Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 182 182 Lotus Roots and Lotus Seeds

"This lotus seed is so hard." Xiaoxue peeled off a lotus seed, squeezed it, but it couldn't be pinched at all.

"This is the shell of the lotus seed, and the seeds are inside." Er Niang pulled the lotus root with a branch, then picked it up and put it aside.

This lotus root is growing well, snow-white, as thick as two wrists, and there are sharp buds on one end, as if it can germinate and continue to grow at any time.

The section with buds, together with the section next to it, was broken off by Erniang and put aside alone. After these are put away, they can be planted directly after the spring of next year.

Of course, the premise is that there is water.

There are still some lotus seeds at home, which Jiang Hu asked Master Zhang to help find, as well as the method of planting lotus roots and the points that need attention.

Xiaoxue put the seeds in the small bamboo basket next to it: "Mother, how do you get the seeds out of such a hard shell? What if it breaks?"

She had eaten hickory nuts, which her father found from the mountain, but they were so hard that she had to break them open with a hammer to eat the little flesh inside.

Although the pulp is small, it is delicious, but when it is smashed, the pulp will be smashed.

Er Niang twirled a seed: "Don't break it open, look at the sharp place here, it's the place where the germination is, so if you grind it on the stone and make a hole, it will germinate."

Erniang also demonstrated it as she spoke. After rubbing hard for a dozen times on a big rock, the point became much flatter, and after a little more rubbing, a small hole came out.

Tie Dan's eyes lit up immediately: "It's fun! I want to play too! Mother taught me!"

"Just grind this side, don't make a mistake, this side is a little rough, be careful not to grind your hands."

"Yeah, I will." Tie Dan started excitedly.

There are more than a dozen lotus pods, and there are more than a dozen lotus seeds on each lotus pod. There are two or three hundred lotus pods. They can be played for a long time!

Unfortunately, before a lotus seed was healed, Tie Dan's nose wrinkled into a ball, and he shook his hands vigorously: "I'm so tired."

Jiang Hu had already come out of the pool, Erniang hurriedly made him sit by the fire.

After such a short time, Jiang Hu's hands turned white from the cold: "It's really cold."

I baked my hands for a while before taking off the water boots on my body. Even though I was very careful, the water still got in, and half of my calf was soaked in the water.

Er Niang made the fire a little bigger, and took out another bundle from the basket: "Why don't you change your clothes first."

Just to prevent water from getting in, I also brought clean clothes, but it did get in the water.

Jiang Hu shook his head: "Wait a minute, I'll bake it first, it's too cold."

He took off his shoes and stretched out to the fire, half of his feet were numb from the cold.

Er Niang put the burden aside, and scooped up the few knots of lotus root left in the pool.

Jiang Hu said beside him: "Er Niang, you also come to warm your hands, it's too cold today."

It didn't rain or snow, and there was even a bit of warm sun today, but this didn't prevent it from being cold at all.

Even the original arrangement for the children was to share a room with each other, but now Xiaomi and Xiaoxue sleep together, and Tie Dan goes to squeeze with the eldest brother, so that it is warm.

Xiaomi went to the side to pick up some more dry firewood, and agreed with his father's words.

According to her experience in the past two years, Cheng County is in the south, and the winter is cold and gloomy, and even the air seems to be like ice beads.

When washing clothes in winter, even if they are dried in the sun for a few days, they will still be wet, and if they are baked by the fire, they will still be steamed!
And the most embarrassing thing is that even though it's so cold, I can't see a single snowflake, it's heartbreaking!
"Wait a minute, there are only a few, I'll fish them up first."

While talking, the last few sticks were pulled over, and after taking them out, Erniang hurried to the fire.

Although she just picked it up from the surface of the water, she couldn't avoid touching the pool water. The pool water was so cold that her fingers turned white from the cold.

"There's still a lot of lotus root, and I'm afraid it weighs dozens of catties."

Before, there were only a few dead leaves and a few lotus pods, and I didn’t feel much. Now I saw lotus roots piled up together, which seemed quite a lot.

Jiang Hu nodded: "I can eat it for a while, take it back and keep it well, and I can still eat it during the Chinese New Year."

There is only one month left before Chinese New Year.

Speaking of Chinese New Year, Erniang remembered another thing: "By the way, Brother Hu, let's kill a New Year's pig this year and make more bacon and sausages."

In the past two years, all the pigs were sold to restaurants, and then I bought some meat for Chinese New Year.

But in the past there were only four pigs at most, but this year we raised eight.

It's tiring, but after raising them for a year, the little piglets at the beginning have now turned into big fat pigs weighing nearly [-] catties, which is very gratifying to look at.

Jiang Hu nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I was just about to say that it would be good to have more meat at home. I don't know what will happen next year."

Outside, Jiang Hu didn't dare to discuss this, for fear of causing panic among people, and he would be held accountable at that time.

But that doesn't mean he won't prepare secretly. With such a big family, no matter whether his worries are unfounded or not, he always has to think about it.

Liu Ze next to him was peeling off the last lotus pod. Hearing this, his heart moved: "Uncle Jiang, can I buy a pig? I want to send it to my parents."

If there is a real drought next year, grain production will decrease, and livestock will not be able to be raised. Even if it is a county town, life will not be much easier.

Even if there is no drought, everything is because they think too much, that's okay, as for the pigs raised by Uncle Jiang's family, they may not be available outside.

"Whatever you want to buy, just drive a pig back. Why don't you let Qixi pull the pig to the town tomorrow, and let your family members deliver it to the county."

Jiang Hu didn't know how long it would take to go from Cheng County to Xiangma Town, but it must not be close, otherwise, it had been so long and he hadn't heard about Ozawa's parents coming back once.

If the pig is killed, I am afraid that the time on the road will be too long and the meat will be spoiled. It is better to drive a fat pig back and let it handle it by itself. It can not only eat fresh, but also make bacon.

Liu Ze shook his head: "No, I want to buy it. I'll tell Grandpa when I get back."

Jiang Hu didn't give face at all: "It's the same as telling your grandfather, I have the final say on this matter, I won't sell it!"

It was just a pig, and it only cost a hundred copper coins to buy it, and it cost only a few taels of silver to sell it.

It's not that he looks down on these taels of silver now, but that the Liu family's help to them is probably more than a dozen taels of silver.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the design of the yard. According to what Qixi said, just drawing such a blueprint would cost others hundreds of taels of silver.

It's just a pig, and he can still afford it.

It was the first time that Liu Ze was stopped by Jiang Hu so seriously, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

I felt that I should give money, but I couldn't refute it, and my brows were all twisted into a rope.

(End of this chapter)