It was early in the morning and the sun hadn't come out yet.
When there was only a ray of light in the sky and everything was still gray, Deng Qingling and his wife were awakened by the loud singing of a rooster.
After getting dressed and combing their hair, Deng Qingling and her husband went to the kitchen to cook breakfast.
There are dim lights everywhere in the village, which are the hardworking people getting up to cook breakfast.
From time to time, the loud crowing of a rooster could be heard in the silent air.
Guo Jianping was boiling water to make corn soup in the front stove and cooking sweet potatoes in a large iron pot in the back.
After brushing her teeth and washing her face, Deng Qingling went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables.
When she went to pick vegetables, a gentle breeze blew and Deng Qingling shivered involuntarily.
She quickly picked a few larger cabbages and went home.
While Deng Qingling and her husband were busy cooking breakfast, Guo Youxing got up and went out to work.
Guo Haochen and the twins also got up one after another.
Only the lazy little Guo Ningwan was still lying in bed. Guo Ninghuan called her several times but couldn't wake her up.
Helpless, I can only let her sleep a little longer.
When the meal was almost served, Deng Qingling went to the room to call her.
"Wanwan... Wanwan, wake up quickly, don't sleep anymore, get up and have breakfast." Deng Qingling lifted the quilt and gently pushed Guo Ningwan.
Guo Ningwan first dazedly responded with a "hmm," then reached out and rubbed her big eyes, and said in a soft voice, "Mom, do you want to eat breakfast so early?"
"It's still early! The sun is about to burn our butts." Deng Qingling chuckled and shook her head, then reached out and gently patted Guo Ningwan's little butt.
Guo Ningwan felt a little embarrassed for a moment. She said softly and coquettishly, "Mom... I'm grown up now, please stop spanking me."
As she spoke, she immediately got up and reached out to scratch her messy hair.
After Guo Ningwan put on her clothes, Deng Qingling braided her hair into two small braids before leaving the room.
While everyone was setting up the table, Guo Ningwan quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face.
Today's breakfast is very simple. The corn soup is served with sour and spicy sauerkraut, which is very delicious, and the sweet potatoes are soft and sweet.
The stir-fried bok choy is also good, crisp and refreshing, and every bite is full of the fresh taste of nature.
After breakfast, Guo Ninghuan and Deng Qingling went to the well to wash clothes, while the others took corn soup and sweet potatoes to work in the fields.
Before breakfast, Guo Youxing dug out the remaining taro, but the soil was wet and had not been cleaned yet. He let the taro dry in the ground first so that it would be easier to clean the soil off the taro.
Guo Ninghuan was hanging clothes, while Deng Qingling went to feed the chickens, pigs and the three cute little rabbits.
The Chinese cabbage that the little rabbit ate was picked by Deng Qingling early in the morning and brought home. She dried the dew on the leaves before feeding them to the rabbit.
Because rabbits have poor gastrointestinal digestion function, they find it difficult to adapt to the various bacteria that are contaminated during the formation of dew.
Vegetable leaves or grass with dew contain a lot of water. If rabbits consume too much water, it will cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
That's why Deng Qingling deliberately dried the dew on the cabbage.
Deng Qingling and Guo Ninghuan had just finished their housework when Guo Jianping and his team returned from working in the fields.
Guo Youxing and Guo Jianping each carried a load of taro and walked in front, while brothers Guo Haochen and Guo Haoxi carried taro seedlings and walked behind.
Taro sprouts are used to feed chickens and pigs. Usually, people chop the taro sprouts, boil them, and then mix them with rice bran or something like that to feed the poultry.
Guo Ningwan was walking slowly at the back, holding a bunch of taro (called different names in different places) flowers in her hand and a red flower in her mouth.
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She sucked the nectar from the flower and then threw it away, then switched to another flower to continue sucking nectar.
He looked so relaxed.
The nectar of the taro flower is very sweet, even sweeter than candy.
Taro can be seen everywhere in the countryside. Its flowers are in bud or just opened, and the bright red color is particularly eye-catching against the green taro leaves.
Usually, children in the village will pick it when they see it, and then put it in their mouths to suck it. The sweet nectar in the flower core will flow into their mouths, and the nectar is extremely sweet.
The flowers of the banana taro are one of the snacks for rural children.
Scorched taro is also edible. It tastes similar to taro, but it looks a bit like ginger.
During difficult times, the country also vigorously promoted the planting of taro.
Banana taro has high nutritional value. It is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It has a certain conditioning effect on diarrhea, dysentery, carbuncles, swelling and other diseases.
It can also cool down and relieve heat, and is suitable for people suffering from internal heat, heatstroke, etc.
Secondly, banana and taro can also relieve dampness, and can relieve symptoms such as difficulty urinating, edema, damp-heat jaundice, etc. (Don't eat it carelessly, everything has its taboos)
Scorched taro can be used to make soup or porridge, and can also be made into scorched taro powder. Scorched taro powder is also a specialty food in Xinyi, Maoming.
Banana and taro flour is crystal clear and as white as jade. It has a soft, smooth, flexible and chewy texture and is therefore known as “jade flour”.
It is said that banana and taro powder can prevent jaundice, carbuncle and swelling, and is especially suitable for pregnant women. It can also reduce jaundice in newborn babies. At the same time, it can protect the digestive tract and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is very beneficial to human health.
Banana and taro flour also has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. It is relatively low in calories and if combined with exercise, it can also achieve the effect of losing weight in a short period of time.
(Nowadays, in our area, scorched taro is boiled to feed poultry, and the whole taro is used.)
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When they were almost at the door of their home, Guo Ningwan quickened her pace and ran ahead of Guo Jianping and the others.
As soon as she reached the gate, she started shouting loudly.
"Sister...sister...come out quickly, I brought back some sweet flowers."
The two people who heard the sound hurried out of the house.
"Wow, that's a lot!" Guo Ning said with a smile.
"These were picked for me by my father." Guo Ningwan said as she pulled Guo Ninghuan to the side to suck the nectar of the scorched taro flowers.
After Guo Jianping and his friends came back, they put the things under the eaves.
Deng Qingling helped spread out the taro so that the wind could dry the moisture on the surface of the taro, making it easier to store it later.
After spreading the taro to dry, everyone sat down and rested for a while.
It was almost noon when Deng Qingling and Guo Ninghuan went into the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Guo Jianping and his friends took knives and chopped taro seedlings in the yard.
In rural areas, after the taro seedlings and sweet potato vines are dried, they are kept until winter and used to make pig feed, which can be used to feed chickens, pigs and cows.
Not long after lunch, Deng Qingling and the others returned to town.
The children were very reluctant to part with the little rabbit and repeatedly asked Guo Youxing to take good care of their little rabbit.
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