Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 7 Pickled Bamboo Shoots

After breakfast, Li Xin told Li Wenbo to take care of his two younger sisters at home, so he took a hoe, carried a basket on his back and took Li Wenhao out.The two siblings went straight to the bamboo forest on the mountainside when they left the house.

The two also went straight to the bamboo forest without detours, so they arrived soon.The reason why the land here in the bamboo forest is fertile is that the bamboo shoots grow well, tender and fat.And the bamboo grows very strong and thick. It should be that few people cut it down on weekdays, so it grows very densely.

The siblings don't have much strength, after all, they have been short of food and drink for a long time, so it's no wonder they have great strength.So Li Xin didn't dare to dig too much, that is, he dug up four big bamboo shoots, and each of them carried two.In fact, there are too many bamboo shoots, such a big bamboo shoot, the five siblings can't eat one in a meal.Anyway, the place is not far away, and when you want to eat it, it will taste better when you dig it fresh.

Carrying bamboo shoots all the way down the mountain, Li Xin suddenly asked: "Wenhao, do you think we should return the family's field to plant?" Nowadays, solving food and drink is the most urgent problem of this family, and the most valuable thing in the family is probably only That's a few acres of land.It’s not a solution to keep people occupying it like this. If you get it back, you can grow it yourself, even if you don’t grow it yourself, you can still rent it out. At least renting can also feed the family.

"Of course it's good to get it back! But the second uncle and the second aunt won't give it to me. If I asked for it earlier, they almost killed my eldest sister, so let's forget it!" Li Wenhao said with some worry.He was originally a very nervous child, and he was careless on weekdays. If it was before, he would definitely say that he would take it back without hesitation.But the events of the past few days still left a shadow on his young mind.

"We won't be bullied all the time. The land is ours. Why don't they give it to us? Let's go to the village chief. If the village chief can't uphold justice for us, then we'll go to the county government to file a complaint. I still don't believe it. This world is irrational."

"The eldest sister is right, then we will go and get it back. Why don't they give us food and still plant our fields?"

After a while, the two returned home, and they sent all the bamboo shoots to the kitchen.While in the kitchen, Li Xin suddenly saw some large pots for pickling pickles lying idle in the kitchen. They were originally used to pickle all kinds of pickles every year. After the pickles were eaten, the jars were left idle.

Li Xin thought that she could get some sour bamboo shoots to eat.Sour bamboo shoots are a traditional condiment. Adding a small amount of sour bamboo shoots to dishes will give them a rich and long-lasting flavor.In the hot summer, add a little bamboo shoot juice to the leftovers, and the leftovers will not smell bad even though they have been left overnight.Just doing what she said, she took Wen Bo and Wen Hao to scrub and clean the jars, scald them with boiling water, and put them in the sun to sterilize them.

After finishing the jar, she picked up all the bamboo shoots, cut them into pieces, and soaked them in clean water.After the jar is covered, put it in the yard to bask in the sun, which can speed up the souring of the sour bamboo shoots.

Because there were still plenty of jars, Li Xin took Li Wenhao up the mountain several times and brought back a lot of bamboo shoots.Bamboo shoots will grow old after a while, and sour bamboo shoots can be eaten for a long time.Now there is no food at home, so let’s get more if we can!

By noon, the siblings had already brought back a lot of bamboo shoots, which should be pickled enough, so the siblings stopped going up the mountain.When it was time for lunch, Aunt Zhang came to Li's house again, bringing some prepared meals and a small half bag of rice.Although he didn't want to always ask for things from the Zhang family, but now the family really ran out of food, although Li Xin felt embarrassed, he still accepted it.It seems that this kind of favor can only be left in the future and slowly returned.

Aunt Zhang entered the door and saw so many big jars in the yard, she asked suspiciously: "Oh, what are you going to pickle in? Why did you move all these big jars out?"

"The elder sister said she wants to pickle bamboo shoots." The young Yue Ting ran over and hugged Aunt Zhang's leg.Aunt Zhang always treated the Li family's children as her own, and several of the Li family's children also kissed him.And Yueting has never seen her mother since she was a child, so Aunt Zhang loves her even more.

"What bamboo shoots?"

Li Xin explained: "It's just the young shoots of bamboo. I looked at the tender ones so I dug some up and ate them. It tastes good after cooking. I saw that the big jars at home were also idle, so I thought about marinating them and taking a look. , Maybe it’s delicious or not.” She said and showed Aunt Zhang a peeled bamboo shoot.

Aunt Zhang looked at it, and her face became sad, "It's hard for you children, why did you take this thing back and eat it?" If it weren't for the poor family who couldn't open the pot, no one would take this thing back to eat what!
Li Wenhao saw that Aunt Zhang didn't believe that bamboo shoots were edible, so he quickly explained: "Aunt Zhang, these bamboo shoots are really edible. Eldest sister has cooked them twice, they are very sweet, and the soup is delicious."

"Really? Looking at the hard bamboo, I didn't expect it to be edible!" Aunt Zhang pinched the bamboo shoots in disbelief, but they were very tender, so she felt that the children must not be lying.

"It tastes pretty good after cooking, why don't Aunt Zhang take two of them back to eat!"

"Okay, Auntie will take two back to eat and eat." Aunt Zhang just took it, there are a lot of these things in the mountains anyway, if they are really delicious, then the family can also have a variety of dishes.Besides, bamboo is not poisonous, even if the bamboo shoots are not tasty, nothing will happen if you eat them.After receiving the bamboo shoots, Aunt Zhang called the Li family children into the house for dinner. She brought a lot of rice, enough to feed the children, and a lot of rice, enough to feed the children for a few days.

After the Li family finished their lunch, Aunt Zhang packed up the dishes and left.Li Xin took his younger siblings to pickle the remaining bamboo shoots.

After pickling the sour bamboo shoots, Li Xin went to the backyard to have a look.There are no vegetables in the vegetable field at this time of year, just a bed of green onions, garlic and parsley, and a bed of radishes.In fact, radishes can be grown all year round in the south where the temperature is moderate, but if the season is not suitable, it will affect the harvest. The radishes may be small or have bran hearts.She looked at the radishes in the field, they were a bit small, maybe only the thickness of ordinary cucumbers, but at least they could be eaten like the ones at home!Now there is really no food at home, but she is happy to have something edible.

The backyard of the Li family is actually very big, with the back against the mountain and the other sides surrounded by fences.Except for a big thatched hut, the rest is just a vegetable garden. Because it is a vegetable garden, the land is divided into one row and one row.Fortunately, the brothers and sisters of the Li family are quite diligent, and they should be well-groomed on weekdays, but there is not much weeds growing, and it is not considered barren, as long as they are tidied up, they can be used.

(End of this chapter)