Chapter 21

The scientific name of jelly fruit is Ficus pumila fruit. It is the fruit of climbing plant Ficus pumila. It can be used as medicine, but it is actually a good food.

Yu Qingze looked at a large area of jelly fruit climbing on stones and surrounding small trees. He was very happy. This is the best food to relieve summer heat and reduce dryness in summer!

He still remembers when he was a child at his grandfather's house. Every midsummer, several trees in the village are covered with this kind of jelly fruit. People in the village will pick it and make it into jelly. It is clear and cool, like jelly, and is especially delicious.

The production method is also very simple, he still remembers.

After discovering this good thing, Yu Qingze didn't care to wash his lame name, so he picked it directly with a large fruit full of jelly fruit.

His left shoulder was injured and his left arm couldn't lift up. He had to pick it with one hand. Fortunately, the vine of the jelly fruit was not high, and some were on the nearby stones, which were not high. He could easily pick it.

Not far away, Chang Hao, who was also lame, found another fungus. He was excited to pick it and wanted to show it off again. Unexpectedly, he turned around and found that Yu Qingze had "no business" and was not looking for fungus at all, but picking something.

"Brother Yu, what are you doing? I found another fungus Oh, there are two! " If you don't find it quickly, you won't catch up with me. Chang Hao took the two fungi he found and went to Yu Qingze. He looked curiously at a small pile of fruit on the ground.

"This fruit can't be eaten. Why are you picking it?"

"What you can eat will be made for you in the afternoon to ensure that you like it!" Yu Qingze didn't look back. He tiptoed to pull the jelly fruit on the branches above his head. It was green, full and huge. There must be a lot of pectin in it!

"What can I eat? Isn't it medicine? " Chang Hao was surprised. He had known the fruit for several years and never knew it could be eaten. Instead, he had seen doctor Yu pick it for medicine.

Yu Qingze finally picked the fruit at the top and explained with a smile: "many medicinal materials are edible in themselves."

"Oh, is it delicious?" Chang Hao is most concerned about this question, "will there be a smell of medicine?"

Yu Qingze poked him on the forehead, smiled and scolded, "snack goods, if there is a smell of medicine, you won't eat it?"

Chang Hao touched his forehead with a smile and said brazenly, "if it's delicious, a little medicine smell can still be tolerated!"

Yu Qingze smiled and turned to pick the fruit.

Chang Hao doesn't look for fungus anymore. Anyway, if he can't find it, he might as well pick this wild fruit. There are so many in front of him that he doesn't have to bother to find it.

They picked a pile. Yu Qingze looked at it and went to Grandpa Chang and Changle with Chang Hao.

Grandpa Chang and Changle were surprised when they picked the fruit, but since Yu Qingze said he could eat, it was estimated that he could eat. Anyway, Yu Qingze pointed to the grass on the ground and said he could make delicious food. They would not doubt it and would eat it with a smile.

Grandpa Chang and Changle picked up a lot of fungi, which could add up to three or four kilograms, and poured them into one dung dustpan. Yu Qingze and Chang Hao put the picked jelly fruit in another dung dustpan.

Several people returned home full of harvest.

There is no need to avoid eating on the Chinese New Year's day. Another custom is to eat ducks. The homonym of "pressing" means to suppress ghosts.

Yesterday grandpa bought a duck from the family in the same village.

After returning, it was near noon, and the family began to cook.

Chang Hao cooks and grandpa Chang kills ducks.

Yu Qingze first asked Chang Le to chop the chicken and blanch it, then put it into a large casserole with fir fungus, add ginger and garlic, put it on a small stove and let Chang Hao cook it. Then Changle went to wash the dishes. Yu Qingze began to pluck the duck feathers with Grandpa Chang.

The duck is handled, cut open, half of it is reserved for dinner, and the remaining half is prepared to make braised duck with ginger according to Yu Qingze's arrangement.

"Brother Le, you can do it today." Yu Qingze said.

Chang Le looked at him and waved his hand, saying that he had never made a son ginger stewed duck, had never heard of the name of the dish, and had never seen Yu Qingze do it once, so he couldn't do it.

Yu Qingze pulled down his wrist and said, "it's all right. I'll teach you. Just do what I say."

Chang Le hesitated.

Yu Qingze pointed to his left hand and said, "I can't lift my arm."

Chang Le nodded immediately. It's also my carelessness. Brother Yu is a patient now. How can he cook? He's a little sorry on his face.

Yu Qingze smiled. In fact, his right hand was fine. There was no problem cooking with one hand, but he wanted to see Changle do it once.

Moreover, if you want to have good cooking, it is certain to practice more at ordinary times. However, with the material conditions of the world now, there is no way for Changle to take food to practice by himself. Yu Qingze only teaches him step by step. It is not only learning but also practicing, killing two birds with one stone.

Yu Qingze didn't start the whole process from the cutting of duck meat. He just dictated to Changle to do it.

Over there, the chicken stewed in front of the stove has begun to smell, gurgling, mixed with the strong aroma of fir fungus, which smells like drooling.

"How fragrant!" While burning the fire, Chang Hao put his probe close to the casserole and sucked the aroma. It was delicious and sweet.

Chang Le smacks his mouth and is hungry.

"Xiao Hao, the fire is too big. Turn it down, or the soup will dry in a moment." Yu Qingze saw the soup over there pushing the lid open and quickly reminded Chang Hao.

"Oh, good." Chang Hao quickly pulled out two firewood. His brother likes soup very much. If there is no soup, he won't have to drink.

Here, under the guidance of Yu Qingze, Changle cut the duck into pieces and sliced ginger and red pepper. Then boil the water, blanch the duck, wash the blood foam and drain the water. In another oil pan, saute ginger and garlic slices, then pour the duck into the pot and stir fry until golden, put the sub ginger slices and stir fry well, then put soy sauce, white vinegar and wine in turn, and finally put water over the duck meat. After boiling, turn to medium and low heat for stewing. Finally, when there is a little soup left, put salt and red pepper slices, stir fry the juice, sprinkle scallion, and it's ready.

After loading the plate, Changle looked at the stewed duck with ginger in the bowl. The duck meat was golden and shiny. The ginger was soaked in soup. The bright red pepper slices and green scallions enriched the color. It looked very appetizing.

I made it myself. With a smile on his face, Chang Le took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Yu Qingze for him to taste.

Yu Qingze took the chopsticks, put a small piece of duck into his mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, then stretched out a thumb and said, "well, it tastes good."

In fact, the taste is different from what he cooked, but it's very good for the first time. He is also happy to see Chang Le's happy expression and wants to make him happy.

Chang Le heard the speech, his eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth bent up, and contentedly put the bowl of food on the table on the other side.

I'm happy to be recognized by master.

"You have one, too." With that, Yu Qingze changed his chopsticks, picked up a piece of duck and naturally handed it to Changle's mouth.

Chang Le looked at the chopsticks at his mouth and was stunned. Why did elder brother Yu feed himself? Some hesitant to eat.

"What's the matter? Eat, you made it yourself. Ah - "Yu Qingze urged and coaxed.

Chang Le's face was hot and he didn't want to. He quickly opened his mouth, leaned forward and took the meat away.

"How's it going? Does it taste good? " Yu Qingze smiled.

Chang Le bowed his head and nodded. His ears were red. He didn't know what the duck meat in his mouth was like. He only knew that his face was hot and his ears were hot. He was a little ashamed.

Yu Qingze looked at his reaction and smiled.

Chang Hao's little boy lowered his head and secretly covered his mouth and smiled.

When the duck was ready, the chicken stewed with fir fungus was almost ready. Yu Qingze put some salt to adjust the taste, and then asked Chang Hao to draw out the firewood.

Changle fried another green vegetable and lunch was ready.

There are chickens and ducks. In the taste, there are light and sweet fir fungus stewed chicken, and there are also heavy rice stewed duck with ginger. Plus a plate of green vegetables, it is also a very rich meal for farmers.

Everyone drank a small bowl of chicken soup first. This soup perfectly combines the aroma of chicken and the freshness and sweetness of fir fungus, which makes several people aftertaste. A pot of chicken hasn't started yet. The scald has reached the bottom.

Then he ate.

Changle paid special attention to the reaction of Grandpa and brother to the duck meat. Seeing that they all said it was delicious, Changle was very happy and satisfied.

Several people had a full lunch and their stomachs were full.

However, for snack goods, he still remembered the wild fruits picked in the morning. Yu Qingze said he would make delicious food for him.

After taking a nap, he went to the kitchen to find Yu Qingze and began to read, "brother Yu, when shall we make that jelly?"

"Do it now!" Knowing that Chang Hao had been looking forward to it for a long time, Yu Qingze agreed.

He used to make cold skins with Changle in the kitchen. Seeing that the snacks were ready, he washed his hands and began to make them.

Changle also paused to see him make jelly.

First cut the jelly fruit, get the seeds out, wrap them on a clean cotton towel, and tie up the hole. Then immerse the whole end of the fruit seed into the cold boiled water prepared in advance.

Yu Qingze got a lot of fruit and seeds, so he used the wooden basin they made cold noodles and supercooled water to hold most of the water.

After a few minutes, Yu Qingze kneaded the cloth towel, let Changle wash it, rubbed and squeezed the package of fruit seeds hard, and kneaded and squeezed out the Milky pectin inside. The whole process is completed in water.

When nothing came out, Yu Qingze took out the cloth bag, put it aside, took out the fruit seeds accidentally got in the water, and then let the basin of water stand.

Chang Hao looked at the whole process without blinking. Now he saw Yu Qingze go away and asked, "brother Yu, have you finished?"

Yu Qingze nodded, "yes, just let it go. You can eat it in two quarters of an hour."

Chang Hao pointed to the basin of water and was stunned. "Just drink, drink this basin of water?"

Yu Qingze laughed and said, "it won't be water in a while. Ah, don't touch it. Just let it go. It will surprise you later. " Seeing that Chang Hao wanted to shake the water, Yu Qingze quickly stopped him.

There was no honey at home. He found some white sugar and added some water to boil it. It can be used later.

Chang Le stayed motionless by the basin of water and wanted to wait to see what would "surprise" him, but after watching it for a while, there was no change. His legs were numb, and he stood up to help his brother burn a fire and make cold skin.

But after burning for a while, I couldn't help running to have a look.

When he ran five or six times, he suddenly found that the water seemed to be different.

"Frozen, frozen! Brother, come and see, it's frozen! " Chang Hao was shocked and pointed to the basin and asked his brother to come and have a look.

Hearing the speech, Chang Le came over curiously. The water in the basin had disappeared. It had frozen into a whole piece and was still transparent!

Yu Qingze came over and said, "you can eat!"

He took four small bowls and filled them with spoons. Then he put the melted sugar water in, handed it to Chang Hao and Chang Le and said, "try it."

The two took the bowl. The "frozen" inside was crystal clear and looked like a gem, but as soon as the spoon was put on, it could be cut open. It was very tender.

Chang Hao scooped a piece with a spoon and put it into his mouth. The entrance was cool. The whole person was shocked. The "frozen" was sweet. He just wanted to chew it, but the "frozen" slipped into his throat.

Chang Hao:... Oh, don't chew!

"Delicious!" Chang Hao immediately scooped up another tablespoon of snoring and 'drank' it.

Chang Le tasted it and looked surprised. He began to think that jelly was like cold noodles and cold skin. It turned out to be like this. It should be regarded as dessert.

However, it's delicious. It's cool, smooth and crisp. It was very hot to make cold skin, but now the whole person is comfortable. He hasn't eaten dessert like this, 'frozen water'?

Seeing their expressions, Yu Qingze smiled with satisfaction, and then went to the main room with a bowl of jelly to Grandpa Chang who was repairing a hoe.

After grandpa Chang tasted it, he also greatly appreciated it. He didn't repair the hoe. It's so hot. First go to the kitchen and eat two bowls of jelly!

"Brother Yu, can we also sell this jelly? There are so many fruits on the mountain. They are so delicious. The practice is simple. Don't sell them for nothing. Moreover, it must be very easy to sell! " Chang Hao didn't forget to develop his business while eating. He has been setting up a stall for a while. He will think about whether he can sell any food and make money.

Grandpa Chang and Changle also nodded in agreement.

Yu Qingze said, "it can be sold. I also think we'll sell it in a few days. It's less than the cost of mung bean soup. Just buy some white sugar or honey."

Having made up their mind, they discussed going to the mountains to pick some tomorrow.

Since picking jelly fruit and fir fungus in the mountains, Yu Qingze has great interest in the mountains. There are many treasures in the mountains. Maybe you can find something good after more walking?