Chapter 3 Digging Wild Vegetables
Author: Seven taels of broken silver
Everyone in Da Ya was stunned.
For the first time, they discovered that Sanya was so cute, with big and beautiful eyes, as soft as a little duck.
Only then did Ye Ning notice them and asked: "Da Ya? Why are you here, Zhu Zhu is not with you?"
"Second aunt, Grandma asked us to dig wild vegetables with you today."
Da Ya led everyone forward, shook her head and said, "Brother, I will go play in the fields today."
Hearing this, Cheng Miaomiao frowned dissatisfied.
Everyone in the family has to help with things, but Mrs. Zhao loves her eldest grandson so much that she only lets him play with others all day long.
Zhuzi of the eldest family is nine years old, Mao Dan is six years old, and Goudan, the second family member, is five years old. Da Ya and Er Ya, one is eight years old and the other is six years old. In addition to pulling weeds, they usually go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.
Cheng Miaomiao is the youngest in the whole family.
In a few days, it will be late July. The wheat in the fields has to be harvested in a hurry, and another crop of late millet has to be planted. There is no more food left after eating last year's grain, so I have to dig wild vegetables and mix them with wheat flour to make them.
Vegetable cake.
I eat breakfast and dinner very late every day.
The Cheng family usually finishes their morning chores and waits for the sun to rise before having breakfast.
Ye Ning put on the backpack and led a few children to the mountains farther away. All the edible wild vegetables on the mountain near the village had been dug up, and now they could only go to Xiaohuai Mountain, which was farther away.
Cheng Miaomiao has short calves and gets tired after walking for a while.
At this time, Ye Ning would put her into the carrier and carry her for a while, and then take her out after she had rested enough. The mountain road was rugged, and after walking for about half an hour, they finally entered Xiaohuai Mountain.
Although it is called Xiaohuai Mountain, it is actually very big.
It is said that jackals, tigers and leopards have appeared there, and some villagers have seen wild boars. Usually only hunters come here, but now that there is a drought, everyone goes up the mountain when they have insufficient food.
Ye Ning walked to a hillside in a familiar way.
Several little carrot heads followed her closely, while Cheng Miaomiao held her hand and looked around curiously.
The vegetation activity on this mountain is not very high and is a bit wilted.
She felt it for a while, and then puffed up her cheeks in frustration. Now she could only sense biological activity within one meter. You know, the mountain gods can sense the entire mountain!
Ye Ning soon stopped. The ground here was flat and there was a patch of purple-red wild vegetables growing there.
He took out a palm-sized hoe from his backpack, dug up a wild vegetable, showed it to Daya and the others, and introduced it: "This is amaranth. You can dig out any of the same ones you see around here."
Then he dug up a few more wild amaranths and handed them to Daya and the others.
Da Ya Er Ya and Mao Dan were used to playing in the mountains. They took the wild amaranths and immediately scattered them wildly. They rustled up the grass around them and picked wild flowers and fruits when they saw them.
One pick.
Cheng Miaomiao squatted next to her, struggling to pull out an amaranth plant.
She was thinking about the Illustrated Book of Mountains and Seas, and sure enough, the golden blue illustrated book appeared in front of her eyes again. She flipped through a few pages and then stopped. The top of the page read "Amaranth".
[Host: Cheng Miaomiao
Location: Jin Dynasty, Xiaohe Village, Han
Red Amaranth: Magnoliaceae, Amaranthaceae, genus Amaranthus, annual herb, with thick stems, green or red, often branched... Sweet and cool in nature... The roots, fruits and the whole plant are used as medicine, which can improve eyesight, facilitate defecation and relieve cold and heat.
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Quality: ordinary, lack of water]
The above accurately records the morphological characteristics, cultivation methods, growth habits and main value of amaranth.
After Cheng Miaomiao read it one by one, she recalled all the knowledge about red amaranth clearly, as if it had already existed in her mind, very clearly.
Does the appearance of this book mean that after collecting the illustrations, she may still become a mountain god?
Seeing her staring at something in a daze, Ye Ning stretched out his hand and touched her face with some worry: "Miaomiao? If you are tired, you can rest."
As soon as I thought about it, the illustrated book disappeared between my eyebrows again.
Cheng Miaomiao shook her head, her eyes were bright, and she said softly: "Mom, I'm not tired. I'll help you. We need to dig a lot of wild vegetables back!" Find more kinds, so that she will be one step closer to becoming a mountain god!
Ye Ning's heart felt warm and astringent.
The two dug up all the wild amaranth in this area, and then turned around and found purslane in another area. Cheng Miaomiao also followed the gourd and recorded it in the illustrated book of Shan Hai Jing, and also recorded some useless ones.
of weeds.
Every time she picked them, she could feel the excitement coming from the plants.
This is how they welcome her, the mountain god!
So Cheng Miaomiao dug even harder.
"The vegetables I dig grow better than my grandma's." Ye Ning looked at the wild vegetables she put in hand in surprise.
Cheng Miaomiao put her hands on her hips and said proudly: "It's because they like me!"
Ye Ning laughed dumbly.
When Daya and the others came over with a handful of amaranths and wild fruits from nearby, they saw that her face was covered with mud. She was obviously panting from exhaustion and still begging her second aunt to dig wild vegetables again.
Unexpectedly, Sanya was so serious. Everyone was shocked and felt a little ashamed at the same time.
Daya handed the dish over: "Second aunt, this is what we found."
After that, Mao Dan took out another purple-red fruit from his clothes and rubbed it to Cheng Miaomiao. He grinned and said, "Quick, sister Sanya, you can try it too. This is the black belly we found."
The fruit is sweet and sour, with a refreshing taste.
Cheng Miaomiao's eyes instantly lit up. Seeing that she liked it, Goudan grabbed a handful and put it in her hand.
"This is called myrtle. It is an edible fruit. However, if you eat too much, your tongue and teeth will be dyed purple. Just remember not to be afraid when the time comes." Ye Ning explained with a smile.
"Don't be afraid! Second Aunt, we all know it." Mao Dan shouted quickly.
This time I ate the fruit, but there were no new pages in the Illustrated Book of Mountains and Seas.
Cheng Miaomiao ate two more pills, but still nothing. She felt a little strange. She looked at the wild vegetables dug out from the basket on her back, and suddenly an idea flashed. Could it be that she had to see it with her own eyes and uproot it?
"Second brother, where did you pick this fruit? Can you take me to see it?" Cheng Miaomiao raised his face and asked.
This was the first time that Mao Dan was stared at with such bright eyes by his younger sister.
As if he was not a naughty child, but a trustworthy older brother, an indescribable feeling suddenly surged through his heart, and his face heated up.
"It's right in front. You can see several trees as you walk along the road. We have picked all the fruits."
Goudan rushed to say: "Sister, if you still want to eat, third brother will take you there."
Cheng Miaomiao suddenly smiled sweetly: "Thank you, third brother."
Hearing this, Ye Ning glanced at her subconsciously. When he saw the gauze tied on her head, he paused and said, "Miaomiao, if you feel uncomfortable, don't go. You can go next time."
"No discomfort, no more headache."
Cheng Miaomiao touched the back of his head, and this time it didn't hurt so much.
It stands to reason that the injury that could have killed the child must have been serious, but she hadn't done anything yet, so how could the injury get better?
……etc.
She just collected the Illustrated Book of Mountains and Seas!
Chapter completed!