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Chapter 33 Ants Climb the Tree

After eating and drinking, packing up the pots and pans, the group continued to rush; the journey was smooth in the next few days; on that day, a severe rain in the afternoon forced them to stay in a small village in the evening.

Sai Xishi was a little worried in the kitchen. After a few days of consumption, there were not many vegetables anymore, just a carrot, a bouquet of vermicelli, six eggs and some dried mushrooms, and dried vegetables.

A good cook cannot cook without rice!

The farmer who stayed in this house brought a small piece of pork, a cabbage, and onions, ginger and garlic. "Miss, I'm so sorry, that's all at home."

"It's great if you have these, thank you aunt." Sai Xishi smiled.

The peasant woman went out and Li Luotang came in, "Shi Shi, what dish are you cooking?"

"Is Sister Li hungry? But I haven't figured out what dishes to cook yet?" Sai Xishi said depressedly.

"I'll take a look." Li Luotang looked at the bamboo slabs with a few ingredients, scratched his head, and his eyes fell on the vermicelli, "I know what kind of dishes I've cooked, boiled ants to climb trees."

"Ants climb the tree?" Sai Xishi was confused. What dish is this? Why are the names of dishes Sister Li mentioned so strange?

Li Luotang smiled, "This ant climbs the tree is actually just a vermicelli fried meat. You soak the vermicelli in cold water first, then put it in the water and cook it, and take it out and then use it to cold water."

Just when Li Luotang was teaching Sai Xishi how to cook, Tang Chenxiao was drinking tea in the main hall and asked, "Where has Tangtang gone?"

"Eighty percent have gone to the kitchen to find food." Yi Jing said with a smile.

"It may also be teaching Shi Shi how to cook vegetables." Ren Yuge smiled.

Tian Shiqi smiled and said, "This matter is interesting to talk about. Tangtang is very knowledgeable, but it is a mess."

"Tangtang will say, give it, and they will cooperate perfectly." Ren Yuge smiled.

"We have also had a lot of good food and have eaten a lot of good dishes." Tang Chenxiao smiled.

During their chat, the rice was cooked, four dishes and one soup, and the most noticeable thing was the bowl of bright red ants climbing the tree.

"What is this? Fried vermicelli?" Tian Shiqi asked.

Li Luotang curled his lips, "Brother Tian, ​​you are too imaginative. What about stir-frying fans? This is called ants climbing trees."

Tian Shiqi twitched slightly, "Are there any other names for dishes?" The ant made his scalp numb.

"No." Li Luotang smiled and shook his head.

Ren Yuge stared at it carefully, "Minned meat is an ant, and fans are trees. It's very good to be named after its shape."

While scooping mushroom soup, Li Luotang said, "The origin of this dish and there is another story. Do you want to hear it?"

Sai Xishi was the most supportive, "I want to hear it."

黎洛棠喝了口汤,清了清喉咙,开讲:“从前有一个穷人家的媳妇,婆婆病倒在床,儿媳为婆婆请医求药之余,还变着花样,做一些可口的饭菜,给婆婆调养身体.可家里很穷啊,买不起那些贵的食材,这天家里就只剩下一小块猪肉,一点粉丝.她灵机一动,就用粉丝,加上肉末以及葱姜,青椒和胡椒粉炒了出来.端去给婆婆吃,婆婆老眼昏花,看粉丝上有许多黑点,就问她:‘为什么这菜上面有这么蚂蚁?’儿媳解释后,她尝了一口,就连声夸赞,还给这道菜取了个名,叫‘蚂蚁上树’.”

"The story is very good, the taste of this dish is light, soft and smooth, and the flavor is unique." Ren Yuge said after tasting it.

Although Ren Yuge said this, Tian Shiqi still refused to eat it, and everyone did not force him to eat one person, so they could eat more bites.

After the meal, Li Luotang took Sai Xishi out for a walk. The small village at night was very quiet. Walking on the field stem, he saw a few glowing insects flying in front of him.

Li Luotang said strangely: "Why are there fireflies in April?"

She vaguely remembered reading an article in modern times, saying that July is the best season to watch fireflies. She forgot that this small village is surrounded by jungle, the temperature has been high these days, and it is still by the water, so it is not surprising that there are fireflies at night.

"Sister Li, let's catch a few fireflies to make fireflies." Sai Xishi said.

"No, fireflies have a short lifespan. Those caught are less than twenty years old. No, they will die within twelve hours. Also, fireflies will not migrate, so if you catch a few, they will easily exterminate the fireflies." Li Luotang said seriously.

"Then I won't catch it anymore, I won't catch it anymore." Sai Xishi said hurriedly.

The two walked forward to a cluster of green bamboos, watching more and more fireflies gathered, with stars dotted and fluorescent lights flashing. These light elves flew around, as if they were dancing a unique dance.

"It looks so good." Sai Xishi whispered.

Li Luotang smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and waited for a while. A firefly stopped at her fingertips, flashing like a little star. Sai Xishi asked in surprise: "Sister Li, how did you do it?"

"You go and pick a bamboo leaf, apply the bamboo leaf juice on your fingertips, and give it a try." Li Luotang crushed the bamboo leaf and smeared the juice on his fingertips, but he didn't expect that it would really attract fireflies successfully.

Sai Xishi acted according to his words and soon, a firefly also landed on her fingertips. But when she was happy, her hands trembled, the firefly was frightened and flew away.

After watching for a while, the two of them returned to the farm house. After washing up, they went into the room to sleep. They had to hurry to go tomorrow.

On the second day, when the sky was dawn and morning light began to shine, the sleeping village came back to life, and the male and the dogs barked. After using a simple breakfast, the group left the small village with a tael of silver.

In the afternoon, I saw three men standing with arms crossed under the big tree next to the road ahead, wearing royal blue clothes and weapons on their waists, looking at every passerby passing by in front of them.

"Looking like Feiyun Sanying, what are they doing when they stand here?" Tian Shiqi said in confusion.

Here is a little distance from Feiyun Sanying's territory.

"It seems like you are looking for someone," Tang Chenxiao guessed.

"It's not easy for the three brothers to come out to find him in person." Tian Shiqi said, touching his chin.

Among the few people, only Tian Shiqi and Sanying had some friendship, so he would say hello to Sanying. After approaching, Tian Shiqi turned over his chin and bowed, "Three brothers Wu, long time no see."

"It's Brother Tian, ​​long time no see, long time no see." Sanying bowed and returned the greeting.

"I'll ask, what are the three brothers Wu staying here?" Tian Shiqi asked.

"Be entrusted by someone to help find someone." Sanyingyi said vaguely.

"Where are you going, Brother Tian?" another person asked.

"At the invitation of the Hundred Steps Divine Fist, go to Lin'an to watch the ceremony." Tian Shiqi said with a smile.

"See you then." Sanying also received the invitation.

Tian Shiqi bowed, "Okay, we'll see you later." Since Feiyun Sanying didn't want to say much, it was hard for him to get to the bottom of it.

A group of people rode past Feiyun Sanying.

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