015. Wild herbs
The orchard in the early morning was surrounded by morning mist, the sun showed half of its red head, and the green leaves were dotted with crystal clear dewdrops, showing colorful rainbows in the morning sun.
Sun Gang was feeding poultry in the orchard, cleaning the sheds, mowing grass and feeding fish, and was sweating profusely.
When I got home, my mother was working in the kitchen, and my father was carrying millet on the roof.
"Dad, I'll do it, it's so heavy." Sun Gang quickly took the bag on his father's back.
"There is not much rice at home, so I'll dry a bag of millet and go to make rice tomorrow." Dad Sun explained.
The millet should be dried before threshing, so that it is easy to thresh, and the rice produced can be stored for a longer time.
Spread the rice on the roof, and the sun just rose.
"Now the sparrows are almost extinct, otherwise many birds will come to peck at them, which is not enough for them to ruin." Sun's father smiled and said, in the past, he had to come up to drive up the birds from time to time. Sun Gang remembered that when he was a child, sparrows were overwhelming, but now various pollutions have made these birds less and less.
"I'm going to have a meal when I get down," Sun's mother shouted in the yard.
Sun Gang went to the room to wake up his brother.
"Brother Gang, it's been a long time since I've been sleeping so well. I've been sleeping late at school, and I've got up late." Sun Wuyi rubbed his eyes.
"Yes, I fell asleep when I was just back two days after I got back, and I didn't dream until dawn." Sun Gang said, "Get up quickly and wash and eat."
Breakfast was very simple. I stewed mushrooms from the chickens last night, stir-fried two green vegetables, a plate of pickles, and there were porridge and steamed buns.
Sun Gang and his younger brother drank two big bowls of porridge, and they were covered in sweat.
"You two will pick some cat's paws later and make some cold dishes at noon." Sun's mother told her son.
Cat's claws are also called cat's claws, which spread branches. The stems are about one meter high, and the leaves are three to four times and three times, and the leaves are grassy after small leaves, obovate or nearly round. They grow on hillsides, forest edges, under vegetable forests, and shrubs.
The above part of the cat's claws have the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and treating acid. They have high medicinal value and have the effect of inhibiting cancer cells. They are a promising dual-purpose plant for food and medicine.
There are many wild vegetables at the foot of Shuangfeng Mountain. Sun Gang entered the mountain last time and was not at the best time to pick it.
Big Hei and Xiao Hei were leading the way in front, and Sun Gang was fully armed and walked behind with his younger brother.
In a short while, I arrived at my destination.
The Shuangfeng Mountain in summer is quiet, lush, beautiful and colorful.
Every corner is full of green that symbolizes life. Look at the green, it is layered and boundless, green as deep as green, as cool as it looks, and green as if it is clean. It is gazing at the sight of the whole sky, as if the whole sky is dyed green.
"Brother Gang, what does cat paws look like?" Sun Wuyi was at home and didn't have any effort in his limbs and grains.
"Just play around and play, we'll go back later." Sun Gang didn't expect his younger brother to help.
"Uh, okay..." Sun Wuyi obviously knew that he was unreliable.
There are so many wild vegetables here that are dazzling, they are all hidden in the deep grass.
However, it is best not to pick some wild vegetables that don’t know how to identify them.
Such as poisonous celery, poisonous mushrooms, mountain eggplant, monkey garlic, etc., they are poisonous and cannot be eaten. This is also the reason why Sun Gang refused to let his younger brother intervene.
Sun Gang squatted on the ground, plucked here and poked a shovel there. After a while, he picked a lot of wild vegetables, including cat paws, mountain garlic, etc.
What was even more surprising was that a large area of wild water celery was found on the edge of the river.
Shuiqin is also known as Shuiying, Xibenshan celery, Niucao, Chukui, Daoqin, Shuqin, Wild celery, etc.
The feather-shaped complex leaves are slender, the stems have edges, the upper part is white and green, and the lower part is white. The content of various vitamins and minerals is high.
The tender stems and petioles are tender, fragrant and refreshing, and can be mixed raw or fried.
Water celery is sweet and spicy, cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing essence and strengthening qi, reducing blood pressure, promoting lungs and promoting dampness, diuresis and reducing swelling.
On the other hand, Shuiqin is also called "Rolutong" by people. It is served on the dining table as an indispensable dish in summer and is entrusted with people's beautiful wishes and blessings.
After harvesting a large basket, Sun and his younger brother were still incomplete and walked home.
Of course, some of each wild vegetable were secretly transplanted into the space, and the wild vegetables transferred in the last time had already grown in the corner of the space.
The fungus and flower mushrooms are also growing well. Sun Gang has dried several batches and distributed them to relatives and friends.
At noon, Sun's mother made a table of wild vegetable banquets, cold dishes, fried dishes, and soup dishes. The whole table was green and green. It was refreshing and made people feel very happy.
Sun Gang went to pick it several times in the next few days, and gave some fresh food to each of the four old men, as well as uncles and uncles.
The remaining grandma pickles up and makes it into a refreshing side dish. Whether it is to drink wine or drink porridge, it is the best choice.
In summer afternoon, the sun hangs high in the sky, like a big fireball, scorching and dazzling, the earth seems to be scorched, and all living things are like they are in a steamer, and the heat is unbearable.
The trees, flowers and plants lowered their heads, and the grass lay on the ground. Even the cicadas on the trees were making irritable screams.
Sun Gang went to the roof and flipped the rice. The scorching sun was like fire, making people breathless.
After a few minutes, Sun Gang was sweating profusely and blushed, and he wished he could get into the refrigerator.
He took the iced watermelon handed over by Sun's mother and took a bite. Sun had just recovered.
"You have to go through this time, how hot it should be?" Sun's mother looked at her son with distress.
"The sun is poisoning now, so I can get a little dry."
The animals in the orchard were also afraid of heat. The goat family lie lazily under the shade of trees, and the usually active little lamb lies listlessly beside his mother.
The chickens were in groups of three or three under the shade of the trees, and they didn't even dare to look at their heads. The ducks in the pond were rushing out splashes of water from time to time on the water surface that could not be exposed to the sun.
Big Hei and Xiao Hei stretched out their tongues and panted heavily at the door. The rabbit family was lying quietly in the nest, as if they were having lunch break.
Big gray and small gray were on the beam, combing their feathers casually and resting quietly.
Sun Gang was sleeping soundly in bed, while Sun Wuyi was playing games by the computer.
It was already past three o'clock when I woke up from noon, and the sun outside the window was still vicious.
"Brother Gang, I'm going home tomorrow." Sun Wuyi said as he saw Sun Gang wake up.
"What's wrong? No one is playing with you here?" Sun Gang said in confusion. After all, he is lazy and the weather is hot, so he is too lazy to move.
"No, tomorrow is not a weekend, Zhang Jie finally has a weekend," Sun Wuyi explained. Zhang Jie is his girlfriend, and she was together in high school. She got into college on May Day, but she failed. Zhang Jie's family arranged a job for her in the county town.
Sun Gang met Zhang Jie a few years ago. She looked very small and handsome. She was 1.6 meters tall and not short. However, standing next to May Day, which was 1.8 meters tall, she looked a little small and exquisite.
As we chatted, time passed inadvertently.
The sun sets westward, the air is not so hot, and the animals in the orchard are beginning to become active.
"Gangwoo, May Day, what do you want to eat at night?" Sun's mother asked casually when she saw her son and nephew entering the door.
"The weather is too hot, eat cold noodles, I'll make it later." Sun Gang looked at his mother's problem with dinner because of the hot weather.
"When the weather is hot, you won't have an appetite. Cold noodles are delicious. Then roll out noodles, and your dad and I will go to collect rice." Cold noodles are also in the mood with Sun's mother.
Sun Gang's family basically doesn't eat noodles made by machines, and they usually roll noodles by hand.
"The top is still hot now, so I'll collect it later." After saying that, Sun Gang washed his hands and kneaded the noodles, and he had to knead the noodles repeatedly. The noodles rolled out tasted so strong. So rolling the noodles is a physical job.
After the noodles rolled out are cooked in a boiling pot, filter them with cold water several times.
Then pour scrambled eggs with tomatoes with a little soup, and cold celery with celery. Each person has two large bowls of cold noodles.
Looking at the empty noodles basin and plate, Sun Gang's hard work on kneading the dough suddenly disappeared, and he felt comfortable all over.
"It's delicious, I'm so full. Brother Gang, my sister-in-law will be blessed in the future." Sun Wuyi joked and smiled at Sun Gang, and his parents and grandmother nodded.
"You kid are still kidding me, but my sister-in-law is still alive." Sun Gang was helpless.
"Gangba, you are not young anymore,..." Sun's mother started nagging her son again.
Sun Gang knew that his younger brother would definitely cause his mother to nag when he talked about this topic.
Sun Gang glared at his younger brother fiercely, then looked at his father as if he wanted help. Sun Gang gave him a helpless look. No one could save him at this moment. Sun Gang could only keep nodding and said yes.
Sun Gang has not been at home in recent years, and his father has suffered a lot. Now that his son has returned, his mother’s nagging partner has been transferred to his son.
For half an hour, Sun's mother kept conducting "friendly" consultations on Sun Gang's lifelong affairs. There was no way, so Sun Gang had to make a promise to her mother: she would definitely find a partner as soon as possible! Although she still doesn't know who her partner is, she has to fool her mother first before talking about it.
Only then did Sun's mother stop "ideological education" of her son, Sun Gang wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with lingering fear.
In rural areas, children who are as old as Sun Gang can make soy sauce.
(The first update on the 14th is to continue asking for support. I went to the post office yesterday afternoon to send a contract, hoping to sign the contract successfully!!)
Chapter completed!