Chapter 18: Pregnancy

After eating, Chen Yu and Chen Daniu went out with a small hoe and a basket.

"Little sister, where are the medicinal materials you are talking about, you are so powerful, you can know medicinal materials." Chen Daniu said.

"It's a doctor who came to collect medicine to tell me, and I also teach you to know medicinal herbs, but in fact, I don't know much. Herbs can be found in the woods at the foot of the mountain. Chen Yu said.

Coming to the foot of the mountain, Chen Daniu said: "Xiaoyu, you come to find it, I'll dig it, so it's faster." ”

"Okay, here, this is a codonopsis, dig carefully." Chen Yu didn't expect to really find a codonopsis, and commanded Chen Dayu to dig it up.

Because Chen Daniu kept watching, Chen Yu was not easy to smuggle, so he said: "Eldest sister, you also know these kinds of medicines now, let's find and dig them separately." ”

"Okay, but don't get too far away from me, don't go too inside." Chen Daniu said.

"I see, big sister." Chen Yu said.

Leaving Chen Daniu's sight, Chen Yu slowly smuggled some medicinal herbs out, and in addition, Chen Yu saw a lot of fungus on the tree, and also picked it, and also collected the dead tree that produced the fungus into the space.

"What is this, black, can you eat it?" Chen Dayu asked.

"This is fungus, why haven't you eaten it?" Chen Yu said.

"No, I've seen it before, but didn't my mother say that you can't eat this black thing?" Chen Daniu wondered.

Could it be that in this world, no one eats fungus? It's delicious. The fungus is so nutritious, how can it be poisonous. But in this way, there are many ingredients in this world that have not been discovered, so why not discover more of them yourself?

I don't know anything about the things on the mountain, but it's just some common ones, and it seems that there is no chance to discover them.

Chen Yu picked half a basket of fungus and half a basket of medicinal herbs, and then went back with his eldest sister.

Chen Yu soaked the fungus in water, washed it, sorted the medicinal materials and put them away, and waited for his mother to handle the turtle and then stew the soup.

"Big girl, go boil the water, I'll get the turtle to be done right away." Chen Yu's mother said.

"Okay, mother." Chen Daniu went to boil water, because it was firewood, so she needed to watch the fire and add firewood, so Chen Daniu sat at the stove.

"Mother, let's stew the fungus in the soup today, this is delicious." Chen Yu said.

"Can this black and autumn eat? It's not toxic. Chen Yu's mother said.

"This is called fungus, and the dignitaries in the city will eat it, stir-fried and eaten, cold dressing, and stewed soup are good." Chen Yu said nonsense, although no one eats in this world, Chen Yu's family will definitely not even leave the town, and they definitely don't know that what Chen Yu said is false, so Chen Yu has no scruples.

Even if it is discovered later, it can be said that the child remembers it wrongly, anyway, the fungus is not poisonous, and there will be no accident if you eat it.

Chen Yu's mother went to get turtle soup, Chen Yu came to clean up yesterday's river mussels, Chen Yu had a lot of strength, so he took a knife to knock open the river mussels, and there was no difficulty in taking out the meat, put the river mussel meat in a bowl, and after losing the river mussel shell, Chen Yu began to process the river mussel meat.

Originally, the best way was to fry and eat, but you need oil, there is not much oil at home, and my mother will not agree to use it herself, so I can't copy it, of course, it is not bad to make soup, but there is already turtle soup, so Chen Yu decided to make zuò cold river mussel meat.

There is fungus just now, so it's good to take some cold dressing. Add onions, garlic, peppers, salt, etc., and the seasoning is very uneven, but just this is delicious.

Chen Yu's mother looked at the cleaned fungus and mussel meat, Chen Yu asked her mother to cook it, although Chen Yu's mother felt that Chen Yu was messing around, but it was nothing to cook it, so she cooked it, Chen Yu took the boiled river mussel meat, cut it into small slices, put the ingredients together with the fungus, stirred evenly, and a delicious dish came out.

"Mother, come and taste it, how about this, this is a dish made of river mussels." Chen Yu took the treasure, Chen Yu himself has tasted it, it is very good, I believe that after my mother has eaten it, she can know that these river mussels that no one wants are also treasures, and there is no family in the village who can often eat meat, and the family will not worry about eating meat in the future, turtle meat, river mussel meat, and Chen Yu's snails, these things that no one wants, can be turned into delicious.

"That's what those mussels are made of?" Chen Yu's mother took a pair of chopsticks and ate them, naturally thinking it was delicious. "This river mussel meat is good, there is no sand, there is no fishy smell, this fungus is also crispy, very delicious, just a little spicy, but Xiaoyu is very talented in cooking, and it will definitely be delicious to cook in the future."

Hearing his mother's praise, Chen Yu was very happy. "Mother, these can be eaten, and our family will be able to eat meat often in the future."

"I'll tell your dad to get some when he's free, these things don't take a lot of trouble, you can get a lot in a few clicks." Chen Yu's mother said.

Of course, after discovering such a new and good food, Chen Yu's mother did not hide her secrets, scooped up a pot of soup and a small plate of river mussel fungus, and went to the uncle's side. After a long time, I came back, I think I came to tell the uncle and the second uncle about it, after all, this is a good thing, everyone is not rich, the face is yellow and thin, just because they have not eaten meat, if there is nutrition, not to mention the strong body, even the food in the family can be consumed less.

The grandparents were very pleased that their mother was so unselfish, saying that they did not marry the wrong daughter-in-law. Of course, the grandparents didn't think about spreading this matter, not to mention whether others would believe it, but the more people who knew about it and the more people ate it, the less there would be so many turtles and mussels.

Several families learned this information, often stewed soup, ate river mussels, and after a month, their mental outlook was different, everyone's complexion was ruddy, and people were much more energetic.

There was also a happy event in Chen Yu's family, that is, Chen Yu's mother was pregnant again. Because of adequate nutrition, the fetus is slightly bulging for only three months. Chen Yu's father and mother are very happy, and if they are pregnant, they may have a son, and they hope not to be disappointed again.

Chen Yu can feel his mother's happiness and his father's joy, because of his mother's pregnancy, the family pays less attention to Chen Yu, so Chen Yu has a feeling of falling out of favor. But then I felt funny, I was an adult, and I was still competing for favor with an unborn child, which was too embarrassing, presumably when I was not born, my parents were looking forward to myself like this.

Although he was a little disappointed because he was a daughter in the end, his parents still loved him, even if his little brother was born, Chen Yu believed that he would not be left out in the cold.