Chapter 74 You are not beaten enough
Shui Ling chuckled and raised another piece, "Try it, it's delicious."
Su Qin stared at her, as if he wanted to make a hole in her hand.
Shui Ling said quickly: "It is poisonous, but as long as it is cooked, it will be fine."
"Really? I remember the teacher said this was poisonous. I looked at the 4D image very carefully." Su Qin believed it when he saw how happy she was eating it.
"Of course, this reddish-brown skin is called sweet cassava, and its toxins are not as high as the grey-brown bitter cassava. The leaves and roots are good feed, and the pole and skin are fertilizers. In fact, fungus can be grown, but we don't have the conditions." Shuiling replied.
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Su Qin took it and took a bite. It tasted really good. "It seems to have a high starch content. I can make some of it."
Shui Ling nodded, "Yes, things made of tapioca starch are good..." She drooled again.
Nowadays, sweet potatoes and potatoes are scarce. Having cassava can solve a lot of problems. However, it is poisonous and the villagers are afraid of eating it.
The leaves are dried and kept to feed livestock in the winter. The poles are crushed and buried in the soil as fertilizer. The roots are edible and can be used to extract starch, sugar and other products. Oh my God, this thing that is full of treasures is poisonous.
Shui Ling thought for a moment and said, "I'll go out and get one for you first, and you can study it slowly."
"Okay." Su Qin nodded.
After Shuiling went out, she pulled out a cassava tree that was taller than herself and threw it into space. Then she was confused again. How many years can cassava grow?
She saw one that was thicker than her leg, but isn't the cassava afraid of frost? After thinking about it carefully, she thought it should be the effect of the hot spring. Fortunately, she didn't take away the inner elixir of Huo Qilin, otherwise the piece of cassava would be useless.
Shuiling happily dug some cassava, and when she returned to the village, she shouted: "Grandpa, I found something good."
Shui Dongliu walked out of Shui Zheran's room and asked with a smile: "What good thing?"
Shui Ling picked up an arm-long cassava and handed it over, "Here."
Shui Dongliu took it and looked at it, then frowned and said, "Girl, this is poisonous. Even animals won't eat it. This is not a sweet potato."
Shui Ling was a little surprised. He actually knew that this was poisonous. He immediately explained, "Grandpa, this is called cassava. It is poisonous when eaten raw. It is not poisonous as long as it is boiled for two quarters of an hour before eating."
"It can also be cut into slices, dried and ground into powder to extract the starch inside. The starch can be made into snacks and the like."
"Really?" Shui Dongliu's eyes lit up. Nowadays, everyone in the village relies on wild vegetables to survive. Occasionally, if you are lucky, you can catch some prey.
If there is food to make up for the gap, we can persist until the food harvest is abundant.
Shui Ling nodded and said, "I'll go cook it. Grandpa help me make a fire outside."
"Cheng." There is a fire in the open space, which is lit at night to ward off wild beasts.
Shuiling washed the cassava, put it in a pot, took it out and put it on the fire.
Shui Dongliu raised his eyebrows, "Girl, you are very strong."
"Uh... I have more strength when I'm full." Shui Ling explained awkwardly.
"Hehehe..." Shui Dongliu didn't believe it, but he would never doubt anything else. He would only think that Shuiling was blessed by gods.
When the cassava was ripe, Shui Ling took out a piece and was about to eat it. Shui Dongliu said, "Give it to me, you can eat it later."
Shui Ling felt warm in his heart. He wanted to test the "poison" with himself, so he handed over the cassava.
Shuidongliu took a bite and tasted it carefully. It tasted very good and made him feel full. If it could be eaten, it would be a good food.
Shui Ling began to introduce cassava to him, from leaves to roots. Shui Dongliu unknowingly ate a large piece of it after listening to it. After he was full, he said: "It turns out to be a treasure. I didn't know that I didn't dare to touch it before."
"Grandpa, you can plant this, and it will grow if there are spores on the branches." Shuiling continued to popularize science.
"Not bad, not bad." Shuidong nodded lingeringly.
At this time, the eldest aunt came back from digging wild vegetables. When she saw something in the pot, she immediately ran over to take advantage of it, but her expression changed immediately when she saw the thing inside. "Oh, who did this? Village chief, this girl wants to poison you."
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"Everyone, come and see, this vicious girl actually wants to poison her own great-great-grandfather. What a black heart she has!"
"I understand, you must be thinking that if the village chief dies, your father will become the village chief, right?"
Shui Dongliu's face was dark. He stood up from the bamboo stool and slapped him in the face, "How do you expect me to die when I hit you with such a bad mouth? These cassava are not poisonous when cooked, and they can also fill your stomach.
You know shit."
Zhang Wan was beaten so hard that she grinned with disbelief in her eyes.
Su Qin walked out of the cave, took a piece of it with his own hands and put it into his mouth, saying: "It can be eaten, but it cannot be eaten if it has not been cooked for two quarters of an hour, and if it is cooked longer, it must be cooked longer, otherwise it will be poisonous."
"Cassava is divided into sweet cassava and bitter cassava. Bitter cassava is highly toxic. You need to peel it, cut it into pieces, and soak it in water for at least 24 hours. Then boil it for a quarter of an hour. Take it out and change the water to boil.
Remember not to cover the pot, keep the lid open.”
Zhang Wan murmured, "It's so troublesome for me not to eat it. Who will be responsible if it is poisoned to death?"
Shui Dongliu took out his pipe, lit it, took a few puffs, and said, "Well, this girl Shui Ling discovered cassava. If you don't like it, don't go forward. If you don't, let Shui Ling teach you how to identify it and how to eat it.
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The villagers are not all bad, most of them are good people. As for not sharing the prey, there is nothing they can do. They also have a large family to support.
Therefore, Shui Ling will not reject anyone who comes, and as long as he is willing to learn, he will teach himself.
A few days later, Shuiling took out the list, shook it and said, "Everyone I have taught has been recorded. If someone outside the list gets poisoned after eating cassava, it cannot be blamed on me."
It's not that she is cruel, but that when there are many people, there will be chaos. There must be people who don't follow the rules. What should I do if the time comes when it all depends on me?
There are still hidden dangers if you eat too much fresh cassava, so Shuiling decided to collect all the cassava, dry it in the sun, and then grind it into powder, so that there would be no worries.
She wanted to dig out the cassava quickly while the weather was good, and then plant it on the same spot, so that there would be another harvest at this time next year.
Shui Dongliu accepted the task without hesitation and began to arrange for people to harvest cassava. Shuiling went ahead to clear a road.
Although some people have taken a fancy to this area, they are afraid of poison ivy so they have no plans to move the fields. After all, the land there has been cleared and food is grown.
However, someone was unhappy when they saw Shui Zheran occupying such a large piece of land, and said sourly: "It's so shameless for one person to occupy such a large piece of land."
Shui Ling looked over and couldn't help but feel happy. Didn't this eldest aunt get beaten enough? She smiled and said: "Auntie, don't forget that we are planting on San Bo's land."
"That's just how much. I estimate there are more than 20 acres here." Zhang Wan said angrily.
Shui Ling smiled faintly, "You can also open up more wasteland. No one will look at the extra acres or two of a family."
Chapter completed!