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Chapter 487: Chapter 490 A Bit Dirty_1
Xiao Lingchuan was nothing more than a clown in Qiao Duo’er’s eyes, and once her anger subsided, she put him out of her mind.
More importantly, she felt that Xiao Lingchuan wouldn’t be able to cause any more trouble.
Because he was not very smart and impulsive, which simply put, meant he was a bit simple-minded.
In the following days, the weather was clear and not too cold at noon, which made Qiao Duo’er feel that it would be a waste to stay indoors during such beautiful weather.
So, after lunch, she shouldered a hoe and went up the mountain with Tan Zhenghong.
After winter began, the winter bamboo shoots started to sprout, and she could dig some up from the bamboo forest, which would be perfect to make up for the lack of vegetable varieties in winter.
Besides eating them at home, they could also be used to make marinated dishes.
However, Qiao Duo’er soon realized that things were not as easy as she had thought.
She dug many small holes in the bamboo forest, but to her frustration, she didn’t even see the shadow of a single winter bamboo shoot.
Winter bamboo shoots are those that haven’t emerged from the ground yet; by springtime, when they emerge, they are called spring bamboo shoots.
Since there were so many spring shoots, she always assumed there must be plenty of winter shoots as well, so she thought she could just dig randomly. But reality taught her a lesson.
This fruitless situation continued until Tan Zhenghong finished setting up his traps and came back. After working hard for half an hour, she had nothing to show for it.
Seeing Qiao Duo’er still busying herself to no avail, he couldn’t help but be filled with frustration.
Searching blindly like this was doomed to be in vain.
There are many tricks to digging for winter bamboo shoots, such as looking for bamboo plants with low branches and thick stems, the ones where the bottom layer has a forked branch are likely to have more shoots, and another tip is to dig along the bamboo whip, starting from the eighteenth node of the old whip...
Tan Zhenghong spoke at length about his experiences.
Qiao Duo’er rolled her eyes at him, "Why didn’t you tell me just now?"
She had been foolishly digging so many holes in the bamboo forest!
"I thought you knew," Tan Zhenghong scratched his head.
These things he had known since he was five or six years old, and he assumed that even if the current Duo’er did not know, Silly Sister from before should have.
But if Silly Sister knew everything, could she still be called Silly Sister?
So, no matter how one looked at it, it was Tan Zhenghong’s oversight.
Qiao Duo’er said irritably, "You did it on purpose! Hurry up and dig the bamboo shoots, or I’ll kill you!"
Tan Zhenghong nodded his head and immediately picked up his hoe to get to work.
If he dug up a bit more, can he offset the blame with his contributions?
Qiao Duo’er relearned the tips and continued the battle, but the winter shoots were as if they were spiting her, and she couldn’t find a single one.
Meanwhile, Tan Zhenghong had already dug up a chubby little shoot.
Qiao Duo’er stamped her foot, "Tan Zhenghong, you lied to me! I dug just like you said, and not even a ghost showed up!"
Her patience had worn thin, and with Tan Zhenghong also present, her temper flared up early.
After all, she was the favored one, and couldn’t help but be a little petulant at times.
Tan Zhenghong quickly came over to soothe his wife, "Don’t be anxious, I’ll check it for you to see what went wrong."
He examined the area Qiao Duo’er had been digging and quickly discovered the reason: she had chosen an old whip to dig around, and accidentally started digging toward a new whip.
Since winter shoots grow from the lateral buds of bamboo whips, and new whips had only just started growing, their ability to sprout lateral buds was weak.
It’s like with having babies—it takes a certain age to be able to have them.
After listening to Tan Zhenghong for a while, Qiao Duo’er couldn’t help but ask, "Don’t you think what you’re saying is a bit dirty?"
Only Tan Zhenghong could turn digging for bamboo shoots into a conversation about having children.
