Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 60 Thornberry and Beggar’s Chicken [Fourth update]

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the setting sun dyed the clouds golden and reflected from the west side of Baishigou. It was warm but not hot, bright but not dazzling.

The wide river valley of Baishi Valley is lined with green trees, which makes it seem like a paradise in a peach garden. The small mountain stream jumps happily in the valley, and the crisp and sweet water flow and the whistling breeze are like a moving melody.

Beside the stream are scattered white rocks and a small amount of soft sand.

Lin Heng and Xiulan sat with their backs to the stream, the green-bearded Diaozi they held in their hands crackling in the firelight. The feathers melted rapidly in the flames, exuding a smell like burning nails.

The remaining carcasses were curled up on the flesh, making the otherwise beautiful roasted bird look black.

"Ow~"

Xiulan was doubting whether it was really edible roasted like this. Xiongba was swaying back and forth on the edge of the fire, his mouth open and his tail wagging, and his saliva was almost dripping on the floor.

"Okay, these three are baked!"

Lin Heng handed two of them to Xiulan, took one himself, and used a hatchet to scrape off the blackened feather remains stuck to the fur.

In a short time, the golden fur was revealed. Then he cut open the belly, gently dug out the cooked internal organs and threw them to Xiongba. A roasted bird exuding the aroma of meat was ready to eat.

Lin Heng took the lead and tore off half of it, took out the salt and chili that he had packed at home, mixed them together, dipped a little, and immediately showed a satisfied smile after taking a sip.

The meat of the bird is so delicate and soft that even the bones can be chewed and eaten directly, just like a squab, but it is more chewy than a squab.

"It's really delicious, try it!"

Lin Heng tore off a piece, dipped it in some chili noodles and fed it to Xiulan.

Xiulan opened her red lips, took it, chewed it twice and couldn't help but blinked: "I didn't expect it to be really good."

"Here, I'll give you the remaining half, and I'll deal with the remaining two." Lin Heng gave the remaining half to Xiulan.

When Lin Heng took out the entrails of the second green-bearded Diaozi and threw them to Xiong Ba, Lin Heng found that he hadn't eaten the first entrails yet, but was looking at the chili noodles eagerly.

"Silly dog, you can't eat that thing!" Lin Heng was helpless. This dog was too smart and wanted to try everything.

"Wang Wang!"

Xiongba refuses to accept, why can you eat it but not me?
  "Xiulan, sprinkle some chili powder on it." Lin Heng glanced at the silly dog ​​and said.

Xiulan sprinkled some chili powder on it, and Xiongba immediately ate it in one bite.

Ah Choo! !
  As soon as it was in its mouth, it sneezed, turned around and ran to the creek to drink water.

"Aren't you going to eat now?"

Lin Heng shook his head helplessly, gave the prepared bird meat to Xiulan, took the internal organs, rinsed them in the stream, and threw them to Xiong Ba.

This time it ate obediently, but the look in its eyes at Lin Heng and Xiulan became strange, as if it was saying that you humans eat real flowers.

"Open your mouth!"

Xiulan handed a piece of meat to Lin Heng's mouth.

Lin Heng smiled and opened his mouth to eat. He grilled the meat, and Xiulan took one bite of the roast and ate it slowly.

When thirsty, I would break a tung tree leaf into a spoon and scoop out the cool stream water to drink. From time to time, I would have a mouthful of steamed buns. My days were very comfortable.

The two of them, Green Beard Diaozi, ate four of them, and gave the remaining six to Xiong Ba.

"Turtledove, let's be a beggar chicken."

Lin Heng roasted the turtle dove's feathers, took out its internal organs, cleaned it, sprinkled it with salt, picked some mountain pepper and put it in his stomach, then wrapped it with leaves and yellow mud, and threw it into the fire to burn.

"I found some early thornberries, let's put them in together."

Before Lin Heng's second turtle dove was wrapped in mud, Xiulan brought back a handful of thorn plums and handed them to Lin Heng like a treasure.

"good stuff."

Lin Heng's eyes lit up. This is one of his favorite wild fruits in the mountains. It tastes very good. It usually matures around the Dragon Boat Festival. Now that there are still about twenty days until the Dragon Boat Festival, it is normal to find it. He quickly opened the belly of the turtle dove, took out the mountain pepper inside, and signaled Xiulan to throw the thornberries in.

Xiulan kept three of them and fed them to Lin Heng. The rest were thrown into the belly of the turtledove, and then Lin Heng wrapped them up and made them into a beggar's chicken.

"I also saw some goat milk, but unfortunately it was still green." Xiulan said with regret.

She had just finished eating Green Beard Diaozi and was wandering around.

"It's okay. There should be thornberries nearby. Let's look for some more." Lin Heng said with a smile. Thornberries like to grow beside the river. There must be some around here.

"it is good!"

Xiulan nodded and went to find Thornberry with Lin Heng.

"Ow~"

After Xiong Ba finished eating, Green Beard Diaozi was a little full and lay on the stone to bask in the sun. When he saw the two people leaving, he just raised his head and gave a symbolic shout, then lowered his head and continued to sleep.

When it feels hot, he goes to take a bath in the water, and then comes back to continue to bask in the sun. The main thing is to relax.

"Sure enough, there are many more."

Xiulan smiled happily, looking at the many raspberries in front of her with great joy.

"We picked the thornberries and put them by the stream, and ate them while soaking our feet."

Lin Heng suggested.

Xiulan blinked and nodded: "Okay."

While picking thornberries, Lin Heng accidentally saw the gorgeous white flowers of a camellia tree nearby, and couldn't help but reach out and pick a few flowers.

"Xiulan!" Lin Heng called.

"what?"

As soon as Xiulan turned around, Lin Heng handed the snow-white camellia to her.

"Here you go." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head: "Plug it in for me."

"Okay." Lin Heng smiled and put the words in his wife's head.

He remembered the first time he saw Xiulan in Lushui County. She was selling dried tofu, and then she was tricked into getting a bouquet of camellias from him.

"nice!"

With a flower inserted, Xiulan looks more elegant.

Xiulan blinked her eyes and said nothing, with a smile on her lips.

The two picked more than half a catty of thornberries and came to the creek.

Lin Heng found a small pool with soft sand at the bottom, found two stone slabs and placed them on the shore as benches.

The two took off their shoes and soaked their feet in the water. The water was not deep, only about fifteen centimeters. The soft sand felt like a foot massage when they stepped on it.

Xiulan's beautiful feet were rippling slightly in the water, her skin was delicate and white, and she was eating thornberries like a little girl, eating one for herself and feeding one to Lin Heng.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Xiulan is more than one year older than Lin Heng, she is only 21 years old this year. She will still be in college at this age in future generations, but she has already shouldered the burden of life early in this era.

In this rare free time, she showed a somewhat childish side, playing with her feet in the water, and a smile appeared on her face from time to time.

"I'm going to see if the beggar's chicken is ready."

There was still a handful of thornberries left to eat. Lin Heng noticed that the last fire he had set had been extinguished and walked over to check if they were ripe.

(End of this chapter)