ebookland Chapter 175: Exceptionally Rich Mountain Delicacies (Part )
Chapter 175: Exceptionally Rich Mountain Delicacies (Part )
Not only were the little girls looking around while talking, but even the two aunts from the brigade were looking left and right, up and down.
Avoid dropping any wild delicacies on the way to the pine or hazelnut trees that the captain's aunt knew about.
As they looked around, Aunt Guihua really saw a large area of red fruits. When she looked closely, she found that they were hawthorns!
After carefully confirming that it was Sandingzi, she hurriedly called out to her companions who were still moving forward:
"Hey, wait a minute, little girls. Look to the left. There's a patch of hawthorns over there. Let's go pick some of them first."
After hearing the shout, everyone stopped and looked in the direction Aunt Guihua said.
Sure enough, there was a hint of red among the vague trees. When the educated youth in the small educated youth compound looked carefully, they didn't know what it was called, they just knew it was a field of red fruits.
But the captain's aunt and Guihua's aunt confirmed that it was indeed Sandingzi.
After they confirmed it, there was no reason for them not to pick the wild fruits. The hazelnut trees and pine trees were there and would not run away anyway.
It would be better to look for things near the outskirts of the mountain first to avoid being overtaken by others.
So he led the girls towards the patch of hawthorns over there, explaining to them as he walked:
"This sandingzi is actually also called 'Tang plum'. Eating too much of it can cause constipation. You can eat it as a daily pastime, but don't eat too much.
We can just pick a little and take it home to eat occasionally when we feel like it. There is no need to pick too much, as it cannot be used as a staple food anyway.
And we can just pick a little bit to satisfy our taste buds.
You can also save some for the rest of the team members to pick, especially those with children at home, so that they can have some as snacks for their children."
After finishing this long list of scientific knowledge, they also walked to the sanding fruit, looking at the small red fruit with their appetites whetted.
Bai Wanting couldn't help but pick one and put it in her mouth to taste it carefully. She thought, well, it's not bad, it tastes a little sour.
After eating one, the other girls looked at Bai Zhiqing's reaction, and after seeing his reaction, they knew the approximate taste of the fruit.
After learning about the approximate taste, they started picking. They always remembered what the captain's aunt had just said: this thing should not be eaten too much.
So they randomly picked a small portion and put it into the small basket they were carrying.
When they were immersed in the joy of picking fruits, Lin Sitian looked down and saw some small plants with black fruits next to the three fruits.
Because Lin Sitian had memories of the 21st century, she found the name of the pitch-black fruit deep in her memory.
After all, this kind of wild fruit was found near the kindergarten when they were young. When they were young, they didn’t have any delicious snacks, so they picked it and ate it. The director’s mother told her that it was called "Solanum nigrum".
The moment she saw Solanum nigrum, Lin Sitian knew that it was edible.
But in his current situation, he didn't know whether it was edible, so he pretended to be surprised and looked at the others, and said to those who were picking sandives:
"Hey, what do you think that is?"
When everyone heard Lin Zhiqing's doubts, they looked in the direction she pointed.
The moment she saw the nightshade, Aunt Guihua decisively abandoned the three-nectarine she was picking and squatted down to prepare to pick the nightshade. While squatting down, she said to everyone:
"This is called 'Solanum nigrum'. Here we call it Heitiantian or Heiyouyou. Although the fruit is small, it is still delicious when ripe. The black one is a little better than the yellow one."
After saying this, Aunt Guihua said no more, but just squatted down and prepared to start picking. After all, her young grandson really liked to eat this kind of fruit, so she took it back for her grandson to eat.
Seeing that Aunt Guihua didn't say anything more and just squatted down to pick the fruit, the captain's aunt added:
"You can't eat the unripe ones, that is, the green ones. You can only pick the black ones.
Although it is sweet, it is easy to spoil, so don't squeeze it.
If you take it back, you can make it into jam, put it in noodles, or buy some steamed buns to eat."
When everyone heard that this could be made into jam and stored and was quite sweet, they gave up on the three-crusted taro, which could cause constipation if eaten too much, and turned to the not-so-festive-looking nightshade.
Of course, they also put large leaves in their small baskets to prevent the fruits from being squeezed and spoiled.
The four little girls in the Youth League Home thought that since they would all share the fruits together when they returned to the yard, they might as well put the same fruits in the same basket.
This also avoided squeezing and mixing the fruits, so they put the hawthorns in Lin Sitian's basket and the nightshade in Bai Wanting's basket.
Seeing that there was almost half a basket of nightshade, I stopped picking it. After all, this half basket could still make a jar of jam.
Moreover, they don't want to eat this fruit alone. It's okay to eat a few occasionally, but they can't stand eating it often. It's better to make it into jam.
Moreover, they thought that since this was the first day on the mountain, there was no need to pick too much of one kind of fruit. They had to leave some space in the basket for the next kind of fruit. It was enough to recognize the fruit and it didn't matter how much they picked.
It seems that the girls stopped picking the flowers, but there were still many nightshades within their sight. Why did they just stand there and watch the scenery without picking any?
The captain's aunt was still a little worried about the little girls, so she asked doubtfully:
"Why don't you pick them? Aren't there still plenty?"
Xia Zhiyan looked at Xiaolin Zhiqing, who, upon hearing the captain's gaze, explained:
"Oh, Captain Auntie, this is the case. We only brought a few baskets and two backpacks when we went up the mountain today.
I’m afraid I’ll find something good next and there won’t be enough room to put it.
Then we thought, let's just leave it at that for now. Anyway, as long as we know these fruits, we can go pick them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It won't affect us. We can also leave some space for good things."
When Aunt Captain and Aunt Guihua heard this, they also stopped picking nightshade flowers, stood up, pounded their waists, and laughed heartily:
"Haha, hahaha, it turns out that people who have read books are smarter, isn't it?
What if we come across some mushrooms or something and don’t have a place to put them?
This nightshade can only be used as something for daily entertainment, or to make a sour and sweet jam.
But compared to other mountain products, it's still a bit inferior, so let's continue looking for other things!"
After saying these words, the two aunties, who were usually very friendly in dealing with people in the brigade, continued to move forward in the designated direction with the four little girls.
After walking a few steps, Bai Wanting realized that she seemed to be stepping on something soft and elastic. She lowered her head and saw that it looked like moss but not moss, and like wood ear but not wood ear. So she pulled Lin Sitian who was following her in confusion.
Lin Sitian turned around and saw Sister Bai looking at her with a conflicted look, and she also looked down at her feet.
So Lin Sitian looked down and saw, oh, it was another thing she knew - ground ivy.
Seeing that Bai Wanting was standing on ground vegetables and there was a large patch of ground vegetables nearby, Lin Sitian stopped.
She thought about it and realized that although Bai Wanting was indeed talented in cooking, she grew up in the city after all.
Before going to the countryside, I was always running between school and home, and had never seen ground vegetables, so it is normal that I don’t know them now.
Then he called out to the captain aunt who was walking in front:
"Aunt Zhou, Aunt Guihua, come and see if this is edible. It looks like wood ear mushroom."
Hearing the shouts, Aunt Guihua rushed out from behind them, took a closer look, and said to the captain who was rushing back in front:
"Hey, Mrs. Zhou, come quickly. This is ground lettuce. It's quite large."
After she finished speaking to her elder sisters, she explained to the young girls beside her who were eagerly waiting to answer Daning's questions:
"Oh, doesn't this look like wood ear? It's also called ground wood ear.
It's officially called ground vegetable, a wild vegetable that grows after rain. Although it's a little difficult to clean, it's delicious when eaten cold or scrambled with eggs.
When Bai Wanting learned that this was a wild vegetable and very delicious, she was the first to resist, although she felt very uncomfortable when she stepped on it.
But after learning about its function, he couldn't help but squat down and start picking up the wood ear mushrooms frantically into the basket.
But then he remembered that his basket was filled with fruit, so he took Yun Ya's basket and put the wood ear mushrooms into Yun Ya's basket.
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In addition, it is specially noted that the various wild game or wild fruits mentioned in the article are all fruits that can be found in the northern mountains. I specifically searched for information on the Internet.