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Wild grapes are originally called mountain grapes. The two names are originally different types of grapes, but mountain people are accustomed to adding the word "wild" in front of the names of everything that grows naturally on the mountains to distinguish those grown at home.

When the mountain grapes are ripe, the clusters of round and crystal-clear purple grapes are hidden among the red and lovely triangular leaves, which is very charming.

The bunches of mountain grapes growing naturally in the forest are not too heavy and look sparse. If eaten raw in small quantities, they taste sour, sweet and rich in juice. They are delicious wild fruits in the mountains. However, because they are rich in acidic substances, it is difficult to eat them.

If there is too much, it will not be good. It is for this reason that mountain grapes are the raw material for making wine. The wine produced is deep red in color and has good flavor and quality. It is a good drink.

In addition to raw food and wine making, it also has medicinal value.

Taken orally, it can dispel wind and dampness, relieve heat, diuresis, reduce swelling and unblock meridians, and enter the lung and kidney meridian. If boiled and decoctioned in water every day, it can also treat rheumatoid arthritis and back pain.

Zhang Taiping also walked over and asked, "Is there a lot?" He thought that if there were a lot, he would pick some and use them to make wine.

Fan Ming looked around and replied: "Not many."

Zhang Taiping went over and took a look, and found that there were indeed not many, so he gave up the plan of picking and making wine. It would be a good choice to pick them back and give them to the old man to make medicinal materials.

While they were picking, Zhang Taiping squatted down, found a piece of root underneath, and dug it out.

Fan Ming asked curiously: "Brother, what are you doing?"

Zhang Taiping said: "Nothing, just look at the roots of this wild grape tree. They are also made of Chinese medicinal materials."

Fan Ming stopped paying attention when he heard this and continued to pick grapes and schisandra. Zhang Taiping took the dug out roots into the space when no one was paying attention. The grapes outside were not enough to make wine, but the ones transplanted into the space were

If you go on the hillside, you can quickly breed a large number of them, and then you can make wild wine. He always has a special liking for wine making!

Zhang Taiping waited beside him for a while. When the children finished picking the five ling'er at the bottom, Zhang Taiping said, "Okay, let's just pick these. I'll go over and pick some more chestnuts now."

The little dolls all had something in their baskets or bags, and after listening to Zhang Taiping's words, they all followed. This time, the ones leading the way were Xiao Zi and the big-tailed squirrel again.

Chestnuts, together with peaches, apricots, plums, and jujubes, are collectively known as the “Five Fruits.” They are a very common fruit. The chestnut tree is one of the earliest cultivated fruit trees in China, with a cultivation history of approximately 2,000 to 3,000 years.

The chestnut tree has a wide range of adaptability to climate and soil conditions. Its suitable average annual temperature is 10.5-21.8℃. If the temperature is too high, hibernation will be insufficient, and growth and development will be poor. If the temperature is too low, it will be susceptible to frost damage. It likes moist soil.

But it is afraid of the impact of rain. If there is too much rainfall, the soil will accumulate water for a long time, which will easily affect the growth of the root system, especially the mycorrhizae. Therefore, it is qualified to grow in a humid place with convenient drainage at the bottom on a half-slope.

Xiao Zi and Big Tail Squirrel took everyone to such a place. There were six or seven chestnut trees scattered on a slope.

Just like at the Wuling'er vine, Zhang Taiping found a tree and carefully observed the surroundings of the tree for a while, then poked the tree with a pole to prevent the presence of snakes.

There are two ways to harvest chestnuts, namely the chestnut picking method and the chestnut picking method. The chestnut picking method is to wait for the chestnuts to be fully heated and naturally fall to the ground before people come to pick them up. In order to facilitate picking chestnuts, the chestnut buds must be removed before they bloom.

Weeds on the ground. When harvesting, shake the tree first, and then pick up all the fallen chestnuts and chestnut buds.

Clean. Be sure to pick them up every morning and evening, and store them as you go. The advantages of the chestnut picking method are plump chestnuts, high yield, good quality, and strong storage resistance. This method is more suitable for home-grown chestnut orchards.

Inside, it is a bit unrealistic to use the chestnut picking method when going to the mountains for a long time.

The chestnut breaking method is to knock down the mature chestnut buds in batches with a bamboo pole, and then pick up the chestnut buds and chestnut seeds cleanly. When breaking the chestnut buds, knock the small branches from the outside of the crown inward to shake off the chestnut buds, and then knock them down.

Chestnut

It is inevitable that the quality of chestnut buds varies, some are mature, and some are not yet mature, and the quality is a bit unsatisfactory. The harvested chestnut buds should be taken back as soon as possible, spread out thinly and air-dried.

Zhang Taiping said to the dolls below: "You should step back a little, otherwise the burrs will be stuck on your body soon. Come back when I call you."

After everyone under the tree left, Zhang Taiping began to tap the branches with a bamboo pole from the crown down. With each tap, large chestnut buds fell. Some were so ripe that the buds had fallen off and the chestnuts inside fell directly.

This chestnut bud looked like a curled up hedgehog. Zhang Taiping picked up a chestnut bud and tore it open and looked at it. There were several of them wrapped together in a green spiny shell. There were six or seven chestnuts close to the shell.

They all have a round side,

Of course, the chestnuts sandwiched in the middle will be flat on both sides, and the chestnuts closer to the shell are more likely to receive sunlight. The sugar content of many fruits is also closely related to the sunshine time. This is why the chestnuts closer to the outer shell are more likely to be exposed to sunlight.

The sweetness inside.

Due to different growth environments, Chinese chestnuts are divided into two categories: northern chestnuts and southern chestnuts: the former has small fruit grains, dark brown skin, small base, high sugar content, strong fragrance, and delicate flesh; the latter has large fruit grains and mostly peeled skin.

Reddish brown, with a large base and a crisp texture. Since chestnuts in the north and south have their own characteristics, the eating methods are also different: northerners put chestnuts in coarse sand and sugar and stir-fry them to make sugar-fried chestnuts, while southerners mostly use chestnuts in cooking.

Make soup.

The chestnuts that Zhang Taiping harvests now are naturally the chestnuts that grow in the north. The chestnuts grown at home are just small in size, but the ones that grow naturally in the mountains are even smaller, only the size of a child's pinball. There will be more after returning home.

It's the result of frying and eating it.

Chestnuts are rich in nutrients. The vitamin C content is higher than that of tomatoes and more than ten times that of apples. The minerals in chestnuts are also very comprehensive, including potassium, zinc, iron, etc. Although the content is not as high as that of hazelnuts, it is still more common than apples.

Fruits are much higher, especially the potassium content is more than 3 times higher than apples.

There is a Chinese proverb: "Carambola in July and hawthorn in August, chestnuts in September laugh." Chestnut, also known as chestnut, is known as the "King of Fruits" and is called "health food" abroad. It strengthens the spleen and nourishes the kidneys.

, the best fruit for longevity.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts can nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys and strengthen muscles, activate blood and stop bleeding. They have good effects on kidney deficiency, so they are also called the "fruit of the kidney". However, chestnuts are difficult to digest when eaten raw, and they are easy to stagnate when eaten cooked. If you eat too much at one time,

It will hurt the spleen and stomach, so just eat up to 10 pieces a day. [However, the idea of ​​eating ten pieces at a time is only advocated by traditional Chinese medicine. When I saw the sugar-roasted chestnuts just out of the oven, I don’t believe anyone can support ten and stop as soon as they taste better.

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Zhang Taiping picked up a chestnut and peeled off the skin. There is a thin fibrous skin inside the red and black hard skin. The flesh is light yellow on the outside and milky white on the inside. He put it in his mouth and tasted it. It tasted like eating raw sweet potatoes.

In terms of taste, the two are somewhat similar when eaten raw, and the fried chestnuts are also very similar to the roasted chestnuts.

While chewing chestnuts, he shouted to Fan Ming and the little kids who were waiting not far away: "You can come here."

After hearing this, they ran over in a swarm.

Zhang Taiping quickly warned and said: "Be careful with your hands, and be careful with your feet. Be careful if you step on it and get stuck in your shoes and hurt your feet. When you pick it up, find two leaves to cushion it and you won't hurt your hands." After that,

After leaving a group of people picking up under the tree, he went to another tree and continued to beat.

In this way, Zhang Taiping knocked it down from the tree, and the children picked it up below. When the sun turned west, he knocked down three trees, and all the bags, baskets and other things were full.

Zhang Taiping said: "Okay, the chestnuts have been picked, it's time to go back."

The children had a good harvest today, so they naturally followed Zhang Taiping back with satisfaction. However, so many chestnuts were a burden for the children who were only five or six years old. After walking a few steps, they could no longer carry them.

Zhang Taiping stopped to ask them to remember his bags, then found rattan to tie everything together, and picked it up with a tree trunk.

The little children no longer had heavy burdens in their hands and began to cheer for joy again, talking happily while looking around to see if they could find anything good.

Fan Ming also pulled the neck and looked around.

Zhang Taiping asked with a smile: "What are you looking at?"

"Let's see if there's anything good?" Fan Ming replied.

"Do you know anything good?"

Fan Ming shook his head and answered honestly: "I don't know."

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "If you look for something in the mountains like you, you won't find anything."

"how?"

"Look at the top of her head." Zhang Taiping stopped and pointed to the top of her head. Then he asked the little children walking in front to stop.

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