Thirteen and Fourteen certainly didn't know, otherwise they wouldn't have been so excited just now when they saw a lotus leaf that could spray water. Twelve knew what it meant, but he had never seen it before, so he only had a vague understanding. Yinzuo saw the three people's curious expressions and understood. He simply held up the lotus leaf stem in his hand and pointed it out to them.
"Does the hollow structure inside this lotus leaf stem look familiar to you?"
When several people heard Yinzuo ask this, they couldn't help but look at the lotus leaf stalk in his hand. Even Yinzhi, who was standing next to Yinzuo, leaned forward. Obviously, Yinzuo's question was not difficult, and Fourteen raised his hand to answer it.
"It's lotus root, right? The hole inside the lotus leaf stem looks like a lotus root, Sixth Brother."
Upon hearing this, Yinzuo looked at Fourteenth with approval, raised his other hand to touch Yinzuo's shiny forehead, and gave him a loud slap on the head.
"Fourteen is smart. Yes, it's the lotus root. Do you know why the lotus root underwater, the lotus leaf stem, and the lotus leaf on the surface all have similar cavity structures?"
Not to mention the children, even the eldest prince Yinzhi, who was standing nearby, as well as Yinreng, Yinzhi, and Yinzhen who had just heard the noise and came over, did not understand this question. Everyone could not help but look at Yinzuo who was holding the lotus leaf with puzzled eyes. Yinzhi had always been a person with a quick temper, and it was obvious that he was the same at this moment.
"Oh, you're so slow and steady, it's driving me crazy. Sixth Brother, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me right away."
Look at what kind of temper he has. Why are you in such a hurry? Isn’t it about to start?
"Really? Big Brother, why are you so anxious? I'm about to start explaining. As you all know, lotus roots are plants that grow in underwater mud, so air is very scarce for them. To ensure that they have enough air to breathe, the lotus roots, which are the rhizomes of the lotus flowers, buried in the mud, have gradually evolved hollow channels like these. These channels connect upward to the petioles and then to the lotus leaves. In this way, the air absorbed by the lotus leaves on the water surface will be transmitted to the lotus roots underwater through these hollow channels, thus solving the breathing problem of the lotus roots underwater. Now that the breathing problem has been solved, do you know how the lotus roots solve the problem of water and nutrients?"
Yinzuo had just answered one question and then asked another one. Of course Yinzhi and the others didn’t know, otherwise how could they stand here so obediently and listen to your lecture?
Yinzuo didn't keep the secret any longer and directly broke off a piece of lotus leaf stem from the lotus leaf and pointed to the white thread-like substance inside it to Yinzhi and the others.
"You've probably all heard of the saying 'broken lotus roots, yet the silk remains connected.' The channels through which lotus roots transport water and nutrients are these silk threads. I call them conducting tissues. The ducts responsible for transporting water in lotus roots are very resilient. When they are broken, they are stretched into long, thin threads. These threads aren't just found in lotus roots; you can see they're also found in the lotus leaf stems."
After listening to Yinzuo's explanation, Yinreng and the others also took the lotus leaf stems from the person next to them and started to break them. They found that just as Yinzuo said, every lotus leaf stem could be pulled out into lotus root-like threads.
"Sixth brother, you are amazing. How do you know all this?"
How did Yinzuo know this? Of course he saw it when he was watching videos on the Internet in his previous life, but he definitely couldn't tell anyone about it, so he simply passed it off.
"I forgot where I saw this in a book. Now that the lotus leaves are clean, let's go wrap the chickens. Yin'er, Yin? Have you two mixed the mud? If you have, bring some over in a bucket. Big brother, could you please start a fire? Once the chickens are wrapped, we can bury them."
No one knew whether everyone believed Yinzuo's explanation or not. Anyway, no one asked any further questions. Yin'er and his companions followed Yinzuo's instructions to get buckets of mud, while Yinzhi took people to light a fire nearby. Yinzuo also took lotus leaves, oil paper, and string to start wrapping the beggar's chicken.
It is very simple to wrap the beggar's chicken. First, wrap the chicken tightly with lotus leaves, tie a rope, wrap it again with oil paper, and apply a thick layer of mud on the outside. Yinzuo just demonstrated it, and then Yinlu, Yin? and others rushed to take over and do it.
Although both of them were from aristocratic families who had never done any housework, they had good learning and hands-on abilities, and their work was quite good. Yinzuo watched them do two things without any problems, so he handed the work to them with confidence, and asked Yinreng and others to sit down at the table and chairs arranged by the servants.
"This trip today was really worthwhile. I've read this poem "Ode to the Lotus" before when I was in school. I know that this sentence is straightforward, but I only understood it partially. It wasn't until Lao Liu talked about it today that I realized there's so much knowledge in it."
Everyone agreed with what Yinzhi said and nodded in agreement. It would have been fine if no one praised him, but this praise was a big deal. Look, Yinzuo, who couldn't help but praise him, started to show off his little potato again.
"Well, isn't there a saying that goes, 'Knowledge gained from books is always shallow, and true understanding comes from personal experience.' What does this mean? Doesn't it mean that knowledge gained from books is always incomplete. If you want a deeper understanding, you have to practice it yourself..."
Seeing his smug look, everyone had different reactions. Yinzhen simply didn't bother to pay attention to him, while Yinreng, Yinqi, Yinyou and others nodded with a smile. Yinzhi was the most direct and slapped him on the back.
"Oh, I've become addicted to being your teacher today. Wasn't that enough of a show-off just now? Now you're lecturing us."
After being hit by his third brother, Yinzuo immediately became unhappy. He looked up at Yinreng, who was the most senior and oldest person in the circle.
"Second brother, why don't you take care of your younger brother? I was kind enough to help him solve his problems, and it would be fine if he didn't show any gratitude, but he actually hit me. What kind of logic is that? Besides, didn't Confucius say that if three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher?"
When Yinzhi saw that Yinzuo dared to complain, he raised his hand and slapped Yinzuo again.
"Wow, you're thinking of using Confucius' words to pressure me now. How did you explain this sentence before? Three people, as long as one of them is me, then the fighting power is equivalent to that of a flag. Coincidentally, I think what you said makes sense today. I, your third brother, feel that my fighting power is not bad today..."
Yinreng watched Yinzhi and Yinzuo making a fuss with a smile, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, pretending not to hear what Yinzuo had just said. Let them make a fuss, anyway, he was free now, so he might as well enjoy the scenery.
The two of them argued back and forth, refusing to give in to each other until Yin'er finished wrapping the lotus leaf chicken and called Yinzuo over. The quarrel came to an end. Yinzhi had already started the fire, so Yinzuo asked Dexi to take people to bury the wrapped beggar's chicken in the fire, and then asked people to go to the kitchen to bring the barbecue supplies prepared earlier.
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