Agitation from the military road (continued 132): Eating jackfruit for the first time

The ultraviolet rays of the three-volt sun are particularly strong. Located in the southeast corner of the empty regimental headquarters playground, the small car class dormitory, baked by the scorching sun at noon and the high temperature on the surface of the playground, quickly turned into a hot oven.

Although the soldiers' beds are covered with cool mats, even the cold mats are hot, and lying on them for a while will make people feel hot and unbearable. It seems that this noon sleep is impossible to sleep, Ju Xiaoding can only get up and sit in front of the window in a daze. Although he desperately shook the fan in his hand, he still didn't feel cool.

At this time, he saw Deputy Squad Leader Zhu carrying a round and rolling thing from a distance towards this side, and his figure actually changed its shape under the reflection of the rising heat wave on the surface of the playground, like a shadow floating on the ground. It wasn't until he came to the window that Ju Xiaoding could clearly see that the thing he was carrying on his shoulder was actually a big jackfruit. He came to the spirit.

Jackfruit is a tropical fruit whose fruit grows on the trunk of a tree. Not only is its skin covered with small bumps, but it is also incredibly large (the large one can weigh forty or fifty pounds). Because this tree was introduced from Hainan Island in the early 1960s by the troops to beautify the barracks environment, and was not planted by the people in the vicinity, few local people have tasted it.

The jackfruit that Zhu Wenqing carried back weighed more than twenty pounds. He took advantage of his lunch break to quietly pluck it from the tree in front of the cooking class. The soldiers who were lying on the bed were too hot to sleep, and when they saw Zhu Ban vice-admiral carrying back a large jackfruit from outside, they immediately jumped out of bed in a hurry.

Zhu Wenqing broke open the huge ripe fruit from the middle with his hand, and the room was instantly filled with a strange fragrance of jackfruit. "What does it smell like?" How can it be so weird? Ju Xiaoding said to himself.

"Captain Ju, have you never eaten jackfruit before?" It's this smell, you smell it for a long time, get used to it, just fine. Sun Qingxiang said.

"I haven't eaten it before. Our three battalions commanded platoons and did not plant such trees. ”

"Come, Captain Ju, hold it quickly." You eat one first. Deputy Squad Leader Zhu handed him a piece of meat with a belt.

"It doesn't taste good, what's so delicious about it?"

"Instead of eating its ribs, eat the flesh inside it." Deputy Squad Leader Zhu said as he helped him take out a piece of pulp.

Ju Xiaoding took it and opened his mouth to eat, and an even stronger smell came to his nose. He was very uncomfortable with the scent, so he took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention and ran out to spit out the pulp. Then, go to the bathroom and wash your hands. But what he did not expect was that the sticky pectin stuck to his hand, how to wash it with soap, could not be washed off, so he ran back to Zhu Wenqing and asked:

"How can I not wash away this sticky thing on my hand?"

"Do you wash your hands?" Deputy Squad Leader Zhu asked, "Such a delicious fruit, I had a hard time getting one, why didn't you eat it?" ”

"I just can't stand the weird smell of it."

"This is the first time you've eaten and it may be a little uncomfortable. The second time I ate it was fine. Don't believe it, you eat another one and try it. ”

"I don't eat anymore."

"Squad leader, Deputy Zhu Ban, he is right, it is true."

"Well, if you eat another one, you'll definitely like it."

"You have to eat again. Otherwise, I won't tell you how to wash these sticky things on your hands. Several of the warriors around Zhu Wenqing blinked and said, "If I don't talk about it, you certainly can't imagine what kind of washing method it will be." ”

"Really? All right. Ju Xiaoding took the letter suspiciously and took a piece of flesh into his mouth. To his surprise, the flesh that he ate into his mouth this time not only no longer felt any strange taste, but also felt both fragrant and sweet.

After the jackfruit was finished, Zhu Wenqing told him: you must first wipe your hands with oil (gasoline, engine oil or cooking oil), and then wash it with soap, you can wash it.

"How does it taste?" Am I right? Zhu Wenqing asked while pouring gasoline on his hand.

"Yes, it's delicious."

"Deputy Squad, if you don't persuade him, it's fine." Otherwise, we can eat more. ”

"Who says it's not. Ha ha...... Captain Ju, I really didn't expect that you would become more able to eat than we can. ”

(To be continued)