American Ranch

Chapter 735 Stealing Yam (45)

These are enough to make a big meal at night. Everyone stopped fishing and had time to rest and appreciate the harvest of half an hour of hard work.

Seeing that the girls were hot and sweating, Qin Yi took the boat again and took them for a walk on the river for a few laps, and finally plunged into a patch of reeds.

Qin Yi jumped off the boat and plunged into the calf-deep river, but was pricked by an asparagus tip in the mud, grinning in pain, and made the girls feel distressed, complaining that he is still like a child now that he is such an adult , not stable!
But in fact, when they were fishing just now, how calm were they?

Of course, you can't say these words, or you won't be killed by their charming white eyes!
The girls hurried him up, wanting to help him check if the soles of his feet had been punctured. There were a lot of bacteria in the water, so it was better to deal with them as soon as possible.

Angel yelled even more obediently, saying that she would help her father with the medicine!

But the pain was a bit painful, for Qin Yi's thick skin, it was impossible to pierce the skin, he raised his foot and shook it a few times, as if deliberately teasing them, the soaked white toes were shaking like dancing.
The girls were relieved, but they couldn't help spitting on him, and Ke Luo still held up the fishing rod and beat his big feet!
After arguing for a while, Qin Yi restrained his thoughts, bent down and groped under the water, picking some tender and new asparagus.

This thing has a natural fragrance and is also a special dish.

After collecting asparagus, the collection work in the river is considered complete.

When they got ashore, Yu Xia asked John and the others to take them back to the car. Qin Yi made a few more traps with wild corn kernels, and then led the girls forward, finding some thick straw mushrooms on the roots of dead trees along the way.

Stir-fried this stuff a little, it will give people a feeling of fat and meat.

But what Qin Yi wanted most was the wild fungus on the dry tree trunk.

Especially in remote locations with the back to the sun and humid environment, there are clusters of fungus, big and fat!

This kind of natural delicacy only needs to be fried with large oil, fried with garlic cloves and parsley, and then sprinkled with a little refined salt, it can be matched with a strong fresh fragrance.
It is said that Hericium erinaceus and morel mushrooms are vegetarian, but in Qin Yi's opinion, this wild fungus is also worthy of such a reputation.

Urban people who yearn for nature regard this food as the ultimate delicacy, but nowadays rural people feel that eating this food is cheap. Although it is delicious, few people go to the wild to collect these gifts of nature.

Qin Yi felt that if the output was not too low, restaurants in the county and urban areas would come to buy it!
I especially remember when I was in elementary school, someone came here to buy wild morels. At that time, in the nearby villages, old men, old women, and elementary school students all went crazy to collect them!
It's a pity that it is very rare, and the environment is also changing. In recent years, it may have disappeared.

White and fat straw mushrooms, large groups of fungus, filled a basket full, carried by Angel like a treasure, walking and jumping all the way, imagining the big dinner at night in her little mind, and can’t help but look forward to the dark soon .

There was a piece of wild artichoke on the river bank, and Qin Yi dug some more. This stuff looks like ginger, but the flesh is white, crisp, tender and sweet. Wash it with bottled water in the backpack, and the girls are curious to taste it. , the sound of crisp chewing can be heard endlessly for a while.
"Yi, what's that?"

Ke Luo chewed his mouth full of sweet juice, fed it to the baby with a small amount of juice, and pointed to the farmland on the left side of the river embankment, where there was a plant on a shelf and asked.

Qin Yi had noticed a long time ago that it was a yam field, lined with ridges and ridges, very neat.

"Yam, we often eat it at home."

"So the yam looks like this!" The girls nodded and stared curiously.

The family often cooks yam porridge, but the girls have never seen a yam plant, so it is normal to be curious at this time.

Qin Yi came up with an idea, planning to take them to steal yams!

Ke Luo, Amanda and others were eager to try, and Angel clapped her little hands, wishing to run over immediately, but the people in Susa felt that something was wrong, wouldn't it be embarrassing if they were caught?
It's just that their eyes are also flickering with excitement, unconsciously, they have already started to look around
After Qin Yi persuaded them a little, everyone sneaked up. Qin Yi, Ke Luo, Amanda, and Angel were digging together. The rest of them, Susa and Rachel, were still excited to help watch the wind. And anxiously urged.

If I didn't have to hold the children, I really wish I could help dig together!
Occasionally, someone passed by on the east road, and their urging was even more urgent. They nervously asked everyone to hide behind the yam shelf and wait for passers-by to pass before continuing to dig.

It's just that the yam was buried more than one meter deep in the ground, and everyone went out without any tools. Qin Yi still had a small knife in his hand, but Ke Luo and the others could only use sharpened branches to dig the soil. The progress can be imagined!

After digging for a long time, Ke Luo and the others simply gave up and joined the cheerleaders of Susa and others, leaving Qin Yi to do the hard work alone!
Fortunately, knowing how to wipe off his sweat gave Qin Yi a lot of comfort.

It is really a difficult task to plan a hole with a knife.

It took Qin Yi a few minutes to poke and poke, but he only dug less than half a meter deep. At this time, an old man riding a bicycle on the east road turned off the road and walked along the narrow dirt road towards the ground. Come from the edge!

God, is this here to catch thieves?
Everyone was startled, and the urging became more tense. Sara and Rachel were more timid, and they had already urged them to say no, and gently pulled everyone to run away!

Half of the yam was exposed, and Susa and the others didn't know whether to run away, or take advantage of the old man's distance, and then run after digging.
On the other hand, Angel was quite excited, bouncing around, cheering, smiling, and not too worried, maybe because she thought her father was the best, even if the old grandpa came, she couldn't beat her!
After all, he was stealing from others, so Qin Yi was also a little nervous. He closed the knife and put it in his pocket, knelt on the ground, grabbed the yam and pulled it up!

While pulling it carefully, he also sneaked a look at the old man riding a bicycle over there.

The other party seems to have noticed the situation here, and turned his head to look this way while riding!
Noticing this situation, everyone became even more nervous, yelling and saying no, that posture, as long as Qin Yi agrees, they will run away in a hurry!

Qin Yi is still insisting, he has already been seen anyway, so if he gives up at this time, people will not pursue it?

Anyway, if you get some benefits, even if you get caught, you won't be wronged!

It’s just that the yam is very immature. If it shakes a little, it will break. After pulling it up a little, the delicate skin has already begun to fall off, secreting sticky juice, and it is even more difficult to pull it out with slippery hands.
Qin Yi had no choice but to change his position and continue!
When planting yams, a vertical round hole thick as an arm will be made. The yams actually grow along the round holes, and the surrounding soil is sparser. Be afraid!
With skillful strength, Qin Yi slowly pulled out the yam.

The girls were nervous and embarrassed, their faces were flushed, but they were also a little excited to see this scene. At least they don't have to work in vain, right?

Qin Yi didn't dare to shake it, what a pity to break it!

But the girls couldn't wait any longer, so Colo and Amanda came to help directly, but as soon as they grabbed it, with a little force, the yam broke with a crisp sound
Qin Yi spread his hands wordlessly, the two girls felt embarrassed immediately, Su Sa and the others were funny and nervous, and urged everyone to run away!

Like a gust of wind, the girls followed Qin Yi and ran back to the embankment accompanied by the nervous and relaxed laughter!

Angel laughed and screamed. The three little guys didn't know why, but they were hugged and run by their mother, bumping like a cradle, very comfortable, so they also giggled and giggled, the scene was hilarious and interesting.

Qin Yi held a piece of yam more than half a meter long, and when he looked back, he found that the old man on the bicycle had passed the field, and continued to ride westward along the small dirt road.
The whole family looked at each other and quarreled for a long time, but the lover was just passing by!

They all felt amused by their guilty conscience when they did bad things, and after a while, Qin Yi washed and peeled the yam, and shared a piece of it with each other, it was sweet and crispy!

(End of this chapter)