Waste Wood Farming Notes

After thinking about it, Li Tianfu took out a piece of dried taro from his pocket, but actually from the space, and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

He Anle took it, looked at it several times, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Li Tianfu raised his eyebrows slightly, and took the piece of half-dried taro. This is the dried taro that he secretly hid. If the taro is completely dried, it will become very hard, and you can't eat it even if you bite it hard. Instead, you can soak it in water. Cook and eat with other foods.

It's a good thing to grind your teeth or pass the time. Li Tianfu stuffed it in his mouth, used it to grind his teeth, and ate one when he was hungry.

Li Tianfu: "This thing is taro."

"What is taro?" He Anle asked.

After thinking about it, Li Tianfu took him back to the room, sneaked into the firewood room, and took out a big taro from inside, "This is the taro."

He Anle: "Isn't this poisonous? Brother Fu, why do you eat this thing?! Spit it out!"

As he said that, He Anle reached out and pulled out the dried taro in Fu Ge'er's mouth, and threw it on the ground.

Li Tianfu: "..." The action was too fast for him to react.

"Stop, stop, this food is really edible, I won't lie to you!" Li Tianfu said with certainty, "Our family has eaten this food for a long time. If you don't believe me, come and see it with me. Our firewood house A lot of taro is stored in it."

He Anle followed him suspiciously to see that there were indeed a lot of sacks piled up in the woodshed.

I randomly picked a few to check, and it really was the taro that Fu Geer said.

Li Tianfu continued to take out a piece of dried taro and chewed it in his mouth, "They say this thing is edible, but you still don't believe it!"

He Anle watched him silently without speaking.

Unable to stand the gaze of the other party, Li Tianfu surrendered, "This thing can be eaten after being cooked. We have never tried it raw, but according to legend, it is probably poisonous."

"Who discovered that it can be eaten cooked?" He Anle immediately noticed something was wrong.

Li Tianfu thought about it, lie now and let He Anle discover his double lie in the future?Or should I tell the other party now?

"I discovered it by accident." Li Tianfu chose the latter.

Afraid that He Anle would ask him the details, Li Tianfu took his arm and said, "I discovered taro by accident. You haven't eaten this thing yet, have you? Come on, I'll take you to eat!"

He picked out a few smaller yams, and after the two of them ate, there was still a lot more, so He Anle was asked to boil the water, while Li Tianfu was responsible for washing the yams and putting them into the pot.

After they were cooked, Li Tianfu picked them up and let them dry. When they were cold, Li Tianfu took one and ate it politely. Seeing He Anle looking at him, he hesitated for a moment, but Li Tianfu still stuffed the peeled taro into his hand , "It can only be eaten by peeling off the outer layer of skin. Eat it quickly, it is delicious when it is hot."

He Anle looked at the steaming taro in his hand, and then saw Fu Geer concentrating on peeling the second taro. He leaned forward and took a bite. After a few bites, it tasted pretty good.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Li Tianfu leaned over with a smile. There was a hole in the taro in his hand, and he ate it. He stopped eating after eating one, and added I just ate a lot for breakfast, and I'm not hungry now.

Finding that there was no problem, He Anle ate three in one go before stopping.

"I didn't expect this thing to be edible. I'll take one back and give it to my aunt to taste." He Anle said with her lips raised.

Li Tianfu found a bowl and put the remaining four taro in it. Originally, he wanted to save it for the rest of the family, but now it seems that he should let his aunt and the others taste the taste.

Their family would eat a meal of taro every other night. They also carefully threw the peeled taro skin into the stove and burned it directly to ashes without leaving any handles.

If you eat too much, it will be greasy just like sweet potatoes, but the taro is free, and it won't burn your heart. My family likes taro more.

Moreover, taro has developed many ways to eat after his prompting. Taro rice is their favorite meal, saving rice and being able to eat rice. During the recent Chinese New Year, they have had a good year. With rice and hearty meals, everyone has grown a lot of meat after the new year.

Even Fu Geer, who has oral ulcers and cannot eat hearty meals, is the same. Big fish and meat cannot be eaten. Li Liushi changed his way to make up for Fu Geer. He ate various soups three times a day, plus porridge More and more meat is added, it is strange that he is not fat.

"Is it embarrassing to take all of them?" He Anle said.

"What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine." Li Tianfu's mouth twitched. If He Anle didn't take it so quickly, he might have believed his words.

"Brother Fu, I'll exchange the meat with you for a bag of taro." He Anle said after thinking for a while.

Take it back to his aunt to study, whether he can make new dishes, and now he eats those few dishes. The dishes made by his aunt are delicious, but they are a little tired.

Once you have delicious food, you will want to eat more delicious food.

Thinking about when he used to live by himself, he ate three meals a day by the way, and the taste was also tasteable, so he couldn't be so picky.

Now that there is an aunt who cooks dishes in different ways every day, it makes his mouth water when he eats them.

"What's the relationship between us? If you want to eat, you can take a bag home, and come to get it after you finish eating. Our family usually takes a lot of money from you, so let's take it back." Li Tianfu said indifferently, anyway, this There is no need to spend money to buy things back. If his man needs them, of course they will be given to him.

He Anle thought for a while, and Fu Geer might be angry if he forced it to him, "Then I will return it to you, and this bag of taro will be considered as a loan from you."

"I know where this plant is, when the time comes, our two families will dig it back together?" He Anle suggested.

"Okay, no problem." Li Tianfu immediately agreed. After all, there is no one who would dislike the abundance of food at home, right? "Dig the taro back, how about we split it fifty-five?"

He Anle nodded, "Okay." Everything you say is right.

Speaking of which, he took advantage of this. The whole family of the Li family estimated that they would be able to dig up all the taro in two or three times, and let him dig by himself. I don't know when it will be finished.

With the passage of time, the news about taro finally could not be concealed. All the villages living around them knew about it, and the natal families of several aunts in the family knew about it at the first time, which led to They are very affectionate to the Li family.

As expected, He Anle has been running around on the mountain all year round. He Anle dares to say that the person in the village who is most familiar with the situation on the mountain is ranked second, and no one dares to rank first.

So there are taro in many places on the mountain, and some are in relatively remote places. After the two families discussed it, they couldn't wait to start working.

He Anle is really amazing. He also found the taro hidden in the corner. The two families both came from a bumper harvest. Except for their place, people in the village also spontaneously went to the mountains to look for taro, and then Dig home.

Because these yams have not been spread yet, they can't be sold for money, but it is already very happy to be able to fill one's stomach.

Time soon came to March, the weather has warmed up, and the craze of digging taro on the mountain has also cooled down. You must know that spring plowing is the most important thing. Everyone has no time to go to the mountains. Spring plowing is the most important thing. It's all over again.

They walked on the road and saw many people working in the fields. There was a cow in the village, which belonged to the public property of their village. It was kept well on weekdays, and there would be special people to take care of it. It, when it comes to spring plowing, every household can come to borrow cattle to plow the fields.

It's just that they are not the ones plowing the fields, but the ones who take care of the cattle, and the money they pay is not much.

Originally, there was no such regulation, but the previous people borrowed the cattle back. In order to save money, they almost exhausted the cattle. After discussions among the clan, this regulation emerged.

The person who takes care of the cattle regularly helps to plow so many fields a day. If he plows more, people who find out can report him. He will have nothing to lose, except that he will lose his job of taking care of the cattle.

You know, the job of taking care of cattle is simple, easy and highly paid. Everyone in the village wants to do this job, but it is usually reserved for the helpless people in the village.If you make a mistake and lose your job, someone else will take over.

Li Tianfu jumped over a puddle with a basket. It rained yesterday, and everyone’s fields are almost ready. The rain has just finished, and many people are now transplanting rice seedlings in the fields. This kind of heavy work, of course, will not be blessed For my brother's sake, he just brought lunch to deliver.

"Grandma, I'm here." Li Tianfu shouted standing on the side of the road, and walked under the tree. It rained yesterday, but now the air is very fresh, and the sun is not too strong today.

Li Liushi also came to the field, but she didn't come to work, but to supervise several people in the family.

Almost all the young and middle-aged people in the family have gone to the fields, except for Brother Fu, who refused to listen to persuasion before and insisted on going to the fields with them. After less than an hour, he felt that the waist was no longer his own, so he resolutely gave up going to the fields. work.

Seeing Fugeer coming, the others hurriedly finished what they were doing, and hurried to the base of the tree. There were quite a few people sitting with them eating. Now it was lunch time, and the family would send meals over.

Except that they are young and middle-aged, the other food deliverers are basically children or old people.

After distributing the meals to them, Li Tianfu took out another lunch box that was kept together and handed it to He Anle, "Brother He, this is yours."

He Anle was sweating. He had been working in the field all morning. His family had no land, so he went to work in the field for Fu Geer's family.

Originally, he planned to buy some land, but after being found out by Fu Geer, under his strong opposition, He Anle had no choice but to give up this idea, thinking in his heart, it doesn't mean that the father-in-law's family will be more talented if they have a house and a field at home. Like it, he told Li Liushi about it, and Li Liushi also firmly opposed it.

He Anle could only give up this idea. Seeing his father-in-law's house getting busy, he ran to help without hesitation.

Their family has a lot of fields, and with one more person, the work speed is much faster.

He has never done these things, but these things are very simple, so he learned a bit and became familiar with them quickly.

"Brother Fu, have you eaten yet?" He Anle took a few big mouthfuls, and after he was not so hungry, he opened his mouth.

Li Tianfu looked at him with his chin resting, he is really handsome man!

"I've already eaten." Li Tianfu smiled, the relationship between the two of them is getting better and better, and the attitude of his mother is also getting better and better, Li Tianfu has a feeling that he is about to fall out of favor.

It seems that everything is going in a good way.

Looking at the green seedlings in the field, Li Tianfu sighed in his heart, there is still a month or two left?

He asked his grandma before, can the field be planted with sweet potatoes instead of rice?

Li Liushi was moved for a while, and then refused without hesitation.

"Why?" Li Tianfu was puzzled, the rice would be fruitless.

Li Liushi touched his head and sighed, "I don't want to, but we have no way to explain that we don't grow rice and grow sweet potatoes. Maybe there is no problem at first, but when drought occurs, we will be pushed away." To the cusp."

Their family has a lot of fields, and similarly, the family consumes a lot of food. The fields used to grow rice in the past must continue to be planted, but Li Liu has already planned to plant soybeans, corn, etc. All the places in the area were changed to grow sweet potatoes.

The reason is ready-made. They built a big house in their family and had no money. All the rice had to be sold for money, so they planted more sweet potatoes to fill their stomachs.

At the end of March, the work in the field was finally finished, and people were not idle, because they had to visit from time to time, weeding, catching bugs and so on.

Generally, the fields on this side are finished, and the wild vegetables on the other side of the field have grown up and need to be fertilized. The men in the family are accustomed to doing these tasks, and the women in the family are free.

After resting at home for a day, Li Liushi began to ask them to go out to work.

This is the time when wild vegetables grow wildly. The members of their family kept going outside to pick wild vegetables, and to pick up mountain products such as mushrooms on the mountain. It made the people in the village believe that their family had no money, and they did not see their family. Do people in this country have to constantly dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger?

Knowing this, He Anle silently brought a lot of prey to their home. On the first day, Fu Geer accepted it, but it was like this for the next few days. Look at him.

Li Tianfu: "...Is there something wrong with your eyes?"

"Fu Geer, if there is anything wrong, don't be polite to me, just tell me if you have any difficulties, and I will definitely help you." He Anle thought, Fu Geer was embarrassed to speak, so he didn't tell He, it feels like recently, Fu Geer has lost a little weight.

Li Tianfu was gently hugged by him with a confused face, "What's the problem? I don't have any problems? I already have a lot of meat at home, so I don't need to bring so much more. Also, don't block my way, I have to go out and pick wild vegetables."

"It's okay, there are a lot of prey on the mountain, we can't finish it." He Anle said taking care of Fu Ge'er's self-esteem.

Li Tianfu said impatiently, "If you can't finish eating, just marinate it into bacon. I have something to do now. Let's talk about it at night."

Why is Brother He so obedient today?He has been really busy recently, and if he collects more dried vegetables, he may be able to save one more person.

Even the time spent with him was much less, not to mention the messages in the village, which he didn't know about.So it was impossible to guess what He Anle was thinking.

He Anle said cautiously, "Brother Fu, if you need money, I can lend it to you first."

For fear of accidentally irritating Fu Geer.

Li Tianfu looked at him strangely, "Our family is not short of money."

"Everyone in the village knows, Brother Fu, don't hide it from me." He Anle said in a low voice. He was the last to know about such an important matter. He is really an unqualified brother Qi!

Li Tianfu: "Oh, you're talking about the rumors in the village, we told other people on purpose."

He Anle:? ? ?

"It's just to make our behavior of picking wild vegetables more normal. Otherwise, our family will not be short of food or drink. There is no way to explain how we picked so many wild vegetables when we go home." Li Tianfu explained.

"Then why do you pick so many wild vegetables?"

The wild vegetables are everywhere on the mountain at the foot of the mountain, and it's not the time when the wild vegetables just grow, and they can't finish eating so many wild vegetables after picking them up.

Isn't the fresh one much tastier than the dried one?

Li Tianfu hooked his fingers to him, motioning him to get closer, and when the distance between the two of them was very close, Li Tianfu whispered in his ear, "My grandma has a bad premonition that the disaster year is coming, We need to prepare more food, so we don’t panic when we have food in our hands.”

He Anle: "...I see."

He didn't believe it, but the Li family seemed to believe it, and he didn't need to think about it. His persuasion was ineffective, and he would be fine if he was idle, so he just went with Fu Geer. There was another wave of favorability in front of the family.

"Fu Geer, you are here." Zhao Xiaomei took the basket in his hand, and handed him a sack next to him, which was filled with shiitake mushrooms she picked from the mountains. It looked like a big bag, but it was not heavy. .

Li Tianfu could carry them back with one hand, and gave them the things. Li Tianfu originally had to run three or four times for these things, but with He Anle, the two of them took them back after a trip together. Spring is here. The wild vegetables were overwhelming, especially his favorite water spinach, which grew in a large area by the river, and the villagers didn't like to pick it very much.

Because I eat too much, my feet are prone to cramps, and it is not as delicious as other wild vegetables when fried. Water spinach is actually delicious when fried. There is a prerequisite for this, that is, you need to put a lot of oil in it for frying.

Villagers usually cook with chopsticks dipped in oil, and it is normal for the fried dishes to be generally unpalatable.

"You put your things here, find a few big sacks, and just pour out the taro in the firewood room." Li Tianfu said, and he dumped all these things by the well, From time to time, he collects some into the space, and the amount is not much. He relies on accumulating a little to make a lot, and will not be discovered by others.

Back and forth, Li Tianfu hid a lot of mountain goods collected, because after they were dried, their volume would be much smaller, so no one noticed Li Tianfu's little tricks.

When He Anle came out, Li Tianfu followed him solemnly and walked towards the foot of the mountain. At this time, there were still many people going to the mountain, most of them to pick mushrooms.

Now they haven't picked a lot of wild vegetables, so Li Tianfu picks them together, and at the same time, sneaks a little into the space from time to time, but he looks at the people around him, sneaks some in, and then gives up.

In addition to the members of their family, there are also three brothers from the Bai family. After several months of raising them with good food and drink, the three brothers have grown a little taller, and they have grown a lot of meat.

The day after they learned that the Li family members were constantly picking wild vegetables, the three brothers also came with baskets.In the things they have a distance, picking wild vegetables.

Their idea is to pick some more and go back, and they can be stored for a long time after drying. As relatives of the Li family, the whole family of the Li family are all good people. What do they do, the three brothers will definitely do it together. questionable.

I saw people from the Li family pickling pickles. Most of the pickles were pickled with shepherd's purse grown in their vegetable garden. It was inconvenient to make ordinary wild vegetables.

But after the vegetables in the vegetable garden are pickled, they will also make wild vegetables on the mountain.

Li Liushi quietly bought another batch of large vats, borrowing He Anle's ox cart, and secretly transported them home after dark.

As for Li Youcai and He Anle's questions, they didn't ask, so Li and Liushi pretended not to see. One part of the big tank was used to hold water, and the other part was used to pickle sauerkraut.

After picking most of the wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain, I found that there were so many wild vegetables piled up at home that there was no place to dry them, and the sauerkraut hadn’t been marinated yet. Half of the people went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, especially mushrooms, because Fu Geer likes to eat them, so they should prepare more.

The sunlight is not so strong now, it takes several days to dry wild vegetables, the front and back yards are already full of wild vegetables, and the thread used to dry sweet potatoes before comes in handy again, the wild vegetables are hung on it, and a shelf is set up. It is very convenient to take it out and take it back.

This is also a way to barely dry all the wild vegetables at home. These wild vegetables can't be kept for a long time. Now that they are drying, I can concentrate on cooking sauerkraut.

Li Tianfu originally planned to tell others that the stalks of taro can also be pickled into sauerkraut, but he didn't know how to deal with it. If something goes wrong, it would be bad.

There are also a lot of wild vegetables in the field, so I gave up on it.

He Anle followed Fu Geer to the mountain twice, then took Fu Geer away from the main force and came to another place.

Li Tianfu looked at the big mushrooms on the ground, and took a look at He Anle. By the way, the person who is most familiar with the mountain is Brother He.

"Brother He, you are really amazing."

He Anle: "Is there any reward?"

Probably no one has discovered the place here, so the mushrooms grow a lot and one big one.

Li Tianfu leaned over excitedly, and said vaguely, "Of course there are—"