Super Farming Tycoon

  Chapter 158 Can Tengzi pumpkin flowers be eaten? (one more)

   "Grandma, are there any pumpkins to eat now?"

   At breakfast, Gu Qingming drank two bowls of white porridge and ate two steamed eggs with distiller's grains. She thought of the pumpkin in the space and asked her grandmother.

   Grandma said, "Now in June and July, um, it's just right to eat pumpkins. There are two long-ripening pumpkins in the vegetable garden. I'll pick them up later and make them for you!"

   "No, grandma," Gu Qingming asked again, "Actually, I wanted to ask if pumpkin leaves are edible? I heard that pumpkin leaves are edible."

"Hehe..." Grandma said with a smile, "It turns out that my family wants to eat pumpkin leaves. It doesn't mean that pumpkin leaves can be eaten. Generally, we eat the petioles under the leaves. Pick the leaves, remove the upper leaves, and then put The outer skin of the petiole is pulled off, and the cleaned petiole can be fried and eaten. For those who can eat chili, add chili to stir-fry, and the taste is better. For those who do not like spicy, just put some minced garlic and fry, the taste is also good Not bad."

  Gu Qingming asked curiously, "What about pumpkin flowers?"

   "Haha, there are more ways to make pumpkin blossoms." Grandma looked at her granddaughter's curiosity and explained, "Squash blossoms can be used to make stir-fried pumpkin blossoms, pumpkin blossom soup, and pumpkin blossom fried eggs, and they taste good."

  Gu Qingming rolled his eyes and said, "Then grandma, are pumpkin leaves and pumpkin flowers sold in the town?"

"Of course it's for sale!" Grandma said with a smile, "Pumpkin leaves are two yuan for a bunch, and pumpkin flowers are also sold in bundles for one or two yuan, but there are only five or six flowers. If you want to fry a plate, it must be not enough."

   Having said this, grandma paused and said with a smile, "I want to eat pumpkin leaves and pumpkin flowers, and grandma will go to the vegetable garden to pick some in a while."

  Gu Qingming immediately said with great interest, "Grandma, I'll go with you!"

   "Haha, as long as you're not afraid of bugs, let's go together!" Grandma said with a smile.

   She now knows that the Gu family inherits genes and is afraid of bugs.

   As soon as he heard about the bugs, Gu Qingming's scalp felt numb, but his interest still prevailed.

   she said, "I'm not afraid anymore, I'm going to have a look."

   "Well, if you want to go, let's go together." Grandma said with a smile.

   The vegetable garden mentioned by grandma is not far from Shi’s house.

   is in the backyard of my grandmother's residence.

   followed my grandmother to the vegetable garden.

   This vegetable garden, Gu Qingming estimated, about four or five hundred square meters, um, quite big.

  The vegetable garden was surrounded by a fence, and there were some vines she didn't know on the fence. Gu Qingming estimated that it should be some kind of vegetable.

   Behind the fence is a small ditch.

   Grandma built two small sheds on it.

  There are actually two jujube trees, loquat trees, and a plum tree in the garden.

  These trees are not very big, and they cannot block the light in the garden.

   "Grandma, it looks bigger here." Gu Qingming asked, "How many acres of land?"

   Her back garden was said to be more than ten acres of land, but it didn't look very big.

   "Pfft!" Grandma said amusingly, "How many acres of land? How can there be so much here, only six or seven cents of land."

   "Oh!" Gu Qingming nodded. For those who have studied mathematics, it is a little shameful to make such a low-level mistake.

   Looking at the dazzling variety of vegetables, Gu Qingming exclaimed again, "A lot of vegetables are grown here! There are more varieties than the last time I went to cut leeks with you."

   Grandma nodded and said, "Well, there are more fields here, and it's close to home. It's more convenient to pick vegetables, so there are a few more varieties."

  Gu Qingming pointed to a familiar vine seedling on the fence and asked, "Grandma, is this a pumpkin?"

   It's just the growth of this pumpkin. Although it's not as violent and amazing as it is in space, it's still gratifying. It can be seen that it has been carefully managed.

  These squashes roamed over the fence and climbed along one of the sheds.

  The large leaves are pointed and standing, the flowers are looming here, shyly waiting to be released, and there is a plate-sized green pumpkin on the shed.

  Grandma nodded and said, "Well, this is a pumpkin. Nuan, don't come here. I'll go behind the fence, pick some pumpkin flowers, and pick out some tender leaves and vines."

   "Can vines be eaten too?" Gu Qingming asked suspiciously.

"It's not vines that can be eaten, and these tender vines on the tip of the tail are more tender and delicious than pumpkin leaves when fried. Since they are picked, just pick one piece and fry one piece to eat." Grandma explained, "It's just this tender vine. The fur on the top is difficult to get, and it takes a little time. However, we have a lot of family, and it is still very fast to get some of this."

   Grandma said as she opened the back door of the fence.

  The fence is next to the small ditch, so you have to go through the small ditch to pick.

   A passing plank was put up behind the fence.

  Gu Qingming followed.

   Grandma looked at it and said, "Didn't I let you stay there?"

  Gu Qingming smiled and said, "I also want to pick pumpkin leaves and pumpkin flowers!"

Grandma glanced at her white and tender hands, shook her head and smiled and said, "There are hairs on this pumpkin vine, but it will thorn. Just your tender hands, if you **** them, they will definitely itch. Don't come pick it up!"

   Gu Qingming, who was about to reach out to pick it, stopped.

   Grandma continued, "And there may be some bugs hidden under the pumpkin leaves."

  Gu Qingming put his hand down.

   Forget it, she just watched it from the side, so it wouldn't be a mess.

  Grandma quickly picked some tender leaves, tender vines, and pumpkin flowers.

  The tender rattan with pumpkin leaves has half a dustpan, and there is a basket of pumpkin flowers.

  Gu Qingming took a look and asked, "Do you want to pick so many?"

Grandma said, "Don't look at it too much, just clean it up, and just fry a plate or two. We have a lot of family, and many people like to eat it, so we must pick more and fry it. At noon, let your second aunt do the cooking. Fried squash blossoms, squash blossom soup, try it first. If you like it, we will come and pick it tomorrow, fried eggs with squash blossoms, and try all kinds of methods.”

  Gu Qingming asked with some doubts, "Are there so many flowers? Don't you want to keep the fruit to grow pumpkins?"

"Haha, nan, these pumpkin flowers I picked, but they were not pollinated and could not bear fruit." Grandma said with a smile, "Don't look at the number of pumpkin flowers, but there are only a few that really bear fruit. Those Fruiting squash blossoms with a little pumpkin on the back of the butt."

   Grandma pointed to a pumpkin flower while explaining.

  Gu Qingming saw that there was indeed a small sweet potato under the pumpkin flower, only the thumb was on it.

"And one pumpkin vine, don't bear too many pumpkins. If there are too many pumpkins, they will compete for nutrients, and the pumpkins will not be sweet. One pumpkin vine, with three or four pumpkins, is almost the same. The excess, just pinch off! "

  Gu Qingming nodded and said, "Oh, that's right!"

  Gu Qingming pointed to a small tent again, and asked curiously, "Grandma, what kind of food is that?"

   "That's winter melon!"

   "What's that one holding up with the brace?"

   "Luffa!"

   (end of this chapter)