newbobooks Chapter 12: Continue to dig wild vegetables
Chapter 12: Continue to dig wild vegetables
Another one is the gray vegetable, which she has been used to eating since she was a child in modern times.
Just pick more when the time comes. There are so many people in the family, so we won’t have to worry about not having enough to eat.
On the way back, I went straight to the river to wash it clean and picked a handful of water celery.
There are so many wild vegetables in the fields in the village that you can never dig them all up.
Eat different food every day and you won’t get tired of it.
She used to eat shepherd's purse paste and horseradish paste for every meal, which made her want to vomit. Besides, they didn't look good, so it would be strange if she could eat them.
As I was thinking about it, my stomach started to growl.
I spent two points to buy an egg, but after taking two bites I felt a little choked. I spent another two points to buy a cup of soy milk, and then I felt better.
After eating so much, I didn’t need to have breakfast because I was already full.
Old Mrs. Zhou looked at the wild vegetables in the basket. Well, she found another one that she didn't recognize. However, after what happened yesterday, she still had some trust in San Ya.
"Sanya, how do you know these dishes? Who taught you?"
"Oh, it's the second great-grandmother. I was chatting with her and she told me."
Zhou Mingshu lies without thinking, he just speaks without thinking.
Old Mrs. Zhou found it a little unbelievable.
Her second aunt is so old and confused now that she doesn't even have any teeth in her mouth. How can this girl hear what she says? !
Forget it, it doesn’t matter where she learned it from, as long as it is really a wild vegetable.
With these wild vegetables, life at home will be much better. When the rain falls, she will go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms, which will allow them to survive until the new grain comes in.
By then, you won’t have to worry about not having the next meal after the last one.
The corn porridge in the pot was ready, and Boss Zhou and his men came back soon.
He also announced that everyone could rest for a few days as all the work on the fields had been done.
The rest of the work will have to wait.
The little ones were so happy that they had become much darker after doing the dirty and tiring work in the fields over the past few days.
Now that everyone was not leaving the field, they had a lot more time.
Now that each family has their own staff, they can handle their own trivial matters.
When the time comes, we can free up two people to help the old lady dig some wild vegetables to store winter food.
Although Zhou Mingshu had dug and washed all the wild vegetables needed for the day.
But as soon as breakfast was over, Mrs. Zhou spoke.
Let the three maids in the family continue to dig wild vegetables, wash them, dry them, and store them after drying.
A few boys went to collect firewood halfway up the mountain, but they were not allowed to go too far because it was not safe in the mountains.
The rest of the people are busy at home.
These things are not Boss Zhou's turn to do.
After finishing his meal, he found a piece of old man Zhou's tattered clothes and put it on his shoulders.
"Hey, Boss, what are you doing? Why are you wearing your father's clothes? Go change into yours."
Old Mrs. Zhou tore off Old Man Zhou's clothes and stuffed them into the kitchen.
She burned all of Old Man Zhou's clothes, so how come she missed one?
"Mom, what are you doing? Why are you burning it? I'm using it as a shoulder pad. I'm going out to pick up some manure."
"No, you can't wear your father's clothes, even if you're picking up manure, you have to wear your own clothes."
Old Mrs. Zhou refused sternly, saying that her old man died of illness and no matter how poor the family was, she could not wear his clothes. It would be bad if the illness spread.
She would never allow this to happen.
Boss Zhou was helpless. He couldn't get the clothes he had thrown into the kitchen out.
He had to go back to the house to find another piece of cloth, and then went out carrying a torn backpack.
There are many dogs in the village, and those families with better conditions also raise a few sheep or cows.
As long as there are animals in the house, their feces and urine will be found in the village.
Boss Zhou also tried his luck and picked up some dog shit and sheep dung.
It was not his turn to pick up such precious dung as cow dung, as the owner who fed the cows would just pick it up on the spot.
When I was young, I relied on my family’s wealth and looked down on those who picked up dung. But now, things have changed and I have become the dung picker.
Life is all about living!
Boss Zhou gritted his teeth, prepared himself mentally, then took a small hoe and started digging in the grass.
I hope God will bless him and give him two more piles of dog shit.
Zhou Mingqin and the other children had also completed their preparations and filled the bamboo tubes with warm water.
Especially Zhou Mingzhi and his guys.
They were doing hard labor and would sweat a lot, so they had to carry more water, and therefore the bamboo tubes were unusually large.
Zhou Mingzhi picked up the axe and rubbed it back and forth on the water tank a few times, making a "rubbing" sound.
Then set off together.
Zhou Mingshu and his two sisters were digging wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain.
Zhou Mingshu asked her elder sister to dig purslane. This wild vegetable is rich in juice, has a unique taste, and its sour taste is very popular among young people. She guessed that everyone would like to eat it too.
The second sister went to pick some gray-gray vegetables. She was familiar with this vegetable. If there were not enough gray-gray vegetables, there was also red amaranth, which were almost the same.
One is white and the other is red.
After pinching for a while, Zhou Ming's chess hands were covered with color.
"Mingshu, this red amaranth is growing really well. Even if the stems are all dried up, there will still be a large leaf."
"Yeah, that's right. The wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain are so lush, you can imagine how good they grow inside the mountain. It's a pity that grandma won't let us in."
"What are you talking about? Just listen to grandma. As a girl, it's better not to go into the mountains. If you meet a bad guy, no one will respond and even the heavens will not help. What will you do then?"
What the elder sister said made sense. Zhou Mingshu shrank his head and dared not say anything more.
Grandma's worry is on point. From ancient times to the present, it is very dangerous for girls to go out alone, especially in such deep mountains and forests.
Spicy strips and mosquitoes are not scary, the scariest thing is the human heart.
The wild vegetables Zhou Mingshu dug were rather mixed, but they were all edible anyway, so he dug whatever he saw and then took them home, washed them, and dried them in the sun. No one could tell what the vegetables were.
"If we dry these vegetables, we can make dumplings during the Chinese New Year. We are tired of eating them now, but they will become delicious again in winter."
"That's right. These are much more delicious than radishes and cabbages."
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The three sisters chatted with each other, and before they knew it, the three backpacks were filled with wild vegetables.
They came to the river together, sank the backpack into the current, and shook it back and forth. The mud inside was washed out by the current, making the whole thing mixed.
"You guys wash them first, I'll go home and get some clean baskets."
The eldest sister went home to get a basket, while Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu picked up small stones and skipped them on the water.
This is a rare leisure time.
Take off your straw sandals, soak your feet in the cool river water, and enjoy the beauty of early summer in the countryside.
"Ah~" Zhou Mingqi yelled, and then his calf ejected directly, throwing something out.
The speed was too fast and they couldn't see clearly what it was.