Chapter 9 Ornamental cauliflower
Hu Baizhi is a very talkative and enthusiastic little girl, chatting with Hua Qingyan along the way, and helping her dig a lot of wild vegetables. In fact, Hua Qingyan's personality is still relatively shy, so most of the time, it is Hu Baizhi herself who is saying, Hua Qingyan listens, and the two get along very happily.
Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea. The words summed up by the older generation are indeed correct, just looking at the things in her small bamboo basket, it is enough for the four of them to eat today.
Hua Qingyan put a cluster of shiitake mushrooms into the back basket and asked Hu Baizhi, who was picking honeysuckle on the side, "Is the mountain village close to the sea?" ”
"The sea?" Hu Baizhi thought for a while and shook her head and said, "It's quite far, I only heard that the town is close to the sea, but I haven't been there." I usually go to the town to participate in the big market. ”
Hearing her say this, Hua Qingyan was a little disappointed. No matter how delicious Shanzhen is, it is also a green vegetable, whether it is a small bun or she and Bi'er need to supplement protein, seafood is undoubtedly the best choice. Hua Qingyan turned her head to see that Hu Baizhi had almost all the honeysuckle in this piece, and couldn't help but feel moved, "Do you collect honeysuckle flowers at home?" She remembered that there was a kind of honeysuckle in her space, and it grew much better in the space than in the field, and it could be sold to Hu Langzhong, which was also a profit.
"It's harvested, although it's almost late autumn, but the fire is still quite big, and Daddy wants a lot of money." Hu Baizhi's eyes rolled, and then she thought about Hua Qingyan's situation, how could she not understand, "I usually come to the mountains to pick by myself, and I am tired of it." If you pick it up and send it to my house, my father will definitely give you a fair price. ”
"Thank you, Angelica Bai." Hua Qingyan sincerely thanks. Both Hu Langzhong and Hu Baizhi have shown great kindness to her, and when she has the ability in the future, she will be repaid twice.
Hu Baizhi smiled: "We are friends, don't be so polite." ”
found the money road, and the burden in Hua Qingyan's heart was much lighter, so she also joked with Hu Baizhi, as if she wanted to treat the other party as her best friend. Unconsciously, the two of them walked quite deeply, but fortunately, Hu Baizhi often came to collect medicine, otherwise Hua Qingyan would definitely get lost alone. Hu Baizhi looked at the sun, it was already early hour, that is, it was almost nine o'clock in the morning. Hua Qingyan proposed to go back, and Hu Baizhi took her back to the village on another route.
As the saying goes, it's easy to go up the mountain, but hard to get down. The original owner is a daughter, and Hua Qingyan herself can't do strenuous exercise because of heart problems, so the journey down the mountain makes her particularly embarrassed.
"Be careful, I think you'll find someone to go up the mountain with you next time, otherwise I'm really afraid that you will roll to the bottom of the mountain." Hu Baizhi tightly grabbed Hua Qingyan's arm and complained about her strength. As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Qingyan stumbled again, and by the time she reacted, Hua Qingyan had already fallen into the grass.
Hua Qingyan really wanted to cry without tears, but this fall made her discover a good thing.
A few jagged green leaves dragged a flower bulb full of white inflorescences - it was actually a cauliflower! There is more than one, although it is not much, but it looks very beautiful.
Hua Qingyan happily got up, carefully cut off a cauliflower with a sickle and put it in a bamboo basket, and then cut another one.
Hu Baizhi looked at the excited Hua Qingyan and was a little puzzled: "Qingyan, what are you doing digging these flower balls?" If you sell it for money, you should uproot it, you can't support such flowers, and the rich people in the town won't want it. ”
Hua Qingyan's movements were a little inexplicable for Hu Baizhi's words. Why uproot, why raise it? She's meant to eat, not to be used for ornamentation. However, when she heard the words "can be sold for money", her eyes still lit up, "Can this be sold for money?" ”
"That's right, there are many big families who accept this kind of flower and raise it, but it must be in good condition, the root in your hand is broken, and it is small, and it can't be sold."
"Go back and raise? Do you keep it in the garden, or in the vegetable garden? ”
"In the garden, of course." Hu Baizhi said, "Lumps and clumps, white, don't you think they look good?" ”
Hua Qingyan twitched the corners of her mouth, a little speechless. So, people here don't know that cauliflower can be eaten? However, cauliflower is a variant of kale, and it is not wrong to be an ornamental plant, but it is a bit too wasteful. Putting this question behind her, Hua Qingyan continued to dig cauliflower and said, "This can be eaten, it tastes good." ”
"Really?" Hu Baizhi didn't believe it, but looking at Hua Qingyan's appearance, it didn't look like she was lying to her.
"I'll make it, you'll know if you taste it. It's really delicious and doesn't lie to you. ”
Seeing Hua Qingyan's insistence, Hu Baizhi shrugged her shoulders and followed her, it's a big deal to eat a bad stomach and ask her father to prescribe medicine. But in my heart, I felt that Hua Qingyan was even more pitiful, and even ate flowers. helped Hua Qingyan cut off the rest of the cauliflower, and the two never had any moths along the way. When she walked to the foot of the mountain, Hua Qingyan frowned at her own basket full of bamboo.
She now lives in the Hua family, and she brings these things back, I'm afraid that she won't have her share before she arrives at the firewood house. But if you don't bring it back, then a few people in the family ...... Hua Qingyan sighed, I'm afraid I'm going to be hungry again today, it seems that the food can't be solved, and I have to move out of the Hua family as soon as possible.
"What's wrong?" Hu Baizhi looked at Hua Qing, who was in a dilemma, and was puzzled.
"I'm afraid of the Hua family's ......"
Before Hua Qingyan finished speaking, Hu Baizhi understood her concerns, and waved her hand, "You go to my house, these will also be taken to my house, and when you eat, I will help you call your little cuties to bring them over." ”
"It's too much trouble for you!" Hua Qingyan was grateful, but she was still a little embarrassed, after all, she had troubled the Hu family many times.