Chapter 16 16. Digging wild vegetables
After the Waking of Insects, it is the spring rain.
The misty drizzle fell silently, and the entire fields and hills were covered with a light blue mist, furry and wet.
Song Sancheng had just settled the wages to the villagers. Now he smelled the smell of rain and soil outside, and a smile appeared on his face.
“The rain came at the right time.”
For more than half a month, they have been busy every day. Ulan has to cook for a large group of people and clean up at home and outside.
Song Sancheng had to take people to weed the fields, weed the hillsides, cut down trees, and trim tree trunks. He also had to take time to build pig pens, chicken coops, and duck sheds...
The person who delivered the bacteria just came here this afternoon, and I planned not to go out to order the bacteria at home tomorrow, so I settled the salary, which was tens of thousands.
Look again, God takes care of everyone: it’s raining!
Ulan held the account book and sighed: "Tan Tan, your 60,000 yuan is gone."
"If you have to spend money next, your dad and I will support you. You have to follow our arrangements." Otherwise, I'm really afraid that if she loosens her grip, she will have to make arrangements again.
Song Tan thought about it in his mind—
The piglet hasn't been brought back yet, but the pig pen has been set up, and her mother can afford the money without having to pay for it. Ducklings have to be bought and money has to be paid.
I won’t buy any chickens this year. Grandma’s house is incubating them!
The forest land on the hillside has been cleared, and all the seeds have been purchased. Next, we need some labor to plant the bacteria, but there are no other expenses!
She nodded and asked the key question: "Mom, what do you want to eat?"
Ulan felt suffocated in his heart: "We have no money, what can we eat? Go, take Qiaoqiao and dig wild vegetables on the slope!"
“Okay!”
There are too many slopes with wild vegetables in the countryside. Among other things, there are layers of depressions on the hillside behind their house.
However, the best season for digging wild vegetables has not yet arrived, and I’m afraid there isn’t much of it now, just enough for them to eat one or two meals.
Song Tan went back to the room to tidy up, thought for a while, and took his mobile phone holder with him: "Qiaoqiao, go dig wild vegetables!"
Song Qiaoqiao couldn't wait to rush out of the yard: "Oh! It's raining! I'm going to tread water with Mother Pig!"
However, the rain is misty and the ground feels a little moist. Where did the rain come from?
Qiaoqiao was silent.
The two siblings ran into the forest like monkeys. Behind them, Wulan was still shouting: "Pull some wild onions and come back to scramble eggs for you!"
…
They both grew up in the mountains. The two siblings moved very quickly. In the middle, Song Tan even took another look at the rough pig pen in the back mountain—
It is a large shed made of wood, with the top tightly covered with branches and raincoats, and the inside is raised high with stones. The straw has not been spread inside, but it is already quite fresh and clean.
With such a large amount of pig raising activities, the pork must be delicious. But there is also a problem. Pigs must urinate randomly every day. The range of activities in the mountains is too large, and there is no way to build a cesspool for them. Song Sancheng thought about this for a long time.
However, he finally figured it out.
When the piglets are still young, do not let them run around, otherwise there are grass, tree roots, and stones on the hillside, and they will easily fall and get injured.
At this time, make their circle smaller first, dig a shallow pit, and slowly throw the pig manure into it. Slowly, the pig will know where to poop.
When you develop a habit, you can expand the scope step by step...
It’s ok, Song Sancheng is also raising pigs on the mountain for the first time, let’s give it a try! At worst, if you put in more effort and shovel **** on the mountain every day, it can be fermented and used as fertilizer.
We walked around this forest and reached a gentle **** halfway up the back mountain. The green grass all over the ground had begun to sprout.
Qiaoqiao was already pointing to a large bush of green onions: "Sister! Scrambled eggs!"
But no matter what, let’s pull it out first.
Not only are there wild onions, but there is also a clump of freshly grown Malanthus on the edge of the woods nearby. They are a bit small, but they can definitely make up a plate.
Then there are shepherd's purses. There are quite a lot of them, some are big and some are small. Qiaoqiao has already shoveled them away happily with a shovel.
But...there are too few things, and the mobile phone equipment was used in vain, and there is nothing worth taking pictures.
She sighed, and suddenly thought of another thing -
What are the prices of wild vegetables now?
…
The two siblings went out for an hour or two. Ulan took the vegetable basket and asked in confusion: "You guys went to the pond?"
"Yeah yeah!"
Most of Qiaoqiao's sleeves were wet, and it was clear from a glance that she was having a lot of fun playing in the water.
Wulan turned over the wild vegetables he brought over: "This watercress is quite tender. Don't worry, you have to pinch it back just after it sprouted - how do you eat it?"
Song Tan thought for a while and made a decisive choice between shredded chicken and stewed fish soup: "Cold shredded chicken!"
Chicken shreds must be made from chicken breasts. Who in the village can’t sell chicken **** alone?
Ulan ignored her: "Okay, I'll fry some pepper oil and make it cold for lunch. These days, people are serving big fish and meat, so I just want something light."
“Why is there purslane here? Just a handful? We’ll mix it together later.”
There are quite a lot of wild onions. Looking at their neat appearance, Qiaoqiao must have cleaned them up while playing with water by the pond.
Ulan looked basically satisfied:
“It happens that the crucian carp we caught last time has also thawed. Let’s make some soup and stir-fry the rest into twice-cooked pork. Otherwise, it will be too cold to just eat cold dishes today.”
Finally, there was a thick layer of shepherd’s purse at the bottom, and Wu Lan made a decisive decision: “I just want to make dumplings for dinner tonight!”
Song Tan, who doesn’t cook, has no right to be picky, not to mention she is looking forward to it.
Let me bring up another thing now:
"Mom, the weather has been warm recently. I think after this rain, the wild vegetables will grow like crazy. How about I dig more tomorrow and take the shuttle bus to the city to sell them?"
This time, Ulan was really impressed: "Are you going to set up a street stall? Have you been to the vegetable market?"
Song Tan understood what she meant - if it were his original self, he would definitely be too thin-skinned to let her go.
Now…
After half a month of work, all the money was spent. If we don’t make some achievements, I don’t know how much time it will take to apply for funding next time.
What's more, she took advantage of the spring rain to attract a lot of spiritual energy to the hillside pond, and she would have to collect dozens of kilograms tomorrow!
Wouldn’t you like to test the market first?
So she patted her chest: "Don't worry! I'll definitely be able to do it tomorrow!"
Song Sancheng remained silent until he heard the words, but he added: "The shuttle bus will leave at six in the morning, and it has to go around the town for a long time. It's almost nine o'clock when we get to the city. How many people are there to buy groceries?"
“Let’s do it, Tantan, you pack the vegetables tomorrow afternoon and leave early in the morning. I’ll ride a motorcycle to the intersection for you. You take a van at the intersection, just in time to sell vegetables in the morning market.”
Let me tell you what you like to hear: It’s still there today.
In addition, the recipes in this chapter refer to "Mountain and Wild New Special Dishes"
It’s so difficult to write with hunger!
Tantan’s first pot of gold is coming!
［Those who actually go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables usually arrive early, and those who know how to eat wild vegetables will certainly arrive early. ]
(End of this chapter)