Nongmen Jiao Nv: Escape from the famine with space

Chapter 29 Lotus Root
After Wen Yu finished speaking, he took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, and went down to the pond. This pond was dug out by the hunter before the Jing family and his son, because this land belongs to the mountain, and the mountain road is difficult to walk. Everyone didn't come here often, and Orion sold it to the village chief at a low price if he wanted to buy it.

It's just that the Orion left unexpectedly, and the pond belonging to the Orion naturally became unowned again.

The pond was used to raise fish earlier. It’s not that the Orion disappeared accidentally. The villagers all helped, so the fish was naturally distributed to the villagers, and then it was left alone. Who knows the next year? There are lotus roots growing here at the head of the pond. People in the village also had the idea of ​​this lotus root earlier, but the lotus root is too unpalatable. Gradually, this side will be deserted. If it is not for people who have no food , I will definitely never make the idea of ​​this piece of lotus root again.

For a while last year, the Wen family couldn’t open the pot. Wen Yu and his brothers dug some lotus roots back home. It was unpalatable, but at least they filled their stomachs. It’s a matter of gratitude that they didn’t starve to death. thing.

But in fact, as far as the lotus root is concerned, it is also particular. The lotus root is divided into lotus root and lotus root. !It is big and can be used for stir-frying or soup. Pork ribs and lotus root soup is her favorite.

The two kinds of lotus root grow in different seasons. The lotus root starts in April and can be eaten until summer. When the lotus root disappears, September and October are the seasons for fresh lotus root. This lotus root can be eaten until the next year If you really count, from April to the New Year, those lotus roots are all edible lotus roots, but the time Wen Yu took his brothers to dig lotus roots was in March, and last year's lotus roots were long. The lotus root is too old or even rotten, and the new lotus root is not ripe yet, which made the lotus root really unpalatable during that time, and there is no seasoning in the cooking here, so the food is not delicious Wouldn't it be even more unpalatable to make it.

But it is different now. After the autumn harvest, it is the season to eat lotus root. At this time, the lotus root is slightly sweet and crispy. It can be eaten raw or stir-fried. Isn’t this another dish for the family?

Watching Wen Yu salvage the lotus roots one by one, Wen Xin couldn't restrain her excitement.

After Wen Yu dug 5, he simply washed them and walked up from the pond, "Xin'er, these are enough, it's hard to take too much."

Wen Xin took a look at her and Wen Yu. It was indeed difficult for the two of them to hold five lotus roots and two boxes of mushrooms, so she said, "Okay, second brother."

Wenxin looked down the mountain, and then said: "It's not far below, you can take out the frame first, let's carry it on your back first, in case you meet someone, you won't have a chance to take it out."

Wen Xin hurriedly took out the large and small panniers, and the panniers appeared on the ground in an instant. After Wen Yu put on her shoes, tidied up her appearance, she carried the panniers on her body, and thoughtfully placed the panniers on her back. It was only after she picked it up that she carried it on her back.

As for the five lotus roots just now, Wen Yu directly found some grass on the ground, weaved them into a rope, tied the five lotus roots together, and carried them in his hands.

Both of them went down the mountain in a happy mood. Before they reached the place where they were picking mushrooms, they saw the three brothers who were anxiously looking for the two of them. When they saw Wen Xin not far away, Wen Shan immediately ran over. "Sister, sister, where have you been? Shan'er has been looking for you for a long time."

Wen Xin hurriedly greeted her, "Second brother took me to dig lotus roots."

Upon hearing the lotus root, Wen Jin said with a look of disgust: "Ah, this thing is terrible, second brother, why did you take the younger sister there to suffer from it?"

It is said that she passed, but she was not troubled at all, Wen Xin hurriedly explained to Wen Jin: "Third brother, I will go back and make lotus root noodles for you to eat, but I may need my brothers to come and help me."

Wen Jin immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's no problem."

The brothers all came, and naturally shared some of the things on hand. The lotus root in Wen Yu's hand was given to Wen Hou, and her basket was also carried on Wen Jin's body.

The family of five returned home happily. Everyone didn't feel that there was any hard work, and immediately asked Wenxin to direct them to work.

Everyone asked for it, and Wen Xin's enslavement to the brothers was naturally even more impolite, "This lotus root must be washed first, and the mud on the outside should be removed first."

Wen Yu is a particular person. When the lotus root was taken out of the pond, he had already washed the mud. Now the lotus root is covered with a layer of mud, but it still needs to be washed again.

After the mud was washed off, Wen Xin asked a few people to cut off the joints in the middle of the lotus root, and then cleaned the mud in the core of the lotus root with a thin wooden stick. This job was given to Wen Hou and Wen Shan, and Wen Wen was trying to figure out how to smash the lotus root.

The process of making lotus root is like this. The washed lotus root must be crushed first. In later generations, people had iron machines for grinding lotus root, or the wall breaking machine could directly crush it. But in this era, there was no iron or broken lotus root. Wall machine, if you really want to break it, you have to chop it.

But the chopped ones are definitely not as fine as the ground and broken ones, so at this time, the constant beating with sticks should also play a certain role.

Wen Xin said: "If you don't use a knife or an axe, you should smash the lotus root, the kind that is very broken, and then beat it with a stick to get out the white juice inside."

Wen Hou and Wen Shan had just finished washing a little bit, and Wen Jin chopped and hammered that side. He did things like this without thinking but with brute force, and he did it very smoothly and very comfortably.

Wen Jin's head was almost hammered, and Wen Yu here washed out the starch in the lotus root bit by bit.

There is no extra cloth at home, and the cloth for filtering lotus root dregs in Wen Yu’s hand was made by her from the space. After making lotus root starch, there is no one left in the big pot that can hold water at home, and all of it is used to hold the starch water.

Grandpa Wen, who was knitting leisurely beside Dalian, couldn't bear to watch the movement, "What are you bothering about?"

Wen Yu said: "I heard about it on the way. Try to see if you can earn some silver taels. If you can't, forget it. Anyway, the lotus root didn't cost any money, so I just put in some effort."

Once he heard that it was to make money, Grandpa Wen stopped talking.

Today's dinner is naturally late, but the gruel with stir-fried lotus root is delicious no matter how you eat it.

Wen Jin really found it incredible, "Oh my God, this is lotus root. Is this the lotus root we have eaten before? It was obviously difficult to eat before, so why is it so good today?"

Gentle and not words, but practical actions told her that today's lotus root is really delicious.

(End of this chapter)