It is said that bitter gourd is sweet and moist when it is ripe, not bitter, and bitter when it is not ripe, in order to protect the seeds inside.

Tang Qinqin didn't have much interest in it, and only picked all the ripe melons and fruits under the shelves of the courtyard corridor except for the seeds.

On the shelf, there were three or four heavy-looking old loofahs, whose skin was already brownish, and they were falling steadily on the loofah vines.

There are also yellow-brown old cucumbers that look like small mallets, red and yellow old loofahs with some explosions at the bottom, and more delicate and lovely green gourds on the gourd vines.

They are small sub-waist gourd varieties, have a long history of planting in our country, have a belly up and down, the waist is also thin, generally about seven or eight centimeters, and the smaller is said to be the size of a pea, which belongs to the rare and rare "grass gold".

The vegetables and fruits planted in their yard are self-produced and sold, the small gourd is just for their own play, Tang Dad has a good hand in painting, especially good at painting, the plum tree, bamboo, magpie and so on are vivid, very realistic, full of aura, he intends to paint on the gourd, so that it has more artistic appreciation value.

The gourd is considered to be in a "stocking" state, and it is not very carefully maintained, and it is like ordinary vegetables and fruits, covering the sky and the ground, and the sun and rain.

They are different in size, some of them have scars on the surface, but the appearance is well-proportioned and beautiful, when they are cut off, Tang Dad also specially instructed to leave as long as possible gourd vines, some of them are like dragon heads, very good-looking, such gourd dragon heads are wrapped with red ropes or other auspicious small pendants, which are particularly attractive.

By the time Tang Qinqin put them away and cleaned up the fallen leaves on the ground, Dad Tang had already caught a big rooster with his hands and feet, boiled water, plucked his feathers, and chopped them up, and put them into the pot for stewing by Tang's mother.

There is a burst of rich and striking meat aroma coming from the electric pressure cooker, and the pork ribs are stewed.

Let it cool slightly, pick out the onions, ginger and garlic and other seasonings, and then go back to the pot, add some potatoes and other braised potatoes before the finished product is served on the table.

On the stove is a large pot of seafood - three hairy crabs the size of Tang Pad's palm, prawns, prawns, conch, abalone and razor clams.

Add another vegetarian dish and a cold dish, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for the three of them will be very successful.

During the meal, Tang's mother specially brought three mooncakes, originally planned to eat one piece for each person, and ate it to suit the occasion, but Tang's father and Tang Qinqin, who were stuffed with all kinds of seafood and meat, couldn't eat a complete mooncake, so they had to eat one for the three of them, which was filled with lotus paste.

"Girls can't eat like this outside." Tang Ma couldn't help it, but still mentioned it.

Tang Qinqin, who was lazily leaning on the kang futon and touching his stomach, nodded again and again in agreement.

"I know, Mom. It's not that the food you cooked was too delicious, and you accidentally ate too much~"

"You can't eat like this if it's delicious. Go down for a walk, eliminate food, and it's not good to lie down just after eating. ”

"And you, get up, one big and one small are really like this......"

Tang Qinqin, who was thrown off the kang together, glanced at Tang's father, smiled helplessly, pulled on his slippers and went to the yard to take a walk and eat.

The flowers in the yard and at the door are in full bloom, and the graceful large-flowered peony and peony have passed the flowering period, but Tang's beloved jasmine is in full bloom with dense small flowers, the color is white, purple and white, the fragrance is fragrant, refreshing.

Tang Qinqin leaned his head closer to it and took a deep breath, the aroma of jasmine is really hard to dislike.

Look at the two pots of gardenias next to them, just like the last time I came back, they were all perfectly missed by Tang Qinqin.

Tang Qinqin leaned over and couldn't help but poke their waists gently: "What's the matter, do you want to keep the status of my favorite flower in my heart, so it's okay to leave me a flower to smell and smell." I didn't bloom last time I came back, and I didn't bloom when I came back this time, so I'm going to be unhappy. ”

Listening to this simple overlord clause complaint, the two gardenias couldn't help but shudder.

What kind of devilish human is this, and it is wrong for us to follow our own flowering period?

If you want to see it, you should come back sooner!

We can't move around at will, can't you?

Tang Qinqin, who had successfully harvested two big white eyes, raised his eyebrows and stuck out his tongue.

It's deliberate.,Slightly slightly~

After walking for a while, feeling panicked, Tang Qinqin and Tang's father sat on a small bench and sat in the yard scraping gourds.

If you want to keep the harvested gourd for a long time, you need to dry it in the sun, and the first step is to peel it and gently scrape off the skin of the gourd with a spoon or other handy tool, which is also convenient for soldering iron painting, painting, calligraphy, carving, etc.

Then the ventilation place is dried, and the gourd that is originally light green and heavy will become golden, light, and tough in texture after the benefit is dried, and the "rustle" sound produced by the impact of the gourd seeds inside can be heard for a while.

Comparatively speaking, small gourds are better preserved than large gourds. The large gourd is sometimes heated unevenly, and the upper belly will crack, so it can only be cut to make a water scoop or ordinary decorations.

Some small gourds are the general size of the upper and lower stomachs, the middle is a thin waist, particularly round and lovely, many people like to play with it in their hands, and after a long time, it will be wrapped in pulp and turn purple-red, and there is another appreciation value.

"Dad, I want to play with two," Tang Qinqin couldn't help but fiddle with the small gourd in his hand, the more he looked at it, the rarer it became.

"Just take it and play with it. So much so. Dad Tang waved his hand proudly: "I like to plant next year." ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Tang Qinqin, who got his wish, smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and happily pulled several well-proportioned and round gourds that he had been aiming at into his arms.

"Don't forget to go back and dry them, it's hard to keep them when they're wet," Dad Tang didn't forget to advise, it's really the current girl who laughs stupidly, and she doesn't see it.

"Dad, do you still have gourd seeds at home? I also plant some. Tang Qinqin, who was fascinated by the gourd, decided to plant a gourd in his small yard next year.

When the time comes, you will harvest a bunch of Fu Lu cuties, you can meet with your sisters to paint together, and some cute and cute little graffiti on the gourd, which is not more meaningful than other ornaments.

Dad Tang glanced at Mama Tang, who woke up from a nap, through the screen window, and pouted in the direction of Tang Qinqin, who didn't know it.

Sigh, girl, the momentum to think of a show is here again.

Tang's mother: ?

In the evening, the family wrapped dumplings, pork and cabbage stuffing and mackerel filling, fresh mackerel bones and skin minced, mixed with a little minced fatty meat, plus a variety of oil and salt seasonings, and then cut some leeks, mix well in one direction, whip up the strength, the dumplings wrapped out are thin and fresh, a bite full of juice, indescribable delicious and refreshing.

Mackerel dumplings belong to the Shandong cuisine, and are one of the favorites of people in northern coastal cities. The mackerel dumplings eaten at home are generally of normal size, and the mackerel dumplings in some places are like buns, with a big palm, and they are full when you eat one.

The irresistible delicacy led to the fact that after dinner, Tang Qinqin and Tang's father and daughter ate gloriously again.

This time after cleaning up the dining table and chopsticks, the father and daughter consciously went out to walk in the yard, at this time it was less than seven o'clock, the sky had begun to darken, under the cover of the night, all kinds of insects hidden in the corners of the vegetable garden during the day began to swagger and appear, buzzing, squeaking, chirping, each of them lit up their voices without giving way, and the two of them were lively in their ears for a while.

Under the solar light in the yard, many small flying insects and moths with phototaxis are attracted, and they hit the light box from time to time, and in the shadow of the light, there are already a few fat toads - the amphibians of the famous toad.

Although it looks a little uncomfortable, it is a real treasure, can provide our medicinal materials in short supply, not only prey on pests of agricultural guards, but also set medicinal, health care, food in one, known as "toad", is a very high economic value of medicinal animals.