The first time Mrs. Xu knew about Platycodon was when she was a child and watched "Flower Girl". The platycodon ballad in it sang: "Daolaji, Daolaji..."
The first time Xu Tianxin knew about Platycodon was because there was a platycodon house in the smart Yixiu. He felt that the family was very powerful and wealthy...
Back to the topic, platycodon is rarely pickled here.
People in the village never put much effort into pickling.
Because don’t give them any salt.
The conditions of every family in the village are similar. If your family can't afford coarse salt and fine salt, will other families have it?
What's more, pickled platycodon, even if it can't contain chicken powder and fish sauce, in addition to salt, at least sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce, chili powder, etc. must be included.
So when Mrs. Xu muttered that she wanted to save all the roots for pickling, Yu Qinniang was surprised: "Mom, in previous years, didn't you just keep the young leaves and cook wild vegetable porridge at home, and save the roots and sell them to the medicine hall?"
Mrs. Xu thought to herself: I won’t sell it this year.
The medicine shop in the town paid seven copper coins for two kilograms of platycodon, and they had to clean it up at home in advance. Walking on legs, it takes more than five hours to go to town to sell platycodon and back. What if you spend four coppers each way by car and end up with three coppers home? That's what she was talking about.
Even if you are reluctant to pickle pickles with sugar, you would rather keep them as cooking spices. Stir-fried chicken and braised pork will be delicious in it.
In addition, the things that medical clinics will spend money to collect are designated to treat something, and they are considered good things. Later, you can ask Dabai Lao Liang, the bald butt, to close the treasure chest.
As for Platycodon grandiflorum, Yu Qinniang and Xu Tianxin also played with its petals for a while. The main reason is that it is difficult to see the blooming ones in this season. They usually fall around September. I don’t know what is going on where they are, but it is rare that there are still some. Put down a few flowers.
Platycodon flower is purple with five petals like stars.
Yu Qiniang told her niece that when she was little, she had nothing to do, so she liked to fold the five petals into a bulging bud, which looked like a little monk's hat, and then pinched it again: "You try it."
Xu Tianxin gave it a try. Don't tell me, it was inexplicably more decompressing than kneading instant noodles. No wonder it was so dangerous.
"Grandma? Grandma, you can try it too, the last flower."
If you are under a lot of pressure, try to relieve stress and relieve stress.
Mrs. Xu was helpless and thought: With so much work, you two still have fun, right? This is really a girl who loves playing with flowers and plants.
If she wants to relieve her stress, she can beat her three sons, but does she still need to pinch her?
However, Mrs. Xu still accepted her granddaughter's kindness, pinched the little flower bud solemnly, and then squatted down with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter and laughed.
Xu Laoer bundled up a pile of fir branches and came over, just in time to see this scene.
The sun shines through the gaps between the leaves, and the tree shadows are mottled.
Fragments of sunshine shone on the smiling faces of three generations of women, including Niang, Xiaoqin and her niece.
All three generations look so beautiful.
Xu Laoer couldn't help but also curled up his lips, turned around and worked harder.
Not only did he find a lot of fir branches used to make buckets and basins, it was enough to make twenty basins and five buckets. But this is not enough. Opening a restaurant requires a lot of basins and buckets.
He also picked up a lot of firewood and put four large bags of pine trees on the cart.
Opening a restaurant requires firewood.
This year we need to store at least ten times more firewood than in previous years. Xu Laoer urged his fourth brother: "After cutting down the bamboo for Tian Xin'er, we can drag more pine trees back to the tower."
Xu Laosi's reply came from the distance: "I understand, second brother."
Xu Laoer calculated in his mind that the new house in the wasteland would need five large wooden structural pillars and fifteen beams to build the ridge to protect it from heavy rain and snow. Seven in front and eight in back.
My mother said it was not like building a house like at home, with the main room in the middle and two side rooms facing each other from east to west.
This is a shop with three main rooms directly connected together, which requires at least forty-five cedar trees.
It can be seen that before going to see Liu Laozhu this morning, the three brothers had already gone to the newly purchased wasteland to look at it, and they were a little excited after reading it.
Although the family suffered from famine that was unimaginable, when they stood on that wasteland and imagined that they would build a house on the wasteland bought with the money that the eldest brother left to his niece, rounding it off would be to build a large new house for the eldest brother. They would Making money by doing business in the eldest brother's house, I immediately felt that this wasteland was different.
What they tread under their feet is waiting, and what they are busy with is hope.
Xu Laoer used hemp rope to mark the trees he liked, thinking: To build an adobe house that can last for many years, a lot of beams are needed. All these wood need to be peeled, rested, water controlled, etc. in advance, so he will be the last to The marked fir trees must be carried home the day after tomorrow at the latest, otherwise it will be too late to control the water.
As for these beams and trees, even if Uncle Li Zheng goes to settle the bill as if it is his own family's business, he will still have to charge at least three taels of silver, otherwise Uncle Li Zheng will not be able to explain to the town.
I heard from my mother that since their village offended Wangjiagou and sent Wang Laobao to prison yesterday, he might offend Zhenting again from today. Uncle Li Zheng and Erdaohe Village have become a thorn in the town's side.
Therefore, these timbers must be paid for, and there must be receipts as well as no debts.
After all, there used to be guards who specialized in this job, going to every house in every village to inspect house beams and stored wood, asking for clues and reading notes.
Once someone is found to be deforestation indiscriminately, it is the king's land in the world, that is, taking advantage of the officials will be punished, and those who are not found to be deforestation will also be punished. This is why they can only rely on the autumn harvest to burn fires. Reasons for dropping straw and picking up branches.
If you can cut down trees randomly without spending any money, it would be much easier to guard the mountains and just chop wood for fire.
And Uncle Li Zheng and his village had offended someone again. This money really couldn't be saved, so it would be easier to give the money for the wood first.
Fortunately, the three brothers brought back nineteen and a half taels of silver this time, plus the one tael or four that their mother gave them before departure. They still have more than 20 taels at home, which should be enough to get rid of it. The lumber fee can also be used to buy lard, rapeseed oil and other food for storage and turnover.
While Xu Laoer was thinking about these details, he picked three more trees. These three trees were used to make wooden tables and Kang tables and the kind of counters his mother mentioned.
And while looking for a suitable fir tree, Mr. Xu was still busy pulling out suitable thick branches and tying them together. He plans to use these free thick branches to make a few more ice sledges when he has time. The family does not have spare money to buy wooden boards to make more trolleys. Then the sledges can be used to transport goods from home to the restaurant.
While Xu Lao Er was busy with all kinds of wood, Xu Lao San was in charge of all kinds of soil. He has already transported a batch of loess for making adobe to his home, and now he is going back to the mountain to load bag after bag of soil excavated from the plowing on the cart, which will be used to make the headband.
What is a boss? The ranking is like this. If you can't afford blue bricks, you will use adobe to build a house. If you don't have time to make so many adobes, you will use adobe. It can be seen that it is also a kind of house building material.
Xu Laosan planned to use his head to build a mule and cattle shed.
My mother said that when a caravan came, people unloaded their goods and went into the house to eat. The goods were put in a special room. The house should not be too badly tidy. It would be better to put up cabinets and tables. The door would be locked and the key would be given to the merchant. Team, let people eat with peace of mind. We don’t steal goods.
Then the mule and ox team enter the livestock house to rest and eat fodder. The ground where the animals stay must be thatched, with a shed outside to protect them from rain and snow, and a dedicated person to feed the animals.
In his shop, it was tentatively decided that he would be responsible for feeding the animals outside with a table full of stupid eldest sons from his wife's family.
So Xu Laosan planned to use the adobe bricks to build the livestock shed. Again, he couldn't bear to spend money on adobe bricks.
Mrs. Xu looked at her third son, she was so tired that she was sweating:
"Third brother, listen to my mother and take it easy. If we don't have enough money, we'll spend money to buy blanks. Isn't it like that? We've already bought a horse, but we still need a saddle? Go and take a few sips of birch sap. Let’s take a break.”
Originally, Mrs. Xu didn't know how nutritious birch sap was. She was told by family members in the live broadcast room, so she started to use the water as "fairy water".
After all, the conditions were here in ancient times. It was not easy to find a supplement that supplemented vitamins and minerals. Mrs. Xu must not waste it.
Isn't that right? Even she had no problem taking a sip. She also used a wicker to attach the water bag to the tree to catch the water, planning to go home and drink it. Even after more than an hour, she couldn't get much water. She visually checked that it took an hour to fill up one-third of the mineral water bottle.
As for the fourth child, Xu Youyin, after he cut three yellow bamboos for his niece, Xu Tianxin arranged another job: "Brother-in-law, pick this back when you see it."
Gentian, four-leaf gentian.
Xu Youyin asked her niece: "Why do you pick it? It seems you can't eat it, right?"
And also recommended another one to my niece.
He ran away and bent down to pick a handful of small purple flowers.
The little flower droops its head downward, looking a bit like a lily of the valley flower.
Xu Youyin handed his niece a handful of "lily of the valley" flowers with both hands and said: "Look at how vigorous this flower is. Only this one can be eaten. Eat its root raw. It's a bit sweet when you chew it carefully. You can believe me and try it. You see." You should trust me because it looks so strong." After saying that, he gave a sample to his niece, put the root of the small purple flower in his mouth and chewed it: "Sweet".
Immediately in the live broadcast room, many family members from all over the world typed:
"The little purple flower your uncle got is called Shisha Shen."
"We call it horse meat here, white horse meat."
"I heard that the temperature south of the Yangtze River is too high to grow, but it is everywhere in the north."
Many family members also told me how to do it:
"Hurry up and pick more with your uncle. Its leaves are called Waibo vegetables here. They can be used to make dumplings as wild vegetables. They are also delicious steamed with bean noodles. The roots do taste a little sweet. The assistant said Let me try it, I haven’t eaten it in years.”
Xu Tianxin quickly listened to the family members in the live broadcast room and picked ginseng with her uncle.
At the same time, he still directed Xu Youyin to pick gentian grass.
It is the gentian in modern gentian capsules and gentian Xiegan pills. It can also treat toothache and blistering in the mouth. Drinking it soaked in water has good effects.
Gentian grass was really not told by the family members in the live broadcast room, but Xu Tianxin went to Grandpa Guan’s house and saw that Guan’s family had a lot of dried gentian grass and tied it into handfuls. She thought this thing should be sold for money.
It doesn't matter if you don't sell it, just keep some to make water for drinking at home, and give the rest to Grandpa Guan to make medicine.
When Xu Tianxin and his grandmother and aunt walked into the valley in the distance, they saw another patch of mountain rose.
The thorn rose belongs to the Rosaceae family. I really know this Xu Tianxin.
In modern times, when she was a child, she had seen such flowers growing scattered along paths, avenues, and rivers.
Therefore, Xu Tianxin was not really interested in the effect of the live broadcast, but was happy from the bottom of her heart, because she once had a dream full of floral fragrance. She dreamed of having a courtyard at home and planting half of the courtyard with roses of various colors.
At this time, Xu Tianxin walked into a field of mountain roses and took a deep sniff of the small wild flower named "wild rose". This was the smell.
The more urban the garden, the more this kind of flower should be planted. In her opinion, all other flowers are not interesting enough.
Only the thorn rose is very fragrant and also has the flavor of the mountains. That is the smell of a pastoral courtyard standing under the neon lights of the city.
Its flowers are very fragrant and can be soaked in water to drink. If you drink a few sips of rose water, you will smell the fragrance of flowers when you speak.
Xu Tianxin thought to herself: She could also distill fragrant toilet water to use as perfume, and her house would no longer have to smell like salted fish.
Not to mention Xu Tianxin was very happy, even Yu Qinniang and Mrs. Xu were very happy looking at Thorn Rose.
Yu Qinniang was happy and hurriedly picked the thorn rose fruits. They were sour and sweet. They were delicious. She wanted to pick more and give her man a taste of the fruits soon.
On their wedding night, when her husband hugged her and told her interesting stories about his childhood, he mentioned rosehips, saying that this fruit was her husband's most cherished snack when he was a child.
Mrs. Xu was very happy: Oh, this thing is really good. You can use flower petals to bake sugar cakes for your granddaughter, and mix the flower petals with sugar to make fillings.
Marinate it with flowers and honey, make more, and save it for dipping into sticky bean buns later. If you use it with crushed peanuts and sugar, you can wrap it with rice dumplings. It is also good to stew duck with thorn rose to remove the fishy smell.
Anyway, stop talking nonsense and pick it up quickly.
These three girls are so envious of the family members who like to go to the mountains to pick during the live broadcast.
After all, today is not digging the soil to pick mushrooms, but picking flowers.
It’s not that there are no more mushrooms, it’s that they have been basically exploited. Mrs. Xu was extremely puzzled, weren't the women in Erdaohe fishing for fish? When did those old sisters come to pick mushrooms? It took her a long time to pick half a basket of mushrooms, but she didn't pick many flowers.
And Xu Laosi, who was following three generations of women, saw that his mother, sister-in-law and niece were all so rare for flowers, especially the niece who was surrounded by flowers. He looked much better than before.
He felt a little fairer.
Xu Youyin suddenly became appreciative, bumped Xu Tianxin's arm with his elbow and said, "It's too ugly for you to carry this broken basket. Later, I will ask your second uncle to weave some small baskets for you out of corn leaves and use the small baskets to hold flowers."
If the younger uncle gives way to the second uncle... then why should you give in?
The second uncle is almost exhausted. He has to make basins, buckets and wooden tables and beams.
Don't say that my uncle is useless, because his ears twitched, and he suddenly turned around and started running in the woods. Then Mrs. Xu reacted the second fastest, holding up the scratcher and ran after her little son: "Emma, pheasant !”
Quick copy guys.
Whether the pheasant can be recovered today depends on this.
She lost a chicken when she went up the mountain. Do you know how regretful she was?
Mrs. Xu is not afraid this time.
I just saw six people from Lao Xu's family catching pheasants together, and two of them flew in. They were so stunned that all the feathers of the chickens flew away when they were photographed, and they were killed on the spot...
At the same time, in the village at the foot of the mountain, Mrs. Xu's cousin Hao Yinhua was in trouble.
"Sanyou's" grandma and aunt came, but they couldn't get into Xu's house with the padlock outside. "Sanyou's" aunt encouraged her mother-in-law to use the springboard and stick to get into Xu's house from the west courtyard.
Hao Yinhua advised: "Auntie, just drink water at my house and wait. They will be back soon."
Old Mrs. Xu said impatiently: "You can get it quickly if I ask you to get the ladder."
