The next morning, after finishing her chores at home, Xu Han took out dried chili peppers from her spatial storage, cut them in half, removed the seeds, and soaked them in a clean bowl for a day to help with teething!
After we finished, we called out to Heidian, who, carrying a basket on his back, locked the courtyard gate and went to dig for wild vegetables!
First, go to the stream to see if there is any water celery. After walking along the stream for a while, we saw a large patch of water celery.
The water celery is still very tender now, and there's no need to pick through it. Just pick up a sickle and start cutting, cleaning out the impurities as you go.
Although it's a bit slower this way, once you get home, you won't need to spend time picking through the food again!
After cutting this patch of water celery, I carried my basket to the foot of the mountain!
No one else lives here, so wild vegetables are easy to find. Soon we saw some noodle greens, and we dug them all into our basket. They taste great when steamed!
When it comes to steamed dishes, locust flowers are indispensable, but I couldn't smell any locust flowers nearby!
I should go home and ask Lu Chuan! He's always out in the mountains, he definitely knows more than I do!
There are also many dandelions at the foot of the mountain. They are good to pick and eat in a cold salad or steamed. Although they are a little bitter, the taste is still acceptable. This wild vegetable is also a medicinal herb! It clears heat and detoxifies, which is good for the body!
I saw wild amaranth (wild greens) everywhere again. This was a wild vegetable that Xu Han loved to eat in her previous life! It was delicious steamed, served cold, or added to noodles.
You don't need to dig up the whole plant of the water spinach. Just pinch off the tender tips. It will sprout side shoots from the leaves later, which you can pinch off again!
The more you pick them, the more addictive it becomes, just like picking mushrooms! Pick as many as you can, then dry them into dried vegetables and save them to make steamed buns!
Xu Han spent the whole day digging for wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain.
I didn't even go home for lunch!
After the sun set, Xu Han looked at the wild vegetables in her space. There were two baskets of water celery, one basket of noodle greens, two baskets of cattail shoots, two baskets of purslane, and two baskets and a pile of mushy greens on the ground.
He nodded in satisfaction upon seeing these and went home.
When Xu Han came home, Lu Chuan was already back! He was unpacking when he saw Xu Han come in and said, "You're back! I was saying I'd come find you after I finished this! How was your day?"
"Excellent! All the wild vegetables on the mountainside are mine, and no one is taking them from me!"
After saying that, he asked, "Do you know where I can find locust flowers? They should be blooming soon this season, and they're especially delicious steamed! I'd like to pick some!"
"I know! There are many locust trees over there, just over a mountain. I passed by there today, and some of them are almost in bloom!"
"Let's pick some tomorrow! Let's pick as many as possible before they bloom, because they won't taste as good once they bloom and the fragrance becomes too strong!"
“Okay! I’ll take you to pick them after I finish collecting the traps tomorrow!” Lu Chuan replied.
For dinner, Xu Han steamed wild amaranth. She washed the wild amaranth, drained the water, mixed it with wheat flour, and steamed it directly in a pot until cooked!
While the vegetables were steaming, Xu Han prepared the seasonings that would be needed later!
Peel the garlic, mash it into a paste, add plenty of sesame oil, salt, and MSG. After the steamed dish has cooled slightly, pour in the prepared sauce and mix well.
For dinner, we had rice porridge. Steamed vegetables can be eaten as a main dish and drunk with the rice porridge. It's quite filling, so we didn't make any other main dishes.
After dinner, Xu Han took out the eggs she had washed before eating, prepared salt and white wine, and started pickling the eggs!
Half of these eggs are pickled plain, and the other half are pickled with five-spice. To make them, wash the eggs, dip them in white wine, then roll them in salt to coat them completely. Place them in a jar, seal it, and store for a period of time before eating.
For the other half of the five-spice filling, follow the same method: simply add the five-spice powder directly to the salt and then coat the egg with it!
After the two of them finished pickling the eggs, they washed up and rested...
The next morning, Xu Han got up early, ate breakfast, fed the chickens and ducks at home, and then cleared weeds in the wasteland while waiting for Lu Chuan to return!
Around ten o'clock, Lu Chuan returned with today's prey! After locking the courtyard gate, the two couldn't wait to head to their destination!
After walking for about half an hour, we finally arrived at the place Lu Chuan had mentioned. From afar, we could smell the sweet fragrance of locust blossoms, which instantly put us at ease and lifted our spirits!
Without further ado, Lu Chuan took out the hook he had brought and began hooking tree branches.
We can't hook branches that are too big. Although there is a drought next year and we don't know if these trees will survive, we have to avoid damaging the locust trees, in case we have nothing to eat in the future!
Xu Han still reminded Lu Chuan to hook the smaller branches, because only the smaller branches had locust flowers, while the larger branches did not.
Because locust trees are covered in thorns, you must be very careful when hooking them to avoid getting pricked by the branches.
Lu Chuan hooked the branches on the tree above, while Xu Han waited below. Once Lu Chuan finished hooking the branches from one tree and moved on to the next, she would store the branches in her spatial storage and pick them at home. It would be too much of a waste of time to pick them here!
Xu Han picked up tree branches and dug for wild vegetables at the same time, making sure not to waste a single moment!
At noon, the two ate the pancakes they brought from home and drank beverages from the refrigerator, which was quite pleasant.
After a short rest, Lu Chuan continued to sketch the locust flowers.
Xu Han then wandered around the area, looking left and right, and actually found something good: eight eggs in the grass.
Xu Han didn't take them all. She left three for the hen to continue hatching the chicks, and took the other five.
Back at the locust tree, she proudly showed off the wild eggs she had found to Lu Chuan.
Lu Chuan also praised her, saying, "My wife is so lucky! She can find wild eggs just by taking a stroll. I wander around in the mountains every day and never find any!"
Xu Han happily accepted all of Lu Chuan's flattery!
The two didn't go home until the sun was almost setting.
By the time she got home, it was almost dark. Xu Han hurried to prepare dinner!
I took out some fresh acacia blossoms from my storage space, planning to steam some vegetables again tonight. I'll steam a lot so we can stir-fry them tomorrow.
In modern times, locust flowers can only be eaten once a year, and only for a few days at that time, and they are very expensive to buy.
Luckily, I have some space now, so I can pick more and eat them slowly. Tomorrow I'll dry some more locust flowers to make tea!
It tastes great too, with a refreshing aroma, much better than plain water!
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