"Don't you know?" Hua Jin reacted following the master's gaze and said quickly: "Master, these are not weeds. You can't pull them out. These are delicious. I grew them."
"Did you really plant it?" Mr. Hua was glad that he didn't pull it out when he discovered it, otherwise his granddaughter would have been sad.
"Yeah, I planted it." Hua Jin nodded quickly, "Hey... I planted it secretly."
"You! You didn't even say a word, I almost pulled it out." Old Man Hua pointed at his granddaughter and shook his head.
"Oops! Didn't I forget?" Hua Jin hugged Old Man Hua's arm and pouted.
"You!" The old man Hua looked at Hua Jin helplessly and dotingly as he hated to see his granddaughter act coquettishly.
"Can you tell me what you are doing?"
"Master, are the roasted sweet potatoes delicious?"
“You mean you’re growing sweet potatoes?”
"Yeah, not just sweet potatoes, but also potatoes."
"Potatoes?" The old man with sweet potato flowers knew that his granddaughter often brought them out these days.
When the family is staying at home and doing things, they sometimes cook a few or just cook sweet potato rice and eat shredded sweet potatoes. In short, everything tastes good, and Mr. Hua likes to eat it very much.
Old Man Hua knew that this must be something from the blessed land, but potatoes...
"Yes, Potato, Master...that's it." As she said this, a hard object that was much larger than her palm suddenly appeared in Hua Jin's hand.
Seeing something suddenly appear in his granddaughter's hand, Old Man Hua twitched the corner of his mouth, calmly picked up the thing called a potato from his granddaughter's hand, and observed it carefully.
It is certain that what the granddaughter brought out is edible. What Old Man Hua is curious about is how to eat it? And how does it taste?
Thinking of the taste of sweet potatoes, I guess it should be the same.
Otherwise, why would my granddaughter take it out and secretly plant it?
"How to eat?"
"Master, there are many ways to eat potatoes. They can be eaten as grains, fried, stewed, and eaten cold. There are many ways to make them. I dare say you will fall in love with the taste after eating them."
"Is it really so delicious?" Old Man Hua's appetite immediately increased after his granddaughter said it.
"Of course, I'll let my mother fry it when I wait for it. Today we're going to eat jealous shredded potatoes, which will definitely make me lose my teeth." The more he talked, the more he wanted to eat it. Then he conjured up a few potatoes, and when he held them, he thought Run outside the house.
"Wait..." Looking at his granddaughter who said that wind is rain, Old Man Hua quickly stopped her, although he was also a little impatient to try it.
"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet?"
"Sir, what else is going on?" Hua Jin's slightly raised eyes blinked.
"How did you grow sweet potatoes and potatoes? Will they bear fruit?" The old man, who knew it was sweet potato flowers, was more concerned about this problem, fearing that his granddaughter would waste sweet potatoes and other potatoes.
In fact, Hua Laohan had the idea of planting sweet potatoes as early as when his granddaughter brought out sweet potatoes for the first time, but the time was not right and he thought about trying to plant them in the next spring.
Unexpectedly, his granddaughter was even more anxious than he was before he started.
"Master, it should be possible to plant it, hasn't it already sprouted?" Hua Jin glanced at her grandfather carefully.
How do you hear this? Why do you feel so unsure of yourself?
Hua Jin actually didn't know much about growing vegetables, and he only learned about it by groping. He only knew that sweet potatoes were planted whole, and the sprouted potatoes were cut into pieces and buried in the soil. In reality, there were only a few pots of flowers that he had raised to death. , I really haven’t planted anything. At most, I sprinkled a few handfuls of easy-to-grow greens and coriander in the yard, and planted some onions and garlic, which are easy things to do.
"Should it?" Old Man Hua held his forehead with his big hand.
"Jin'er, you don't know how to plant seeds?"
"I know, I know," Hua Jin said quickly.
"Just plant the whole sweet potato into the soil. Just cut the sprouted potatoes into pieces and bury them in the soil. If nothing happens, more sweet potatoes and potatoes will grow out in a few months."
"I've never planted it before, so I'm not sure, but the steps are absolutely correct, and it's already sprouted, so the result should be fine."
Seeing the lush and energetic sweet potato branches, she immediately became more confident.
Old Man Hua also looked at the branches and leaves that had crawled away in the wooden box, and felt that what his granddaughter said made sense. Since they had sprouted, there was no problem.
It’s okay if there are any problems. You already know how to plant them, so you can just try planting them again next spring.
"The sweet potato vine is also edible, and tastes very good." Hua Jin pointed to the box where the sweet potatoes were planted, and continued: "But it is best not to eat the potato vine leaves. They contain slight toxins, so if you eat them, you must Blanch it with water.”
"So sweet potatoes are really a good thing." Old Man Hua looked at the sweet potatoes in the box as if they were treasures.
"Yeah, sir, please don't accidentally pull it out."
"You are a stupid father." Old Man Hua blew his beard and glared at Hua Jin. However, the grandpa's majesty in front of his granddaughter could only last for a moment at most. The next moment, he was afraid of scaring his granddaughter and his eyes narrowed again.
"Yes, yes, I'm the best. I'm just talking nonsense. I won't tell you anymore. If you don't go to Naihe and Mom's meal, it's time to prepare it. You won't be able to eat vinegar-flavored potato shreds."
After saying that, she didn't forget to make a face at her grandfather, and Hua Jin ran out with a smile.
"This child..." Amused by his granddaughter's lively appearance, Old Man Hua shook his head, and then squatted in front of the wooden box belonging to the sweet potatoes. The more he looked at it, the happier he felt.
When it was time to eat, there was a large plate of vegetables on the table - vinegar-flavored potato shreds, which won the favor of the whole family.
As for the questions raised by the curious Hua brothers who had never tasted this dish, Mr. Hua just glared at them.
"What? Some of them are not good enough to eat. Even if you eat them, they won't stop your mouths."
Then neither of the two brothers dared to speak randomly, but the chopsticks in their hands moved towards the dish at a very fast pace.
So far, Hua Jin has helped her family unlock a new dish, potatoes.
It has become one of Primary 4’s favorite dishes, especially the potato pancakes and mashed potatoes that I can’t get enough of. My sister’s deep-fried potato chips sprinkled with secret ingredients even amazed me. , if it wasn’t for being suppressed by my mother, I would have pestered my sister to fry potato chips whenever I had time.
Unconsciously, more than half a month has passed, and the vegetables in the wooden box have not disappointed the Hua family. They can have fresh vegetables every day.
What about leek boxes, leek flat meals, leek eggs, vegetarian stir-fried green vegetables, stir-fried green vegetables with meat, salad greens, stir-fried beans, mashed eggplant with garlic? I change the method of stir-frying every day, and put the excess directly into Huajin’s blessed land. I can’t finish it anyway. Not a little bit of it was wasted.
After the evening meal, the family sat in the main room again, looking happy.
Nowadays, the life at home is unimaginable before. Not only do we eat three meals a day, but we also eat in different ways. There is no shortage of meat. Everyone has gained weight at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.
These are all because of Hua Jin, so that the family members look at Hua Jin with even more doting eyes.
I'm really afraid of melting it when I hold it in my mouth, and I'm afraid of it falling when I hold it in my hand.
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"Xiu, the weather is nice these days, and there are a lot of dishes at home. Why don't you bring some back to your parents' house tomorrow so that they can try it too and improve it."
Mrs. Hua removed her doting eyes from her granddaughter and said to her daughter-in-law.
Several acquaintances in the village have delivered vegetables. My daughter also asked her son to deliver some a few days ago, and the in-laws are naturally indispensable.
(End of chapter)
