When I asked, my sister and dad, he said, "Sorry kid! I have no idea what are you talking about? Do any of you gentlemen have any idea such kind of mud fruit?" When everyone was looking at each other, one man raised his hand. "Do you have any to say, soldier?" my father asked. The man saluted and replied, "I think, I have an idea what young master is talking about. But they are not cultivated as any kind of fruits, but they have grown in the wild. We generally call them pink mud fruit."
I got excited and asked, "How far is this wild gown plantation?" He smiled and said, "It is not very far young master. If you want to see it, we can go to watch it. Nobody dares to touch it due to its dark pink colour only wild animal like rabbits and deer eats them."
I begged my dad and mom, "Can we go? Please!" They nodded, and everyone started to follow that soldier. After some time, we reached the end of the market. The man pointed towards a type of plants and said, "This is the plants which grow those pink mud fruits. Let me take out one for you to see the young master." He then went and uprooted a plant. It has 9 substantially large pink colour mudball.
Yup! They were huge. Much larger when compared to earth's sweet potato. Now it's time for verification. I asked my eldest sister Aidyn, "Sis! Can you again cut this fruit from the middle of it." she nodded her and used a dagger, borrowed from a soldier to cut it.
I took a look at the white part of the fruit and was going to touch it with my tongue. At the moment, my eldest brother, like always pulled me back and asked, "What are you trying to do Snow?"
"Elder brother Arnold, please stop pulling me back. It hurts! You know!" I replied.
He smirked, "So, you know it hurts. What are you trying to do kid? Don't you know that it might be poisonous?"
"It's not poisonous, otherwise how can rabbits or horse eat it," I said while trying to free myself from the clutches of my elder brother. He is always strict on us, especially me due to my troublemaking tendencies. I said, "Brother, please take out a little bit of the white part of this fruit. I want to try it." The young soldier was stunned, he said, "Little young master, nobody has tried this fruit. Only wild animals eat them. Do you really have to try it?" I nodded my head and said, "I know, what I am doing. You don't have to worry about anything."
I again said, "Dad, please, let me try it! If my suspicion is correct, then I might be able to find a new source of food that both delicious and extremely cheap in price."
While looking at me for some time, he asked mom, "What do you say, dear?" My mother replied, "Its fine, let him do whatever he wants to do. I am here, so it won't be dangerous to him in any way also it's good for his adventurous spirit."
Getting permission from my mother, I was excited and quickly demanded a small piece of the white part of the fruit.
Tasting the white part, I quickly came to the conclusion that it really is sweet potato. But it has much more sweet flavour when compared to the earth type sweet potato.
I was happy and quickly asked my parents to try it also. They nodded and tried a small piece of it. They were surprised by its flavour. I proudly said, "What do you say, dad? Isn't that sweet?" then turning to my elder sister, I said, "Cooking this food, might solve the food problem our country, sis."
Then I asked the present soldiers, "Can you guys gather some medium-size rocks and place them in a circular shape?" They nodded their head and started to gather rocks and placed them in the instructed shape. Then I turned to my family and said, "Let's gather some dry woods for making a small campfire."
After gathering all the material for the fire, I placed the small woods in the shape of the cone. Then I asked one of the soldiers, "Can you please dig some soil for me, please? And do anyone water magic or have any water?" He nodded and dug up quite a bit of soil. As a doctor, my mother generally uses water magic; thus, she agreed to provide me with a bit of water.
I mixed the soil and water to make clay then covered the mudball. Like this, I made several Mud clumps, then asked my eldest sister Aidyn, "Sister, can you light up the campfire?"
She nodded and lighted it up. Then, I threw all the prepared mud clumps into the fire. I said, "This might take some time to cook. Let wait for some time." Knowing that we have enough time to spend, my father agreed to my request. We began to talk about several other things that happen on our tour. My elder sister then mentions our encounter with the beggar in the market. And how I was upset due to it.
My father then inquired, "Is that the reason you want to cook this wild fruit?" Pondering a little bit, I said, "That's one of the reasons why I want to try this, but there are many other reasons why I am trying to find new ways of cooking food." "And what are those reasons? My dear son!" my mother asked with an irritated looking smile on her face.
Uh! Oh! Red alert! Please be cautious while moving forward on this path.
I quickly added, "Mother, with new ingredients, you might be able to cook more delicious food in the future." She nodded her head, understanding my point. "What other plans, do you have in your mind, kid?" my dad asked. "I don't know. If I get inspired, then I would surely share it with my family first." I replied while shrugging my shoulder.
Thinking about the sweet potato, I decided to take them out and try them. I called everybody to gather up and requested my sister to take those mud ball out of the fire. Following my instruction, she took out the mudball and laid it on the ground. When I was about to touch it, my elder brother again picked me up and said, "You would burn your hand, kid. They are hot, let your elders do this job."
Nodding my head, I agreed to this point of his. I said, "Try to break the outer mud layer. Be careful! They are hard and might hurt you." Following my instruction, they broke the mud layer and behold the beautifully cooked fruit.
I took one those hot pink mud fruits and asked my sister to cut them into smaller pieces. The bright yellow colour attracted me, and I quickly took a bit of soft roasted mud fruit into my mouth.
Yummmmmmmm! Now that's the taste I was looking for. Watching my expression, others quickly by following my step. They peeled the outer pink layer and ate it.
Their faces made my day. Today, for the first time, I showed my parents my brilliance, and I was feeling proud for some reason.
When everyone was nodding their head, my elder brother was frowning. Watching his expression, I asked, "Elder brother Arnold, didn't you like the taste of the cooked fruit." Hearing my question, everyone also turned their attention to elder brother. He smiled while shaking his head and replied, "No, kid! I really liked its taste. This could be the game-changer for our country. But how did you know the existence of this fruit, and how do you know how to cook it?"
I quickly replied, "I don't know how I know about it. Hmmm! Now that you are asking, I really know a lot of things. But how do I know these things? Mother, am I become a mad man?"
I tried to act like a scared child which provoked both my mother and two sisters. They quickly replied, "No! Who said you are a mad man? You are still a kid. Arnold, be careful about what are you saying in front of your brother."
Both my mother and father, along with my elder sister, looked at each other and nodded their head. Rebuked by my mother and sister, Arnold initially smiled. Then suddenly said with a serious face, "Everyone, make sure you never mention my brother involvement in this incident. If someone asks who found this fact, then mention elder sister Aidyn's name. If anyone leaks my brother's name, then be assured that death would be a simple punishment."
Whoa! Did my brother really threaten everybody with capital punishment right now? Ohhhhhhhhhh! He looked freezing right now. Watching my funny expression, he asked, "What now, kid?" "You looked cool, big bro!" I replied while staring at him.