Chapter 17 17 Shepherd's Purse Dumplings

Chapter 17 17. Shepherd’s Purse Dumplings

The spring rain fell harder at night.

The patter of rain quickly moistened the soil in the silent night. The cold water vapor filled the ponds and fields with white mist, making the green color more intense and the young leaves stretching...

By daybreak, the rain had stopped, but the weather was still gloomy.

Song Sancheng brought some firewood from outside, stuffed it in to make the stove burn more vigorously, and clapped his hands: "What are you eating this morning?"

After a busy few days, I only had some free time last night and today. Wulan had a good sleep recently. The air smelled fresh and refreshing, and he was in a very beautiful mood.

"Let's eat dumplings. The shepherd's purse we served last night was so fresh."

Chopped green shepherd's purse, mixed with slightly grainy minced meat, wrapped in soft dough, and mixed with vinegar...

fresh.

It's so fresh that my tongue will swallow it.

Song Sancheng finished two large bowls by himself.

Qiao Qiao even ate a bowl of Xiao San, and then drank half a bowl of dumpling soup: "Mom, it's delicious!"

"A half-grown boy, a poor man" is really not a lie. I just made it last night. Wulan was still thinking about freezing it in the refrigerator and having it for breakfast later. But he didn't expect that everyone's appetite would increase during this period. It was destroyed.

Except Song Tan.

Fresh is fresh, and there are indeed impurities. Song Tan ate a bowl with this mixed taste, as if he had eaten a bowl of fragrant rice mixed with sand.

Every time she ate, she vowed that she would grow her rations.

Seeing that she was still thin, Wu Lan was also wondering at this moment: "Are you hungry because of working outside? You work hard every day, why do you still have such a small appetite?"

Song Tan thought to herself: It's not that her stomach is bad, she's just being naughty.

But if she had to pick and choose when eating wild vegetables, her mother would probably roll her eyes and scold her: "You are just used to eating too much of the good ones."

So she changed the subject: "Did yesterday's wild vegetables taste good? After the rain, they will definitely taste better!"

Are wild vegetables delicious?

Why isn’t that delicious?

Blanch a handful of green malan heads with red stems and chop them into minced meat.

Then break up a duck egg, add some cooking wine, salt and MSG, and fry it into shredded eggs in a pot with a slotted spoon.

Then stir-fry the chopped green onion and ginger, then pour in the minced meat, malan head and duck eggs...

Crunchy, fragrant, moist and refreshing, how could it not be delicious?

Blanch the remaining watercress, add salt and MSG and mix well.

Then put the Sichuan peppercorns in oil and slowly fry until fragrant, then add soy sauce, ginger and garlic juice, sugar, MSG, Sichuan peppercorn oil, crushed chili peppers, and chopped green onion. Add the blanched tender sections of watercress, like this mix……

Suck!

Crisp, tender, spicy and fragrant.

Served with wild onion and crucian carp soup and scrambled eggs, the family of four thoroughly ate yesterday's basket of wild vegetables.

Then when I'm full, I chop shepherd's purse and make dumplings.

Thinking about it now makes me feel hungry.

Yesterday's wild vegetables were so delicious. Today's wild vegetables should be even more delicious after being stimulated by spiritual energy, right?

Song Tan was thinking about her first business: "Mom, how much do you think I will sell it for per pound tomorrow morning?"

Even though it’s the beginning of March, the green vegetables haven’t actually grown yet, so this is the time when the green vegetables are out of season.

The lettuce is bitter, the black and white cabbage is old, and the yellow cabbage is even less sweet. If you go to the supermarket, any greenhouse vegetable will start at ten or eight yuan.

Wulan, the manager of the family, was very knowledgeable, but he had no experience in selling wild vegetables. He thought for a moment: "How about ten yuan a pound for you."

No reason, just to settle accounts.

This price is really not expensive in today's vegetable market, but it is a wild vegetable after all. Wu Lan knows in her heart that everyone in the market loves to eat it, but her childhood experience still makes her subconsciously not care.

Therefore, it is extremely unconfident to say this ten yuan.

Song Tan thought about it and decided that ten yuan would be fine.

If you don't eat wild vegetables, even if you look at a large handful, they will become a small ball when boiled in water. She believes that the quality nourished by spiritual energy is definitely good, but for the first time in business, everyone has to taste it before talking about the future.

"Okay, just ten dollars!"

Song Sancheng discussed: "This year's shepherd's purse is really good. Why don't we make some dumplings and freeze them? Otherwise, I'll start ordering the mushrooms in two days and eat them all when I'm busy."

After two days of preparation, it was time to order the bacteria. Song Sancheng and Song Tan discussed that this work did not need to be done very quickly, so they might as well invite some old men and ladies to do it.

"They are older, and their movements may not necessarily be slow. Don't dislike it if they are slow, Tantan... There are only so many families left in our village now. They are older, and they just sit there in a daze and doze off every day. desolate."

"Why don't you just call me over? Don't ask for money. Just do it slowly. When it's done, let's buy some meat to help carry it back. If anything happens, we can help. Your grandparents will help watch while we work... Do you think it's okay?"

Okay.

Why not?

Song Tan agreed wholeheartedly.

First of all, there is no rush for the fungus and white fungus to sprout now... The net around her has not been closed yet!

Furthermore, since they are all from the village, who can we work with? Her grandparents have become increasingly depressed in recent years. It is better to have something to do than to be in a daze.

only……

Song Tan looked at his small yard, which was filled with motorcycles and flower beds: "Our yard is a bit small."

To order the bacteria, you need to press the bacteria into the small holes that have been drilled in advance on the trunk of the chestnut tree. The tree trunks are a bit long and heavy, so they can be piled up in the yard, but it's always inconvenient to walk around.

Song Sancheng thought for a moment and said, "I'll talk to your grandfather later and put it in his yard, which is spacious. Your grandmother will be responsible for cooking, and your mother will help... There are only eight or nine elderly people in the village, and they don't eat much, so we can just take the rice, noodles and vegetables there."

The family of four sorted things out (Qiao Qiao was responsible for humming), and felt that everything was arranged. Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Song Tan hurriedly called Qiao Qiao:

"Let's go, take a big basket to dig shepherd's purse!"

And by the way, let's see how many wild vegetables were born from the spiritual energy yesterday.

Qiao Qiao was stunned when he climbed up the hillside again in a familiar way.

He opened his mouth: "(⊙o⊙)Wow!"

"Sister, it's so green!"

Isn't it so green?

The wild onions grew wildly in clumps, as dense as layers of hair, occupying the edge of the entire mountain forest slope.

The water spinach that was barely enough to fill a plate yesterday is now competing to poke out its green heads, with green and red stems squeezed together, and it is afraid that one cannot grab a plate with one hand.

Shepherd's purse... Not to mention shepherd's purse, which grows densely in the cracks, and the leaves are so tender that they seem to be about to burst into water.

You can smell the strong fragrance of green grass before you pick it.

It forms a strong contrast and contrast with the branches of the nearby woods that have just sprouted green leaf buds.

Song Tan was actually mentally prepared and very confident. But at this moment, he was still in a daze and leaned on Qiao Qiao to dig a basket of fresh shepherd's purse back.

On the way back, he took a look at the pond.

Very good.

The dense watercress and purslane occupied the territory piece by piece, growing wildly as if they were injected with hormones, and the ground and water surface could not be seen by the pond!

She suppressed her inner joy-

Now these vegetables are too respectful to the spirit!

No more today!

Green vegetables in early spring are really expensive, and they are even more outrageous during the Chinese New Year.

Recipe reference: "New Special Vegetables from the Wilderness"

When it's time to eat, I feel particularly moved when writing this, and my mouth is watering.

In fact, most wild vegetables have a strong grassy taste, so they can't be too light, otherwise they won't taste good.

Of course, it mainly depends on the craftsmanship...

Tomorrow I'll officially start selling vegetables!