Chapter 1861: Outing (February Monthly Ticket Plus 9)
Manbao laughed towards the sky, while Bai Erlang shrank his neck and said nothing.
Just then, a servant came over from behind and said, "Master, Miss Man, Master Tang, Mr. Zhuang asked me to tell you that he wants to go out of the city to relax as well. Please wait for him. He will come after he changes his clothes."
When Mr. Zhuang slowly came over from his yard, the servants had already prepared their tea sets, mats, meals, and even desserts and fruits for the trip.
These things alone filled a whole car.
Of course, Xiao Qian also baked a basket of pancakes for them, and put dry lotus leaves at the bottom of the basket. She baked one and threw it in. Thinking that with so many things, one pancake per person would be enough. Because Yin Huo and Liu Huan came, she baked two more and threw them in because there were more guests.
The pancakes were steaming hot at this moment, and the aroma kept coming out of the covered basket. Yin Huo couldn't help but look at the basket.
If he is like this, let alone Manbao and others who have been eating Xiao Qian's cakes since they were young.
Manbao took the basket almost immediately and said, "Let's go quickly, thank you, sister-in-law."
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "If it's cold when you eat it at noon, just heat it up in the pot."
That was impossible. As soon as they went out, Manbao and the others pushed the horses to Daji and other guards, and then they sat in the carriage together to divide the meat patties.
Because the pancake had just come out of the pancake, it was still very hot. Manbao and his friends tore off a piece of lotus leaf and used it to pick up the pancake to eat.
Yin Huo ate in small bites and said, "This isn't good. It's not even noon yet."
Bai Erlang was sitting in the same car with him. He looked at the cake in his hand and said, "Don't bite it when you say that."
Yin Huo ate in small bites and ignored him.
However, he didn't dare to eat too much for fear of indigestion. After all, he had already had breakfast in the palace that morning.
Mr. Zhuang didn't dare eat too much. As he got older, he couldn't bear to overeat. After he finished eating carefully, he took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands. Then he looked at Zhou Man and Bai Shan and said, "Eat less. You should have had breakfast this morning, right?"
Manbao responded, but after finishing one, she still reached for the basket. She said, "Sir, it's already been an hour since breakfast."
Bai Shan nodded and took the last one as well, then said, "Sir, we are growing up."
Mr. Zhuang glanced at them and took out a bamboo tube from the side and gave it to them.
There was boiled water in the bamboo tube to quench their thirst.
Bai Shan took it with a smile, thanked the gentleman, and handed it to Manbao.
Manbao took a sip of water and a bite of the biscuit. His eyes were shining and he looked very happy.
Mr. Zhuang looked at it and shook his head slightly. Being young is good, especially for those in their teens. There is probably nothing in the world that they can't eat.
Daji drove the car in front and took them directly to the wilderness.
There were a few families out for an outing at the foot of the mountain. Fortunately, the place was big enough and they could stay anywhere.
Knowing that they were looking for wild vegetables, he specially found a good place for them to stay.
As soon as they got off the car, Manbao and the other two looked around and found that this was indeed a good place. The wild vegetables they were looking for were not far away from their feet.
Manbao went forward to fold some, and Baishan took out a basket and gave it to her. Yin Huo and Liu Huan gathered around curiously and asked, "Is this... wild vegetable?"
“Yeah, actually it’s still the time to eat mugwort, and the mugwort made by my sister-in-law is also delicious.”
Yin Huo blinked and asked, "Mugwort? Isn't that medicine?"
Manbao chuckled, "It's also a dish. In this world, all herbs can be used as medicine, and all herbs can also be used as dishes. Whether it's used as medicine or as a dish depends on how it's prepared."
Liu Huan was familiar with mugwort. He picked up a bud nearby, put it to his nose and sniffed it, then immediately took it away in disgust. "Can this thing taste good?"
Manbao simply picked some and put them in the basket, "I'll ask my sister-in-law to make some for you when I get home."
Bai Erlang also came up with a basket and pointed directly at the green grass and fields at the foot of the mountain. "Let's go look there. There are more weeds in the fields."
Manbao and Baishan also thought so, so after saying hello to Mr. Zhuang, they took Yin or Liu Huan to look for him.
These two really don’t know wild vegetables. They can’t even recognize vegetables, let alone wild vegetables?
Fortunately, there are only a few kinds of wild vegetables growing in the fields at this time of year. After Manbao and the other two looked for them, each of them stuffed one into their hands and asked them to use it to compare and find the vegetables.
Yin Huo took the wild vegetables and looked around. After searching for a long time, he finally found one. After picking it, he looked happily at Manbao and the other two.
Manbao came forward and picked or dug up the vegetables not far from his feet, and said to him, "Don't reject them just because they are small. This one is tender. The one you picked is too old, but it can still be used."
Yin Huo looked at the one she had just dug up, and then at the one he had broken off, and really couldn't see anything in common between the two, except that they both had leaves.
Yin Huo thought he had made a mistake. After looking back and forth a few times, he couldn't help but ask, "Should I dig up the roots of this plant?"
"No, its roots can't be eaten, but this one can."
Yin Huo: ...After all this fuss, they are not the same kind.
Yin Huo spread out the wild vegetables he was sampling and searched for a while before finding one that looked almost identical. He took it out and asked, "Why don't you dig up the roots of this one?"
"Because it's hard to dig," Manbao said confidently, "Look, this one is right under the ridge, the soil is very loose, and it came out with a light dig. The soil of that one looked very tight just now, so I didn't dig it."
Yin Huo: "Is it so casual?"
Manbao nodded, and then used practical actions to tell him that there were even more casual ways.
If they thought the leaves were not good, they would break them on the spot. If they thought the leaves were too old, they would only pinch the tenderest parts, completely disregarding the feelings of the wild vegetables and leaving most of the remains in the soil.
The five of them walked further and further, following the ridges of the fields. The fields were full of wild vegetables. Liu Huan had already recognized the difference between wild vegetables and weeds. He stepped on a piece of field and pointed to a green patch inside and said, "Look, the weeds here seem to be growing exceptionally well. Why aren't there any wild vegetables at all?"
Manbao and the other two turned around to look when they heard the sound, and immediately stopped talking.
Bai Erlang looked at him speechlessly and said, "That's not grass, that's wheat!"
Bai Shan said directly: "As the son of an official, if you step on the wheat field, be careful of being impeached."
When Liu Huan heard this, he was so scared that he jumped out of the field. There was a shallow hole on the ridge of the field, and he couldn't stand steadily and sat down on the ground.
When the four of them saw it, they immediately burst into laughter.
Liu Huan got up from the ground, patted his butt, pointed at Bai Shan and said, "You scared me!"
Bai Shan laughed and said, "I didn't mean to scare you. Have you forgotten why Wang Ji was impeached last time?"
Liu Huan shuddered and immediately moved further away from the wheat field. However, he couldn't help but be curious. He squatted at the edge of the field and looked, "This is wheat. It looks almost the same as weeds."
Oops, I didn't expect it to be so late. I almost stopped updating.
It's too late. Everyone must be asleep. Good night.
(End of this chapter)
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