Chapter 30: Finding the Hidden Grain
Xia Huai was about to say something to describe the mother-son friendship between the two who were not very close, but he didn't expect Rui Ge'er to suddenly shout: "Radish!" It's turnips! Red radish! ”
Xia Huai looked at the freshly dug beet fruit and couldn't help but be happy: "Silly Brother Rui, this is a beet!" Isn't it very similar to a radish? ”
Rui Ge'er nodded frequently: "Like!" ”
"Okay, go and ask your grandmother to come and help, and say that there are a lot of beets here!"
Rui Ge'er quickly shouted and brought Zhou Huiniang and them over, and Liu Qingyun also followed.
Xia Huai didn't ask much, anyway, now that Wang Tieniu has woken up, there is no need to keep staring.
"Sister-in-law Zhou, your Huai'er is too capable! Such a large piece of beet, you have to eat it for a long time! ”
Zhou Huiniang was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, this time she was really immodest: "Yes, I'm not afraid of running out of food during this time!" ”
So, a group of people chopping wood, a group of people digging wild vegetables, and none of them were idle!
Beets can be eaten in a variety of ways, simply put, they can be eaten boiled or eaten raw. If you eat it raw, wash it and eat the purple-red fruit, which is crisp and sweet, very appetizing, and saves firewood!
In the afternoon, Xia Dashan called Xia Qi and Shi Shi to help make the trolley, and Zhou Huiniang and they carried piles of beets to deal with them.
It's summer, and beet leaves don't look like other dried vegetables to eat, this thing is not only not nutritious, but also not delicious!
It stands to reason that in such a situation, it would be good to have a stutter, so what else to pick?
But Zhou Huiniang is picky.
She thought that there were two sick numbers, and they would have to live for a month at the earliest, this mountain is so big, are you afraid that there will be no food? With her daughter's blessing, she can't either!
So, Zhou Huiniang waved her hand and decided to make a beet feast tonight.
Just cook and fry, just boil, steam, and mix.
At this time, the county magistrate of Lin'an County was in a rage.
"A bunch of rubbish! You still want to hide such a big thing from me? How long you hide it means how long I will die! ”
The county magistrate of Lin'an County was so angry that he swept the dishes and chopsticks on the table to the ground, and sat on the ground snorting and panting.
After a long time, he raised his head and asked, "Have you caught all the troublemakers?" ”
The master trembled and bowed his head and replied: "All, all of them have been caught..."
"What about the outcasts?"
"Also, there are some that I haven't been able to catch."
The county magistrate of Lin'an County showed a fierce look in his eyes, staring gloomily into the distance: "This matter can't be spread to the top, those people... There is one one, all disposed of! ”
"Yes!"
There was a riot in the city, and the displaced people could not be resettled, so the displaced people were killed.
Any one, if the slightest rumor leaks is known by the people above, I am afraid that his county order will also come to an end! Not only that, but it is also difficult to preserve the head of the item.
Since you have taken a wrong step, it is better to make a wrong step and make a wrong step!
The unlucky officials who had been unlucky a few days ago were tragic again, because they were sent to search the mountains again.
"Search the mountains and search the mountains, why didn't he search my house!"
"Last time, Lao Tzu was smashed to death, and he finally picked up a life, and he still thought that Lao Tzu was stupid to lose his life?"
"That's it, I haven't raised my salary for a few years, and I eat the fragrance of the imperial court's rice, it's fragrant, I can only smell it, but I can't eat it in my mouth!"
Complaining is complaining, and in the end you still have to carry things to search the mountains.
Suddenly, I heard a suggestion: "I said brothers, this place moves from time to time, we are young and don't have a problem, it's better to be like this, anyway, it's our own people, it's better for us..."
A group of people whispered for a long time, some people were moved, and some people hesitated.
"It's not good, if anyone knows, let..."
"If you don't say it, I won't say it, who will? Only God knows that we know, but when everything is revealed, no one can have good fruit to eat! ”
In the end, the leader gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" But we can't go too far, we have to go there every day, don't go deep, just find a place to drink and chat! ”
The boss nodded, and the people below naturally wouldn't refuse again.
At the same time, a warm scene is being staged in a cave in the deep mountains not far away.
"Mother, this is so sweet! Here you go! Rui Ge'er took a bite of the beet fruit, couldn't help but open his round eyes, and excitedly held the beet he had eaten to Xia Huai's mouth.
Xia Huai tilted his head: "My mother has it in her hand, and Rui Ge'er eats it herself!" ”
Rui Ge'er saw that his mother didn't eat it, so he handed it to Xia Dashan and his wife respectively as if they were concocted.
The two of them naturally didn't eat it, and Rui Ge'er was relieved to gnaw it.
His mother said that Kong Rong made pears of good quality, although he did not call Kong Rong and did not have pears, but he also had to learn from the practices of this ancient!
Beets are made into three forms, one is washed and sliced and eaten raw, and the other is boiled with beet leaves and rhizomes to make beet soup, which is mainly eaten by the two injured people. The last one is to slice the fruit and roast it, so that the taste is better, and it has a burnt aroma and slightly sweetness, which is less earthy and jerky than eating it raw.
The last way to eat is contributed by Xia Huai, which is loved by everyone.
Xia Qi ate many pieces of roasted beets in one go, and couldn't help but say: "I feel that this is a fight with those snacks of preserved fruits, it tastes sweeter and more tender than raw food, and I can eat a lot when I have nothing to do!" ”
"Maybe I can sell it as a snack!"
The speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, and Xia Huai immediately had an inspiration in his mind.
Xia Dashan looked at the few roasted beets left, clapped his hands and said, "The trolley is almost done, get up early tomorrow morning and go to see our grain." ”
Xia Huai hurriedly said: "Dad, remember to call me tomorrow morning, I am hiding more partially, you can't find it without me leading the way!" ”
Xia Dashan didn't want his daughter to suffer and get up early, but what her daughter said was right, so she had to nod: "Okay." ”
The next day, as soon as it was slightly light, there was a sound of rustling in the cave.
The stone got up in a daze, and his voice was still a little sleepy: "Do you want to leave now?" ”
Xia Dashan was amused when he saw the stone in a daze, and walked over and punched him: "Haven't you woken up yet?" Either you can stay here and sleep, and we'll just go." ”
The stone was excited, and the sleepiness dissipated: "That's not good! "A bone got up from the straw, for fear of being left behind.
There was only a faint white light outside the cave, and there were many trees in the deep mountains, which made it even more silent. Several people shuttled through the deep mountains and slowly went around to the mountains.
The rooster that crows at this time has not yet been put on duty, let alone people, and not a single figure can be seen.
"Xiaohuai, you go and look for your food, see if it's still there, I'll go and see if it's somewhere else."
About a quarter of an hour later, several people converged.
Xia Dashan's father and son and Shishi's expressions were not very good.
"We haven't found any grain for a few of our families, but we have found another one..."Xia Dashan hesitated, he didn't know if the owner of the grain would come back, what if he came back to get the grain but found that it was gone?
"Where are you?"
"My food hasn't been found!" Of course you won't find it, who would have thought that it would be hidden in space? She had just taken the food out of the space, mainly because it took a little effort to find a place to store it.
Hearing this, Xia Dashan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then these grains will not move for now, and then wait for a while, if no one comes to take them, then we will again..."
Xia Huai nodded, it's not that they don't have any morals. If no one takes it, it is better to give them food than to let it go to waste. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was searched by those black-hearted officials?