Chapter 26: Rough Green Onion Handling Technique
Leon didn’t rush to harvest the green onions right away. Instead, he circled around the patch, making sure they weren’t artificially planted. Only after confirming they were truly wild did he step up to the nearest one and reach out his hand.
These green onions looked similar to the ones Leon was familiar with, but they were taller, with thicker stalks and longer leaves.
He pulled one out from the soil. By sight, it was about thirty centimeters long, a vibrant green all over, with a roundish bulb at the root tinged with pale purple.
“Green Onion (Foraged): Grows rapidly in spring.”
Perhaps he had pulled a bit too hard, because some of the onion’s juice clung to his fingers. He brought them close to his nose. A pure, distinctive onion fragrance instantly filled his senses.
It was even purer than leek, making Leon narrow his eyes in delight. If he’d used this in the morning instead of leek, the onion omelet might have been even more fragrant.
Satisfied that the smell matched what he knew, Leon crouched down again and began pulling the onions out, one by one.
If not for the system-provided backpack, he wouldn’t have had a clue how to carry so many. After harvesting less than half, he already had over a hundred onions. Strangely, three of them couldn’t be stacked with the others and occupied separate slots.
Curious, Leon took those three special onions out, along with one regular onion, and examined them side by side. Aside from being a bit longer and having a deeper color, the special ones weren’t much different.