Chapter 16: Eating Lotus Root
In the current world, there are few families who can eat well, and there are many people in the city looking for work, so that there is no work in the city, so none of the Qiao family can make money. If this thing can really make money, then the Qiao family will be able to live a good life.
The two dug three times, only the first time it took Banxia to dig out the whole root, there were six or seven sections, more than one meter long, and Qiao Le dug it later, intermittently, and there were more than ten sections, enough for the family to eat.
Hua Banxia asked Qiao Le to go down to the river first, and threw the lotus root down on it, and the two became more and more cooperative after what happened just now. Qiao Leda likes to do things with this cousin more and more.
"Wow, it turns out that the roots of the splash look like this", Qiao Le learned to rub off the mud on the lotus root in the running water in Banxia, revealing the beige lotus root, which is very good-looking.
"Yes, look", Hua Banxia took a section of the lotus root that was broken from the middle and showed him, "This is the inside of the lotus root, it is full of holes, if it is dug up, it will enter the mud, so it can't be dug up, but it can be eaten by washing."
After speaking, Hua Banxia washed the broken lotus root on his hands, broke a piece and put it in his mouth, and chewed it with a squeak, "Well, it's sweet and juicy, ancient things are so original and delicious!" ”
Hua Banxia couldn't help but close her eyes and enjoy it, and accidentally said that she leaked her mouth, but fortunately, Qiao Le only paid attention to the way Hua Banxia ate lotus root, and didn't pay attention to what she said at all, and she also learned that she broke a piece and ate it.
I don't know if I don't eat it, I was startled when I ate it, "Well, cousin, this thing is delicious, it's like fruit, it's delicious to quench your thirst, it's delicious!" "Qiao Le has never read a book, so he doesn't know any big words, but he only knows that this thing is really delicious.
Hua Banxia noticed it, and heard from the words of the Qiao family, their family should not have ever read, they are honest, they are authentic rural people, and now the boys of the Qiao family are not young here, but if they are in modern times, they are still studying, and they are not afraid of being late.
"Cousin, let's quickly wash it and take it to the uncle to quench their thirst and give it to their father, taste it", Qiao Le ate a piece and stopped eating, and wanted to leave it for the rest of the family.
Because there are a lot of broken lotus roots, fortunately, Qiao Le's clothes in summer are relatively wide, so he simply untied his belt, lifted the clothes in front of him as a pocket, and asked Hua Banxia to put all the broken lotus roots, and let her hold the long one by herself.
The current sun is not as warm as it was when it first came out, but it is estimated that there are still two hours before it gets dark, and Qiao Da and the others are estimated to continue to be busy, so the two of them simply went directly to the field.
"Uncle, Dad, we're back", Qiao Le shouted to Qiao Da and them at the foot of the mountain, his tone was full of excitement.
Qiao Da heard this, he just raised his eyelids and glanced at it, and then continued to wave his hoe to reclaim the ground.
The other people were happy, Qiao Zheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw Hua Banxia carrying something, and Qiao Le was also holding something, thinking that it was something that this lobby girl said could eat.
"Uncle, Dad, look, they really dug things up", Qiao Zheng was already tired, so he took this opportunity to straighten up and rest for a while, holding the hoe in his hand, waiting for Hua Banxia to come.
Qiao Le saw that it was almost there, so he ran up, as if he had found something good, and he was in a hurry to ask for credit from the adults.
Hua Banxia couldn't help laughing, and ran with her, otherwise she wouldn't be too much like someone who found something good and was in a hurry to let his family know.
When they arrived at the field, except for Qiao Da, everyone else came around to take a look, and everyone's reaction when they saw this lotus root for the first time was the same as Qiao Le just now, and they were curious to pick it up and look around.
Qiao Da didn't want to dampen their curiosity, just stood aside and watched without speaking, but when he saw the white and chubby thing in Hua Banxia's hand, it seemed that he could really eat it.
Thinking about it, Hua Banxia took a section of lotus root that the two of them cut with a hoe in the river from Qiao Le's pocket and handed it to Qiao Da, "Uncle, try it."
Hua Banxia looked at Qiao Da with a smile, she was very happy that Qiao Da did not show any dissatisfaction this time, making everyone more comfortable.
Qiao Da was a little stunned, but immediately took the lotus root in Hua Banxia's hand, glanced at the others, and saw that they were all eating, and they kept praising the deliciousness in their mouths, and they couldn't help biting it.
"Yo, this thing is good", Qiao took a bite, his eyes couldn't help but shine, his face softened, and he said to Hua Banxia with a smile.
Hua Banxia saw that Qiao Da didn't investigate whether this thing could be eaten or not, he must have believed in himself in his heart, and Hua Banxia was sincerely moved by the Qiao family's trust in himself.
"Uncle thinks it's delicious", Hua Banxia said with a smile, turned around and stood beside Qiao Da, and said to Qiao Er and a few brothers and brothers behind him, "Uncle and Uncle, I thought, we can find a time to dig some, let me and Qingqing take it to the town to sell, no matter whether we can make money or not, it can be regarded as not eating the family's food in vain."
Hua Banxia had already planned it, and he naturally had a way to sell the lotus root, but this couldn't be so fanfare at first, after all, there were not many lotus roots in the lotus pond, and Qiao Da and they might not really believe that they could sell it for money, so they always found an excuse to prove it to them first.
"Banxia, what you said, how can you eat the family's food for nothing, it's the uncle who has no ability, so you can't even eat a full meal", Qiao Da felt a little guilty, and was a little ashamed of his idea of being by the river just now, but people wanted to make money for the family, and he thought that she only knew how to play, so she was really ashamed.
"It's okay uncle, it's going to get better, in this way, let's spend half an hour every day digging some, and then Qingqing and I will take it to the city to sell, how much can we earn", Hua Banxia proposed.
Qiao Da and Qiao Er are a little embarrassed, there is no problem in digging it, but this thing is not light, how can the two little girls bring it to the city, besides, let the two little girls go to the city to sell things, how can they rest assured.
"Banxia, if you don't let your second aunt go with you, you can rest assured that there is an adult in us", Qiao Da thought about it, it's not good not to let her go, let her go, it can be the best, and if it can't be done, it will make her die.
Hua Banxia thought that if she went with Hua Qingqing, she could find an excuse to deceive the little girl, and go to Hua Manlou to get the goods, such a good thing, of course, give priority to her own industry.
But if you let Tian Fuzhen go with you, it may be a little inconvenient, but looking at Qiao Da and their appearance, if you don't let Tian Fuzhen go with you, you can't go by yourself. Hua Banxia had to agree to Qiao Da's request.
"Cheng, uncle, let's come out early, take advantage of the cold weather in the morning to dig some, and after washing, I and the second uncle will go directly to the city, Cheng?"