latelenovela Chapter 378 Roadside Green
Chapter 378 Roadside Green
It didn't take much time, and Xuyuan and Guozi soon picked a full basket.
"Let's go, let's pick this much first." Xu Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and went home with the fruits.
It is the beginning of summer and the weather is getting hotter.
"Sister, I'm seeing dark things in front of my eyes." Guozi suddenly stroked his forehead, shook his head, and grabbed a pepper seedling.
"Come, lean on him for a while and relax." Xu Yuan grabbed Guozi's shoulders and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Are you feeling better?" Xu Yuan asked.
Guozi leaned on Xuyuan's body, and the black and blurry symptoms in front of his eyes gradually disappeared. He nodded, "I'm much better."
Xuyuan took Guozi and sat down under the tree to cool off. The breeze dispelled the heat. Guozi picked up the water bag and took a sip of water.
"Sister, will you harvest the chili peppers in the village this year?"
"Harvest it. We don't grow a lot at home, and I have a great use for these peppers."
"But in this case, won't you be very tired, big sister?" Guozi felt a little distressed. Other people's families have parents and grandparents to take care of them, but she and Xiaoduo can't help much.
Xu Yuan smiled faintly, "Isn't it because I have your help? How can I be tired?"
After resting for a while, I made a wish and picked some roadside greens with some fruits on both sides of the path.
"Sister, is this a herbal medicine?"
Guozi saw a lot of them growing on the roadside, mixed with weeds, and no one paid any attention to them.
"Well, call Lu Bianqing and take it back to make herbal tea to dispel heat and detoxify."
Guozi nodded, noted down the appearance of Lu Bianqing, and asked how to make herbal tea.
The two men plucked all the green weeds they saw on the roadside and returned home with a full load.
The bamboo sieves in the yard were filled with mangoes cut into strips, and Xu Zhi was turning them over one by one.
"Big sister, Aunt Xu just sent over some fish balls and mushrooms, as well as the lychee mushrooms."
Manyu said to Xuyuan with a happy look on his face, while he sat in the wheelchair and pulled the wheels with his little hands.
"Got it. I finally got to eat the lychee mushrooms you've been longing for, right?" Xu Yuan put down the backpack and poured all the peppers on the floor in the corridor.
The pulled roadside greens were piled aside. Guozi knew what to do. He picked up a handful, washed off the mud, added water, put them into a clay pot and started a fire.
"Hehe." Many people laughed foolishly.
Xu Yuan pinched Doudian's soft face, squatted down, and rolled up Doudian's left trousers to the knee. The wound on the knee was still red and there were some bruises. When he untied the bandage on the ankle, it was also red and swollen.
Xuyuan stood up and took the ointment, gently rubbing it on the wounds on his knees and the red and swollen ankles.
"Sister, this ointment is icy and cool. It feels so comfortable."
"Of course. I specially developed an ointment for injuries caused by falls, specifically for this type of injury."
After applying the medicine, Xuyuan re-bandaged it. "Xiaoduo, just leave your knee wound alone, don't cover it up, let it ventilate."
"Okay." Xuanyu nodded, and his little hands were pulling the wheels, turning them forward and backward, and he started playing by himself.
Xu Yuan sat down again and picked the roots and stems of the peppers one by one. After Xu Zhi finished turning over the mangoes, he also sat down and helped pick the roots and stems of the peppers.
"Oh, Yuan girl, you are at home." Uncle Pan and Pan Dahai knocked on the open door and shouted to the people sitting in the yard.
"I just came back, come in and sit down." Xu Yuan stood up, took two empty benches and put them in the yard, then asked the two to sit down.
"Xiaoduo, is your foot feeling better?" Uncle Pan looked at Xiaoduo who was sitting in a wheelchair and asked with concern.
"Much better, Grandpa Pan, don't worry."
"Okay, okay, your grandma Pan cares about you. When she asked me to come over, she also brought you some eggs to nourish your body." Grandpa Pan took a basket of eggs from his backpack and put it on the table.
"Eggs? Thank you, Grandpa Pan and Grandma Pan." Xuanyu was a little surprised and thanked them quickly.
"Why did you bring so many? Don't Dahai and Xiaojiang want to eat some?" Xu Yuan glanced at the full basket of eggs, all of which were very big, and said.
"Yes, thanks to your salted duck eggs, it's really profitable. Let me tell you, my family has recently caught a lot of chickens and ducks to raise. When the Dragon Boat Festival is over in a few days, I will catch the fattest one and send it to you to eat."
"We just moved here last year, and we didn't have anything, so we couldn't take care of festivals. Now we have food and clothes, so we have to celebrate no matter what."
Uncle Pan said happily.
Dragon Boat Festival?
After making a wish, he realized that it was the festival time again.
"Grandpa Pan, Brother Ahai, you came at the right time. The herbal tea I made is ready."
Guozi poured the boiled water into a wooden basin and brought it out from the kitchen. Xuyuan quickly stood up and took it.
There were a few leaves floating on it. The boiled roadside greens mixed with water to form a green liquid that looked very similar to tea.
"I'll do it. You go wash some dishes."
"it is good."
"Herbal tea? Girl, have you found something good again?" Uncle Pan asked curiously.
"Grandpa Pan, it's over there. Those green grasses on the ground." Manyu pointed at the green grass on the ground and replied.
"Oh, this? Aren't there many of them on the road? Turns out it's a treasure."
Uncle Pan picked up a plant and took a look. It looked very familiar. It was growing everywhere around the path around his house.
"This is called Lubianqing, and it can be used as medicine. It can clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain."
Xuyuan explained.
"Okay, I'll remember that. We can't let such a useful herb be buried in the weeds."
Xuyuan scooped a spoonful of honey into the water, stirred it evenly, and then scooped a full spoonful into everyone's bowl.
"It's not so hot now, you can drink it."
As it was the first time for everyone to try herbal tea, everyone took a sip with great anticipation.
"This is the first time for me, an old man, to drink herbal tea, and it tastes pretty good." Grandpa Pan praised, saying that the honey was added in just the right amount. It wasn't very sweet, but there was a sweet aftertaste after drinking it, and the herbal scent of the roadside greens was also very refreshing.
"It's quite nice to have a bite of this in the hot summer," Pan Dahai replied.
"By the way, Sister Xuyuan, we came here this time to ask if it's possible to soak the peppers like bamboo shoots. Grandma thinks that maybe we can soak them into something different, so she wants to ask if you will keep them when they are soaked."
When Xuyuan heard this, he raised his eyebrows.
It turns out that Grandma Pan is so thoughtful.
"Of course you can. Since they are pickled peppers, they are called pickled peppers. Maybe they will taste delicious. You can give it a try."
"Okay, in that case, this time we'll dry some of it and make pickled peppers with the rest." Uncle Pan was very happy and made up his mind immediately.