Since childhood, we have picked oranges and bamboo shoots on the mountain, touched snails, caught crabs and mudskippers on the beach, and picked wild onions and snails in the fields. These "farm jobs" make our scalp numb, and we want to go, but we are reluctant to go, and at the same time we are faintly lost.
Many friends used to "eat hair ~ eat hair" when they were children, and we also "play and eat ~ play and eat".
Every childhood has a playing heart and a playing soul. We are playing with planning, and we can come up with small ideas for a few days out of thin air. We never pick the environment, choose the time, be on call and work together. It's too long!
Last weekend was just dessert, summer vacation was dinner, and cicada spent the summer vacation with us. Every noon, there is only the sun outside. When we had to take a nap, cicadas began to jump, listening to the high notes of cicadas, and when we woke up, there were red marks on our cheeks. This is the masterpiece of bamboo mats. Suddenly I want to recite a poem "Ah ~ the sun and cicadas, chrysanthemums and crabs".
Every morning in the summer vacation, when the sun was just shining, we had trotted to the seaside, with a gentle breeze and fragrant soil. It is an adult's idea to exercise early. For us, catching crabs and snails at the seaside is the right thing. Once we get to the shore, we can't stop like a flock of ducks and run to the beach like flying.
We are all barefoot, tug-of-war with the beach, and one foot can reach the calf. If you wear slippers, basically only your feet will come back.
Snails on the beach are mainly conchs (we all call them conchs). They are very nice. They are in the mud and don't make holes. Just grab them one by one. Go back and cook it simply, it will be delicious and fresh!
The favorite things to catch are red claws and white crabs, and their claws represent its strength and status. They walked sideways, raised a pair of big pliers to demonstrate with us, and accidentally got into the hole. It takes skill. Put your hand next to its hole and dig out the whole mud together. Hey, hey, you can't run.
I have to mention the white jade crab, which is pickled with yellow wine and soy sauce after washing and made into drunken crab. Fresh and delicious! ! (Swallow saliva)
The most difficult thing to catch is the mudskipper, which also has a name, jumping fish, which jumps and runs. In our concept, as a kind of fish, it is the most peculiar and amphibious. At low tide, they often jump around on the beach and play with each other. Later, I checked the information and learned that it was an ancient fish and a small animal with a low degree of evolution.
Adults say that nutrition is super good. Ginger cooking wine can be steamed. Sprinkle salt before the pan, and the thorns are soft. A fish can be eaten from beginning to end.
In spring, thunder and rain. Under the nourishment of nature, after the spring thunder, everything revived and bamboo shoots grew rapidly.
Broken bamboo shoots are my mother's favorite, because they are my favorite, so I can't miss them every year. Tomb-Sweeping Day has many holidays before and after, so it's time to go up the mountain.
We broke off mainly wild bamboo shoots. Braised bamboo shoots, salted bamboo shoots and dried bamboo shoots that we often make at home are all made of wild bamboo shoots, and most of the pickled fresh ones are made of thunder bamboo shoots.
Change your old long-sleeved trousers and worn-out shoes before you leave, because most of the wild bamboo shoots are halfway up the mountain, so you have to climb all the way up. There are no good roads and weeds. If you are not careful, weeds will cut your hand, so be sure to be fully armed.
Mom will also carry a big sack in her hand, which is strong enough, because it will be full and won't break when dragged around, and we all hang a bag around our necks. If a bag is full, it will fall into the big sack.
Finding and breaking bamboo shoots is a pleasure. They grow in groups. Fortunately, you can find a lot by digging a place. Last time, we often swept two hills and then returned with a full load.
When I get home, it is the busiest time. When a big bag of bamboo shoots fell to the ground, neighbors would come together to help peel the bamboo shoots, and everyone began to take a bench and talk and laugh while peeling. Fresh bamboo shoots, unless peeled for primary processing, will begin to age the next day.
After a busy day, my mother often makes some braised bamboo shoots and takes them to the neighbor's house to share with her.
Dear "guest" (guest), I know the Ningbo dialect of "as hard as stone": I would rather listen to Suzhou people quarreling than Ningbo people gossiping. The same is Wu dialect, Suzhou dialect is "glutinous" (like glutinous rice), even if it is a quarrel; Ningbo dialect is "hard", even talking is like quarreling.
? To be continued ~ ~
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