Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year

The ground was littered with water chestnut shells, and Qinggui's hands and face were covered with white residue, and his cheeks were bulging.

"What's this thing called? It's so delicious."

"water chestnut."

If the water chestnut shell wasn't so thick, Qinggui would have wanted to chew and eat it with the shell.

A person who has been hungry for a long time cannot eat his fill, so Cui Zhaozhao took the remaining water chestnuts aside.

If you eat a large amount of food suddenly, you may suffer from indigestion at the mildest level and a sharp rise in blood sugar at the worst level, causing hypokalemia and eventually cardiac arrest.

It is best to increase it gradually and resume your diet bit by bit.

The head detectives stared intently at Qinggui's reaction.

"Do you feel a stomachache?"

After Qinggui finished the water chestnuts in his hand, he wanted to eat more, but unfortunately they had been taken away. He touched his stomach.

"I don't feel anything, I just don't feel full."

Captain Yan's expression was serious: "No nausea, abdominal pain?"

Qinggui smacked his lips, savoring the sweetness that remained in his mouth. His stomach didn't hurt, but he was very hungry.

He can still distinguish between hunger and pain.

"Master, you really don't feel any pain. Did you eat too little? Otherwise, let me eat a little more."

After saying that, he looked eagerly at the basin of water chestnuts.

He no longer thought about whether he would die. If he could fulfill one wish before he died, he would hope to eat water chestnuts until he was full.

Captain Yan had an idea in mind. The cooked water chestnuts were indeed edible, just as the Cui brothers and sisters had said.

"You've been hungry for too long. Eating too much will upset your stomach. There's no rush to eat later." Cui Zhaozhao grabbed a dozen water chestnuts and said, "Leave these for Aunt and the baby. We'll take the rest to the clan leader first."

Qinggui looked at her blankly. From now on?

"I won't die?"

Cui Zhaozhao smiled and said, "You know your reaction best. Water chestnuts are edible if they are cooked."

Cui Jingwen echoed, "We just don't know about it here. In the south, everyone eats water chestnuts. I've seen them in books. Some people even write poems specifically about water chestnuts."

"The sharp points of water chestnuts emerge from the water, their red clothes and emerald leaves covering the green waves."

Qinggui's mood fluctuated greatly that night. He didn't understand the flowery poem, but he understood the other words: "I really won't die?"

"Not only will you not die, but everyone in Luhua Village will also not die. We will all survive the disaster safely."

Qinggui opened his mouth wide, his mind went blank, and tears immediately flowed from his eyes.

Luhua Village can survive.

Cui Zhaozhao picked up the water chestnut and said, "Let's go find the clan leader, Grandpa."

After saying this, a group of people were about to leave.

Qinggui hurriedly got up, grabbed the water chestnuts, gave them to his wife, and went out to follow him.

Zhao Li couldn't help but pick up a water chestnut and asked, "Is this really that delicious?"

The constable had a good life and had seen a lot of food and drinks on the market, but this was the first time he had seen water chestnuts.

Except for Captain Yan, the other three each took one and ate while walking.

Li Shi covered his mouth and said, "This thing is quite useless."

Qinggui was so hungry that he didn't mind the thick skin of the water chestnuts. Li Shi and the other two didn't eat big fish and meat every day, but they had never been hungry. Their first feeling was that the water chestnuts were too difficult to eat.

The taste is not amazing.

The patriarch changed his clothes and waited for them to come back, but they didn't show up. He was about to go out to take a look when he ran into them just as he went out.

In the firelight, everyone had a smile on their face, especially Qinggui, whose face was about to break from laughing.

"Third Uncle, the official helped us find food!"

The patriarch invited people into the house, held up an oil lamp, and looked at the water chestnuts carefully with his old eyes.

"Isn't this the same thing as eating a dead person's food a while ago?"

Qinggui said excitedly: "I ate it wrong before. The little brother and sister said that it was water chestnut and must be cooked before eating. I ate it just now and nothing happened."

As he said this, he broke off a water chestnut and handed it to the patriarch.

Cui Zhaozhao couldn't bear to watch it any longer. The remaining teeth in the patriarch's mouth were not as many as her age, so it was really difficult for him to chew water chestnuts.

"Wait." She turned and borrowed a knife from Captain Yan, then taught Qinggui how to cut water chestnuts. "First, cut off the two pointed ends, then cut off the bottom vertically. This way, the flesh can be peeled out intact."

Qinggui followed her instructions and quickly peeled out the flesh.

The soft and glutinous water chestnut meat exudes sweetness.

He believed that the little girl had indeed eaten water chestnuts before.

The patriarch ate three in a row. Zhao Li and others mastered the method of peeling the skin and ate them one after another. They had not eaten dinner and were a little hungry.

Soon all the water chestnuts in the basin were eaten up.

The clan leader was still not satisfied: "Qinggui, go and call out all the villagers, and have them go to the mud pond to dig water chestnuts."

A quarter of an hour later.

The mud pond was brightly lit, with children outside holding torches and others digging water chestnuts in the reeds.

The clan leader ordered people to light a fire and put a big pot on top. Under the guidance of Cui Zhaozhao, the first batch of water chestnuts that were dug out were washed and put into the pot to cook.

"Whose child is that! You can't eat raw water chestnuts!"

Qinggui noticed someone was eating the water chestnuts secretly and yelled at the child, snatching the raw water chestnuts from his hand.

The clan leader warned the villagers again in a deep voice: "Eating raw water chestnuts will kill you. If you still want to live, just endure this quarter of an hour. The water chestnuts are already cooked in the pot for everyone, and everyone will be able to eat their fill later."

In fact, water chestnuts can be eaten raw, provided they are washed thoroughly. However, the villagers did not understand the seriousness of bacteria and parasites, so Cui Zhaozhao did not explain much.

The open-air iron pot was boiling, and the aroma kept coming into the nose. No one dared to eat it secretly, and everyone endured it and waited for the water chestnuts to be cooked.

All the dug-out water chestnuts were piled together, covered in mud, and piled up more and more beside the mud pond.

The water chestnuts were cooked quickly, and everyone washed their hands and started eating them happily.

"I think water chestnuts are tastier than lotus roots. If I sell them, I'll probably get at least two cents per pound."

"Next year, we won't be selling lotus roots anymore. We'll be selling water chestnuts instead. They're a delicacy that's only available in Luhua Village."

The villagers ate while fantasizing about the future, and their laughter and joy dispelled the gloom over Luhua Village.

After having enough energy after eating, Cui Zhaozhao led several villagers to the middle of the mud pond and pointed out the location to dig a water source.

The rest of the people rolled up their sleeves and continued digging.

By daybreak, the news that there were water chestnuts in Luhua Village would spread like wildfire to the surrounding villages. The clan leader intended to dig them all up tonight.

"If you don't mind, please stay at the old man's house tonight."

It will take a while to dig up all the water chestnuts. From what they said, they have to go to other villages to help find water tomorrow. The little brothers and sisters and the officials have already helped Luhua Village a lot. It’s cold at night, and we can’t let the officials stay with us in the wind.

Captain Yan nodded in agreement, and the clan leader immediately called his daughter-in-law and asked her to go back and clean up two rooms.

The constables had been walking all day, their legs were sore and heavy, and they wanted to go to sleep immediately, but Cui Zhaozhao looked at the center of the mud pond from afar without moving.

"Come on, girl. I'm so tired. We have to travel again tomorrow morning."

Cui Zhaozhao smiled and said, "I'm not sleepy yet. You guys go to sleep first. I'll wait for you."

If my sister doesn't leave, Cui Jingwen won't leave either.

Captain Yan knew that she was waiting for news about the water source, so he waved his hand and asked Zhao Li and others to go back to sleep first. He stayed with the Cui brothers and sisters to wait for news.

After an unknown amount of time, a cry of surprise came from the center of the mud pond.

"We dug out water!"