Quick Wear: True and False Life

Chapter 419: The Peasant Girl of Qinghe Village 14

Along the way, Chen Jiaming chattered happily with his friends who were traveling with him. Listening to their childish stories, Gu Nan felt that his mentality had become a lot younger.

On the way back, Gu Nan took the time to put the green waist that was clamoring to come out on a tree branch while no one was paying attention.

After the released Green Waist saw that everyone had left, he moved along the tree and waited until there was no one around. He changed his form and went to the back mountain. After doing business with the woman waiting there, he put away his things and slowly went up the mountain.

When Gu Nan returned to the village chief's house, everyone looked at the shrimps and snails and didn't know how to react for a moment. No one eats these in the countryside. How should they deal with them?

"Miss Gu, these shrimps and snails are not tasty, they are all shells." Finally, after a moment of silence, the village head's wife looked up and said to Gu Nan.

"That's because you don't know how to eat? You have ginger, onion, garlic and other things at home, right?" Gu Nan asked after hearing this.

"Yes, there are some in the fields behind the house." The village chief's wife pointed behind the house.

"That's fine. You can get some first. I have packed the rest of the seasonings. I'll teach you how to make them.

Jinghao, go get the seasonings from the bag, I'll teach them how to cook shrimps and snails." Gu Nan assigned people to some tasks.

"I'll go right away." When Lian Cheng Jinghao heard this, he remembered the box that Gu Nan had stuffed into the bag. He didn't expect it was seasoning. He was puzzled at the time, but was too embarrassed to ask.

She asked the village chief's daughter-in-law to carry the things and come to a corner of the yard with her, and then began to process the shrimp threads, shrimp gills, snail shells, etc.

After processing, the village chief's wife took over as the cook, following Gu Nan's steps to clean, remove the fishy smell, marinate, and steam the food.

Then with the dipping sauce, Gu Nan tasted one first. Hmm! It tasted really good. He encouraged the village chief to try it. After he tasted it, he quickly invited everyone to eat.

"Oh! Miss Gu, it turns out this ugly thing is actually delicious!

In the past, when there was a famine, some people would eat it when they were hungry, but it tasted too fishy. It turned out that they were eating it the wrong way! "The village chief sighed as he ate, and he also thought about the situation in the village during the drought more than ten years ago.

At that time, people were so hungry that they could even chew on tree bark. No matter how fishy the thing was, they would eat it with the shell to fill their stomachs to avoid starving to death.

"Yes! Not only this can be eaten, but also the locusts from the locust plague can be eaten, but it takes a lot of oil to eat them.

Like pig intestines! These can also be eaten. You can use wood ash to wash them several times, stir-fry them with spices, cover the fishy smell, and they are also delicious. "Gu Nan listened to the village chief's suggestion and also mentioned some common edible things.

Liancheng Jinghao and the village chief became more and more enlightened the more they listened. It turned out that these things could be eaten if processed properly. One thought that there would be a way to save the locust plague, and the other thought that they could make money by selling food.

"Nannan, is there anything else besides these?" Liancheng Jinghao was still not satisfied and continued asking, wanting to know more.

"Yes! For example, cassava is slightly poisonous and everyone knows that it cannot be eaten, but after the poison is removed, it is also a good food, and the yield is high." Gu Nan thought about the species that existed in ancient times and that she had seen and said.

"Ms. Gu, how do we get rid of the poison?" the village chief asked curiously while eating.

He knew how productive cassava was and how easy it was to grow. If it could be eaten, the chances of starving in the future would be greatly reduced.

Hearing the village chief asking, Lian Cheng Jinghao didn't care. He just wanted to hear about Nan Nan's next steps to remove the poison so that he could write a letter to Feng Chengxiang.

"For cassava, you can cut it into pieces and soak it for a long time, changing the water constantly, to achieve the first step of reducing the toxin content.

Change the water several times and then enter the second step to reduce the toxin content.

Next, beat the cassava into a pulp, use white vinegar and expose it to sunlight, and stir it every two hours (if there is no sunlight, you can also use slight heating, but be careful to control the temperature so as not to destroy the edible value of the cassava), so as to achieve the third step of completely removing the toxins.

The above is the detoxification method for live cassava. You can also directly slice the cassava and dry it. After drying and grinding it into powder, the toxins will be greatly reduced or even disappear due to the destruction of the internal structure. Therefore, dry cassava before and after grinding usually does not require special detoxification treatment, but it is recommended to remove it, at least to ensure safety. "Gu Nan said a lot, and then he was busy eating, and didn't care about the reaction of the listeners.

Lian Cheng Jinghao wanted to ask more questions after hearing this, but when he saw that Gu Nan had started eating, he stopped talking and thought he would ask later, so he started to peel shrimps for Gu Nan.

When the village chief heard this, he kept thinking that it was much more valuable than pig offal, and there were quite a few of them outside the mountain of their village.

If it develops, the village will probably become prosperous. He has to ask his wife to dig some back to test whether it is feasible.

Because of Gu Nan's words, the only people who really ate the meal attentively were Gu Lian, Gu Lian and the child!

Early the next morning, Gu Nan and Lian Cheng Jinghao said goodbye to the villagers and went to the county town.

"Nannan, yesterday you mentioned the detoxifying effect of cassava, so are we just going to cook it and eat it directly from now on?" On the way, Lian Cheng Jinghao was thinking about what was not finished last night, so he held Gu Nan's hand and asked.

Gu Nan felt the warmth of Lian Cheng Jinghao's palm and felt very happy. Is this a step forward in our relationship? Then I won't be polite.

She clenched her hand to prevent him from regretting it, and at the same time shocked Lian Cheng Jinghao and made him realize his impoliteness.

Unfortunately, he tried to pull it back several times but failed. Instead, his ears turned red with embarrassment. Gu Nan's eyes widened with smiles at this reaction.

"Nan... Nannan, can you let me go? This is not... not good." Lian Cheng Jinghao glanced around and saw that there was no one around, so he calmed down and stammered.

"You offered this to me. Let me kiss you and I'll let you go." Seeing his anxious expression, Gu Nan joked.

"This is not good. What if others see us?" Although Lian Cheng Jinghao looked nervous, he was happy in his heart. The recent time they spent together made him realize that he liked Gu Nan.

He always wanted to find an opportunity to confess his feelings, but in the mountains, with Qi Ling, the iron-eating beast, following him everywhere, it was difficult to find a chance.

Now that he was going down the mountain, was there finally a chance? But he felt as if their roles had been reversed.

"It's okay, just marry me!" Gu Nan said, pulling his collar down and kissing Lian Cheng Jinghao heavily on the lips.

"Well...well...you are too unreserved. This should be done by a man!" Lian Cheng Jinghao looked dazed after being kissed. After he came to his senses, he held Gu Nan's hand tightly and replied foolishly.

"Okay! Then you come." Gu Nan found it funny. He raised his face, pointed at his lips, and said with shining eyes.

Lian Cheng Jinghao couldn't resist the temptation. Looking at the face so close to him, he really kissed her. But before he could react, Gu Nan had already counterattacked.

As soon as he tightened his mind, he forgot everything else and chased Gu Nan's tongue, kissing her passionately. It was not until Gu Nan became unsatisfied and pushed him away that he slowly came to his senses from his immersion.

"Nannan, I...I..." Lian Cheng Jinghao didn't know what to say for a moment. He had long forgotten the confession he had prepared, and his mind was blank at this moment.

"You will be my boyfriend from now on. No! The term used here means unmarried." Gu Nan didn't want to let him get away with it, so he announced in a domineering manner.