After He Li, follow the reckless man to flee the wasteland and farm the fields

Chapter 113
There is lotus root in the lotus pond, and lotus root can be used to make lotus root powder, and it can also be made into cold lotus root slices. In short, this is a good thing.

Lotus root powder can be eaten on the road, but it takes a little effort to make.

"I'll throw it up, leave one of you to pick it up in the basket, and the rest will look for wild vegetables nearby."

Su Qing didn't let the girls into the lotus pond. Few of them could swim. She didn't know the depth of the lotus pond. She had to rescue some of them if they fell into the water. If it wasted time, she would assign jobs to them and don't stand on the shore stupidly.

Su Qing asked Li Shuang'er for straw sandals, and went down to the river to dig lotus roots wearing them. Her own riding boots were left on the bank. Such a good pair of shoes could not be worn after entering the water.

With bare feet, Li Shuanger wove straw sandals from local materials. Su Qing took her to make straw sandals, and now almost all the girls in the village know how to weave straw sandals. She can weave one in a short time, which is very fast.

Su Qing walked into the lotus pond and found that the river was not deep, only reaching her knees, but as she walked in, it got deeper and reached her waist. The bottom of the lotus pond was full of mud.

Su Qing rolled up her trouser legs and bent down to touch the lotus root. No one came to pick it here, and there were so many lotus roots.

When digging lotus root, she felt slippery things swimming past her calves, and she often stepped on slippery things under her feet.

Su Qing's heart skipped a beat, is there loach or eel?

This is edible!

Su Qing speeded up the digging of lotus roots, and threw one on the shore. After Li Shuang'er wove straw sandals and put them on, she came over to pick up lotus roots with a basket on her back.

There is no lotus pond in Yucheng, so of course they have never seen lotus root. She looked at the long and round thing in a daze, can this be eaten?

But she only hesitated for a moment, and her great trust in Su Qing convinced her that as long as Su Qing said he could eat it, he would definitely be able to eat it.

Su Qing dug a lot of lotus roots. She stood up and straightened up when she was a little tired. This lotus pond is not very big, and there is a river bed not far away. She thought of putting some water out, so that the girls can come down to dig lotus roots. .

With more people digging quickly, you can also catch the loaches in the lotus pond.

"Li Shuang'er, call your brother and ask him to bring a shovel."

Su Qing yelled at Li Shuang'er, Li Shuang'er held the lotus root that he had just picked up in his hand, and agreed with Su Qing's words.

"it is good."

Li Shuang'er didn't take the empty road, and had already picked up two baskets full of lotus roots. She carried a basket this time, and asked Aunt Qiu and Mother to cook first.

Not long after Li Shuang'er went back, Li Daniu came with a shovel on his back. Su Qing had already gone ashore to weave fishing nets.

"Li Daniu, you dig here."

Su Qing had found the lower depression long before Li Daniu came, and asked him to dig a canal at this location and put the water into the river bed.

Li Daniu obeyed Su Qing's words, spat on the palm of his hand, took off his shoes, stepped into the water and began to dig a canal to divert water.

Su Qing waited for him to dig it open and blocked the fishing net at the opening. The water could pass through smoothly, but none of the fish and loach in the lotus pond could escape.

"Su Qing, you are too smart."

Li Daniu admired Su Qing's flattery, but Su Qing ignored him, and used his back basket to meet him in front of the opening. This most primitive method of catching fish was also very effective, stopping half-backed loaches and palm-sized fish in no time. .

Just when Su Qing was about to pick up the back pan, she saw a half-meter-long catfish washed into the back pan by the current. She quickly set up the back pan and went ashore carrying it.

The catfish jumped out as soon as it reached the shore, and Li Shuang'er suddenly backed away in fright when she saw the catfish, and sat on a buttock.

Seeing those black loaches and yellow eels again, Li Shuang'er was even more frightened, and asked Su Qing with lingering fear:
"Sister Su Qing, is this a water snake?"

"Catfish, loach, and eels are all edible."

Su Qing is not as indifferent now as when she first came here, at least Li Shuang'er and the others will answer when they talk to her, unless she is angry, it will not give anyone face.

"I'm a little afraid to take it!"

Li Shuang'er wanted to help, but as soon as she grabbed the loach, it slipped out of her hand and made a squeaking sound, which made her jump up high in fright.

"It's okay, they don't bite."

Su Qing said lightly, in the past, he grabbed the big catfish that had escaped from prison, lifted it up and threw it hard on the stone. After falling twice in a row, the catfish no longer had the strength to jump.

"Su Qing, there are so many fish!"

Li Daniu's excited voice came from the low-lying place, many fish were crackling and jumping in the fishing net, there were dozens of carp half a foot long, and there were many eels whose arms were as long as their wrists.

"I'm going to call someone."

Seeing so many fish, Li Shuang'er's face turned red with excitement, and she turned around and ran back. After a while, more than a dozen people were brought with them, all carrying baskets, and everyone caught fish together. Men are not afraid of loaches, as long as they can eat, they can be scary Dare to catch fish.

The water in the lotus pond was almost full, and the silt and lotus root were exposed. Su Qing asked the girls to come down and dig the lotus root together.

Everyone didn't feel tired from working together, and soon there were lotus roots as high as hills piled up on the bank. Su Qing asked them to continue digging, and she and Li Daniu went back to cook with loach and fish.

The girls also picked a lot of wild vegetables, all of which were quite tender, so Su Qing decided to make wild vegetables in cold salad.

The big catfish and carp were stewed in a pot with sliced ​​lotus root. The big pot was so full that the villagers in Taohuawu were so greedy that their stomachs growled.

Those loaches and field eels Su Qing had already thought of a better way. If this thing is not done well, it will smell like earth, so she found a long thin stone slab.

Put the thin stone slab on two stones, fill the firewood under the stone slab and burn it.

The villagers in Taohuawu don't know what Su Qing is going to do?This is the first time I have seen this kind of eating method.

It is even rarer than digging a hole to make horse meat in bamboo tubes last time.

The fire was very hot, and the stone slab burned hot quickly. Su Qing took a spoonful of meat oil to oil the surface of the slate, caught eels and loach and threw them on the slate.

After being heated, the loach and rice field eel jumped straight on the stone slab, and Su Qing pressed it with a wooden pot cover. The loach and rice field eel soon stopped moving. Throw it on the loach.

It's a pity that there are no cumin and sesame seeds, otherwise it will be delicious if sprinkled with some.

But Su Qing has chili peppers, and he grinds the red chili peppers into chili noodles and sprinkles them on the loach.

When Ji Shuisheng came back, he saw Su Qing making grilled loach on a stone slab with a serious expression, and he could smell the fragrance from a distance, which drew out the gluttons in his stomach.

Su Qing let Xiao Ying and Li Shuang'er watch over the loach, and she went to blanch the washed wild vegetables in water to remove the bitter and earthy taste of wild vegetables.

A little hot lard is poured on the chili noodles and chopped green onion. The aroma can make people fight gluttons. The wild vegetables taste fresh and crisp when mixed with this specially prepared seasoning, which is especially delicious.

"What's the way?"

Ji Shuisheng walked to the stone slab and asked his sister curiously.

(End of this chapter)