Wild spinach was once a weed by the fields that farmers hated, but now it sells for 9 yuan per jin.
In the morning, after the rain stopped at noon, I went for a walk by the fields and saw quite a few farmer friends pulling up weeds along the field edges. However, there were a few kinds of weeds that the farmer friends dug up and then tied into bundles, apparently to take away and sell. I walked over and asked, and only then learned that they were indeed preparing to take them away to sell. One of these weeds looked rather unusual, because it closely resembled a vegetable we often eat, "A-choy" (stem lettuce). This weed is "sorrel" (Rumex), also called wild spinach or goat's hoof.
When it comes to this weed called sorrel, the farmer friends laughed. They used to always treat this weed as a "malignant weed" by the farmland, and now they make money from it, which is truly interesting. This weed, sorrel, was very unwelcome in the past, because it most likes to grow along the edges of farmland. Sorrel is a perennial herb with a well-developed root system, strong adaptability, strong ability to spread and reproduce, and it grows tall (up to about 1 m at most). It often robs crops of nutrients, making it a "malignant weed" in orchards, tea gardens and farmland. Therefore, in the past, many farmer friends hated it, and as soon as they saw it they would dig it up to feed to pigs.
However, now, as living standards have risen, people have gradually discovered that sorrel is actually a treasure. It can not only be eaten as a wild vegetable, but can also be used as an herbal medicine. According to the farmer friends digging sorrel by the fields, the tender stems and leaves of sorrel can be eaten as a wild vegetable. I checked some information and found that sorrel is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and oxalic acid, and is indeed a very good wild vegetable for supplementing vitamins.
In addition, sorrel also has medicinal value. Its root can be used as medicine, with effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing heat and relieving constipation, promoting urination, and killing parasites. It is precisely because sorrel has edible and medicinal value that many farmer friends today not only do not dislike it, but even treat it as a treasure. The farmer friends digging sorrel by the fields told me that they dig up these sorrel plants and take them to the city to sell as a wild vegetable. Now the tender stems and leaves of this sorrel can sell for about 9 yuan per jin. Not only are the weeds by the farmland removed, but they can also earn some pocket money. Why not do it? Friends, have you ever eaten sorrel or wild spinach?