A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

Gu Zhou prepared the backpack and hoe, and when he saw her coming out, he took them.

"Let's go quickly and come back soon," he said to Gu Wei who was playing with her younger brother in the main room.

Gu Wei responded with an "ah".

Shen Wu took the hoe from his hand, picked up the backpack and carried it on his back, then went out of the yard with him.

Shen Wu closed the door, and the two of them walked from the side of the house to the woods behind.

The edge of the forest was a little slippery due to the rain, so she carefully touched the ground with the hoe and explored the way ahead.

"Do you want to use this?" Shen Wu turned sideways and handed over the hoe.

Gu Zhou shook his head: "I have lived here since I was a child, so I don't need this. Just be careful with your step."

"it is good"

Shen Wu and his companion entered the woods and headed towards the bamboo forest with skill.

"I vaguely remember that there are bamboo shoots to eat in autumn, but I'm not sure if they are edible. If not, we can pick some wild onions and wild garlic and add some Sichuan and Sichuan peppers to take back."

"At this time..." Gu Zhou paused, as if recalling: "There are bamboo shoots, which happen to be the autumn bamboo shoots after the rain and the taste is good. Are you planning to sell bamboo shoot buns again?" Gu Zhou wondered.

"No, it's also my fault that I forgot to tell you." Shen Wu was using a hoe to push aside the dense grass in front. The road she had been walking on was covered with weeds again because of the heavy rain. Fortunately, she vaguely remembered the direction.

"Let's get some bamboo shoots back and boil them in a few large pots. When the weather is good, we can press out the water and dry them in the sun. In the winter, we can cook them with bacon. They are delicious."

At this point, Shen Wu wanted to call himself an idiot. Only when he said this did he remember that he could smoke bacon. How could his brain be so stupid?

In fact, it’s not her fault. In modern times, she almost never eats pork, and at most she would eat one or two bites of pork ribs, so she couldn’t even think of smoked bacon.

Speaking of smoked bacon, she has never tried it, but fortunately she has seen some teaching videos and can recall the steps in her mind, so it should be no problem.

"So you want to make this!" Gu Zhou was a little excited after hearing her words: "This is easy to make, and we always make dried bamboo shoots at this time, but I forgot about it."

"You have made it too?" Shen Wu was very curious. How did ancient people eat it?

"In the past, when there was no food to eat in the winter, families would dry some bamboo shoots. Lijia Village would always dry a lot of bamboo shoots at this time. When the roads were blocked by heavy snow and all fresh vegetables were gone, they would take them out and make bamboo shoot and millet soup to drink."

Shen Wu had never eaten the millet he was talking about. In fact, she had only seen millet when she was a child.

At that time, our family had a lot of land. When I went to my grandma's house during the holidays, I would see very tall ears of rice-sized grains hanging on the edges of the fields.

She also asked her grandparents what it was, and the old people told her that it was millet, and when it was ripe, that is, when the ears were bent, they could be cut and the seeds could be harvested. The seeds could be ground into flour, which was delicious for making cakes or mixed with bran to make steamed buns.

"Then... do you smoke bacon here?" Shen Wu asked again.

Gu Zhou shook his head: "Smoked meat? I've only heard of eating it in town. It's rare to see smoked meat in Lijia Village. There are few wealthy people in the village. If there is any meat, they either sell it for money or eat it at home. If it's winter, they will probably put it outside and freeze it for later use."

"I see." Shen Wu was a little puzzled. Why didn't the people in Lijia Village have the habit of smoking pork? Could it be that they don't eat much pork here? Or do they not know how to do it?

It seems there are some reasons.

Don’t worry about this anymore, you will find yourself in the bamboo forest.

Shen Wu rushed straight towards the tip of a bamboo shoot that had just emerged from the ground.

Regardless of the fact that he was halfway up a slope, he rushed directly to the top of the slope, used a hoe to dig up the surrounding soil, found a convenient direction and started digging.

The ground was a little slippery after the rain. When Gu Zhou hurried to catch up, she almost slipped down the slope just as she touched the water.

"Shit!" Shen Wu originally wanted to get all the big bamboo shoots down in one go, but his left foot slipped and he almost fell down.

Fortunately, Gu Zhou pulled her back by the arm, otherwise she would have been covered in mud sooner or later.

"Be careful," Gu Zhou said seriously. He helped her stand up and took the hoe to help dig.

The other broken hoe in the family had unfortunately broken in her room a few days ago due to years of hard work. Gu Zhou had not had time to find dry branches to make a stick, so he had to use the only hoe for now.

"No, no, let me do it!" Shen Wu pushed away his hand that was about to take the hoe, and handed the bamboo shoots in his other hand to him: "Please put them one by one for me, and I'll peel some more later and wash them in the river."

Although she was smiling, Gu Zhou could still see the seriousness on her face: "Okay."

Before Gu Zhou put the bamboo shoots down, he saw her looking at a place not far away with surprise. She exclaimed "Wow" and ran over.

Shen Wu actually likes doing farm work very much. In modern times, if she is not suddenly asked to do farm work, she will be very happy and even very serious about doing it.

Digging bamboo shoots was something she had dreamed of doing for many years. However, due to some reasons, it has not been possible to realize it in modern times. Unexpectedly, there was a bamboo forest waiting for her in ancient times.

With great interest, Shen Wu dug back eight or nine bamboo shoots in a few minutes. Because she didn't want to dirty the basket and make it difficult to wash, she ran to Gu Zhou with the bamboo shoots in her arms.

"Look! There are so many!"

Shen Wu's face was full of excitement that Gu Zhou had never seen before. He was very confused. This was not the first time she dug bamboo shoots, so why was she so happy? Although she was happy the previous times, why was she so happy today?

How could he know that there was something fishy about the mental state of modern people? Not to mention that Shen Wu had already had symptoms of anxiety in modern times, so it was normal for him to be happy at one moment and sad at another.

“You don’t have to hold it or your clothes will get wet. You can use a backpack.” Gu Zhou stood up and put the two bamboo shoots he dug out with his bare hands on it.

"You are so awesome! You dug two with your bare hands!" Shen Wu couldn't help but praise him when he saw the mud on his hands.

"I just happened to find two bamboo shoots sticking out from the top of the half slope. I just need to dig out the mud a little and pull them down with my hands." Gu Zhou is indeed experienced and he can get two out with his bare hands.

"Don't work so hard, take a rest here. You will hurt your hands if you do it with your bare hands. The dirt will get into your fingernails and the gaps between your fingers will hurt." Shen Wu arranged the bamboo shoots, stood up and patted the mud off his hands.

With a broad smile and full of strength, he said, "Wait for me to dig more, so don't mess around!"

Shen Wu didn't know what happened to her, but she felt extra strong today. She dug a basket of bamboo shoots in one breath before stopping. She half-hugged the basket, but it was too heavy, and she moved towards Gu Zhou step by step with difficulty.

When Gu Zhou saw her situation, he quickly put down the bamboo shoots in his hand and ran over: "Why do you want to take it over there? Just peel the bamboo shoots here."

His words stunned Shen Wu, and he smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I was too excited and overlooked such a simple thing."

The two of them put down their backpacks together. Gu Zhou took back the hoe and put it beside him, then squatted down with her to prepare to peel the bamboo shoots.

"Oh no! I forgot to bring the machete! How can I peel it?" Shen Wu said hurriedly.

Gu Zhou took a hoe from the side, held the head in his hand, and knocked it hard on the root of the bamboo shoot on the ground. The hoe was inserted into it, and then he pulled it towards the tip of the bamboo shoot, and a wide crack was created in the bamboo shoot.

"Amazing! There is such a way!" Shen Wu felt like he had discovered a new way to play when watching him operate. After he pulled out the hoe, he couldn't wait to start peeling the bamboo shoots.

The hoe was thick and the gap it opened was large, so the bamboo shoot skin was only a little harder to remove at the root, so it was a piece of cake.

The two of them kept peeling the skin while Gu Zhou opened the holes and Shen Wu peeled the skin. It took them about ten minutes to finish the whole basket.

Gu Zhou had a backpack over there. He put the peeled ones on his back and took the hoe: "Let's go over there and peel the rest and then go back."