Chapter 217 God, do you know how she got through these few months?
"Be careful when you bake it, it will explode! It will hurt if it hits your face, so you must cut it first."
"Stewed chicken is fine too. It tastes good no matter how you cook it."
"Look at these saplings. Come over here in the spring and transplant them back. In a few years, you'll be able to eat them right at your doorstep."
"Chestnuts are very susceptible to insects, so we boil them, dry them, grind them into powder, and preserve them. Early autumn is the best time to pick chestnuts, but it's a bit past the season now. You should look around and see if there are any left. Remember to come early next year, preferably in August."
"I'm afraid there are bugs in it now."
The Lei family looked at the round chestnut balls scattered on the ground and felt very sorry.
Hong Hehua said in surprise, "It's good to have worms. I can take them back and feed them to chickens, ducks, and geese. They'll lay eggs more easily with worms!"
"Yes, yes. We use chestnut shells to make fire for cooking, and we feed the chickens and ducks with chestnuts and insects. I'm worried that here, unlike Qili Village, there are no fish or wild shrimps to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese. Chestnuts and insects are delivered to our doorstep."
"This is a good thing, it can't be wasted."
Lei family: .....Is this ok?
Then he remembered that they only raised two or three chickens and ducks to lay eggs, and never raised any geese. When they were short of meat, they would go to the mountains to hunt a few. On weekdays, they would chop some wild vegetables and add a handful of wheat bran to feed them. They had never been so meticulous.
Shen Qing was not very interested in chestnuts because the price offered by the mall was eighteen yuan per pound.
Or the price after it is ground into powder.
It is too much work to cook, dry and grind them into powder. The purchase price is not high, so it is not worth the trouble to find reasons to sell them to the mall. Besides, chestnuts are delicious, so it is better to keep them for your own consumption.
It seems that the price given by the mall is based on the scarcity, but it is also true that the mall wants to sell it to other places to make a profit. The same thing may even be of better quality elsewhere, so the mall will naturally not offer too high a price.
We didn't stay in the chestnut forest for too long, after all, chickens, ducks and geese didn't have to wait for chestnut worms to lay eggs.
The crowd moved to the next place in a mighty manner.
When they first arrived and saw what was on the tree, everyone else was fine, but Shen Qing was furious!
Not because of the mall, but because of herself!
Lei Chuntian continued to explain: "This is a pear, it is full of water. We pick it and eat it in the mountains in autumn when we don't have any water.
My eldest and second brothers will pick some later, and you can taste them and see how they taste different from the pears you have back home."
Lei Dafu and his brothers picked several baskets in a short while and handed them over.
Each person took one, rubbed it casually on the hem of their clothes, put it in their mouth, took a big bite, and the rich juice flowed out from the corners of their mouths.
Woohoo, so delicious!
Chuntian asked, "What's the difference between these pears and the ones they grow there?" They had no idea. Qili Village had so many people and little land, so there was no place to plant fruit trees. Even if they did, the trees would be destroyed as soon as they budded and bore fruit.
They had hardly eaten any fruit, and the only thing they could barely count was water chestnuts.
Shen Qing almost cried while eating the juicy fruit.
She finally got to eat some fruit. God, do you know how she got through these past few months?
Even the most ordinary pear, which she would be very picky about in China, now makes her extremely satisfied!
"These pears can still grow for a while. They will be even sweeter when the weather gets colder. You can arrange for people to pick them all and take them back. They will be easier to store then. Put them in a well-ventilated place first. If it snows heavily, bury them in a snowdrift. It's okay if they get frozen black.
After thawing on the kang in the house, it's icy cool and has a crunchy texture. It's delicious to sit on the kang in the winter and enjoy the alternating heat and cold." Lei Xiaoman said first.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
The black pear jelly is edible, but it can be even more delicious?
And how comfortable would it be to eat on the kang when it's hot and cold? Wouldn't it make you even colder?
The children were drooling, their eyes sparkling with anticipation, and they couldn't wait to eat it.
Shen Qing was also swallowing her saliva, she wanted to eat!
She decided to send people from all directions to pick pears. This would be the only fruit she would have for the entire winter.
And please come and dig up more pear saplings next spring. She wants to plant fruit trees around the house, starting with pear trees!
When the pear blossoms bloom, the whole house is filled with the fragrance of pear blossoms...
Although pears cannot be sold for money, Shen Qing feels that this trip is worth it!
She happily followed him to the next place.
"Just now my sister said that we didn't bring any water in the mountains in autumn, and picking pears to eat when we were thirsty was just one of the things we could eat. Another thing was this leaf.
Come on, everyone has some, let's eat together later and let you see how thirst-quenching it is! "Lei Qigui shouted while stuffing something like tender leaves into the hands of the boys around him.
The younger members of the Lei family continued to pick leaves, distributing them to all the older boys with smiles on their faces, and told them to eat them together later.
Lei Dafu stood quietly aside, with a hint of disapproval in his eyes, but did not stop him.
Hearing that it could quench their thirst, Zhao Mingyue and the others shouted curiously, "Hey, why are you only giving it to you little friends? We aunties and sisters can also share some."
"Yes, I also want to try a few leaves to see how they quench my thirst. Where is the juice hidden?"
"I want to try it too, Lei family boys, don't hide it."
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Lei Xiaoman nervously turned his head to look at his elder brother, and saw that Lei Dafu was still standing quietly and calmly on the side, neither agreeing nor stopping him. So he gritted his teeth and handed the triangular leaf to the group of women who were shouting.
When it was Shen Qingjiangyu's turn, he skipped it because he saw that the two of them didn't say anything.
Jiang Shui held the leaf, looked left and right, his youthful face full of curiosity.
"How much juice can this thin leaf hold? I don't believe it can even compare to a pear!"
Lei Xiatian gave the order: "Okay, you can eat now!"
The people who got the leaves put them in their mouths, and just after chewing them, their faces wrinkled into all kinds of strange shapes!
Oh my god, how sour!
"My teeth are about to fall out with sourness."
"Don't say it, hiss, I can't hold back my saliva, swallowing it quenches my thirst, now I understand why it quenches my thirst~"
"Oh my! I was wondering why the Lei family boys didn't share with us. It turns out they wanted to play a trick on their friends. We are really just waiting to be played."
"Okay! You can't blame others for your greed..."
Of course, the women would not bother with the younger generation of the Lei family, especially since they had no intention of teasing them in the first place. They were the ones who approached them, so they could not blame anyone else. So everyone just laughed it off.
But a group of young boys jumped up and chattered. Of course, stones and trees, which are seriously dangerous, cannot be used, but pulling up weeds and throwing them together with the soil can be used. The attack range is large, the damage is not strong, and there is no great danger.
At that moment, all I saw was weeds and mud flying everywhere, with both sides throwing and dodging, making a lot of noise and chaos.
At the same time, Shen Qing Mall made another ding sound.
"Wild, unpolluted, high-quality Coptis chinensis has been detected. Friendly reminder: 221 kilograms of sliced slices after drying."
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