Chapter 102: Sophora Eats
Li Xin took a few Chinese Wenbo out to hunt locust flowers, and there were thorns on the black locust tree, so naturally they could not climb up to pick locust flowers. It can only be beaten with a long pole, and the bottom is tied with a basket.
There are also some locust flowers that do not bloom high, and they can be picked by stepping on the stool by moving a taller stool.
After picking a bunch of acacia flowers, Wen Hao couldn't wait to take it and absorb the nectar. "It's so sweet." Wen Hao smiled, I didn't know what kind of delicacies I tasted!
"You can eat it!" Li Xin also laughed. The nectar still in the flowers has more of a fragrance from the flowers than the honey brewed, but of course, this nectar is not as sweet as honey. However, for children, it is fun to absorb the nectar of locust flowers.
In this world, sugar is not a very common thing, and there are very few types of sugar. After Li Xin came here, he had never seen or heard of sugarcane, and he had never seen sugarcane in the market. The only sugar you can buy in the grocery store is caramel syrup, sweet condiments, and honey.
However, honey is mostly wild, difficult to collect, and the price is definitely not cheap.
Caramel is usually bought and eaten by children, and if you want to do something sweet, you still have to use honey. For children in the countryside, honey is a luxury, and they may not be able to eat it several times in their lifetime. It is caramel, which is relatively cheaper, and the elders who have extra money on them and love the child will buy a few yuan for the child.
Although caramel is also sweet, the taste is different from sweetness such as cane sugar and honey.
For a long time, the life of the Li family has not been good, and Wenbo has tasted the taste of caramel candy, but honey has never been eaten. Later, life got better, and honey was often eaten at home, but the children were very frugal and were usually reluctant to eat it.
It is rare to eat nectar, and Wen Hao is naturally very happy, mainly because things like picking acacia flowers are indeed very interesting.
Li Xin gave some of the picked acacia flowers to several children, and then continued to pick. There are many people and great strength, and after a while, they have already picked a lot of acacia flowers, so Li Xin moved the acacia flowers to the kitchen.
After picking the locust flowers and washing them, you can make all kinds of food. Li Xin asked Yuexiang and Wu's sister-in-law to help, and made acacia rice, cold salad acacia flowers, acacia dumplings, and sweet fried acacia cakes with acacia flowers. When the food was finished with acacia flowers, it was time for dinner, so Li Xin beckoned Wenbo to help set up dinner.
Today's meal is very rich, Sister-in-law Wu has already cleaned up a table of dishes before, and later made such a few things with acacia flowers.
Except for Li Xin, no one has ever eaten food made of acacia flowers, so everyone is very curious. When dinner was set out, the chopsticks went to eat made of acacia flowers.
"It's delicious, eldest sister, I'll pick locust flowers tomorrow to make it delicious." Wen Hao didn't forget to talk to Li Xin while eating.
"It's just to eat something fresh, where can you really always eat it."
"I don't want to eat all the time! The locust flowers can't bloom for long, and they can't be eaten for a long time. While the locust flowers are still blooming, it is natural to eat more, and if you miss this year, you will have to wait until next year to eat. Wen Hao stuffed a locust flower dumpling into his mouth, and muttered while muttering.
"Well, if you like to eat, do more. You're a snacker. As Li Xin spoke, he sandwiched a dumpling for Wen Hao. As soon as she stretched out her hand back, she saw Yueting looking at her fixedly, she sandwiched two more dumplings for Yueting, and Yueting happily ate the dumplings.
After a lively dinner, the family enjoyed the cool in the courtyard together. In the lotus pond, there is already the scene of lotus leaves He Tiantian, and there are small lotus arrows poking out of the water, it is conceivable that soon, there will be lotus flowers in full bloom. The bamboo leads the spring water, which is sparkling into the lotus pond, but it seems to bring a little coolness.
After resting for a while, Li Xin sent Wenbo, Wen Hao, Xiaowang and Lian Jingnuo to read books and do homework. Several children are hard-working and serious children, and when they go to the academy, they are also liked by Master Zhou. Xiao Wang has also learned some words, and Wen Hao's knowledge has also improved.
This kind of situation is what Li Xin is happy to see. On weekdays, she treats a few Wenbo as if they were not loose or tight, and when it was time to study, she would naturally urge them, and when it was time to play, she would also let them play to their heart's content. She wants her children to be successful, but she doesn't want them to become nerds who can only read.
Wenbo went to the study, and Li Xin also took Yuexiang and Yueting back to the house. It's still early to go to bed, Li Xin taught Yuexiang and Yueting two literacy, although the world advocates the saying that "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", but Li Xin is not an authentic indigenous woman who grew up here, in her thoughts, women can read some words, which is very beneficial to themselves.
Although women don't have to take the test to gain fame, literacy is not a bad thing after all. Needless to say, how well you have to learn, you will know some common words, and if you don't live in one place in the future, it will be very good to be able to write letters proficiently.
Early the next morning, after Li Xin got up and freshened up, he went to the kitchen. Sister-in-law Wu had already gotten up and had already prepared a hot breakfast. After boiling fragrant millet porridge, Sister-in-law Wu also made fragrant bad word buns. The fragrant filling, the snow-white bun skin, and the foot of the filling, you can bite into the filling.
Sister-in-law Wu's cooking skills are really good, and she doesn't seek to make dishes that are eye-catching like the chefs in the restaurant. However, the food made by Sister-in-law Wu is fragrant and tasteful, which is very appetizing. It's also very affordable, and it's not tricky. That's good, Li Xin is a rural person, so he likes to eat like this, and it's not useful to look good!
After a while, everyone also came to the kitchen, a large basket of locust flower buns was placed on the table, and a large pot of porridge was on the stove, and they took the bowl, served the porridge by themselves, and ate the buns by themselves. After breakfast, Wenbo and a few people were about to be estranged, Li Xin packed a food box, put porridge and Huaihua buns in it, and asked Wenbo to bring them to Zhou Fuzi.
Zhou Fuzi didn't accept other things, but Li Xin occasionally asked him to send food, but Zhou Fuzi accepted all of them. If the family made a special meal, Li Xin would ask Wenbo and them to bring a copy to Master Zhou.
When Wenbo went to the academy, Li Xin took Yuexiang and Yueting back to Osmanthus Village in a carriage. returned to Osmanthus Village, and Li Xin asked Zhu Yong to drive to Zhuangzi to have a look. According to Li Xin's calculations, some of the cherry tomatoes planted in Zhuangzi should be ripe.
This year, Zhuangzi also planted a lot of cherry tomatoes, and Li Xin no longer planted any special varieties, but planted more common, red cherry tomatoes. If the cherry tomatoes are ripe, you can make a good fortune while there are no fresh fruits on the market at this time