Reborn Ugly Girl Farming to Support the Family

Zheng Qingming carried the basket to the bamboo forest, and Zheng Xiaoman rested for a while before standing up from the ground.

She didn't dare to go far, so she looked around to see if there was anything to eat.

After searching for a while, she found a large patch of mushrooms under a big tree.

Zheng Xiaoman carefully identified that this area was full of the oil mushrooms that were very common here, and there was also a small part of hazel mushrooms.

Oil mushrooms are most abundant from September to November. After it rains on the mountain, they will pop up in large numbers.

But it hasn't rained here recently. It must be because the air in the deep mountains is humid that such a large patch of mushrooms can grow.

Zheng Xiaoman happily squatted down to pick mushrooms. These fresh mushrooms are best used to stew chicken.

Thinking of the taste, she couldn't help but drool. Unfortunately, she hadn't caught any pheasants recently.

However, it is also very delicious to eat fried small oil mushrooms with sauce. I will make a bowl for my family to try when I get home later.

When Zheng Qingming came back, he saw that his sister had already picked a basket of mushrooms.

"Wow, there are so many mushrooms here, and it hasn't rained in the mountains recently."

Zheng Qingming put the basket on his back on the ground, which contained a few winter bamboo shoots.

"Although it hasn't rained in the past few days, it's foggy in the morning. When the air is humid, these mushrooms will grow."

"If that's the case, there should be other mushrooms here. I'll go look around."

He took a bag out of his backpack and walked into the woods with it.

Zheng Xiaoman kept his head down picking mushrooms. Fortunately, they brought two more bags when they went up the mountain today, otherwise they would not be able to fit all the mushrooms.

As she was picking, she suddenly noticed a large patch of green heart-shaped leaves next to her that looked particularly familiar.

She wasn't sure whether the leaf was the kind of plant she knew. If it was, then her family would never have to worry about food again.

She no longer cared about the mushrooms, she dropped the bag in her hand and started digging under the leaves.

She dug down more than twenty centimeters deep and finally touched a long and thin object.

Zheng Xiaoman excitedly pulled something out of the ground. What was wrapped in the red skin was her favorite sweet potato.

It’s just that this sweet potato is much smaller and thinner than the modern sweet potato, but this does not prevent it from being abundant in quantity.

She took the bamboo tube out of the basket, added some water to wash the sweet potatoes, and couldn't wait to take a bite.

After taking a bite, she was so excited that tears almost fell. Yes, this was the taste.

Raw sweet potatoes are sweet and crispy, not as soft and sticky as cooked ones.

However, eating too much raw sweet potatoes can be bad for your stomach, so it is best to cook them before eating.

Zheng Xiaoman looked at the large field of sweet potato vines at her feet. She felt that her trip to the mountains had finally come to an end.

Thinking about being able to eat roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato cakes, and sweet potato meatballs in the future.

You can also use sweet potatoes to make sweet potato flour, which can also be used to make cold noodles and vermicelli.

These sweet potato leaves can be used to cook.

Moreover, these leaves can be used to feed pigs, and the three pigs in the family can have a better diet.

When Zheng Qingming came back with the bag, he saw his sister eating something.

While eating she also gave a silly giggle, which scared Zheng Qingming.

"Little sister, what's wrong with you? What did you eat? You can't just eat anything from the mountains. What if it's poisonous?"

Zheng Xiaoman came to her senses when she heard the voice and quickly handed the sweet potato in her hand to her brother.

"Look, I found something good."

Zheng Qingming looked down and asked, "What kind of fruit is this? I have never seen it before."

Zheng Xiaoman shook his head, "Brother, this is not fruit, this is food."

Zheng Qingming was stunned. "Food? What kind of food is this? Little sister, you must have made a mistake."

Zheng Xiaoman broke off a piece of sweet potato and put it into his mouth, "Brother, you will know after you try it."

Zheng Qingming opened his mouth and bit the sweet potato, breaking it into pieces with two crunching bites.

His eyes became brighter and brighter, "Little sister, this thing is really edible, and it tastes pretty good."

Zheng Xiaoman smiled and squinted his eyes, "Brother, this thing tastes better when it's cooked."

Although Zheng Qingming didn't know how delicious this thing would be after being cooked, he knew that as long as it was edible food, it was the best thing.

Then he looked at Zheng Xiaoman in confusion, "Little sister, how do you know this thing is edible?"

Zheng Xiaoman paused, uh, she had to think about how to tell this lie.

She rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, got it."

“Brother, didn’t I go to town by myself a few days ago? I met someone selling this thing in town.

He said this thing is called sweet potato, and he just picked up a few of them by chance in the mountains.

Later, someone bought all the sweet potatoes, and I just watched the fun and left.

I didn’t expect to see it in the mountains today. Things in the mountains don’t cost money to buy, so it’s a bargain for us.”

Zheng Qingming nodded. So that's how it is. No wonder he had never heard of this thing before.

"Hey brother, let's not talk about this for now, let's dig up these sweet potatoes and take them home."

"Okay, you tell me how to get this thing, and I'll dig it out."

"That's how I dug into the ground. Look, it's about this deep, and I found the sweet potatoes."

Zheng Xiaoman showed her brother the hole she had just dug, and Zheng Qingming understood it at a glance.

He dug to the side along the place where Zheng Xiaoman had just dug, and soon dug up another sweet potato.

The one he had was bigger and rounder than the one in Zheng Xiaoman's hand.

Zheng Xiaoman was not idle either, and started digging sweet potatoes with him.

She found that a sweet potato vine only produced six sweet potatoes at most, and as few as three, which is much lower than the modern yield.

But then again, it grows on its own in the deep mountains and forests, so how much can we expect it to produce?

If we save some seeds this year and open up a piece of wasteland to plant seeds ourselves next year, the yield can be greatly increased.

The two of them dug for an hour, and there were dozens of sweet potatoes on the open space beside them.

"No, brother. We can't dig anymore. We can't carry so much."

This pile of sweet potatoes must weigh dozens of kilograms. They had also picked a lot of mushrooms before, so they wouldn't be able to carry more if they dug deeper.

Zheng Qingming stopped with a feeling of unsatisfied desire. He looked at the sweet potato vines. They had only dug up a small part of them.

He looked at the time again. It was almost noon. If he came home late, his family would be worried.

"Then let's remember the location and bring mom with us tomorrow."

Zheng Xiaoman found a leaf and wiped the mud off his fingers. He didn't feel anything at first, but now he felt the severe pain in his fingers.

"Well, come back tomorrow. Remember to bring a hoe. Digging with your hands is too slow."

Zheng Qingming picked up the dug sweet potatoes one by one and put them into the backpack. The advantage of digging sweet potatoes by hand is that fewer sweet potatoes are damaged.

Even the skin is intact, so such sweet potatoes can be preserved for a longer time.