Chapter 143: And Your Brother Gangzi~
Walking into the sunflower forest, she saw that the sunflower plants in the front and back were all taller than her, standing on tiptoe and stretching out her arms to reach the round "fruit plate". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Qingling touched this and that plant, and couldn't figure out which one to start with.
Finally, I chose a relatively short plant, and after reaching the flower plate, I grabbed a thick branch picked up along the way with one hand, and held the back basket with the other hand, so that the mouth of the back basket was aligned with the flower plate, and then took the branch and knocked on the back of the flower plate, and the mature sunflower seeds fell into the back basket with the knocking and crackling.
This is because the flower tray has been dried, otherwise the sunflower seeds would not be so easy to pick. It shows that she came in time, but it was not too late to come, and if she came late, she could fall from the flower tray without anyone picking sunflower seeds.
However, if there are really fallen sunflower seeds, Qingling will not have time to pick them up.
First, the color of the melon seeds is similar to that of the soil, and squatting among the tall branches is too testing people's eyesight. Moreover, the mature seeds return to the bosom of Mother Earth for next year's harvest.
Each flower plate, the sunflower seeds in the back basket are only two or three taels, and three or four flower plates can make up a catty. Perhaps because of the wild, the yield is not high. Fortunately, the particles are very full, and if you peel them off, they are all white and fat melon seed meat.
Collect the sunflowers from the sunflower seeds, press their stems with your foot, and try to lie on the ground as much as possible to avoid obstructing the view.
After working for a while, I looked back at the sunflowers lying down, and I felt a special sense of accomplishment.
Just knocked all the way, pressed all the way, drank stream water when I was thirsty, nibbled on a few mouthfuls of steamed buns when I was hungry, and I was busy until the sun gradually set westward. Qingling's back basket has been weighed down by sunflower seeds.
"That's it for today, it's too late to go back, and the master and the master should be worried. I hope it won't rain tomorrow and I'll come back again after work, and try to get them all home. ”
Qingling raised her arm to wipe her sweat, and said to Xiao Jin, who was entrenched on the sunflower flower plate and swaying with the branches.
Xiao Jin "Sisi" spit out the snake letter twice, snorted, and jumped to Qingling's shoulder.
Qingling was no stranger to this, turned her head and smiled at Xiaojin, carried the basket, and called it a day to go home!
Along the way, I found a fragrant osmanthus tree, and sighed that it was a pity, it was late, otherwise I could pick some osmanthus and go back. It is made into sugar osmanthus, and the Chinese New Year is beaten with glutinous rice cakes and sprinkled on it, which is delicious.
Although Xiang Gang's family also has osmanthus trees, the red osmanthus is pleasing to the eye and full of fragrance, and it is really impossible to make up the determination to destroy the flowers with spicy hands.
It was decided that Ming'er would bring a cloth bag and pick some osmanthus flowers to eat. This time, only two were folded, one was given to the teacher, and the other was taken home and inserted in the notched enamel jar to add some vitality to the boudoir.
After taking two steps, I remembered that the oranges should be ripe at this time.
Before entering and exiting the mountain, I often passed by a wild orange tree. At the beginning of August, I saw that the branches were bearing fruit, and after two and a half months, they should be ripe. I just don't know what it tastes like. If it's not too sour, you can take some back.
So, I took a shortcut and went that way. Along the way, I found a few bushes of wild chrysanthemums in full bloom, not small daisies that are commonly seen on the roadside, but dragon claw chrysanthemums with large flower bones and pure yellow color.
Looking at the bright yellow petals, Qingling suddenly thought of the chrysanthemum wine she had drunk in her previous life.
The wine is cool and sweet, with an endless aftertaste, and the key is that it also has the function of health preservation, protecting the liver, brightening the eyes, strengthening the brain, and prolonging life...... Therefore, it is also called "longevity wine". If you add some suitable herbs such as rehmannia root, angelica, and wolfberry during the brewing process, the effect will be better.
Now the chrysanthemum is in front of you, the medicinal herbs are ready-made at home, and glutinous rice and koji are not rare.
Qingling decided to start brewing a jar of chrysanthemum wine, and by this time next year, she would be able to drink it with her master and wife.
So he squatted down and picked the bright, plump flowers one by one. I picked a bouquet full of them.
Now, I can't pick a few oranges. Fortunately, she can still put some in the back basket, and she spreads the yellow-orange oranges on the sunflower seeds, so that even if people are seen, they will not find the sunflower seeds underneath, only when she goes up the mountain to pick wild fruits and chrysanthemums.
The orange is not big, and the color of the skin is not very dark, but I tasted one, and the taste was not bad, sweet and sour, shengjin quenched thirst, and after eating two in a row, the feeling of thirst disappeared completely.
Qingling roughly counted, there were seventeen or eighteen, and immediately rushed down the mountain excitedly.
The second elder of the Zhang family was waiting for her to eat, and when she saw her coming back in a hurry, Grandma Zhang stepped forward to help unload the basket, and said: "Why do you want to go to the mountains again? I came back so late, and I was hungry, right? Why did I think of picking chrysanthemums and coming back? Didn't I plant a bush in the backyard? Not enough for you to see." Yo, and the oranges, where are they picked? There are so many ......."
"Master, there's something better here!" Qingling patted the back basket and led Shiniang into the house.
Remove the oranges and chrysanthemums hidden from the mouth of the back basket, and the bottom is full of black and white sunflower seeds.
The old couple was stunned.
"Is there such a place in the mountains?"
"You kid, you shouldn't run into the belly of the mountain, do you?"
came back to their senses, and the old couple invariably counted down their apprentices.
Qingling stuck out her tongue, patted her clothes pocket and said, "I have the evil medicine powder given by Brother Gangzi." "In fact, if you avoid evil spirits, at best, you will avoid snakes and ants.
"You kid!" Grandma Zhang was angry and funny, and pointed at Qingling's forehead with her index finger, "According to what you say, with the medicine powder given by your brother Gangzi, can you be the king in the mountains?"
What's her Gangzi brother...... Qingling blushed suddenly.
Seeing this, the second elder smiled knowingly.
During the banquet, although the two of them were happy for most of the sunflower seeds in the basket, they still told Qingling not to go into the forest too deep next time, if they really encountered danger, it would be too late to run.
Qingling listened to it with a weak heart, nodded stubbornly, and diverted the topic: "Master, master, there are so many sunflower seeds, send some to our senior brother after drying." ”
"And your brother Gangzi, isn't it?" asked Grandma Zhang, with a smile.
"Master!" Qingling stomped her feet in disgust.
"Hahaha......"
After work the next day, Qingling went up the mountain again.
This time, instead of picking sunflower seeds directly in the ground, Grandma Zhang told her a simple method: use a sickle to cut off the sunflower flower tray and the small half of the stalk, tie it into a bundle, put it into a sack, and then go home and slowly pick the melon seeds.
Otherwise, it will be too late in the evening.
After hearing this, Qingling patted her forehead. She is also a demonic obstacle, seeing the mature sunflower forest, she can't take her eyes off her eyes or feet, so she stands on the ground so stupidly, pulling a stalk and picking a flower plate, which makes her tired.
This time it was much faster, and in less than half an hour, the rest of the flower plates were harvested.