Chapter 22: The Village's Food Rations
"Soft, look, my brother pulled it out!" Su Qinghe raised the 'stick' in his hand and shouted excitedly!
"But soft, what's the use of this 'stick'?"
Su Ruansoft patiently explained: "Big brother, this is something called yam, hmm...... It is said that it is said that it can ......"
Grandpa Land reminded in the idol: "Little princess, you can eat a full stomach or a dish, and the nutritional value is very high!" ”
"You can eat it as a vegetable, and there are many, many nutrients!"
Su Qinghe smiled with crooked eyebrows, "My family knows a lot about softness, if my mother knows, she will be happy!" ”
"Hmmm! Let's go find my grandmother and mother now. ”
Su Ruansoft held his loot in his hand and walked in front of him jumping up and down.
Although Su Qinghe was still a little stupid in his brain, he also tried his best to take care of Xiao Soft along the way, for fear that she would be hurt a little bit.
The two walked for a long time, almost climbed most of the mountain, and finally found a family.
Su Ruansoft rushed to the milk excitedly, "Milk!" What did you see Squishy find? ”
Mrs. Su glanced at the 'stick' in her granddaughter's hand, which was thick and straight, but it was a good stick.
"It's a good stick."
"Milk," Su Ruansoft furrowed his handsome little eyebrows, and said in a milky voice: "This is not a stick, this is called a yam!" ”
"Yam?" Su Lao Niang and Lin Cuilan glanced at each other, they had never heard of such a thing as a yam.
"What's the use of this?"
"This, this can be eaten! You can be hungry and you can cook! ”
"Can you eat it?" Su Lao Niang looked left and right, this piece of thing like a tree branch did not look like food that could satisfy the stomach.
"Soft, what's going on here?"
The question of "uh......" really stumped Su Ruansoft.
Fortunately, Grandpa Land quickly said: "You can directly roast it in the fire and eat it, it is soft and glutinous and sweet, but it is delicious." ”
"Milk, this can be roasted and eaten! Let's eat and eat now, I didn't eat breakfast in the morning, and now I feel so hungry. ”
Su's soft stomach grunted very cooperatively.
In fact, it's not just her, everyone is hungry at this time.
"Then let's bake it and try it."
Su Lao Niang still didn't think that this stick could be eaten, but since she said it softly, she would give it a try.
Several people worked together and soon made a fire.
Su Ruansoft threw the yam into the fire.
Several people stared at the black stick that had been consumed by the fire.
But to everyone's surprise, this is different from the stick and other branches, it didn't burn for a long time, but over time, a faint fragrance came out.
At this time, Grandpa Land suddenly said, "Okay! ”
Su Ruansoft immediately said, "It's baked, it's ready to eat!" ”
Su Qingchen immediately got a stick and picked out the 'stick' with a roasted black skin.
Su Qingyue poked it with his hand, and when it was hot, he hurriedly stuffed his fingers into his mouth, trying to eliminate the pain on his fingers with saliva, "Soft, can this really be eaten?" ”
Su Ruansoft also had a skeptical attitude towards this charred thing.
Is this really edible?
"Little princess, of course this can be eaten, as long as the skin is removed, the meat inside can be revealed, sweet and silky, fragrant, and delicious."
Grandpa Land said that he was hungry.
He's trapped in this hapless idol, and he's not tasted human food for a long time!
Pointing to the charred skin, she said, "Remove the skin." ”
Su Qingchen carefully tore the outer skin, revealing the white flesh inside, and then glanced at Su Lao Niang.
", you see."
"Yo." Su Lao Niang didn't expect that under the charred black skin, it was such white meat, she broke a section and tasted it, the taste was like a yabyan, but it was a little sweeter than a yabmo.
"It's delicious, it's really good!"
The others also divided into sections.
Su Qingchen opened the section in his hand, and after blowing it a little cold, he sent it to Su Soft's mouth, "Soft, you can eat it too." ”
"Hmm!"
Su Ruansoft obediently opened his mouth and ate the piece of yam into his mouth, the sweet and silky soft and glutinous taste was delicious!
Her eyes sparkled, "Wow, it's delicious!" ”
One yam, six people ate three percent full.
Su Lao Niang pulled Su Ruansoft and asked, "Squiody, you tell Grandma, where did you get this 'stick'?" ”
"Milk, it's not a stick, it's a yam! Take you there, there are many, many of these yams! Su Soft walked in front with a high spirit.
Su Lao Niang looked at her small figure, but she was very excited in her heart.
Her good granddaughter is really a blessed person!
God is reluctant to let her go hungry.
No, everyone ran out of food, and she immediately found a large number of yams.
With these yams, are you still worried about not being able to eat enough?
It didn't take long for several people to reach their destination.
Su Ruansoft pointed to a piece and said, "Milk, there are a lot of yams buried underneath, let's dig them all out together!" ”
"So much?" Su Lao Niang looked at it, this flat land, to say the least, has three or four acres, if the yam is buried underneath, how many catties will it take?
I'm afraid there are thousands of catties!
It's enough for the whole village to eat until the beginning of spring next year!
Su Lao Niang said excitedly: "Let's hurry back and inform Lizheng!" ”
Several people immediately rushed back to the shelter, and Su Lao Niang directly found Lao Lizheng, "Our family has found a large amount of food!" ”
"What?"
Several other women who were busy with their work also came over.
"Is there still food on this mountain?"
"We've all walked around the mountain, and it's food, even a bird is hard to see, old Su's family, don't fool us."
"Why am I fooling you? If you don't believe me, come with me and see! This is what my family found softly! My house is soft, but it's really a little lucky star! ”
Su Lao Niang happily hugged Su Ruansoft in her arms, for fear that she would walk too much and make her feet sore.
Finding food is a big deal!
It's still a major matter related to the lives of the whole village!
With food, they will be able to survive until the beginning of spring.
Lao Li made a quick decision, "Go!" Let's take a look! ”
Everyone followed the people of the old Su family up the mountain together.
Su Lao Niang led everyone to find the edge of the flat land, "There is food hidden here!" ”
Everyone looked left and right, but they didn't see that there was food hidden here.
"I said Lao Su's family, where is this grain? Don't sell it! ”
Su Ruansoft struggled to get off Su Lao Niang's body, "Milk, I'll tell you." ”
Although she is only four years old, she is already very organized and speaks clearly.
"This yam is buried in this field, big brother, you dig out another one like before!"
This land is sandy soil, and after Su Qinghe dug a pit, he quickly dug out a thick and long yam from the pit!
The people in the village were still full of doubts when they saw the 'stick' in Su Qinghe's hand.
Can you eat this stick?
Su Ruansoft said unhurriedly: "You all come over and see, although this thing looks like a stick, but after the skin is removed, there is white flesh inside, which can be roasted and eaten directly in the fire, but it is sweet!" ”
The men gently scraped the skin of the stick, and when they scraped it off, the white flesh was really exposed.
You can pinch it with your hand, and you can return it to water, and it is tender.
"Yo, this thing looks really edible!"
"We've lived on the edge of the mountain for so many years, why haven't we found anything like this?"
"A little girl who says she can eat it, she will definitely be able to eat it? What if it's poisonous, what can we all do? ”
"If you're afraid of being poisoned, if you don't eat, it's over, and I won't starve you to death!"
"Aren't I still thinking about the people in our village, if we eat badly, we don't even have a doctor, so we can't wait to die?"
Seeing that everyone was about to quarrel, Lao Li was standing up and presiding over justice: "Okay, don't quarrel, can you eat it, let's bake one and eat it first." ”
"If you're afraid, I'll take the first bite!"
A few people lit the fire, and Lao Li threw the yam into it.
Su Ruansoft kept staring at the yam in the fire, until Grandpa Land told her that it was cooked, and she immediately said, "Grandpa Lizheng, it's already cooked!" ”
A strange light flashed in Lao Lizheng's eyes, "Oh, Xiao Soft, how do you know that it's ripe?" ”
Su Soft Milk said cutely: "Anyway, I just know." ”
"Okay, grandpa believes you." Lao Li was picking out the yam with a branch, peeling off the skin to reveal the roasted flesh inside, and then took a big bite.
The soft and glutinous sweet yam melts in the mouth almost in the mouth, the taste is sweet, and eating it in the mouth is like eating sugar water.
"Sweet, delicious!"
The other hungry people also stared at the yam on the ground.
If you have the audacity, you will stand up directly, "I'll try it too!" ”
The man tasted it and nodded, "It's really delicious!" ”
Seeing that no one who had eaten it had any adverse reactions, everyone else scrambled to grab the last remaining piece of yam.
Those who had eaten it licked their mouths unsatisfied.
Those who didn't eat it, smelling the sweet fragrance, made their stomachs even hungrier.
"You also share a little with me, and you give me a little taste."
The man shoved the last piece of white and tender meat into his mouth, "It's gone." ”
Lao Li looked at Mrs. Su gratefully, "Old Su's family, you have really done a great thing for our village!" ”
"Li Zheng, what are you talking about, I was lying on the sickbed with the children and his grandfather before, and no one took care of these children, if you hadn't gathered food for them to eat, they would probably starve to death! Where can it still be as lively as it is now. ”
Su Lao Niang is a murderer, but she is also a person who knows how to repay her kindness.
If others are good to her, she will be good to others.
"In that case, everyone, what are you still doing in a daze, let's do it and dig it!" Lao Li Zheng gave an order, and all the people in the village poured into the field, dug up the snow on it, and dug out all the yams buried inside.
After a while, the yams dug up were piled up as high as a hill!