Chapter 30 No wonder my son doesn't like me
Chapter 30 No wonder my son doesn't come home
Feng Yu and Feng Xue cooked eight dishes today, four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes.
It’s not as good as the Chinese New Year, but it’s also rich enough.
Jiang Ning and Feng Yu drove to the market to buy a lot of ingredients yesterday afternoon.
The main dish is stir-fried lamb. Feng Xue seems to have maxed out his cooking skills. Others either stew or braise lamb, but Feng Xue stir-fryes it over high heat. Just like yesterday's stir-fried rabbit, this stir-fried lamb is very good.
Jiang Youxin tasted the mutton and couldn't help but say, "This lamb is really well cooked."
Zhang Yulan also tasted it and asked, "How is this mutton cooked?"
Feng Xue couldn't say it.
Feng Yu said for her: "It was stir-fried over high heat."
Zhang Yulan was obviously quite surprised: "I have never seen lamb stir-fried over high heat. It is really delicious. And this stir-fried pork is also very good. The seasoning is a little lighter, but the aroma of pork is fried out."
Chen Huiru pointed with her chopsticks: "Mom, try this fish."
Zhang Yulan picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and tasted it, but didn't have time to say anything.
Jiang Youxin also tasted it and said first: "Fish is delicious too."
Zhang Yulan nodded, but she was very surprised.
I heard my son say before that Sister Feng Yu’s cooking is delicious, and I thought he was just being too partial to her, but I didn’t expect it to be the truth. The dish was indeed very flavorful and seemed better than what I cook. No wonder my son didn’t come home for dinner.
It’s a pity that such a good girl is mute.
The family had a great appetite after this meal.
Not only did Jiang's father and Jiang's mother eat a lot.
Jiang Hua and Chen Huiru also ate a lot.
Even Xiao Tingting ate a lot.
After dinner, the family sat and chatted for a while and then went downstairs.
Feng Yu sent Feng Xue downstairs but did not let her come down.
Jiang Ning sent the people away and drove to the farm with Feng Yu.
It's the weekend today, no need to take a lunch break.
I heard that the farm has changed and you can even pick wild vegetables.
Feng Yu just wanted to go over and take a look, and dig up some wild vegetables to relax.
From a distance, you can see lush greenery.
When Feng Yu entered the farm from the south gate, he still looked incredulous.
The last time I came, it was bare.
It's only been a few days and the weeds are almost half a foot tall.
It feels like I've arrived at the Mongolian steppes.
From time to time, you can see the agile figure of wild rabbits.
There are obviously more wild rabbits on the farm today than yesterday.
The car was driven to forest area No. 8 and stopped, and the two got out.
Feng Yu put on his hat, held a shovel in one hand and a bag in the other.
Squat in the grass to look for and dig wild vegetables.
Jiang Ning checked the poplar seedlings.
In just a few days, the planted poplar seedlings have grown leaves.
The branches also grow from two centimeters to three centimeters.
He has grown at least one meter taller.
Feng Yu picked a handful of wild vegetables and said excitedly: "The sheep's beards here are really good."
Jiang Ning said: "Make a cold dish in the evening."
Feng Yu agreed, and pulled out a few more stalks of radish, saying, "There's more radish!"
Jiang Ning said: "That thing doesn't taste good. It's too bitter."
Feng Yu said: "It is a bit bitter, but it has high nutritional value. It can clear the lungs and relieve coughs, and it can also prevent anemia. Now many people are looking for koji vegetables everywhere. In fact, it is not that bitter if you boil it in water and mix it with salt and vinegar."
Jiang Ning said: "If you want to eat it, just dig it up. There are plenty of these anyway."
Feng Yu couldn't understand: "It just rained, how could the farm grow like this?"
Jiang Ning made up a few words, this is really hard to explain.
I rummaged in the grass and picked some wild vegetables.
The taste of the herb is too bitter, he doesn't like to eat it.
I plucked some goat's beard.
The scientific name of this thing is not sheep's beard, nor is it sheep's beard grass in a broad sense. Because it looks like a sheep's beard, people in Bei'an call it sheep's beard grass. It is not only the favorite forage grass of animals, but also a wild vegetable with very good taste. This thing is the most common in the wilderness of Bei'an, but the weather is too dry to grow tall, and there are too many sheep grazing, so it is eaten by the sheep as soon as it grows out.
The farm is now fenced.
And it consumed the essence of Yi wood.
The sheep on the farm have beards that grow to half a foot high and look fat.
Like wild leeks.
Jiang Ning pulled it out without much effort.
Just as I was about to get up and move around, I suddenly saw a wild vegetable.
This wild vegetable looks very similar to bamboo leaves, but it is a smaller version. The stems are also like bamboo, with sections. The stems are slightly thinner than garlic shoots and are almost one foot tall, making them very conspicuous among the weeds.
"How could there be such a thing here?!"
Jiang Ning was a little surprised. He had seen this thing on the stalks of the ground when he was a child and his parents were farming in the countryside. The leaves smelled like grass, nothing special, but the stem tasted sweet and was very delicious.
When I was a child, I would go to the stalks of the field to find this wild vegetable to eat whenever I had nothing to do.
But since I went to junior high school and moved to the city, I haven't seen this thing again.
I don't know what the scientific name is.
People in the countryside call them sweet potatoes.
I didn't expect there was such a thing on the farm.
Jiang Ning was very surprised and looked around nearby.
We found a few more, but not many.
Jiang Ning broke off a sweet potato stick and took a bite to taste it.
It's sweet and refreshing, and it still has that familiar taste.
Jiang Ning walked over to Feng Yu and gave her the remaining half: "Try this."
Feng Yu took it and looked at it. She was from the city and had never seen this before, so she asked, "Is this edible?" Jiang Ning said, "Yes, you can try it!"
Feng Yu said: "I saw a few just now, and I thought they were grass!"
Jiang Ning said, "This is a wild vegetable. When I was farming in the countryside, it would grow on the stems of the ground. I haven't seen it since I went to junior high school and moved to the city. I didn't expect it to grow on the farm. Try it, it's delicious."
Feng Yu tasted it, and his eyes lit up: "It's really delicious, crisp and tasty, and has a sweet taste, like the taste of nature. By the way, what is this? Why don't I see anyone selling it? Sand onion and sheep's beard are sold in autumn."
Jiang Ning said: "This thing is not common."
Feng Yu felt a little regretful: "It would be better if we could pick more to make a cold dish."
Jiang Ning wondered whether he should grow some himself.
Sweet potato is probably not easy to grow. After all, agriculture is so developed nowadays. If it were easy to grow, someone would have grown it long ago. There must be a reason why no one grows it. However, I have a plug-in, so it shouldn't be a big problem. I'll try it when I have time.
After picking some wild vegetables for a while, the phone rang again.
It was my uncle calling: "Jiang Ning, are you in Forest Area No. 8?"
Jiang Ning hummed: "Yes."
Zhang Yuedong said, "I see sheep coming in from the northwest corner. Go over and take a look."
Jiang Ning was surprised: "The barbed wire has been pulled up, how can the sheep still get in?"
Zhang Yuedong said, "It's too far to see clearly. You'll know when you go over there."
Jiang Ning agreed, hung up the phone and asked Feng Yu to get in the car.
In the farm plan, there are 20,000 acres of economic poplar forest, which he divided into 20 forest areas.
One forest area is one thousand acres.
To the northwest are forest areas 13 to 16.
Jiang Ning walked around along the dirt road that had just been pushed out, and saw a group of sheep grazing in the No. 14 forest area from a distance.
Feng Yu was also quite surprised: "How did these sheep get in?"
Jiang Ning's face was not very good: "I'm not sure, I'll know when I go over and take a look."
They drove the car nearby and stopped, then the two got out and walked through.
From afar, I saw a shepherd driving fifty or sixty sheep outside.
Only when I got closer could I see the shepherd clearly.
He was about fifty years old, dark and weather-beaten.
When the shepherd saw him coming, he was not alarmed.
He just cracked the whip and drove the sheep outside.
There was a big hole in the barbed wire, but the sheep were very disobedient.
There is no grass to eat outside, but the grass here grows so well.
Now that you're here, why would you leave without eating your fill?
Jiang Ning looked at the sheep, then at the shepherd, and asked, "Where do you herd sheep?"
The shepherd said, "It belongs to Gou's manor."
Jiang Ning pointed at the big hole in the wire fence and asked: "Did you cut the wire?"
The shepherd said nothing and continued to drive the sheep with his whip.
Jiang Ning went over to the wire fence and took a look. It should have been cut open with pliers.
Feng Yu lowered his voice and said, "This guy is really something. How can he destroy other people's things so casually?"
Jiang Ning nodded. There are all kinds of people in the world.
He had seen a lot of things, so it was not surprising.
There are honest people in the countryside, and there is no shortage of traitors.
In the final analysis, it was all caused by the overgrowth of grass on the farm.
The shepherd took a long time to finally drive the sheep out of the barbed wire.
When crawling out from the barbed wire.
Jiang Ning stopped the shepherd, handed him a cigarette, and lit it. He said, "I just saw that your sheep have destroyed a lot of my saplings. Let it go this time. Don't destroy the barbed wire to herd sheep in the future, okay?"
The shepherd looked at him with his dim eyes and said nothing.
Jiang Ning suddenly lost interest and waved his hand: "Forget it, go away!"
The shepherd crawled out of the barbed wire and drove the sheep away.
Feng Yu glanced at him and said, "Mr. Jiang surprised me today."
Jiang Ning asked: "What's the surprise?"
Feng Yu said: "I thought you would be furious!"
Jiang Ning said, "I am indeed upset, but I also have sympathy. It is not easy for these shepherds. Considering that this is his first time, I will not pursue it this time. However, I think that person is not someone who can listen to others. I think he will do it again."
Feng Yu asked: "What will you do if it happens again?"
Jiang Ning said: "Of course we called the police to arrest them. Deliberately destroying other people's property is against the law."
Feng Yu looked at the cut wire and asked, "Does this need to be repaired?"
Jiang Ning nodded and called his uncle.
Ask Zhang Yuedong to arrange people to come and repair the barbed wire.
He was right.
There are many people raising sheep in Bei'an. In addition to those large breeders, many farmers also raise sheep. Some have thirty, fifty or even a hundred sheep, while some have only ten, seven or eight. They are kept in a pen and fed with wheat straw in winter and are driven out to let loose in spring.
But it hasn't rained much since the beginning of spring.
Grass cannot grow in the wilderness.
The grass on the farm grows so lush.
Anyone who herds shepherds would want to drive the sheep in and have a bite.
Jiang Ning quickly caught the second shepherd.
But before he arrived, the shepherd had driven the sheep out of the barbed wire and ran away.
It wasn't the first time that shepherd had done that.
Jiang Ning looked at it from a distance for a few seconds and did not pursue the matter.
It's just a headache to have someone patch up the barbed wire.
This is not a solution!
(End of this chapter)