Chapter 232: Wild Fruits That Look Like Chicken Claws
September 9, Autumnal Equinox.
"Grumpy"
Two eggs rolled back and forth on the table, making noises.
Suddenly, an egg was out of control and rolled down the table. When it was about to fall, Li Mu reached out to catch it.
"Stop playing, both of you. Let's eat." Li Mu put the eggs back on the table.
Maoer turned his head to look at him, then looked at Brother Nan.
"You eat first. I have to stand the egg upright today." Brother Nan said without raising his head, holding an egg in his hand and constantly looking for the angle.
Seeing this, the cat also stretched out its little bamboo shoot to pick up the egg that Li Mu had placed on the table. Its two little paws and head worked together to imitate Brother Nan in standing the egg upright.
"These eggs are hard-boiled and it's hard to stand them upright." Li Mu looked at the man and the cat helplessly.
When Nan got up in the morning, she shouted that today was the autumnal equinox and she wanted to play the egg standing on end game.
"No." Brother Nan looked at the egg in her hand carefully, "The surface looks quite smooth."
"Smoothness is not enough. To play with egg standing, we usually use fresh eggs that have been laid for four or five days. They are much easier to stand upright than hard-cooked eggs."
"Who said that? I've used hard-boiled eggs to make them stand upright before."
Brother Nan didn't believe it, so he rubbed the table hard a few times, as if this would increase the friction, and then carefully placed the egg upright on the table.
Hold on tight and let go.
"Grumpy"
The eggs fell onto the table.
The cat also failed to stand the egg upright.
Brother Nan was not discouraged. He took another piece of tissue and spread it on the table and continued trying.
After repeating it several times, it really stood up.
"How is it?" Brother Nan raised his handsome chin and looked at Li Mu proudly, "Isn't it great?"
"Awesome." Li Mu was a little surprised. Brother Nan was indeed a son of luck. She even encountered him with such a small probability.
"Nimu, help Mr. Yogurt to stand his egg upright!" The kitten became anxious when he saw Brother Nan's egg standing upright.
"Okay, after I help Master Yogurt stand up, we'll have a good meal, okay?"
"Okay!" The cat nodded.
Li Mu picked up the egg and placed it upright on the table.
Brother Nan and the kitten stared at it without blinking.
Li Mu put the egg down and tried to loosen his hand. The egg instantly began to fall over, but he reacted quickly and held it up immediately. Brother Nan didn't notice that he had let go.
It turns out that cooked eggs are not as easy to stand upright as raw eggs.
The egg can stand upright mainly by moving its center of gravity downward. When the center of gravity falls on the supporting surface, the egg can stand upright.
The center of gravity of this boiled egg has been determined. From the previous attempt, we can see that its center of gravity does not fall on the supporting surface of the egg. In this case, no matter how hard you try, it will not stand upright.
But this did not pose a problem for Li Mu. He glanced at Brother Nan and Xiaomao secretly, and began to slowly press down with his hands.
“It’s erected.”
Li Mu let go of his hand, and the egg stood steadily on the table.
"How did you do it so quickly?" Brother Nan was a little unconvinced and reached out to take the egg.
Li Mu grabbed the egg first and knocked it on the table. "It's time to eat. After that, we have to go patrol the forest."
"Oh."
Brother Nan withdrew his hand, cracked the egg she had held upright, and concentrated on eating.
The kitten lay on the table, but did not feel the joy of successfully standing the egg upright. Instead, he looked at Li Mu suspiciously, then at the egg in his hand, then turned to look at Brother Nan, his eyes flickering and a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Master Yogurt, please have breakfast." Li Mu calmly broke the peeled eggs and put them into the kitten's bowl.
"Well."
The cat shook its head, buried its face in the bowl, and started eating with a smacking sound.
After taking a few bites, he couldn't help himself and looked up at Li Mu, "Why is your egg standing up different from Brother Lan's?"
"Don't talk while you're eating eggs, you'll choke." Li Mu glanced at Brother Nan and said to the kitten, "If you choke, you'll have to drink a lot of water."
"!" The kitten immediately stopped saying anything and ate the eggs carefully.
These little movements can't be hidden from the cat's eyes.
Li Mu sighed in his heart.
He didn't stand the egg upright just now, but crushed the egg where it touched the table. The broken eggshell formed a flat surface, so that it could be stood upright.
He spoke at the moment the eggshell broke, covering up the sound so that Brother Nan didn't notice.
But Yogurt is different. Her hearing and eyesight are very strong and these things cannot be hidden from her at all.
Had breakfast.
Brother Nan picked up the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them.
Li Mu went to feed the cubs.
The mother bear has been particularly well behaved these past two days and has stopped snatching milk from the bowls for her cubs.
Especially when seeing Brother Nan, the black bear felt very guilty.
When they came back from patrolling the forest yesterday, Mother Bear brought a small beehive to Brother Nan as compensation for stealing her wine.
Brother Nan was also very generous and had stopped being angry. He also said that if Mom Xiong liked to drink, he would just bring back a few boxes next time.
After finishing the cleaning, the two men and the cat went out to patrol the forest.
Along the way up the mountain, it was not boring at all with the two mountain kings, Brother Nan and Xiaomao, around.
Li Mu was recording the situation in the forest area while appreciating the scenery along the way. Occasionally, when he came across beautiful scenery, he would help Brother Nan take a few photos and short videos.
Brother Nan always likes to take some short videos of front flips and back flips.
Now there is one more kitten.
Mao'er is good at learning. She has mastered skills such as front flips and back flips. The videos she shot with Brother Nan have gained her a lot of fans on Douyin.
Li Mu was also forced to enter the camera and strike various poses in coordination with Brother Nan.
Pain and happiness.
After taking photos, continue patrolling the forest.
When they reached a valley, the two mountain kings could no longer walk, so they gathered under a tall tree and looked up.
"Li Mu, come here quickly!" Brother Nan waved at Li Mu.
"what happened?"
"Look what's growing on this tree? It looks like a chicken claw!"
Li Mu looked up and saw the fruits on the tree clearly.
The tree crown is full of fruits, but their appearance is very strange, different from the common wild fruits. They look like melons but not melons, like fruits but not fruits, and they are crooked and twisted.
It looks like a chicken claw, but also like a curved hook.
“This is Hovenia dulcis.”
Li Mu recognized the variety of the fruit. "It's also called the jujube. In some places, it's also called chicken claw pear, chicken claw lotus, chicken fork fruit, longevity fruit, golden hook, etc."
"What a descriptive name, it looks like a frivolous creature." Brother Nan raised his head high and stared at the fruit on the tree, "Can this be eaten?"
"You can eat it, but the edible part is not the small fruits, but the fruit stalk, which is the chicken claw-like thing you see."
Li Mu introduced it to Brother Nan, "I ate it in the countryside when I was a child. It tasted pretty good, like dates and pears, and was very sweet."
"Is that so?" Brother Nan smacked his lips.
"Not only is it delicious, but it's also full of treasures." Li Mu smiled, "Its fruit stalks can be used to make wine, vinegar, sugar, and soup. The bark can treat indigestion, the leaves can relieve dryness and heat, and the seeds have the effects of clearing heat, promoting urination, and detoxifying alcohol."
"Can it make wine and also help sober you up?"
"Well, its fruit stalk can be used to make wine, and its seeds can help sober you up. It's recorded in the Southern Yunnan Materia Medica that it can cure all kinds of left and right paralysis, rheumatism and numbness, and can also help sober you up."
"Oh, it sounds like this thing is really a treasure."
"Yes, if you drink too much and feel uncomfortable one day, you can eat some of its seeds and you will feel much better."
"I won't drink too much!" Brother Nan glared at Li Mu unhappily.
"emm"
Li Mu remained silent. This man was very stubborn.
(End of this chapter)
