Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 297 Edible Green Persimmons

What Wang Chengzhou said was so bitter, but a group of intellectuals loved hearing this, and they felt that the distance between the two parties had instantly narrowed.

Once again, I lament that this young man born and raised in the countryside is also a wonderful person who understands the etiquette of poetry and calligraphy.

"Wang Chengzhou, you are at home."

Everyone smiled and gathered around, "You left at the wrong time yesterday. Comrades from the county newspaper happened to come over to publicize our deeds. Unexpectedly, the real owner is not here."

"We are so anxious that we can easily find a meal, but the Funiu Mountains are too dangerous. We suffered a loss once. We really don't know where to find you two."

"In the end, I had no choice. Comrade Xu Xiaozhi, Comrade Luan Hongying and you were missing from the group photo. What do you think this is?"

Xu Xiaozhi stood aside and smiled lightly, but did not help him.

Wang Chengzhou was stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood that these educated youths were just talking to him.Maybe he really came here to look for him yesterday, but he just called out when he was looking for Xu Xiaozhi. Otherwise, his family would not have told him.

After all, the people from the county newspaper came here mainly to publicize the glorious deeds of a group of educated youths. Although I, a native farmer, was the first person to hunt down the giant bear, he was too prominent in this matter, which seemed to usurp the spotlight. .

In fact, he had expected this a long time ago, and he was not interested in being famous, and he didn't want Luan Hongying to join in the fun.

Neither of them were at home yesterday, wasn't it just right?
"This is really unlucky."

Wang Chengzhou pretended to smile shyly and waved his hands indifferently, "But it's a good thing I'm not here. Otherwise, I really don't know what to say when I see comrade journalists from the county."

"We, a farmer, are different from intellectuals like you, and we are not very good at socializing with others."

"Besides, Xu Xiaozhi and I went into the mountains yesterday for some serious business. We worked until dark before coming back. We were really exhausted."

Everyone nodded in realization, glanced at the two of them, and started chatting again.

Guessing that the time was almost up, Wang Chengzhou quickly let them into the yard.

Sure enough, Wang Aiduo came out of the house cutely, and the black charcoal head was no longer visible at her feet. She must have hidden it long ago.

Wang Chengzhou secretly winked at her, his sister's wit was really reassuring.

"Sister Xiaozhi, sister Yuhua, sister Feiyan!"

Wang Aiduo raised his little face and smiled brightly, then ran up to the three female educated youths and squeezed together with them intimately, not to mention that it would take a long time to get into trouble.

To be on the safe side, Wang Chengzhou did not let them go into the house, but asked Wang Aiduo and Xu Xiaozhi to find some benches. Everyone sat in the yard, basking in the warm autumn sun, laughing and talking.

"Wang Chengzhou, have you forgotten something?"

We are all young people, and after a while, the atmosphere became very harmonious.The rather sunny and handsome Qin Lang from Shuixi Village smiled playfully, raised his chin at him, and asked:
"Back then you were so proud of Haikou that you treated us to non-astringent persimmons."

"Almost half a month has passed, and there's still no movement. Have you forgotten?"

"I'm telling you, if you can't get it out today, no one will listen to you."

When everyone heard this, they laughed together.

Yu Hua and Pan Feiyan immediately started to boo.

Although Xu Xiaozhi said nothing, she kept looking at him with a smile on her face.Needless to say, after this girl came back from the mountains, she turned back into that sweet little girl. She was gentle and gentle, sitting in the crowd and not making any comments easily.

For those who don’t know, she really was deceived by her!

Wang Chengzhou cursed, but his heart suddenly jumped and he started to have a headache again...

To be honest, if Xu Xiaozhi is pretending, she has always been like this except in front of herself, and she has never changed at all.

Perhaps, this is her true face, gentle and independent.

It's just that when facing herself alone, she is used to letting herself go... This kind of different treatment in the little girl's subconscious shows that she already has thoughts about herself.

What can we do!

Wang Chengzhou became agitated, stood up silently, and walked straight into the house.

Everyone was stunned, thinking that the big words he had said had been exposed, and they were unhappy, so they were so rude.As a result, several girls couldn't help but glared at Qin Lang, blaming him for not speaking appropriately. Why did he mention it after so many days?
Young people sometimes just like to show off. Who hasn't brag in front of their peers?

Wang Chengzhou is just a doctor, not a god. How is it possible that he can do anything?
Qin Lang couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He really didn't think about it that much. He was already very embarrassed when he saw Wang Chengzhou leave without saying a word. After being scolded by everyone again, his face became a little unbearable, and he smiled ugly. He opened his mouth, but do not know what to say.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound in the house.

"Old Qin, what are you doing standing still? Come here and help!"

"Ah? Oh oh!"

How could Qin Lang fail to hear Wang Chengzhou's voice? He was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, and rushed in quickly.

Everyone looked at each other, a little confused.

"Okay, slow down, slow down!"

The two of them carried a small vat together and tremblingly crossed the threshold and came to the yard. "Old Qin, this is the only noodle vat I have at home. You have to use more force. If it breaks, my mother won't be able to spare me." , I won't let you go either!" Qin Lang suppressed it until his cheeks turned red. He really didn't expect this thing to be so heavy, and he couldn't even speak back after being threatened by him.

Boom!

"okay!"

After placing the small vat in the yard, Wang Chengzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the non-existent sweat on his forehead and smiling stupidly.

Qin Lang rolled his eyes, breathing heavily, but curiously stared at the small vat sealed with oil paper in front of him, praying that he had better come up with something to wash away his grievances.

Everyone also gathered around, vaguely guessing something in their hearts.

"Wang Chengzhou, aren't the persimmons in this vat? Could it be that after so many days, the green persimmons are already ripe?"

"How is that possible? This vat is so tightly sealed. If those wet green persimmons were left out for more than ten days, they would have turned into a vat of vinegar... Let's stand far away. Rotten persimmons don't smell good!"

"Well, I've also heard that persimmons will become more mature and taste better if they are left alone, but those are only yellowed persimmons. I remember when we picked them back, the persimmons were still green eggs, right?"

Everyone was talking about it, and even Xu Xiaozhi pursed her lips, not believing that he could preserve the persimmons for so long without preservation measures.

Looking at this group of city dwellers who had never seen the world, Wang Chengzhou chuckled and immediately untied the oil paper cloth.

Everyone stretched their heads in anticipation, but when they saw what was inside, they couldn't help but be disappointed.

I saw that the small tank was full of clear water, and there were a bunch of green persimmons soaked in the water.Although the imaginary rotten scene did not appear, the persimmon did not even change its color. It sank and floated with the shaking of the water, and it was obviously hard and still the same as before.

Green persimmons are very astringent, as any three-year-old child knows.

After a long time of fussing, isn’t this thing still inedible?

However, Wang Chengzhou was very happy after fishing in the water.

Immediately ordered:
"Si Ya, go to the kitchen and get the kitchen knife to peel the persimmons later."

"Let's make an agreement first. We only have this knife in our house. You are not allowed to grab it later. Use one before using the other. If you cut your hand, no one will hurt you."

"Let's do this. Lao Qin, thank you for reminding me, otherwise I would have really forgotten about this. So, I will give you the first persimmon this autumn as a reward!"

Qin Lang grinned and stared at the green persimmons floating in the water. Thinking of the experience of eating secretly on the hillock a few days ago, the coating on his tongue began to feel astringent as if on conditioned reflex, and he wished he could scrape off a layer of it.He was so disgusted that his head immediately shook like a rattle, and he refused without thinking: "I won't eat it!"

After saying that, he turned around and got into the crowd, as if he was afraid that Wang Chengzhou would force him.

The crowd laughed in unison.

"Wang Chengzhou, you can keep such a good thing for yourself!"

"That's right! Why are you so good at hurting people?"

"I should have known we wouldn't listen to you. Wouldn't this be a waste of things? If we had let them hang on the tree until now, they would probably be almost ripe!"

Pan Feiyan and Yu Hua laughed so hard that they kept teasing him.

Wang Chengzhou rolled his eyes. Seeing that a group of people didn't believe him, he felt as if he was sick. He actually asked Xu Xiaozhi, "Xiaozhi, do you want to eat?"

Xu Xiaozhi's big eyes instantly shone with light, and she nodded obediently, "You cut it for me, and I'll eat it!"

Everyone was shocked and quickly advised:
"Xiao Zhi, don't fall for his trick! You definitely can't eat this stuff. I did some research before and said that the reason why persimmons are astringent is because they contain a lot of tannins. This stuff is similar to the tannins in saliva. When the protein comes into contact, chemical reactions will occur and a lot of compounds that are basically insoluble in water will be generated. Therefore, when it is eaten in the mouth, it will be astringent and flocculent, which is very disgusting!"

"That's right! This thing is a green egg. The color has not changed at all. It must not be eaten."

"Comrade Xu Xiaozhi, you usually look very smart, but why do you start to act stupid as soon as you are fooled by Wang Chengzhou?"

Listening to these words, Xu Xiaozhi remained unmoved, staring at him without blinking, with a sweet smile on her lips.

Wang Chengzhou knew immediately that he had stirred a hornet's nest.I had just made up my mind to stay away from her yesterday, so why did he take the initiative to talk to her out of nowhere?
To blame, I can only blame the two of them for having too good a tacit understanding before. Basically, they could understand each other's thoughts with just one look, and it became a habit...

"Brother, give me the knife!"

By chance, Wang Aiduo handed over the kitchen knife.

no way……

Wang Chengzhou had no choice but to pick up a green persimmon and began to peel it silently.

After a while, the hard skin peeled off, and at first glance, the green persimmon really looked like a green apple.

"give it to me."

Xu Xiaozhi stretched out her hand.

Wang Chengzhou handed it over helplessly, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)