Zhang Yanping's memory of childhood has become blurry.
After all, he has lived in the city for a long time and occasionally comes to his hometown to visit, just for summer vacation.
At this moment, I saw Qiao Qiao squatting down and digging grass roots with Grandma Qi skillfully, and I couldn't help but be shocked:
"Is it really delicious?"
"Eat."
Qiao Qiao said confidently, and then pulled out a thick white grass root and raised it: "Brother, do you want to eat it? It's so sweet."
When he said this, Zhang Yanping was a little eager to try, but the grass roots just put water in the ditch...
So he also dug along with him in a strange way: "Let's dig it first, then go home and wash it before eating it."
As he spoke, he spotted a patch of lush green grass and dug down with the shovel. Then he was stopped by Grandma Qi:
"This silly kid, there's Mao Ya'er on top, he doesn't know how to eat it!"
As he spoke, he pulled out a thin, plump green bud from the heart of the grass with a gentle pull.
Qiaoqiao couldn't wait to take it, and saw the grass blades peeling off, revealing a soft white plush-like thing inside.
And he stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, and then smiled at Grandma Qi: "It's so tender and soft."
Grandma Qi also laughed, her shriveled cheeks looking very lively: "You are young, right? In early April, it is the right time to eat Mao Yaer."
"On the contrary, the Imperata cogongrass roots are eaten too early. They have sprouted during this season, are no longer nutritious, and are not so sweet. After the rice is ripe, its taste will gradually improve."
"Come on, don't dig up the roots. Qiao Qiao will pick out some more buds here. I think this one is growing really tender!"
Zhang Yanping has a lot of experience.
Look at how happily Qiao Qiao eats it, it must taste good!
So he picked around, picked the tallest and fattest one, with the white hair inside almost exposed, and pulled it out!
Then he peeled off the grass blades, looked at the thick and fat hair, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
However, the more he chewed, the weirder his face became, and finally he spat out, "Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah!" "Why do I feel like what I'm eating is like fur!"
I saw Qiao Qiao laughing next to me: "Brother, you are so stupid. You are already old, so you have to choose something tender like this!"
He already had a small handful in his fist.
Grandma Qi also saw that Qiao Qiao had a filter, so she didn’t care about anything at the moment. She praised her first and then said: "Yes, our Qiao Qiao is so smart and picks young ones. If I had come here last month,
It’s probably more tender and delicious.”
Zhang Yanping:......
A world where only he was injured was achieved.
But all the white hairs went into his mouth, and he was unwilling to eat the tender ones to taste the real taste, so he squatted down again and started pulling at the young grasses.
The seventh cousin at the other end was squatting in the deserted field and groaning angrily: A group of people are here to eat snacks, and they can't find the lunch dishes?
Looking at his basket, there are already more than a dozen dandelions dug out of their newly grown leaves.
Seeing Zhang Yanping holding a few buds in his hand and eager to come over, he quickly shouted in advance: "Hurry up and dig up the dandelions, don't want the blooming ones, and don't want the ones with buds."
The seventh cousin does not wander around blindly every day. He can clearly see which fields grow more.
For example, in the wasteland next door, shepherd's purse grows a lot, but you can tell at a glance that it is too old to make dumplings fresh and it is not in season.
Looking at the dandelions here, there were more than a dozen small yellow flowers blooming sparsely, and many of them still had tender green leaves, so he picked the right one without hesitation.
When Qiao Qiao came over, he gave the same instructions again:
"This is called dandelion, also called dandelion, or mother-in-law. When we eat, we usually eat these young shoots."
"The functions are to clear away heat and detoxify, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, reduce inflammation and cool blood. If you have a sore throat, sore gums, gastritis or urinary tract infection, you can take it."
Qiaoqiao still only repeated what he could remember:
"You can take it if you have pain when urinating, toothache, stomachache or throat. It can clear away heat and detoxify, resolve phlegm and relieve cough."
The seventh cousin's face was obviously depressed.
"Not everyone with a stomachache can eat...forget it, don't forget this, just remember the rest."
"Come on," he shouted, "haven't you finished picking out those few sprouts? Hurry up and dig up the dandelions."
Otherwise, how can I say that the seventh cousin knows how to eat it?
The group dug up a few small-framed tender dandelions. When they returned home, he dug out a bag of mung beans, washed them and soaked them first.
Then a group of people started picking dandelions again, removing the old stems and roots, washing the leaves, and piling up a full basket of green and juicy wild vegetables.
The seventh cousin looked at the basket of vegetables and felt proud, but at the same time he gasped and covered his cheeks, and said depressedly: "Look at what each of you can eat. There are only a few of you. Just vegetables for a meal.
A basket!”
The disadvantage is that in rural areas, there are many vegetable fields. If it is really an urban area, it will go bankrupt sooner or later.
Just as he was talking, Song Tan and Song Sancheng had already returned from the mountain.
The mountainous land in that area has been plowed for a long time. To plant beans, you only need to scatter the beans on the columbine level. The amount of work is not large.
However, Song Sancheng obviously couldn't sit still. As soon as he got home, he put away the hoe and rake, turned around and went up the back mountain with the shovel:
"Dad, please rest for a while!"
"I'm not working, why should I rest!" Song Sancheng laughed - he really wasn't working. His daughter who went up the mountain could wield a hoe as well as a standard farmer, so he just followed behind and spread beans, doing nothing.
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"Isn't your uncle Zhang still preparing for fertilizer recently? I think the chickens, ducks and pigs on our mountain are quite capable of pulling. He has trouble with his legs and feet, so I helped him shovel them out."
And here, the seventh cousin has begun to teach Qiao Qiao how to cook again.
First, he directed Qiao Qiao to wash out the soaked mung beans, and then asked him to add salt to marinate them for five minutes.
Just the idea of adding salt to mung beans left everyone stunned.
Then, boil water in a large pot, put the dandelions in and cook for fifteen minutes until they become mushy. Then use a slotted spoon to take out the dandelions, leaving only the juice, and then add the mung beans.
The mung beans were easy to cook and cooked in a short time. He added salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, and sesame oil for seasoning. When you drank it, you couldn't tell how salty and slightly bitter it was, with the unique taste of eating beans.
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Weird, but still delicious.
After it was cooked, he put it in a basin and put it on the water pitcher in front of the stove to warm it without moving the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the seventh cousin went round and round with Qiao Qiao's arrangements.
First, wash the pot and cook the rice. Then take the freshly cleaned dandelion seedlings out of the water and wring them out with gauze.
Crack a few eggs, add glutinous rice flour, dry bean flour, and seasonings, mix well, and make egg rice and bean flour.
Heat the pot again, add salt and stir-fry until slightly brown, finally add pepper powder and mix well.
A bowl of thick paste is ready!
Then heat the oil in a pan, wait until the oil is hot, then wrap the dandelion in the batter, fry it and take it out.
This is salt and pepper dandelion, crispy!
When it was fried again and served on the plate, the whole yard was filled with this unique spicy aroma.