Take it with you

Chapter 48 Picking Lotus
"Hey, sister Lulu, do you think there is a lotus pod inside the lotus?!" Chu Xiran stood up and asked, and couldn't help but took a few steps forward to see clearly.

"Be careful!" Xing Lu hurried forward and pulled her back. No one knew if the lotus flower would be more powerful or not after it mutated!

"Be careful in the future, don't be so reckless, danger exists anytime and anywhere."

"Oh, I just wanted to see clearly, and I forgot that the plants are mutated at this time, sister Lulu, you saved my life, and now you are my savior, hehe~" Chu Xiran scratched Scratching his head, he said with a smile.

After a pause, she asked again, "I don't know if this kind of ornamental lotus pod can be eaten. I really like to eat the lotus seeds stewed with rock sugar made by Aunt Fen! It's just that I have been out of stock for a long time. Aunt Fen won’t be able to eat here either, alas~”

Presumably the Aunt Fen she was talking about should be the nanny or housekeeper of the Chu family. Seeing Chu Xiran's regretful and nostalgic eyes, Xing Lu couldn't bear to hit her.

"It should be edible. In the past, we didn't eat lotus seeds from ornamental lotus because they are too small. There is basically nothing left after removing the lotus heart. The position close to the lotus heart is a bit bitter, and it is very laborious to handle. It's not worth the effort. Now, I don't believe that the lotus seeds with such a big lotus pod will still have only the heart of the lotus seed." She pointed to the huge lotus pod in the pond and comforted her.

"Is what you said true, Miss Lulu? It would be great if this mutated lotus seed could be eaten. I still carry several catties of fish maw and more than ten catties of rock sugar with me, so it can be boiled at any time." Is there the dessert I want to drink?"

"Uncle Da, can we go into the water to pick some lotus pods?" She turned her head and begged to Uncle Da who was resting on a stone bench.

"Hehe, Miss Xiran, I can't make the decision, you have to ask the young master about this."

In fact, there are still a lot of lotus seeds in the space buttons of him and the young master.At the beginning of the catastrophe, when most people were busy collecting food, the Chu family stored a lot of dry goods that were easy to store, and Miss Xiran’s favorite sweet soup ingredients, longan, red dates, lotus seeds, white fungus, flowers Glue, blood swallows, snow clams, etc. were the key collection objects at that time.

The reason why I didn't reveal the details to her is because Miss Xi Ran is really a person who can't let things go.Especially what she likes to eat, she can eat it for a week without getting bored, and she is especially fond of sweets, so for the sake of her teeth, the young master only gives her a little each time, and waits for a long time Give it to her again.

The amazing thing is that Chu Xiran, who has been inactive since she was a child, and the only skill she can master is the skill of cooking soup from Aunt Fen who took care of her since she was a child.Even Chu Yu, who never liked sweets and was very picky, was full of praise for the sweet soup she made.

It’s just that I don’t know when I’ll find something fresh. No matter how much I have in stock, there will always be a day when I’ll run out of it, but there will still be more days to come. What if I don’t have what I want to eat?Especially white sugar, rock sugar, do not know when they can be produced again, so they have become a precious resource that is temporarily non-renewable just like salt.

"Brother~~ Let's pick lotus pods, shall we?"

Looking at his younger sister's expectant eyes, Chu Yu nodded helplessly, and the people nearby saw a flash of light flashing quickly under Chu Xiran's long and dense eyelashes, and then laughed happily. As bright as a star, it dazzled everyone's eyes in an instant.

Out of the corner of Chu Yu's eyes, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful but stubborn girl beside her. At this moment, she was smiling and watching her younger sister act like a baby to him.He couldn't help but imagine in his heart, what would it be like if she acted like a baby to him like Xiaoxi?And how would you react then?

Thinking of this, I feel very looking forward to it, and the corners of my mouth can't help but slightly rise, and my mood also becomes joyful.

"Brother, what are you doing in a daze? Didn't you agree to pick the lotus pods? Let's pick them quickly. Look, there are people around who have already started to move." Chu Xiran took Chu Yu's arm with one hand and pointed with the other. The lotus pickers in the pond urged them.

"Hehe, Miss Chu, don't worry, no matter how early they act, we will pick the most in the end." Zhang Qiang comforted her with a smile, he was very confident in the strength of his team.

"Well, that's true. I have confidence in you. Everyone should work hard. I am very optimistic about you, Brother Roach!"

"Haha, don't worry, Xiaoxi, I believe that you, Brother Luo Qi, are right. I will leave all the lotus seeds I picked this time to you, and I promise you will eat enough. That's all right!" Luo Qi patted his chest and promised. road.

"Okay, this is what you said, Brother Luo Qi, you can't go back on your word when the time comes!" Chu Xiran said quickly, as if he was afraid that he would regret it later.

"When will the words I said count? Brother Qi, I am a man who promises money!"

"Pfft~ You're still a man like you, and tofu is about the same. Have you ever heard of any man who is afraid of cockroaches? Ah, Luo tofu?" Chu Xiran immediately exposed him without losing face.

"Who says a man can't be afraid of cockroaches?" Luo Qi retorted forcefully.There is no way, who let me not be afraid of the sky, but afraid of this tenacious Xiaoqiang, speaking out really affects my tall and mighty image, alas~
"How's the injury on your shoulder?"

"It's all right, Uncle Cang. The body of the supernatural being is really not covered. In the past, it took me half a month to recover to the current situation at most. It's only two or three days, and I feel almost recovered."

"Well, you should pay attention later, don't be brave."

"Hurry up, it's really too late to talk and laugh." Chu Yu interrupted the interaction between several people, and took the lead to walk to the edge of the pond.

Walking to a place next to the railing where no mutated lotus grows, Uncle Cang took out the two boats he made when crossing the river last time from the space button and put them into the water.

The few people who had already been eager to try all tacitly got on the boat and sat down according to the positions they arranged when they crossed the river last time, and eagerly rowed towards the positions of the lotus pods.

When they were still five or six meters away, lotus seeds the size of quail eggs came towards them.Most of them were blocked by the crowd, and a few were not blocked, hitting Zhang Qiang's wrist, and his wrist swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hmm." The severe pain in his wrist made him groan, and the big knife he was holding let go and fell.Fortunately, Xing Lu had a quick eye and a quick hand, so she put it away.

"Brother Qiang, don't use a knife if you are injured, just protect yourself."

"Okay, that's up to you."

While talking, the boat has already reached the edge of those mutated lotus flowers.Before the Tang Dao that Xing Lu cut on the lotus canopy fell, the huge lotus leaf floating on the floating water beside her quickly rolled towards her. into two.

Seeing such a change, Chu Yu shouted, "No matter what, put it away first, and talk about it when we get to the shore."

When everyone heard this, they all acted, cut off the leaves and lotus flowers and put them in their respective space buttons.Countless lotus flowers are connected, and the petioles of the lotus leaves are entangled quickly like vines, and they are also cut off mercilessly and put away.When the speed is fast enough, it can even pull out the lotus root connected below.

While collecting the things, Chu Xiran felt sorry for the lotus seeds that kept attacking them, "Oh, what a waste! It's enough for me to drink lotus seed porridge for a lifetime, and now they are using them as weapons for nothing Called out."

"Hehe, concentrate on collecting what you can get in front of you, don't pick up sesame seeds, and then throw a watermelon. Finally, if we have time, let's pick it up again." Xing Lu comforted her.

In the end, they couldn't find anything in the waters in front of them, and everyone put away everything.Xing Lu and Chu Xiran still didn't give up. They searched for the lotus seeds on the water surface that they hadn't had time to pick up just now. In the end, they really picked up a lot, and unexpectedly found a lot of lotus seeds under the water surface. lotus root, and a small amount of mutated fish, and then returned to the shore with everyone contentedly.

Holding a section of lotus root thicker than an adult's arm, Xiaohua happily called out, "Sister Lulu, you have to make me some sweet and sour lotus root slices tonight!"

"Okay, I'll make more, so you can eat as much as you want, okay?"

"Yeah, sister Lulu, you are the best!" Xing Lu's responsiveness made Xiaohua cheer even more.

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