Chapter 14: Delicious Lettuce
For the lettuce grown, Liu Yi had indescribable excitement in his heart, but also began to be full of confidence in the future development, he made up his mind that since everyone in the city is crowding the single-plank bridge, fighting for the head and bleeding and desperate, it is a good time to withdraw and return to the vast countryside. There is a miracle against the sky, and I am afraid that I can't grow good vegetables.
Liu Yi has a thorough understanding of the growth of lettuce, listening to the book that there is also the taste of vegetables, Liu Yi is still a kind of worried, the delicate vegetables look appetizing, but whether there are any side effects still need to be experimented. In this way, Liu Yi went to the market to buy back a hen, the hen's legs were tied to a rope, and the other end was tied to the bamboo pole inserted in the ground to prevent it from running, and then picked out some old leaves and threw them to the hen, at first the hen was not used to being tied to the rope and flew around, and when she saw the vegetable leaves thrown to it by Liu Yi, she couldn't wait to pounce over, while clucking, clucking, while constantly attacking the vegetable leaves with the tip of the chicken's beak and beak, and after a while, the vegetable leaves were wiped out by it, as if she had found something, only to see the hen quickly pounce on the vegetable garden, by the This little vegetable leaf is not enough for it to eat, and it is all staring at the lettuce in the vegetable garden, and it is worth it. Liu Yi grabbed the rope and caught the hen back. I also want to harm the vegetable garden that I have worked so hard to cultivate, and I am glad that I am not slow, otherwise it will not be in vain after a busy month. Tie the hen to the lightning rod on the rooftop far away, Liu Yi saw that noon time had come, but the results of the experiment here had to wait, even if this lettuce had any side effects, it was not highly poisonous, and there would be a reaction if you ate it immediately. Ignoring the hens who were still struggling, Liu Yi went downstairs to make lunch.
After lunch, Liu Yi felt a little sleepy, and the dishes and chopsticks were not cleaned up. I went back to my bedroom and slept for a while. When I woke up, I lazily bent my waist, took the mobile phone next to the bed and looked at it, it was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The drowsiness was all gone, and he hurriedly got up and ran to the top floor.
When he went up to the top of the building, Liu Yi saw the hen shrunk under the shadow of the sun on the rooftop, didn't it have a problem eating the lettuce leaves I cultivated, Liu Yi slowly approached the hen, ready to take a closer look. As soon as Lu Dao moved his steps, the hen's eyes opened, and she saw someone approaching and flying around, and it seemed that Liu Yi had some unfavorable measures against it, so she was ready to have a chicken and egg to fight, and the fish died and the net was broken! Don't react so violently, and I didn't do anything to you, Liu Yi understood, the weather was not bad at noon, and the hen was hiding in a cool place napping, and when she saw something approaching, the birds and animals felt that they were in danger, and they were not all startled and tossed around. Seeing that the hen was still in good spirits and everything was fine, Liu Yi was really relieved.
went to the vegetable garden to inspect the lettuce inside, and Liu Yi felt that the lettuce was still growing, and it seemed that each tree was a lot stronger. Take home the lettuce that I picked in the morning and prepare to try it, and make sure that the vegetables are not as delicious as the books say, and if I don't try it myself, I don't know if it tastes good or bad, and I don't dare to recommend it to others. Liu Yi pained and happily became the forerunner of another revolution.
In the evening, because Liu Yi wanted to try the lettuce grown, he had to make several ways to eat a vegetable, stir-fried, cold, soup-made, eaten with condiments and steamed rice filled the coffee table. Looking at the mouth-watering dishes, he first took a chopstick dish and tried the taste, and then, no one competed with Liu Yi, so he gobbled it up himself, eating the wind and clouds, chopsticks rained down, and all kinds of dishes made of lettuce were swept away by Liu Yi. It's not how high Liu Yi's cooking skills are, Liu Yi himself is still self-aware. But the taste of lettuce is indeed wonderful and beautiful.
This time, Liu Yi was really excited, and he tried it himself. The experiment was very successful, Liu Yi couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, good things are better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, although it is impossible to tell the secret in his heart, but it is also necessary to share it with others.
Dialing his mother's phone, Liu Yi waited patiently. I forgot to introduce my mother earlier, Liu Yi's mother's name is Dong Shanglan, after Liu Yi's family's economic conditions were difficult, rural farming was simply unable to support Liu Yi and his sister Liu Li's school fees, so he went out to work with his father Liu Huanzhong, and later worked as a self-employed person in Shaping District, Shancheng City, engaged in the purchase of goods in the factory and then retailed out of the factory, and made a little difference in the middle. Later, after the death of his father Liu Huanzhong, Liu Yi's mother continued to do it, with the increasingly fierce competition in all walks of life, now my mother is not doing very well, she can only mix food and clothing, and she can keep up with her usual use, but she is easy and free. In her own words, "It's not up to anyone to do this, and it's convenient for the older generation to come and go for birthday celebrations", so it's been maintained.
There is a house in Luoshi Town, but Liu Yi's family usually doesn't go back, they have their own work and have been empty. Only during the New Year's holiday, when Liu Yi's family has dinner or New Year's dinner, will he return to Luoshi Town, and then his sister and brother-in-law will also come over, invite relatives to have a lively time, and have a place to stay. In addition, Liu Yi is not married yet, and it is also a new house prepared for Liu Yi. Now only Liu Yi, who is not at work, lives at home in Luoshi Town, and his vegetable experiments can be carried out in secret.
The phone was connected, and Liu Yi's mother's kind voice came from inside, "Hey", Liu Yi's mother usually doesn't look at the phone number when she calls, even if the phone number with the name set in her phone is like this.
"Mom, it's me, it's okay lately," Liu Yi said first.
"Oh, it's the second baby. I'm free today, have you done it for your friends, don't delay for a long time, you also have your own things to do. Mother still said with concern.
"Well, that's it for today. My friend was very happy and bought a lot of things for me" Liu Yi began to foreshadow the appearance of special vegetables in advance, otherwise it would be very troublesome to say sometimes. There's no excuse for that, so why not?
"That's good, it's hard for me to say anything to help my friends, now it's time to think about my own plans."
"Okay, I'll come to you tomorrow. My friend gave me a lot of things, especially some high-end vegetables, which tasted good and I couldn't finish them alone, so I'll bring you some tomorrow and you can try them too." Then hang up the phone.
Early the next morning, after Liu Yi got up. I went to the vegetable garden on the top floor again, and today I want to bring some lettuce to my mother, and Liu Yi also went to the market to buy some plastic wrap and foam boxes. Don't look at the foam box, you can't buy it in ordinary places, Liu Yi has also been to the market for a long time to buy things, and people are familiar with it and find someone else. Pull out the lettuce of the same size from the soil and put it aside, seeing that there are 10 catties piled up, Liu Yi tidied up each lettuce again, removed the soil on the roots, removed the leaves that were a little old, and wrapped them together with plastic wrap, more like the one in the supermarket, and then put it neatly into the foam box.
It was half an hour's drive from Luoshi Town to Shaping District by bus, and with a large foam box in his hand, Liu Yi still noticed some strange eyes around him. I can't care so much, who likes to think about it, it's my ** business.
When I arrived at the store run by my mother, it was closed. Her business is not good now, and the store door does not need to be opened for a long time, and customers will call in advance when they want goods. When the time comes, call a few sticks to the goods on the end, more than 20 days in a month are relatively leisurely, but the mother still lives here, for many years the surrounding neighbors are familiar, usually a few age quite invited to walk around, at night also follow the trend to dance the dam dance, life is not lonely. Liu Yi didn't ask her to go back to live together, and she still talked about it when the distance was far away, and sometimes it was not harmonious to live together for a long time.
I walked to the place where my mother lived in the foam box, and the place where she lived was about 30 meters away from the alley next to the store, which was not far. When I walked outside the door, I heard the sound of chopping things with a knife inside, and took out a key that had not been used for a long time. The key turned the lock cylinder and gently opened the door, and sure enough, the mother was struggling with a chicken on the cutting board (some other places are called cutting boards, cutting boards, and here in the mountain city are called cutting boards).
I turned around and saw Liu Yi coming, "It's coming so soon, there is no traffic jam on the road." I went to the market in the morning and saw that this chicken was good, and I bought one just when you came."
In fact, Liu Yi knew in his heart that it was not a good chicken to buy, it was a chicken that he wanted to buy and specially buy, usually Liu Yi's mother ate very simply, she had high blood pressure, and she couldn't eat more meat and didn't dare to eat more, and her mother was very strict with herself in terms of diet. While gently pushing his mother's shoulder, Liu Yi said to her, "I'll get it, you go and take a rest." ”
The mother didn't postpone it, tied an apron to Liu Yi, walked to the foam box he brought, and then opened it to see, "This is the vegetable that your friend gave you, it looks quite fresh."
Can it not be fresh, I only picked it this morning, I thought to myself. But he said, "Mom, take out some and make a dish, this dish is good, I ate some last night."
"Okay, then I'll get another stir-fried lettuce later," he said, taking care of the lettuce he picked up.
At ten o'clock at noon, Liu Yi's family meals had been prepared, and lunch was officially served. The rotten meat soup stewed in chicken soup is fresh and fragrant. I was afraid that Liu Yi didn't eat well, and in this era of abundant materials, my mother, who came from the famine era, still picked up the chicken with the most nutritional value and put it in Liu Yi's bowl. But his chopsticks stretched out to the plate of vegetarian dishes, and when he saw his mother holding a lettuce cultivated by Liu Yi with chopsticks, Liu Yi actually looked at the expression on his mother's face a little nervously.
The mother didn't know why, and looked at Liu Yi staring at her, "Eat, it's not good if you don't eat anymore, the food is cold." The words changed, "Hey, the lettuce you brought today tastes good, it turns out that we also planted it when we were in the countryside, and the taste is not as good." Now the lettuce sold outside is all made of fertilizer hormones, let alone eat, if you put your hand close to your nose and smell it, it is not a taste at all."
"Mom, this is the friend who asked me to help, there are two boxes in total, and I brought one box here." Liu Yi explained according to the idea of thinking about it.
"Oh, so much for you, can you eat it? Look at our relatives, if you have time to send some over, don't eat such delicious lettuce."
As a result, the lettuce at noon was swept again, and my mother kept saying "stir-fry it in the evening".
"Mom, then I'll come back in the evening, I don't know how long this dish can last, I'll send some to my second uncle and sister as soon as possible," Liu Yi said. Naturally, go back to Luoshi Town to the roof vegetable garden, pick some of each lettuce in each grid, and the packaging is simpler without foam boxes. Hurriedly picked, sorted, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, and made a lot of them after the last. The second uncle, sister Liu Li's family, several cousins, cousins, and cousins' families who were outside all sent more than ten catties to finish.