NOVEL NEXT Chapter 202 Digging Huang Jing
The shower stopped after a while. Mao Xi took the little baby to the bridge and coaxed with concern: "Where are you going to find the treasure? Are you willing to go home after you find the treasure?"
The little boy burst into laughter, wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, raised the wooden sword in his hand and danced: "Sister, if you take me to dig for treasure, I will give you half of the treasure. I won't go home until I dig it out."
Mu Zhiyuan was dumbfounded at the side. What kind of treasure could this wooden sword and a boy dig out?
For safety reasons, they led Xiaowa to the suburbs.
In the southwest corner of the suburbs, there is also a small field of rapeseed flowers, which are yellow and dazzling.
The little boy walked through the rapeseed field and ran to an inconspicuous small mound beside the field. It was covered with green plants, and the leaves looked like ginger leaves.
He took the wooden sword and started digging. Mao Xi didn't know what kind of "treasure" the boy was digging, so he dug together with him.
The roots of these plants that looked like ginger leaves soon emerged from the soil and looked like a piece of ginger.
The little boy felt like he had found a treasure. He wiped the soil off these roots and carefully placed them on a piece of cloth.
"Is this the treasure you are talking about? Baby, don't lie to your sister."
"This is the treasure, it's Huang Jing!"
"What? Gold! Stop being ridiculous..." Mu Zhiyuan knocked on the little boy's head.
"Brother Mu, this is indeed Huang Jing!"
Mu Zhiyuan: "..."
Seeing that Mu Zhiyuan had misunderstood, Mao Xi introduced him: "Brother Mu, this is a kind of herbal medicine, also called cat ginger, which can be used to stew soup and cook dishes."
The little boy continued to dig, muttering: "My father has trouble with his legs and feet. He said that when he came to the rapeseed field, the Polygonatum odorifera he dug was a great tonic. I want to dig more and give it to my mother."
She was really a good and filial child. Mao Xi helped Xiaowa dig out a bag of Huangjing, and she also dug some out and put them in the space.
I'll find time to go to the medical bureau later and ask how much money I can sell for it.
The little baby's hands were dirty. Mao Xi took him to a pond in the suburbs to wash his hands, and Huang Jing also washed them.
This Polygonatum looks like ginger, with a light yellow skin, but the flesh is white and tastes a bit crispy and sweet. The little kid took a bite and said with a smile: "Sister, brother, you guys can eat it too."
The two of them tried it, and it was really crispy and sweet. However, because they didn't understand the origin of this medicinal and food ingredient, Mao Xi didn't eat more and asked Xiaowa where he lived.
The little boy pointed in the direction of Kaitang: "My home is in Huaihua Lane, Kaitang County. I sneaked out today. My grandfather has trouble with his legs and feet, and my mother is not in good health. I just wanted to go out by myself and collect some medicinal materials for my grandfather. .”
As dusk approached, Mao Xi and Mu Zhiyuan took Xiaowa to the hut in Sophora Alley.
Li Shiyi was a somewhat lame herbal collector. He staggered to the door of his house. When he saw his baby coming home with a large bag of medicinal materials, he stepped forward and hugged the baby.
"You brat, where have you been? Your uncle and aunt are looking for you all over the city. They thought you were captured by bad guys."
"Uncle, I saw your baby crying by the bridge at the ferry in the afternoon. He said he was going out to hunt for treasure. It wasn't until he dug up these medicinal materials, Huangjing, that he was willing to tell us where his home is. We have sent the baby back to you."
Li Shiyi thanked Mao Xi and Mu Zhiyuan: "My name is Li Shiyi. My son Adan likes to run out on weekdays. His mother and I can't control him. I have troubled my benefactors today. If you don't mind, You also invited me to my house for a casual meal, so I can use this Polygonatum japonica to make a delicious dish."
Little Adan took Mao Xi's hand and said, "Sister, you can stay and have dinner together."
Mao Xi originally wanted to go back to the Tang Shui Shop first, but she was still quite curious about what Huang Jing would eat, so she stayed.
Li Shiyi took the Polygonatum japonica from his son's hand, put it all into water, washed it and cut it into pieces.
He took out a clay pot, which was all black: "This is also called a steam pot. There are many pores on the wall of the pot. We usually use it to stew stuffed chicken."
Li Shiyi knocked on the black pottery pot with his hand, the sound was dull.
Only then did Mao Xi realize that Li Shiyi's thumb had two fingers. No wonder his name was Li Shiyi.
Xiao Adan's mother-in-law came to the kitchen, brought a piece of pork belly, burned the pig skin over fire, and then used a knife to shave off the hair of the pig skin.
Seeing that there were some potatoes on the side, Mao Xi wanted to help: "Auntie, if there are any other ingredients, I'll help you prepare them."
"No, this dish is simple. These potatoes are really delicious. I heard that they were first planted in Liujia Village. It seems that a girl found vegetable seedlings on the mountain and transplanted them into her own field. Then it spread. .”
What a coincidence, the girl the aunt was talking about was none other than Shu Xi.
The aunt peeled the potatoes, cut them into large pieces, and put them together with the chopped Polygonatum japonica.
The aunt muttered alone: "It's hard for my son to pick these cat gingers and come back. Knowing that I am not in good health, I want to pick some and bring them back to my stew to nourish my body. Girl, try it. It's crispy and sweet."
The aunt reached out and took out a freshly cut Huangjing and put it into Mao Xi's mouth.
It’s really crispy and sweet!
The aunt put the black earthenware pot on the stove and started a fire to heat the oil. Add onions, ginger, star anise and cinnamon and fry until fragrant.
Then pour the cut potato cubes and spread them on the bottom of the pot. The potato cubes are fried in hot oil, making a "crackling" sound. The potatoes are fried into a slightly burnt skin, and the burnt aroma of starch also wafts out.
The aunt put two red and green fresh chili segments and cut pieces of Polygonatum japonica, and continued: "I heard that people in Lihua Town eat chili peppers. I have been to Lihua Town several times and found that the chili peppers are seasoning. It’s really good.”
"Auntie, I just opened a snack shop in Lihua Town. The shop has a lot of chili dishes. You can come and eat if you have time."
The aunt immediately looked at Ma Xi with admiration: "You are a little girl, you are only thirteen or fourteen years old, you can open a shop and sell snacks?"
Mu Zhiyuan came up behind Shu Xi, put his hand on her right shoulder, and said proudly: "Auntie, she is already fifteen!"
"Ah ha ha ha... Look at me, I'm presbyopic. This little girl's future is limitless~"
The aunt took a whole piece of pork belly, covered it with the ingredients in the black clay pot, and added two spoonfuls of sugar that had been fried in oil in advance.
Li Shiyi walked to the side, put a small handful of red yeast rice into the meat, poured some rice wine, a handful of chive knots, covered the pork belly with warm water, and closed the lid.
"Uncle, don't you put sugar in this dish?"
"No need, this Polygonatum is sweet and nourishing."
"How long does it take to stew?" Mao Xi asked curiously.
"Soon, in just half an hour, I'll ask my aunt to cook some cold noodles for everyone to eat, and then we can start dinner!"
Little Adan's uncle's voice came from outside the door: "Brother Eleven Fingers, is little Adan back?"
"He's back. These two guys and this lady helped find it. Adan also dug up a lot of Huangjing."
Adan's aunt came to the kitchen to help with a small bamboo basket filled with locust leaves and locust flowers.
"Sister-in-law, I picked some locust leaves and came back. It's hot today. Let's make some locust leaves to greet everyone."