Two generations of military wives compete for time

Chapter 252: Digging and eating sweet potatoes.

Wang Min was panting and taking photos for everyone. Xiangxiang, whose pockets were full of sour dates, came to Wang Min and said, "Mom, look, I have a lot of sour dates. Come and try some. They are sour and sweet and delicious."

Wang Min raised the camera and took a picture of Xiangxiang, a beautiful photo of her with a smile on her face and holding sour dates in her hands. Then he quickly took a sour date kernel from Xiangxiang's hand, put it in his mouth and started to taste it.

Wang Min was chewing and praising, "Delicious! Delicious!" When Gang Gang saw his mother, he also ran towards Wang Min. He accidentally tripped over a clod of dirt and fell to the ground. The driver Xiao Sun quickly ran up and helped Gang Gang up.

"Ganggang, are you hurt from the fall? Ganggang is a man, don't cry." Wang Min quickly comforted him.

"Mom, it doesn't hurt. The soil here is soft. It's so comfortable to lie on it, hehe." Ganggang said with a smile.

Qian Yizheng looked at the Chinese medicinal herbs picked by the children and was a little dissatisfied. Chinese medicinal herbs must be picked intactly one by one, and their integrity must not be destroyed. Otherwise, the herbal medicine company will not buy them and no money will be made, and all the work will be in vain, do you understand?

Then I gathered everyone together and taught the children how to collect herbs and how to recognize Chinese herbal medicines, so that the children could understand the basic effects of each Chinese herbal medicine and so on.

"Zodia jujuba is a plant of the genus Ziziphus in the family Rhamnaceae, often found as wild shrubs or small trees. Its fruit, the Ziziphus jujuba kernel, has high medicinal value and has the effects of nourishing the liver, calming the mind, tranquilizing the nerves, and astringing sweat.

Vitex rotundifolia is a plant of the Verbenaceae family. It is the dried mature fruit of Vitex unifolia or Vitex rotundifolia. It is mainly produced in Shandong and other places. Vitex rotundifolia has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, clearing the head, and dispelling wind and relieving pain. "Qian Yizhen explained.

“? Adenophora acuminata is the root of the Umbelliferae plant Coralleaf, which has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing the lungs, removing phlegm and relieving cough.

This is plantain, this is acanthus, cat's whisker, aralia, buddleja, etc. I don't remember their effects very clearly, let's take them back to the Chen Mansion and let your great-grandfather Lu Kaipu, a Chinese doctor, explain them to you, hahaha." Qian Yiyun explained.

"When my sister and I were young, after school we had to go up the mountain to cut a full basket of grass and pick a full bag of Chinese medicinal herbs before we could go home to eat and do our homework. Otherwise, our grandmother and father would threaten us and not let us go to school," Qian Yiyun continued.

"Since I'm not allowed to go to school, I can just run and play on the mountain. That's great, hahaha." Junyan said.

"Junyan, just play in the mountains. You have no food to eat when you are hungry, and no place to sleep when you are tired. I heard that there are wolves in this mountain. Why don't you give it a try? See how long you can last? Hehe." Junhua said.

Qian Yiyun looked at the time and said, "Sister, let's go down the mountain. Dad and Qian Baogui went home to get shovels and hoes to dig sweet potatoes after visiting the grave. We want the children to experience the farm work of digging sweet potatoes."

Ding-ling-ling, Qian Yizhen's cell phone rang: "Hello, Sister Yizhen, what time will you and the children arrive? Li Jingyao, Li Baoguo and I are waiting for you to have dinner at Yanbo Villa. Tomorrow, I will invite the children to go swimming at Huaguoshan Hotel." Han Shiyan said on the phone.

"Okay, Shiyan, let's go down the mountain now, dig up the sweet potatoes, and go to your place to stay and have dinner. Forget about swimming, as we northerners are all poor swimmers, hehe." Qian Yizhen said.

Qian Yizhen, Junhua, Gao Weizhe, Support the Army, Love the Army, Strengthen the Army, Junyan, Junge, Qian Yiyun, Maomao, Wang Min, Xiangxiang, Ganggang, driver Xiaosun and Li Peishui, the group chatted and laughed as they came down the mountain, and when they arrived at Qian Zuhui's sweet potato field, Qian's father and Qian Baogui were already waiting in the field with the tools prepared.

Dad Qian first demonstrated the movements, essentials, and precautions of digging sweet potatoes. The children rushed over. Several older children tried to use tools to dig sweet potatoes, while Junyan, Junge, Xiangxiang, and Ganggang just dug them with their hands. They played with the soil and the sweet potatoes and had a lot of fun.

Maomao then lay on the pile of sweet potatoes, picked up a big one and started chewing it. When Qian Yiyun noticed it, she asked with a smile, "Maomao, are raw sweet potatoes delicious? Mom also ate them like this when she was a child, hahahaha."

"Qian Yiyun, why are you still laughing? You just dug the sweet potatoes out of the soil and eat them directly without washing them. Aren't you afraid that your son will get sick? Besides, can a child's stomach digest the raw sweet potatoes?" Wang Min said worriedly.

"It's okay. When I was a kid, I liked to eat sweet potatoes raw like this," said Qian Yiyun.

So, Junhua, Gao Weizhe, Support the Army, Love the Army, Strengthen the Army, Junyan, Junge, Xiangxiang and Ganggang also followed Qian Yiyun's example and picked up the freshly unearthed sweet potatoes, shook off the dirt on the sweet potatoes, rubbed them on their bodies, and started to chew them.

The fresh sweet potato is constantly stirred, swirled, and crushed in the mouth, with a hint of sweetness. The white milk and sweet potato residue occasionally run out of the mouth and are licked back by the tongue.

Wang Min held the camera and kept taking close-ups of each child eating sweet potatoes. Maomao's eating posture was the cutest.

As they were talking, the dug sweet potatoes had filled two large sacks. Qian Yizhen said, "Dad, two sacks are enough. No need to dig anymore."

Father Qian looked at the listless faces of the children and said, "Okay, let's just dig these. The children have been out for almost a day. They are tired from riding in the car, climbing the mountain, picking herbs, and digging sweet potatoes. Let's go back."

Li Peishui and driver Xiao Sun each carried the sacks of sweet potatoes. Qian Yizhen instructed: "Junhua, Gao Weizhe, support the army, love the army, and strengthen the army. You must divide the work and cooperate, and take turns with Uncle Li and Uncle Sun to carry the sacks until the two sacks of sweet potatoes are carried to the car."

Qian Baogui carried a large bundle of sweet potato vines on his back, and Qian's father carried a shovel, hoe and other farm tools. The group of seventeen returned to Qian Zuhui's home in the setting sun.

Everyone washed their hands, drank mung bean soup, said goodbye to Qian Zuhui and Zhao Xiuzhi, got in the car, and rushed to Yanbo Villa.

An hour later, a group of seventeen people arrived at Yanbo Villa. Hearing the sound of a car, Han Shiyan and Li Baoguo held Li Jingyao's hands, and the family of three went out to greet them.

Qian Baogui, Junhua, Gao Weizhe, Yongjun, Aijun, Qiangjun, Junyan, Junge, Qian Yiyun, Maomao, Wang Min, Xiangxiang, and Ganggang all came to Yanbo Villa for the first time. They saw everything new. They climbed to the terrace on the third floor and looked at the mountains in the distance. Junhua couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah, it's so beautiful!"

The soldiers echoed: "Ah, it's so spectacular! Hahaha."

"Aunt Shiyan, can we have our meal on the terrace while looking at the mountains?" Junyan said.

"Junyan, it's getting dark and it's windy on the terrace. Let's go to the restaurant to eat," said Qian Yizhen.

The children reluctantly came down from the terrace and ran to the dining room to eat. The housekeeper had already filled the table with a sumptuous dinner. Since the farm meal everyone had for lunch was relatively light, the children couldn't wait to start eating when they smelled the aroma of fish.

"You have to wash your hands before meals and after going to the toilet. Did you hear me? Go wash your hands first. You are not allowed to eat without washing your hands." Wang Min reminded.

The children lined up to wash their hands, and then sat down at the dining table in an orderly manner. Han Shiyan said with a smile: "Comrades, let's eat, don't be polite."

Li Baoguo said, "Uncle Qian, Sister Yizhen, would you like some wine? White wine, red wine, beer, whatever you like."

Qian's father said, "I don't drink. Whoever wants to drink can drink, haha."