Zhang Yanping's memories of his childhood are already vague.
After all, he has lived in the city for a long time, and the occasional visit to his hometown is only during the summer vacation.
Seeing Qiao Qiao already squatting down and digging grass roots skillfully with Grandma Qi, he was surprised:
"Are you really going to eat it?"
"Eat."
Qiao Qiao said confidently, and then pulled out a thick white grass root and held it up: "Brother, do you want to eat it? It's very sweet."
After he said that, Zhang Yanping was also a little eager to try, but the grass roots were only placed in the ditch for a while...
So he also followed suit and dug: "Let's dig first, then go home and wash it and eat it."
As he spoke, he spotted a patch of lush green grass and started digging with his shovel. But then Grandma Qi stopped him:
"Silly boy, there are grass sprouts on it, you won't eat it!"
As he spoke, he gently pulled out a thin, plump, green sprout from the heart of the grass.
Qiao Qiao couldn't wait to take it, and when the grass leaves were peeled off, there was a soft white fluffy thing inside.
He stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation, and then smiled to Grandma Qi: "It's so tender and soft."
Grandma Qi also laughed, and her dry cheeks looked very lively: "It's tender, right? It's the beginning of April, the perfect time to eat grass sprouts."
"It's too early to eat the Imperata root. It sprouts at this time of year and has no nutritional value or sweetness. It will taste better after the rice is ripe."
"Come on, don't dig up the roots of this grass. Qiao Qiao will grow more grass sprouts here. I think this one is growing very tender!"
Zhang Yanping has gained a lot of experience.
Look how happily Qiao Qiao is eating, it must taste good!
So he picked and chose, and picked out the tallest and fattest one, with the white hairs almost showing inside, and pulled it out!
Then he peeled off the grass leaves, looked at the thick and furry thing, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
However, the more he chewed, the weirder his expression became, and he finally spat it out, "Puh, puh, puh": "Why do I feel like what I'm eating is like fur?"
Qiao Qiao laughed beside him: "Brother, you are so stupid. The food you eat is old. You should choose something tender like this!"
He had already clenched a small handful in his fist.
Grandma Qi also saw that Qiao Qiao had a filter, so she didn't care about anything else and praised her first, saying, "Yes, our Qiao Qiao is so smart, she picked the tender ones. If she had come to look for them last month, they would probably be more tender and tastier."
Zhang Yanping: …
A world was created where he was the only one hurt.
But he was unwilling to give up because all the white hairs were in his mouth without eating some tender ones to taste the real flavor, so he squatted down again and picked up the tender grass.
The seventh cousin squatted in the wasteland and snorted: A group of people are busy eating snacks and don’t even want to have lunch
Looking at his basket again, he had already dug up more than a dozen dandelion plants with newly grown leaves.
Seeing Zhang Yanping pulling out a few dandelions in his hand and eager to try, he quickly called out in advance: "Hurry up and dig up the dandelions. Don't pick the ones that are in bloom or have flower buds."
My seventh cousin doesn't wander around aimlessly every day. He can see clearly what is growing abundantly in which field.
For example, there is a lot of shepherd's purse growing in the wasteland next door, but you can tell at a glance that it is too old and not fresh enough for making dumplings. It is not in season.
Looking at the dandelions here, there were only a dozen yellow flowers sparsely blooming, and many of the rest were still tender green leaves. He picked one without hesitation.
When Qiao Qiao came over, he taught her in the same old way:
"This is called dandelion, also known as yellow flowered dandelion or dandelion. When we eat it, we usually eat the young shoots."
"It can clear away heat and detoxify, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and reduce inflammation and cool the blood. You can eat it if you have a sore throat, sore gums, gastritis or urinary tract infection."
Qiao Qiao just repeated what he could remember:
"You can eat it if you have pain when urinating, toothache, stomachache or sore throat. It can clear away heat and detoxify, resolve phlegm and relieve cough."
My seventh cousin looked obviously distressed.
"Not all foods that cause stomachaches can be eaten... Never mind, don't remember this, just remember the rest."
"Come on," he called out, "Are those few dandelion sprouts still there? Hurry up and dig some dandelions."
Otherwise, why would we say that my seventh cousin knows how to eat
The group dug several small boxes of young dandelions. When they got home, he found a bag of green beans, washed them and soaked them first.
Then a group of people started picking dandelions, removing the old stems and roots, washing the leaves, and the green and juicy little wild vegetables filled a whole basket.
Uncle Seven looked at the basket of vegetables, feeling proud, but he also gasped and covered his cheeks, saying depressedly: "Look at how much you can eat. There are only a few of us, and you need this basket of vegetables for one meal!"
The bad thing is that this is in the countryside, where there are many vegetable fields. If it were in the city, you would go bankrupt sooner or later.
As they were talking, Song Tan and Song Sancheng had already returned from the mountain.
That piece of mountain land had been plowed long ago, so planting beans was just a matter of leveling the ground and scattering the beans, which wasn't a big job.
But Song Sancheng obviously couldn't sit still. As soon as he got home, he put down his hoe and rake, turned around and took the shovel to the back mountain:
"Dad, take a break!"
"I'm not working, why should I rest!" Song Sancheng smiled - he really didn't work. His daughter went up the mountain and wielded the hoe like a standard farmer, and he just followed behind and sowed beans, doing nothing else.
"Hasn't your uncle Zhang been preparing manure recently? I see that the chickens, ducks and pigs on our mountain are quite good at pulling. His legs and feet are not convenient, so I helped him shovel it out."
Meanwhile, Uncle Seven has started teaching Qiao Qiao how to cook again.
First, he instructed Qiao Qiao to wash the soaked mung beans, and then asked him to add salt and marinate them for five minutes.
Just the fact of adding salt to the mung beans left everyone stunned.
Then, boil water in a large pot, put the dandelions in and cook for fifteen minutes until they are soft. Then use a colander to scoop out the dandelions, leaving only the juice, and then add the mung beans.
Green beans are easy to cook and are cooked in a short time. He added salt, MSG, chicken powder, and sesame oil to season it. It tasted salty, fragrant, and slightly bitter, and it also had the unique taste of beans.
Weird, but delicious.
When it was cooked, I put it in a bowl and placed it in the water pot in front of the stove to keep it warm without moving it away.
Then, the seventh cousin made Qiao Qiao run around in circles again.
First, I cleaned the pot, washed the rice and cooked it. Then I took the freshly cleaned dandelion seedlings out of the water and wrung out the moisture with gauze.
Crack a few eggs, add glutinous rice flour, dried bean powder and seasonings, mix well to make egg rice bean powder.
Heat the pan again, add salt and stir-fry until slightly yellow, then add pepper powder and mix well.
A bowl of thick Hu Hu is ready!
Then heat the oil in a pan, when the oil is hot put the dandelions into the water and wrap them in a circle, then fry them directly in the pan and take them out after they are shaped.
This is salt and pepper dandelion, so crispy!
By the time it is fried again and served on a plate, the whole yard is filled with this unique spicy aroma.