Chapter 19: Dried Small Fish and Digged Bracken
Hearing the sound of pushing the door open, Yun Xiaotang turned around and saw Zhao Xueer coming back from the mountain.
"Sister~" The two little ones rushed over and looked at Zhao Xueer very happily.
Hee hee, every time my sister comes back from the mountain, there is delicious food.
Zhao Xueer understood as soon as she saw the shining eyes of the two. She put down the bamboo basket and took away the dandelions on it, revealing the bright red and delicate thorns inside.
"These are wild fruits that my sister picked in the mountains. They are sour and sweet. They are here to satisfy your cravings."
Yun Xiaotang took a closer look and said, oh, isn't this a raspberry? She had seen it on the mountain during an outing in her previous life. At that time, she heard from the tour guide that the raspberry was also called a raspberry. In the spring, rural children would go there if they were greedy.
Pick this from the mountain and eat it.
Zhao Tianer stretched out his hand and was about to put one in his mouth to taste it, but Zhao Xueer stopped him by lightly slapping his hand, "Wash it before eating."
With a whoosh, Zhao Tian'er withdrew his hand, touched his head with his hand awkwardly, and tapped his toes on the ground.
At this moment, Yun Xiaotang noticed the scratches on her sister's hand, "Sister, your hand..."
Zhao Xueer looked at her hand lightly and said, "Hey, it's okay. The red mark will disappear in a while. It's not painful or itchy, don't worry."
"Sister, I'll wash the thorn bubbles for you." After rubbing her sister's head, she quickly took the basin and washed the thorn bubbles. After washing, she poured the washed thorn bubbles into a bamboo plaque and placed it on a shelf in the yard.
The two younger ones took it and ate it by themselves.
Afterwards, she went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
In the yard, Zhao Tianer took a thorn bubble and stuffed it into his sister's mouth, "Sister, is it sweet?"
"Oh, sweet! Brother, you can eat it too." Yun Xiaotang also took one and handed it to Zhao Tian'er.
Zhao Tian'er ate it happily. The fruit was so delicious. The two little ones happily ate it.
After breakfast, the three of them went to work.
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When she came back from work at noon, Zhao Xueer fished a fish out of the water tank and cooked it for her younger siblings. It was the time when their younger siblings were growing and they had no meat to eat. Fortunately, there were fish to supplement their nutrition.
Yun Xiaotang actively picked up wild ginger and wild pepper in the yard, washed them and handed them to Zhao Xueer. Zhao Xueer took them and let them play in the yard.
The aroma of fish wafted from the kitchen, and Zhao Xueer made a rare frying of fish. The oil was sizzling, and the smell of burnt meat hit her nostrils.
The two little ones didn't care about playing anymore. They shrugged their noses and squatted at the door of the kitchen waiting for the meal to be served.
After lunch, Zhao Xueer still remembered her promise to her sister to dry small fish to eat, so she fished some small fish from the water tank.
Wash the fish, remove fishing lines and other debris, wash it again with clean water, sprinkle it with salt, put it in a bamboo plaque, and take it to the yard to dry in the sun.
After doing all this, she suddenly remembered the dandelions she dug in the morning. These dandelions were soaked in water to clear away heat and detoxify. After drying, they were stored and could be drank in the summer.
So she started to deal with the dandelions. It was actually very simple, just remove the roots, wash them and put them in a bamboo plaque to dry in the sun. Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tianer helped select the dandelions, and they were done in a short time.
Nowadays, there are thorns in the shade in the yard, and dried fish and dandelions drying in the sun. It makes people feel warm and satisfied inexplicably.
Yun Xiaotang frowned and felt calm in her heart.
Before going to work, Zhao Xueer took out a clean cloth bag and filled it with a bag full of thorn bubbles, and asked her younger brothers and sisters to take them to eat. She told her younger sister to share them with other friends in the team who were close to her.
It's going bad.
This cloth bag looks like a purse, and the rope needs to be longer, just enough for Yun Xiaotang to carry it cross-body.
When the time came, Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tianer went to work and herd the cows with their sister's heart on their backs.
During this time, most of the children in the cattle herding team became familiar with Yun Xiaotang, and they all liked to play with Yun Xiaotang. At this time, the children had no sense of aesthetics, let alone jealousy. They just thought that Yun Xiaotang looked weird.
Lovely.
"Chun'er, I just picked these flowers by the river. Do you like them?"
Following the sound, I looked over and saw a little girl with two braids holding flowers in her hands and looking at her expectantly.
This little girl was the first person to come over and ask about their garlands last time. Her name was Wang Dongmei.
"Dongmei, this flower is beautiful." Yun Xiaotang said.
Upon hearing this, Wang Dongmei immediately laughed and said, "These are the flowers I found by the river for a long time. I give them to you."
Yun Xiaotang took the flowers, said thank you, and then took out the cloth bag and said, "Here, these are the wild fruits my sister picked in the mountains. You can try them."
Taking the thorn bubble from Yun Xiaotang, Wang Dongmei sat down on the grass.
"Wow, this fruit is delicious!" Wang Dongmei said happily after eating one of the thorns.
Yun Xiaotang smiled and rolled her eyes, and shared the thorn bubbles with other children who looked at them eagerly but did not come forward. There were not many for each person, just two pills. After all, there were many people, but everyone was already satisfied.
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In the end, only one person was left...
Zhou Nanyue was lying alone on the grass, dozing off with his eyes closed as usual.
Until a small hand poked his shoulder.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a child taking out two wild fruits from his pocket and handing them over, "Here are these for you, they are sour and sweet, you can try them."
The little girl's voice was soft and cooing. She was holding a red wild fruit in her hand and looking at him with bright eyes.
Zhou Nanyue didn't speak or react for a while.
Yun Xiaotang looked at the dazed look of the little boy in front of her, thinking that he was embarrassed to take it, and quickly said, "Everyone has it, you can take this."
Then, without waiting for his reaction, he grabbed his hand, put the thorn bubble into his palm, and left.
Looking at the back of the little girl who turned away, and then at the wild fruit in her hand, Zhou Nanyue twitched the corner of her mouth, as if smiling, and then threw the wild fruit into her mouth.
Well, it tastes good.
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In the next few days, Zhao Xueer would go to the mountains early in the morning to look for food whenever she had free time. She also went to the bamboo forest where she dug winter bamboo shoots before, and came back with a few spring bamboo shoots.
The vitality of the bracken on the mountain is really tenacious. It didn't take long for it to grow again after clearing the place. Zhao Xueer dug a lot of bracken, bitter greens and even wild spinach on the mountain.
The mountain forest in spring is simply a magical place. Zhao Xueer couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of nature.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Xueer took the time to expand the small vegetable garden in the yard and simply planted some dug wild spinach in it.
In the vegetable garden, wild leeks are growing just right, wild pepper and wild ginger are also growing, and now there are wild spinach, which makes it even more vibrant.
It would be better if we could raise a few more chickens and ducks. Unfortunately, privately raising poultry is not allowed now.
At this moment, the production team has not even started raising pigs. They will not start raising pigs until next year when intellectuals come to the production team and someone makes suggestions.
At that time, members of the commune can raise chickens at home.
Chapter completed!