bring a basket with him. When he saw some, he would pick some and bring them back. Most of the time, he would only pick one basket or half a basket. Today, several of them went into the mountains.

But everyone came back with a full basket.

"Mother, you don't know, there are so many mushrooms growing on the mountain now, we can't pick them all, I have to carry a big basket into the mountain tomorrow."

When Su Chi heard Xie asking about today's mushrooms, he immediately became excited and described to her with gestures and excitement the scene of seeing such a large area of ​​mushrooms on the mountain today.

Xie and Luo, who were standing by, were also surprised. They didn't expect there were so many mushrooms on the mountain.

Su He looked at them with a smile on his face, lowered his head and washed the mushrooms in the basin, with a smile on his face.

After washing a basin of mushrooms, Su He stood up and walked to the eaves, took out the bamboo mat that he had used to dry fruits, and spread it out in the yard.

Then place the washed mushrooms neatly on the bamboo mat to dry.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Luo washed the bamboo shoots, and the water in the pot cooked by Old Lady Su in the kitchen also boiled.

The two of them carried the bamboo shoots into the kitchen, blanched them, and then took them to the yard to dry.

After the bamboo shoots were ready, three people came over and started washing the mushrooms.

Drying goods in the sun is a race against time. Wash and dry them early while the sun is shining so you can feel at ease sooner.

If you don't deal with it quickly, it will all be a waste of effort if it gets ruined if it's piled up together.

I didn't expect this to be the situation when I went into the mountains today. Su He also didn't expect there would be so many mushrooms.

It would be fine if we picked them, dried them and stored them for winter, but there were too many mushrooms, and this was the time when mushrooms grew, so we couldn't eat that much even if we ate them at home.

She had also thought about selling them, but when she first came back from picking mushrooms, she knew from the reactions of the Su family that many people here didn't know that these mushrooms were edible.

So if she sells it directly, it might not be easy to sell.

It would be better to try making mushroom sauce. She looked at the basket full of chicken mushrooms and thought, why not give it a try first. If it tastes good, she can take it to the town to sell at the market in a couple of days.

The more Su He thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him, so he quickened his movements. After the few of them had cleaned all the mushrooms they had picked on the mountain today.

Su Mu also cleaned the pheasant and chopped it up according to Su He's request and put it in a basin.

"Mom, just leave these mushrooms here to dry. No need to expose them to the sun. I'll need them later."

Su He divided the mushrooms picked today into two halves. One part was washed and hung on a bamboo mat to make dried mushrooms.

Part of me plans to make some mushroom sauce later.

After making her plans, Su He turned and went into the kitchen, intending to stew the pheasant first. This pheasant was different from the ones raised at home, so she had to stew it for a while longer, otherwise the meat would be too tough for grandpa and grandma to chew.

Su Chi saw Su He enter the kitchen and followed her quickly, lighting a fire without Su He saying anything.

Su He took a look at the processed pheasant. There was a lot of meat. The Su family was large, so he could add some chicken mushrooms later. It would be enough for the whole family to have a full meal.

Su He first blanched the pheasant meat, put it in a basket, drained it and set it aside.

Wash the pot clean, add oil after drying it, then pour in the pheasant meat that has just been drained, stir-fry quickly, and after a while the pheasant meat will sizzle with golden oil, and the meat will turn an attractive brown color.

Then add the chopped onions, ginger slices and star anise into the pot and stir-fry. At this time, the aroma in the kitchen becomes stronger.

Add some seasonings, scoop a ladle of water into the pot, make sure the water covers the pheasant meat, cover it with a lid, and tell Su Chi to simmer over low heat. It should be done in half an hour.

There are many people in the family, and this one dish may not be enough. I thought about the water celery I picked on the way down the mountain today, and the snow sprouts picked by Xie and the others today. It should be enough to stir-fry these two wild vegetables.

Su He took the two wild vegetables to the yard, cleaned them, cut them into small pieces, and quickly fried them in another pot.

As soon as the two dishes were brought into the main room, the other members of the Su family came back.

"What's stewing tonight? It smells like meat to me."

As soon as Old Man Su entered the yard, he smelled the fragrance that permeated the yard and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

It has been raining all this time, and Su He and her friends didn't go to town. The pork intestines and pork bones they bought earlier have been eaten up, so there is no meat left at home.

But the taste is nothing like the taste of everyday cooking, and most importantly, it is too fragrant.

"It smells like meat to me, too!"

Su Dawu put down the hoe in his hand and nodded in agreement. It felt similar to what Ah He had made last time when he came back from hunting a wild rabbit in the mountains. It smelled very good.

Even after so much time, he still can't forget that fragrance.

"Grandpa, uncle, it's stewed pheasant meat."

When Su Chi heard the voices, he hurried out. When he heard what the two people were saying, he responded with a smile.

"I'm watching the fire. Sister said the pheasant meat needs to be stewed for a longer time to be tender, and mushrooms will be added later."

After saying that, he ran into the kitchen again. His elder sister said to simmer it slowly over low heat, and he was afraid that the fire would go out, so he quickly ran in to check on the fire.

The few people left in the yard looked at each other in bewilderment, talking about pheasants, mushrooms...

Old Man Su and his friends knew that they went into the mountains to pick mushrooms today, but the mushrooms didn't taste like this.

What about pheasants? Where do the pheasants come from?

The chicks we raised in the backyard a while ago haven't grown up yet.

Old Lady Su heard the noise, left the yard, and explained to them with a smile:

"It was Ah He and his friends. They went into the mountains to pick mushrooms today and caught a pheasant. Ah He said he would make a pheasant and mushroom soup, which is delicious."

When they heard that a pheasant was caught in the mountains today, they all showed silly smiles on their faces.

They are in for a treat tonight, as they are still savoring the wild rabbit meat they ate last time.

Seeing that the pheasant was almost done, Su He put a handful of torn chicken mushrooms into the pot, pressed it down with a spatula, added salt and stirred it, covered the lid, and simmered it for a few more minutes.

"Okay, that's enough."

The Su family sat around the dinner table, looking at the steaming chicken soup, and instantly felt even hungrier.

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

Old Man Su was the first to pick up his chopsticks. Seeing this, the Su family members reached out to get themselves a bowl of chicken soup.

Su He picked up two chicken legs and put them into the bowls of Old Man Su and Old Lady Su respectively.

This pheasant has been stewed for a long time and the meat is already very soft. My grandfather and grandmother have bad teeth, so these two chicken legs are just right for them.