small farmer

Chapter 595

"Wow! So many flowers!!"

"It's really delicious!!!"

As soon as the little guy entered the orchard, he immediately screamed happily.

"Crazy brother, what kind of flower is this?" Xiao Maoya picked a honeysuckle and asked Zhang Feng with a smile.

"I know, I know, madman brother, this is morning glory, isn't it?" Little Stone immediately raised his hand and replied.

"That's not a trumpet flower! The one on the wall of the lunatic's house is a trumpet flower, okay??" The duckling corrected, curling his lips.

"Then what kind of flower is this?" Little Stone asked listlessly when he heard that it wasn't morning glory.

"This, this is...hehe, I don't know either!" The little duck thought for a while, and then replied with a smile.

"Hehe, this is honeysuckle. Not only is it beautiful, but it is also a precious Chinese herbal medicine..." Then the old man began to popularize the basic knowledge of honeysuckle to the little guy.

Honeysuckle, flowering in late May, end of flowering in October,

Its flower fragrance is strong, the stem is reddish, the flower is white when it first blooms, and it turns yellow after a day or two, so it is called honeysuckle.

And because it has two flowers on one stalk, and two stamens protruding out, they are in pairs, inseparable, like male and female accompanying each other, and like mandarin ducks dancing in pairs, so it is called mandarin duck vine.

Honeysuckle has been known as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxification since ancient times.It is sweet and cold in nature and fragrant, sweet and cold to clear away heat without hurting the stomach, and the fragrance is thorough and can dispel evil.Honeysuckle can not only disperse wind-heat, but also detoxify blood toxin. It is used for various febrile diseases, such as body heat, rash, spots, heat-toxin sores, sore throat, etc., with remarkable effects.

"It turns out that honeysuckle has so many functions?" The little guys said in surprise.

"Of course!" The old man replied with a smile.

With this group of little guys, the old man is also in a particularly good mood.

So next, while picking flowers, the old man introduced to everyone the precautions for picking honeysuckle:

The best time to harvest honeysuckle is early morning and morning,
The flower buds harvested at this time are not easy to open, with sufficient nutrients, strong smell and good color.Harvesting in the afternoon should end before the sun goes down, because the opening of honeysuckle is restricted by light, and mature flower buds will open after the sun, which will affect the quality.

After noon and cloudy days, the flower quality is poor and the processing rate is low.From the perspective of flower development, the habits are divided into green buds, green whites, large white needles, silver flowers, and golden flowers withered flowers.

The upper part of the bud is enlarged and grows into a rod shape. It is better when it is bluish white, and it is commonly called a big white needle.At this time, the flowers are about to open, which is the best time for picking, and high-quality products can be processed.

Buds are the best honeysuckle products, and those mixed with open flowers or stalks and leaves are of poor quality.The flower buds are fat, bluish white, and clean when held.

Harvest in May and June, pick the flower buds when the dew just dries in the morning on a sunny day, put them on reed mats, stone sheds or fields to dry in the sun or ventilate and shade, preferably within 5 to 6 days.

Do not stir the flowers when they are in the sun, otherwise the color of the flowers will turn black and the quality will be reduced. When they are [-]% dry, just pick out the impurities in the branches and leaves.Do not expose to the sun, and it can be dried with low fire on cloudy days, but the color of the flower is darker, so it is not as good as drying in the sun or in the shade.

"Hehe, but we are not picking honeysuckle to make medicinal materials, so the step of drying is omitted!!" The old man was like an encyclopedia, introducing the key points of honeysuckle picking to Yiyi and Zhang Feng in detail.

"Shall we pick it back and make tea?" Zhang Feng's expression changed, and he guessed.

"Hehe, you can't make honeysuckle tea directly. It tastes very bad and has a green taste. If you want to make honeysuckle tea, you need to go through a series of frying and processing, just like making ordinary green tea. !!" The old man said with a smile.

Really knowledgeable! !
Hearing the old man's words, Zhang Feng couldn't help but nodded. When the family picked honeysuckle, he used it to make tea, but the taste was really bad, like drinking herbal medicine.

After listening to the old man's words, Zhang Feng finally understood that honeysuckle flowers that have not been fried will have that green and astringent plant taste.

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Before you know it, everyone has filled the baskets,
The honeysuckle that spreads all over the mountains and fields, we only picked one-thousandth, one-ten-thousandth, because the honeysuckle planted at that time was as large as the orchard, but now, almost all of them are abandoned by the villagers.

"Okay, little ones, let's go home!!"

Grandma Liu smiled and waved to the little guys running all over the mountain!
"Grandma Liu, are we going home?"

The little guys had a great time playing, and some were so happy that they didn't want to go home.

"Grandma Liu, shall we play for a while?" Xiao Maoya also asked Grandma Liu pitifully.

"Hehe, hurry up, let's go home and play, we have to make a lot of delicious things later!"

"Really?" As soon as they heard that there was something delicious, the greedy little ones were immediately confused, should they continue to play in the mountains, or go home with Grandma Liu to eat something delicious?
"Of course, I still made a lot of cakes yesterday!!" Seeing that the little ones were excited, Grandma Liu increased her firepower and continued to seduce.

"Let's go! Go home! Eat cake!!"

As soon as they heard that there was cake to eat, the little ones, not to mention how excited they were, ran towards Grandma Liu bouncing around.

"Oh, wait for me!"

While running, one of Mao Ya's slippers ran off, revealing her tiny white feet.

While running, the little girl frowned and shouted anxiously, this little girl is really cute.

"Slow down, Mao Ya, don't worry, we are still waiting here!!"

Grandma Liu said with a smile, seeing this group of little monkeys, everyone was in a very happy mood.Such a mountain village life is really very warm and very happy.

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"Little duck, can you perform yesterday's show and let grandparents watch it?" On the way home, Zhang Feng asked the little duck with a smile.

"Oh, madman brother, I'm not good at acting." The little guy smiled a little embarrassedly, and said shyly.

"No, I think you performed very well yesterday, your dad praised you in the audience!" Zhang Feng continued to encourage with a smile.

Yesterday happened to be Children's Day. Zhang Feng and Uncle Er Niu went to our school to watch a cultural performance. I have to say that these preschool kids performed really well.

"Hey! Duckling is also participating in the Children's Day performance? What kind of show are you performing?" Grandma Liu asked Duckling with a smile.

"We...we are performing "The Little Mushroom Picking Girl", and Da Mao also participated..." The little duck saw that he was about to go into the water, so he pulled Da Mao along.

So on the mountain road, after a while, the lovely singing of two leather monkeys sounded...

little girl picking mushrooms

Carrying a big bamboo basket
清晨 光 着 小 脚丫

走 遍 森林 和 山冈

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(End of this chapter)