"Xubao, did you eat a lot of wild vegetables when you were a child?"

In order not to delay the work in the big kitchen, Lin Xu brought the bag of Liu Sui to the small kitchen for cleaning, and took a set of photos to let netizens see the delicacies of his hometown.

While he was washing vegetables, Shen Jiayue came over and curiously asked such a question.

Lin Xu said:

"I often ate it when I was a kid. There are toon, pepper leaves, willow ears, elm money, locust flowers, and wild chestnuts on the trees. There are more ones growing on the ground, such as ground vegetables, mother-in-law dices, shepherd's purse, wormwood, wild onions, and water celery.

..."

Lin Xu's childhood family conditions were actually good. After all, her grandmother was still the principal of Chengguan Town Middle School at that time, and her parents also had formal jobs.

Every weekend, when you go back to your hometown with your grandparents or go to your grandma’s house, you can eat seasonal wild vegetables.

For the elderly, this is a way to remember and reminisce, because wild vegetables are the basis for survival in difficult times and a life-saving straw.

"Wow, it's a pity that my grandma didn't do it when I was a child. It would have been great if I had come to find you, eat your food, drink your food, and be a child bride in your family."

Lin Xu smiled:

"Then you will be bullied by me."

"It doesn't matter who bullies whom. I've cried with anger at several teachers. Are you not as good as me?"

Lin Xu: "..."

There’s no need to show off, right?

He took the willow ears out of the pool, washed them clean, and asked curiously:

"Why are you crying in anger?"

"Because those teachers always said, this is the key point, we won't teach it in class. You can go to my house after class and I will explain it to you in detail... They blatantly set up cram schools and forced the students in the class to pay tuition.

, I had no money, so I kept asking questions in class, and then we got into a fight. She also said that I was not a good student and that she would stop teaching me..."

Is there such a thing?

Lin Xu remembers that he never attended a cram school when he was a child.

Although I went to the teacher's house to study, I never paid any money, and the teacher never mentioned this - having a grandmother who is the principal is really different.

Lin Xu heated up a pot of water, put a small spoonful of peanut oil in the water, and prepared to blanch Liu Sui.

While waiting for the water to boil, he asked curiously:

"What happened next? Later, you were transferred to another class or were persuaded to quit?"

"None of them. I cried to find my grandma. She brought a large group of students from Xiehe to the school for theory. It was the first time I saw my grandma being so fierce. She scolded the school leader so much that I didn't dare to reply... At that time, I didn't know that grandma and grandpa were there.

The status of the medical profession is just to use this excuse to get some pocket money, but who knew it would cause such a big fuss."

The Shen family had no money, power or influence at the time, but the Han family's status had always been very high. They were a medical family, and there were disciples of the Han family in hospitals throughout the capital.

That's why Mrs. Han, a medical professor, was so angry when she heard that her granddaughter had been wronged.

Of course, she was not only trying to vent her anger on her granddaughter, but she was also angry because her daughter married a poor boy who never went to college and often relied on her parents' family for financial assistance.

Now my granddaughter is being squeezed out because she can't get any tutoring fees. How can she not be angry?

A medical professor's outburst still caused a lot of noise.

The teacher who bullied Shen Jiayue was quickly transferred. The new teachers took special care of Shen Jiayue and often asked her if she understood.

The reason for the big change in attitude was that everyone knew that Mrs. Han was a professor at Union Medical College Hospital.

This is a medical master who can't even give him gifts. If he establishes a good relationship with Shen Jiayue now, if his elder has a complicated disease in the future, he can take advantage of the student.

Compared with this, the one hundred and eighty yuan tuition fee for the tutoring class is nothing!

When the water boiled, Lin Xu grabbed two handfuls of willow ears and put them into the pot to blanch them. In order to make the willow ears heat more evenly, he also stirred them twice in the pot with a spoon.

"I'm just telling you, my baby is so good, how could he deliberately make the teacher cry?"

He praised Shen Jiayue, and when the water boiled, the willow ears in the pot became more green. He took them out with a slotted spoon, put them into the cold water next to them, and then started to blanch them in the next pot.

Shen Jiayue said with a smile:

"If you hate it, you will praise me. How can I be as good as you say...Xubao, why do you need to burn it? Can't you eat it directly?"

"Willow ears contain oxalic acid, which tastes bitter when eaten directly, so they need to be blanched. Moreover, if they are exposed to the wind and sun outside, spring in Beijing is notoriously windy and sandy, so blanching them will make them cleaner and taste better."<

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Theoretically, these blanched willow spikes can be dried in the sun.

Dry it and put it in a sealed bag. Take it out when you want to eat it. Soak it in cold water until soft, rinse it again, and then fry, steam, and fry it. You can eat it however you want.

But the quantity is too small now, so it’s better not to make it.

He thought for a while and said:

"Call our mother and ask her to collect some willow ears in Yinzhou, boil them and dry them in the sun. Prepare ten or twenty kilograms for us, and bring them back to make steamed buns and dumplings next time we go back."

Shen Jiayue's eyes lit up:

"Can I still make dumplings?"

"Yes, this kind of ingredient is very versatile and tastes delicious no matter how you eat it."

When Shen Jiayue heard this, she immediately took out her mobile phone, opened WeChat, turned to Chen Meijuan's account, and made a video call.

Soon, the video was answered, and Chen Meijuan’s still beautiful face appeared on the phone screen:

"Mom, are you busy at the moment?"

"Mom isn't busy. What's wrong? Yueyue, is there something wrong?"

Shen Jiayue turned the screen to the rear camera, took a picture of Liu Sui who was blanching water, and said:

"We are eating this today. Do we have it in our hometown? Xu Bao would like something dry..."

"Yes, how come there isn't? We were eating your uncle's steamed food in the canteen today at noon, but it was so fresh... How much do you need? If it's more, I'll have someone go to a nearby village to collect some."

Lin Xu took the willow ears out of the pot and said:

"It weighs twenty kilograms after it is dried in the sun. You can eat it in just a few days. If it gets later, it will turn into catkins and float everywhere. You might as well eat it."

Chen Meijuan agreed wholeheartedly:

"Okay, Mom will ask your Uncle Chunsheng to collect some. There are willow stalks at the gatherings and in the vegetable market in the town these days. We will dry some more later, and we will leave a few dozen kilograms for cooking."

After saying this, Shen Jiayue held up her mobile phone and went outside, showing her mother-in-law the remaining half of the longevity peach as if offering a treasure.

"Shoutao is delicious. When we go back, we will make it for our family so that everyone can try it."

"Okay, Mom is waiting."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted for a while before ending the call.

At this moment, Lao Suntou was holding a piece of noodle cake, and while eating it, he opened the map software on his mobile phone and looked at it, looking for a suitable place for fishing.

Aunt Sun was holding a small peach and stuffing it into the hands of Tongtong who had just returned from school.

However, this scene happened to be seen by Yu Hui, who immediately rejected Aunt Sun:

"Auntie, don't give it to her. Tongtong can't eat sweets. Last time, the doctor said she had some tooth decay. This girl always keeps her mouth shut. Every time she talks about her, I get a headache."

As a teacher, I cannot teach my own children well.

This made Yu Hui feel inexplicably frustrated, and every time she quarreled with her daughter, she felt like she couldn't get over it.

I'm only six or seven years old now. If I get older, I won't be able to go to heaven.

Aunt Sun smiled and said:

"How about having another baby? If I have a little one for Tongtong, she should stop making troubles."

Yu Hui shook her head after hearing this:

"No, before I gave birth to Tongtong, I told my husband's family that if the first child was a boy, then the second child would be necessary. If the first child was a girl, I would definitely not have a second child."

Aunt Sun asked curiously:

"Why?"

"Because if the eldest daughter is a daughter, she will inevitably take care of her younger brother. When she grows up, she will be accused of supporting her younger brother... Having a younger brother is already a negative factor in the marriage for a woman. I am afraid it will be even more serious when Tongtong grows up.

I don’t want my child to be burdened with too much, as long as she is happy.”

When Tongtong heard this, she immediately became interested:

"Mom, can I not do my homework?"

"No!"

"Why? Didn't you just say that I am happy?"

"But if you don't do your homework, I won't be happy."

Tongtong: "..."

Adults are too cunning and don't keep their word. Why can't they be as mature as a second grader?
To be continued...