Chapter 32: The Legend of Konjac

The bearded company commander Qiu is also a temperamental, seeing such a scene, plus Xu Bin has been with him for many years, he has suffered a lot in the southern and northern wars, if the Anti-Japanese War is won, marry a daughter-in-law to live, and he will not make such a mistake. He asked the clerk to loosen the ties for Xu Bin, and several male soldiers moved more than a dozen corpses together and covered them with leaves.

When they were done, everyone sat on the ground, and the mood was very sad. That Xu Bin suddenly said: "That kind of konjac can be eaten, but it has to be cooked and eaten, and it is better to put some alkaline water to boil, it will be better." In this way, Zhao Xiaochun and Zhang Minmin's thoughts also came alive, and Zhang Minmin said excitedly: "I also remembered, the book said that konjac can not only be eaten, but also a good thing to lower blood sugar, blood lipids, blood pressure, and poison." Zhao Xiaochun's brain also caught up, and then her words: "Well, that's what the book says, I still think of a legend about konjac." But at the end of the day, none of us was prepared to dig that thing up and cook it.

Xu Bin rushed to the front this time, probably thinking that he had lost everyone's food. He stood up and said, "Company Commander Qiu, I'll go dig a few konjacs first, taste them myself after they are cooked, and then let everyone eat them." Company Commander Qiu glanced at Xu Bin with an approving gaze, and also went to help dig konjac.

Wang Yueyue was whetted by Zhao Xiaochun, and she pestered Zhao Xiaochun to listen to the legend of konjac. Although she had walked the mountain road for a day, because of a few pieces of wild boar meat yesterday, she didn't feel particularly hungry in her stomach, Zhao Xiaochun's story began, and she said slowly:

"Do you know who the god of the stove is on the stove in our house? That stove god is the wife of the Emperor Yan, and she is Ma Po Niangniang. A long, long time ago, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor taught people to weave clothes, Emperor Shennong traveled all over the land of Kyushu to taste all the herbs in the world, and Emperor Yan taught people to grow crops. One day, Emperor Yan and Ma Po Niangniang and his wife took the white crane to the tiger on the white crane cave mountain, only to see a lot of people falling all over the mountain, several old people and children fell to the ground, and the corpses were countless. Ma Po Niangniang took a closer look, and those who were alive were still foaming at the mouth and convulsing all over their bodies. I immediately called the local land lord, and when I inquired, I learned that a devil came from the west a few days ago to scatter these black and round fruits.

The fruits that were black and round did not look like artichokes or taro, because of the three years of famine here, and the people were hungry for food, and they ate these fruits and fell down because of the poison. The land lord said: I have heard, these black stones sown by this devil are called konjac and konjac, and if you want to eat it, you must add a kind of medicine, and you can only eat it after it is cooked thoroughly.

Concocted konjac has the effects of satiety, beauty, intestinal cleansing, cancer prevention, and detoxification, but this secret recipe is in the hands of the devil, he refuses to take it out, Ma Po immediately on the tiger hill, set up a seven-star stove, cut corn firewood, boiled the devil in the west sky, boiled for seven hundred and forty-nine days, and finally burned the devil into stove ash, boiled into alkaline water, and soaked into alkaline water with stove ash, used to cook konjac, the hemp flavor is gone, and there is no astringent mouth and numb tongue. It tastes delicious and has a lot of flavor. Emperor Yan's wife Ma Po, selflessly this secret recipe of grinding konjac with alkaline water to cook konjac to the world, since then konjac this green food, raised generation after generation of people on the land of China, and then for people to commemorate the exploits of this Ma Po Niang Niang, respect Ma Po Niang Niang Niang as the god of the stove - the husband. ”

Zhao Xiaochun's story was finished, and the konjac was cooked, but everyone still didn't dare to eat it, Xu Bin had a bottom in his heart, and he and Yan Xiaofen ate it with relish. After waiting for half an hour, Wang Yueyue rushed to the front, and she said with a look like she was going to the soup: "Sisters, I'll rush first." Other people also began to eat konjac one after another, Wang Yueyue took a few bites and said: "Oh, it tastes really good, sweet, sticky, and chewy." Fortunately, thanks to this thing, there is a glimmer of hope for survival.

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