The convoy left Fuso and Yutani and started moving forward again. After walking for a few days, we came to Zhaoyao Mountain, where Rongshui originates. There is a "Xuangu Country" here.
Lu Cheng bought two white tiger skins here.
Then, the motorcade continued walking and arrived at the "Shaking Republic of China". The people here are good at raising cattle and are said to be descendants of Emperor Shun. There once was a king named "Wang Hai" who had a tryst with the queen of Youyi State. After the affair was exposed, he was killed by the people of Youyi State and robbed many cattle. There was a spirit wizard who killed the king of Youyi State and avenged Wang Hai. Later, Tianwu Hebo happened to pass by here. Seeing that some Yi people were descendants of Emperor Shun, he helped the country escape and established the "Shaking Republic of China".
Lu Cheng bought twenty pieces of black cowhide here and wanted to take it back to try to see if it could be made into leather bags or cowhide clothing.
The convoy walked northeast for a long time and came to a protruding peninsula. There are several Yi tribes here and are rich in products, including Sanqingma, Sanqingniao, Sanzhu, Yiyu, Shirou, Ganhua, and Ganzhu. , where Baigu is located.
What is "meat-seeing"? It is a creature similar to Tai Sui. "The polymeat is shaped like beef liver and has two eyes. It feeds endlessly and seeks to be reborn as before."
Wu Sheng accepted the three green horses and jade offered by the leaders of the Yi tribe; the merchants exchanged meat, sweet flowers, and sweet nectar with the locals.
What Lu Cheng is more interested in is that the local area is rich in ginseng, which looks like a radish and can be found all over the mountains and plains. The local Yi people dislike its bitter taste and do not regard it as a treasure. The merchants also refused to accept it. It is said that this stuff is also very common in the territory of the Jiu tribe.
He ordered Qingmei to dig up more than a hundred plants. The smallest one weighed one kilogram, and the largest one weighed two or three kilograms! These ginsengs are treasures even today.
Later, the convoy arrived at the "Ugly Girl Country". The people in the Ugly Girl Country were not ugly, but they just liked to smear their faces with paint. Nv Chou Country is located on the seaside, and to the east is the vast sea.
Giant crabs are abundant here, and one can weigh ten kilograms.
While Wu Sheng was choosing the boy, Lu Cheng, Qingmei and the other boys went to the beach to play. Some people have never seen the sea in their lives, and this is their first time.
Lu Cheng caught a dozen giant crabs under a rock wall by the sea and collected them into a jade ring.
Qingmei asked: "Brother, can this thing be eaten?"
Lu Cheng said: "Why can't you eat it?"
"The smell is too strong."
"The fresh taste is indeed fishy. Add raw turmeric wine and cook it, and it will be delicious. I catch these for good. If you want to eat them, catch them yourself!"
"I don't want to eat. I'll catch it for you!"
Later, Qingmei caught seven or eight more.
Lu Cheng said: "That's enough." So Qingmei stopped.
Lu Cheng thought to himself: "Just try this thing. There are more than twenty giant crabs, which will be enough for a while."
The team rested for two days in the female ugly country.
During this period, Lu Cheng used the jade ring to return to modern society.
At midnight, everything was silent except for Jiang Qiuyun, who was lying quietly on the bed with a sweet smile on her face.
Lu Cheng is from the north and rarely eats crabs. He searched the Internet, but still didn't do it.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Liu Qingcheng arrived.
Lu Cheng asked: "Are the crabs from Yangcheng Lake on the market?"
Yangcheng Lake is right next to Suzhou. The crabs there are famous throughout the country. Unfortunately, they are so expensive in recent years that ordinary people can only eat them once in a while.
Liu Qingcheng smiled and said: "When the autumn wind blows, crab legs are itchy." From September to November, it is the month to eat crabs. Mr. Lu, do you need me to buy crabs? I know which crab is the best."
Lu Cheng said: "We already have crabs, and I would like to ask you for advice on how to cook them and eat them?"
"There are many ways to make it, steam, braise, boil, stir-fry..."
"If you can do it, help me make crabs. Don't leave at noon and have a dinner together. If you can't do it well, help me contact a local chef and ask someone to come over and do it."
Liu Qingcheng hesitated a little and said with a smile: "I used to cook and eat it myself. I don't know if it suits your taste. Forget it, I'll hire a chef for you!"
She had worked as a housekeeper for several years before, and knew many people in the service industry. She knew where to hire people. In her opinion, Lu Cheng was not short of money anyway, so why should she do it herself if he could invite a chef to his home? ?
"Mr. Lu, how many crabs do you have? What flavor do you want? Tell me and I will tell the chef in advance and ask him to bring the ingredients."
"Just one."
"Ah? A crab? Does it weigh a pound?" She thought to herself: "A crab has the nerve to hire a chef? And you want me to stay for a dinner? Isn't it too funny?"
Lu Cheng said, "I'll show you and you'll know."
He opened the refrigerator, took out a heavy plastic bag, and opened the plastic bag. Inside was a huge blue crab with a green back, white belly, golden claws, and yellow hair. The carapace was a foot long, and two large claws were broken. , like a child's arm, the crab is still alive, and its eyes are bigger than grapes!
"This... this... what species is this? It's bigger than an ordinary king crab, but it's obviously not a king crab!"
"This is the blue crab!"
"Really? It does look like an extra-large Yangcheng Lake hairy crab!"
"Mr. Lu, can I take a photo?"
"Why are you taking pictures of it? Stop taking pictures and invite a chef for me!"
"Okay, I'll make a call right now."
At half past ten, a fat chef named "Zhang Junshi" came. It is said that the chef of a well-known restaurant also brought two apprentices with him. The cost of cooking this meal is 3,000 yuan.
According to Liu Qingcheng, 3,000 yuan is too much. When there was an epidemic two years ago, it only cost 300 yuan to hire a chef!
After the chef arrived, Jiang Qiuyun followed him to the kitchen to learn how to cook crabs.
The chef was surprised when he saw the huge blue crab, and the two apprentices, one male and one female, even widened their eyes in surprise.
The female apprentice asked: "Master, how do you make such a big crab?"
The chef said proudly: "Isn't this simple? Chop it into pieces and fry it!"
“How big of a cut?”
“Just like walnuts, they are too big and hard to taste!”
So the male apprentice took out the knife and chopping board he brought and started chopping!
However, the result is very sad! He didn't even cut off the legs of the smaller crabs!
The male apprentice screamed in surprise and slashed hard again, but failed to cut off the crab's plastron!
"Master, I can't split it!"
"What's going on? Why didn't you eat?"
"Master, this knife won't work, you have to use a chainsaw!"
"I didn't bring a chainsaw!"
So Jiang Qiuyun called Lu Cheng up.
Lu Cheng took out the golden dagger, cut through the mess with a sharp knife, and cut the huge crab into small pieces.
The fat chef apologized: "Ahem, I'm sorry, my apprentice is useless. He can't even cut a crab. The master has to do it himself. By the way, I think you look familiar. Is your surname Lu? Huh? She often appears on TV?"
Lu Cheng said: "Yes, it's me. Please come over."
"It's my honor. Mr. Lu, where did you get these crabs from?"
"A gift from someone else."
"It's strange. Which lake can have such a big crab?"
"I don't know either." After Lu Cheng said that, he walked out.
Liu Qingcheng came over and said: "Mr. Lu, the ancient tea tree you planted by the pond has sprouted a lot of new branches. You can pick tea leaves again next spring. But it is not easy to pick tea from such a tall tea tree."
Lu Cheng said: "It doesn't matter, I will find a tall ladder when the time comes. By the way, Sister Liu, you have looked very good these past two days. Is there any happy event?"
Liu Qingcheng's face turned slightly red and said, "My ex-husband came to visit me and wanted to remarry me."
"It's a good thing, your daughter will be very happy."
"Mr. Lu, after eating the dried fish you gave me, my whole body feels hot, just like eating ginseng." She wanted to say, "I was hurt by your dried fish!" But she was too embarrassed to say it.
Lu Cheng said: "That is a good thing, and ordinary people can't eat it. The same goes for the crab this time. Although I will let you eat lunch, you should eat less crab and more food, otherwise you will still get hot all over."
Liu Qingcheng trembled: "Huh? Then I won't eat. I'll go back later."
"Let's go after lunch."
"I'm scared and don't dare to eat."
"It doesn't matter if you feel hot all over. It will keep you healthy and prolong your life. Don't you think that after eating dried fish, you will have more strength to walk and work?"
"That's true. I go to the gym to swim and go back and forth more than a dozen times without feeling tired."
"I'll just say it."
"Mr. Lu, do you often eat similar things, so you have amazing physical strength and win the Olympic championship?"...
"It's not all because of food, but it's not unrelated."
Liu Qingcheng felt that the young couple Lu Cheng and Jiang Qiuyun were very unusual. They built Qiucheng Garden at such a young age in the ancient city of Suzhou, where land was extremely valuable, and some strange objects appeared in Qiucheng Garden from time to time, such as the rare The ancient tea tree, the magical dried fish, and the blue crab she saw today all surprised her. And what's even weirder is that Lu Cheng doesn't let her take photos, let alone post them online. He is low-key and doesn't like to show off. He enjoys good things behind closed doors, which is very rare among young people.
She thought to herself: "Perhaps this is the attitude towards life that young rich people should have. They are not the second generation who live a luxurious life and like to compete for wealth, but the young generation who have started their own businesses, are successful in their careers, and are open-minded."
In less than an hour, the chef prepared four dishes, one spicy crab, one kale beef, one boiled fish, and one fresh vegetables, and left with his apprentice.
Lu Cheng, Jiang Qiuyun and Liu Qingcheng had a dinner together.
Jiang Qiuyun smiled and said: "We are going back to Quancheng tomorrow, so we need to trouble Sister Liu more in the future."
Liu Qingcheng said: "Why did you leave so soon? Don't you want to stay in Suzhou for a while?"
"I'm still in graduate school and I have to go back to school if something happens."
"Ah? You are reading and writing at the same time, publishing 30,000 to 40,000 words every day? How scary! Miss Jiang, when will you and Mr. Lu come back?"
"Come here after the winter solstice. It's warmer here than Quancheng."
The crab tastes very delicious, and Jiang Qiuyun and Liu Qingcheng both praised it.
A ten-pound crab is too much for three people to eat. The rest was packed up by Lu Cheng and included in the jade ring. _&
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