Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1914 - 1706: Picking Water Caltrops! (Part 2)
Staying at home guarding the kids is really boring.
Going out? It’s just crowded with people...
Moreover...
Yun Feng’s wife was muttering: "Aren’t we living in the Imperial City? Every holiday, relatives and friends always come to the Imperial City expecting us to host them."
Hosting meals is just a minor task; the key is having to accompany them to tourist spots.
Oh my goodness, just in the first two years of marriage, during the Shiyi holiday, she climbed the Great Wall with the elders from her hometown 12 times! She was almost worn out.
So now during holidays, whether it’s the suburbs or tourist spots, she cannot stay in the Imperial City.
If she’s like this, Yun Feng is even more difficult.
Not only does he have to climb the Great Wall, but he’s also the one dealing with hospital appointments and referrals. If elders need medical treatment, he has to beg around to buy expensive tickets through scalpers, only to have them complain about the cost and not even show up.
If they don’t show up, the money can’t be refunded, and it makes him upset a few times a year.
Things have improved somewhat nowadays with more regulations and certifications, making things slightly better.
But these are trivial matters in life, and nowadays there are more moments of happiness.
Especially now, swaying in the glittering golden waves under the sunset, it’s super doubly joyful!
Everyone sweeps away the bizarre complaints earlier and enthusiastically discusses the vast patches of water chestnuts ahead, and the Big White Goose leading the ducks, swaying its rear grandly under the sunset...
This is so leisurely!
...
"Doctor Guo is here!"
Though feeling slightly awkward, I have to say, Doctor Xiaoguo is more popular among the men than the ladies!
Everyone greets her reservedly yet eagerly, watching as Zhang Yanping carefully escorts her onto the boat, comparing the disparity between the two, making it hard not to fall silent for a moment.
But luckily, Doctor Xiaoguo has a friendly nature, and her fair face at this moment looks just like a university student, prompting He Kuang’s wife to quickly go over: 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
"Doctor Guo, you look so young, is it because of a project or do you have internal health adjustments? Can you adjust mine too?"
"No problem!" Doctor Xiaoguo generously replied: "Come over tomorrow when you’re free for a pulse check, and I’ll give you a special beauty prescription."
Despite what she said, she still emphasized: "I have some insights on gynecological adjustments, especially for men’s health. Other areas are pretty ordinary, and this beauty prescription might take some time before showing results..."
Everybody looks at her face, always feeling that modest words are not convincing, and they hurriedly pull her to the C position.
Qin Yun’s wife is so generous that she even puts her life jacket on her:
"You take it off, I’ll take photos of you."
Lun Chuan is controlling the small boat nearby, but because there are water chestnuts ahead, everyone is busy posing for angles, hardly moving forward.
Only Song Tan helplessly said: "If you keep photographing like this, everyone won’t get many water chestnuts tonight."
"Just scoop them whole from the water beside you; the stalks and roots are soaking in the water."
Plucking single water chestnuts and tossing them in a basket, then putting a bunch back into the water, it’s such an effortless task!
"When I took care of the riverside beach, there wasn’t much in the river. These water chestnuts were introduced from elsewhere, including red ones, the old variety of four-cornered small water chestnuts, and the big market water chestnuts... You can pick any kind, they’re all edible."
"However, personally, I think the old variety of four-cornered small water chestnuts are the sweetest when tender, and the red ones are also good when tender. The big ones are so-so; they are better for soup when they’re older."
Mrs. Qin sighed: "I haven’t seen such tender water chestnuts for years; last year I bought a sack at the market and found them tough and dark green at home, hard to crack, almost needing a knife."
The key is, peeling and cracking them isn’t satisfying; not only are they too old and tasteless, when cooked, they have a starchy texture but still lack flavor.
Overall, a poor rating!
Song Tan laughed: "Try the tender ones here later; when I was little, my grandma would scoop up baskets from the pond; they were particularly sweet and I could sit there peeling them all afternoon."
The river is clear though not overly fertile, and the water chestnuts aren’t overly plump, varying in size.
Scoop one up, pluck a nut, put it back and scoop up two, like treasure hunting.
It brings not only anticipation but also a stress-relieving joy.
Everyone leans over from the small boat, feeling more leisurely for a moment.
In contrast, the men over there are much more rugged.
