Chapter 9 Eat the Golden Cicada(1/2)
Although the yard we live in is dilapidated, the place is not small, with two yards in front and back. Together, it is almost one acre and more. I don’t know why Lan Ge’er and the others have such a large yard, but now it is enough to dry peanuts.
It won’t take long to see the sun now, two days will be enough.
The next two days were enough to make me busy, and I prepared oil pressing equipment and asked the children to search for some silver-white dirty soil everywhere.
I wander around to understand the terrain before dawn.
Everyone didn't understand what I was busy with, but they felt that my behavior was extremely strange and they were all messing around, like some older children like Ling Xiao, Xie Jianfeng, Guan Yang and others were really not happy to listen to my assignment, but fortunately, Lan Ge'er was in charge. Although they were not happy, they all followed my wishes and went to do it.
Finally, it was the third morning of drying peanuts. When I woke up early in the morning, no one went to pick up vegetables and lined up to watch my operation. I cooked the big pot that I had prepared, and put the dried peanuts in a large pot, and stir-fried them repeatedly with big wooden kegs. Fortunately, my cousin in my hometown used the earth to press oil. I liked to see it since I was a child. When I was older, in order to save labor, my cousin asked me to do a short work for one or two summer vacations. Unexpectedly, it was put in handy now. I fry the peanuts on a high heat until the outside is burnt and crispy inside. For a moment, the aroma spreads throughout the yard, and all the children are drooling. Occasionally, there are peanuts that fall out of the pot, and they snatch them regardless of the heat.
I spread the fried peanuts on a grinder to crush them into powder, remove the shells, and press the powder into "big cakes" of equal size with a simple mold. At this time, most of the success was basically the oil press.
The oil-pressing thing I asked Lan Ge'er to exchange for more than ten kilograms of peanuts for Carpenter Han at the east end of the alley. It was an unnecessary animal trough. We cleaned it up and asked Carpenter Han to cover it. Although it was rough, it was enough. I arranged the cakes in the oil trough, and at the other end I used a "slam" to punch the large wedge in it. With the joint force of Ling Xiao, Xie Jianfeng, Yuan Sihai and several other older children, the oil juice finally squeezed out along the oil trough. At first it was as thin as needles and threads, but later it flowed down like a water column of a small faucet, and flowed into a large pot that had been cleaned. After nearly three hours of hard work, the first barrel of oil finally came out.
This time I used 100 kilograms of peanuts and successfully squeezed 35 kilograms of peanut oil. Looking at the slightly impurified but golden colored peanut oil, I couldn't help but be very happy. According to the principle, these oils still need to be stored for half a month and then filtered and clarified before they can be eaten. But I got a tip from my cousin. After a small gauze, I can directly eat them as finished peanut oil after half an hour. Of course, the taste is not as delicious as naturally cleaved and filtered for a long time.
But I know that it is absolutely impossible for these children who are like hungry ghosts to wait for the first half of the month. So in order to fulfill my promise to let everyone eat meat early, I left more than 30 kilograms of slowly stored and clarified them and used them. The remaining five kilograms of oil were filtered with the tips taught by my cousin for half an hour, and four and a half kilograms of finished peanut oil were produced.
Then I started the offensive, poured the oil directly into a large pot, and said to Xiao Shenyan: "Take all the shaking monkeys we touched last night."
The so-called "Shentian Monkey" is nothing else, it is our modern golden cicada. On the second day after I came to ancient times, I discovered that the ancients did not eat golden cicadas.
For me, Jin Cicada is a good treasure. Jin Cicada is currently the most protein-containing food in human food. It is much higher than usual: beef, eggs, mutton, etc. The newly born Jin Cicada has a unit content of 3.5 times that of beef and 4.3 times that of pork. It is a typical high-protein food and is a pure natural food. It is a joke if you keep these treasures hungry.
So, last night, I specifically asked Lan Ge'er for eleven or two children to run into the woods in the lake, three miles away, and caught more than two thousand monkeys, namely golden cicadas. It was to let everyone have foreign food today.
It’s also a pity that in ancient times, no one touched these things, so each of us could easily touch one or two hundred. If it were modern times, there were more people who touched cicadas than cicadas, and it would be a dream to touch more than two thousand.
On the night I came back, I treated more than 2,000 golden cicadas to prevent them from turning black into flying cicadas.
Xiao Shenyan and another child, Liu Ping, carried a big poke full of golden cicadas together and carried it over. Wherever they went, the children were lined up, as if they were afraid that the golden cicadas would jump out.
After all, they have never eaten this kind of insect before, and they feel a little scared when they see them together.
I had expected this situation long ago and didn't take it seriously, but just when I was about to put the golden cicadas into the oil pan to cook and fry, Lan Ge'er said angrily: "Stop! Zhan Yong, after a long time of trouble, you are harming Peanuts like this?"
I was stunned and said ignorantly: "Why am I harming Peanuts?"
Lan Ge'er said angrily: "I believe you nonsense. You actually used the peanuts you have worked hard to plant. I won't tell you what oil you squeezed into, but I'll take some... These bugs, you! What do you want to do!"
When I saw that Lan Ge'er had never eaten fried golden cicadas, he didn't know that this was a treasure.
I smiled and said, "Brother Lan, you may not know the situation. In our hometown, these cicadas, no, the monkeys, are all those that only high-ranking officials can eat. We ordinary people cannot afford it."
"Ah, he will talk nonsense."
"Oh, he was ruined by so many peanuts."
"Oh, it's a pity. You won't eat for many days."
"Who said no, just waited for a good day to eat peanuts, but it turned out that he was done."
Everyone didn't believe what I said and blamed me one after another.
But I smiled and ignored them.
Seeing that the matter had reached this point, it was impossible to save it again, so Lan Geer was so angry that she shook her sleeves and left.
When everyone saw that Brother Lan had left, they all dispersed.
In the blink of an eye, I was left alone in this courtyard.
No, there is also a little Shen Yan.
I ignored everyone and smiled and put the golden cicadas in a pot on a large fence to cook and fry them. While saying to Xiao Shenyan, "They are all gone, why don't you leave?"
Xiao Shenyan smiled and said, "I'm afraid you can't stand it alone, so I'll cry again."
"Hahaha, I won't cry." I said with a smile, but my heart felt grateful for this little girl.
Don’t look at the fact that people are young, they are still full of affection.
I whispered, "Xiaoyan, wait. When my brother is ready to fry, I'll let you have enough food first."
Xiao Shenyan's eyes were filled with horror, and shook her little hand and said, "No, no, I don't eat it. These are all insects. They will get sick after eating it. They will change in their stomachs and then eat us."
Looking at Xiao Shenyan's terrified look, I couldn't help laughing.
I said, "Then do you think my brother looks like someone who has something to do?"
Xiao Shenyan shook her head and said, "Brother, I grew up playing snacks. Believe me, it's okay, and it's so delicious, it's guaranteed to be the best thing you've ever eaten."
Xiao Shenyan was half-believing and half-doubted, and finally shook her head and said, "If you don't eat, don't eat, no matter how delicious it is, you won't eat it."
In less than half an hour, after I fryed the cicada twice, a strong fragrance filled the entire compound. Without having to smell it carefully, you could hear many children talking: "What is it so fragrant?"
"It smells so good, is it because of whom the meat stewed again?"
"I don't know, but it must be the aroma of meat. It smells so good. If we can eat one bite, no, half of it will be content."
And just when they fantasized about eating meat, I had already eaten half a pound. These days I have starved me. How could I let go of such a good cicada?
Xiao Shenyan saw that I was eating deliciously and her mouth was filled with oil, but she looked uncomfortable. No matter how I guess she was eating, she just refused to eat it.
"Don't regret if you don't eat it. In a few days, this golden cicada will disappear. If you want to eat it, you won't be able to eat it." I tempted him.
"I won't eat it. Anyway... it's not a good thing." Xiao Shenyan's eyes widened, but she just didn't eat it.
"Oh, I'm so blessed that I can't enjoy it. For us, I don't want to eat this without five-drunk money." I continued to tempt Xiaoyanzi.
"Hmph, I don't believe it. Who would be foolish to spend so much money to eat this? If you don't believe it or not, you don't believe it." The little girl was very determined.
"Hmph, wait. I won't give you food if you want to eat it later. These are enough for me to eat for several days." I glanced at Xiaoyanzi.
"Hmph, I won't eat it." Xiao Shenyan was not fooled, but her stomach started to scream in a bad mood.
"Oh, some people are really unable to think about it. This kind of delicious food in the world is hundreds of times stronger than those big fish and meat. Some people would rather go hungry than know. It's so stupid." I exasperated Xiao Shenyan.
Xiao Shenyan saw that I was chewing it with a very crispy chewing, her mouth was full of oil, and her eyes changed, and she was no longer as firm as before.
"Swallow, do you dare to make a bet?" I changed my strategy.
"explain."
"If you taste the last one and say it's not delicious, I will help you pick up the dishes for the next three days. You can sleep until the sky is bright." I placed a heavy bet.
"Well, do you keep your word?" Xiao Shenyan was finally moved.
"Absolutely, and it also includes washing clothes for ten days." I'll increase my bid.
"Well, okay, I'll try one. You'll lose." Xiao Shenyan gritted her teeth and finally agreed to give it a try.
I found a fried fresh and tender golden cicada. I was afraid that Xiao Shenyan would not be able to eat it, so I took off several cicada's cicada's cicada's cicada's cicada and skin and handed it to Xiao Shenyan.
Xiao Shenyan seemed to face a huge dangerous test, closed her eyes and opened her mouth and asked me to feed her one.
"You have to chew with your mouth closed and you can chew it until you chew it. Also, spitting it out can be considered as losing, and eating it must be considered as losing. It is also considered as losing if you swallow it. Oh, yes, just chew it like this, chew it out..." I taught me sincerely that Xiao Shenyan's little face was unpredictable.
First, I tried my best to endure it, then felt the strange fragrance in my mouth, then opened my eyes and chewed it carefully, and finally I opened my eyes wide and couldn't help but chewing it carefully.
I know that the first person who dares to eat crabs has appeared.
Yes, people nowadays don’t eat crabs or old turtles, and they will change to parallel goods tomorrow.
When I was catching golden cicadas last night, I accidentally found many crabs and old turtles in the ditch.
These are all pure wild, and in modern times, they can only be eaten with a lot of money. When I thought that I would have a great time in the future, Xiao Shenyan had already chewed the fragrance, and couldn't help but grab my hand excitedly and swayed: "Brother Yong, Brother Yong, it's really delicious. I, I have never eaten such a fragrant thing before."
I smiled and said, "Believe me now."
Shen Yan was so happy that she had a big head, and asked me to peel another one for him. While I peeled another one for her, I asked, "Is it delicious?"
Xiao Shenyan was so happy that she kept nodding while eating: "It's delicious, delicious, so delicious!"
My goal is achieved and I feel happy: "Eat more if you taste delicious. It is the time when you grow up. Eat enough. It is rich in nutrition here, and you will be white and beautiful after eating."
When Xiao Shenyan heard this, her eyes lit up: "Really?"
"When did I lied to you?"
Xiao Shenyan said happily: "I still want to eat, I still want to eat."
I smiled and said, "Eat until you have enough food."
Xiao Shenyan tasted the fragrance and let go of her hands and feet to eat it. After a while, she remembered something again. She ran to the front yard with a trot. After a while, she pulled Liu Ping, the best-sporting one, and Wang Yingying ran over.
It turned out that they had good friends who were delicious. Liu Ping and Wang Yingying didn't dare to eat at first and wanted to run away, but they couldn't resist Xiao Shenyan's vigorous publicity, so they tried one soon.
The delicious food of fried cicadas is a food that modern people cannot resist, not to mention that these hungry children who have been hungry for a long time are addicted to eating it after a few bites.
As the three of them became addicted to eating, the team of eating cicadas gradually expanded, from three to five to seven to eight, and from seven to eight to eleven or two. In the end, all the children could not resist the temptation and participated.
Not only is they ate cicadas for the first time, but they also ate fried food for the first time. This deliciousness can be said to be irresistible.
Not long after, all the children were ate and smiled and their mouths were full of oil.
I also like it in my heart. I feel that it is better to make these children eat a meal better than anything else.
Those older kids Ling Xiao, Xie Jianfeng, Yuan Sihai and others were all laughing, and at the same time they also changed their minds about me, no longer the same as before.
It turns out that he is so soft-mouthed that he eats others, and the ancients are truly unrestrained.
Seeing their food happily, I served half a bowl of golden cicadas in a broken bowl and came to Lan Ge'er's room.
To be continued...