Chapter 39 I feel so shameless
My aunt followed them and suffered!
Baitao didn't know what Bai Duoxi and others were feeling, so she took out some of the things she bought before asking people to move them out into the cave.
However, after seeing the real thing, Baitao was silent for a moment.
She picked up the sweet potatoes in the box and twitched the corner of her mouth. Although it is a channel to help farmers and the price is cheap, you can't do this.
The big one weighs more than a pound, and the small one is only about the size of a baby's palm.
Look at the pumpkins again. The big ones weigh seven or eight pounds, while the small ones weigh two or three pounds. The contrast is obvious.
The big white radish is also thicker than the wrist, and the small one is only two fingers wide. It looks like it has been collected to make up for the number before it has grown up.
Taro is also the same. A big one weighs three or four pounds, and a small one weighs six or seven pounds.
Mall, if you do this, do you know that I am very embarrassed?
Baitao was still complaining, but the villagers had already gathered around, exclaiming in surprise as they looked at the ingredients.
"Wow, it's so big." This is the person holding the big pumpkin.
"I have never seen such a big radish." Hearing this, Baitao looked over and said to himself, why didn't you mention the smaller ones in the frame.
But in the eyes of the villagers, the small ones are normal. After all, most of the crops grown in their fields are this big.
Forget it, although it is small, it doesn’t delay eating.
Thinking of this, Baitao stopped being entangled and started giving the same instructions. She didn't notice that some of the villagers looked different.
"Slice sweet potatoes and purple potatoes into moderately thick slices, and the same goes for taro."
"Wash the bean sprouts and throw them in handfuls when frying..."
"Don't cut the lettuce slices too thick, as they won't be fried easily."
"These meatballs, tofu cubes, fish cakes and crab sticks must be skewered together with bamboo skewers."
"The sausages are still on a skewer, just wash the eggplant and cut it in half."
"Wash the pig lungs, cook them and slice them into pieces before skewering them."
"These are oyster mushrooms. Throw away the bad ones, but skewer five of them for easy frying."
"Brush chicken wings with sauce, wrap chicken chops in bread crumbs and fry..."
"..."
Just as Baitao was instructing Bai Duoxi and others, the children nearby were talking about the sweet potatoes in the frame.
"Can this be eaten?" It felt like the fruit she had seen before, but that fruit was not meant for human consumption.
On the side, Bai Xiaocao said weakly: "It is indeed edible."
As if she was afraid that no one would believe what she said, she repeated it seriously: "Really, I have eaten it."
Bai Shitou also nodded heavily: "Eat, have eaten!"
The siblings' words immediately aroused the other children's retorts.
"Lie, my aunt just brought this out. Where have you eaten it before?"
"That's right."
"No, I have really eaten it." Seeing that everyone did not believe it, Bai Xiaocao became anxious: "I have eaten it before, yes, yes, I ate it because I was so hungry that I ate it. Although this fruit... …”
After a pause, my aunt said for a while that she wanted to eat delicious food. If she said it didn't taste good, wouldn't she be saying that her aunt was not good?
No, what my aunt brought out must be good things, and it must be her own fault.
Thinking of this, Bai Xiaocao swallowed her words, but in the eyes of other children, she felt guilty, and they all accused her of lying.
"You're a liar, Xiaocao is a liar!" The children's arguing voices were quickly silenced by the adults' scoldings, but Baitao still vaguely heard a few words.
"What's wrong?"
The children looked at each other. After all, they were not as able to hide things as adults, and they quickly told each other the reasons.
Bai Xiaocao was also afraid that Baitao would not believe her, so she quickly said again: "Auntie, I have really eaten this fruit. It is edible."
Before Bai Tao could respond, Bai Qiaoer, who had just asked the question, asked hesitantly: "Auntie, can you eat this kind of fruit? This is not..."
Before she finished speaking, her sleeve was pulled by the friend next to her, and her words were interrupted.
Baitao looked at the sweet potato in his hand. Although it was not big, it was indeed a ripe fruit. Why couldn't he eat it?
"Yes, it's small, but it's still edible, and it's delicious." As he said this, Baitao thought of something, took a sip of water, and his voice was a little slurred: "It's also delicious."
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Look! Bai Xiaocao immediately raised his chin with a proud expression on his face.
"Oh, okay." Bai Qiaoer hesitated, but didn't say anything.
I haven't eaten it myself, maybe it's delicious, otherwise the wild boar can't always find it.
Baitao reacted and called sweet potatoes a fruit, and the world didn't know sweet potatoes could be eaten?
"Haven't you eaten before?" When he asked this question, Baitao looked at Bai Xiaocao. It seemed like she had said to eat it just now.
"This..." Children, you look at me and I look at you, hesitating whether to tell the truth.
Seeing this, Baitao didn't bother to ask the little beans, but called Bai Duoxi who was not far away: "Duoxi, come here."
"Have you seen this before? Do you know what this is?"
Bai Duoxi was stunned for a moment, her eyes hesitated for a moment, and she shook her head guiltily.
My aunt took it out and happily said that he was going to make something delicious. He also brought out so many barrels of peanut oil. If he told the truth, would my aunt be sad when she found out?
But the next second, under Baitao's burning gaze, he had to tell the truth: "Auntie, I've seen it before, but I'm not sure if it's the same kind of fruit."
"Tell me what you have seen."
Bai Duoxi took a deep breath, considered her words in her mind, and then said: "Auntie, the fruits I have seen are definitely different from the ones you get."
"I've seen wild boars eat that fruit. Wild boars like to eat the vines and leaves of this fruit. Sometimes they will pull out the fruit from the ground and eat it..."
The corner of Baitao's mouth twitched. There were vines and leaves, and the fruit was in the ground. It was sweet potato.
"So, you haven't eaten it?"
"No." Bai Duoxi shook her head: "I have seen a lot of wild boars eating them."
At this time, a weak voice came from behind: "Auntie, I have eaten it, my brother and I have eaten it."
"Yes, yes."
Baitao turned around and saw Bai Xiaocao holding his younger brother's hand, both of them looking sincere.
Since Bai Duoxi said it was eaten by wild boars and no one had ever eaten it, how could the two siblings have eaten it?
Seeing her confusion, Bai Xiaocao explained sheepishly.
"The harvest in the fields was not good this year, and I didn't have much food at home. I was really hungry, and I happened to see a wild boar chewing on the remaining half of the fruit, so I had the courage to wait for the wild boar to leave and dig some..."
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As she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller, and her head slowly lowered.
Although the uncles and aunts in the village also take care of her siblings, when the harvest is not good, she can only try her best to find food to satisfy her hunger.
It's not a pleasant thing to compete with a wild boar for food. If my aunt hadn't happened to bring out this kind of fruit, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to talk about it.
(End of chapter)