Farming Routine After Returning From Interstellar - Chapter 22

The evening breeze was blowing, the setting sun was still shining, and the sky turned a bright rose color. Everyone was walking on the rural path, and a faint fragrance came to their nostrils. When they looked closely, it turned out that the mangoes planted in the villagers’ courtyard were ripe and yellow. Hanging on a tree, the fragrance travels far and far.

Everyone could not help but be attracted by its fragrance, and looked at the mango tree. The mango tree is not tall, and some of the fruits hang down to the ground. The fruits are not big, like a small fist.

Seeing that everyone was eager for this mango, Su Chen took a few steps forward and shouted, “Grandpa Huang, are you at home?”

After a while, there was still no movement from the open door, Su Chen raised his voice and shouted again.

Su Mu explained to everyone: “Grandpa Huang is getting old and his ears are not very good.”

After another two minutes, a spirited old man walked out of the house steadily. He frowned and looked, “Isn’t this Chen Wazi and Xiao Mumu? What’s the matter? What are you looking for with Grandpa Huang?”

Brother and sister Su Chen and Su Mu stepped forward to say hello to him, and the others also said hello.

“That’s it, Grandpa Huang, we passed by your door and saw that the mangoes were ripe, so we wanted to buy a few from you, do you think so?”

The old man didn’t care what the city was doing, he walked quickly to the mango tree, picked several mangoes for them in three or two times, stuffed them into their hands, and kept saying, “My old man is at home alone, the fruits are so good. I can’t finish it, you can come and pick it anytime you want, no money needed.”

There are two mangoes in his yard. One is Tainong No. 1. The fruit has a lot of flesh, a small core, and a lot of sugar. It is very fragrant and sweet. The other is the green mango, which has delicate flesh. When it is not fully ripe, it is very sweet and crunchy, with a hint of sourness. Su Mu likes this mango the most.

“Grandpa Huang, I picked two green awns.”

The old man Huang smiled and said, “This green mango skin is thick and hard, and the old man can’t eat his teeth. Xiao Mumu picks more. Do you want to take it home and pickle it again?”

In the past, everyone didn’t have so many ways to eat fruit, and they usually eat it when they are ripe. Later, when Su Mu left her hometown to go to school and travel, she learned that there are various and complicated ways to eat fruit, which opened her eyes, such as fruit fried yogurt, fruit tea, What impressed her most about fruit fishing was how Gui Province handled fruit.

Gui Province has a long history of eating sour. Because it is located in southern Xinjiang, the climate is hot and humid all year round. Therefore, the local people rely on sour products to quench their thirst, refresh their minds and remove moisture. Over time, eating sour has become a local eating habit. [Note]

There is also a widely circulated saying: Heroes are saddened by beauty, and beauties are saddened.

It can be seen that this sour taste is wonderful.

When Su Mu first heard about it, he thought it was some kind of dark dish, adding salt, sugar, and vinegar to the fruit, and some were marinated in soy sauce, accompanied by chili sour vinegar water, salt and pepper, etc.

But when she really tasted the sour taste, she realized that she was very wrong.

Just like fresh white radish, sliced ​​and marinated in a secret sour ingredient for half an hour, the sour ingredient juice soaks the radish, it tastes sweet and sour, full of spiciness, and it is also appetizing in summer.

She especially likes the sour radish skin, which is crisp and refreshing, and can’t stop.

In Gui Province, most fruits and vegetables can be pickled into sour.

Su Mu also tinkered with it a few times at home. Mother Su tasted good, so she shared it with the villagers in the village who were familiar with it, and the method of pickling and sourness spread.

Therefore, the villagers all know that Su Mu likes to pickle fruits.

Su Mu was not ashamed, nodded generously, and said with a smile, “When I’m done marinating, I’ll give it to Grandpa Huang.”

The old man Huang waved his hand, “I don’t want to eat this sour stuff, my stomach hurts.”

The two mango trees bear a lot of fruit, everyone picked a small pile, and the trees were still densely packed with fruit.

The old man saw that it was difficult for them to carry them with bare hands, so he went back to the house and brought them a small bamboo basket, which was all pointed.

“Then let’s go. Thank you Grandpa Huang for his generosity.”

The old man watched several young people, waved his hand and said, “If you want to eat, just pick it up at home.”

After walking away, He Fu sighed: “The villagers here are very kind and enthusiastic.”

Willow couldn’t wait to nibble on a golden Taimang, and nodded in agreement.

“The old man is a good man, hey, this mango is really sweet.”

Su Mu also held a small mango in her hand, but she didn’t eat it. To eat this kind of ripe mango without a knife, it would be too indecent to chew it raw. She didn’t want to show her bold side in front of Gu Shi again.

“As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Naturally, there are intrigues in the countryside, but it’s not like people in the city who have their guts twisted and twisted. It’s more straightforward.”

Su Chen also said: “That’s right.” The narrower and narrower ridge can explain the problem. This family occupied a little bit of the ridge while ploughing the fields, and the other family thought that others didn’t know, and also took up a little bit. mm, if things go on like this, won’t the ridge become narrower! In this case, a few people who are not from the village have no right to speak.

Wei Liu finished chewing the mango silently, and threw the core to the side of the road. Curiosity came up again, and he leaned over to Su Mu and asked, “Mu Mu, what’s the matter with the pickled acid in the mouth of the old man?”

Su Mu didn’t want to repeat the practice, so she only showed a mysterious smile and said, “You will know tonight.”

Everyone’s appetite was lifted, but Su Mu’s mouth was tight, and he refused to reveal anything.

Su Chen, the only one who had tasted sour, did not dare to demolish his sister’s stage, and even his wife Chen Mengzhi didn’t say anything about it.

With laughter and laughter all the way, everyone quickly arrived at their destination.

It is still the small river at the entrance of the village. Due to the two heavy rains before, the river water has risen a lot, and the river surface has also widened a lot.

The shore was a flat slope, and everyone put down what was in their hands and began to prepare for fishing.

As the host, Su Chen is naturally bound to dig earthworms.

Swing the **** so vigorously that the soil near the river is kept moist all year round, so it is not difficult for earthworms to dig.

He divided the wriggling terrestrial invertebrates into small pieces and collected them in plastic cups for later use.

Gu Shi and the other three sons and brothers who have lived in the city since they were young have never seen such a ‘big’ scene. Fishing, is this fish still edible?”

He Fu rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and said in disgust, “Don’t you? Are you really fishing with this thing?”

You know, they usually use special bait for fishing, which is made of flour, bean cakes and other materials.

With earthworms, it’s a really old bait.

At this time, Su Mu, who was picking the leaves, came back and heard the words: “This is the bait in the village, there is nothing else. Besides, don’t look at earthworms that look bad, but they are a precious medicinal material. Improve the soil and protect the ecological environment.”

“So, big brothers, don’t dislike it.”

She divided the leaves in her hand and placed them on the shore, which was a very simple seat for everyone.

Even if he is unwilling, the conditions in the village are like this, and Willow has no choice but to accept all this reluctantly.

Of course, they didn’t really let them do it themselves. Su Chen resignedly put the earthworms on the hooks one by one. As a child who grew up in the countryside, he was naturally not afraid of earthworms.

This section of the river is at the bend of the river. The water depth is relatively deep and the water flow is relatively gentle, which is convenient for the accumulation of natural food, so the fish will be more abundant, which is an ideal fishing position.

A few big men took the fishing rod made by Father Su, threw the bait out, and caught the fish quietly.

Su Mu and Chen Mengzhi came to the shallow river beach to see if there were snails and mussels.

“Sister-in-law, come and touch the snails, I’ll take a bamboo basket and see if I can catch some river shrimp.”

Chen Mengzhi nodded, “Okay, then be careful, don’t go deeper.”

“I got it.”

River prawns like to hide under rocks and dense plant roots. It just so happens that the weeds in this river beach are dense, so Su Mu carefully put the bamboo basket into the water and moved quickly along the bottom.

After about ten minutes, she picked up the bamboo basket. Huh, it was mostly small shrimp, occasionally mixed with larger shrimp. What surprised her even more was that there were actually quite a few crayfish stuck in the basket. There are teeth and claws inside.

This time, Su Mu carefully placed his eyes on the weeds. Sure enough, when he opened the weeds, there were a few crayfish hiding underneath. Perhaps she was disturbed, and stretched out his tongs and waved them in the water.

She shouted to Chen Mengzhi: “Sister-in-law, be careful, there are crayfish in this water, don’t get caught.”