Chapter 21: The Discovery of Potatoes

Seeing that Ah Miao was fine, Ah Yuan relieved himself, and gossiped with Aunt Liu a few words before going home, Aunt Liu looked at her huge belly, and didn't dare to keep her, just packed a few small clothes that the little fat man used to wear to her, because there has always been a saying that children want to wear hundreds of clothes, seeing the package that Aunt Liu called Sister-in-law Liu to take out, Ah Yuan did not shirk, and then sincerely thanked him, and asked Liu Manquan to open the basket, which was a pot of flowers, saying that it was bought back when her brother's brother was darts, and her mother looked good and brought it to her, she wanted to send it over to Ah Miao to raise and play. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After sending Liu Manquan and Ah Yuan away, Aunt Liu teased the little fat man: "Stone, grandma gave your little clothes to your aunt, what should you do if your younger brothers and sisters don't have to wear them in the future?" ”

The little fat man scratched his head and said with a depressed face: "What do you want to give my clothes to others?" Then he turned his head and asked Sister-in-law Liu: "Mom, what are you doing to take out my little clothes?" "The cute appearance made Aunt Liu and Sister-in-law Liu happy.

At this time, our Ah Miao was observing the pot of 'flowers' that Liu Manquan brought over, and the more he looked at it, the more strange it became, because this thing was the flower of potatoes, when Ah Miao was in science class in junior high school, he learned the tubers and roots of plants, and the science teacher used potatoes and sweet potatoes as examples to illustrate.

Later, in order to cultivate students' hands-on ability, the science teacher also let every student personally cultivate potatoes, Ah Miao was very interested in this task at that time, and his grandfather saw that Ah Miao finally had something to be interested in, and he was very supportive of Ah Miao, in order to let Ah Miao raise potatoes well, he also specially took Ah Miao back to his hometown in the countryside to ask a grandfather who had been planting potatoes for many years. Therefore, from a small tuber to a series of processes such as loosening, fertilizing, and watering in the middle of harvesting potatoes, Ah Miao completed all of them by himself, and the stages of potato budding, flowering, flower falling, and harvesting were also sorted out into a "Potato Daily Growth Report". The science teacher praised her because of Miao's report, and it was not until several years later that when Miao returned to his alma mater to see the teacher, the science teacher could still call Miao's name in one mouth, which shows how deeply the science teacher's impression of Miao.

So when Ah Miao saw this pot of so-called 'flowers' how surprised you can imagine, although the time when potatoes were really introduced into China is no longer verifiable, but the most popular saying is: potatoes were introduced into China at the end of the Ming Dynasty. What is well-documented is a passage recorded in volume 28 of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration": "Tu taro, a potato, a Huang Du." The vine leaves are like beans, the roots are round like chicken eggs, and the inner white skin is yellow,...... Cooking or steaming. He also boiled taro juice and washed his clothes, which were as white as jade. ”

But how does this explain the 'flower' that appeared in front of Ah Miao?

Aunt Liu saw Ah Miao squatting next to the basket and looking carefully, and couldn't help but walk over to look, only to see that the pot of flowers sent by Ah Yuan was actually only one, but the branches were full of small white flowers, which were very good-looking, but there were no camellias that were good-looking, and the camellia Ah Miao at the door of the house had never paid so close attention, so she squatted down with Ah Miao and asked, "Ah Miao, what are you looking at?" Like this pot of flowers that Aunt Ayuan gave you? Then he looked at the flower pot that came with him, and it seemed a little small, so he continued, "If you like it, I will ask your father to take it out and plant it at the door in a while." ”

After listening to Aunt Liu's words, Ah Miao finally reacted, if it is really a potato flower, then there should be small potatoes in the flower pot now, this small flower pot is not suitable for potatoes to grow again, and looking at this flower is also growing too well, so that the potatoes in the ground grab fertilizer, and the potatoes at the bottom will grow up, right? Ah Miao thought in her heart, and didn't show it, after all, she didn't know how to tell Aunt Liu, and directly said whether this was a flower or food, Aunt Liu would definitely think that she was stupid again, and then hurriedly took her to see the doctor.

So I looked at Aunt Liu and nodded, and didn't wait for Aunt Liu to say anything, I ran to find Liu Jizong, Aunt Liu looked at Ah Miao who ran away after a while, and said with a smile: "This kid, I don't know who he looks like, he is in a hurry." ”

The little fat man on the side saw Ah Miao running into the house, and he didn't think about what would happen to his little brother and sister after his little clothes were given away, so he hurriedly chased Ah Miao like a fart.

Ah Miao ran to Liu Xiucai's door and stood still, and walked into the house with a sigh of relief, I don't know why, Ah Miao always felt that the old man's room was more 'scary', yes, it was 'scary'. When Ah Miao followed his grandfather back to his hometown in his previous life, he also went to visit a few elderly elders, and after entering their room, he found that their houses were relatively dark, and there were many things, which seemed eerie and terrifying, making people feel bad, and she was also stupid when Liu Xiucai was sick, and Liu Jizong and his family would certainly not let the two patients meet, so Ah Miao has been here for so long and has never entered Liu Xiucai's room. It's not that she doesn't like Liu Xiucai, Ah Miao respects this husband who is seriously ill because he fell stupid, but he is still a little stunned about entering Liu Xiucai's room.

Liu Xiucai, who was in the house, was talking to Liu Jizong about this, when he saw the door move, and then a little head with braids was exposed, knowing that Ah Miao was coming, he said happily: "Is Ah Miao coming, come to find your father or grandfather?" ”

When Ah Miao was ready to enter Liu Xiucai's room, he also did a long period of psychological construction for himself, but after opening the door and walking in, he found that his worries were superfluous, Liu Xiucai's room was not dark at all but very bright, and a big window was opened on the wall facing the courtyard and the wall opposite the door, the whole room looked bright, and although there were many things in the room, they were neatly placed, and the whole room looked large and neat.

There is a desk on the side near the window, Liu Xiucai and Liu Jizong are sitting face to face next to the desk at this time, the bed is a four-legged railing, placed in the position of the north wall, and there are two big cabinets on the wall next to the door, black color, it seems to be some years, because it is sealed and I don't know what it contains, and later I learned that it was food, Liujia Village suffered a disaster when Liu Xiucai was young, at that time the world was restless, no one thought about how the people lived, and there were many villagers who starved to death in the whole village, Liu Xiucai originally had a younger brother, at that time because he was hungry and panicked, the scholar ate Guanyin soil, and died alive, so although it seems that the world is peaceful now, Liu Xiucai has never forgotten the pain of that year.

Ah Miao continued to observe the furnishings in the house, and Liu Xiucai's question came to his ears, so he replied obediently: "Ah Gong, I came to find my father." ”

Liu Jizong heard that Ah Miao was looking for him, so he walked over and picked up Ah Miao and asked, "Nannan, what's the matter with looking for Daddy?" ”

For Liu Jizong's behavior of always wanting to pick her up every time he sees Ah Miao, as if she has no long legs, Ah Miao is a little helpless, so while trying to ignore the various discomforts of being picked up by Liu Jizong at this time, he said: "Aunt Ah Yuan brought me a pot of flowers, the flower pot is too small, I want my father to help me take it out and plant it in the yard." ”

Hearing Ah Miao's request, Liu Xiucai hurriedly drove Liu Jizong out: "You go first, we'll talk about that later, and help us Ah Miao plant the flowers first." Then he got up with great interest, and said that he would also go and see it together.

At this time, the little fat man finally arrived, and this time the threshold was climbed by himself, so that it was obviously a blue dress, but his chest was black, and the little fat man didn't care, but because he was finally able to climb through the threshold and was proud, hearing Ah Miao say that he was going out to plant flowers, he immediately pulled Liu Jizong's trouser leg and asked him to go.

Liu Jizong was holding Ah Miao in his hand, and his trouser legs were pulled by his little grandson, and there was an old man behind him who also saw the excitement and was not a big deal, so he had to go out to help Ah Miao 'plant flowers'.

When Liu Jizong saw the 'flower' at the foot of the door outside the house, he was a little speechless, looking at Ah Miao's so hot appearance, he thought that there were a lot of flowers to plant, and he thought about whether to take a hoe, but he didn't expect that there was only a lonely one in front of him, and the flowers were not very beautiful, so no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help but say, "It's just such a flower, just let your mother help plant it."

Ah Miao twisted out of Liu Xiucai's arms when he walked out of his door, and at this time he was a little far away from where he was standing, and he didn't hear what he said, so he looked at him with a puzzled face, Liu Jizong looked at Ah Miao who was looking at him with clear eyes, and had to say again: "Do you want to plant this flower in the yard?" ”

Liu's sister-in-law occupied a place close to Liu Jizong, but she heard what he said clearly, so she couldn't help but want to laugh, and immediately turned her head and waited for her mood to calm down a little before turning her head back normally.

Hearing Liu Jizong discuss with her why not plant the 'flowers' outside, when the flowers of the Liu family were all outside, Ah Miao really didn't know how to explain, so he had to perform the rogue magic again, and Liu Jizong must plant the 'flowers' next to the vegetable patch in the yard, just next to Bai Xiang.

Liu Jizong just mentioned it, and he didn't say much when he saw that Ah Miao insisted, and went into the house to find a small hoe and planned to plant a 'flower', but Liu Xiucai on the side said suspiciously: "This flower, I seem to have seen it in the mountains." ”

"Ah Gong, where have you seen this flower?" Hearing Liu Xiucai say that he had seen it, Ah Miao immediately asked.

"It's been decades, when I was young, I can't remember, it looks like it, but the flower is a little smaller than this flower." Liu Xiucai looked at the flowers carefully, shook his head and replied.

Ah Miao couldn't ask anything, and there was no way, so he had to put it away first, and watched Liu Xiucai plant this potato.