Chapter 616
Although there were some unexpected situations, the few people were still very happy and had a good harvest.
There is no shortage of chestnuts in this season, as long as you are willing to pick them.
When the few people returned home, they saw Li Shimin, Empress Changsun, and grandparents were all by the stove.
"Grandma, the fat is here~" The little princess trotted over.
"Yeah, there are a lot!" Li Shimin saw the full bamboo basket.
"Yeah, is it fun?"
Grandma looked at the little princess.
"Yeah, yeah~ Fun~"
Xiao Ran put down the things and went to find ointment for Princess Gaoyang to apply on the back of her hand.
Empress Changsun and others also knew that Princess Gaoyang was hit, and they were all comforting Princess Gaoyang.
The little princess excitedly told Empress Changsun and Li Shimin about picking chestnuts like this.
I think this kind of thing is very interesting, mainly because I have never experienced it, it feels fresh and fun.
"Xiao Ran, the potatoes in the pot are almost done, you open it and take a look."
Hearing what grandma said, Xiao Ran opened the pressure cooker.
The hot steam suddenly hit Xiao Ran's face. Xiao Ran turned his head to avoid it. When he looked again, he found that it was a potato or an old potato.
"Grandma, is this an old potato?"
"Really~" The little princess who was talking to Empress Changsun caught the key words at once.
The little princess ran to Xiao Ran's side and looked into the pressure cooker. She was surprised to find that it was full of wrinkled old potatoes.
"Wow~ It's sweet potatoes~" The little princess wanted to reach out and poke it.
Xiao Ran hurriedly stopped the little princess, "Mingda, this is hot, don't touch it."
"Old potatoes, where did grandma get this?" Princess Yuzhang knew very well that there must be no more at grandpa and grandma's house. This must be from somewhere else.
"There are a lot of them left at Xiao Ran's second grandfather's house next door. Later, the pigs and cows were sold because of the high price. The potatoes could not be eaten. Now there are still some..."
The little princess was happy now.
Seeing that the little princess liked it, Li Shimin also wanted to try it.
I cooked a lot. I ate some potatoes first and had breakfast later.
"Grandpa, is it good to tie it?" The little princess asked Li Shimin while holding a potato.
"Yeah, it's delicious." Li Shimin looked at the thing in his hand. He didn't expect that potatoes would be like this after a long time.
Li Shimin talked a lot with his grandfather before, including how to preserve potatoes.
Some things Li Shimin couldn't understand because his grandfather spoke in dialect, and some things Li Shimin had never seen and couldn't understand.
Li Shimin felt that the old man was old and experienced, and knew many things more carefully than Xiao Ran.
This was indeed the case.
Although she ate potatoes, the little princess could still eat some bacon for breakfast.
Potatoes were just to fill her stomach, and they didn't affect the little princess's breakfast at all.
The breakfast time was different from that in the ancient city and the Tang Dynasty, but the princesses were used to it.
The weather was also clear, and several people strolled at the door.
The plums were ripe, and a thick layer fell on the ground.
It tasted much sweeter now.
The little princess also saw a kind of black cherry next to her. It was different from cherry, but very similar. The old man said it was a black cherry. It was not very sweet, but not sour either. It was quite good. In an era when people could not afford other fruits, it was a very good wild fruit.
It was much better than the cherry before the astringent pear.
Xiao Ran thought that there were other wild fruits nearby, which were also eaten in this season.
Take the two little princesses and Princess Gao Yang to have a look.
Princess Gao Yang's hand looks no different now.
She is always a person who can't sit still.
Xiao Ran saw the dense vines, "Seventeen, you look after the second sister Mingda, I'll go up and take a look."
"Is this little nursery good?" The little princess looked up, but there were only leaves on it, and nothing else.
A tree was wrapped with dense vines, and what Xiao Ran was looking for was in the vines.
"Well, there might be, I'll go and have a look." Xiao Ran grabbed the branch and climbed up easily.
It was not high in itself.
"Brother, you are so good!" Princess Chengyang thought Xiao Ran was very capable.
"Yeah, yeah~"
The little princess absolutely agreed with Xiao Ran's praise.
This is Xiao Ran's number one fangirl.
"Brother, is there any?" Princess Gaoyang looked up at the tree.
Xiao Ran turned around, holding a long fruit in his hand, "Yes, there are several wax gourds, this one is sweet and not bad."
"Wow~ tie seven~" The little princess clapped her hands excitedly.
She thought Xiao Ran was very good and found something delicious.
Hearing that it was sweet, the two little princesses wanted to try it.
Xiao Ran put it in his pocket first and picked all the ripe ones.
There were two more in a pair, which were also ripe and cracked.
Xiao Ran did not put it in his pocket, but broke it off with the vine and bit the vine in his mouth.
XiaoRan handed the ripe ones to the two little princesses, "Second sister Mingda, try it. There's also one for you, Seventeen."
Xiao Ran took one out of his pocket and gave it to Princess Chengyang.
Xiao Ran gently broke it open and handed it to the little princess, "Eat the flesh inside, it's very sweet. Don't eat the seeds, just suck it."
The seeds are harmless, they are just seeds.
The little princess took a bite, "Sweet~ This is also good~"
It's the first time to eat August melon.
The little princess handed it to Xiao Ran and asked Xiao Ran to try it.
Xiao Ran hasn't eaten this kind of thing for many years.
Although it is now artificially cultivated and can be bought online, I always feel that it is not as good as this wild one.
Maybe I've grown up and don't care about this kind of thing anymore.
When I was a child, I felt like running to see the August melon when it bloomed, and I had to watch it many times when it was fruiting.
I picked it when I felt it was almost ripe. There were many children nearby, and I didn't know who would pick it if I was late.
"Okay, let's go back!" Xiao Ran walked back with the two little princesses.
The children nearby have grown up and left the village, so no one picks this kind of thing anymore.
I no longer have the feeling of anticipation I had before.
The little princess walked while sucking on the wax gourd.
She kept spitting out the seeds.
When I walked to the door, I saw Li Lizhi, Princess Yuzhang and several others accompanying Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and two old people at the door.
Li Shimin and his grandfather were chatting very enthusiastically, and Princess Yuzhang and Li Lizhi were accompanying Empress Changsun and grandma.
"Sizi, what delicious food do you want to eat?" Princess Yuzhang looked at the wax gourd in the little princess's hand.
Princess Chengyang handed hers to Princess Yuzhang, "This is the wax gourd, sweet and delicious."
"Hmm~"
"Brother, do you have any more?" Princess Yuzhang also wanted to try it, the little princess ate it so deliciously.
"Yes, yes..." Xiao Ran took out a few from his pocket and asked Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang to try them.
Grandma didn't want it. Old people usually don't want these things. I don't know if they don't like them or want to give them to others.
Empress Changsun also ate a little and asked Princess Chengyang to pass it to Li Shimin to taste.
"Although this is sweet, it's not quite good enough..."
Li Shimin felt that there was too little flesh and not much to eat.
The wild ones are not big in size, and a large part of them are seeds.