After lunch, Jinghan and the others took a short rest. In the morning, Zhixin and the others had pinched all the ginseng seeds. Everyone took the things to the riverside. Zhixin led Guoan and the others to wash ginseng seeds there, while Jinghan and Wencheng led Jingxian and Mingyu to Xiawuzi.

At the beginning of the morning, it was the time when the sun was the strongest. Jinghan found a lot of big leaves from the riverside and put them on his head, so that it could be cooler. This big leaf plant, called Big Bone Pole in the locals, only a single stem grows underneath, and a large round leaf grows on it. The stem is about the thickness of adults' big fingers. In spring, the stem is still very tender and can be eaten. Take a bite and it tastes sour and sweet, delicious, and is the favorite of children. This thing is the most popular under the stone croaker on the riverside. Jinghan and the others come to pick some back every spring.

Everyone took off their shoes and flipped stones barefoot in the shallow water by the river. There were cicadas under almost every stone. Mingyu saw this cicada for the first time and found it very strange, so he teased it with his hands. Unexpectedly, the cicada was suddenly clamped by the cicada with the turtle in front. Mingyu shouted in pain, "Sister Jinghan, come quickly, this thing is clamped me."

Jinghan quickly went over and bounced hard on the shell of the cicada. The cicada let go of Mingyu's hand. Mingyu's fat white fingers were pinched with blood marks, which made him grin. "Sister, this thing is so hateful, it's still clamped by people."

"You, if you want to catch the cicada, how can you still catch its front turtle? The cicadas here are big, similar to those of crab turtles. Isn't this cruel enough?" Jinghan looked at it, and Mingyu's hand was not bleeding, but it hurt enough. "You go up and rest for a while, and you'll get better after a while."

Mingyu shook his head, "It's okay, sister, I can bear this pain. The riverside is so fun, I like it here." Mingyu turned around and saw Zhixin and the others washing ginseng seeds over there, and asked, "Sister, what are the uncle and the others doing?"

"That's washing ginseng seeds. We produce ginseng here. The ginseng seeds need to wash off the outer skins, dry them inside and put them up. When they are sprinkled into the ground next year, ginseng will grow again." Jinghan explained to him patiently.

Mingyu was like a child who had never seen anything. He was curious about everything. He quickly ran to Zhixin to see people washing ginseng seeds. He saw Guoan stepping on a bag, and then a lot of yellow-brown water flowed out of the bag. He thought it was very interesting and wanted to try it. Guoan had no choice but to ask the place to Mingyu and let him try it.

Jinghan saw it here and couldn't help but shake her head. Li Mingyu was a child who had not grown up. He was raised in a deep courtyard since he was a child and might not have come out a few times, so he felt that everything he saw was very novel and wanted to try it. I don't know how long this child could live in the Xu family. It would be nice if he could live for a while longer, so he would have more knowledge.

Everyone was playing around the river with laughter and laughter. It didn't take long to catch a bucket of citrus. The ginseng seeds there were almost washed. Zhixin and Zhiming took the ginseng seeds back first. When they left, they told everyone to pay attention to safety.

"Dad, don't worry, we all grew up by the waterside, and the water quality is very good. Even Jinghan and Jingxian can water, it's okay." Wencheng was not worried about this.

Zhixin was a little worried and deliberately left Guoan to accompany these people before leaving.

Wencheng led everyone to lift the fish bay and poured it into the bucket. Sure enough, many big and small fish were poured into the bucket. Mingyu was so happy that he almost jumped up, "It's great, there are so many fish."

Everyone smiled and did not express their opinions on Mingyu's fuss. Jingxian was smaller after all, so she curled her lips and said, "What's the matter? You're waiting to see it tomorrow morning. The fish we use to hang the net are bigger. Some can weigh more than three pounds. If you see it, you won't be happier?"

When Mingyu heard this, he shouted that he must take him with him when he gets up tomorrow morning.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jinghan was full of fish and citrusses, and said he wanted to go back. No one had any objections, so he carried the bucket back.

The stone mill has long been installed on the mountain, so Jinghan has to make cypress tofu to eat at night, which is a famous dish in the Northeast.

When Mingyu heard about the citrus tofu, he asked strangely: "Sister, are you talking about simmering this citrus and tofu? Can it be delicious?" In his feeling, citrus tofu may be made like this.

Jingxian couldn't help laughing when she listened, "Brother Mingyu, you'd better stop asking. You'll understand after helping with it. Cicada tofu is not stewed with Cicada and Cicada."

Li Mingyu knew that he was making a joke again, so he had to rub his nose and said helplessly, "Okay, then I'll help you later. I really don't believe it anymore. Can citrus still make tofu?"

Everyone first poured the fish into a large basin and picked out the crucian carp seeds as big as a palm. The remaining small fish were squeezed and brineed and then dried. The crucian carp was cleaned by Xue, then marinated with ingredients, and then wrapped in noodles and fried to eat later. Xue usually doesn't make such a difficult dish. Li Mingyu has to make some good dishes.

After all the fish were packed, everyone started to make citrus tofu. The first thing was to remove the cover of the citrus, then pick out the yellow ones, then turn the tail horizontally, and then pull out the intestines out. The treated citrus were placed in a basin. After all, Jinghan brought the treated citrus to the stone mill outside. The stone mill had already been brushed, and put the citrus inside and pushed it out, and then continued. The pushed citrus juice was filtered with two layers of gauze, and it turned into a pot of yellow-brown juice.

Jingxian went to the field to cut a handful of leeks, picked it and washed it, cut it into pieces and kept it for later use.

Xue also boiled a pot of water, and the fire below was also burning brightly. Then Xue took the pot of juice and poured it into the pot slowly, as the juice entered the pot. In an instant, the rolling pot was filled with pink flowers. Xue poured the yellow in, put less salt, and finally sprinkled with leeks, and then served the citrus tofu soup in the basin that had been prepared long ago.

Mingyu kept watching, and this time he finally understood what citrus tofu is. "So this is citrus tofu, what a beautiful soup, it smells so good." Mingyu looked at the pot of soup in front of him happily, the white soup, the golden yellow zi, the pink citrus tofu, and the green vegetable leaves, and looked very appetizing.

Today, everyone was having dinner together, and three tables were placed outside. Everyone worked together and put the food on it. The citrus tofu soup was divided into three pots, one pot on each table. "Okay, sit down and eat." Xue shouted.

Mingyu and Xu's family sat at the same table, and the Wang and Fang's family also sat at the same table. There were beans, stewed beans, stewed eggplant, fried fish, and a plate of steamed potatoes. There was still egg sauce next to them. Of course, there was a pot of soup in the middle of the table. The staple food tonight was rice. Xue was afraid that Mingyu would not be used to eating dry rice, so he made rice tonight. In fact, with the current conditions of the Xu family, even if they eat rice every day, they could still eat rice. However, farmers usually eat things produced in their own fields. Only during the Chinese New Year and the holidays will they make some good food.

Xue served a bowl of soup for everyone, "Come on, Mingyu, try this citrus tofu soup. Do you understand what citrus tofu is?" Xue handed the soup bowl to Mingyu.

Mingyu quickly took the soup bowl with both hands, "Thank you, aunt, don't you understand what you understand now? So that's how it was made." Mingyu took a sip of the soup on the ground, "It's so fresh, it's so delicious." Then he took another sip.

Xue looked at Mingyu with a smile, "If you like it, drink more. If you can live here for a long time, you can eat anything. In winter, your uncle and others will go to the mountains to hunt, so you can taste some wild game for you." Xue still likes Li Mingyu very much, and her two sons are not around, so she is very good to Mingyu.

While eating, the fat guy nodded and said, "Okay, OK, I want to go into the mountains with my uncle." The little guy seemed to have a good appetite. He ate a bowl of rice and drank two bowls of citrus tofu soup.

When Jinghan saw that Mingyu's bowl was empty, she asked him, "How about serving you another bowl of rice?"

Mingyu nodded, "Okay, let's have another bowl, I'm not full yet."

Jingxian next to him had almost eaten. Seeing this, she shouted, "No wonder you are so fat, you can really eat it."

Zhu glared at her daughter, and Jingxian smiled and stopped talking.

Mingyu quickly waved his hand, "Auntie, it's okay, sister Jingxian is right. I eat a lot on weekdays, and today these foods are very good, so I want to eat more. The two aunts are really good at cooking, and it's a pity not to open a restaurant." The kid ate the second bowl of rice while he spoke and drank another bowl of soup.

"You guy is quite sweet-mouthed. OK, don't flatter here. After dinner, take a break, and then go to bed with Wencheng. Get up tomorrow morning and practice martial arts with these boys at home. Don't you still watch the net to catch fish?" Zhiming looked at Mingyu. This little guy is cute and speaks nicely. I really don't know whether he is really innocent or deliberately trying to please him.

When Mingyu heard this, he nodded quickly, "Okay, I'm finished eating. It's so full." The fat man patted his round belly.

Jinghan smiled and shook his head, helped Honglian and the others clean up the table, then turned around and said to Mingyu, "Don't sit there. If you eat too much, you have to get up and have a walk. Let's go for a walk with us, and it's just a while to come back to sleep." Every day after dinner, Jinghan would lead Jingxian and Honglian and the others out for a walk.
Chapter completed!