Chapter 562: Huo Li's Doubts (Page 1/2)
Unfortunately, it is not the season for eating watermelons, so she cannot just take out these fruits and share them with the children.
Fortunately, these melons will not continue to grow if they are not picked, nor will they rot in the ground. She can eat them whenever she wants.
After picking fruits and vegetables, Lin Man came to pick vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, white radish, carrot, cauliflower, emperor cabbage, baby cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage, mustard greens, spinach, Chinese mustard greens, and kohlrabi. She picked a woven bag of each.
I also picked a basket of each of the side dishes, including coriander, chives, garlic, and celery.
She didn't grow summer vegetables like beans, eggplants, cucumbers, bitter melons, loofahs, and tomatoes, because there were no off-season vegetables in that era, and it would be difficult to grow them even if she did, so she simply didn't grow them.
However, those summer vegetables that are easy to store, such as winter melon, pumpkin and potatoes, were still planted. Three or four winter melons and pumpkins of each kind were planted, and a small plot of land was used to plant potatoes. She did not pick the winter melons and pumpkins for the time being, nor did she dig the potatoes.
Because she picked so many vegetables, she now has to take some outside to process them. The turnips need to be hung in the wind for a few days until they become soft before being used to make pickles.
After processing the turnips, Lin Man planned to make some sauerkraut with Chinese mustard greens. She put the Chinese mustard greens in a jar and marinated them with salt overnight to drain out excess moisture. She would take them out to dry the next day, then seal them in a jar after drying. This way, she could take them out and stir-fry minced meat or make sauerkraut soup in the spring, and it would taste great.
After processing the kohlrabi and Chinese mustard greens, Lin Man considered whether to pickle all the dozen or so cabbages. She hadn't made kimchi for two years.
I wonder if kimchi made with cabbage produced in Lingtian tastes better?
She raised her hand and looked at her watch. It was only ten o'clock, just the right time to wash the cabbage and marinate it with salt for a few hours. In the afternoon, she would prepare all the ingredients for making kimchi and then start making it.
It’s better to pick the spiritual tea another day. My brother-in-law and his family are coming over for dinner tonight, and she has to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some meat in the afternoon.
As for what to eat at noon, of course, we would fry eggs with shallots from Lingtian, stir-fry bacon with carrots, have chicken feathers and clam soup, and then steam a sea bass from the pond.
After pickling a large jar of Chinese cabbage, Lin Man picked out some vegetables, and then took out a basket of brightly colored and fragrant milk strawberries.
After putting the vegetables away, Lin Man washed a plate of strawberries and sent it to the next room. Huo Li was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, while Huo Rou was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
"Grandpa, Rourou, it's time to eat strawberries." Lin Man put the plate of strawberries on the coffee table.
Huo Li was puzzled. Could it be that the strawberry seedlings in his eldest grandson's space had produced fruits for the third season?
When Huo Li casually picked up a strawberry and put it in his mouth, a rich and sweet taste instantly spread in his mouth.
The wonderful taste made his eyes light up, and then he felt that his body seemed to become extraordinarily relaxed, as if the fatigue in his body was dispelled without a trace.
This wonderful feeling surprised Huo Li greatly. When his grandson came back, he would ask his grandson to take him into the space for a good look around. He hadn't been in there for a long time.
As soon as Lin Man walked away, Huo Rou reached out to the juicy strawberries in the fruit bowl. She put them into her mouth one by one like a little squirrel.
Huo Li, who was sitting next to her, watched his granddaughter eat with relish with a smile, and from time to time he would pick up one and put it in his mouth to savor it carefully.
The grandfather and grandson were immersed in the joy of tasting strawberries. Before they knew it, all the strawberries on the plate were eaten up by them in just a few minutes.
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After eating the last strawberry, Huo Rou patted her slightly bulging belly contentedly, a happy smile on her face.
She turned to look at Grandpa and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, these strawberries are so delicious! I feel like I can eat another plate! Grandpa, can you ask my sister-in-law for another plate?"
Hearing his granddaughter's words, Huo Li couldn't help laughing out loud, but he still pretended to be serious and said, "You little greedy cat, you've already eaten more than a dozen strawberries just now. If you eat any more, how will you be able to eat later!"
In fact, Huo Li also wanted to eat a few more strawberries, but he was too embarrassed to ask his grandson's wife for them.
Living with his eldest grandson's family these years, his eldest grandson and his wife always find ways to prepare various delicious dishes for him, which gradually makes him greedy.
How embarrassing it would be if people knew that he was still so greedy at his age! Thinking of this, Huo Li couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.
Seeing that her grandfather was not going, Huo Rou stopped watching TV and ran next door.
Lin Man was washing Chinese cabbage. When she saw Huo Rou coming over, she knew that the little guy was craving strawberries.
Before Lin Man could speak, Huo Rou hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law, are there any strawberries at home? I want some more."
There were at least twenty strawberries on that plate. How could they be finished so quickly?
"Rou Rou, there are still some strawberries, but you have to eat them after lunch. If you eat too many strawberries now, you won't be able to eat later."
"Sister-in-law, can I have two more? I promise to finish a bowl of rice at noon."
"Okay, I'll wash two more for you."
Lin Man got up and washed a few more strawberries for Huo Rou, then continued to work. Huo Rou took the strawberries and ran back to the next room to continue watching TV.
At noon, the family gathered around the table for lunch. Huo Li found that the dishes Lin Man cooked today were also very delicious. Even the ordinary chicken feather vegetables sounded particularly sweet to him.
After dinner, he couldn't help but drag his eldest grandson Huo Qingci to his room.
"Qingci, please take me to your space to have a look!"
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly want to enter the space again?"
"I've noticed that the food your wife has been cooking these past few days is incredibly delicious. It makes me feel refreshed. If I didn't know the food wasn't poisonous, I'd have suspected you two of putting drugs in it.
And those strawberries, how come they are so sweet and fragrant? How do you grow them? Do you use a lot of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers?
"No?"
"No phosphorus or potash fertilizers were applied. Could it be that tea dregs were put into the soil?"
Huo Qingci shook his head, "No, I just poured water from the medicinal spring pool."
Seeing his grandfather frown, he couldn't expose his wife's space, so Huo Qingci could only lie and say that he had poured medicinal spring water on it.
After saying that, he took Mr. Huo into the space to see the medicinal spring. Looking at the green medicinal spring coming out of the spring, Huo Li was shocked.
"Why is this spring water this color? Your space is really weird!"
"I can't explain why it's this color, but I wanted to try using it to water fruits and vegetables, and I didn't expect the effect to be so good."
Huo Li asked again: "Can we drink this water directly?"
"Yes, I can drink it. Grandpa, I'm planning to kill a pig and make some jar meat in a couple of days. What do you think?"
"Go ahead and kill one before the New Year to smoke bacon and make sausages."
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