Chapter 260: Elm Money Steamed Bread, Steamed Sophora japonica Flowers, and Twenty Jin of Fatty Luo
Luo Xinxin left the director's office and walked slowly home. It was April now. The ice and snow on the farm had melted, revealing a touch of green. Many wild vegetables grew on the hillside. Daya could pick a basket of them every day. After washing them, she sprinkled them with flour, steamed them, and ate them with garlic juice and chili oil. They tasted very good.
She also learned this way of eating from the Internet in her previous life. The omnipotent Internet allowed her to learn cooking methods for delicacies from all over the world without leaving home.
"Sister, there are elm seeds!"
Daya picked a full basket of tender green elm seeds. April is the time for eating elm seeds. There are many elm seed trees on the farm, and they are full of elm seeds. Daya is a good tree climber and can climb to the top of a tree to pick the elm seeds in one breath.
It was the first time for Luo Xinxin to see elm seeds. She had only seen them on the Internet before, but she had been craving them since she was a child.
When I was in school, there was a text about elm seeds. The author wrote about his miserable childhood, but elm seeds were a bright spot in his childhood. Compared with other bitter and astringent wild vegetables, elm seeds were the author's favorite. They were delicious even when eaten raw. If you could steam elm seed buns, it would be the ultimate delicacy.
When she was studying that lesson, she was craving for elm seeds. Unfortunately, there were no elm seeds in the south, and she didn't get to eat them until she came here. Unexpectedly, she got to eat them in the northwest.
Luo Xinxin ate some raw food, and it tasted pretty good, but not as amazing as described in the textbook.
"Steamed buns for dinner."
Luo Xinxin said with a smile.
She learned how to steam steamed buns from her second sister, and ate elm seed buns in the evening to see what they tasted like.
“The steamed bread is delicious.”
Daya was very happy. She took a bunch of elm seeds and started eating them. In the past, she and Erya loved eating elm seeds the most. They were sweet and filling, and much more delicious than other wild vegetables.
On the way home, she also saw locust flowers, which exuded an enticing sweet fragrance. This is also a wild vegetable that northerners love to eat, and it is eaten in a similar way to elm seeds.
“This is delicious.”
Daya's eyes lit up, and she climbed up the tree to pick a bunch of locust flowers. She gave them to Luo Xinxin first, then picked a bunch for herself, stuffed the petals into her mouth, and ate them with relish.
Luo Xinxin ate some out of curiosity. It was sweet and fragrant.
She asked Daya to pick more and they ate together in the evening.
They pressed the basket again and again until it could no longer hold any more rice, so they went home. Luo Weian and Old Lady Luo also came back. Old Lady Luo was much more diligent now, and she started washing rice and cooking as soon as she came back.
"In the evening, I don't eat rice, I eat steamed bread."
Luo Xinxin stopped her.
"What's so delicious about steamed bread? Only poor people eat that."
Old Mrs. Luo took a look at the basket and immediately felt disgusted.
"What's wrong with being from a poor family? They are poor farmers now, a hundred times better off than you, a walker." Luo Weian immediately retorted.
Luo Xinxin had just opened her mouth when Luo Weian spoke first. She opened her mouth, feeling a little empty inside. The old man actually interrupted her. How annoying!
She was now very glad that she had not been soft-hearted and agreed to take off the hat for Old Lady Luo. The old lady deserved the hat, and she had to let the walking style hat put pressure on her.
"Why are you so fierce? I'm not saying this outside, what's wrong with talking about it at home?"
Old Mrs. Luo was still a little unconvinced. After all, she had lived a good life for a long time and her bones were starting to feel lighter.
Luo Weian was too lazy to argue with her and just handed her a cup of tea.
Old Mrs. Luo thought he had given in, so she drank the tea proudly, and then... she became speechless.
"It's my old problem again. It's okay. It will be better in a few days."
Luo Weian keeps repeating the same old things, and his rhetoric has never changed.
Old Mrs. Luo was not panicked. After all, she was forced to get used to being mute for a few days every now and then.
Luo Xinxin steamed elm seed steamed bread, and used elm seeds, locust flowers and flour to steam them. She didn’t know what it was called, but she learned it online. She saw bloggers in the north eating it with gusto, and she had wanted to try it for a long time.
Although it was her first time, she still made it very successfully. The house was filled with the sweet aroma of elm seeds and locust flowers. She also fried leeks and eggs, and twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts. She then mashed raw garlic into juice, added some chili powder, vinegar and soy sauce, and poured boiling hot oil on it. With a sizzling sound, the tempting aroma wafted out.
She prepared a large bowl of sauce, scooped it into a small bowl with a spoon, and ate it with steamed bread and locust flower noodles.
Luo Xinxin took a bite of the elm seed steamed bread and it tasted really good. Moreover, it was a natural organic green food and it would definitely be good for the body if eaten regularly.
Sophora japonica noodles are also delicious, and they taste amazing when topped with dipping sauce.
"It's delicious. Elm seeds are very good for the body. They strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and calm the mind, relieve coughs and resolve phlegm, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling. They are a good thing."
After eating the elm seed steamed bread, Luo Weian praised it highly.
Old Mrs. Luo held a steamed bread in her hand, but before she took a bite, her eyes were full of disgust. Such a rough steamed bread looked unpalatable. But when she heard the old man say that it was good for the body, her eyes lit up and she took a big bite without hesitation.
Then his eyes lit up and he quickened his eating speed. This steamed bread tasted really good.
"Sophora japonica flowers are also good. They cool the blood and stop bleeding, clear the liver and relieve internal heat. They are very good for spring dryness."
Luo Weian served a bowl of locust flower noodles, poured the sauce on it, and ate it with relish.
Old Mrs. Luo, who had already finished a steamed bun, reached out to take another one. After hearing this, she immediately turned around to get some locust flower noodles and filled a bowl.
Luo Xinxin glanced at the old lady who had become much rounder. In the past, old lady Luo would only eat until she was 70% full, and would only drink water after dinner and would not eat any fruit. Therefore, she maintained a very good figure, neither fat nor thin.
After arriving at the farm, the old lady gave up on managing her figure. Judging from her roundness, she has gained at least 20 kilograms.
"Grandpa, has grandma gained a lot of weight?"
Luo Xinxin asked deliberately.
Old Mrs. Luo, who was eating locust flower noodles in big mouthfuls, stopped in fright. She looked down at her bulging belly and took a deep breath. She was only a little fatter. She looked in the mirror and saw that her face didn't have much flesh on it. The dead girl was talking nonsense.
"At least 20 kilograms. The clothes I brought with me can no longer fit into them."
Luo Weian spoke in a disgusted tone. Not only had the old woman become fat, but she even snored at night. Every night he felt like there was an earthquake-prone mountain lying next to him. It was so noisy.
The charming girl who swayed like a willow in the wind has completely disappeared, turning into a rude, stupid, and fat old woman.
Old Mrs. Luo was so angry that she put down her bowl and kept gesturing with her hands, but no one paid any attention to her.
The old lady turned her grief and anger into appetite, angrily ate three steamed buns and two bowls of locust flower noodles, silently loosened her belt, and then went to look in the mirror. She had a figure that would never make her face fat no matter how fat she got, so the face shown in the mirror was still the same as before.
Old Mrs. Luo breathed a sigh of relief. The old man and the dead girl were talking nonsense. She just ate a little more. She had to mow the lawn every day and did physical work. How could she cope without eating more?
Luo Xinxin didn't waste any time and dragged the old lady to the water tank. The water in the tank was like a mirror, reflecting her entire body.
When Old Mrs. Luo suddenly saw the fat woman reflected in the water tank, she didn't recognize her at first. It took her a while to realize that the fat woman was her.
The old lady couldn't accept the reality for a moment, her eyes went dark and she fell backwards.
Daya caught it perfectly, threw her on the kang and let her lie down. Luo Weian skillfully applied cooling oil on her philtrum and left her alone.
When Mrs. Luo woke up, she was very sad and determined to lose weight. However, when she woke up and saw the sumptuous breakfast, she immediately forgot her vow last night and refused to eat a single bite.
After breakfast, Luo Xinxin prepared to take Daya back to the military region. The Northwest Military Region would not recruit female soldiers in this spring conscription. Director Zhang specially found his brother and repeatedly assured him that Daya was a rare talent. Only then did his brother give in and said that he wanted to see Daya with his own eyes. If she was a good talent, he would definitely recruit her.
There were so many people at Laojun Mountain that I had to wait in line for an hour to get on the cable car. Then, there was a long flight of stairs after I got out of the cable car. My legs were so weak from climbing.
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