Chapter 1488: Wild Vegetable Medley

The two watermelons were medium-sized. With just a light punch, the green melon skin cracked open, revealing the bright red fruit flesh inside, which was particularly striking.

Yang Zhengxin was inexplicably aggrieved because his stomach was already full of water. Now, looking at the watermelon, he just wanted to burp. How was he supposed to out-eat them!

The little youth let out a sigh of helplessness.

His expression was too vivid, and Song Tan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Don't worry, we'll look for more, we'll pick a few more and leave one specifically for you."

The grievance bouncing in Xiao Yang's heart was instantly smoothed over.

Lu Chuan stared at his phone again and again. Now, he also gently supported a watermelon, hesitating: "This one, is it ripe?"

Song Tan looked down: "Huh, you're quite good at picking!" She plucked it without hesitation.

Lu Chuan also breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm reviewing melon-picking knowledge. Although I can't fully distinguish by the melon stem yet, there's a difference in the way the melon skin patterns are spread out."

Yang Zhengxin silently leaned over, his face wrinkled: Picking melons, isn't it just tapping them and then verifying your luck?

The people in the livestream were also silent.

It took a long time for someone to sigh:

【It's over, these days, there's a threshold for being a farmer.】

【I dare not imagine if I owned a melon field, the melons would be cut open one by one before they were even ripe.】

【Xiao Yang, you have bad luck but you're generous. For example, this melon right now looks quite pleasing to me, are you giving it away?】

【Yeah, give one away?】

The melon field was lively, and the tourists scattered like dandelions in the fields and depressions were also returning one after another, carrying bags and baskets.

They were high-spirited and returned with a full harvest.

Master Jiang had just finished roasting a pot of soybeans. While deftly scooping up a plate for everyone to snack on, he greeted them: "Everyone has a lot of vegetables, and we don't have enough people here. Let's line up in an orderly fashion, don't be in a hurry, put the vegetables aside and line up, eat some snacks."

What was the big deal about that?

An outgoing auntie even shouted: "Come, come, those who aren't in a hurry, let's sit here and chat, add each other as friends, let's look at the photos—everyone give me a like."

With that said, over a dozen aunties gathered around again.

There were also a few old men who looked at their phones, which they couldn't quite figure out, and also gathered around as if nothing was wrong.

With this, Master Jiang, along with the three kitchen helpers and Yan Ran and the others, was able to handle it with ease.

It was just the wild vegetables everyone had picked...

He looked at the pile of green wild grass poured out of the small baskets and let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong?"

A young girl was curious and confident: "It can't be that they were picked too old, right? I pinched the tips."

"Mm, they are quite tender." Master Jiang grabbed most of the wild grass in the bag: "It's just, what were you thinking with this? Even the locals here aren't used to eating this. It used to be fed to pigs, and even the pigs didn't like this 'big water foam'—Xiao Dong, what's the scientific name again?"

Tang Xiaodong casually picked out some of the wild vegetables in front of him and took a look: "Erigeron annuus, it's edible, not poisonous."

Did Master Jiang not know it wasn't poisonous?

But this thing...

He painfully put the pile of wild grass back: "Look, you have baskets and shovels, and you cleaned them up nicely, it's a pity to throw them away. After you go back, blanch this vegetable first, then soak it in cold water before doing anything else!"

Confident girl:...

"It's edible, right?" She confirmed again.

"Yes!"

"Alright! As long as it's not embarrassing to post on Moments! I don't know how to cook anyway!" The other party happily carried her basket to the edge of the field, then raised her phone, changed poses...

Master Jiang:... Then what were you doing bending over and squatting in the dirt for the whole afternoon?

On this side, Grandpa Qi Lin looked at the pile of wild vegetables in front of him and was also puzzled: "Auntie, dandelions in the wild are different from the cultivated dandelions sold in the market. These are more bitter and don't taste very good when stir-fried."

This bag was full of dandelions.

"Oh, you don't understand! Experts say dandelion roots reduce internal heat, clear the heart, and improve eyesight, so I should drink more of it."

Grandpa Qi Lin was helpless: "Auntie, you can't drink too much of this, be careful of diarrhea, and some people are allergic—have you drunk it before?"

The auntie's silence was deafening.

But it didn't matter.

Diligent and thrifty Chinese people won't waste anything!

"I'll drink it when I go back to my old man. He's thick-skinned and doesn't fear it."

If picking and sorting weren't required, the progress would be very fast. But at this moment, Master Jiang still witnessed the diversity of species. Because even though they had put videos and pictures of what was edible and delicious with notes, there were always people who brought back a basket of weeds.

Of course, there were no weeds in the true sense in the countryside; as long as they weren't poisonous, they were edible. But the problem was, some of them weren't on the dining table because they were hard to eat!

Why bother coming all this way for this?

Master Jiang didn't understand, but the tourists were all happy. Even if they were carrying a basket of weeds, they were all happily squatting on the side, holding up small flowers. Nearby, other tourists were supporting them: "Hey, your dandelion stems are really long, they look good!"

"Right? My daughter got them for me, do you want to take a picture? I'll lend them to you to take a picture..."

Others were crunching on crispy soybeans, asking repeatedly: "Your stir-fried soybeans are really delicious, are you selling them?"

"Right? Even my teeth can chew them, it's not hard at all, this master's craftsmanship is really good."

"How much is this a jin?"

"Hey, young man, if I come back tomorrow, can I bring my own soybeans and have you help stir-fry them?"

Twilight was approaching, tired birds were returning, and the quiet village was surrounded by the sounds of bustle—what a scene of human life.

Secretary Xiao Zhu arrived on the mountain at the last moment and politely said to everyone: "Thank you all for your support of our rural cause. If you had a good time, could you please help us promote it to your friends and family when you go back?"

She said sincerely: "We offer value for money here, we absolutely do not cheat or scam people. If you ate well, come back and buy more vegetables in the future."

That's a must!

Everyone who came today posted a nine-grid photo on Moments. Experts like Chen Yunyun even had over ten thousand likes on two TikTok videos, and that was only for half a day!

Secretary Xiao Zhu was incredibly excited. Just as she saw Song Tan and the others returning with baskets, she pestered them to buy a small watermelon. Now that she had found out who they were, and seeing Chen Yunyun about to leave, she carefully stuffed a watermelon to her just as the other party was getting into the car:

"Thank you so much!"

She said sincerely: "In our rural place, the villagers have no other income all year round. Now with more exposure and promotion, if tourists come often in the future, it'll be some income... Thank you so much! You filmed our place so well!"

"This is a small token of our village's collective heart, please don't be polite!"

How could Chen Yunyun be embarrassed to accept this?

But just as she was about to refuse, she saw her grandmother already clutching the seat with both hands, very eager.

Sigh!

She sighed: Ever since eating watermelon last summer, her grandmother had been talking about it. Now she had been talking about it for almost a year. Eating an ordinary one to satisfy her craving would save her from always thinking about it.

Fine! Accepted! ===== CHAPTER 1489 =====