Chapter 11: Mushrooms
"Niu Niu, do you know how to choose eggs?"
The eldest aunt took Niuniu's hand and walked back slowly.
"I know, just light a candle and see if there's any ...... in the egg"
Niuniu thought that the eldest aunt was also curious about this, and came out of the tray without reservation.
"Niuniu, you can't tell anyone else about this. This can be regarded as a craft of Aunt Lin, and it can't be exposed. โ
The eldest aunt suddenly paused and looked at Niuniu with a serious face.
Niu Niu also woke up from her excitement.
It's not that difficult, and not everyone does. Aunt Lin relies on the craft of hatching chicken cubs, and she can earn a sum of money every spring.
Just now, I let myself look at it so easily, and I felt that I couldn't understand it.
"I see! Auntie, I don't talk to anyone, not to my grandmother. โ
Niu Niu covered her mouth tightly with her other hand.
"Well, let's go home! Look what delicious your milk makes for us! โ
Niuniu looked at her aunt with a relieved look, and a trace of emotion emerged in her heart.
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Early in the morning, Grandpa Su took the two brothers, Su Qiang and Uncle Su, to the field. In the past two days, the seedlings have to be thinned, and the three of them go out early and return late, and they are afraid that they will not be able to deal with the harvest well.
"Niuniu, why are you here?"
Grandpa Su said in surprise as he held a handful of grass in his hand.
"Isn't it raining these two days! I guessed that the mushrooms in the mountains should be sent out, and I took the children to pick them up. โ
"I've brought you breakfast, so don't go back to eat it, save trouble. We may not be back until the afternoon, and at noon there is baked bread in the pot, and you can go back and eat it hot. โ
Grandma Su put the basket containing breakfast on the ridge and shook it. I'm afraid that it will be unstable, and I will sprinkle it when the time comes.
"Remember to take things back! Don't forget! We're leaving! โ
"Don't forget, go, go! Go early and come back early! โ
"Milk, why did you pull out the seedlings?"
Niuniu saw that there were still seedlings in the grass in Grandpa Su's hand just now, and she didn't have time to ask. At this time, he took Grandma Su's hand and asked her to help solve her doubts.
Niuniu hadn't paid attention to things in the field before, and today was the first time. I immediately saw that the seedlings in the ground were weird, and they were a little different from my previous life...
And why Grandpa Su pulled out the seedlings is really incomprehensible...
"I can't control this kind of sprinkling, it's all grown together, some sparse and some dense. There is no way to sparse it, and if it is too dense, pull out some, otherwise it will affect the harvest. โ
This logic really sounds fine at first glance, but fortunately, Niuniu has a lot of knowledge in modern times and went to an agricultural university. Otherwise, they will be fooled.
"Isn't it better to plant it first and wait for the roots to grow before transplanting it into the ground?"
"Niuniu, what are you muttering? We have to hurry up, don't cry when the mushrooms on the mountain are all picked up by others! โ
Well, it's good that no one hears it, otherwise you'll have to struggle to explain.
Niu Niu looked at the other fields, and they were almost the same. I understand why the yield is so low, this planting method is wrong!
Niu Niu reflects on why she didn't pay attention to these things earlier.
As a female college student studying agriculture, even if she doesn't study very well, she is better than the average person. And here, it should be able to help a lot!
Fortunately, it's not too late to find out. Unfortunately, there is no way to rescue it this year. It seems that we will have to prepare for these things early next year.
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Usually people don't go to the mountains, but today I made an appointment with a few families to go to the mountains to pick up mushrooms.
If you pick up less, eat it at home. If you're lucky, pick up more, and you can also exchange a few coins for a few pieces of pork to improve your diet.
"You boys, come and confess. You can't eat these mushrooms indiscriminately, some of them will poison people if you eat them..."
The aunt beckoned the children to her side and carefully taught them what they could eat and what they could not.
"Alright, that's pretty much it. You split up and look for it, just don't run too far. โ
"Mother, milk, come on, there are a lot of mushrooms here."
When Zhou heard the sound, he saw Niuniu squatting in front of a piece of rotten wood, her little hands busy.
The little baskets for her to play with were almost full.
"Niuniu is so lucky, as soon as she came, she met a group of mushrooms. Be careful not to damage the soil when picking. In this case, maybe the next time we come, we can pick up another wave. โ
Zhou helped Niuniu finish picking this piece, and it actually filled half of the back basket.
After harvesting, I carefully covered it with dead leaves, looking forward to the next harvest.
"Hey, mother, is there bamboo over there, why are there so many! It's so pretty! โ
Niuniu was tired after picking the pile of mushrooms, so she stood up and looked east and west.
When I looked at it, I saw a large bamboo forest on the hill behind my house. After the baptism of heavy rain, it looks vigorous and lovely.
"It's bamboo! Niu Niu only knows now! โ
"Now it's time to dig up bamboo shoots, but the bamboo shoots are bitter and astringent, and everyone is not happy to eat them. If Niu Niu wants to taste it, she can dig some up and go back today. โ
Hearing this, Niuniu searched desperately in her mind, wondering what went wrong.
I clearly remember that there were spring bamboo shoots in my previous life! And it's delicious, fragrant and tender, even if it's fried, it's delicious, doesn't this bamboo look different?
De-astringent! finally remembered, weren't the bamboo shoots in the previous life also bitter and astringent? It's just that before frying, I boiled it in salted water to remove the astringency.
After thinking about this, Niu Niu suddenly became excited.
"Mother, let's go dig bamboo shoots! I want to try it! โ
As soon as Niuniu thought of doing something, she didn't care a little about it, and pulled Zhou to pass.
"Mother, you help watch a few children! I took Niuniu to the bamboo forest. โ
Zhou was afraid of hurting Niuniu, so he could only follow her strength and move forward, twisting his head with great effort to explain to Grandma Su where she went. lest you find no one when you get it, and the family is in a hurry.
"Niuniu wants to taste the bamboo shoots, so I'll go over and dig two. I'll be right back. โ
"What are you digging that thing for, it's fuel-guzzling and it doesn't taste good. It's so good to pick up mushrooms, and you can exchange them for two dollars if you can't finish eating. It's just that the child is not sensible, but Zhou is an adult, and he is so impertinent, and he follows the child to mess around. โ
Widow Wang took eye medicine on the side, and she fell in love with Su Qiang earlier than Zhou. Her mother had to think that the Su family was poor and refused to let her marry.
Now she felt uncomfortable when she looked at Su Jiaqi's happiness.
Although her father-in-law is dead, there is still a mother-in-law who has been pressing her, and she can do whatever she wants like Zhou.
"If the child likes it, this daughter-in-law marries into our family and is our own family, but it doesn't hurt a little, it's hard for me to get used to you, an outsider!"
Grandma Su didn't care about her feelings at all, and replied with a cold face.
The widow made a fuss and walked to the side... In my heart, I was scolding Grandma Su for not knowing what to do...