Chapter 9 Cold Vegetable Porridge
Su Ze looked at the prompt, has his history increased?
So it turns out that history can still be so inexperienced?
Increasing your knowledge can increase the experience value of "History". Wouldn't it be easy to reach Level 5?
When he thought of this, Su Ze thought of the Changningwei genealogy that he had hidden in the crevices of the cliffs on the beach!
Yes, then by studying the genealogy of Chang Ningwei, can you also increase your experience value in history?
Su Ze narrowed his eyes, thinking about when to go to the beach to get the family tree back.
Aunt Ninth taught the morning lesson for a while, and sighed secretly when she saw the little carrot-head Lin Cainiang was already in a daze.
There are really not many young people in the health center who are successful. Although Lin Cainiang is a diligent child, she has no talent.
Compared with Su Ze, a foreigner, he is the best candidate to do temple blessings.
Aunt Ninth sighed again. Su Ze's origins were unknown and he was a scholar. It was definitely impossible for him to be willing to hold temple celebrations in this small family temple.
Only my old bones can work harder to bring Lin Cainiang out as soon as possible.
Aunt Ninth said: "That's it for today's morning class. I made cold vegetable porridge, let's go drink the porridge."
After hearing the cold vegetable porridge, Lin Cainiang's sleepy little face immediately became energetic, and she quickly stood up from the futon. , his eyes flicked to the kitchen.
Su Ze helped Aunt Ninth up. Only then did the little carrot head realize that he also supported Aunt Ninth and walked to the kitchen in the back together.
Originally, the family temple did not have a separate canteen. After Su Ze and Little Carrot Head arrived, Aunt Ninth directed Su Ze to move out an old bed board and prop it up next to the kitchen, making it a place for the three of them to eat.
The fragrance of rice mixed with the fragrance of vegetable leaves came out of the big pot in the kitchen, and Lin Cainiang's saliva was about to drip.
Aunt Ninth fondly touched the braid of the little carrot head, opened the lid of the pot, and the hot aroma filled the entire kitchen.
It's still February, and even in southern Fujian, the weather is a bit cold. There isn't much rice in this pot of porridge, and there are only a few green vegetable leaves floating in it.
Aunt Ninth served porridge to the three of them. Little Carrot Head was already hungry easily when she was growing, so she couldn't wait to drink the boiling porridge in big gulps.
Su Ze looked at the few grains of rice and vegetable leaves floating in the porridge. The life of the people in ancient times was too hard.
When Su Ze drank this cold vegetable porridge a few days ago, he still felt that it was quite rustic.
But after drinking this porridge every day, Su Ze felt like vomiting when he saw the vegetable leaves, and his stomach growled with hunger before noon every day.
But the family temple only eats two meals a day, one meal in the morning after morning classes, and one meal before the sun sets. Su Ze has to clean the family temple on an empty stomach every day. Even if the cold vegetable porridge is hard to swallow, he You have to bear to drink it.
Seeing the little carrot head gobbling up the food, Su Ze knew that Lin Cainiang might not be able to drink this cold vegetable porridge before she was accepted as a disciple by Ninth Auntie. It's no wonder that everyone in the guardhouse was sallow and thin.
Su Ze picked up the bowl. The porridge cooked with cold vegetables was extremely thick, as if thickened with gravy. It tasted almost like runny nose.
Su Ze once read ancient recipes in college and knew that this cold vegetable is winter amaranth, also called winter amaranth, which is an ancient vegetable.
In the Book of Songs, "Kuih and Shu are cooked in July", the Kwai in it refers to this kind of dish.
Because winter vegetables are cold-resistant and can grow in winter, they were widely grown as winter vegetables before cruciferous cabbage occupied the dining table. Cold vegetables will exude mucus after being cut, and will become very sticky when cooked with porridge. In ancient times when there was a lack of cooking oil, this kind of porridge was very easy to swallow, and it made people feel full after eating it. This has always been the case. Very popular among the poor.
Of the three acres of temple land behind Jiu Gu's mother-in-law's temple, half of it is planted with these winter vegetables.
However, this cold vegetable has a faint bitter taste and tastes sticky. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was replaced by cabbage and gradually disappeared from the Chinese dining table.
Now Su Ze couldn't help but be picky about food. He quickly drank the cold vegetable porridge in the bowl, and then said to Aunt Ninth: " Auntie
, I want to go to the beach. Can I find some seafood?"
Su Zedu was hiding in his family temple, and gradually the Changning Guards began to gossip about him less and less.
Baihu returned from the sea, and now the entire Changning Guard was praising the story of Baihu stabbing the Dragon King with his spear, paying less attention to Su Ze.
Coupled with Aunt Ninth's prestige in the guard house, the residents of the guard house finally no longer regarded Su Ze as a Japanese pirate.
So Su Ze was going to go to the beach to see if his "Catching the Sea" skill could catch some shrimps, crabs and shells to improve his food, and at the same time he was looking for an opportunity to get back the family tree and potatoes and sweet potatoes hidden in the crevices of the cliff.
In addition to the genealogy, the potatoes and sweet potatoes given by the seventh uncle before traveling through time are considered artifacts here!
After eating cold vegetable porridge several times in a row, Su Ze missed sweet potato porridge and baked potatoes very much!
Although sweet potatoes had been introduced to the southeastern region during this period, it was already the mid-Qing Dynasty when these two crops were grown on a large scale in China.
The sweet potato varieties introduced to China today are all original varieties from South America and require a fairly warm environment.
The mid-Ming Dynasty was in the historical Little Ice Age, and the temperature across the country was not high. Even in areas like southern Fujian, it could reach zero degrees in winter.
Therefore, sweet potatoes that could be harvested several times a year in South America could only be harvested twice a year or once in China. Although the yield was high, the taste was not good. Not many people planted them during this period.
In the mid-Qing Dynasty, after several generations of cultivation, cold-resistant sweet potato varieties were selected, and the taste gradually became more delicious. Only then did sweet potatoes become popular throughout the country under the vigorous promotion of the Qing court.
Potatoes were only introduced to the southeastern coast of China during the Wanli period, and are now only grown in Southeast Asia.
Su Ze brought over sweet potatoes and potatoes, which are excellent varieties cultivated through modern agronomy. They are not only cold and drought tolerant, but also taste good and have large yields. They are much better than the original South American varieties of this era!
Thinking of this, Su Ze couldn't sit still even more. After finishing the cold vegetable porridge, he said to Aunt Ninth: "
Auntie, I want to go to the beach to see if I can find some seafood."
Aunt Ninth looked at it. Looking at Su Ze, before the last time the family went to sea, his nephew would go to the beach to catch up on the sea when he had nothing to do, and find some seafood to bring back to improve his food.
Now that the nephew has died in battle along with the family, Su Ze's image overlaps with that of his nephew.
Aunt Jiu's expression dimmed, and she waved her hand and said,
"It just so happens that no one has come to tell fortunes these days,
so you can go ahead." Although the little carrot head has been eating cold vegetable porridge these days, Lin Cainiang is also a teenager and cannot bear loneliness. , seeing that Su Ze was going to the beach, he looked at Aunt Ninth and Su Ze with hopeful eyes.
Aunt Ninth waved her hand and said: "Go, go, the waves are ruthless. Listen to your brother and don't get too close to the sea."
(End of Chapter)