Chapter 264 Positive
Bai Shanbao and Manbao both have a lot of experience in transplanting fungi. Well, although those are poisonous mushrooms, there is a high probability that they can grow repeatedly in the place where they are transplanted.
Now, a lot of poisonous mushrooms emerge from the two compost piles in Manbao's house after every rain. Even if they are trampled, they still grow again tenaciously and diligently decompose the leaves and other non-decomposable objects in the compost piles.
Both of them felt that since Poria cocos is also a fungus, it can naturally be reproduced in this way.
Moreover, Manbao has a trump card. When scientific researchers in the distant future have thoroughly studied Poria cocos and uploaded the entry, she will naturally know how to grow Poria cocos.
So both children were full of confidence and soon focused their attention on how to eat Poria cocos.
Naturally, the things were taken back to the Bai family and handed over to the cook.
Then the two children didn't leave, but squatted on the left and right to watch how the cook would deal with it.
Manbao also reminded her, "The skin can also be used as medicine."
The cook was also a little at a loss. The Poria cocos they bought were all processed from the pharmacy, and this was the first time they had such a large piece in their hands.
So she pondered for a long time and said, "Master, Miss Manbao, you should go study and do your homework first. I need to think about this carefully."
The two were a little disappointed, but they really couldn't waste time here, so they could only go back to the study to read and do homework.
"Do you think the Poria cocos in the pharmacy has been dried in the sun?"
Bai Shanbao nodded, "Of course they do. Some herbs not only need to be dried in the sun, but also baked. Each herb has a different method of preparation. Perhaps there are other methods of preparation."
"I asked Shopkeeper Zheng before, but he wasn't very clear. It would be great if there was a book specifically about preparing medicinal herbs."
Bai Shanbao said affirmatively: "I don't have any at home."
"I know," Manbao was very familiar with the serious books in his family. Even if he had not read the main content, he had read the titles of the books more than once. Naturally, he knew what books were in his family's study. Not only were there no books in Bai Shanbao's study, but there were no such books in even the bookstores in the county town.
In order to collect various plants, Manbao went to the bookstore to look for books of this type, but unfortunately there were none.
The books in the bookstore include classics, history, philosophy and literature, among which the books of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism are the most numerous. There are also various poetry collections, essays and calligraphy copybooks. There are very few miscellaneous books such as those related to farming, plants and animals, especially the latter two.
Manbao sighed, "It would be great if I had the chance to go to the provincial capital. Didn't Uncle Wei say last time that the provincial capital has more people, is more lively, and has more things? Maybe the bookstore there will have it."
Bai Shanbao rolled his eyes and said, "Yizhou is the largest, and it's a bit far from here, but Mianzhou is not far. We can take a donkey cart and leave in the morning and arrive in the evening."
Manbao asked excitedly, "What about the carriage?"
"It's faster. We won't even arrive until evening."
"Have you been there?"
Bai Shanbao said proudly, "I passed by here when I came from Longzhou and stayed here for a night."
Although he had never been there, Bai Shanbao still felt that he had been there. He said, "It looks a little worse than Longzhou."
But the two of them are now looking forward to Mianzhou.
However, one knew that she was not able to go to Mianzhou for the time being, and the other knew that he could not find a reason to go to Mianzhou. The two looked at each other, sighed deeply, lowered their heads to do their homework, and stopped chatting.
The Bai family's cook might not be able to figure out how to deal with raw Poria cocos for the time being, so Manbao finished his homework, reviewed tomorrow's lessons with Bai Shanbao, and then ran home.
She wanted to see if her second brother had come back.
Zhou Erlang did not come back. He brought a lot of things this morning, including the wild mushrooms such as straw mushrooms that Zhou Silang and his friends found yesterday, as well as the tofu made by Xiao Qian, vegetables from the vegetable garden, and two large pieces of Poria cocos.
I guess business isn't very good, so I haven't come back yet.
Little Qian started to prepare dinner. As soon as she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Manbao, Santou, Sitou, and Sanya sitting in a row at the door with small stools. She couldn't help laughing, "What are you doing there?"
The four youngest children complained, "Brother won't play with us."
Sanya was more sensible and said, "Brothers have to work, we have to be good."
The third one said, "My aunt said that my second uncle will bring some delicious food when he comes back. We will wait for him here."
"Come and help me wash the vegetables. Wait while I wash them."
Santou is only about a month older than Manbao. He is a bit lazy and got up reluctantly.
Manbao had already rushed over with his two little nephews and nieces, rolled up his sleeves and was eager to help.
Xiao Qian knew that she wanted to play in the water, not help her wash the vegetables, but she glanced at the sky and snorted, "Go ahead and wash, but if you get your clothes wet, I'll give you a bath right away. After dinner, you stay home and don't go out to play anymore."
Manbao weighed the pros and cons and rolled up his sleeves, determined not to get his clothes wet.
Seeing that the younger sister-in-law and the others were getting together to wash the vegetables, the third one became more active and thought that washing vegetables was fun, so he squeezed aside the fourth one and squatted beside the wooden basin.
Xiao Qian filled the water for them, placed the vegetables to be washed next to them, then rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to continue working.
Manbao and Santou were the main force in washing vegetables. After washing the vegetables, they did not get up immediately, but continued to squat beside the wooden basin and play with water, laughing and having fun.
When Zhou Erlang came back pushing the cart, he saw four children playing with water in a wooden basin, laughing and giggling.
Zhou Erlang's head ached when he saw their wet faces and clothes. "Why are you playing in the water again?"
Xiao Qianshi responded from the kitchen, "It's okay, let them play. I've already heated up the water and will give them a bath in a while."
Zhou Erlang stopped caring when he heard this. He put down the cart, took the things off the cart, and asked, "Sister-in-law, where are the others?"
Xiao Qian wiped her hands and came out, saying, "Zhou Hu's wife is about to give birth. Mother is going to check on her. Father and the third brother have gone up the mountain. My sister-in-law and her family are going to the small bay to water the vegetables."
She glanced at the cart and saw that everything on it was sold out. She couldn't help but smile, "How's business today?"
Zhou Erlang couldn't help laughing, "Fortunately, they are all sold."
Zhou Erlang glanced at the children who were staring at him at his feet. He simply grabbed three of them in one hand and four in the other. "I'm going to give them a bath first. I'll talk to them after Dad and the others come back."
Xiao Qian nodded.
That’s true. Otherwise, if I say it now, I’ll have to say it again when my family comes back. How annoying.
Unless there are special circumstances, the Zhou family's meal times are fixed, so everyone can always come back on time before dinner.
Except for the Qian family.
(End of this chapter)
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