Chapter 384 Sweet Potato
Unexpectedly, there were a lot of white potatoes planted in this ravine, and when Wang Yong crossed the mountain and went down to the ravine, those wild boars no longer knew where they went. However, the remaining sweet potatoes were cheaper than Wang Yong.
But this is just right, Wang Yong of the province is working hard, although dealing with or expelling a few wild boars is not a matter for him at all.
Looking at the unsightly patch of white potatoes that had been plagued by wild boars in front of him, Wang Yong finally knew why there were wild boars in the places where they were infested, and those mountain people hated wild boars so much.
There were about a hundred white potatoes along the bottom of the ditch in front of me, and it didn't take long for these wild boars to be harmed, and only the corners and corners were still unturned.
The whole ravine was like a position carpet bombed by heavy bombers, a mess arched by wild boars, and everywhere there were large and small pits that had been arched out one after another.
In many shallow pits, you can also see some white potatoes the thickness of children's arms, showing a little skin. There was nothing left in the deeper pits, and with the size of the wild boars, there was probably not enough food for them to taste.
In his mind, the wild boars were running along the valley to their "home", and the door of the house was open, and where they came from. Inside the gate, there was corn and rice bran with greens that the keeper had given them.
Those two big guys with shriveled stomachs at first glance, the one running in front of the head is called a cheerful one! However, the few little pigs behind them, probably because they had a full stomach, followed their parents in no hurry.
A few fat little ones will be attracted by the surrounding things when they run behind their parents for a while, and they will stop from time to time and arch them with their mouths a few times, but they will not see anything arched out, they are purely playing.
The nonsense of these little guys made their parents angry, and after screaming a few times. Seeing that the children were still disobedient and playing with their hands on the ground, they ran over in a rage.
The little boars were frightened, and before their parents came near, they obediently stopped, and waited motionlessly to meet their parents' punishment.
When the two big wild boars came closer, they didn't know what to say to a few little ones, and they saw these little ones obediently running behind their parents in the direction of home.
Wang Yong couldn't take care of them at this time, and when all these wild boars entered the gate, his mind moved, and he closed the gate again, and all these wild boars were locked up. save them from running out again and harming people.
After that, he quickly took out a shovel from the small world and dug up all the white potatoes in the field. This was not difficult for him, and after a while, all the sweet potato seedlings were turned over by him.
Looking at the white potatoes in front of him, the big and small ones are only about 20 catties, the big ones can be more than two or three catties, and the small ones are not as thick as Wang Yong's small thumb. Still the land is not good, it is too barren. You must know that when planting sweet potatoes in the village in the past, the biggest guy could have more than ten catties!
Although the land in front of him is not small, and the white potato is already highly productive, Wang Yong is very helpless. These wild boars are too destructive. A lot of sweet potatoes have been plagued by them.
Put these white potatoes into the small world casually, and then Wang Yong went straight home with his hands behind his back, ready to eat the white potatoes.
Boiled sweet potatoes are actually steamed white potatoes. The word 熩 is a local vernacular. In fact, it is the same as steaming.
When they arrived at home, the family saw Wang Yong coming back with a bunch of large and small white potatoes, and his clothes were all dirt. It's already dirty and unpresentable.
"Gee, where did you get the sweet potatoes?"
Yuanyuan put all her thoughts on those white potatoes at this time, as if she didn't see Wang Yong's dirty, and screamed in a fuss. This can't be blamed on her, after all, she grew up in the city, but she has never seen freshly unearthed sweet potatoes, and she can't do it in a novelty.
"Hehe, you dug it from the boar ditch, right?"
The uncle who was drinking tea and chatting with Cao Wei at Wang Yong's house said this with a smile, and it seemed that he knew about the white potato. He couldn't have planted it, right? Wang Yong pondered in his heart.
"Uncle, how do you know? I saw that a few wild boars had already scooped up the white potatoes that I didn't know who planted them, so I just dug them up. ”
"That's what we took care of those villagers planted, they are all yellow and red, and they were originally going to eat by themselves after harvesting, but now the gate of that place is broken, and no one can go down. It was occupied by those wild boars, and whoever went down had to be attacked by them. ”
"It's just cheaper for me, let's have a meal of boiled sweet potatoes later." By the way, I've fixed the gate, and tomorrow you can ask someone to reinforce it, and the province will be damaged by those guys again. ”
"Sweet potatoes are best roasted!"
Uncle nodded and agreed, but before he could speak, Yuanyuan couldn't wait to express her disagreement on the side.
In fact, Wang Yong also thinks that the roasting method in the city is much better than the steamed one at home, but he doesn't have the stove for roasting white potatoes at home.
If you throw it into the fire, it will taste similar to roasting, but when it is cooked, it looks black, and it is not easy to eat! Anyone who eats has to eat a black hand and mouth.
"We don't have the kind of oven we have, so let's make do with it."
After Wang Yong finished speaking, he carried the white potatoes into the kitchen with his clothes.
Throw them all into the sink first, and then you have to wash them clean. All of them are wrapped in you, like a little mud monkey, dirty.
After cleaning all the more than 20 large and small white potatoes one by one, Wang Yong changed the water and rinsed it twice, and then stopped and prepared for the next process.
I poured two scoops of water into the big iron pot at home, looked at it, felt that it was not enough, poured two more scoops, and then put a steaming drawer on top of the water in the pot and set it up.
Wang Yong put the cleaned sweet potatoes one by one on the top of the steaming drawer, and after all the dishes were placed, he covered the lid of the big iron pot, and found a few rags around the lid in order to seal and prevent gas.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, now it is good to light the fire and start steaming.
I have watched some experience shows, and there will always be such and such problems when the guests make a fire. In fact, it is not as difficult as imagined to make a fire in a cauldron, as long as there is good firewood.
What is firewood?
Firewood is a general term for a type of firewood that is easy to ignite and flammable in rural areas. For example, sun-dried weeds. The outer layer of corn, corn stalks, wheat straw, etc., are the most common firewood in rural areas.
They can be easily lit, and then they can be used to ignite the chopping wood, and the lighting is all done.
Of course, this kind of work is not difficult for Wang Yong, who has long been accustomed to doing this kind of work, and he quickly ignited the fire with a familiar car. Within a few minutes, white steam began to emerge from around the lid.
When the steam was getting bigger and thicker, Wang Yong looked at his phone. It's been burning for more than twenty minutes, almost. casually stuffed two pieces of wood into the pot, and decisively stopped immediately, no longer adding firewood to the fire.
Now just rely on the fire to heat it slowly, and when the firewood is finished, then just wait to eat the steamed sweet potatoes.
"Are you alright?"
The daughter-in-law, Yuanyuan, ran to the kitchen for the fourth time, and she couldn't wait to eat sweet potatoes.
"I have to be bored for a while, let's go to the living room and wait first, the white potatoes that don't come out of the time are not delicious."
Yuanyuan, who was embarrassed by Wang Yong's look, blushed and turned her head and walked out of the kitchen. Wang Yong was left alone in the kitchen and laughed.
It wasn't enough to eat sweet potatoes alone, Wang Yong got up and prepared to cook something else.
"Don't be busy doing anything else, your second master said that he wanted to eat dumplings, and we will wait for you to come back and put it in the pot."
The godmother's voice sounded behind him. Wang Yong turned back in confusion.
"No, I didn't see dumplings there?"
"Where is your second master, let's go over and eat in a while."
"Oh, that's it!"
"Let's go. Put the sweet potatoes in the pot, and it's not too late for us to come back and eat them after eating. ”
"Okay, you guys go first. I'll wash my hands and go over. ”
The godmother turned around and walked out of the kitchen, and then she heard a group of people in the living room get up in unison and start talking and walking out.
Wang Yong also hurried to the edge of the washing pool to wash his hands, and after a casual flush, he found a towel to wipe it clean, and then went out of the kitchen.
When the family came back after eating dumplings at the second master's house, it was already more than two hours later.
Because she was worried about the boiled sweet potatoes in the pot at home, Yuanyuan pulled Wang Yong and rushed back in a hurry. As for the rest of the family, they are not as enthusiastic about white potatoes as Yuanyuan.
Yuanyuan, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled Wang Yong back home, and went straight to the kitchen without a moment's delay. Wang Yong is very funny, it's just a few white potatoes, is it that delicious? Why is this happening?
Under the constant urging of his daughter-in-law Yuanyuan, Wang Yong also hurriedly prepared to uncover the pot, so that the anxious daughter-in-law could eat enough of the people in this village, and now she is eating a fresh white potato.
First took out the rags that were surrounded by the pot and had been soaked with steam, and then pushed aside the daughter-in-law who was curious to come to the edge of the pot.
The steam was not a joke when the pot was opened, the temperature was much higher than hot water, and it would be a problem if it burned her delicate skin.
However, the situation that Wang Yong was worried about did not appear, because the fire under the pot had been extinguished for a long time, and the remaining water in the pot had become much colder, so when the lid was removed, it was only a little warm, and there was no white vapor as imagined.
The white potatoes in the pot have been steamed, and the color of each root is either yellow or red, which is very pleasing to the eye. At the same time, there is also a sweet taste unique to white potatoes.
As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, seeing that there was no imaginary heat, Yuanyuan couldn't wait to stretch out a white and slender jade hand and directly grab a white potato with yellow skin and hold it in her hand. The thin skin of the white potato was peeled off and he hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth. (To be continued......)
PS: Starting today, there will be a power outage in this part of the factory, from 8 am to 5 pm, and I heard that it will be shut down for at least a week! Is the house a night shift? What should I do?
Depressed!!