Joe's Farming

Seeing that his two fathers were fine, Sanxiao continued to crack and wash walnuts attentively.

After finishing, they saw cicadas in the creek and gave the walnuts to the two fathers, and the three of them ran to catch cicadas.

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng were not in a hurry to go back. They sat by the stream, enjoying the breeze and waiting for the children to go home after they were tired of playing.

There were a lot of thatch growing on the slope beside the stream. Gu Feng suddenly asked Qiao Yu: "Qiao, do you want to have some sweet mouth?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Yu followed Gu Feng's gaze. Isn't it just a pile of weeds?

"Then I'll give Qiao'er one of my brother and I's favorite snacks when we were kids." Compared to his usual tone, Gu Feng's tone at this moment could be described as very excited.

He took Qiao Yu's hand and stood up, walking towards what Qiao Yu thought was a pile of weeds.

In fact, it is thatch, and there are furry flower spikes inside the newly grown thatch needles.

Gu Feng peeled off the leaves, took out the white and tender sedge core inside, and let Qiao Yu eat it.

Qiao Yu's eyes widened a little: "Can I eat it?"

Qiao Yu’s knowledge of wild vegetables came from watching food bloggers, but she had never seen them eat this, so she asked subconsciously, not because she did not trust her husband.

"It's delicious and sweet."

Qiao Yu took a sip with her tongue and found it tasted good and sweet, so she ate it all in one gulp.

"Husband, I still want to eat."

He could do it himself, but he insisted on letting Gu Feng do it. He knew Gu Feng liked it.

Sure enough, Gu Feng raised the corners of his mouth proudly, and quickly picked more than a dozen cattail needles for him.

Qiao Yu peeled out the grass core and handed it to Gu Feng's mouth, who ate it happily.

"Mmm, so sweet."

Qiao Xing looked at the two fathers curiously and asked Gu Xiaoxue: "Xiaoxue, what are the little fathers eating?"

He had been a beggar since he was young, and had never seen snacks like these from the children in the village.

Gu Xiaoxue looked back and said, "Ah! Daddy is feeding little daddy delicious food! Let's go too."

Gu Xiaoyan stretched his head out to look: "Ah, why didn't I see it just now. Let's go."

Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan hurriedly went ashore, put on breathable straw sandals, and ran to find Qiao Yu and Gu Feng.

Qiao Xing quickly threw the cricket in his hand into the mud pit he had just dug, and then followed his younger brother and sister.

Qiao Yu saw the children running over and asked while eating grass cores: "Are you tired from playing? Do you want to go home now?"

Gu Xiaoxue pointed at the grass needle in Gu Feng's hand and said, "I'm not tired. I want to eat this. Daddy secretly took little daddy to eat delicious food without calling us."

Gu Feng gave all the grass needles in his hand away with a blank expression: "Take them and share them."

Gu Xiaoxue took it with a smile, and then demonstrated to Qiao Xing: "Brother, look, tear it open first, and then eat the furry core inside, it's very sweet."

Gu Xiaoyan couldn't wait to peel one and eat it, then shouted to Gu Feng: "Daddy, this one is so sweet."

Gu Feng smiled and touched his head, then continued to pick fruits for Qiao Yu and the children.

Qiao Yu followed along, picking the fruits while watching Qiao Xing's reaction.

Qiao Xing chewed it, then his eyes lit up and he said to everyone, "It's really sweet, so strange. Why is grass sweet?"

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Many grasses are sweet. The maltose that Dad bought for you before is made from malt."

The children did not finish the food Gu Feng gave them immediately. Instead, Gu Xiaoxue put it away and then followed the two fathers to pick cattail needles.

After they had almost finished picking all the walnuts in this area, Qiao Yu let the children take the crickets they had caught, while Gu Feng put the walnuts that had been rinsed clean in water into a basket and took them home.

On the way back, passing by a field of wild chrysanthemum, Qiao Yu looked at the walnuts and then at the still fresh and tender tips of the chrysanthemum.

"Wait a moment."

Qiao Yu stopped, pointed at the piece of chrysanthemum and said, "Shall we pick some chrysanthemum tips to make a cold dish?"

Gu Xiaoyan immediately looked bitter. This wild vegetable had been cooked for them by Aunt Shi before, but it was very bitter and tasted weird.

"Little daddy, these wild vegetables are not delicious and bitter." Gu Xiaoyan said in a low voice.

Qiao Yu was a little surprised and said, "But I made chrysanthemum fried eggs for you in the spring, and you didn't say it was unpalatable."

Although it tastes bitter than those grown in greenhouses, it is very fragrant after being blanched in water.

Gu Xiaoyan tried hard to recall: "Is there?"

Qiao Yu affirmed: "It was tender then, but it's older now. Just pull out the tenderest part of the top leaves. Don't pick the ones that are too hard."

The three little ones nodded immediately.

In the end, everyone picked a large handful, and Qiao Yu said that was enough before going home.

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Bai Lan was wandering around the yard with little Gu Heng in her arms. The boss and his family had been out for almost half a day, why hadn't they come back yet?

Gu Heng doesn't like to cry, but he has been crying for a while now.

He fell asleep twice, and each time he woke up and didn't see Qiao Yu and Gu Feng, he burst into tears and even goat milk couldn't soothe him.

Qiao Yu heard the baby crying from a distance and ran home quickly.

Sure enough, I saw my son in the yard with tears in his eyes.

When Gu Heng saw Qiao Yu, he immediately stopped crying and looked at him pitifully.

Qiao Yu felt very distressed, but still said to Bai Lan: "Wait for me, change clothes."

Children have low immunity, so Qiao Yu usually requires family members to wash their hands and change their clothes after returning from outside before they can hug Gu Heng.

As soon as Qiao Yu entered the room, Gu Heng's mouth pursed again. He was about to burst into tears when he saw Gu Feng coming back.

So, Gu Heng looked at Gu Feng pitifully with tears in his eyes again.

Gu Feng wanted to hug his son but was afraid of being scolded by Qiao Yu, so he could only stand in front of his son and smiled at him: "Good boy, daddy will come out to hug you right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Yujiang came out of the house to wash his hands.

After wiping his hands clean, he took the child from Bai Lan and rocked him to comfort him: "Why are you crying, Hengzi?

Do you miss your daddy? Your little face is red from crying, so pitiful."

Gu Heng stopped crying, but he didn't smile at Qiao Yu as usual. Instead, he lay in Qiao Yu's arms without moving.

Gu Feng changed his clothes and came out, and saw that Gu Heng’s eyes were almost closed again.

Qiao Yu whispered, "I guess she's tired of crying."

Gu Feng: "How about I hold him? Qiao'er, go and have a rest."

Qiao Yu nodded: "Well, I'll go to the kitchen."

Gu Feng took Gu Heng over. Gu Heng raised his eyelids and found that it was another father. He half closed his eyes again and fell asleep after a while.

Gu Feng strolled around the yard holding the child, then secretly looked at what her husband was doing.

Seeing that his brother had fallen asleep, Sanxiao didn't dare to speak loudly and went to find Li Xin with the grass needle.

Qiao Yu went to the kitchen and told Bai Lan that she wanted to eat Chinese spinach mixed with walnuts in the evening.

"Chrysanthemum wedges mixed with walnuts?" Although Bai Lan had learned a lot from Qiao Yu, she had never heard of this dish from Qiao Yu.

In fact, it was only when Qiao Yu saw the Chinese spinach that he remembered that there was a cold dish that could be made this way.

The fragrance of raw walnut meat and Chinese cabbage is combined with a little sour juice and mashed garlic for seasoning, and it tastes refreshing and cool.