Chapter 250

The pig liver was quickly grilled.

Qing Mengzhu called out to the crowd, "The pig liver is ready! Come and eat!"

Wu Yi was the first to run over. "Brother He Xi, my hands are dirty, please feed me a piece."

Zhao Hexi: "Okay, what flavor do you want? Salt, spicy, or yakitori?"

Wu Yi: "Give me a piece with just salt on it first. I want to taste its original flavor."

Zhao Hexi picked up a piece of pig liver and held it to his lips, saying, "Be careful, it's hot."

Qing Mengzhu was already eating. The freshly roasted pork liver was unlike any other pork liver she had ever tasted. It was fragrant and rich, with a hint of fatty aroma. Even with just a thin layer of salt, it tasted exceptionally delicious.

You simply can't find ingredients of this quality or such unique cooking methods elsewhere.

After eating a piece of salt-grilled pork liver, Qing Mengzhu tried pork liver with yakitori sauce and chili powder, both of which smelled delicious.

Especially that thin layer of browned fat, after being roasted until slightly hard, has a unique charred aroma, and because pork liver contains a lot of fat, it tastes particularly oily and fragrant.

All three flavors of pork liver were delicious, but Qing Mengzhu still liked the pork liver grilled with yakitori sauce the best. Besides being fragrant, it also had a unique umami flavor.

Zhou Yan's sauce-making skills are amazing; it's irresistible.

Pork belly and pork neck grilled very quickly, while ribs, with more meat, took longer to grill.

Because the ingredients are so fresh, the food they grill looks incredibly tempting.

Qing Mengzhu tried both and really liked the original flavor grilled pork neck and the spicy grilled pork belly.

They grilled and ate as they went, and many people came over to eat because of the aroma.

Everyone washed their hands, and without using chopsticks or anything, they just picked up the food and threw it into their mouths, exclaiming how hot it was and how delicious it was.

Qing Mengzhu stood in the crowd, her ears filled with shouts and laughter.

After eating a few pieces, Qing Mengzhu turned to look at Ming Chunxi in the crowd.

Ming Chunxi was still helping to cut pork, wearing black kitchen gloves that made his arms look very well-defined.

After watching for a while, Qing Mengzhu felt a little itchy, so she took a clean plate, picked up a few pieces of roasted pork liver, roasted pork neck, and roasted pork belly, and went to find Ming Chunxi.

Ming Chunxi noticed his arrival immediately. "Is the meat already roasted?"

Qing Mengzhu nodded. "I'll bring it over for you to try."

Ming Chunxi smiled and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be right there after I finish cutting this."

Zhou Yan said from the side, "I'll cut the rest. You guys go eat the barbecue, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Qing Mengzhu: "Brother Zhou, you should come and eat too. This year's roasted pig liver is especially delicious and fragrant. I've tried charcoal-grilled pork belly and charcoal-grilled pig neck elsewhere, but roasted pig liver is truly unique to our family."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go after I finish cutting this."

There were so many people today that everyone found something to eat on their own without needing to be invited.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi found a quiet place to share a barbecue.

Looking at the bustling crowd ahead, Qing Mengzhu, "I never imagined that this place would be so lively one day."

Ming Chunxi: "Because we really have some good stuff here?"

Qing Mengzhu: "I think so. Let's go up the mountain later. Yesterday, Brother Zhou said he was going to make a stir-fried lily bulb with lean pork and a stewed Solomon's seal and pork rib soup. Shall we go up the mountain and dig up some medicinal herbs?"

Ming Chunxi: "I'll talk to them and tell them to do other things first."

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi quickly finished their roasted meat, then told the others and went up the mountain to dig for medicinal herbs.

Their medicinal herbs have also grown very well in the past two years. Because they don't harvest all the herbs each year, they continue to grow and reproduce. Now there are many old medicinal herbs on the mountain, and their medicinal properties are much stronger than ordinary herbs.

Previously, an experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor came to see them and praised their medicinal herbs.

Unfortunately, there aren't many medicinal herbs on the mountain, and Qing Mengzhu doesn't sell many either.

It's more convenient to go up the mountain by motorcycle, so Ming Chunxi pushed the motorcycle over. Qing Mengzhu sat on the back seat, hugged Ming Chunxi's waist, and then put her hands in his pockets.

After putting on their helmets, Ming Chunxi rode the motorcycle and quickly reached the top of the mountain.

They knew every part of the mountain like the back of their hand and could ride their motorcycles right up to the vicinity where medicinal herbs grew.

After several years of management, their bamboo has grown better and better.

The bamboo forest contains many old bamboos, new bamboos, and bamboo shoots. Qing Mengzhu knows exactly when to cut the old bamboos, when to cut the new bamboos, and where to dig for bamboo shoots.

Every year, he regulates the bamboo forest by cutting bamboo and digging up bamboo shoots. As a result, the bamboo forest is now growing at a suitable density, and each bamboo can absorb sunlight and rain to its best advantage.

Under this virtuous cycle, the bamboo is growing better and better, and now many bamboos are approaching "Supreme Grade- quality".

Qing Mengzhu glanced at the bamboo grove with satisfaction and called to Ming Chunxi, "Come this way. I checked a few days ago, and the lilies here are growing exceptionally well."

Ming Chunxi, carrying a hoe, pulled his hand and led him in the direction he indicated. "Point to the location."

The weather is cold, and the ground part of the lilies is no longer visible. Only Qing Mengzhu knows where the lilies are; ordinary people can't find them at all.

Qing Mengzhu pointed ahead. "Go to the left, there's a clump there on the left."

Ming Chunxi agreed, "I remember it bloomed in the summer, didn't it?"

Qing Mengzhu: "Yes, it's that lily. The lilies I brought you in the summer were picked from here."

Qing Mengzhu supported Ming Chunxi's hand and used a hoe to clear away the bamboo leaves piled on the ground, quickly locating the lily. "It's right here. Dig slowly, don't ruin the lily."

Ming Chunxi agreed, and bent down to dig in the soil with a hoe. "I'll start digging from the side."

Qing Mengzhu looked on expectantly. "How are our lilies this year?"

Chapter 250

Ming Chunxi was digging in the soil with a hoe, while Qing Mengzhu squatted down beside him watching.

The soil here is soft, humus-rich, and easy to dig. Ming Chunxi dug a hole in no time.

Qing Mengzhu, with her sharp eyes, immediately spotted a splash of white. "Lily!"

Ming Chunxi saw it too, and reached into the soil to pull the lily out. "It's quite big."

The lilies that Ming Chunxi took out were snow-white and large, with each fleshy scale tightly packed together. Even though they had just been taken out of the soil, they still looked very clean and tender.

Qing Mengzhu took the lily and gestured with her fist. "It's bigger than my fist."

Ming Chunxi judged, "Two more will be enough."

Qing Mengzhu: "Dig! There's a whole patch of it here. Dig a little to the side, we should be able to find more."

Ming Chunxi: "Stand back a bit, don't get mud on your shoes."

Qing Mengzhu grabbed the lily and moved it to the side, watching Ming Chunxi continue digging.

After they finished digging up the lilies, they went to dig up the polygonatum.

The above-ground parts of the Solomon's Seal had also withered. Qing Mengzhu was quite familiar with Solomon's Seal, so she was able to identify its location based on the withered leaves.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that after the leaves and branches of Polygonatum wither on the ground, the nutrients will concentrate in the roots, and the quality of the rhizome will be better than in other seasons, and the medicinal effect will also be better.

Qing Mengzhu looked at the spot where the Polygonatum was, her eyes filled with anticipation. "It's right here, we can start digging."

Ming Chunxi dug at the soil with a hoe and quickly unearthed a long, narrow piece of Solomon's Seal: "It's quite large too."

Qing Mengzhu took the Solomon's seal out with both hands and weighed it in her hand. "At least one pound and three ounces, 'Fine Grade+' quality."

Ming Chunxi: "That's very good."

Qing Mengzhu: "That's true. It will take several more years for it to grow to 'Superior Grade quality'. We can't rush it."

Ming Chunxi: "Take your time, we have plenty of time."

After digging up this patch of Solomon's seal, Qing Mengzhu looked at the soil and the surrounding plants and assessed the situation. "There aren't any more large Solomon's seals around here. Let's go dig somewhere else. You can fill the soil back up; there are still dormant buds underneath that can continue to grow next year."