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Chapter 29 Lotus Root

After Wen Yu finished speaking, he took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers and got out of the pond. This pond was dug out by the hunter before the Jing family and his son, because this land belongs to the mountains and the mountain road is difficult to pass.

Everyone didn't come here often. Orion wanted to buy the village chief, so he sold it to him at a low price.

It's just that the hunter left unexpectedly, and the pond belonging to the hunter naturally became ownerless again.

The pond was used to raise fish earlier. Didn't Orion disappear unexpectedly? People in the village helped, so the fish was naturally divided among the villagers, and then there was no more care here. Who knows the next year?

Lotus roots grow here at the head of the pond. The villagers had the idea of ​​using this lotus root before. However, the lotus roots were too unpalatable. Gradually, this area became deserted. If it weren’t for people who really had no food to eat.

, I will never take advantage of this lotus root again.

There was a period of time last year when the Wen family couldn't open the pot. Wen Yu and his brothers dug some lotus roots back. It was unpalatable, but at least it filled their stomachs. I was very grateful that I didn't starve anyone in the family to death.

thing.

But in fact, lotus roots are also very particular. They are divided into lotus root strips and lotus roots. The lotus root strips are long, slender and crispy. Add some minced garlic and chili and add some sourness when stir-frying. It tastes very refreshing, while the lotus root is thick.

! It’s big and can be used for stir-frying or making soup. Pork ribs and lotus root soup is her favorite.

The two kinds of lotus roots grow in different seasons. The lotus root strips start in April and can be eaten until summer. When the lotus root strips disappear, September and October are the seasons when fresh lotus roots appear. This lotus root can be eaten until the end of the year.

, if you really want to count, from April to the New Year, those lotus roots were all edible lotus roots, but the time when Wen Yu took the brothers to dig lotus roots was in March. Last year's lotus root grower

The lotus roots are too old and almost rotten, and the new lotus root strips are not yet mature, which makes the lotus roots at that time really unpalatable. In addition, there is no seasoning in the cooking here, which makes the food unpalatable.

Wouldn't it be more delicious after making it?

But it’s different now. After the autumn harvest, it’s the season to eat lotus root. At this time, the lotus root is slightly sweet and crispy. It can be eaten raw or stir-fried. Isn’t this another delicious dish for the family?

Watching Wen Yu salvage the lotus roots one by one, Wen Xin couldn't help but start to get excited.

After Wen Yu dug out 5 roots, he simply washed them and then walked up from the pond, "Xin'er, these are enough. It's hard to take more."

Wen Xin glanced at her and Wen Yu. It was indeed difficult for the two of them to hold five lotus roots and two boxes of mushrooms, so she said, "Okay, second brother."

Wenxin looked down the mountain, and then said: "It's not far below. You can take out the frame first. We'll carry it on our backs first. If we meet someone, we won't have a chance to take it out."

Wenxin quickly took out the backpacks, one large and one small. The backpacks instantly appeared on the ground. Wen Yu put on her shoes, tidied up her appearance and put the backpacks on her body. She also thoughtfully put Wenxin's backpacks on her back.

After picking it up, she put it on her back.

As for the five lotus roots just now, Wen Yu directly found some grass on the ground, braided a rope, tied the five lotus roots together, and carried them in his hand.

They both went down the mountain in a happy mood. Before they reached the place where they picked mushrooms, they saw the three brothers looking for them anxiously. As soon as they saw the warmth not far away, Wen Shan ran over immediately.

"Sister, sister, where have you been? Shan'er has been looking for you for a long time."

Wenxin hurriedly greeted him, "Second brother took me to dig lotus roots."

Upon hearing this, Lotus Root Wen Jin said with a look of disgust: "Ah, this thing is terrible to eat. Second brother, why did you bring my little sister over and suffer through this?"

It was said that she had passed, but she was not affected at all. Wenxin quickly explained to Wen Jin: "Third brother, I will go back and make lotus root powder for you to eat, but I may need my brothers to come over and help me."

Wen Jin immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's no problem."

The brothers all came, so they naturally shared some of the things on hand. The lotus root in Wen Yu's hand was given to Wen Hou, and her basket was also carried on Wen Jin's body.

The family of five returned home happily. No one felt that there was anything hard, and immediately asked Wenxin to give instructions to them to work.

Everyone asked for it, so Wen Wenwen was even more rude when he 'enslaved' the brothers. "I must wash this lotus root first and remove the mud on the outside first."

Wen Yu is a very particular person. He had already washed the mud once when the lotus roots were taken out of the pond. Now there is only a layer of mud on the outside of the lotus roots, but they still need to be washed again.

After the mud was washed away, Wen Wen asked several people to cut off the joints in the middle of the lotus roots, and then used thin wooden sticks to clean the mud in the lotus core. However, this was a bit time-consuming, and Wen Jin didn't have the patience, so he cleaned the lotus roots.

The job was given to Wenhou and Wenshan, while Wenxin was thinking of how to break the lotus root into pieces.

The process of making lotus roots is like this. The washed lotus roots must be crushed first. In later generations, people had iron grinding machines for lotus roots, or wall-breaking machines that could crush them directly. But in this era, there was no iron or broken lotus roots.

If you really want to smash the wall-mounted ones, you can use chopped ones.

However, the chopped ones will definitely not be more broken than the ground or broken ones, so at this time, the constant beating with a stick should also have a certain effect.

Mei Mengzhen said: "Either you use a knife or an ax. Anyway, just crush the lotus root into very small pieces, and then beat it with a stick to get out the white juice inside."

Wen Hou and Wen Shan had just finished washing, and Wen Jin was chopping and hammering on the other side. He did this kind of thing very smoothly and comfortably without using brains and only using brute force.

Wen Jin's hammer was almost done, and Wen Yu was cleaning the starch out of the lotus root bit by bit.

There was no extra cloth at home. The cloth used by Wen Yu to filter the lotus root residue was made by her from the space. It was thin and soft and was good for filtering the residue. There were 17 sections in total for the 5 lotus roots. She left one section alone and gave the remaining 16 pieces to her.

After making lotus root starch, I ran out of any large pots at home that could hold water, and all of them were used to hold the starch water.

Grandpa Wen, who was leisurely knitting by the side of Dalian, couldn't stand the commotion anymore, "What are you doing here?"

Wen Yu said: "I heard about it on the road. Try to see if you can make some money. If not, forget it. Anyway, Ou Root didn't spend any money, so he just put in some effort."

As soon as he heard that it was about making money, Grandpa Wen stopped talking.

Today's dinner was naturally late, but the porridge with fried lotus root was delicious no matter how I ate it.

Wen Jin felt really incredible, "Oh my god, this is lotus root. Is this the same lotus root we have eaten before? It was obviously very difficult to eat before, but why does it taste so good today?"

She was gentle and silent, but her actual actions told her that today's lotus root was really delicious.

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