The female medical concubine of the peasant

Chapter 17 Self-reliance II

Smelling the smell of fish, Wei Xiao'e saw that it was getting late, and couldn't help but blame herself secretly, Yuan Shi is still in confinement, cooking and so on must be soaked in cold water, but she slept so dead .

In addition, she originally thought about going to the back mountain of the village in the afternoon.

Thinking about it, he got up quickly and went to help Yuan Shi who had already put pancakes in the pot and boiled fish to clean up the food.

While waiting to eat, seeing Yuan's mouth stopped after eating only one pancake, Wei Xiao'e immediately handed over another pancake and said, "Mother, good life is not about saving money, the most important thing for us now is If we keep our bodies strong, as long as we don’t get sick, we won’t be afraid of anything.”

While talking, she also picked up the second pancake and looked at Yuan Shi.

Feeling both comfort and bitterness in Yuan Shi's heart, she took a small bite of the pancake and took a piece of fish for Wei Xiao'e.With such a daughter by her side, what else does she have to worry about, she must take care of her health and wait for her husband to come back with her children.

Probably because he was no longer starving, and Yuan's body was no longer red.Wei Xiao'e felt her pulse secretly, and realized that apart from being a little depressed and a little weak, there was nothing serious, so she was relieved.

After a good night's rest, Wei Xiao'e went out at dawn the next day.

She agreed with Yuan Shi to have two meals a day.But now the weather is getting shorter and the nights are lengthening, so it is agreed to wait until the end of Chen Shi in the morning and the end of Shen Shi in the evening.

Wei Xiao'e's plan was mainly to prevent Yuan Shi from doing anything.She goes out early in the morning, and will try her best to come back in the middle of the day.

Now Wei Xiao'e was walking quickly on the path leading to the back mountain.

During this time, it was probably because she was able to eat enough, and she felt much more energetic than before.I thought in my mind that today I just went to the back mountain to go around first. If I found something, I would come over to get things tomorrow, so I simply carried an ax and a small basket on my back.

Carrying things in the basket, as for the axe, it is for self-defense.

It's just that to Wei Xiao'e's surprise, he met someone in the back mountain.

When seeing the boy Shi Da Zhuang with a dog, Wei Xiao'e immediately understood that Da Zhuang might have the same idea as himself.

Because Wei Dashan was at home before, the owner didn't like to show up like Yuan Shi.But she also knows something about Da Zhuang's family.

Speaking of which, although Da Zhuang is young, just 15 years old, he is already considered the pillar of the family.His father was in poor health and was basically bedridden in winter.And Da Zhuang has two younger brothers and a younger sister. His family suffered from famine due to his father's illness, and their lives were not well off.

In the village, teenagers of his age are basically either married or already engaged in marriage, but because of the poverty of his family, Da Zhuang has not said anything about marriage yet.

But although the situation of Da Zhuang's family is not good, Da Zhuang is a capable person. At the age of 13, he started to manage the family. Not only did he take his younger siblings to plant a few acres of land well, but even the dilapidated home was well-groomed by him.

Many people in the village praised Da Zhuang, and some people thought about making him their son-in-law, but because of his big and small mouths waiting to eat, they couldn't help shrinking back.

But the girls in Huaichun can't think so much, and there are quite a few girls who flirt with Da Zhuang. Sister Wei Qiu and Wei Chunzhen are two of the most prominent ones.

When she saw Da Zhuang, especially the dog that followed him, Wei Xiao'an's heart that was still a little bit put back in her stomach immediately.If there were wolves or something, at least this dog would be a wake-up call.So she followed closely not far from Da Zhuang.

And Da Zhuang didn't expect Wei Xiao'e to appear here alone, but thinking of what his mother said two days ago, he couldn't feel pity for this young girl. Anyway, other people here in Houshan basically If you can't come up, what if you share the things you found with her?

People in the village are quite jealous of the back mountain, but in fact, there are many flowers, plants and trees here. Although they have begun to turn yellow and wither, they do not look eerie.At least two or three miles away is such a scene.

From time to time, hares would jump up from the side, causing the dogs around Da Zhuang to chase after them like arrows.

Originally, Wei Xiao'e wanted to take a good turn around the back mountain to see what was there, but when she saw a large dandelion, she still couldn't help slowing down.

Dandelion is a good thing, anti-inflammatory, fire-removing, detoxification, and lactating. There are not many kinds of herbs here, so Wei Xiao'e naturally wants to dig some when he sees it.The first thing she thought of was to take it home and dry it for Yuan Shi to drink.

At this time, Da Zhuang had already chased his dog and rushed to a deeper place. Wei Xiao'e felt that he was also tired, so he squatted down and started digging dandelions directly.

When she had dug a few trees, she suddenly saw something under her feet. She picked it up and looked, and was immediately delighted. It turned out to be a walnut.

Looking up and seeing a walnut tree beside her, Wei Xiao'e was even happier.He hurriedly looked for the fallen walnuts in the grass.

After a lot of work, she really found more than [-] walnuts.

Looking up to see that there are still many hanging on the tree, Wei Xiao'e secretly pursed her lips and smiled, knowing that there are such things here, and then she can pick up some after a while.

"You want these things?"

Put the walnuts into the back basket, and started digging dandelions again, when suddenly someone spoke from the side.

Looking back, I saw that it was Da Zhuang who came to her side at some point.

"Yes," Wei Xiao'e looked up at Da Zhuang, blinked and said, "As long as it can fill my stomach, I want it."

Da Zhuang sighed in his heart when he said these words, since he was suffering from childhood, he certainly understood the meaning of Wei Xiao'e's words.It's just that he didn't expect Wei Xiao'e to even dig up half-withered dandelions to take home.

Naturally, he didn't know Wei Xiao'e's use for dandelions, he only thought that she would also eat them as wild vegetables, so he pursed his lips and said: "I know there is a chestnut tree over there, come out early tomorrow, I will take you to pick chestnuts. "Chestnuts last for a long time and are much tastier than wild vegetables.

"Then thank you Big Brother Da Zhuang." Wei Xiao'e thanked immediately.Unintentional help!

"Go home," Da Zhuang turned his head and left, but continued to say: "Go down from the west side of Shanxi, there is a forest over there, and the villagers will not pay attention."

No wonder I didn't notice him before, and I didn't see him until I went up the mountain. It turned out that he had another way, and the people in the village couldn't see him.

It was worth the trip today!

For several days, Wei Xiao'e met Da Zhuang when he went up the mountain, and he told her all the chestnut trees, walnut trees, and persimmon trees he knew without reservation.

In the past few days, Wei Xiao'e has also returned with a full load.

In the morning, I went to the back mountain to pick fruits, and at noon, I took advantage of the warm weather to go to the small river to catch fish. During this time, Wei Xiao'e was very busy.

But she feels particularly fulfilled when she sees the empty room that is used as a warehouse grow more and more every day.

　The third watch, I am a hardworking bee,

　　

　

(End of this chapter)