Chapter Seventy-Nine: Artichoke
That's right, it's a potato, it looks like a wild potato.
Luo Qinghe directly grabbed one and pulled it hard, because the land was dry, it took a lot of effort to pull it up, and he saw three or four potatoes that were bigger than rice balls hanging under the roots, which were already ripe.
What an unexpected discovery, these days have been eating wild vegetables, lettuce when it is ripe a few times, other vegetables are not grown at home, has never had a chance to eat, now there are wild potatoes, that is a meal and vegetables.
Looking at the potato plants that stretched four or five feet, Luo Qinghe shouted loudly, "Dad, mother, come quickly." ”
When Luo Dagen and Tian Cuizhu heard Luo Qinghe's voice, they thought something was wrong, and ran over in a hurry.
"Qinghe, what's wrong, what's wrong?" Luo Dagen asked anxiously.
Luo Dagen and Tian Cuizhu came over, and when they saw that their daughter was fine, their hearts relaxed, and then they saw the plant in Luo Qinghe's hand.
"Artichoke?" Luo Dagen said loudly.
Potatoes are called artichokes here, Luo Qinghe remembered.
"Qinghe, don't eat this." Luo Dagen stopped, "Someone has had an accident after eating it, and many people call it poisonous taro." ”
"It's just a headache, diarrhea, and serious ones are in a coma, and they've died." Tian Cuizhu took the artichoke in Luo Qinghe's hand and threw it to the ground and said, "Now the people in the village don't have to eat it anymore, and they don't dig this to eat, this is not only poisonous artichoke, but its leaves are also poisonous." ”
"The places where people in the village often go, these have been uprooted, but I didn't expect there to be a lot of them here." Tian Cuizhu said.
"Unplugged? Thrown? Luo Qinghe felt heartache when he heard this, this is a delicious potato, and it will often appear on the table of every household, fried shredded potatoes, pretzel potatoes, potato stewed beef, potato cakes......
Luo Qinghe only felt that many delicacies flew in front of him, "Dad, mother, I know this, the stems and leaves can't be eaten, but this stem can be eaten, that is, this yellow and round, of course, if it is not ripe and the artichoke is green, it can't be eaten, and if the artichoke sprouts, it can't be eaten." ”
"But these are ripe, not green, not sprouted, not poisonous, and taste good." Luo Qinghe's eyes lit up as he looked at a whole piece of artichoke, "I'm going to dig these up." ”
"It's really not poisonous?" Luo Dagen asked hesitantly.
"Of course, I can still talk nonsense." Luo Qinghe said confidently.
"Wang-" A dog barking interrupted the trio's thoughts.
Looking back, Luo Qinghe saw Ah Mo with a surprised face, "Ah Mo, why are you here?" ”
Amo held his head high and patted a small rabbit on the side with his front paws.
"I'm foraging." Luo Qinghe squatted down and patted Ah Mo's head, "It's amazing, no wonder I think you've grown up." ”
Ah Mo enjoyed arching in Luo Qinghe's palm.
"Dig them all?" Luo Dagen has already bent down and started to pull out the artichoke, and his daughter's opinion is to be heard, but let's make sure again, after all, this is a poisonous taro.
"Yes, let's eat some and keep some seeds, and I'm going to plant them in the fall." Luo Qinghe said with a smile, the artichoke is easy to store, keep some for planting, and plant it in the autumn, start next year, plant twice a year, your own family will not be hungry, this is a good thing, you have to go to the mountains next time to collect and collect.
"Qinghe, have you ever eaten an artichoke before?" Tian Cuizhu asked.
"Hmm." Luo Qinghe nodded affirmatively, "Remember some of the dishes made here, and when I get to Tiangou Ao, I will make them for my father and mother, you will definitely like them when you taste them." ”
"Haven't you ever eaten a bad person?" Tian Cuizhu wondered.
"A good artichoke can't eat a bad person." Luo Qinghe also joined Luo Dagen, Luo Dagen pulled out the plant, Luo Qinghe found a pointed branch, and dug down where Luo Dagen had dug up.
"Qinghe, those fathers have been pulled out." Luo Dagen saw it and said.
"Artichokes are very long, and in addition to those that are still hanging, there must be a lot of them buried in the soil." As Luo Qinghe's words fell, three or four more potatoes were dug out of the ground.
"It's quite long." Luo Dagen smiled and said.
Tian Cuizhu also found a branch to dig together, Luo Dagen pulled out the whole piece, and also joined the ranks of digging, and advised, "Qinghe, I will dig with your mother, you can pick up the dug out and put it in the back basket." ”
Luo Qinghe nodded and began to pick up artichokes.
While moving, his mouth kept asking, "Daddy, is there anyone buying or selling this artichoke in this town?" ”
"At the beginning, there were, and I didn't know anyone in the wild, but there were still people who had seen it and recognized it, saying that it was bigger than this, and there were other places, called artichokes, and everyone called it like this."
"As soon as the villagers heard about it, they went to the mountains to find it, and the price was not low a few years ago, it was about the same as mushrooms, but this thing is heavy, so it makes money, and there are many people digging it."
"Later, a small number of people who ate it got sick and died, and after that, no one bought it or sold it, and when they saw it, they called it poisonous taro. So, it's not people who are going to starve to death, no one digs anymore. Luo Dagen said.
It's a waste, Luo Qinghe sighed secretly, such a good thing, with a high yield, doesn't pick the ground, but it's not without benefits, but it's cheaper, and everything on the mountain will be your own in the future.
The family of three was busy for half an hour and dug out all the potatoes, Luo Dagen took a look, good guy, I didn't expect so much.
"This must be forty or fifty pounds, such a small piece of land can produce so much." Tian Cuizhu said in surprise.
"No, it's very prolific, not only is it very filling, but it can also be made into a dish, and the artichoke is a good thing." Luo Qinghe said with a smile.
Luo Dagen and Tian Cuizhu carried the artichoke separately, and connected the vegetables brought from home, Luo Dagen carried thirty or forty pounds, Tian Cuizhu carried about twenty pounds, Luo Qinghe insisted on coming over to put the back basket of buns, carried it himself, and then carried a burden in his hand.
Ah Mo had already eaten the rabbit on the side, lying on the ground, and seeing that Luo Qinghe was leaving, he hurriedly stood up and followed happily.
"Ah Mo, you have to go home, otherwise Xiao He and the others will worry about you." Although Luo Qinghe wanted Ah Mo to follow, his family was going to spend a few days in Tiangouao, in case the family saw that Ah Mo was gone, how could they go up the mountain to find it.
Ah Mo tilted his head to look at Luo Qinghe, leaned closer to her and arched his head on her lap.
"It's useless to be coquettish." Luo Qinghe said with a smile.
"Woo-" Ah Mo didn't care, still following.
"Amo ......"
"Qinghe, let Ah Mo follow, wait until you get to Tiangou Ao, Daddy will go to the town and talk to your grandfather and grandmother." Luo Dagen smiled and doted.
Ah Mo seemed to understand, and happily shouted a few times at Luo Dagen, and then swaggered in front of Luo Qinghe.
Luo Qinghe smiled, but with more Amo, he seemed to be more cheerful along the way.