This wild vegetable, bracken, Chiang Xiao had just been discussing with her grandfather when she was surprised to discover that no one in Siyang Village had ever eaten it before!
Her grandfather also told her that he had never heard of it either. The plant curled up like claws, which they commonly called mountain claws, but he didn't know they were also a type of wild vegetable.
However, he did hear people mention eating bracken when he went to market before, but he had never connected the two.
Chiang Xiao had drawn it out for him with her fingers dipped in tea on the table. Her drawing was accurate, and Chiang Songhai recognized it as mountain claws right away. Only then did he realize this thing was edible, and to be served cold in a salad.
He knew there was some on Bai Gu Mountain, but you would have to walk further in from the stream where they last rested. There was a rather damp and shady slope there, with lots of things growing.
