Forget it, better not think about it.
She couldn't help but remind Gongyu Hao, "Second Brother, tomorrow you should buy some soybeans too. In our veggie patch, we only have radishes, napa cabbage, and garlic shoots with spinach, and the garlic shoots and spinach won't last many days either. If you bring back soybeans, we can sprout bean sprouts to eat, and even grind soy milk to drink."
"Bean sprouts? What's that?"
Her mom could only sigh at Qixun's habit of tossing out words no one else here understood.
"You soak soybeans in cool boiled water, and in about three to five days, they'll sprout—eat them stir-fried or blanched and tossed in a salad, or throw them in soup, it's all good. Counts as fresh veggies for winter. Oh, red beans and mung beans work too."
After she explained, Gongyu Mingxi said, "No need to go all the way to town. Soybeans don't fetch much, so every family in the village stores some—they'd swap plenty for a wild chicken."
