Chapter 118: Thorn Shoots
At noon, Qu Weiyang led Jiakang Jiayuan and came back with a pot, and the two of them were busy cleaning up the stove and burning the fire.
The Westinghouse Kang didn't burn a fire in the spring, and it didn't burn a little fire and smoked for a long time. Choked the whole family and ran outside to hide, until there was no smoke and fire, and then went into the house to eat.
After lunch, the two children were playing at home, and Qu Weiyang and Qiaolian went into the forest.
At this time, the big-leaved celery in the forest was already quite tall and a little old, so the two of them did not plan to pick the large-leaved celery, but ran to the thorny buds and thorny sticks on the tree.
Thorny shoots, scientific name Liaodong Aralia, perennial woody plant.
The trunk is generally as thick as the thumb of an adult man, and the trunk has no branches and leaves, but is covered with hard thorns, and only the top of the trunk is teething.
When the shoots grow to two inches, they are picked and are highly nutritious.
There is a saying in the Northeast, "The first daughter-in-law the buds, and the top flower has thorns and tender cucumbers." ”
What we are talking about is the freshest and most beautiful thing, and this thorny bud is the bud picked from the Arala wood in Liaodong.
The thorny sprouts are picked, scalded with boiling water at home, or marinated with seasonings, wrapped in noodles and fried in an oil pan, or chopped and stirred into the egg pancakes, the taste is particularly good, and it is one of the favorite wild vegetables of Northeast people in spring.
Thorn stick, scientific name Acanthopanax senticosus, is also a kind of medicinal material, just listen to the name, you know, this thing is also a body of thorns.
It is also a woody plant and shrub, which is thinner than the thorny bud tree, and the thorns on it are also small and dense.
The part that can be eaten after picking it is the top shoots, and the basic way to eat it is similar to the thorn shoots, but the taste is worse than the thorn shoots.
Of course, after the leaves of eleuthero grow up, they can be picked to make tea, which is very useful for treating neurasthenia and other diseases. Even the seeds of eleuthero can be used in medicine, and the effect is basically the same.
Of course, Qu Weiyang and Qiaolian didn't go into the mountains to collect medicine, they were looking for food.
In the mountains and forests that have not been destroyed by man, there are all kinds of shrubs, and there are many thorny shoots and thorn sticks, and it is easy to come across one.
Looking at the chubby shoots that were thicker than her fingers, just two inches to grow, Qiaolian's saliva was about to flow down.
I miss these pure green and pollution-free wild vegetables, she has never eaten these wild vegetables since she was admitted to college and stayed in the field to work in her last life, and she must make something to eat tonight to satisfy her cravings.
"Be careful, this thing is full of thorns, beware of piercing your hands."
Qu Weiyang looked at his little daughter-in-law's white and tender hands, and was very distressed, for fear that Qiaolian would prick her hand.
I don't know how his little daughter-in-law's hands are maintained? A pair of hands are white and tender. I watch her work a lot on weekdays, is this what people say is her natural beauty?
Qu Weiyang couldn't help but look at Qiaolian a few more times, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his little daughter-in-law was really good-looking.
Among the women he has seen over the years, none of them can be better looking than Qiao Lian, and even those literary and artistic soldiers in the army can't compare to Qiao Lian.
"Hey, hurry up and pick vegetables, what are you doing with me? Don't worry, these jobs don't bother me, I'm not that stupid. ”
Qiao Lian noticed Qu Weiyang's eager gaze, and was a little embarrassed by him, so she couldn't help but glare at him again.
"My daughter-in-law is so good-looking, how can she do it without reading enough books?"
Qu Weiyang's cheekiness has reached the point of perfection, so he doesn't care about Qiaolian's white eyes, so he cheekily leans over and kisses Qiaolian's cheek.
"Daughter-in-law, tomorrow we have a drink, we are getting married seriously, hehe." Needless to say, both of them understood.
Qiao Lian was blushing by Qu Weiyang's words, "Are you here to work and pick vegetables, or are you not serious?"
Work hard, or I'll let you sleep in the Westinghouse tomorrow night." Qiao Lian blushed and threatened Qu Weiyang.
"Don't, daughter-in-law, don't, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, don't be so ruthless, we have to add younger brothers and sisters to Jiakang Jiayuan."
Qu Weiyang wailed, and under the threat of Qiaolian, he hurried to work.
Seeing that Qu Weiyang was working obediently, Qiao Lian smiled and went to pick the thorny shoots. In this place they were looking for, there were a lot of thorny shoots, halfway up the hillside.
Qiaolian was thinking while picking it, if she didn't invite guests, but picked and sold it to the system, it was estimated that the price of a pound of thorn sprouts would be very high.
Speaking of which, the mountains and forests in these years are really a huge treasure trove, especially for her, with the big cheat of the system, the mountains and forests in front of her are clearly mountains of gold and silver.
As long as she works harder, she should be able to save up to 100,000 points this year, and she feels very much looking forward to it when she thinks about it.
Both of them are very quick at work, and there are a lot of these wild vegetables in the forest.
Nowadays, people go into the mountains to get some wild vegetables when they have no vegetables to eat, and no one exchanges wild vegetables for money, it should be said that wild vegetables are not worth anything at all and no one buys them.
Without the impetus of economic interests, there would be no swarm of bees picking wild vegetables, so these wild vegetables are almost everywhere, everywhere, and there are as many as they want.
It only takes two hours for two people to enter the mountain, and the basket is about to be full, let alone eat tomorrow, even if there are more people, it will be enough.
"Alright, let's go home, how long do you have to pick it? It's already a full basket, you see, I'm very sincere. ”
Qu Weiyang looked at Qiaolian still picking, a little crying and laughing, this little daughter-in-law of his family, everything is good, but she is a little greedy for money.
Every time I enter the mountain, it is not short, and every time I come back, I carry a lot of wild vegetables.
There are just a few people in the family, what do you do with so many wild vegetables? Can't you save this thing? Wouldn't it be a pity if you can't eat it?
Qiaolian was still a little unsatisfied, but looking at the wild vegetables that had already sprouted in the basket, she really couldn't pick them anymore.
"I'm still thinking of saving some pickles to eat, and I'll come back when I'm free, but now the thorny shoots are just right, and I'll be old in a few days."
What she wants most is to sell to the system in exchange for points, but in front of Qu Weiyang, she can't say it, she can only say that it is pickled vegetables.
"Yes, as long as you are happy, after the banquet tomorrow, can't I accompany you into the mountain?" Qu Weiyang looked at the little daughter-in-law with a reluctant look, and was a little unbearable, so he made a promise.
Hearing this, Qiao Lian laughed, "How can you run these things up the mountain every day?" It's time to plant a vegetable garden at home, let's plant a vegetable garden the day after tomorrow.
A few days ago, I only planted potatoes and a few small vegetables, and I should have planted beans or something, eggplant peppers or other vegetable seedlings, and the eldest sister said she would give it to me, and then I would go over and get it. ”
Qiaolian has a successful life, wild vegetables are only ten days and a half months, but the vegetables in the vegetable garden can be eaten from late spring to late autumn, so naturally they cannot be delayed.
The Qu family moved over and there was nothing, and the rapeseed was given by Qiaojuan, mainly because Qiaolian didn't know that there were those vegetables in these years, and she didn't dare to exchange seeds from the system indiscriminately, for fear that different varieties would grow, which was difficult to explain.