200. Rainy night (2)
Hearing the general's roar, Ao Muyang walked over and searched carefully, and then found a circle of green snails on a rock at the bottom of the lake.
Seeing this, he laughed, took out a ham sausage from his pocket and handed it to the general. He smiled and said, "I'm really capable, go and find the snails."
The general took the ham sausage and went to the shore. He first shook off the water droplets from his hair, then tore the ham sausage open and divided it into two halves, half of himself and half of the head of state.
This way Ao Muyang smiled even happier. The general is now very friendly to the head of state, which makes him very pleased.
You don’t have to eat it as a meal. Fry it until it is put in the refrigerator at a time. As long as it does not deteriorate, you can eat it for several days. It is a good dish and a small cold dish.
So, he touched it and whistled, signaling the general to continue looking for snails in his water.
Water hounds have advantages in doing this job. Their eyes can be opened in the water, and their vision and vision are great. After diving, you can find traces of snails, just like hunting dogs going up the mountain to find traces of hares and pheasants.
If Ao Muyang had no general's help, if he wanted to gain something, he had to dive and look for it himself. Now that he had the general lead the way, he saved a lot of trouble.
From the time he came back in the morning to lunch, he had touched most of the bag of green snails, which were evenly shaped and could eat several meals on the mountain.
He brought the green snails ashore. Someone in the village smiled when he saw it: "Oh, Brother Xiaoyang, have you touched so many snails? You're so lucky."
The person next to him said, "What's the luck? Yangzi has good skills in catching fish, shrimps, crabs, and snails. He can touch it with his real skills."
Ao Muyang also smiled and said, "It was all found by the general, it's not my credit."
The general wagged his tail happily, and he was good at observing his expressions. Although he didn't understand what Ao Muyang was saying, he knew he was praising himself.
The people in the village praised again: "The general is so powerful. The general is so sensible. Let the general get a litter of my dog."
Ao Muyang thought to himself that this is not to mention, the general is fertilizing the village every day, and it is probably the whole village mother-in-law.
I took the green snail home, and I couldn't put this thing in the pot directly. I had to pour some sesame oil in and let it spit out the mud. If the mud was not spit out clean, then the dish would be done.
Ao Muyang took clean water for two days and changed the water several times during this period.
He had put it in the yard for the green snails to spit mud, but an autumn rain came. When he heard the sound of rain in the middle of the night, he got up and packed up the green snails.
There was nothing happened recently. He was very energetic and could no longer sleep after he woke up. Seeing that the green snail had almost spit out the mud and sand, he simply started to stir-fry.
Fried snails is a troublesome thing. Not only do you need to let them spit out mud, but you also have to cut off the screw tail with pointed pliers before starting to stir-fry, so that it is easy to absorb and taste.
Cut off the snails one by one, he blanched them in boiling water, then put them in a pan and stir-fry the fragrant star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, onion, ginger and garlic, and then add dried chili and a dry topping of bean paste, and finally stir-fry.
During the stir-frying process, he sprinkled some salt, sugar and cooking wine to make the aroma come out. He added some water to finally collect the juice. He started stir-frying in the middle of the night. When the dish was put on the pot, it was no longer so dark.
Putting the snails on the plate, Ao Muyang took another bottle of beer, then sat on the ground at the door, pouring himself and drinking.
The general came over with his tail wagging, Ao Muyang patted the open space next to his butt, and it lay obediently here, putting its head on his legs and quietly accompanying him.
The head of state lay on his other leg. After looking at the snail, it was not interested. It closed its eyes and began to chant Buddha's name with gurgling.
On a rainy night, thatched hut, small table, a bottle of beer, a person, an old dog and a plate of dishes.
There was a continuous autumn rain outside, and a lonely lamp at the door emitted a dim light. Soon, small flying insects flew in the rain and wandered around the light bulbs.
Ao Muyang poured a glass of beer, and the golden wine flowed into the glass, and bubbles rose up.
He took a sip of beer and looked out. With the dim light, he could vaguely see the raindrops in the yard.
The raindrops are strung together into lines, and the rain is not heavy, but it is falling all the time. When the lights are shining, the raindrops are like golden threads.
There are a lot of vegetables and a circle of corn in the yard. The autumn corn is about to be harvested, and it grows one person tall, with thick corn cobs growing on it.
Ao Muyang's heart moved and he flicked his fingers to send a little drop of gold into the rain.
The gold drops turn into millions of dots in the rain, and as the rain water merges into the vegetables.
The reason why he threw out this little gold was unknown and had no purpose, just like a naughty boy making a little prank.
On such a rainy night and such an environment, Ao Muyang felt a little lonely.
For the first time, he began to look forward to someone who could accompany him in life, preferably a girl, and it would be even better if she was a beautiful girl, such as Lu Zhizi.
He turned around and looked at the school through the window. The campus on the hillside was pitch black, and at this time, all families were in a dream.
Listening to the "swish" sound of raindrops falling on the fragrant tree, he twisted a snail in his mouth. The taste of sweet and spicy sauce exploded between the taste buds and tasted very good.
Eating snails alone, drinking beer alone, and watching the rain under the dim old light bulb alone, he couldn't help but remember some of the past when he was in the capital.
Compared to returning to his hometown, he felt that his life in the capital was truly boring.
As a chef, his daily job is to work in the kitchen, and his daily life is to go to two o'clock, one line, hotels and rental houses.
There he only had teachers and colleagues and no friends. In fact, his work in the hotel was not smooth because his personality seemed a bit withdrawn to many people.
I drank a bottle of beer until the morning. I had half of the snails on the plate and a bunch of snails on the small table.
Seeing that the sky was getting bright and the rain didn't mean to stop, Ao Muyang simply cleaned up, closed the door and returned to bed to continue sleeping.
He didn't go out to sea on rainy days, this is the rule he set for himself.
The autumn rain continues, and this idiom is correct. A small rain lasts until late October. After this rain, the smell of autumn becomes completely strong, as if autumn is coming with the rain.
After a rain, the trees in and outside the village suddenly fell a lot of fallen leaves. The weather became cold. The children put on long-sleeved trousers. The grass turned yellow, but the vegetables in the yard were still green.
After the heavy rain stopped, Ao Muyang still couldn't go to sea. The humidity in the air was too high, and heavy fog occurred on the sea, and ports in various places were blocked.
He couldn't go out to sea and rested for a few days in a row. He felt a little bored, so he sent a message to Lu Zhizi, asking her if she wanted to go hiking together.
Dalong Mountain in autumn often has abundant resources. It rained just now, so I guess there is a unique charm on the mountain.
Lu Zhizi responded happily. She was a girl who couldn't stay idle. On the weekend, Ao Muyang went to find her. She changed into a mountaineering outfit and waited at the school gate.
Chapter completed!