Chapter 725 725. Two solid baskets
Song Tan quickly stood up:
“Okay, let’s see whose land it is, and I’ll tell someone.”
It just so happens that this wasteland belongs to Aunt Lianhua’s family.
"You mean the field at the foot of the mountain?" Aunt Lianhua thought for a while - that field hasn't been planted in many years.
Her husband is not here, her children are not here, and she has a paralyzed mother-in-law. How can she have time to take care of the land? It would be nice to be able to grow some vegetables.
At this moment, he waved his hand and said, "You can do whatever you want!"
I feel a little embarrassed after saying this:
“I originally wanted to ask, Tantan, if you want to allocate that piece of land when you allocate land this year...”
Although her land was at the foot of the mountain, there was another area in the middle that was not connected to Song Tanbao's land, so she didn't have the nerve to ask.
Song Tan laughed loudly: "Don't worry, if there is a chance next year, I will definitely take it!"
She said and quickly picked up the basket: "Master Wang, let's go, let's go pick perilla now."
In the corner, Zhang Yanping, who tried hard to reduce his presence, breathed a silent sigh of relief.
…
The sun at around nine o'clock is really scorching.
Wang Xiaoshun was sweating profusely while wearing a straw hat, while he looked at Song Tan carefully:
“Well... the perilla can’t escape, why don’t we pick it again at night?”
However, Song Tan went to the field to take a look and found that there were quite a lot of them - the field was not big, about two or three cents. But these perillas were scattered here and there, and they actually took up most of the field.
If we make this sauce once, it will be enough to feed the workers for a year!
Song Tan was ecstatic.
If we don't hurry up, Master Qian and Wang Xiaoshun will be gone later, leaving them with nothing to work with. That won't work!
She then smiled very considerately and kindly: "It's okay, Master Wang. We won't pick too much today. We'll just pick two baskets first and cook a pot first when we get back."
Perilla leaf picking is not troublesome. You only need to pick the young leaves above the pole. It is really quick to pick.
Wang Xiaoshun thought about it. Two baskets were indeed not much. Who made Boss Song so generous?
At this moment, he picked up the basket and said, "Okay, let's pick two baskets first."
The two of them stood in the grass, tugging at the leaves of perilla with their fingers, moving quickly and evenly.
Soon, Wang Xiaoshun saw that Song Tan’s basket was full.
Look at yourself again - there is only one third of the basket, is there something wrong?
But it’s really hot, since only half of the basket is left. It will be faster to pick them both!
He speeded up again instantly.
However, after a while, I was still the only one picking the basket... That's not right!
He raised his head again, only to find that Song Tan's basket had now become more than half of the basket.
She quickly picked a handful of perilla leaves, pressed her palm directly into the basket, and then put the leaves on it.
Wang Xiaoshun:…
By ten o'clock, the two baskets were filled to the brim and pressed again and again. It's so heavy to carry that it's hard to lift your legs.
Wang Xiaoshun is still a little silent.
Because he only picked one empty basket, and pressed, pressed, and filled the rest, all of which belonged to Song Tangan.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help showing admiration in his eyes:
"You are still working in the fields every day, and you are nimble and fast...I am far behind."
Song Tan smiled and said nothing.
Turning her head, she looked at the bald perilla stem she had just picked and asked casually:
“Brother Xiao Shun, will these perillas grow again?”
“It will definitely be long.”
"My master told me when he was teaching this before, time flies, and this word flies refers to perilla. The words match so well, which means that perilla is very long and grows very fast!" He said casually: "But It’s only two days in August. By September, it will start to produce flowers and seeds, and its leaves will only be used for medicinal purposes.”
What? Can it also be used medicinally?
Song Tan turned around, his eyes suddenly burning.
This purple and green plant deserves the surname Song!
And it’s already the end of August!
Song Tan thought about it in her mind and discussed it with Ulan when she got home: "Mom, please ask Aunt Zhang if they are still free?"
“If you have time, go to Aunt Lianhua’s field this afternoon and pick all the perillas, and the masters on both sides will make sauce together.”
Originally, I wanted to dry it slowly in a long and steady stream, but since time is so tight, I’d better do it first!
After picking it tonight, she will feed some spiritual energy at night. If she is a little more diligent, maybe there will be another delicious crop in early September, which she can keep to make perilla sauce at home!
Failing that, it wouldn’t be a loss to sell it to Doctor Xiao Guo as a medicinal product!
Song Tan took out a small notebook and solemnly wrote down the plants to be planted next year.
…
Wang Xiaoshun didn’t know what they had gained from their initiative.
At this moment, I got off the tricycle and came to the kitchen excitedly carrying two baskets: "Master, look at these perilla leaves, they are so tender! They will definitely be delicious when making rice dumplings for lunch."
“That’s better forget it.”
Master Qian is very aware of the differences in tastes between people. Some people can't get used to it, but they really can't get used to it at all. It has nothing to do with whether it tastes good or not.
For example, those who like the coriander from Song Tan's family will rob it, while those who don't like it won't buy any of it.
At this moment, he looked at the two baskets of leaves that Wang Xiaoshun was carrying with difficulty. He didn't take it seriously: "Look, why can't you lift it? Hurry up, find two big basins, soak them with salt water first, so as not to worry about it. There are bugs and stuff.”
Wang Xiaoshun worked hard without complaining and said nothing.
However, when he pressed the perilla leaves in the basket into the water one by one, Master Qian couldn't sit still -
“You silly boy! How come the basket is so solid? How much do you have to do now?!”
Wang Xiaoshun was also innocent: "I went picking with Boss Xiao Song. She moved so fast that I couldn't keep up. I can't say I won't pick..."
So, two baskets of perilla leaves were soaked in four large pots. After the bags of salt were sprinkled into the water, Master Qian wiped his sweat and said happily:
“Fortunately, it’s in an air-conditioned room.”
…
At this moment, Song Tan was also asking: "Seventh cousin, can you make that kind of perilla sauce? If you can, I will put some fertilizer on Aunt Lianhua's field in the past two days to make her perilla sauce better. Chang, let’s make something more delicious.”
"Are you so fat?" The seventh cousin glanced at her and calmly knocked his rice spoon: "I'm sure."
The methods of making soy sauce all over the world are always the same. Although he has not survived it, can he still survive?
Let’s find old money.
Wulan heard this and thought to herself: Tantan's mouth is really tight. It has been there for more than half a year. I don't know what formula she uses!
But this is fine, no one can take it away.
She turned back to discuss with Aunt Lianhua, who was washing vegetables: "Lianhua, Tantan will fertilize your land. Why don't you wait until autumn to ask someone to weed it and plant some vegetables by the way?"
“You can take it, sell it, and eat it yourself.”
However, Aunt Lianhua pursed her lips and smiled, then shook her head: "Let's forget it."
“Sister, I eat here with my mother-in-law every day, and there hasn’t been a fire in the house for a long time.”
“Besides, our salary is pretty good, but we can’t spare any time to take care of things.”
What she didn’t say was that if she had tidied the fields beautifully and her children and husband came back during the Chinese New Year, could she insist on not paying them, and could she still stop them from picking vegetables in her fields?
Would rather stay idle than take advantage of them.
Regarding perilla, we use this when we eat barbecue here or heat the tea pot before making tea.
I have seen many friends using perilla for making fish, but I don’t have it here. I always use Patchouli here, which is my favorite when making fish!
Green tomatoes (I know they are poisonous but we have been eating them since childhood, but we don’t eat them every day) Fried fish fillets with green tomatoes, especially with rice! (Please do not imitate, you will be responsible for the consequences)
Good afternoon, this is from yesterday.
(End of this chapter)