PNB Chapter 146 Garlic
Chapter 146 Garlic
After Xia Shiyu brought the earthworms to the place, he saw them rolling around in the onion field like fish entering the ocean.
Little Onion was quite satisfied. "Just as I thought, they still don't like biting humans like you. They prefer to bite the hair of us vegetables. I guess your hair isn't tasty."
Xia Shiyu was both amused and exasperated. How could her hair taste so good? But thankfully it didn't, or her hair might have been lost today.
She watched the earthworms working hard and asked Xiaocong, "Is there anything else I need to do?"
Onion shook its head, "I don't need you to do anything here. You can go over to the garlic."
Xia Shiyu nodded. The first two tasks were quite easy; now only the last one remained.
She asked, "Grandpa Yellow Chili told me before that the garlic is hard to find. Where do they usually live?"
Xiao Cong shook her head. "They live very far away. You'll have to take a boat to get there."
Xia Shiyu was surprised, "We have to take a boat?" She really hadn't expected that.
"Yes, yes, you have to take a boat to get there. They're quite isolated when it comes to garlic."
"Fine," Xia Shiyu had no choice but to take the boat.
However, the scenery here is pleasant, reminiscent of the water towns of Jiangnan, with misty waters and a very relaxing atmosphere while sitting on a boat.
Of course, the boat wasn't an ordinary wooden boat, but a chili boat that was turned upside down and cut in half.
When Xia Shiyu sat in the bright red chili boat, she was worried that it might be a little spicy, but after sitting in it, she found that she could not feel any spiciness at all, which was a very novel experience.
After she boarded the boat, Xiao Cong waved to her, "Then just go on like this, the chili boat will take you to their direction."
"Okay, thank you." Xia Shiyu waved and followed the ship on its voyage.
She glided along, the boat drifting with the current. Xia Shiyu saw many small plants working hard, they were very cute and diligent.
With a calm and unhurried attitude, she reached the other side of the lake.
She looked around and found a dock, but there was nothing beyond the dock, and she didn't see any other creatures.
Xia Shiyu decided to look around; no matter what, if she kept going in circles, she would eventually run into it.
She walked on the ground, where there were very few weeds, presumably because they were all used to grow spice plants.
Xia Shiyu searched patiently, believing it should be easy to find.
Suddenly, while she was searching, she heard some noises coming from not far away.
"Hmm? What's going on? I have to go check it out." Xia Shiyu thought to herself as she headed in that direction.
She walked over and, sure enough, saw a group of people.
Why do I say people? Because Xia Shiyu really saw a group of green people digging something in the ground.
Xia Shiyu approached with some curiosity, but before he could do anything, he saw several white garlic cloves being thrown at the group of green-clad people.
"Green clay men, you're ruining the garlic again!"
A garlic clove stood on a wooden stake with its hands on its hips, speaking to the green-clad crowd.
The green-clad figures scratched their heads, and Xia Shiyu could see their faces clearly. Their skin was smooth and had a woody texture, making them look somewhat like zombies, but more handsome.
The men, known as the "Green Clay Men," picked up the garlic and threw it aside, saying, "Don't throw garlic at us! Your garlic stinks! Besides, we're trying to help you."
The garlic cloves looked defiant and disbelieving. "I don't believe you. Everyone knows you hate garlic, and you're doing this secretly without telling us."
The green-clad people were speechless. "You guys have the nerve to say garlic smells awful and makes you want to vomit after eating it? I don't want to be your neighbor at all!"
"Hmph, you just don't know what's good for you. Things made with garlic are the best."
"You're the ones who're useless!"
"Your food is awful!"
Xia Shiyu watched as the two sides started arguing loudly. At first, she thought there would be some kind of fight, but it turned out to be just a group of children arguing.
She waited a while and realized that the group was still arguing, so she deliberately made a noise, coughed twice, and went outside.
Hello?
Upon hearing the sound, the garlic and green clay figures stopped arguing and all turned their heads back to stare in her direction.
"Who are you?" Spicy Garlic was the first to speak.
Xia Shiyu could only reintroduce the purpose of his visit.
"I'm here to complete a mission: to collect garlic seeds."
As soon as Xia Shiyu said this, the other garlic cloves understood and their expressions softened considerably.
"Oh, I see. Then come with us."
Xia Shiyu followed the garlic and walked forward, while the green clay people shook their heads and sighed.
"Sigh, I didn't expect people outside to love garlic so much. I don't understand what's so good about it. It's not as good as the swamp in our forest."
"Come on, how many people can tolerate the smell of your swamp moss? I'll let it go for now."
After shaking his head, Garlic led Xia Shiyu outside, giving her some instructions as they left.
“Don’t pay any attention to those green clay people. This land was the one we decided on back then, but they always want to use it to make some kind of weird food. Can we ask them to take the land away?”
Xia Shiyu nodded. Although she didn't know the habits of those green clay people, she felt that swamps and moss might not taste so good.
When they arrived at the vegetable patch, Garlic directed her to pay attention to the harvest, saying, "Just cut off the garlic scapes and put the garlic bulbs aside. The garlic bulbs also need to be sorted out to make pickled garlic, which will be combined with pickling from Chili and other vendors. It's a joint product of several of us."
These plants, which have developed consciousness, do not regard the unresponsive ordinary vegetables in front of them as their own kind, but rather as a job, so they talk to them very naturally.
Xia Shiyu thought it sounded great, and she was sure many people would like it. After all, she could still see people eating pickled ginger, pickled bamboo shoots, and pickled garlic where she lived. These pickled vegetables also tasted very good when stir-fried.
"Okay, I will do my job well."
After Xia Shiyu finished speaking, she started to work. These tasks were not tiring, at least she had long arms and legs, and she could easily cut the garlic cloves apart.
When pickling garlic, just clean the skin and then carefully stuff it in.
Seeing how efficiently she worked, Garlic felt relieved. Indeed, they needed help from outsiders like her; if they were on their own, they could only do small tasks every day.
Xia Shiyu patiently did these tasks, arranging all the pickle jars. She mainly carried the jars, since the other garlic cloves were much more agile than her and could peel them very quickly.