The village chief, Li Yong and Liu Biaotou, as well as Uncle Zhao who had just returned from Baiyuan Garden, all had dinner at Li's house.
Tao Hongying also made an extra dish of mashed potatoes with minced meat.
Potato slices are steamed, mashed into puree, and piled into a volcano shape in a large porcelain bowl.
Then stir-fry the minced meat, add soup, add onion and ginger, soy sauce, sugar and salt to taste. Starch water increases the viscosity, then pour it on the mashed potatoes, and sprinkle some green and red pepper for color.
Spoon a full spoonful of it into the rice and eat it in one bite. The aroma is indescribable.
The old men each ate two large bowls of rice before they had time to talk.
The village chief said with a smile: "Even if I am old and toothless, I will not be afraid of starving to death. These potatoes are so delicious!"
"Yes, especially when mixed with rice like this, I can eat a bowl! I am very hungry. Eat well!" Uncle Zhao said as he took another big spoonful of mashed potatoes.
Li Laoer said: "There are so many harvested in the field, there are not many missing. The uncles like it, and I will make it for them in the future."
"That can't be done!" The village chief and Uncle Zhao all objected in unison.
The village chief put down his job and said: "This is for saving seeds. We can plant more seeds next year and eat them casually. This year we can't do it! Let's just have a meal to satisfy our cravings. The rest must be stored and eaten. Don't eat it anymore."
Li Laoer couldn't help it and nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, I won't eat it, I'll keep it for seeds."
The village chief uncle started to worry again and asked, "Uncle, that's what you said. Where should I store the extra potatoes? It won't work if it's cold or hot. If it gets rotten, it'll be a waste of good stuff!"
Li Laoer and his niece had already discussed this matter, so he said. : "Uncle, there is no shortage of crops over there in Zhengjiazhuang. Fu Niu'er originally wanted to send a batch to Xiankelai, so now let's send these to our village!
"Firstly, we are closer to the city, and secondly, let's go to Zhengjiazhuang. There is a large cellar for easy storage. Next spring, we can just plant potatoes from there.
"Okay, that's a good idea, it's just hard work! " The village chief was happy to hear this and said: "It's too far away. People always help us, and we don't even have the chance to help them." Li
Laoer said with a smile: "Don't worry, uncle, there will be many opportunities in the future." "
Everyone chatted and laughed, and then dispersed after eating and drinking.
Early the next morning, several cars came out of the village and sent all the potatoes in the village to Cyclamen in three batches.
Jia Huan worked alone in the restaurant for a long time.
He picked up the potatoes with great fanfare and had them carried directly through the front hall to the backyard. When
the diners saw it, they naturally asked,
"Boss Xiao Li, this is Broken Gold Beach ." What good stuff was produced again? "
Yes, Boss Li, if you have good things, you can't hide them. We are all regular customers." Jia Huan
smiled and cupped his hands and said, "To be honest with you, these are potatoes grown in the village. They were delivered just after harvesting."
"Tomorrow we will launch several new dishes in our building, which use these potatoes as ingredients. If you have free time, you must come and try them."
"Oh, can the potatoes be harvested now? We also grow them at home. I thought It will take another month to harvest!"
"My family has planted it too!"
"I didn't get the seeds, so I didn't plant them."
Everyone was talking about it, but all of them were ready to try the celestial beings. Here's a new dish, I'm curious about how cyclamen can turn potatoes into flowers!
Because, no matter how many families planted potatoes, these potatoes were originally brought back from the south by the Li family and then grown in partnership with the Liu family.
When it comes to how to eat, no one knows it better than the Li family. So, because of these dozens of carts of potatoes, a craze for potatoes started inside and outside the new capital, and cyclamen became popular again!
The villagers sent the potatoes to the city. In the afternoon, the women had nothing to do, so they carried pickaxes and baskets and poured into the potato fields in groups to continue...sliding potatoes.
There are always some potatoes that are shyer and prefer to hide deeper in the soil.
There are also some who like to live in isolation, living a few feet away from the edge of the rice fields.
The women didn't want to part with them because they couldn't think about it for a while, and they were frozen into ice balls by the coming late autumn and cold winter.
Therefore, they made up their mind to find the naughty potatoes, take them home, and then put them into the pot to warm them thoroughly...
In the corn field not far away, the corn stalks had turned into an old green color, just waiting for the autumn wind. As soon as I started to shave, I started to put on yellow clothes.
Occasionally, a naughty and shameless corn cob breaks through the leaves, runs out to bask in the sun, swaying his long beard, and curiously looks at this novel world.
The naughty boys in the school had finished school and couldn't find my mother when they entered the house, so they threw away their schoolbags and ran to the fields to join in the fun.
From time to time, the naughty boys cheered because they found a potato.
When the Marquis brought his own soldiers, guarded a dozen carriages, and brought more than a hundred wounded soldiers over, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw the excitement in the fields from a distance.
The Marquis said to the wounded soldiers, "You guys are really lucky. We catch up with the potatoes in the village and have potatoes to eat at night!"
A young wounded soldier asked: "Master Marquis, are potatoes the auspicious grain with high yield?"
"Yes!" Mr. Hou nodded, "This thing is good for both grain and vegetables. There will be a lot of it planted everywhere this year. In two years, no one will go hungry in Tianwu."
Everyone felt that it was novel and stretched out more and more . neck to look around.
The Marquis tapped the shaft of the carriage with the whip in his hand, then pointed to the second village not far away and said, "Let's take a look there first. The people in the village are building houses for you."
"Houses, are they really building houses for us?!" A The wounded soldier shouted, and the others also became excited. Even regardless of their injuries, they stood up one after another to see more clearly.
They originally thought that this was a white lie told by the Marquis to prevent them from being decadent, but they never expected that it was actually true!
Soon, the convoy came closer and turned off the main road. Before reaching the archway, the village chief led the villagers to greet them.
Even the women and children in the fields hurried over.
The Marquis jumped off his horse, held hands with the village chief, and said: "Uncle, I have brought all the injured brothers, and they will be entrusted to you from now on!"
The village chief quickly helped the Marquis and said in a loud voice: "You can't do it, Marquis." So! These little brothers are the heroes who protect us. Now that they are injured and it is difficult to survive, shouldn't we help? Don't say that, it's too disrespectful!"
"Yes, Mr. Hou, it's all. "
The village will be lively in the future, and it's
not too late for us to be happy." The villagers also responded with enthusiastic smiles, which made the wounded soldiers almost red-eyed.
They were disabled, and their families were disgusted and unwilling to let them go back.
Unexpectedly, in this strange place, I got the long-lost warmth from these strange villagers.
If they are risking their lives to protect such villagers, then their sacrifice seems... worth it!