After hearing Su Bai's words, the barrage exploded instantly.
【No...no way!】
[Still waiting to see Dr. Zhao ravage the little leopard!]
【Nothing can happen!】
【Why don't you go up and have a look!】
Zhao Xinqing was silent for a while, shook her head and said:
"It's not like..."
"Even if something unexpected happens in the nest and the cub is damaged, as long as there is only one cub left, the snow leopard will still protect the nest..."
The barrage took a breath of air and said with gritted teeth:
【In this way...】
[Maybe the entire army was wiped out???]
[Damn it, you’re such a crow’s mouth upstairs, bah bah bah!】
[The little leopard is so cute, but we haven’t even met him yet. How could he be wiped out! This can’t happen! 】
Zhao Xinqing still shook her head:
"No, this is her first litter of cubs. If they are all wiped out, the snow leopard will be depressed for a long time."
"Depending on how close I am to her now, the snow leopard might even throw herself into my arms and cry for the whole day today."
All possibilities were rejected by Zhao Xinqing, and Su Bai asked dumbly:
"Why is that?"
Zhao Xinqing thought for a while, shook her head and said:
"Not sure."
"It seems that Snow Leopard suddenly felt relieved..."
"Let's take a closer look..."
Guessing, the two of them had already taken the snacks and the cat along the never-trodden paths to the unfamiliar mountains and forests.
In the unexplored area, there was a large amount of scattered limestone. The two people hurriedly bent down to pick it up, piled the limestone into small piles, and placed it on the roadside, preparing to load it on the return trip.
Picking it up, Su Bai passed by a plant with small white flowers.
The petals are six, the stamens are light yellow, the stems are long, and they exude a light fragrance.
The plants in this area grow luxuriantly and cover a large area.
Su Bai didn't pay attention at first, just looking carefully for the limestone on the ground.
But when he turned back to stack the limestone, he found that snackers were following him, chewing on the plants.
It's eaten very slowly, but it's delicious.
Su Bai raised his eyebrows and casually shouted to Zhao Xinqing who was a little further away:
"Snackies like to eat these grasses very much."
"Should we cut some back?"
Zhao Xinqing looked up, said "Hey" and trotted over.
She looked at these plants carefully, her eyebrows were filled with joy, she happily patted the snacker's head and said with a smile:
"How dare you eat this."
"Don't take your life!"
Su Bai's complexion changed and he said nervously:
"What? Is it poisonous?"
Zhao Xinqing shook her head and said:
"That's not true."
"Snack foodies themselves know what is poisonous and what is edible."
Su Bai became interested and asked:
"What are these? Can they be eaten?"
"You can eat it, but you can only eat a little." Zhao Xinqing chuckled, dug out the remains of a plant whose leaves and stems had been eaten by snack food, handed it to Su Bai, and asked:
"Have we met like this?"
Su Bai looked carefully and found that there was a spherical bulge above the root and at the lowest stem.
This bulge is wrapped in a rough brown-black fiber structure.
An idea flashed in Su Bai's mind, and he started to peel off these fiber layers.
What is exposed inside is a smooth and plump spherical object.
Then a slightly pungent garlic aroma wafted out.
Su Bai exclaimed:
"Single clove of garlic???"
Zhao Xinqing nodded and said with a smile:
"This is wild garlic."
"Wild garlic does not have divided cloves. Our common garlic with divided cloves is artificially cultivated."
"Artificially cultivated ones grow faster and have higher yields. However, compared with wild ones, the ingredients contain fewer compounds, so the nutritional content is slightly worse."
Zhao Xinqing pointed to the smooth garlic body and said:
"The parts we usually eat are actually the bulbs of wild garlic."
"But the entire garlic plant can be eaten. It is very nutritious and has a strong bactericidal effect."
"It's completely non-toxic and can even be eaten raw."
"Cooking with heat is actually the process of eliminating plant toxicity."
"Many vegetables are slightly poisonous when they are raw, but when cooked, the toxins will decompose."
"Slightly poisonous vegetables such as potatoes, beans, and bamboo shoots cannot be eaten raw."
"But garlic doesn't need to be heated at all, you can eat it directly..."
Before he finished speaking, Su Bai next to him took a bite of another garlic leaf.
Then Su Bai's face wrinkled up, as if he had eaten something extraordinary.
"...It's just that eating it raw will be very spicy..." Zhao Xinqing teased and snickered, finishing the second half of the sentence.
The garlic in Su Bai's mouth became spicier the more he chewed it, and it even made him feel like his mouth was being violently attacked.
Zhao Xinqing looked at Su Bai's cheeks that gradually began to twitch, and naturally knew what he was going through. She covered her mouth and said with a smile:
"Just swallow it and you'll be fine."
"Once the tissue starts to break down, allicin will be synthesized quickly, so it is mild when you first enter the mouth, but it will reach the point of being unbearable after a while."
"This is garlic's self-protection mechanism."
Su Bai quickly swallowed the garlic residue in his mouth, frowned and looked at the snack:
"Does she like to eat this stuff?"
Zhao Xinqing smiled and said:
"She doesn't eat much either."
"If she eats it for a while, she will be too spicy from the accumulated allicin and will have to give up this nutritious garlic moss."
"Snack food is actually very good at eating. She won't even touch the bulbs below, which is where allicin is most abundant."
"As long as she accidentally bites a garlic bulb, she will immediately become unbearably spicy."
"But if you only eat garlic moss, you can persist for a while."
"Taking in some allicin has some benefits for the body of snackers."
Sure enough, while the two were talking, the snack guy who kept chewing garlic moss suddenly let out a series of "oooooooooo" screams of pain, and big tears fell from the cow's eyes.
The barrage couldn't help laughing:
【I’m crying!】
【Allicin buff is stacked up!】
[Cultivating myself with garlic beef...]
The snack eater walked aside with tears in his eyes, angrily, and went to eat other mild grass leaves.
Zhao Xinqing started digging for garlic directly.
"Let's plant some and go back."
"It can be used as a seasoning or as a side dish."
Barrage:
【Familiar plot.】
[Dr. Zhao’s spice prison welcomes the third prisoner...]
[Now, we have ginger and garlic, but where are the onions?]
[Speaking of which, they even have butter in the camp...]
[If they find a way to get some chili peppers, they can eat the snacks in hot pot...]
Zhao Xinqing is grinding garlic here, while Su Bai goes to load limestone.
They have picked up enough limestone for one load. When Zhao Xinqing finishes digging the garlic, the two of them can end their exploration and return home.
Zhao Xinqing spent more than ten minutes digging and stuffed Su Bai's backpack and her fish skin bag with garlic, but she only managed to remove one-twentieth of the entire garlic bush.
The two of them were halfway through their return trip when Zhao Xinqing suddenly pointed to the roadside and said in surprise: