Don't panic, the family boss is busy farming

Chapter 15 It's Taro
Xu Erniang was much tougher than Xu Yue, she stepped forward, returned the stone to Aunt Wang, and pulled away the soft-hearted and hesitant Xu Yue.

"Let's go, don't look at her." Xu Erniang whispered to her sister.

But Xu Yue still couldn't help but look back, the little girl was holding the precious stone in her hand with unbearable loss, and was about to cry.

Xu Yue felt sore in her heart, she hurriedly stopped talking, not daring to look any further.

It was just that she was depressed, which prompted her to decide to do something.

Xu Da came back after cutting a large armful of weeds. There were all the vines and roots. Xu Yue, who didn't know how to make straw sandals, knew that these things might not be able to make anything. It was simply horrible.

Xu Yue reminded Dad that it doesn't matter if you can't make straw sandals, you can try to make straw mats, you can use them for sleeping at night.

In this way, Auntie will not be angry when she comes back to see her.

Xu Da comforted his little daughter's hair, and found a little comfort in his heart that was riddled with holes.

Xu Yue took the opportunity and said, "Father, I want to walk around, okay?"

Xu Da looked at Xu Erniang and Xu Dalang behind Xu Yue, and the two brothers and sisters said that they were also with their sister.

Xu Da looked at the dense grass around him again, and he didn't quite agree with the three children going out to wander around.

Xu Yue immediately promised: "Just walk around and never go far. I want to look around to see if there are any plants I know, and I won't go into the woods."

Xu Da showed a look of hesitation, Xu Yue knew that if she didn't tell the reason, she would not agree with her father.

He said: "I looked at the surrounding environment, and there is a high possibility that there will be an edible plant. If we can find it, we can eat it for several days."

"Really?" Xu Da looked at the surrounding bushes. The lower ground was either grass or various unfamiliar plants, none of which seemed to be able to eat for several days.

But seeing Xu Yue's confident appearance, he decided to let her have a try.

"Don't walk out of my sight." Xu Da said worriedly.

Xu Yue smiled and nodded immediately, "Got it, we're near here, don't go far!"

With Xu Da's approval, Xu Yue immediately led her brother and sister to the hillside where she had previously hidden.

"What are we looking for?" Xu Erniang asked curiously.

The blisters on her feet made her gasp every time she took a step. Xu Yue didn't want her to follow her, but her sister's curiosity was too strong.

Xu Yue directed Xu Dalang, who was holding her, to go to the left, and replied: "A plant with boat-like leaves that grows specially in hot and humid places. We call it taro."

When she was hiding on the slope, she saw a few plants with particularly wide leaves, which looked like taro stems and leaves, but she didn't have time to verify them.

"Taro?" Xu Erniang said silently, it was a species she had never heard of.

Because of curiosity, Xu Erniang didn't even care about the pain in her feet, and kept urging Xu Dalang to walk faster.

Soon, the three brothers and sisters came to the previous hiding place. After walking a few steps forward, they saw a clump of green plants as tall as Xu Yue.

The wide leaves are as Xu Yue described, like a boat, as big as two palms.

"Really?" Xu Erniang asked excitedly.

Xu Yue signaled her not to worry, asked her brother to put herself down, picked up a stone and dug down along the root of the plant, and easily dug out a group of oval roots, large and small, each fist-sized , there are a dozen of them.

Xu Yue was overjoyed, this is the multi-seed taro with the better taste among the taro varieties.

It's just that the one in her hand now looks a little smaller than the ones of later generations, and it's also a little dry. It's probably not as tasty as the multi-seed taro carefully cultivated by later generations.

But it would be nice to have something to eat.

It is estimated that the small piece in front of me can dig out forty to fifty catties, and Xu Yue is already very satisfied.

Xu Erniang waited for a long while but did not hear Xu Yue's reply, so she couldn't help asking again: "Really?"

Xu Yue nodded, got up from the ground, and handed a large handful of taro to Xu Erniang to see.

Xu Erniang couldn't help doubting the black but not autumn appearance, "My dear sister, are you sure this thing is edible?"

Xu Yue nodded, "Of course I can, and it's very full."

"Sister, hurry up and call Dad over to dig together, remember to bring a backpack, my brother and I will wait for you while digging here."

Xu Erniang looked at the small piece of taro in front of her, afraid of being found and snatched away, so she flew down the mountain regardless of the pain in her feet.

Before reaching the pond, he deliberately slowed down his pace to avoid attracting other people's attention, quietly came to Xu Da's side, whispered to him, and informed him about the situation on the mountain.

Xu Da's eyes lit up immediately, and he put down the well-woven straw and rattan insoles in his hands. The father and daughter sneakily avoided people, and groped to the hillside with their backs on their backs.

Xu Yue has Xu Dalang, a humanoid "digger", and within a short period of time, most of the taro has been dug out, and the dark taro eggs have piled up into a hill.

When Xu Da saw this pile of black eggs, his breath was slightly suffocated, but he had also seen all kinds of weird things in his previous life. The father and daughter looked at each other, and acted tacitly without words.

With Xu Da's participation, the taro was soon dug out and a basket full was filled.

Xu Da weighed it, maybe fifty catties won't work, but seventy catties is possible.

Xu Erniang grabbed a handful of grass and covered the basket, picked up the rice balls, pieces of meat, and bamboo tubes vacated from the basket, and gave Xu Yue half of them.

Xu Da carried the heavy basket on his back, and the father and son quietly went down the mountain.

It's just that experienced people can tell that there is something in this heavy backpack.

Tong's and Qiu's searched by the grass for a long time but found nothing. When they looked up, they saw Xu's father and son put down their heavy baskets. They immediately guessed that they might have found something good.

For the crying child in their arms, the two of them had no embarrassment and led the child over.

Not only them, but the other three remaining women also followed, looking at the father and son from a distance.

Xu Yue thought that her family had to eat, and she couldn't hide it, so she asked her father to bring her three brothers and sisters to the pond, dug a hole, led water into the hole alone, and poured out the taro from the basket to wash. .

The dark round eggs, after washing, look like some kind of fruit.

"What is this? Can it be eaten? Where did you get it?" Qiu asked curiously.

Xu Shi was afraid that Xu Dalang was a man, and he had seen how viciously Xu Dalang beat him, so he didn't dare to go forward to grab him.

Taro is a long-term thing. Xu Yue guessed that there should be more around here. After thinking about it, she pointed to the surrounding hillside and told them that this is called taro. It can be eaten after cooking, and let them find it by themselves according to the taro leaves.

Qiu Shi and the others looked at this dark stuff with hesitation in their eyes. They had never eaten or seen this stuff.

But when Mrs. Wang heard this, the little man immediately went to the hillside to look for it.

Looking at the direction, it was the place Xu Yue had just gone to.

Xu Yue watched Tong Shi also follow, the corners of her mouth curled up, and the sullenness in her heart dissipated.

(End of this chapter)