Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 14

Ban Xia was still staring at the small piece of cassava field in front of her.

Then he shook his head suddenly, looked around again, and ran to another place quickly, one of them accidentally tripped over a vine, causing Yuan Guang to worry about his heart.

Before she could react, she had already gone to the high place of Lingtou.

He squinted his eyes, put his hands on his forehead like a pergola, and made a tsk-tsk sound.

Then he took a deep breath and pulled out the cassava stalk in front of him, only to realize how weak his strength was, and sat down on the ground.

There is still that silly smile on his face.

Only then did Yuan Guang talk to her, "Banxia Banxia, ​​what are you doing?"

"Brother, we are rich, these are all money!" Ban Xia realized, the people in this place probably regarded the cassava as weeds on the hills, and stones can be seen occasionally on the hills, and the land is too barren to look at No one cultivated it, so the cassava grew year after year.

Could it be that Pinellia's head was broken at the time, and Yuan Guang's eyes dimmed a little, "This thing is money? If you want Brother Qian to help others pick that wild chestnut, you can earn a few pennies a day. Anyway, I come out to herd cattle Add more firewood, I collect a lot of firewood at a time, and if I leave some on it, I won’t be accused.”

Still have a plan in mind.

Ban Xia didn't say much, "Brother, quickly dig up the underground things."

Cassava grows on the ground, and it cannot be pulled up naturally. Things like tree roots are buried in the soil.

Yuan Guang obviously loved his sister, grabbed the cassava stalk, squatted down, pulled it up vigorously, shook it a few times, and then broke two branches. The two brothers and sisters dug along the traces in the ground.

The soil is flying, and it doesn't feel dirty. For Pinellia, this food is normal to eat, but it needs to be treated, otherwise it will be poisoned. No wonder the people here don't know.

Sweating profusely, he finally saw the ochre-colored cassava, and accidentally pulled the branch, revealing the white and tender meat inside.

Yuan Guang was taken aback, "Could it be edible! It's like a yam."

It's not just edible, but she still can't remember so much now, so she can only respond, "Brother, this is edible, but it's not now, it's poisonous."

"Toxic? Put it down!" Yuan Guang's face changed a little.

Pinellia didn't take it seriously, "The toxin isn't that big. Let's take it back and wash it, cut it into slices and cook it, then soak it in water. It will be delicious after a few days!"

Seeing Yuan Guang was a little unbelievable, Ban Xia blurted out, "The last time I took Yuan Chen to grandma's house, I heard it from someone."

Yuan Guang didn't think of this, he weighed the cassava in his hand, which was about the thickness of his arm, and his eyes were burning, but his face was a little regretful, "If you take this back, how can you tell grandma?"

Headache!Why didn't I think of this question.

Ban Xia could almost imagine that when they took this thing back and said what to do with it and how to sell it for money, one could imagine Su Qian's expression of "why didn't you say it earlier", as if he owed her.After that, my parents worked harder and paid more tribute...

"no!"

The words were shouted almost instinctively.

"Can this thing really sell for money?" Yuan Guang was still skeptical.

Ban Xia didn't answer this question, she was still thinking about what to do, dig it up and sell it directly?She almost denied the thought at the first thought. If someone else can't deal with the poison, who would she cry to?Sneak it home for processing?No no, even if there is no Su Qian family, there are Zhou family and Lin family, too many people...

Waiting until Yuanguang planed several cassava plants and threw them on the ground, there was already a small pile. Pinellia still didn't think of any ideas, but dusk fell.

Gritting your teeth, you can't just waste it like this.

"Brother, let's carry these back home and hide them first." Ban Xia was a little discouraged, this obvious feeling of guarding a silver mountain but not daring to dig it, it was really aggrieved!
After tying up the cassava, Yuan Guang hugged him, and the shadows of the two brothers and sisters gradually faded away.

Yuan Guang carried the cassava directly to the firewood pile behind the stove, but nothing seemed unusual.

The house was no different.

Zhou's yin and yang were as strange as ever, "Yo, Ban Xia knows you're back? Are you full outside?"

"The big ones don't come home and the young ones don't know! All the litters are of the same virtue!" Su Qian still couldn't get used to anything.

Eat outside?How can I eat outside?Ban Xia suddenly laughed out loud, which startled Zhou Shi.

Is this girl stupid?

Cough cough, Ban Xia glanced at them, "Father and mother want to save a meal, let alone..." They didn't even cook them.

That being said, Ban Xia ignored them no matter what, even Mrs. Su Qian did not dare to make too much noise, as there were still men sitting in the room.

After a meal, I already had a plan, "Mint, is there any place in this village that no one goes to?"

Mint boys are generally wild, running around, you must know this.

"Where is it? Grave mounds and bandit dens! You coward, why ask this?"

Ban Xia moved the conversation to other places, and Su Youli and Li Shi also came back and took the return gift from the Li family to Su Qian Shi, so naturally they didn't say a few good words.

In the early morning of the next day, before Yuan Guang could lead the cattle out, Ban Xia secretly called him to stop him, and the two brothers and sisters took the broken vat out of the yard, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

When we went up to Lingtou, we found a place with spring water and washed it clean. Only then did Banxia express his thoughts, "Brother, I can't let my parents know. We will use this to cook the cassava and bring it back to the village. That bandit den can be sold for money at that time!"

Yuan Guang looked at Ban Xia's high spirits, hesitant to speak.

The two brothers and sisters planed one, cleaned the other, then cut them into strange shapes with a rusty knife, and threw them into a vat of water to boil.

But the water tank keeps leaking...

Pinellia was so busy that it was a mess, and finally the water was a little hot to the touch, and there was not much water left in the water tank!

Not a solution!Seeing such a pile of things that want to show off but not, Pinellia is deeply worried.

"Brother, go to the bandit's den, cook it at night, and then soak it, will it work?" Ban Xia made another plan.

Yuan Guang was originally a playful age, not to mention that he also knew that no one would come back to that place for a year or two, and he was in the village, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Not much to say, the bandit's den is next to the river, [-] meters away from the nearest resident. The brother and sister transported the cassava in as early as possible.

They also agreed to come over to cook in the evening, and Yuan Guang would dig up the cassava while grazing the cattle, put it in the firewood and bring it back.

So, nothing went wrong.

After a few days, when there is a fair, the two cassavas cooked and soaked on the first day of Pinellia can be sold for money.

(End of this chapter)