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Chapter 218 Digging Shepherd's Purse

The woman looked at him carefully, then went back to continue the work in her hand, and said in her mouth: "You are still young, and you have a lot of time. Don't just get into the horns when you have something to do, and you can get over anything you want to do." .”

"Yes, auntie is right." Yu Fei agreed.

"You are like me." The woman continued: "Until a few years ago, I always thought that I found a man who was incompetent, and I spent my whole life with him. Have a good day."

Yu Fei smiled and continued: "Many people like you don't envy the days when husbands and wives live together. Like our rural areas, there are many people who live apart because men work outside and women stay at home to look after their children."

"What's the matter?" The woman slapped her thigh and said, "You don't know that there is an old man in our village who is about the same age as our men. After spending a few years outside, he brought back a big girl last year. His mother-in-law was so angry that she hanged herself and drank medicine."

"Oh! What a crime! That girl is younger than his niece. I don't know why I fell in love with that dead old man. I heard that the girl is still pregnant with a baby. You say this is a mess. .”

After she finished speaking, she patted her thigh again, looking very angry.

"Then you have to take a fancy to your man, maybe someone will also take a fancy to him now." Yu Fei joked.

"Why don't I figure it out now." The woman raised her face and said, "Since what happened in the village, many women have panicked, and they would rather let their man not make money than call him back. If not, take the children to find them."

"I don't need it. Anyway, the two of us are together every day. I don't believe that there is a little girl who is willing to come to him by the river..."

"Xiao Fei..."

A female voice came, Yu Fei and the woman turned their faces to look at the same time, Shi Fang led the two little girls who were standing on the embankment and waved to this side, seeing the woman's face turned black, Yu Fei quickly said : "This is for me."

The woman seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Look, you have a daughter-in-law and a child, and you are still a pair of twin daughters. If you say you are still unsatisfied, don't think so much. Hurry up." Let's play with your wife and children."

"Okay." Yu Fei said: "If you catch enough fish later, I will send some to the farm opposite the dam, which belongs to my family."

"Okay, okay." The woman said happily: "I will pick some big ones for you and send them over."

"Okay, then go ahead, I won't bother you." Yu Fei walked towards the embankment as he spoke.

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Seeing that the three of Shi Fang were carrying a basket with a few small shovels in their hands, Yu Fei asked, "What are you guys planning to do?"

Guoguo shook the basket in her hand and said, "Dig for shepherd's purse, Aunt Fangfang said that shepherd's purse can be used to make dumplings as well as buns."

"You can still make vegetable buns." Xiaoyingzi hurriedly said.

"Isn't it too early to dig shepherd's purse at this time?" Yu Fei asked Shi Fang.

"It's getting late." Shi Fang said: "The shepherd's purse is tender now, if it takes a while, it will be a bit old."

Yu Fei scratched his head and said, "Let's find a handful and see if we can dig enough shepherd's purse for lunch."

As he said that he wanted to take the basket from Guoguo's hand, the little girl snorted and slipped past him without giving him a chance, and Xiaoyingzi followed behind her in a mannered manner.

Shi Fang couldn't help laughing, and said to him: "Do these two kids dislike you?"

Yu Fei leaned forward and said, "Then do you dislike me?"

Shi Fang pushed him away, and said with a serious face: "Can you be serious, the children are watching."

"Oh, then you mean it's fine if the children can't see it." Yu Fei said with a smirk.

"Is it okay?" Shi Fang said with a straight face: "I can warn you, don't say such things in the future, or you can see how I deal with you."

Yu Fei spread his hands and said meanly: "Come on, I will hand over the 100 catties to you today, and you can clean it up as you want."

"You look dead." After Shi Fang cursed, she pushed him aside, and then quickly caught up with the two little girls in front. Yu Fei rubbed his chin, smiling like a thief who has succeeded in stealing chickens.

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Shepherd's purse is famous far and wide, thanks to the literati who have good food in the past dynasties. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were several "Shepherd's Fu" published.

Su Dongpo and Lu Fangweng in the Song Dynasty, and Zhou Zuoren and Wang Zengqi in modern times sang praises for shepherd's purse with one word, and Lu You once sang "Ten Rhymes of Shepherd's Purse".

Su Shi has "Twelve Books with Xu": "Today's chestnuts are extremely beautiful... Although they are not satisfied with the five flavors, they have beauty beyond the taste. , Ginger without peeling, beat two fingers into the cauldron, pour raw oil on an inkstone shell, and put it on the surface of the soup... Do not add salt and vinegar. If you know this taste, the eight treasures of land and sea will be despised." .

There has always been a worship of shepherd's purse among the people. People believe that eating shepherd's purse in spring can drive away evil spirits and improve eyesight, auspiciousness and fitness.

In some areas in the south, people like to eat shepherd's purse flowers, especially in the Jinling area. There is a tradition of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse flowers on March 2000. This comes from an ancient festival more than [-] years ago-the Shangsi Festival. Eliminate disasters and evil spirits, pray for good luck and peace.

However, in Yu Fei’s hometown, most people choose to eat freshly sprouted and relatively tender shepherd’s purse. The green mustard greens can be cleaned and eaten steamed with noodles, or made into stuffing for dumplings and so on.

It has a special umami taste, as if a spring burst out in the mouth.

I heard from the older generation in the village that in the early years, when shepherd's purse sprouted, there were people digging shepherd's purse in the field and in the grass by the river. A small wild vegetable saved many lives.

At that time, there was no such thing as herbicides, and there were no various pesticides. Shepherd's purse can be seen everywhere. In recent years, various pesticides have been rampant, and people dare not eat them randomly. They only dare to dig some back in places they are familiar with. home to eat.

Thinking of this, Yu Fei shouted to them: "There should be some in our farm, you don't have to go so far to find them."

"What do you know?" Shi Fang said: "Not to mention that the farm is full of bare land, and the shepherd's purse will come out later, but even if we don't dig the shepherd's purse by the river, there are others who will dig it. After eating the ones by the river and then the ones in the farm, no one will grab them?"

Well, what he said seemed to make sense, but Yu Fei had no way to refute it.

The two little girls were running on the field by the river like they were having fun, but occasionally stopped to dig a weed. It is estimated that they didn't even know the real shepherd's purse.

"Is this shepherd's purse?" Guoguo said holding an unknown grass.

"No." Yu Fei said, "The leaves of shepherd's purse are a bit like sawtooth, and they are the kind with wider teeth."

"Then this is it?" Xiaoyingzi asked while holding up another weed.

"No." Yu Fei shook his head and said.

"Neither this one, nor that one, you should dig one and show us." Guoguo said angrily.

Shi Fang laughed straight at the side, Yu Fei took two steps and took out a freshly dug shepherd's purse from her basket, and said to the two little girls: "Did you see, this is the shepherd's purse."

Xiaoyingzi carefully recorded the appearance of the shepherd's purse, while Guoguo said with a look of disgust, "Auntie Fangfang didn't dig this up. Find one if you can."

"I..." Yu Fei became angry immediately, threw the shepherd's purse into Shi Fang's basket, and turned to look for the shepherd's purse...

It is true that my uncle can bear it, but my aunt can't bear it. I have to let her look at me with admiration today, Yu Fei muttered and searched carefully on the ground.

The hard work paid off, and he finally found several shepherd's purses in a piece of weeds. Yu Fei grabbed the roots and pulled them out, then proudly rushed to Guoguo, who was squatting on the ground playing games not far away, and shouted: "Look!" Have you arrived yet? This is the shepherd's purse I was looking for."

Who knew that the three of them ignored him, and the three of them didn't know what they were playing around together?

Yu Fei walked over, knelt down and said to Guoguo, "Hey, have you seen what shepherd's purse looks like?"

As she spoke, she put the shepherd's purses under her eyes and dangled them a few times.

After Guoguo glanced at it, she put her little basket at Yu Fei's feet with a look of disgust and said, "Have you seen so many shepherd's purses?"

Damn it, her little basket was almost full in just a short while, and only then did Yu Fei notice that her hands were covered in dirt, and when she looked forward, she grinned without a trace He put a few shepherd's purses in his hand into the girl's basket.

The three of them were not playing games, but digging for shepherd's purse. In front of them there was a large patch of weeds mixed with a lot of shepherd's purse. No wonder Guoguo looked down on his few plants.

"You guys are too mean." Yu Fei said: "I worked hard to find a few over there, and you have a large area here and don't notify me."

"What are you doing to inform you?" Shi Fang said: "The three of us will finish digging this shepherd's purse in a while. Besides, don't you want to find it yourself? Why do you want to come and join in the fun?"

"That's right." Guoguo agreed, "You're not enough to cause trouble here."

What Yu Fei said seemed to be the ignorant child, but seeing the three exquisite faces, Yu Fei felt that men should be more magnanimous, so he said: "I don't want you to suffer less. Tired, just leave this work to me."

Shi Fang handed the shovel to Yu Fei and said to Guoguo, "That's fine, I'll leave it to you here, Guoguo, let's go over there and play."

...Yu Fei was in a daze holding the shovel in his hand, is he so unpopular?Glancing at Xiao Yingzi who was squatting obediently on the side, he smiled again and said, "You are the most obedient, knowing that you are here with uncle."

Xiaoyingzi said weakly: "I'm afraid you might dig the wrong one..."

Yu Fei: ...This is still a straightforward child...

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(End of this chapter)