The happy little days of the Ye family

When the young couple walked halfway up the mountain, they suddenly saw a gray-yellow pheasant jumping out of the grass in front of them.

"Ow ooh..."

"Ow ooh..."

Heidou and Xiaohua reacted the fastest and immediately chased after them like a gust of wind.

However, the pheasant was not slow to react, and flew up to the treetops in a few seconds, followed by a burst of chickens and dogs.

Tang Xiaojing also chased after him, but by the time he took out the bow and arrow from his backpack, the pheasant had already run away.

Xiaohua and Heidou in front did not catch up and ran back dejectedly.

Although the pheasant ran away, Ye Qingqing felt that there might be a pheasant nest nearby.

Walking to the grass where the pheasant flew out just now, Ye Qingqing found a pheasant nest in a hidden corner.

And there are 7 wild eggs in it.

"Not bad, not bad. Although the pheasant has escaped, there is still a nest of pheasant eggs."

Ye Qingqing picked up the wild eggs with a smile on his face.

When picking up the eggs, Ye Qingqing shook them gently and found that two eggs made a sound of water while shaking.

The sound of water indicates that the two eggs are broken and only 5 eggs are left.

It rained two days ago, and Ye Qingqing thought that these eggs had been exposed to rain and had been left out for a short time, so they could be used to steam chicken and egg custard at night.

There are five people in the family, and each person has exactly one egg.

When the young couple slowly came down from the mountain, Tangshan happened to take the family's long-term workers to fertilize the rice.

At this time, he was washing his hands in the ditch next to the paddy field.

The water in the canal is not deep, only reaching the calf of Tangshan.

Tangshan stood on the ridge of the field and looked down to see a lot of snails in the ditch. There were also a few loaches squirming in the mud in the corner.

The snails were now fat and big. Tangshan quickly picked up the basket behind him and picked up the snails.

river snail

"These snails are really fat. I haven't eaten snails for a long time. It would be good to catch some and take them back as a side dish."

Ye Qingqing is good at cooking, and the perilla snails she makes are particularly fragrant. Thinking of this, picking up snails in Tangshan becomes faster.

The snails at this time were quite fat, each one as big as a finger. In less than a while, Tangshan picked up about two kilograms.

Tangshan walked up against the current, and there were more and more snails in the basket on his back. When he encountered loaches, he also caught them.

Under a big rock, Tangshan also saw a thumb-sized eel. At first glance, he thought it was a water snake.

It's a pity that it ran away, but it would be nice to catch it and make eel baked rice.

Tangshan continued to pick up snails all the way up. There were many small fish and shrimps in the water, but they were all too small to catch.

The basket behind him became heavier and heavier. Tangshan saw that the snails weighed about 5 kilograms and there were about a dozen loaches, so he was ready to go back.

Just as he was about to turn around, he saw something moving among the water plants in the corner from the corner of his eye.

Tangshan stopped and held his breath, and soon saw an eel looming in the grass.

Moreover, Tangshan looked very familiar with this eel, wasn't it the one that escaped just now?

This little thing was delivered to the door by itself. Tangshan naturally wouldn't let it go. He stepped forward, quickly grabbed the back of its neck and lifted it up.

Tangshan weighed it and muttered happily: "Good guy, there should be about five taels."

When Tangshan came here today, he originally planned to pick mushrooms in the small valley, so he only brought a backpack.

Loaches and eels tend to die out of water, so Tangshan went to the Changgong residence to borrow a bucket and raised the loaches and eels in it.

Tangshan carried the bucket and snails to the place where the cattle carts were herded, and saw the young couple going down to the foot of the mountain.

"I caught a lot of snails in the ditch, as well as some loaches and eels." Tangshan said with a hearty smile.

Hearing that there were snails, Ye Qingqing trotted over, "The snails are getting fat right now, so let's make perilla snails."

There were quite a lot of snails, so Tangshan sent half of them to Ye's house.

When I came back from Ye's house, Mother Ye stuffed me with a big bowl of pheasant stewed with potatoes.

"I was just about to deliver the chicken. You came here to save me another trip."

Tang Shan smiled and said: "I brought the snails here and brought back a bowl of chicken. It looked like I came here to beat the autumn wind."

"Okay, don't be verbose here, the meat is getting cold." Seeing that his good brother was still resisting, Ye's father quickly pushed him out.

It is best to raise the snails for a few days before eating them, but Ye Qingqing couldn't wait any longer and couldn't help but cook the snails when making dinner the next day.

Ye Qingqing had arranged all the game fish caught yesterday, including perilla snails, braised loach and eel with rice.

The snails have a strong muddy smell and require a lot of oil to taste delicious, but they are even more delicious than meat if cooked well.

Ye Qingqing took out a loofah and carefully scrubbed the dirt off the surface of the snail.

The surface of the snail was brushed with a layer of mud by the loofah, and the water in the basin gradually became turbid, and finally turned into a basin of muddy water.

Ye Qingqing changed the water several times before washing the snails clean.

After washing the snail, Ye Qingqing used scissors to cut off the tail of the snail.

However, the scissors were a bit dull and it hurt Ye Qingqing's hands from cutting.

In the small part at the back, Ye Qingqing directly smashed the snail's tail off with a stone.

Perilla snails can be said to be Ye Qingqing’s specialty.

Put a tablespoon of lard in the pot and stir-fry the onions, ginger and garlic until fragrant.

Then add the snails and stir-fry for a while, then add the water that has covered the snails. After boiling over high heat for a quarter of an hour, add salt, perilla leaves and a little rice wine.

Continue cooking over high heat to drain the juice, and the fragrant perilla snails are ready.

The smell of perilla and snails has spread in the yard early, and in the morning, there are rhubarb and small yellow following closely behind Ye Qingqing's butt, drooling.

Ye Qingqing looked at Chenchen who was following suit behind him angrily:

"You three little greedy cats, this snail is not healed yet."

Chenchen shook her little head and refused to leave.

As soon as the snails were put on the pot, Chenchen stood on tiptoes and stole one while Ye Qingqing wasn't paying attention.

"Hot, hot, hot!"

The snails fresh out of the pot were still very hot, but the smell was indeed so fragrant that the little guy refused to let go even though the snails were being burned.

Ye Qingqing turned around and saw that the little guy had already eaten, and nodded his son's little head:

"You little greedy cat, your father and grandfather haven't come back yet, why did you eat it secretly?"

Chenchen twirled the snail in his hand and said confidently: "I'll let dad and grandpa taste the saltiness of this snail."

Ye Qingqing did not expose this little guy, and followed his words and asked with a smile:

"How does it taste? Is there anything that needs improvement?"

The little guy said with a serious face: "The salty and salty taste is just right. Mom, your craftsmanship is incredible. And if you open a restaurant outside, you will definitely make a lot of money."

Ye Qingqing rubbed his son's soft hair, and the raised corners of his mouth were obviously very helpful.

"You little guy, you have a pretty sweet mouth. Hahaha, you all look like me."