Mugwort buds, in fact, there are more than 300 acres of land on Shitushipo, and wormwood, wild chrysanthemums and sunflowers dominate the world.
Six or seven kilograms of seeds were sown on an acre of land. Now, just after the spring rain, the barren land is densely covered with a layer of fluffy green, covering the land that originally still had some gravel. Thousands of miles of green velvet carpet, without any variegation, how beautiful it is.
The camomile next to it is also lush.
However, those mugwort varieties have higher medicinal value and do not taste as good as wild mugwort.
So Lu Chuan said he wanted to taste the flavor of the mountains, so the seventh cousin handed over the basket neatly and pointed to the place.
Both are chefs, but the little old man's life is much more leisurely than that of Master Jiang. He spends a lot of time every day wandering around the mountains and plains.
No, we have to arrange for everyone to pick shepherd's purse in the next two days. It's spring. Let's get some more shepherd's purses to make dumplings - it rained all the time earlier, so we were delayed. Now many of the shepherd's purses are old.
If we delay any longer, the shepherd's purse will bloom in vain.
While talking, the seventh cousin muttered: "Tantan, please take the time to go online and buy some seeds. Shepherd's purse, baby greens, mugwort and so on. Buy more for us to spread on both sides of the road."
“Otherwise the whole village would come here and pick wild vegetables that wouldn’t be enough for our family to have a meal.”
After all, there are so many people, and when you wander around, it’s like locusts passing by, and the weeds on the roadside are almost cleared.
That’s it, it’s not enough to eat.
After all, there are so many people in the family, and cooking and cooking every day is like feeding pigs. A bag of noodles can’t even last two days.
Song Tan said "Oh!"
In fact, there is no shortage of these things in the mountain village, but last year, there was a lot of plowing and road construction, and the wild vegetables and weeds that were not in the way on both sides of the road disappeared without a trace.
"Seventh cousin, you reminded me well, I almost forgot - it happens to be the season now, I will buy more."
If nothing else, the villagers would not be able to cut the mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival. Let's run to the mountains far away.
No, when the seventh cousin was walking back and forth, he saw a lot of mugwort buds on the edge of the old tea mountain, so he arranged for them to come over.
The entire mountain, which is more than 100 acres, originally belonged to Old Man Li, but due to neglect of management, large areas of the mountain are wasteland. Only a dozen acres of old tea trees grow to two meters high, and they are out of reach for tea picking.
After Song Tan took over, he took the time to prune all the old tea trees, and then plowed and reorganized the land. This spring, they were all replanted with tea seedlings.
Just waiting for a while, various watermelons can be planted in the small tea seedling fields here.
After a winter of cultivation and spring germination, the old tea tree has now produced a layer of shiny young leaves. Just wait for a few days for the fat new shoots to sprout, and then you can start to prepare for picking.
But now -
Lu Chuan asked, holding the basket: "Is that wormwood in front of you?"
It is tender green, with a plump cluster growing close to the ground. The back of the leaves has a faint silvery white luster, which looks fresh and cute.
Song Tan nodded: "Yes! It's really tender!"
"But this one actually tastes a bit heavy, but the seventh cousin knows how to adjust it, so it should be okay."
She said She squatted down and started picking directly: "Don't worry about picking. This one grows very fast. As long as it doesn't take root, it will be a big bush again in a few days this season."
She picked very neatly and quickly. Seeing this, Lu Chuan also picked a handful, and then laughed: "The taste is really strong."
"Really?" Song Tan joked: "You have to pick the tender ones for the young master in the city. Eat well.”
The young master in the city smiled helplessly: "Am I the only one who eats it? Don't you have to eat it too."
Song Tan laughed: "We have seen this thing since childhood! My parents are better, so Ying I also get some when they are in season.”
“My grandparents were hungry when they were young, and they don’t like to touch these wild vegetables, including sweet potatoes.” They did eat them in the spring last year. There are many, but the wild vegetables are all produced by spiritual energy, so the taste is naturally different.
Lu Chuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "That's it, everyone will be wronged at noon."
"That's not the case." Song Tan had confidence in the seventh cousin: "Many wild vegetables require a lot of oil, and they must be paired with meat - probably mugwort stewed chicken, or fragrant fried diced pork."
After speaking, she became happy again: "Didn't you want to try mugwort steamed buns before? What do you think mugwort is?"
She stretched out her hand and pointed to the front: "There, white mugwort, It’s a bit like this, you put it in your basket, try two different ones for lunch!”
To be honest, Lu Chuan has read all kinds of materials about novels, and he is quite familiar with wild vegetables and weeds. But now that I picked it myself, I realized that it was quite different to see it with my own eyes and practice it!
He also became interested: "Where? Does that one only pick the top leaves?"
While the two were talking and laughing, a yellow shadow suddenly passed in front of them. Lu Chuan was stunned for a moment when he suddenly heard a rustling sound in the tea field.
He raised his head and saw a dog's head sticking out from the pruned tea bushes, with a jute-colored rabbit in its mouth.
Look at the neck again. The dog tag has two big red letters -
"Qibao!"
Song Tan came over and looked at the rabbit first: "Qibao!" It’s time to catch rabbits!”
"Woof!"
Qibao was instantly proud. He opened his mouth and shouted. The rabbit that had been stiff and pretending to be dead instantly fell to the ground, and then flew away and entered the tea bush again.
“Woo——”
Qibao was dumbfounded and aggrieved. Now he wanted to rush in, but was stopped by Song Tan again: “Forget it, let’s catch him next time. , come on, help me hold the basket first.”
Sure enough, Qibao came over to bite the basket stupidly.
Lu Chuan was curious: "Why not let him catch it?"
Song Tan glanced at Qibao carefully and said helplessly: "It-the three brothers and sisters were picked up by me on the road, I guess..."
That’s really hard to describe.
It’s not that he is unintelligent, but his personality is too clear.
Wubao loves to sleep and dig holes—Song Tan suspects that Qiao Qiao took him to plant corn in the first place.
Liu Bao likes to eat secretly and is poor at arithmetic. It's very embarrassing to be able to steal anything even if you are in jail.
Qibao is even more difficult to describe.
It is diligent, brave and obedient!
But, very reckless.
How reckless is that?
"As for the tea field in front of us, these big tea trees are okay, their branches are forked and strong, and they can't move. But if you switch to the recently transplanted tea saplings inside, they can catch a rabbit and plow the whole field. Once again."
After thinking about it, Song Tan had to hesitate: "Maybe it's because we have never disciplined her."
At that time, the family was busy with three little ones. The dog was given to a few mature treasures, and it turned out...
Well, I can't say that I am independent, I can only say that I have no competitiveness in the workplace.
(End of this chapter)