Chapter 128: Picking water chestnuts [Please recommend for collection]
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Li Feng led the three children back to Taolin, and first let Mengmeng take a bath and change clothes. About ten minutes later, Mengmeng timidly walked out of the door. The little girl didn't even dare to raise her head at this time.
Xiaoqing, who hurried back after receiving a call from Li Feng, gave Mengmeng a fierce look and pulled Mengmeng into the house. After a while, there was a burst of miserable crying. Li Feng frowned, said nothing, and looked at the bell.
, this girl would flatten her mouth and look at herself pitifully, not wanting to ask her to help Mengmeng plead for mercy. But this time, Li Feng was cruel and sat under the pergola drinking herbal tea without moving.
"Uncle, is Mengmeng okay?" Leilei looked at the water chestnut in his hand and glanced at the tightly closed door. Feeling a little worried, he carefully put down the water chestnut in his hand and whispered to Li Feng who closed his eyes to rest.
"It's okay." Li Feng trailed off, and Xiaoqing pulled Mengmeng who was wiping her tears out and walked out. The little girl cried so sadly this time, her tears couldn't stop flowing. It seemed that Xiaoqing was cruel this time.
"Li Feng, where are my grandpa and the others?" Xiao Qing discovered that the yard was quiet at this time. A few rabbits were jumping around and eating young grass under the peach tree. Xiao Hua was lying in the shade with her eyes closed. The fur ball was not there.
The eagle rarely squinted and took a nap on the peach tree. Others, the pangolin had long since lost its shadow and hid because the weather was too hot.
"Uncle Wang and the others went to tidy up the bamboo house. Now it has been mostly cleaned up, except for some small places. They went over to take a look and make some changes." Several old people had eaten in the past few days, put away the bowls and chopsticks, and hurried to the bamboo house.
On the other side of the buildings, I helped clean up the debris in the bamboo building, hoping to check in early. Fortunately, Li Feng didn't go there today, otherwise, what kind of trouble would this girl Mengmeng have caused?
"Oh, by the way, where is the water chestnut that Mengmeng mentioned? Let me take a look." Li Feng pointed to the water chestnuts on the table, watching Mengmeng wiping away tears while secretly watching him pick the water chestnuts. Li Feng saw this scene
, a little speechless, this girl is not afraid of being spanked at all. Doesn’t her little butt hurt? Looking at the little girl crying so sadly, it doesn’t look like that.
"Well, it's quite delicious, Li Feng, let's go pick some more." Li Feng plopped and almost fell down. Didn't this girl just hate the water chestnuts so much that her teeth itched?
Li Feng felt that his brain was a little behind the times. His thoughts were jumping too fast, but the water chestnut tasted really good. "Okay, let's go, I'll go carry the wooden boat." When he accompanied Lin Ying to visit the red-crowned crane a few days ago, Li Feng went
The wooden boat borrowed by the second master's family has never been returned, and it is left in the old yard.
Mengmeng wiped away her tears, glanced at Li Feng secretly, pouted, sobbed, picked up her net bag, and followed Li Feng. Needless to say, seeing her like this, it was impossible not to let her go, and her face was full of bells, and she was determined to do it.
One, Lin Leilei, said don't even think about leaving me. Now, let's get together with these people.
"Xiaobao, why are you picking water chestnuts today? There are not many old water chestnuts at this time." Uncle Liu, Li Fucai, from the small shop, poked his head out of the window of the small shop and said with a smile.
"Haha, kids, let's get some raw food." Old Li Feng blushed and made a fuss about how delicious he was. Xiaoqing held Bell and Mengmeng in his hands, followed him and looked at the shop, took out a five-yuan note and handed it to
Mengmeng said, "Buy some popsicles, the weather is really hot." There was no shade on the short road from Li Feng's house to the village, and several people were sweating.
"Well, aunt, you are so stingy, you only have five yuan." Mengmeng still had a few tears on her face at this time, she took the money, pouted her lips, and murmured in a low voice.
"Mengmeng, is your butt itchy again?" This girl is getting more and more annoying. Five yuan is still less. The best popsicle here is only 50 cents. If there is one for each of five people, half of the money is left.
Li Feng watched Mengmeng cover her butt and quickly run to the door of the store, skillfully opened the freezer, took five popsicles, took out two yuan and fifty cents from his pocket and handed it to Uncle Liu, but he put five yuan in
He went into his pocket. Li Feng looked dumbfounded, when did this girl become so obsessed with money?
"Auntie, popsicles." Mengmeng ran to Xiaoqing, kept one, and stuffed the rest into Xiaoqing. "You damn girl, where is the remaining money?" Xiaoqing asked knowingly, looking at Meng.
Meng pinched the corner of her clothes, lowered her head, shook her butt, and whispered "No more."
"Forget it." Xiao Qing thought to herself that she would not be fooled next time, so she should change some change. She glanced at Mengmeng holding her pocket and saw that this girl was smart and had prepared the change early.
"Here." Each person had a popsicle, and after eating it, his whole body felt cool. At this moment, with the help of several children playing in Hewanzi, Li Feng carefully lowered the wooden boat into the water, got on it himself, and rowed the boat to the side.
Small pier. "Come up, be careful, don't fall down." Li Feng looked at the few little guys who were eager to try, and even Xiao Qing was full of excitement. He was really afraid that these people would fall into the water.
"Yeah." Several little guys nodded in unison. Xiaoqing saw her niece's face full of excitement and eagerness to try. She was afraid that she would actually jump into the water and be cute.
"Did you hear Mengmeng? If you move around for a while, I won't take you on the boat next time." Xiao Qing sat on the bow of the boat, while Li Feng paddled gently. The water chestnut was not far away, and he looked at the water chestnut seedlings at hand.
, not to mention the first contact with Lin Leile, the bells are ringing. Li Feng looked at Xiao Qing’s face with excitement, mixed with a hint of nervousness. It must be the first time for this person to go into the water to pick water chestnuts. Li Feng guessed correctly this time,
Xiaoqing has eaten water chestnut a few times, but this is the first time to actually get into the water.
"Don't pick the ones here, let's walk inside." Li Feng saw a few people rushing to do something, and quickly stopped them. This is the outer area, and there aren't many water chestnuts. A kid like Er'er has picked a lot these days. Not to mention, he himself
Rowing can be more labor-intensive than those of their children. Leave the little ones outside to pick. Li Feng rowed the boat twenty or thirty meters inward and stopped.
"It's okay here. Bells, you and Leilei are on the same side, don't get together." Li Feng casually pulled a water chestnut seedling, there were quite a few of them, no one had picked them here before, so I picked two to try, they were a bit old and not bad.
Cook and eat it at night.
"Wow, aunt, look, I picked a big water chestnut." Mengmeng exclaimed, holding up several purple water chestnuts in her little hand. The purple skin was like an ingot. Since it was seven or eight centimeters big, Xiao Qing
I was stunned for a moment. This water chestnut only has two corners, and they are very round. Unlike ordinary water chestnuts, which have three or four corners, the corners are sharp and can hurt people when touched.
"Let me take a look, oh, this is the water chestnut. Look, these water chestnut seedlings are different and thicker than ordinary leaves. They are here and here. The water chestnut tastes best when eaten raw. You guys try it." Li Feng casually said.
I picked a few water chestnuts and it was very easy to break them apart. The outer shell of the vegetable water chestnut is not as hard as the outer shell of the water chestnut. The flesh of the water chestnut inside is white and has large grains. The meat alone is much larger than these ordinary water chestnuts.
"It's delicious, crisp, and moist. I like it." Xiaoqing ignored the ordinary water chestnuts and picked vegetable water chestnuts. The three little kids also focused on picking vegetable water chestnuts.
Li Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head. It was the same when he was a child. These large water chestnuts look pleasing to the eye, and they can be broken open at will. Unlike ordinary water chestnuts, which are difficult to break apart because of the hard shell. The younger ones are better, but the older ones,
I can't even bite it off.
Only poor Li Feng keeps picking small water chestnuts. These are delicious when cooked, especially mature. They have a more powdery flavor. Mixed with mung bean flour and rice flour to make cold skin, they taste great. Vegetable water chestnuts are delicious when eaten raw and contain sufficient
Water, vitamins, and various trace elements are peeled off, and some sweet and sour are added to make sweet and sour water chestnut slices, which is a favorite local summer delicacy.
Unknowingly, more than half an hour passed. Li Feng looked at more and more water chestnuts in the cabin and frowned. Seeing several people picking them excitedly, Li Feng was speechless and quickly called a stop.
"Okay, Mengmeng, stop picking them, let's go back." Li Feng estimated that there are already more than ten kilograms of water chestnuts here, which is enough to eat.
"No, uncle, let's play for a while longer, okay?" Mengmeng and Lingdang looked at Li Feng pitifully. Their feet were completely covered with water chestnuts. Li Feng waved his hands to these girls.
You see, Xiaoqing and Lin Leilei, which one wants to go back, can't finish the food and make it into a cold dish.
"Why don't you pick it for a while?" Xiao Qing looked reluctant to let go. What else could Li Feng say?
"Don't just pick vegetables and water chestnuts, pick some old water chestnuts. Tomorrow, I will make water chestnut dough for you to eat." Li Feng looked at the small pile at his feet. Some of them were not enough to make a meal of dough. Eating dough in summer is Li Feng's favorite.
Love it. After a delay, several people picked it for half an hour, and then reluctantly went ashore. After installing the water chestnuts, Li Feng spent some effort to get the wooden boat up, went into the water, and planted a lot. It was quite difficult for Li Feng to carry them.
"I'll help you." Xiao Qing helped hold the stern of the boat and emptied the water. Li Feng raised the bow of the boat and planted at least a hundred kilograms. This is still good wood. If it is other wood, maybe Li Feng can only lay down.
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"Grandpa and grandma, look, we picked a lot of water chestnuts." The three little guys each carried seven or eight kilograms of water chestnuts and returned to Taolin happily. Seeing the old man coming back, they all held up their hands with pride.
Water chestnut in hand.
"Let's take a look. Let's have a try. These water chestnut vegetables taste better than water chestnuts. They are crispy and full of water." Mr. Lin was pleasantly surprised and took the water chestnut handed over by Leilei. He hadn't eaten it for several years, especially
Vegetable water chestnuts. I have bought water chestnuts many times in the supermarket, but there are no vegetable water chestnuts.
"Hey, why are these water chestnuts so big?" Mr. Wang and Mr. Cheng are not ignorant. When they went to the countryside, they followed a group of people to pick water chestnuts during the summer, but such big water chestnuts are rare.
"This is a vegetable water chestnut that is good when eaten raw. It doesn't taste good when cooked without flour. Let's try it." Li Feng, who was quick with his hands and feet, peeled off four or five of them as he spoke and put them on the table.
"Stop being busy, let's do it ourselves. You take a shower and change clothes." Li Feng was a little embarrassed at this time, his hair was wet, dripping with water, and most of his clothes were wet.
"Well, I'm going to change clothes. Lingdang, you guys, don't eat too much or eat too much." Li Feng told the children and went into the house to take a shower and change clothes.
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