"Astringent pears are bitter, sour and astringent. We couldn't eat them when we were kids." Xiao Ran looked up and saw that the branches were bent, with pears hanging in clumps all over the tree.
"Sizi, do you want to eat?" Princess Gaoyang asked the little princess.
"Wo Bu Qi~"
The little princess is very clever.
Princess Yuzhang gloated, "Sizi is young, but not stupid."
"Sizi, give me some candy." Princess Gaoyang threw away the sour pear and walked to the little princess.
The little princess opened her bag and gave Princess Gaoyang a candy.
"My dear, that's a chestnut, right?" Li Lizhi pointed to a thorny mass.
"Well, that's still a few months away."
"Brother, is it the chestnut from the sugar-roasted chestnuts?" asked Princess Yuzhang.
"Yeah, they're all chestnuts. That one is a Chinese chestnut, which is bigger. This one is a hairy chestnut, which is smaller and more fragrant."
"Come back and have a look later." Princess Yuzhang wanted to pick chestnuts.
"Can..."
Xiao Ran started walking back.
When I got home, I saw my grandfather got up and put on his coat.
"Oh my! You picked so many!" Grandpa was a little surprised.
"It's a lot. We haven't traveled much."
Grandma smiled and said, "It's pretty fast..."
Xiao Ran took a basin and started washing the mushrooms.
Grandma squeezed the potato gently and peeled off the plastic sheet.
See the wrinkled potatoes inside.
"Why are these potatoes so wrinkled after being boiled?" Li Lizhi had never seen potatoes like this before.
"This is an old potato. This is what old potatoes look like. They have been kept in the cellar for half a year and have sprouted. This is what they look like. This kind of potato has less water and is sweeter." Xiao Ran explained to the princesses.
In my hometown, most of the potatoes are sold. Some are kept as seeds for people to eat, and some are kept to feed livestock such as pigs and cows, which can be eaten until the new potatoes grow up the following year.
"That's not right! I remember the Internet saying that potatoes are poisonous when they sprout." Li Lizhi had looked up information about potatoes and remembered this.
"It's what the books and the internet say, but we've been eating it since we were young, so it's okay, right?" Xiao Ran didn't understand either. He was also confused when he first saw in a book that potatoes shouldn't be eaten if they sprout.
The potato sprouts in the cellar are at least one foot long. After the sprouts are plucked, they can be eaten not only by livestock but also by humans.
Sprouted old potatoes and new potatoes taste completely different.
"I want seven~" the little princess pointed.
"Grandma, I want seven of these~"
"Okay, okay, grandma will give it to Mingda."
This basin is also used by people for cooking, not for feeding pigs, so it is not dirty.
It wasn't just the little princess who wanted to eat it; the other princesses did too. They had never seen such old potatoes before, let alone eaten them.
"Ah!" Princess Yuzhang was delighted, "How sweet!"
"That's great! Piglet likes rice too!" the little princess said vaguely.
The little princess was still thinking about the pig food.
"Change your shoes and pants first." If Xiao Ran hadn't reminded them, the princesses would have forgotten.
"I'll go get my pants and shoes." Princess Yuzhang stood up.
Wash and tear the mushrooms, then blanch them in water.
The water is a light red and the red mushrooms are now white mushrooms.
It looked like a lot before, but after blanching there wasn't much left.
The little princess ate three potatoes in one breath.
After shrinking, it’s not big.
It also looks shriveled.
"Brother, don't you want to eat it?" Princess Gaoyang pointed at the old potatoes.
"I like roasted ones. I think roasted ones taste better than boiled ones."
Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi cooked, while Princess Yuzhang, Princess Gaoyang and two little princesses accompanied their grandmother to feed the pigs.
The little princess is now more convinced that pig food must be delicious.
"It smells so good!" Li Lizhi felt a little greedy when looking at the fried mushrooms.
This kind of game can only be eaten a few times a year.
“Try it!”
Li Lizhi shook her head. "Let's talk about it later. No need."
Xiao Ran picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece and fed it directly to Li Lizhi's mouth.
Seeing Xiao Ran like this, Li Lizhi did not refuse.
"Sister, what are you doing~"
Unexpectedly, she was discovered by the little princess. Li Lizhi was really guilty. She was really caught cheating.
"Sister, try it and see if it's salty." Xiao Ran said with a smile.
"Sizi, wash your hands and wait for dinner." Li Lizhi changed the subject.
"Yeah~"
The princesses all liked the mushrooms they picked themselves.
Xiao Ran still just liked to pick them and taste them to see how salty they were.
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Lizheng Hall
Li Shimin held the book absentmindedly, "The maids haven't come back for two days."
I'm a little uncomfortable with it, before it was only one day at most.
"Let Cuiwei ring the doorbell later!" Empress Changsun suggested, also wanting to know what was going on over there.
"Uh-huh!"
The princesses lived a very comfortable life.
There are no old potatoes left at home, so grandma is going to dig some new potatoes.
The two little princesses followed and were responsible for picking potatoes, getting covered in mud.
The clean shoes I had just changed into this morning were now covered in mud, especially a thick layer on the soles of my feet.
Her hands were also covered in mud, but the little princess found it very fun.
Li Lizhi felt distressed when she saw this, but she didn't say anything.
The little princess was obviously having a lot of fun.
Princess Gaoyang looked at her phone, then at the cornfield, "Brother, can I eat sugarcane?"
"Well... sort of! It's just not very sweet, and only a few of them are delicious. The corn is not ripe yet, so it would be a waste to chop it down." Xiao Ran knew what Princess Gao Yang wanted to do.
"It's still there and very tender, but it tastes good." Grandpa also said.
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