Chapter 308 - 308 Amy Fruit (2)
308 Amy Fruit (2)
There were four large pots of green herbs in the courtyard.
This kind of basin was a plastic laundry basin. It was a very large one.
When rural people married off their daughters, they would use this large basin as a dowry item!
There were even four such large basins. It was obvious that there were a lot of herbs.
Do they need so many herbs to make an Amy Fruit?
Four large pots of wormwood.
The entire family was mobilized.
Making Amy fruits was like making Green Rice fruits. Only those with fillings would taste good.
The filling was salty and sweet!
The salty filling was usually the spring bamboo shoot pickled vegetable stuffing. There were mostly two types of dried radish stuffing.
As for the sweet fillings, these were usually made from bean paste, sesame, and peanut sugar.
Therefore, it was a very lively scene when packing the wormwood and stuffing the filling.
Gu Qingming’s child had grown four to five catties during her confinement period. She had grown six centimeters and was already 12 catties and 58 centimeters. This child, who had grown up especially well, was carried to the nearest basin.
She saw her first aunt and second sister-in-law constantly picking out some herbs from the and washing them in the water.
There was also a pile of wormwood in front of the basin. In Gu Qingming’s eyes, these were still very beautiful.
Gu Qingming asked, “Aunt, are these… vegetables? There are so many of them!”
Eldest Aunt shook her head and said, “This is not a vegetable. It’s a wormwood plant!”
“Wormwood?” Gu Qingming asked. “Eldest Aunt, these are really tender!”
The leaves were ovate and triangular, with the upper leaves triglyphic.
She also smelled a strong scent. This scent was better and had a faint fragrance.
Gu Qingming pointed at a pile of wormwood on the ground.
Eldest Aunt smiled and said, “These were picked out. They’re already old.”
“Huh? Such tender wormwood, and it’s old?” Gu Qingming was a little surprised.
Eldest Aunt nodded and said, “When we pick wormwood, we choose the core leaves in the middle. This is the most tender. Only by doing this will the Amy Fruit be more tender and fragrant. An Amy Fruit made from old leaves tastes bitter.”
Gu Qingming looked at the pots of wormwood and asked, “Is this why you pick out so many? Isn’t this very troublesome?”
Eldest Aunt nodded and said, “It’s indeed a little troublesome. However, everyone only eats this once or twice a year. We only do it once or twice. It won’t delay anything.”
“How many Amy fruits does our family have to make with a few large pots of wormwood?” Gu Qingming asked in confusion.
Eldest Aunt said, “One catty of wormwood, one catty of rice noodles, and one catty of glutinous rice noodles!”
“So, how much wormwood is there?”
Eldest Aunt shook her head and said, “We haven’t weighed it yet!”
“Mingming, go sit in a dry place and bask in the sun. The ground here is moist. Don’t slip and fall. You can’t touch cold water yet. Don’t spill it on your body!” Second Sister-in-law smiled and said, “Although you’re out of confinement now, you still have to be careful not to catch a cold or touch cold water for the next 120 days!”
When Gu Qingming heard her second sister-in-law’s words, she took a few steps back and looked around. Then, she carried the child to a chair and sat down.
It was more troublesome to clean the leaf grass.
The wormwood herbs they picked were all relatively small. They had to wash them one by one.
The women were cleaning the wormwood, and a few young men were preparing the stuffing. Some of the elders were not idle either.
When Grandpa Shi and Grandpa Gu saw Gu Qingming carrying the child out, they walked up to Gu Qingming nimbly and said, “Come, let me carry the child!”
The two elders reached out at the same time.
Grandpa Shi said angrily, “In-law, you clearly carried the child in the morning. It’s my turn to carry her now, but you still came over to snatch her from me.”
Grandpa Gu said, “In-law, there’s no such thing as snatching or not. The child likes me to carry her. When I carry her, she laughs. Of course, I have to carry her more!”
Gu Qingming was speechless.
Grandpa Gu carried the child a few days ago. The child’s expression twisted as if she was pooping. However, Grandpa Gu interpreted that as the child smiling at him.
Grandpa Gu was overjoyed. After that, he rushed to carry the child from time to time.
The other juniors did not fight with them, but a few elders would argue from time to time because they wanted to carry a child. In fact, in order to snatch the child, they childishly decided on the allocation with a game of stone, scissors, and paper.
After Gu Qingming received the news, she found it funny and felt that these elders were really cute.
However, because the child was in confinement, the child was usually sleeping.
However, when the sun rose and they carried her out to bask in the sun, everyone rushed to carry her.
The sun was shining brightly now. Everyone knew that Gu Qingming was giving birth today, and the elders of the Shi family were rushing over.
Grandpa Shi and Grandma Shi said that they wouldn’t hold a one-month-old celebration. It was just a celebration for the family. However, Big Grandpa and Little Grandpa were very concerned about this child and would still come.
Seeing Grandpa Gu shamelessly snatching the child, the elders were anxious.
“No, I must carry the child today!” Grandpa Shi said anxiously. “It’s my turn to carry the child today!”
Big Grandpa was the oldest and could not move his hands and feet well. He could only carry the child for a while.
Usually, when Grandma Shi brought the child to him, she would only let him carry her for a while before taking her away.
When Little Grandpa heard his eldest brother’s words, he said in amusement, “Brother, don’t snatch her from us. When the child is in your hands, you can only hold her for a short while. It’s already not bad if you can hold her for a minute.”
Big Grandpa said indignantly, “I can’t carry her anymore after carrying her for a while. Hmph…”
Grandma Shi walked out of the kitchen and looked at these people. She said, “Alright, don’t carry her anymore. I’ll carry the child! The child is one month old today. Oh, my good grandchild, you’re so good-looking. You’re even fatter than when you were born.”
Grandma Shi took the child away from Gu Qingming.
Grandpa Gu and the rest could only watch helplessly!
Grandpa Shi said, “Old lady, give her to me!”
Grandmother shook her head and said, “No, I still have to change the child’s clothes now. The child is one month old, so I have to dress her more festively.”
She turned around and said to Gu Qingming, “Mingming, although the sun is warm today, you still have to keep warm. You have to wear your confinement cap! I’ll carry the child to change!”
Gu Qingming nodded and said, “Okay, Grandma!”
After the wormwood was washed, the child was carried by the elders in turns. Gu Qingming, who had nothing to do, simply went to the kitchen to watch how they made the Amy fruits.
When she arrived at the kitchen, Gu Qingming saw a large aluminum pot on the stove. The water was boiling, and she saw her aunt pour a bucket of washed wormwood into the aluminum pot.
Gu Qingming asked in confusion, “Aunt, isn’t this wormwood the same as making Green Rice fruit? Aren’t you going to pulp it and powder it?”