Taoyuan Farmhouse Daily

Chapter 17 Snails

Chang Yu was not used to wearing clothes, and Chang Xile didn't want to embarrass him at first, she just wanted to cover up her little dick first, and then take her time.Unexpectedly, when Chang Yu wore his clothes, he would not feel repelled. Although it was still very awkward, he would not tear it off directly.

As for the problem of standing, there is no need for Chang Xile to train more.Chang Yu found that lying down was much shorter than Chang Xile, and it was inconvenient to stick to Chang Xile, so he tried to stand up by himself, but sometimes he forgot.

When she slept at night, she always lay on Chang Xile's body. Chang Xile wanted to separate, but Chang Yu was small and strong, and she seemed to be nestled in his arms obediently. In fact, she seemed to be stuck, unable to break free at all.

Since Chang Xile could remember, it was the first time that she was so close to someone.

Although he has a gentle temper, he always feels alienated from others, and has his own safety circle. No one has been able to step into his private territory before.But Chang Yu completely broke his habit, being clinging to someone all the time, he always felt a little weird in his heart, but he didn't reject it.

Chang Yu's injury was not serious. An ordinary person would probably have to lie on the bed and be unable to move, but he didn't care.He is very active by nature, after two days of being well-behaved, he began to jump around restlessly.

"Hey, I'll take you out to play after your injury heals."

Chang Yu bit Chang Xile's sleeve with his teeth, trying to get Chang Xile to leave the yard together.Although Chang Xile had only been with him for a few days, she could understand his intentions from his words and deeds.

Chang Xile pulled her sleeve out of his mouth, and said with a straight face, "You can't bite with your teeth in the future, you know."

Chang Yu meowed twice, and arched his head on Chang Xile's shoulder.He is very used to standing up and acting like a baby now, and he has been secretly laughed at by the little ones in his family.

"Uncle, little uncle is acting like a spoiled child again!" Yang Zi pursed his lips and smiled when he saw this scene when he entered the door.

At the beginning, everyone was afraid of this new member of the family who was so powerful, but after getting along for a few days, they found that he was actually an ignorant child.Obviously not too young, she likes to nest in Chang Xile's arms and act like a baby like a toddler.Not to mention children, even Chang Xisheng and Chang Xiwang, who had witnessed his lethality with their own eyes, somewhat forgot his vicious appearance.

And because of Chang Yu's arrival, the life of the third bedroom of the Chang family has improved a lot.

It's not that he was greedy for his money, but that Chang Yu boiled a big pot of chicken soup every day for a chicken.Chang Yu only ate chicken and didn't have much interest in chicken soup, so the third room of Chang's family took advantage.Not to mention the delicious chicken soup, the soup made from fat chicken has a lot of oil, and the oil and water are enough to work more vigorously.Coupled with the fifty pennies that Chang Yu handed over, they were temporarily relieved.

When Chang Yu heard the movement, he didn't even lift his eyelids, and didn't bother to pay attention to other people.It's just getting closer to Chang Xile, as if wishing to grow a piece.

Chang Xile also expressed his helplessness, because with such a big pet, he couldn't do things well these days.Fortunately, there are still a few days before the day of digging the river, otherwise it will really delay things.

"Uncle, I found Zisu for you, have you seen enough?" Shanzi put down the basket on his back and pointed into it.

Chang Xile looked at it and immediately laughed.This little guy is really sincere in his work. This basket is full of perilla, all of which are uprooted.He explained before that if there are too many, he will uproot them and plant them in the vegetable garden at that time, and he said that the more the better, Shanzi implemented it very seriously.

"Shanzi, you won't pick all the perilla in the mountains, will you?" Chang Xile joked.

Shanzi shook her head and said seriously: "I found a place, there are many there. It's just that the baskets are not enough, it's a bit late now, I'll get them tomorrow."

Chang Xile shook her head and said, "There's no need for so many. I don't know if the transplant will survive. We'll wait until the plant is ready, otherwise it will be wasted."

Shanzi answered loudly.

Yang Zi was puzzled and said, "Uncle, what do you want this perilla for?"

"It can remove the earthy smell of snails."

Yang Zi blinked, "I thought someone was sick and would drink water, it tastes terrible!"

No one here has the habit of using perilla to remove the earthy smell. Instead, it is mostly used as medicine. If you have a cold or a cold, you will use it to soak in water to drink.

Although the mountains around Taoyuan Village restrict the development, it allows the small mountain village to get the gift of nature.It's just that there are many wild animals in the mountains, so they can only dig some wild vegetables, wild fruits and mushrooms in the marginal areas, which can also greatly enrich the material life of the village.

Due to limited conditions, and the fact that the villagers are currently only seeking food and clothing, the methods of cooking snails are very simple. You can cook them with clean water, and you will not be able to taste the deliciousness of the snails at all.In addition, it is very troublesome to eat snails. Only when there is no food due to poverty or when there is nothing to eat, they will eat it to satisfy their hunger.

And rich people think that this thing is too cheap to be served on the table, and they don't know how to eat it to get the best effect of its taste. As a result, no one here knows the delicacy of snails.

Xing'er doubted, "Uncle, is this snail really delicious?"

Chang Xile smiled. He didn't tell everyone about the business in advance, because he knew that before he did it, he would think he was crazy.Even if you don't say it in person, you will feel very unreliable. Only when you really do it can you convince people.

So Chang Xile asked Huaizi and the others to pick up the snails, saying that she was hungry.

"You'll know in a while, our sour bamboo shoots, capers and so on have been marinated, right?"

"It's all ready, I'll get it." Xing'er rushed into the room after finishing speaking.

There are a lot of bamboos in Taoyuan Village, and there is a hill full of bamboos.Every bamboo is owned by the owner, and the output belongs to that family.Chang Xile went to see it once and admired how the big guy recognized these bamboos as his own. He looked the same.

The method of pickling sour bamboo shoots in Taoyuan Village is very simple. You only need to blanch them in hot water and then soak them in water. The same is true for other pickled vegetables.These pickles must not touch the oil or they will all go bad.

Sour bamboo shoots will have a smell, some people feel very smelly if they are not used to it, the smell is so disgusting that they have no desire to taste it at all.But people who like it don't notice it at all, it has a hint of stinky tofu.

Chang Xile took out the snails that had been soaked for two days before, and cleaned them with a small brush made of pig hair, and several children happily came to help.Chang Yu also wanted to come over to join in the fun, but he was always able to crush the snails. I don't know why he was so clumsy, but Chang Xile disliked him and asked him to play sepak takraw beside him.

There is no pliers here, so we can only smash the buttocks of the snails with stones. This is not an easy job, and the snails are smashed accidentally.At the beginning, Chang Xile couldn't get it right, and it took several attempts before he mastered the technique.

Several children wanted to help, but Chang Xile refused because she was worried that they would smash their hands.But the children didn't listen to him this time, and they all came over to try it out one after another, probably because they often smashed snails to feed the chickens, but they didn't hit their hands, and they were often happy that they won the bid.

"hiss--"

After all, Chang Xile's right hand was hindered, and she accidentally smashed her finger, and couldn't help but gasped.

Seeing this, Chang Yu was unhappy, so he threw the stone in Chang Xile's hand far away, and it flew across the sky like a shooting star. The children were stunned, and they opened their mouths and let out a 'wow-'.

Chang Xile couldn't laugh or cry, "It's okay, I just accidentally lost my mind just now."

He was just getting used to that rock.

Chang Yu didn't care, he gritted his teeth and howled at Chang Xile for the first time, and even slapped the disobedient snail with his hand, it shattered into pieces.Then he grabbed Chang Xile's injured hand and licked it seriously, with a serious look on his face.

"I'm really fine."

Chang Yu yelled at Chang Xile, forgetting Chang Xile's previous warning, biting Chang Xile's clothes, and dragging him to a corner without further ado.

After finishing all this, Chang Yu returned to Chang Xile's position just now, pinched the snail with one finger and looked at it, and pinched the tail of the snail with the other finger, and with a 'click', the tail of the snail was removed, cleanly and neatly. Injured snail meat, completely different from the clumsy look before!

Then everyone just watched Chang Yu clean up a large pot of snails with a few swipes as if he had grown pliers hands.

"Wow--"

The children were all dumbfounded, their mouths were wide open, and they even forgot what they were doing.

The impression that Chang Yu didn't know how to do anything and only acted like a baby before disappeared without a trace, which is amazing!Not to mention that the snail shell is very hard, it is still a delicate job.It is easy to crush the whole body, but it is not easy to squeeze the buttocks away.Chang Yu's fingers are not flexible, and he was disgusted when he swiped the snails just now, but now it's like a cheat, very precise.

After Chang Yu finished these, he clapped his hands like Chang Xile's usual movements, and walked towards Chang Xile with his head raised, looking like a kitten getting his wish.I still don't forget to arch my head in Chang Xile's arms, praise me, praise me!

Chang Xile touched his uninjured area with a smile, and gave a thumbs up, "Little Miao is really capable!"

Little Meow Chang Xile's exclusive name for Chang Yu is that she usually behaves too much like a coquettish cat.Originally, I wanted to call it Xiaomao, but since someone else has the name, I changed it to Xiaomiao.Every time Chang Xile calls him that, Chang Yu is very helpful, but if other people call him that, it will only be in exchange for threats, and the differential treatment is not concealed.

Chang Yu didn't understand the meaning of the thumb, but he could read Chang Xile's expression and voice, and immediately became happy.He also tried to raise his thumb up, and it was done after a few clumsy attempts, and he also raised his thumb to Chang Xile happily.

Chang Xile smiled knowingly, never thought that in her previous life she would be nearly 30 years old without getting married, and in this life she would start raising such a big son when she was only a teenager.

After the snails were processed, Chang Xile took out the condiments bought in the county. Many of these condiments were not used by people here when cooking, and some of them were bought from the medical shop.Many of the dishes here are still in the steaming stage, and stir-frying is rarely done in common people's homes.

Chang Xile hadn't cooked for a long time, and had never used the firepit. After setting things up, she was in a daze for a moment, not knowing where to start.It wasn't until he was pushed by a big head that he came back to his senses.

Chang Yu looked at Chang Xile suspiciously, Chang Xile touched Chang Yu's head with a smile, "I'll cook something delicious for you soon."

Chang Yu seemed to understand, but he sat obediently on the grass pier and watched the fire in the firepit.In the beginning, Chang Yu was resistant and afraid of fire, but he gradually got used to it, but he would not get too close, and would subconsciously hide away.Unless he is very happy to sit in front of the firepit, otherwise he will not approach it.

Chang Xile sorted out her thoughts and started to act.

The author has something to say:

【Little popular science】

In the ruins of Zengpiyan people in Guilin (the earliest wave is 9000 years ago, and the latest wave is 7500 years ago), there are a lot of snail shells in the excavated household garbage, and they all have their butts cut.

In the third episode of the series "Longevity Guangxi" of CCTV's documentary "Traveling Around China", it is also discussed whether one of the reasons why people in Guangxi live so long is because they like to eat snails.Because Zengpiyan people who like to eat snails live longer than humans at that time, the average lifespan of human beings at that time was less than 60 years old, while Zengpiyan people can reach [-] years old at most, and many of them are between [-] and [-] years old. In the meantime, if you are interested, you can watch this documentary.

Including Guangxi's 'acid' is also speculated as one of the reasons for longevity.

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