jdhmnovel Chapter 78 Boletus
Chapter 78 Boletus
"Yes, but we didn't buy it. My San Ya made it. It's very useful. When we get home, I'll ask my kid to send you a bottle. Look at the bumps on Dashan's arms. They give me goosebumps."
It was so densely packed that Old Mrs. Zhou felt very distressed. If she had discovered it earlier, she would have taken out the mugwort ointment earlier.
"This was done by San Ya? Is this girl so powerful?"
Wang Youcai was driving the ox cart, and when he turned his face, there was not only surprise but also curiosity.
"You are so stupid, San Ya can read. I saw it yesterday. If you can't do it yourself, don't think others can't do it either."
"Hey, you two always quarrel wherever you go. This girl is lucky. I took her to the town twice, and she became familiar with Doctor Chen. Doctor Chen happens to be my sister's nephew, so I asked him to teach her a few characters so that she won't be blind in the future."
Old Mrs. Zhou spoke tactfully, but she implicitly acknowledged that all this was San Ya's credit.
Wang Youcai was shocked. "Aunt, San Ya teaches one person or two people. Go home and ask San Ya if she is still accepting apprentices. I also want to learn a few words. I have grown up and still don't know how to write my own name."
Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this. Old Mrs. Zhou also smiled and nodded, and said she would tell San Ya about it when she got home.
"You are such a jerk. You still want to learn to read at your age. Why don't you let our Dashan and Xiaodan learn to read? You only think about yourself and don't even think about your daughter and son."
After hearing what her husband said, Caixia was furious. Why did she marry such a reckless and idiot?
"Oh, woman, when I learn it, can't I go home and teach our daughter and son? Isn't it the same for anyone to learn it?"
When Caixia heard this, it seemed to be the case, so she stopped refutation of her husband.
Wang Dashan and Wang Xiaodan next to them were so excited that they walked together with Zhou Mingzhi and his brothers and asked them directly whether they could really recognize the words.
"Of course, I have memorized more than a dozen big characters." Zhou Mingjie patted his chest and spoke in a loud and confident tone.
"Yes, it's true. San Ya taught us to read whenever she had time. We call Doctor Chen Uncle Chen. San Ya is smart. She learned all this when she was working as a laborer at Baicaotang."
Wang Dashan rubbed his hands excitedly, put his arm around Zhou Mingzhi's shoulders and whispered, "Good brother, you must teach me when you have time, so that I can marry your sister-in-law home. The more words she learns, the better."
Zhou Mingzhi grinned. He knew that this kid was looking for him with no good intentions.
"Of course you can, but I just started learning and I can't remember it well. Why don't you wait for your dad to learn it and teach you."
This is also the topic that Zhou Mingzhi is most reluctant to discuss. They were all taught by San Ya together. Xiao Jie can remember it in one night, but he needs two or three days to remember it. It is really distressing.
"Good brother, just say this, let's wait for your grandma to come home and ask San Ya first."
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The big cloud that was lingering in the mountain valley of Lianglin Village floated away after a while, taking its lightning and rain with it.
After the clouds disappeared, the sky cleared up again. The sunlight was a little dazzling, but it was not as hot as before.
Zhou Mingqi took Xiao Minghua to the yard to catch earthworms to feed the chickens. Zhou Mingqin went back to the house to continue making sachets, while Feng went to take a look in the vegetable garden.
As she expected, many cucumber flowers were knocked off. She sighed several times and felt very sorry for these flowers that had not yet borne fruit.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Mingshu suddenly appeared from behind her, scaring her.
"Nothing much, just that the flowers have been knocked off and they won't bear fruit."
"It's okay, auntie. Look carefully at the flower. The stem is so thin that it can't bear fruit even without the rain. It can't bear the weight of the fruit. The rain has watered our vegetable garden for us, so you don't need to water it anymore."
San Ya is right. There are always some flowers that will not bear fruit. Whether they fall early or late, they will fall anyway. Just let it be.
Feng touched the leaves of the loofah vine, with a puzzled look on her face. "I've never heard of male and female cucumbers. How come these cucumbers have grown like this? They're still pretty thriving, but I don't know if they can bear fruit."
Zhou Mingshu smiled guiltily, "Never mind, let's try it in ten days or half a month. As long as it bears fruit, it will be worth our time serving it."
Seeing San Ya so optimistic, Feng was also amused and started laughing too.
The tiles on one side were lifted up, and it looked like the mung bean sprouts inside were ready to be eaten.
"San Ya, go to the kitchen and get a basket. Let's pick some bean sprouts to eat."
Zhou Mingshu ran to the kitchen and came back with a larger basket.
Feng lifted the covering tiles and thatch, revealing the densely packed mung bean sprouts inside.
Because they have never seen the sun, the leaves of these bean sprouts are all tender yellow and the rhizomes are not very long yet, so they are barely edible.
After pulling out about a plate of vegetables, Feng scooped a bucket of water and poured it on them, then covered the original things back and let them continue to sprout underground.
"Auntie, is this the only way to eat mung beans? Are there any other ways?"
"Other ways to eat it?" Feng thought for a moment and smiled, "Of course not. You ate mung bean cake a few days ago. You can also make mung bean soup or mung bean paste, which can relieve summer heat."
What Feng said were relatively common ways of eating, and Zhou Mingshu naturally knew them.
"I'm talking about cooking. Are there any other ways to eat mung bean sprouts besides them?"
This stumped Feng. She thought about it and shook her head. Apart from growing it into bean sprouts, she didn't know how else to eat it.
“Is there any other way to eat it?”
"Of course, Auntie, when I have time I will make it, and it will surely amaze you."
"Okay, Auntie, wait. Everything you cook is delicious. How about you cook dinner tonight?"
"Sure, that's exactly what I meant, haha..."
After the rain, the sky cleared up and Zhou Mingshu no longer had the desire to dry the hot water, so he used up all the water that had been dried.
Just wash your hair when you take a shower after dinner at night.
There was still some time before dinner, so Zhou Mingshu took the filter cloth and started filtering.
Before she finished her work, she heard a bustling noise outside the door.
Zhou Mingqi and Xiao Minghua went to open the door, and then everyone carried their things home in large and small bags.
Zhou Mingshu quickly filtered out the dregs, washed his hands and came over to take a look.
Oh my god, I got so many mushrooms today!
What’s different from usual is that this time we picked a lot of porcini mushrooms, big and small, white, yellow and black.
In addition to these, there are many chanterelles and broom mushrooms, as well as milk mushrooms and aeruginosa that Zhou Mingshu had never collected before.