Fruit is very interesting (continued)

In the winter of the third year after work, I went to Xi 'an on business and saw a kind of fruit I had never seen before in the street. It is green and crystal clear, with a spindle-shaped protrusion and a five-pointed star on its cross section. It must be beautiful to set the plate. ...

I suddenly got excited and rushed up to ask what I hadn't eaten or seen. I am always as curious as a cat. The seller told me that his name was Yang Tao, and I was still there asking whether it was Yangyang or Yangliu. The seller is not as eager to learn as I am, saying that I don't know which Yang it is. It's Yang Tao anyway. I didn't get a satisfactory answer, but it didn't affect me at all when I got home. No matter how many pounds I bought, I think it's a green and playful little appearance that must be terrible.

When I came back, I gave it to my mother like a treasure. As a result, she scolded me as soon as she heard the price. I quickly cut one, fresh and juicy, and showed it to her first. I thought she was happy, but maybe she forgot.

Who knows, she took a bite and immediately vomited, saying that I would kill her. I am very unhappy, but I dare not show it. I had to pick it up and taste it myself. My eyes almost fell to the ground. How can such a beautiful little star sour people's souls? I usually like to eat sweet and sour fruits, such as seabuckthorn, hawthorn, apricot, passion fruit, and even Luoshen flower ... I can stutter, but this is the kind of acid as sharp as a blade, which is really rare in my life.

I think it may not be ripe yet. I just put an apple like a banana, hoping it will be ripe and sweet. As a result, in the end, it began to fester, although it was no longer so sharp and did not become sweet, so it had to be thrown away in vain.

At that time, there was no internet, so I took the trouble to find out. This is called carambola, which is said to be very sweet. I couldn't help it. I bought it twice. I am no longer sour, but it is tasteless. From then on, I didn't want to eat any more, until an old woman selling freshly squeezed juice on Longtou Road in Gulangyu changed my view of carambola.

This old woman is really worth mentioning. She went to Gulangyu twice. When she went to eat on the island, she went to her house to drink two or three cups of juice every day. She is thin and black, and it seems that even the clothes she wears are dark. She runs a small shop alone at the crossroads. At noon, she closed the store door and knocked on the door before opening it again. She lives at a leisurely pace, opening and opening a shop.

My favorite drink is orange juice. Five fresh oranges can squeeze a large glass. It's good to supplement vitamins when traveling. She has all kinds of fruits there. Once, she recommended carambola to me. I told her about the past and said it was not delicious. She said that you often come to my place, so I won't lie to you. You can try. I trusted my grandma very much and decided to try again. She picked four large carambola and squeezed a large cup for me. Although I prefer the sweet and sour taste of oranges, this carambola juice is really sweet, with a special aroma and cool feeling. I thank my grandmother for letting me know the delicious taste of carambola.

From Gulangyu to Nanjing, there was a big old carambola, and the rotten carambola fell into the fallen leaves on the ground. Looking up, there were flowers and fruits on the tree, and no one picked them. The fallen carambola is too mature. I picked up a slightly better one and tasted it. My hands were immediately covered with sweet juice, and I realized that the carambola I ate was fake.

(4)

I think a person has not enjoyed the gift of nature since childhood, and has not appreciated its beauty, so life is flawed. Therefore, when my daughter was a child, in addition to long-distance trips during the summer vacation and the Spring Festival, she often stayed in the mountains with friends for a short time.

One year during the National Day, three mothers and three children lived in Qiliyu, where the mountains were green and the scenery was infinitely beautiful. It coincides with the harvest season, and a large number of wild fruits are left unattended and harvested one after another. I have nothing to do when I am full every day. We take our children wandering in the embrace of nature, enjoying the sunshine and dew, drinking mountain spring water when we are thirsty, and picking wild fruits when we are greedy, which is as happy as people in Guo Hua Mountain.

One day, when I walked away, I saw a forest like a burning cloud on the winding mountain road. I'll run to see it right away. It turned out to be a huge seabuckthorn forest. I have seen seabuckthorn trees on many mountains before, all of which are short and scattered shrubs more than one or two meters high. Suddenly I saw the seabuckthorn tree with obvious trunk like Metasequoia, which was really subversive. The tree was full of small orange fruits, beautiful and unique.

Walking on the mountain road, I saw an old man in his sixties dragging several branches of seabuckthorn from another direction. The children shouted to catch up and call grandpa. We followed and asked why. I like to eat seabuckthorn. The topic naturally focuses on seabuckthorn. There are several Woods on this mountain. What is good and what is not? The old man gave me very detailed instructions. Actually, he made it clear that I couldn't get it.

A friend likes to talk extensively. After a while, she asked the old man where he lived, how many people he lived with, how many children he had, and what living things he had raised ... When there were people at the foot of the mountain, we were already familiar with him like a family. In the direction of his home, he invited us to his home to play, and we naturally followed. Grandma was very enthusiastic and I tried my best. They kept nodding, and I asked the price again. Grandpa hesitated to stretch out two fingers, and then it became three. I'm afraid I don't agree, just say two. I thought it would take so much effort, and three were cheap. Just say three times. It took a lot of effort to do it. They only have one day to prepare, and they have to go up the mountain to pick them up and cut them off one by one. I thought two or three kilograms was not easy, so I said two kilograms.

I have an appointment with two old people. It's already dark. My friend told us where to live. Grandpa showed us the direction when he went out. It is not too far.

On the third morning, my friend's husband drove to pick it up, and we rushed to the old man's house to get the goods. I was dumbfounded when I came to the door. One day and one night, two old people actually made me a big basin with a broken washbasin. Just looking at it, my mouth is full of saliva

Grandpa said he weighed it, and the pot was 12 kg. Although they were suspected of buying and selling hard, and it was difficult to keep them, I was really caught off guard. Grandma said they stayed up all night to cut so many pieces. I suddenly relented and gave them 50 yuan. My friend helped me pick up the washbasin and got on the bus.

On the way, I remembered that a group of us were carrying a big basin of seabuckthorn saliva in Huang Chengcheng, and it was not funny that we left in a mess. At that time, we felt guilty and kept the two old people awake all night. At that time, we felt that they were so overjoyed when they received the money, and they were cunning and proud of their little tricks. Maybe they did something good ... they fought belly lawsuits all the way.

(5)

One year, my sister-in-law and I went to Guangzhou for the Spring Festival, and my husband came back early because of work, leaving the five of us to continue shopping.

I forgot which day I went and went back to the hotel. Passing by a fruit market by car, I feel not far from the hotel. My sister-in-law and I are going to move now, and we have an appointment to get off and go back for a while.

As soon as my brother-in-law heard that we were going shopping again, he immediately warned when he returned to the hotel: "It's not like there is no fruit to eat. Don't go out and run, watch the baby! "

When we go out together, Miao Niu always sticks to her sister, so she doesn't go into the room with her parents and runs to my daughter's room. The two of them were watching cartoons on TV, laughing their heads off in bed, and I couldn't help itching. It's just that I always feel that there are many things I haven't seen before, and I feel cheated if I don't go to see them.

I dare not call my sister-in-law. She listens to her brother-in-law, who likes to worry. If I disturb them, I won't be able to go. So I told the ladies to watch TV in the room, don't open the door for strangers, call an adult if you need anything, and then I slipped out quietly.

I walked back according to the route I remembered, and sure enough, as my brother-in-law said, it looked very close by car, and there was still a long way to go. But I still kept asking people with the determination of immortality, and finally found the fruit market of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. I just jumped into the water from the edge of the swimming pool and plunged into it with a sense of happiness and determination.

I am glad that although my eyes are not good, my feelings are as sensitive as radar. There are really many fruits on the market that I have never seen before. For example, Sakyamuni, Lianwu and Taiwan Province Jujube are all new to me. I have eaten guava, but the children haven't. I bought these kinds first, and then I bought several kinds of fresh oranges that are said to be local, and then I want to talk about the highlights.

When I entered the first store, I saw a huge citrus fruit that I had never seen before. It is slightly smaller than basketball, oblate, gorgeous and delicate orange peel, similar to a kind of pumpkin called melon, and its appearance is very pleasing. After asking for a long time, the seller couldn't tell what the name was, but only introduced the new varieties this year. I am more curious. Although I thought it was too expensive, it was the lowest in the first store. I remember it was 20 yuan a catty.

Fortunately, I played it by ear, pulling my daughter's suitcase when I went out, and then successfully transported a bunch of big bags back. I excitedly held rhubarb and oranges in my hand, as happy as Columbus who discovered the new world.

When I opened the door, it was broken. My sister-in-law and my brother-in-law are in our room. After I left, they came to see the children and found the two chickens in their room, so they stayed with them. When my brother-in-law saw me return home with a full load, he looked cheerful, angry and ridiculous, and nagged a few words, and I died. Sister-in-law saw several unheated foods and quickly washed them for the children to taste. Like food critics, the two chicks commented on every kind of food, and finally unanimously commented that guava was delicious, jujube was delicious, and lotus mist was better. Only Sakyamuni, they feel very general. The two girls grew up together and have the same taste. My sister-in-law and I didn't think lotus spray was delicious either, but we wanted to buy it at first sight.

After eating these, they disdain ordinary categories and are all waiting to eat this huge pumpkin orange. First, they held it in their hands and tasted it. Both of them thought it was beautiful. I brought it here, ready to skin it. Exquisite and gorgeous skin is hard to be destroyed. After several rounds in my hand, my brother-in-law said, "It's like holding a treasure, but I can't get it off." Don't eat it after a while? "He said, and took it and scratched a few times, peeling off the outermost skin. I thought it would be pulp, but it is white pulp like grapefruit, and it is more watery than grapefruit pulp, so it is not easy to peel when wet. No wonder it is heavy.

The five of us stared at the white sphere with ten eyes, peeling off layer by layer, but still no flesh was seen. While peeling off the skin, the brother-in-law said, "What do you mean, it's a treasure outside, but it's a disgrace?" This is it! " I ignored his ridicule and urged him to peel it quickly. Two chickens stopped watching TV, stared at the smaller and smaller giant oranges and smiled. Tian Niu said, "Mom, did you buy this orange?" Did you buy an orange Russian doll? "Miao Niu was rolled on the bed by her sister's wonderful metaphor and shouted," Aunt, my sister is right. You just bought a Russian doll. If I knew, I might as well put it there as an ornament. "

I have long given up hope for it and warned the two chicks, "Don't buy it again and be fooled again when this happens in the future."

Miao Niu quit at once. "Aunt, when I grow up, I met this kind of thing. Maybe people don't like you. What if it tastes delicious? "

Tian Niu chimed in: "Yes, who can see meat through the skin? Didn't you let us try? Why not try and let us have a try? "

As soon as I saw this posture, I quickly changed my mouth and said, "OK, you try, you two try." He muttered: "They are all masters who don't hit the south wall and don't look back!"

When they heard this, they quit. They climbed on top of me like two little monkeys, and my sister-in-law stopped them and even fucked them herself. Just then, my brother-in-law held the finally peeled orange like a precious lotus lantern and said, "Whoever makes trouble again, don't eat this orange that I finally pulled out." "

The two chickens stopped, and the four of us couldn't help laughing when we looked at the heart as big as an ordinary orange and the pulp as a pile of cotton wool on the table.

The most hateful thing is that the taste is almost no worse than that of ordinary oranges. My brother-in-law assumed an air that he knew three years ago and said, "You won't go out unless you listen to me. If you have to go out, will you suffer? " Have you been cheated? "

I plausibly said, "So what? I bought more than 60, and I was happy all night, not trying. How do I know this is a treasure? Long knowledge sometimes comes at a price! "

My sister-in-law immediately replied, and my brother-in-law curled his mouth and shook his head and said, "You guys, you can say anything with confidence!"

Miao Niu knelt on the bed and cried, "Aunt, I really took it. How can you be my sister's mother? You are the mother of God! "

Tian Niu suddenly had a brainwave and said, "Of course, my mother is reasonable, because my reason is reasonable!" "

Miao Niu turned to worship her sister again: "Sister Tian, I am more convinced of you!" " "

Later, after a long time, my sister-in-law came home with Miao Niu and remembered the big orange. The four of them laughed again.