Li Shu and Huang Yun came to the plot where corns were planted. The corns were 2.5 meters tall. The wind blew from the holes in the wall, and the corn leaves swayed slightly.
Huang Yun smiled and said: "I haven't seen growing corn in a long time. Which one should we break?"
There are hundreds of corn trees growing in the corn field, forming a small corn forest. On the right is the sweet potato field. After breaking the corn, you can dig the sweet potatoes.
Li Shu walked over and tore open a corn bud and gently pinched the corn kernels with her nails.
Click~
A kernel of fresh corn is pinched open, and the juice exuding the fragrance of corn flows out.
Click~
Li Shu directly broke off the corn, handed it to Huang Yun, and said with a smile: "As long as the maturity reaches this level, it will be fine if it is too young, not fragrant enough, and has no chew; if it is too old, it will be hard and difficult to chew."
"Okay, okay, I understand."
Huang Yun and Li Shu quickly broke the corn together. The two of them found about 20 corns with suitable maturity. Li Shu walked to the shack in Lot 1 and took two woven baskets from the wooden bed.
Huang Yun was curious: "What kind of basket is this? It seems to be made of reeds."
Li Shu put all the corn into the basket and said with a smile: "It's not made of reeds, it's made of palm leaves. Yan Zhang's hands are very skillful. He made it all."
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Yan Zhang still has this skill?"
"Yeah, let's go dig sweet potatoes."
Li Shu carried a basket of corn and yellow yun to the sweet potato field nearby.
Sweet potatoes are the enlarged rhizomes of sweet potato plants, which are buried in the soil. Because the sweet potatoes are so big, the ground is "split" with cracks as thick as a thumb.
The cracks extend from the root to all sides, like a spider web, and the red sweet potato skin can be faintly seen through the cracks.
Huang Yun lifted up the sweet potato vine lying on the ground. The soil was moist, and some crickets fled in panic.
Huang Yun was very surprised: "The bigger the cracks in the ground are, the more sweet potatoes there are below. The bigger the cracks are, the bigger they are. Let's dig this one."
She pointed to a sweet potato plant.
Li Shu said with a smile: "Okay, digging sweet potatoes is like opening a blind box. Unless you really dig them out, you will never know how many sweet potatoes there are on a seedling and how big each sweet potato is."
And when you dig sweet potatoes, think about the sweet taste of roasted sweet potatoes, and you will be more motivated to harvest them. "
"Okay, okay, how do we dig?"
"Use a shovel, be careful not to break the sweet potato."
"OK."
Li Shu took out two short-handled shovels from the white jade ring and handed one to Huang Yun. The two dug hard, occasionally bending down to pick up the dug sweet potatoes.
From time to time there were sounds of laughter and slapstick.
Soon.
All the sweet potatoes on a seedling were dug out, and Huang Yun was surprised to hold a large sweet potato weighing more than 10 kilograms, which was larger than a human head.
"It's so big! Quick, Ashu, help me take a photo with him. This sweet potato is too big."
"good."
Li Shu took a few steps back and crouched down, took a photo of Huang Yun and Da Hongshu with his mobile phone, and then sent the photo to Huang Yun's mobile phone.
The huge sweet potatoes are ellipsoid-shaped, with some soil still stuck to the surface, and the red sweet potato skin is exposed in the areas not covered by soil.
In the photo, Huang Yun smiles brightly and holds a big sweet potato, full of harvest joy.
Behind her are other sweet potatoes that are still growing, and at her feet are other sweet potatoes that belong to the same seedling.
Huang Yun smiled and said: "It's really a great harvest. I wanted to dig a few more sweet potatoes just now, but now it seems that one is enough."
The other sweet potatoes were put into the second basket and carried by Huang Yun. As for the big sweet potato weighing more than 10 kilograms, Li Shu put it into the white jade ring.
Huang Yun walked to the stone road, slightly cleaned the soil on the soles of her feet, and asked curiously: "How to eat that big sweet potato? It seems too big to bake."
"You can cut it into strips and bake it into dried sweet potatoes. There are usually bags of dried sweet potatoes in supermarkets."
"Okay, let's make dried sweet potatoes."
The two of them walked out carrying baskets. There were a lot of fruits, vegetables, etc. on both sides of the stone road.
The 900-square-meter Baicao Garden is almost fully planted. Even various mushrooms are planted under some trees. There are only a dozen plants of some types, and more than a dozen crops can be grown on one plot of land.
When encountering crops that are unclear, Huang Yun asks Plum Tree like a curious baby.
"Ashu, what's the lantern fruit-like crop over there?"
"Girl."
"ah?"
"The name is Girl. It is a fruit of the genus Physalis in the Solanaceae family. It can be eaten raw or made into jam. It is also highly ornamental."
"oh oh."
The two of them were walking on the stone road, and Huang Yun saw another 1-meter-high plant on the left: "What is this? It's a joint."
Li Shu smiled and said: "Sesame... Hey, don't touch its leaves."
Unfortunately, Li Shu shouted too late.
Huang Yun touched the sesame leaves with her little hand, and smelled her fingers curiously. Her face instantly turned bitter: "Oh, it smells so bad. The sesame seeds are so fragrant, but why are the leaves so smelly?"
Li Shu said: "It has a bitter taste. It seems that sesame leaves emit an isothiocyanate compound, so it has a bitter taste, but sesame leaves can also be eaten."
"Okay, I've learned a lot."
At this time, heavy raindrops began to fall again. The top of the 10-meter-high Baicao Garden was covered with glass. The raindrops hit the glass and made a crackling sound.
Li Shu also put the two baskets of corn and sweet potatoes into the white jade ring, and then took out a white and transparent umbrella.
"Let's go back with an umbrella. Don't get wet."
"good."
After closing the door of Baicao Garden, the two of them walked back holding an umbrella. The raindrops hit the umbrella, making a crackling sound.
There was a lot of water vapor, and there was a chill in the air.
Huang Yun huddled on the right side of the plum tree like a quail. The two of them walked to the north villa together and said, "Just an umbrella?"
"Yeah, walk slowly, don't worry, you won't get wet."
This stone road was more than 200 meters long. Halfway through, Huang Yun suddenly said: "Wait... wait a minute."
Li Shu stopped and looked to the right of Huang Yun's finger, his pupils shrinking instantly.
I saw a big hole in the dark clouds in the distant sky, and the red light of the setting sun shone from the clouds onto the sea. The scene was extremely shocking.
"Here, what a beautiful natural scenery this is?" Li Shu said in shock.
It rained heavily, and the raindrops fell to the ground and splashed with water, and then merged into a stream and flowed into the sea.
Huang Yun's eyes were fascinated: "It's so spectacular. How could the dark clouds open a big hole? And the sunset light shines in. "
Li Shu said: "Maybe it's caused by the airflow."
Sudden.
Rhubarb's cry came from the door of the north villa.
"Woof woof~"
Are you two stupid? What are you doing standing in the pouring rain
Li Shu came to his senses, the dark clouds slowly closed, and the beautiful sunset light was no longer visible. He smiled and said: "Let's go, the big yellow dog is calling us."
Huang Yun leaned closer to Li Shu again, and a few rays of rain moistened her shoulders: "Hehe~ It feels quite romantic to walk in the rain while stepping on the splashes of water."
The rain washed away the peach blossom petals that fell to the ground.
The pink petals are like floating in streams, flowing to the sea, very beautiful.
Back at the villa in the north, the big yellow dog jumped up to me first.
I saw you coming out of the herb garden, but where were the fruits you picked? Where is it hidden? Hand it over now! Give me one.
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