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Chapter 20 Shepherd¡¯s purse and purslane

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    Grandpa laughed, but you could still see the glistening tears in his eyes.

    Jiang Tian sighed slightly. His father was a skilled worker. He had to travel around in order to make money. He relied on the money he earned to support Jiang Tian in college.

    My mother is also a technician, but she works in the agriculture and forestry industry. After going to college in Jiangtian, she went to the northwest to engage in the great cause of afforestation. She ran around in the desert all day long. Calling her was basically impossible.  Connected.

    When I finally came back during the Chinese New Year, my face was red and black due to the wind, and the skin on my body was even chapped.

    The whole family tried to persuade her to come back, but they didn¡¯t listen at all. It¡¯s no wonder that grandpa said Jiang Tian¡¯s temper was whatever his mother wanted him to be.

    Putting aside the matter of his parents, Jiang Tian returned to his mind and saw that his grandfather had already gone to process the meat.

    "Jiang Tian, ??we can't eat this meat. It's easy to spoil if left alone. I'll keep some of it to make dumplings, and the rest to make bacon. It can also be given to your parents and grandparents during the Chinese New Year."

    No matter whether my parents come back or not, grandpa still misses them in his heart and will keep any delicious food.

    "By the way, you go and cook the corn first. It will probably be afternoon after the dumplings are finished. What kind of filling do you want to eat?"

    "Shepherd's purse!"

    ¡°You know how to eat it, but there are still shepherd¡¯s purses available right now. Come with me to the yard to get some later.¡± Grandpa gave a thumbs up and praised his choice.

    Jiang Tian chuckled, took out the pot and rinsed it, put the corn with several layers of skin inside, filled it with water, and placed it on the earthen stove. After lighting the fire, wait until the flames became strong, and put in  The chopped wood burned slowly.

    Seeing that there was not much wood left in the kitchen, Jiang Tian planned to go to the mountain to chop some wood tomorrow.

    There was a crackling sound in the earthen stove, and sparks exploded from the flames.

    "Jiang Tian, ??let's go!" Grandpa shouted outside, holding a bamboo basket in his hand.

    Jiang Tian hurriedly ran over and followed his grandfather to the yard next to him. The land here was quite large, with a lot of things planted in it, and there was a somewhat dilapidated house next to it.

    Grandpa showed a nostalgic expression, "In the past, your mother lived in that house. It rained heavily and thundered at night, and she came crying to find me. Later, your mother also left the village, and no one lived there anymore."

    "Grandpa, let's renovate this house. The walls of the house you live in have cracks."

    "Cracks are just cracks. The foundation I laid back then was so solid that there won't be any problems even if it's a few more decades, but that house really needs some repairs."

    They walked through the fields of eggplants, peppers, and Chinese cabbage, and passed through a grape vine trellis before arriving at the house.

    When I opened the door, there was no dust, and it looked quite clean inside, but it looked very shabby.

    There is a saying that goes well, if the house loses its popularity, it will soon collapse.

    No one has lived here for a long time, and a piece of the back wall has collapsed, and the wind is blowing in.

    Grandpa sighed, "In the past, your mother often brought her friends here to play, playing hide and seek in the yard, picking lotus flowers in the lotus root pond behind the house, and running to the river to swim from time to time. I was so scared that I  Wear straw sandals and beat them.¡±

    "I'm old, and the lotus root pond is deserted. Otherwise, I can get some lotus roots for you every year."

    If it were left in the past, Jiang Tian might just think it was fun, but now he feels that he can pick up these abandoned things again.

    The house will be renovated and the lotus root pond will be cleaned. It is quite close to the river and there is a large pond where you can still fish.

    ? Simply the perfect vacation spot.

    These fields were all soil carried by my grandfather and his brothers in load after load. You must know that it was all mountainous land in the past, and crops could not be grown at all.

    The same is true for other land boundaries in the village, so basically every family¡¯s land cannot be mistaken.

    "Okay, let's stop chatting and look for shepherd's purse."

    Jiang Tian has liked to eat shepherd¡¯s purse since he was a child, and it is also common. He can dig up a lot of it just by going to the fields.

    When he was young, his family was relatively poor. Jiang Tian¡¯s mother especially liked to go out and dig some shepherd¡¯s purse and fry it with eggs. The taste was simply amazing. He would also bake some pancakes and roll them up to eat. Each bite would stimulate his taste buds.

    After skillfully digging out the shepherd's purse, Jiang Tian saw a horse mustard plant next to it, also known as purslane. This thing is also a memory of his childhood.

    Since he entered the cityI haven't eaten it since.

    This stuff is a good thing in the city, and it¡¯s not cheap, especially in those star-rated hotels, where a plate costs at least dozens of dollars.

    Jiang Tian rarely sees purslane. Now that he has encountered it, he must dig it up.

    My grandfather used a method of half tidying up and half stocking the yard.

    Half of it is planted with vegetables and fruits, and the other half is kept with retting fertilizer. Otherwise, if it goes on for a long time, it will only lead to the continuous loss of fertilizer and eventually no more crops can be grown.

    There was a lot of shepherd¡¯s purse and purslane growing in the free-range half, and Jiang Tian happily dug a lot of them. Anyway, there was still a lot of shepherd¡¯s purse and purslane in the ground, which was enough for the two of them to eat.

    "I'll cut some leeks and mix them in, it will taste better." Grandpa cut some leeks, pulled out two spring onions, and picked a few peppers.

    He stretched his waist and moved slowly, "When people come, my lumbar vertebrae will no longer work. If it had been left in the past, I could have withstood two sacks at once without any effort."

    He looked at the long beans on the shelf and asked, "Jiang Tian, ??do you want to eat sauerkraut?"

    "Okay, grandpa, do you want to pickle sauerkraut?" Jiang Tian heard this and subconsciously drooled. The sauerkraut pickled by grandpa is absolutely outstanding.

    "The carob beans are tender now, and they have a lot of knots. We can't eat much of them. They won't taste good when they get old. Go and pick some."

    Jiang Tian happily went over to pick beans, while his grandfather continued to pick peppers.

    "Since we want to pickle sauerkraut, we need to pickle more things, such as peppers, garlic, cabbage, and by the way, I remember there are some ginger plants next to the house. Go over and see how big they are. If you can pickle them, bring them over.  "

    Hearing Cai Jiang, Jiang Tian jumped up, stopped picking the long beans, and ran over quickly.

    He often ate this when he was a child. Unlike common ginger, it is not spicy and tastes crisp and tender. It is said to lower blood lipids, detoxify and beautify, but he doesn¡¯t know whether it is true or not.

    Anyway, Jiang Tian is sure of two words - delicious!

    "Caijiang doesn't have those meridians, so it won't clog your teeth when you eat it. He only knows the name Caijiang, but he really doesn't know the scientific name."

    There is a long-necked plant of about one or two meters growing in the corner of the house. The leaves are more oval in the middle between the two tips. Jiang Tian gently pulled out a plant, and you can see that there are different sizes of cabbage ginger at the root.

    The big one is about the size of a child's fist, and the small one is as big as a peanut. There are quite a few knots under one tree. I estimate roughly that there are about ten or twenty of them.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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