Chen Wanbai bent down, picked up the cassava one by one, and put them into the basket until the basket was full.
He rested on the spot for a while to allow his physical strength to recover. She just picked up her backpack and walked down the mountain.
After hard work, Chen Wanbai finally returned home carrying a basket full of cassava.
Mrs. Liu heard the noise and walked out of the wooden house. When she saw Chen Wanbai's miserable appearance, her heart was filled with pity and she hurriedly went to meet him.
"Xiaobai, what's going on with you?" Her tone was full of deep concern, and her eyes were full of worry.
"Mom, it's okay, I just fell down accidentally." Chen Wanbai pulled his sleeves down to cover the scars on his hands.
"Why are you so careless?" Mrs. Liu said while looking at Chen Wanbai carefully.
I saw that her clothes were somewhat scratched and stained with a lot of mud. But seeing that she was still able to come back with a large basket of things on her back, Ms. Liu thought that she had just fallen, so she wasn't so nervous.
"I was just looking for fungi and didn't pay attention to the road. I accidentally slipped and fell. It was no big deal. It's just a pity that my clothes were scratched." Chen Wanbai said helplessly. said.
"As long as everything is alright. You kid, you have to be more careful in the future and stop being so reckless." Ms. Liu said distressedly.
"I know, mother." Chen Wanbai responded obediently.
Mrs. Liu looked at Chen Wanbai carefully, and then warned her uneasily: "Then if you feel uncomfortable, you should tell your mother."
"Really It's okay, mother." Chen Wanbai said calmly with a smile on his face.
But she didn't think so in her heart. She thought to herself: I don't dare to say anything if there is something wrong. This cheap girl is simply made of water. If she were to find out, she would cry endlessly and the sky would be dark.
"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Liu then went to help carry the basket with confidence.
When Mrs. Liu saw what was in the basket, her eyes widened in surprise and she exclaimed: "Oh my God! Why did you dig up so many tree roots? These things are not edible. Ah!”
“Mom, these are edible,” Chen Wanbai explained quickly.
The entire cassava plant actually contains toxins, from leaves, trunks to roots. The most toxic ones are the roots. This is because cassava contains a toxin called "linamarin". This substance will produce hydrocyanic acid after digestion in the stomach, which will cause great harm to the human body.
However, Chen Wanbai had looked carefully when digging. The kind she dug was sweet cassava.
Cassava is actually divided into two types, one is sweet cassava and the other is bitter cassava.
Sweet cassava grows relatively thickly. Its skin is very smooth and red, and the skin can be peeled off easily. Its flesh is milky white or light yellow. The toxin content in sweet cassava is very low. You only need to peel off the outer skin, clean it and steam it before you eat it.
Bitter cassava is relatively slender, with a gray-brown skin that is difficult to tear, and white flesh. Bitter cassava contains a large amount of hydrocyanic acid toxin, which is very toxic. If eaten for a long time or in an improper way, it will cause poisoning and even life-threatening.
Even sweet cassava cannot be eaten raw and must be fully cooked before eating.
Poisoning may occur after eating raw or undercooked cassava. Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, sometimes abdominal pain, diarrhea, and frequent salivation may occur. In severe cases, convulsions, coma, and mydriasis may occur. He later died of respiratory paralysis.
(Note: The symptoms of poisoning come from Baidu's "Guangxi Ethnic Medicine Compendium".)
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"This is inedible! I remember that there was an old widower in the village who suddenly died at home. Later, I heard from his neighbors that he dug this in the mountains because he was hungry and had nothing to eat. He planted tree roots to eat. Later, the doctor looked at it and said that he died of poisoning after eating the poisonous tree roots."
When Liu thinks about this, he feels sad for the old widower. It's so pitiful.
"Mom, this is not a tree root, it's called cassava. That person ate the poisonous kind, and although this kind is also poisonous..."
" What? It's poisonous! That's right, I knew it was poisonous, so throw it away!" "Mom, please listen to me first." Chen Wanbai quickly explained what he had learned. Tell Mrs. Liu in detail.
After patiently listening to Chen Wanbai’s explanation, Ms. Liu still had doubts and said unconvincingly: “Where did you know this? Could it be that someone lied to you? Right? ”
“Mom, I’ve read about cassava in books before, and I’ve learned some ways to treat it. Just believe me, it’s really edible.”
When Chen Daan sold prey to a wealthy family, the family gave him a few books. Chen Daan also taught Chen Wanbai the calligraphy in the book, and Mrs. Liu knew about this. But later, Mrs. Zhou said that those who were losing money shouldn't learn it, and that her eldest grandsons should also learn from it, so she forcibly snatched all the books and gave them to the big family.
"The money left by mom can be used to buy food. We don't need to take risks."
"Mom, I didn't lie to you, it is really edible."
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"Is it true that it can be eaten as long as it is cooked?"
"Really! If you don't believe it, mother, let's try feeding it to the fish after it's cooked."
Mrs. Liu thought for a while, then slowly said: "ThenAll right. ”
“Mom, do you have anything to eat?” ”
“Yes, it’s warming on the stove.” "
After finishing a bowl of porridge in two or three mouthfuls, Chen Wanbai said to Mrs. Liu, "Mom, I'm going to take a bath and change clothes first. Let's deal with this together later. ”
“Go and wash first.” Do you need to remove the skin first? ”
“Yeah. "
Chen Wanbai entered the bathroom with clean clothes, while Liu stood beside the faucet outside the bathroom and began to prepare to wash the cassava.
She poured the cassava into the Then she pulled out the cotton cloth stuffed in the bamboo mouth. In an instant, water flowed out through the small bamboo hole.
She relied on the water flowing out of the faucet. , began to wash the cassava carefully, and put the washed cassava one by one into the dustpan next to it. After a while, all the cassava was washed. Liu straightened up and felt a little sore.
Then, she stood up and took the dustpan filled with washed cassava aside, moved a small bamboo stool, sat down and started peeling the cassava.
Her left hand was steady. Holding the cassava steadily, she held the kitchen knife in her right hand, and the blade was close to the skin of the cassava. After scraping one piece of wood, she quickly picked up the next one, her movements were skillful and deft, and she was very fast.