peasant young lady

Chapter 44 Rose Sauce

Waking up the next day, Cheng Xia lazily turned over and found that Yang Dalang was still asleep, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the room had changed.

This is the first time Cheng Xia saw Yang Dalang who fell asleep. In the past when she woke up, Yang Dalang basically went to the neighboring village, but today he didn't go there for the first time. Didn't he just rest two days ago, and he rested again today?
Cheng Xia carefully looked at his sleeping face, and had to say that Yang Dalang was really handsome, not the handsome guy with a little boy face, but the feeling of a tough guy. People describe her as a tough guy, but she is also talented.

Carefully turned over and passed Yang Dalang, tidied up his hair a little, and then went out lightly.Tomorrow is the market in the county seat. The candied winter melon has been prepared, and it will be fine to carry it to the county and sell it tomorrow.She guessed that Lin Xiu would definitely go up the mountain to pick herbs today, and she wanted to go together. The pepper seeds in the rose bushes needed to be watered, and she also wanted to study the roses.

Cheng Xia felt more and more that the big mountain was a treasure. Didn't Lin Xiu say that the mountain was full of pineapples? She hadn't seen it before. This time, let Lin Xiu lead the way to see it. More importantly, see if you can find the ancient tomato. If there is a shadow, then the ketchup can shine.

Speaking of tomatoes, Cheng Xia felt that tomato scrambled eggs were already stimulating her taste buds.

While having breakfast, Chen's ambiguous eyes wandered back and forth between Yang Dalang and Cheng Xia, Cheng Xia had something in mind, and managed to avoid Chen's gaze.After breakfast, Cheng Xia couldn't wait to take Lin Xiu up the mountain.

This time, Yang Lihua said that she had to follow Cheng Xia. It was useless to say anything, and she couldn't get rid of it. Xiaolong kept begging with pitiful eyes. It seemed that Xiaolong was very afraid of Yang Lihua. Xia took Yang Lihua along so that Xiaolong could take a breather at home.

So in the end Yang Lihua followed them up the mountain.

Only Chen Shi, Xiaolong and Yang Dalang were left at home. Chen Shi walked up to Yang Dalang cautiously, raised his eyes to quickly look at Yang Dalang's face, then lowered his head in an instant, "Did you accidentally or were you caught by someone last night?"

"It's okay," Yang Dalang said lightly, "No one has found us yet, I went to the lake by myself yesterday."

Mrs. Chen was a little surprised, "You did it on purpose? Why are you not in good health?" Mrs. Chen suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "I didn't expect to hit the wrong way, you really moved your mind, it's okay, that's okay."

Cheng Xia followed Lin Xiu up from the other side of the mountain, and really saw rows of pineapples lying in a shaded place, patchwork, it could be seen that they grew randomly, but they were very beautiful, and they were not small in size.

Yang Lihua approached Cheng Xia curiously, and flattered her, "Sister-in-law, why did no one dare to eat this before, why did you dare to try it?" Because of the quarrel that night, Yang Lihua didn't eat any of the pineapple rice and pineapple fried pork tenderloin. It was very regrettable, so she asked Cheng Xia, and nimbly took a small hoe to dig off two pineapples and put them in the back basket. It was the first time she touched this thing, and she screamed from the thorns on it.

Cheng Xia thought it was funny, Yang Lihua really raised herself as a lady of the family, the movements of holding the hoe were very awkward, it seemed that she hadn't done much work.

Cheng Xia also got two pineapples and put them in the basket. Now that the weather is getting better and better, she can try to see if she can dry out pineapple slices and eat them as snacks when she has nothing to do.

Lin Xiu was focused on picking herbs. She thought that what her sister-in-law picked yesterday had already been dried, and that she would pick another basket and dry it today. When she got it to the pharmacy tomorrow, she would be able to sell a few more copper coins. More enough.

Cheng Xia looked around at the upper part of the mountain. The trees were very lush, and there were a variety of plants and wild vegetables. It was really a treasure.It's a little far away from the place where she planted chili seeds, and she will have to find a way to go there in a while.

"Lin Xiu, you are picking herbs here, I'll go over there to have a look." Cheng Xia was going to go around to see if he could find tomatoes or other rare things.

"Hey sister-in-law, I'm with you." Yang Lihua quickly followed Cheng Xia, turned around and said to Lin Xiu, "Second sister-in-law, you are right here, we will come back to find you later."

What a brown candy, you can't even shake it off.

Cheng Xia followed her casually, looking left and right with a small hoe.

Yang Lihua was even more curious, "Sister-in-law, you haven't said how dare you eat that thing. Also, what are you doing now? Also, the fish soup was really delicious last night. Can you eat it today?" Eat it again? And that candied winter melon, how did you make it? It’s delicious, and I want to learn it too.”

Cheng Xia looked up and straightened up to look at Yang Lihua, "Which question do you want me to answer for you? If you want to follow, just follow honestly. Don't talk to affect me."

Yang Lihua curled her lips and snorted, raised her eyebrows and fell silent.

Cheng Xia wandered around a few times, except for finding some rare fungi, he really didn't see anything similar to tomatoes.

What a disappointment!Cheng Xia stopped looking, and sat down on the ground, resting her chin in meditation.Are there any ancient tomatoes, or is it related to the archaeological discovery that something similar to tomatoes only exists in Sichuan?

Seeing Cheng Xia pawing and pawing on the ground with a branch, Yang Lihua squatted in front of Cheng Xia boredly, "Sister-in-law, what are you looking for? It's already half past noon, and I'm already sweating after leaving."

Yang Lihua carefully took a handkerchief and wiped her forehead, Cheng Xia glanced at it unintentionally, and found that the quality of her handkerchief was not bad, and it didn't really match her clothes, so she took a second look on purpose, Yang Lihua noticed He quickly hid the handkerchief in his sleeve, and smiled to hide his embarrassment, "Sister-in-law, keep looking, I won't accompany you, I have to go back first."

Cheng Xia nodded, "Go slowly."

Seeing that Yang Lihua was gone, Cheng Xia put away her small hoe and basket, and hurried to the other side of the mountain. Seeing that the sun was really rising, she quickly slipped into the rose bushes and watered the chili seeds thoroughly with water from the lake in a small bucket Once again, seeing that the sun was in the middle, I hurried back to find Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu had been in a hurry for a long time. She called her sister-in-law and sister-in-law several times but no one responded. She was afraid that the two would fight or something might happen. The sister-in-law suddenly changed her temper, but Bao Buqi suddenly changed back.

Fortunately, Cheng Xia came back, Lin Xiu couldn't help but babbled a few words, Cheng Xia hurriedly promised that there would be no next time, and then went home for lunch.

Yang Dalang was still at home and didn't go out, Cheng Xia hurriedly ate a meal, and dragged Lin Xiu into the mountain again, this time Yang Lihua didn't follow her, but Cheng Xia didn't have to make excuses to deal with her.

Her destination this time is roses, and she hasn't found the tomato yet, so she should focus on rose sauce first, or pick some rose buds and buds, and dry them to make rose tea.

The roses on the mountain were blooming scatteredly, only the roses next to the forbidden area of ​​death were blooming in clusters.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was curious about roses, Lin Xiu smiled and reminded her to be careful of the thorns on the roses, so she continued to pick herbs. If she picked more herbs today, she would be able to sell more at the market tomorrow.

Looking carefully, the roses here are really not beautiful. They are not as coquettish and colorful as the modern big red double-petaled roses. The roses here are all single-petaled. They look very thin and are really not eye-catching. .It is not that there are no ancient double-petal roses, but the place of origin is not here, but in Jinan thousands of miles away.

Similarly, except for the roses in Pingyin, Jinan, there is only one rose flowering period in other places, that is, after the roses have completely withered in early June, if you want to see roses, you have to wait until next year.

But this is also what Cheng Xia thinks is very good. When she started selling rose sauce, the roses were all lost. Others just wanted to try to make it, and there was no material to start with, so that she could make a lot of money by selling rose sauce.

Lin Xiu picked some flower buds, very small flower buds, just like a teenage girl in bud, very seductive to look at.Cheng Xia went around this mountain to collect a lot of rosebuds. He turned his back and felt that there were a lot of rose buds. He could make tea with a lot of roses, so he stopped.Turning around to look for Lin Xiu, he saw a fungus under the tree next to him. Cheng Xia was overjoyed.

Cheng Xia especially likes to eat chicken fir, especially the bagged chicken fir snacks that her father brought back from Yunnan. Opening the bag, the aroma is tangy, and it is full of chili oil. She can eat several bags in a row , the kind that sucks the finger at the end.

This chicken fir is a good thing, and there are many ways to eat it. It can be simply fried or deep-fried. It is also delicious when steamed and made into soup. Anyway, this thing is delicious.

Cheng Xia went around several big trees to find a lot of chicken firs, and while busy putting them into the basket, she wondered why no one wanted such a good thing?

The doubts were finally answered when Lin Xiu appeared. Lin Xiu panicked and was about to pour out the fungus from Cheng Xia's back basket, and said anxiously, "Sister-in-law, this thing is poisonous, you can't eat it."

"Poisonous?" Cheng Xia was dumbfounded. She finally found out that the villagers in this place felt like giving up eating because of choking. Whether it was the forbidden area of ​​death, pineapples, or chicken fir fungus, as long as some people felt bad after eating it, the others would completely quit. Got this idea.

But the chicken fir fungus is not poisonous. I am afraid that if someone eats a poisonous mushroom that is not a chicken fir but resembles a chicken fir, they will not dare to touch other mushrooms.

Cheng Xia smiled, and pointed to the pineapple in the basket, "You still said it's not edible, I'm not fine, don't worry, I've eaten it before, if I know how to eat it, it'll be fine."

Lin Xiu looked at Cheng Xia suspiciously, and asked again in disbelief, "Really?"

Cheng Xia nodded affirmatively, "Really, I'll eat it first when I'm done, and you can eat it if I'm fine."

As Cheng Xia and Lin Xiu walked down the mountain, he thought, this chicken fir fungus should not be wasted. After returning home, fry it dry with oil, and then add some seasonings like dogwood and Chinese prickly ash, it will be a delicious delicacy ah.

There is no rice or tenderloin at home, and all the pineapples are temporarily unusable. When Cheng Xia arrived home, she directly put the pineapples in her room, and spread the freshly picked roses on the stool with a clean curtain. It was already dark Well, we can only let it dry first.

After looking up, Cheng Xia suddenly realized that something was wrong on the bed.

(End of this chapter)