"This valley is relatively hidden, and no one else has discovered it except me! I have checked, and there is no danger in the valley. You brothers and sisters are waiting here. I will go back and get some seasonings. Let's barbecue here!"
Although the Zhao family lived at the foot of the mountain far away from Dongshan Village, Zhao Han had also heard that the old lady of the Yu family was so thrifty that she was stingy. The Yu family doesn't see meat a few times throughout the year, and they only eat fish once in a while because they can't sell it.
"Go, go! Hurry up, hurry back!!" After traveling through the mountains and forests for more than two hours, the two big steamed buns that Yu Xiaocao ate in the morning were almost consumed. Picnic in such a picturesque valley, don't have a fun.
"Second Sister! There are fish in this stream!!" Xiao Shitou washed his hands by the side of the mountain stream, and when he saw a palm-sized fish swimming between the rocks, he quickly took off his shoes and grabbed them with his hands. The small fish swam nimbly in the water, and he couldn't catch it no matter what.
Yu Xiaocao was holding the broken earthen jar in her hand all the time, and immediately ran over excitedly after hearing the words: "Look at me, I'll use the jar to scoop..."
Huh? The fish were so strange, when they saw the pot approaching, instead of running away, they gathered around as if they saw the bait.
Little Shitou was also very surprised, and said smartly: "Oh! I know!! The steamed buns were filled in the earthen pot, and there was a fragrant smell of meat buns inside. The little fish must be hungry, so they were attracted here. Let's catch more Order, go back and make soup!"
There are more and more small fishes near the earthen pot, swimming around, as if there is something extremely attractive to them in the pot. Could it be... the aura of the Xiaobutian Stone also has the effect of acting as bait
Yu Xiaocao put the multicolored stones on her wrist into the jar. The earthen pot was put into a deeper stream, and the little fish couldn't wait to squeeze into the pot. After a while, the crock was densely packed with small fish, squeezed like sardines. Those who couldn't squeeze in lingered at the mouth of the jar. There is a growing trend for fish…
[Hi Yu Xiaocao! Actually use the god stone as bait! ! You, you... are too much! !]The voice that had been silent for a few days resounded in Yu Xiaocao's ear again.
Gradually, a small golden ball of light rose slowly from the mouth of the jar. The formed Xiaobutianshi is another image of a little golden cat with fried fur, grinning at Yu Xiaocao, staring at Yu Xiaocao, scratching its paws and cocking its tail.
"Huh? Xiaobutianshi, you finally woke up? Has your spiritual power recovered?" Yu Xiaocao whispered in surprise.
Xiao Shitou looked at her and blinked, and asked puzzledly, "Second Sister, what are you talking about? Are you talking to me?"
It was only then that Xiaocao remembered that others could not see the spirit form of Xiaobutianshi. She rubbed her nose and said with a little embarrassment: "I was talking to myself, I didn't talk to anyone—you take out the jar carefully, there are enough small fish in it!"
[You are so stupid, you can't even communicate with me with spiritual consciousness. How about this, what you want to say, just go through it in your head, and I can hear it! ] Seeing her embarrassment, Xiao Butianshi flipped somersaults in the air and laughed mercilessly.
Yu Xiaocao didn't take it seriously, and continued to ask: "Have you fully recovered your spiritual power?"
[How can it be so fast! In order to heal your injury last time, the God Stone almost exhausted all its spiritual power. If you hadn't put me into the mountain stream just now, and the aura in the stream here hadn't been destroyed, I could barely show myself. In this space, the aura is too weak—but compared to the world before you came here, it is a hundred times better.]
[No way! My spiritual power is still too weak now, so I can only manifest for a short while. I'm leaving, remember to soak my body in the stream for a while!]The golden light of Xiaobutianshi flickered a few times, and then disappeared from Xiaocao's sight.
"Hey! Second sister, come quickly, there are too many small fish! Why don't you use a straw rope to put it on and bring it back?" Xiao Shitou looked at the small fish in the earthen pot and smiled from ear to ear. There are so many small fish, enough to cook a big pot of fish soup. With it, grandma will nag less!
Thinking of the delicious fish soup, Xiaocao also grinned: "Put it in a jar first, the weather is too hot, and if it dies, it will stink after a while. You choose a few bigger ones first, and we will roast them later!" "
As she spoke, she came to the mountain stream and put the colorful stones into the pebbles at the bottom of the stream. Fortunately, Xiaobutianshi woke up, and his spiritual power will not be released indiscriminately. Otherwise, it would be too bad to attract all the fish or other animals in the stream!
"Brother Han, look at the fish we caught!" Xiaoshi picked out a few small wild fish that were half a foot long, and showed them off to Zhao Han who hurried over.
Zhao Han was surprised when he saw so much surplus in the jar: "The fish in this stream are the most flexible. I tried many times, and it took me half a day to catch one or two. You have managed to catch so many in a while? What's the secret? Do you? Teach Brother Han too."
"I want to say that the little fish swam into the jar by itself, do you believe it?" Little Shitou asked mischievously with his big eyes flashing.
Zhao Han laughed, lifted him up and threw him up, caught the little guy's screams again, and said in his mouth: "I think your brother Han is so foolish, don't you? Why don't you say that the pheasant flew into the rice pot , I might still believe you. Okay, let's have barbecue!"
When Zhao Han returned home, he brought a full range of seasonings, including cumin. Yu Xiaocao looked at the ingredients he brought back, and lowered her head to sniff the familiar yellow-brown powder.
"That's cumin, haven't you seen it? It was brought back from Nanyang when Emperor Jianwen was still the grandson of the emperor in the early years. There is also chili. It is said that Emperor Jianwen liked spicy food. Not everyone likes cumin and chili. If you are used to it, I can eat it. If you are not used to it, you don’t have to add it.” Zhao Han and his old man can’t eat without spicy food.
At this time, chili peppers have not yet become popular, and the dishes on the Yu family's dining table are all grown in the vegetable garden, so there are naturally no chili peppers. Yu Xiaocao really couldn't eat the boiled vegetables with no oil or spicy food but some salt.
Seeing the bright red chili powder, as well as spices such as cumin, star anise, cinnamon, and cumin, Xiaocao couldn't help but admire Zhao Han for being a big eater, able to gather so many seasonings.
Zhao Han obliged to take over the job of cleaning up the hares and turtledoves, and watched beside the little stone. Yu Xiaocao picked up the firewood spontaneously, and turned her head to look at the two of them from time to time: This 12 or 13-year-old boy peeled off the rabbit skin and dissected the internal organs, and his movements were quite skillful.
Soon, the fire was lit, and the hare was sprinkled with salt and various seasoning powders, and was roasted on the fire. The belly of the turtledove was stuffed with spices, wrapped in a layer of mud, and thrown into the fire to roast. The wild eggs are prevented from bursting due to the high temperature, and a layer of wet mud is also rolled and baked next to the fire.