freenovelworld Chapter 523: Mutton Noodles in the Wild
Chapter 523: Mutton Noodles in the Wild
Zhou Su responded happily, opened the curtain, jumped out of the car, and searched around for dry firewood like the wind.
This is the wilderness, and the villagers can't get firewood here. There is still a lot of dry firewood, and we picked up a large pile in a short time.
Zhou Guo was picking up the food in the carriage, including homemade dry noodles, flatbreads, a small bag of rice, pine mushrooms, small flower mushrooms, cabbage, and even green onions, as well as a large piece of cooked mutton and a cooked chicken.
As she rummaged through the things, she sighed, her mother was really worried that Zhou Su would be hungry on the road, so she brought rice, flour, meat and vegetables with her. It was enough. The journey was only a day or so, so there was no need to prepare so many things.
I picked up some noodles, mutton, a few pine mushrooms, and cabbage and green onions, planning to make a simple mutton noodles.
Finally, I took down the small iron pot. I bought it specifically for cooking outdoors, but it was too small and only suitable for four or five people. It would not be enough for one more person.
After Zhou Su collected all the firewood, he started to build the stove.
The ingredients you take down have already been processed, just put them in the pot.
Zhou Guo picked up the pot and went to fetch water. After scooping half of the pot and preparing to leave, she saw a faint black shadow in front of her on the left. Looking closely, she saw a grass carp that looked longer than her arm quietly nestling in the water. It didn't leave even though she made such a big noise, just like it was hatching an egg.
She pulled out the dagger from her boot and approached cautiously.
Staring at the shadow in the water, he reached out and dived down.
With a sudden pull, a lively grass carp was picked up, but it was a little small, smaller than her arm.
Looking back, Zhou Su was still setting up the stove.
I searched upstream along the river but found nothing, but this fish was enough for me.
I scraped the scales and removed the internal organs by the water, smeared salt, pine mushroom powder, and soy sauce on the fish, and skewered it on a branch, intending to make a grilled fish.
When you go out, you must not neglect your stomach.
Zhou Su was also very happy to see the fish, "Sister, we haven't eaten fish for a long time."
"Yes." Zhou Guo nodded. She hadn't been into the mountains this year. She didn't know if the shadowless fish in the mountains had reproduced. When she had more money, she would definitely fence off that place in the mountains. If she opened a restaurant and had pine mushrooms, the shadowless fish would come from time to time.
If you can catch it, go for it. If you can’t catch it, forget it. There will definitely be a lot of gluttons flocking to it.
Even the old man who has eaten so many delicious foods likes it. I think the Shadowless Fish will definitely become the restaurant's signature dish.
At that moment, Zhou Guo started another fire, inserted a branch on each side, put the skewered fish on it, and asked Zhou Su to watch the fire and slowly turn it up to prevent it from getting burnt.
He put up a large iron pot half filled with water, threw in the chopped green onions and sliced pine mushrooms.
After the water in the pot boiled for a while, the delicious flavor of the matsutake mushrooms came out, and the noodles were thrown in. A large piece of mutton was sliced and put in, and a small mound of mutton appeared in the pot.
Zhou Su swallowed and said, "Sister, is this too much?"
Is this noodles or meat?
Zhou Guo flipped the meat in and stared at the pot, "It's not much. This little bit of meat is not enough for me alone. Besides, when I'm away from home, I can't let my stomach go to waste. I need to eat more meat and noodles. It's not like there's nothing left."
When the noodles are almost cooked, throw in the cabbage.
Because there are pine mushrooms, I only added some salt and no other seasonings. If I added too much, the freshness would be gone.
The fish is almost done by this time.
The fragrance wafted out in waves.
Zhou Guo took out two bowls from the carriage, one big and one small, and filled one bowl for Zhou Sulu first. He put half a bowl of noodles and a dozen slices of pine mushrooms in it, then half a bowl of mutton slices and scooped a few shovels of soup. Suddenly, the bowl of noodles was full.
Zhou Su was in a dilemma whether to accept or not.
Zhou Guo laughed, "I took too much."
He looked around and saw a large rock behind him, so he put down the bowl and said, "Wait."
He stood up, squatted forward, and easily picked up the stone that was bigger than the millstone, put it in front of him, and then put the bowl of noodles on it, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, eat."
Zhou Su turned around happily. He didn't expect that there would be a table in the wild. That was great!
Zhou Guo also picked up a full bowl for himself and placed it on the stone. The two of them lowered their heads to eat the noodles. The noodles were fresh, fragrant and delicious.
While I was eating, I heard a faint sound coming from behind.
"Damn, where does this meaty aroma come from in this desolate mountain? Can you smell it?"
"It seems so. Let's look around. There might be a family nearby. I can ask for a bowl of hot rice."
When Zhou Guo heard this, he glanced into the pot, which was still half full. He took Zhou Su's bowl and put some noodles and meat in it, then filled his own bowl before stopping.
Zhou Suli was eating so fast that he didn't even raise his head, and he didn't even know who was coming.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the back. Zhou Guo didn't turn around, but heard them say in surprise: "Oh, there are people cooking here?"
Seeing Zhou Guo's two children, he shouted rudely, "Hey, kids, do you have any more? Give some to the uncles."
Zhou Su looked up and then lowered his head, busy eating his own food.
Zhou Guo took the time out of his busy schedule to look back and saw six or seven ragged, unkempt men with guns and knives in their hands. He had no idea who they were.
Before she could say anything, several people had already rushed to the pot, and seeing that there was still half a pot left, their faces lit up with joy and they were about to reach out.
Zhou Guo narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip on the chopsticks.
Fortunately, one of them, who was probably the leader, patted the man's hand and scolded him, "Wait a minute, the host hasn't agreed to give you food yet."
The man withdrew his hand and had to stand aside and wait.
Several people looked at Zhou Guo's brother and sister, then looked around. The man smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, kids. We are not bad people. It's just that your parents are here. We brothers haven't had a hot meal for several days. Can we ask for a hot meal?"
Zhou Guo raised his head and blinked his eyes, "Where are you from? What are you doing like this?"
The man laughed and said, "We are refugees from the south. Refugees have nothing to eat or drink. This is the situation for all of us."
Zhou Guo didn't believe it and glanced at the weapons in their hands. Was this a trick?
The man smiled awkwardly and said, "Here, these are all picked up. You little kid, don't know that? We are fleeing, and there are many dangers on the road. It is inevitable to find something to protect ourselves. If you don't want to give us these things in the pot, can we exchange them for something else?"
Zhou Guo was curious, "What do you want in exchange?"
It seems like he doesn't have anything valuable on his body. Could he be exchanging it for the weapon in his hand?