Chapter 976: Catching Insects and Digging Vegetables in Spring
"Dad, what do you think this is?" Li Feng leaned back on the chair and played with his guitar, drinking a little too much at noon, just thinking about resting, a few children dug up wild vegetables, picked some strawberries, and ate small tomatoes with little black bears, small skin monkeys, and a group of small animals playing. There were eight or nine children in the whole small courtyard, reading, playing the piano, playing the violin, chasing the bear to play with the ball and the little monkey, or running into the hut to find the gray wolf, the spotted dog, and the fat boy.
Bells and Cha Cha carried a small dustpan of grass and followed the fruit to feed the little flowers and rabbits, and the little baby didn't know what to do, pouting his little butt in the flower bed, grabbing the little branches, digging and playing with the soil. Li Xiaoman also said a few words, provoking the little baby to pout the old high mouth, which will be dirty and small in his hand with a small white worm held up in front of Li Feng's eyes, white and tender spiral, like a small aphid.
Li Feng paused slightly, this is not the scientific name of the old mountain cow, Li Feng found that there are not many old mountain cattle last year. I thought I could raise some this year, but I didn't expect this baby to dig out. There are two kinds of ground cattle in Lijiagang, a kind of divine insect vegetables, also known as pagoda vegetables, like cordyceps, but in Lijiagang, everyone is willing to call white worm vegetables. The meat is delicate, crystal clear, crispy and delicious, with unique flavor and rich nutrition, which is not only a good food but also has high medicinal value. Choleretic, diuretic, sedative, moisturizing the lungs and kidneys, nourishing yin and nourishing blood, etc., can also relieve hangover, but it is a natural good ingredient. The other is that Li Baobao is pinching it in his hand, which is also a kind of medicinal material, and when Li Feng made medicinal wine last time, there were several local medicinal wines with old mountain cows.
Li Feng didn't think about it these days, this baby pinched it with his little hand and handed it over, and Li Feng remembered. Now it's more than February, and it's April in the solar calendar. The whole mountain is full of spring breath, the grass spits out green shoots, and some days it will be a scene of warblers flying and grass growing.
"Huh. Baby. It's throwing it away, how dirty it is. Li Xiaoman came out with the washed fruit for everyone to eat, and happened to see Li Baobao pinching the little white worm. I was startled, and the worms wriggled like white rice maggots, and I really didn't look at it.
"No. Dad, you said, it took a long time for the baby to catch it. "Li Baobao is gone, this is the little girl who spent a while catching it, not digging it up, the grass fished for a long time, and finally the little girl caught it herself. Li Feng sat up straight and held the baby.
"It's okay, Xiao Man, it's a good thing. Don't look small, there is a very bullish name, the old cow. Li Feng pinched the mountain cow and looked at it. Introduce the function of this small insect like a grain of rice. Li Xiaoman was stunned when he heard this. This is not much worse than Cordyceps.
"By the way, where did you catch the baby?" Li Feng also wanted to catch a little more. The baby listened to his father ask himself, and he was excited to be small. Pointing to the flower bed not far away, little finger pointed. "There, there are a lot of holes, Brother Xiaoxin and the baby said, there are small insects in the holes, and they can be fished out with grass, but the baby has been fishing for a long time." Saying that, he pouted, a little unhappy, Brother Xiaoxin lied to people.
"Hehe, it's okay, go, Dad will teach you to fish." Li Feng wanted to see how many there were, so he collected more, after all, it was better to catch it in the pharmacy himself. This old mountain cow is very funny, Li Feng teased Li Baobao The old mountain cow put the little hand worm and slowly retreated, the palms of his hands were itchy, and he kept giggling and laughing at the baby.
"Hehe, it's fun for this old cow to call the fallen cow again, let's go, let's catch some ants." Li Feng only had a small ant nest, dug it with a branch, caught a small bottle of ants, and tied it with a thin line. This can be used as a fishing hook, of course, with small grass and thin leaves, just like fishing for yellow eel.
The small hole is opened, stuffed in, kept turning, teasing the old mountain cow inside, most of the insect holes will find that the grass sinks. The whole time can not be like fishing for yellow eel with great strength, slight force, and gently catch small insects. Li Feng had fun, which made the crowd around the little doll dare not dare. In the end, Li Xiaoman asked for a few little ants to fish for the old cow to play, and there were really a lot of old cows in the whole flower bed. It was full of larvae, which were just used to dry and make medicinal herbs, and finally caught half a bowl. Li Feng was afraid that it would be too cold for a few children to lie on the ground, don't catch a cold, even if it won't work at noon.
Besides, it's going to be more than three o'clock, and Li Feng's insects are put into the crockpot and slowly roasted on the fire, and the crockpot is covered and put away. After Li Feng finished his work, he looked back and saw that a few little guys had gone to the side of the flower bed. Li Feng felt that this was not good, these little guys had a big heart, maybe they really caught a cold, after all, no matter how good their health was, it would be impossible to waste it like this.
Li Feng thought about it, he hadn't taken a few children out to play for a while. There may be pagoda vegetables coming out on the river beach, and even if you don't pick some young shoots, maybe you can eat the toon. As soon as Li Feng said, several little guys applauded in unison, and casually led the small flame and let the horses go.
The family went out in a majestic way, walking on the path, tufts of grass, winding paths, zigzags, stretching the river beach. When I walked through the entrance of the village, I happened to meet Li Xu's family who came back from the grave. On the first day of entering the door, the bride must go with the man's family to burn paper to the grave of her ancestors. Gao Qianqian changed out of her red clothes, washed her face, and now counts the Li family. The washbasin is still the second child, this kid is rushing to hold it, this kid got a lot of red envelopes today, and it is estimated that it is a hundred yuan less.
Li Feng said hello, and there were still a lot of things to do when they went back. "Third brother, let's go back first and have a good drink in a few days." Li Xu waved his hand, the guests at home were all gone, but there were still some neighbors who helped others, and they had to have a meal at night, entertain at home, and learn to go back to prepare.
Li Feng took away a group of children, which caused Gao Qianqian to be a little curious, and Li Feng faintly listened to Gao Qianqian, who walked away, asking Li Xu about this. A small bamboo plant on the side of the road is now a small bamboo shoot, Li Feng is not polite, these are the most tender, and the cooking taste is extremely delicious, just a small point. Li Feng made half a basket all the way, and planned to make a cold salad of bamboo shoots, shredded cucumbers, and carrots to eat at night. There are still some scattered wild vegetables by the ditch, but they are still too small, and they are much worse than the wild vegetables in the greenhouse. At this time, the wild vegetables have just come out, and they may be able to eat them in previous years.
Who made the weather too strange today, how many years have not seen this snow-covered mountain encountered.
The baby is carrying a small basket, a little disappointed with his little head, there are no wild vegetables digging here, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten days to have a large area of wild vegetables come out.
"Uncle, what is this?" Just as Li Feng was looking for bamboo shoots, Xiaoxin pointed to a cluster of water celery and shouted. "This is water celery that can be eaten, and it can be eaten during the Chinese New Year in previous years, but the snow is too big today and the temperature is low, this will grow so big." Li Feng took a closer look, these water celery were quite delicate.
"Really?" Such a patch of stars and many clusters of water celery, the sharp-eyed bells and Sakizaki were found, only the baby lowered his little head and pouted. The little girl didn't pay attention to these bamboo shoots all the time with her father. This met my brother and sister, and the little cousin found a tuft of cress, but I didn't have it.
"Baby, come and help Dad, you see a lot of bamboo shoots." Li Feng saw that his daughter was a little strange, Yile beckoned, and the little girl ran over, seeing that there were no bamboo shoots, she was unhappy with her small mouth. "Daddy lied, the baby ignored you." Li Baobao patted his little flame, and he only played with the little flame in the future. Li Feng saw Yile, this girl, pulled away the vines with a little force, and a nest of small bamboo shoots appeared in front of Li Baobao. "Wow, a lot of little bamboo." The baby screamed and wanted to break it off, Li Feng hurriedly pulled, these can be thorny vines, although the thorn vines on the side have just grown, but the small thorns on them are still quite prickly.
Besides, Li Feng picked some young shoots, these freshly drawn thorn vines, each with a sharp tip of only one or two inches long and tender thorns. These are a bit similar to tender prickly teeth, but they are smaller, small and large, with thorns on them, and the skin on them is gently broken, and they look like toothpicks. Li Feng picked a lot of dishes, and estimated that he had enough to pick up a plate of vegetables, and because he was like a small toothpick, the village felt that it was not good to call a toothpick, and he casually called for a toothpick. If the tender puncture teeth are a little better, much larger, you don't need to peel the top heart directly, and soak it in boiling water overnight. However, the small lifting teeth will not work, and in the end, only the rhizome will be peeled and the sprouts will be spit out. After all, this is not a vegetable, just thorn vines, and these small thorny vines are not as thick as those thorns.
The taste of tender prickly teeth is a little bitter, but the tooth is different, sweet with some fragrance, no need to soak in water, directly with boiling water, mixed with cucumber shreds, coriander, and a little chili oil, it is definitely a very refreshing side dish. Full of appetizers, these days are greasy every day, Li Feng plans to pick up a few side dishes tonight. Appetizing, this is also the first spring wild vegetable since spring.
When Li Feng broke his teeth, Li Xiaoman looked at them curiously, it was the first time she had seen these things. "Can you eat these?" As soon as Li Feng heard the fun, he found a bigger one and broke it off and peeled it and stuffed it directly into his mouth. "Li Feng, you." "Daddy, is it delicious?" The baby is different, Li Xiaoman opened his mouth in surprise, and asked with anticipation.
"It's delicious, sweet and a little sour." Li Feng found two and broke a short section, and he didn't necessarily get used to it for the first time. A child tried the taste a little, but he didn't expect that several children loved to eat it, Li Xiaoman didn't expect that these were like small garlic sprouts peeled out of a small branch, with a light fragrance, sweet and sour. It's really delicious, Li Xiaoman won't say it now, just say that it's delicious and get more.
Li Feng smiled, this is good, I can plant it in the space, and it is just right to decorate the courtyard wall of the small yard, which is very good-looking. Li Feng originally thought that it would be good to peel a little, and he didn't need to wear too much. But this saw that all the children loved to eat, and Li Feng had to find more, but fortunately, there were still a lot of thorn vines on the side of the ridge road. A lot of young shoots were drawn, Li Feng pointed out, and a few children began to help after a while. It's just that Li Feng found that most of these little guys were peeled off and stuffed into their little mouths. In the end, I was more busy with myself, walking and stopping, picking a lot of cress, Xiaoxin and Taotao, Qiqi, and Zhuang Zhuang, the basket was full of a lot. Li Feng estimated that there were at least two large baskets in total.
These are enough to eat for a few days, cook a few more dishes in the evening, and can't eat dumplings after dinner. Tomorrow morning, make celery dumplings or buns, you're done.