In the famine year, the group pet cubs awakened to farm in Shanhaijing

Chapter 3 Digging Wild Vegetables

Da Ya and the others were all stunned.

For the first time, they discovered that Sanya was so cute, with big and beautiful eyes, as soft as a duckling.

Only then did Ye Ning notice them, and asked, "Big ya? Why are you here? Zhuzi isn't with you?"

"Second Aunt, Grandma told us to go dig wild vegetables with you today."

Da Ya led everyone forward, shook her head and said, "Brother is still going to play in the field today."

Hearing this, Cheng Miaomiao pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.

Everyone in the family has to help with things. Mrs. Zhao loves her eldest grandson and only lets him play with others all day long.

Zhuzi of the first room is nine years old, Maodan is six years old, and Goudan is five years old of the second room.Daya and Erya, 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 the end of July. The wheat in the field will be harvested in a hurry, and another crop of late millet will be planted. There is no more food left over from last year's grain, so we have to dig wild vegetables and mix it with wheat flour to make it. Vegetable cake.

Every morning and dinner are eaten very late.

The Cheng family usually finishes their morning work and waits for the sun to rise before eating breakfast.

Ye Ning put on his back basket and led the children to a further mountain.All the edible wild vegetables on the mountain near the village have been dug up, and now we can only go to Xiaohuaishan, which is farther away.

Cheng Miaomiao has short calves and gets tired after walking for a while.

At this time, Ye Ning would carry her into the basket and carry her on his back for a while, and then carry 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 Xiaohuaishan, it is actually very big.

It is said that wolves, tigers and leopards have appeared in it, and some villagers have seen wild boars infesting. Only hunters would come here on weekdays. Now that there is not enough food for each family due to drought, they will go up the mountain.

Ye Ning walked to a hillside with ease.

A few little radish 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 it is a little wilted.

She felt it for a while, and then puffed up her cheeks in frustration. Now she can only sense the biological activity within a range of one meter. You must know that mountain gods can sense the entire mountain!
Soon Ye Ning stopped, the ground here was flat, and there was a piece of purple-red wild vegetables growing.

He took out the small hoe about the size of a palm from his back basket, dug up a wild vegetable and showed it to Da Ya and the others, and introduced, "This is amaranth. You can dig out the same ones you see around here."

As he spoke, he dug up a few more wild amaranths and handed them to Da Ya and the others.

Daya, Erya and Maodan are both used to playing in the mountains, they immediately scattered wildly with wild amaranth, rustling the grass around them, picking wild flowers and fruits as soon as they saw them a pick.

Cheng Miaomiao squatted beside him, struggling to pull out an amaranth.

Thinking about the illustrated book of the classics of mountains and seas in her heart, sure enough, the blue leather illustrated book glowing with gold appeared in front of her eyes again, she flicked through a few pages and then stopped, on the top of the page was written "Amaranth".

[Host: Cheng Miaomiao

Location: Great Jin Dynasty, Xiaohe Village, Drought
Red Amaranth: Magnolia, Amaranthaceae Amaranthus, an annual herb with thick stems, green or red, often branched... sweet and cool... the root, fruit and whole herb are used as medicine, which has the effects of improving eyesight, urinating and defecating, and removing cold and heat .

Quality: normal, short of water]

The morphological characteristics, cultivation methods, growth habits and main values ​​of amaranth are accurately recorded above.

After Cheng Miaomiao read them one by one, she recalled all the knowledge about red amaranth clearly, as if it had existed in her mind, very clearly.

Doesn't the appearance of this book mean that she may become a mountain god after collecting the illustrations?
Seeing her staring at something in a daze, Ye Ning stretched out the back of his hand and touched her face worriedly: "Miaomiao? If you are tired, you can rest."

With a thought, the illustration book sank into the center of his eyebrows again.

Cheng Miaomiao shook her head, her eyes sparkled, and said softly, "I'm not tired, Ma'am, I'll help you, we have to dig a lot of wild vegetables back!" Find more kinds, so she will be one step closer to becoming a mountain god!

Ye Ning felt warm and astringent in his heart.

The two dug up all the wild amaranths in this area, and then turned around and found purslane in another area. Cheng Miaomiao also recorded it in the illustrated book of mountains and seas according to the gourd, and also recorded some useless ones by the way. of weeds.

Every time she picks, she can feel the excitement coming from the plants.

This is how they welcome her, the mountain god!
So Cheng Miaomiao dug harder.

"The vegetables I dug out grow better than Aniang's." Ye Ning looked at the wild vegetables she put on hand in surprise.

Cheng Miaomiao put her hands on her hips and proudly said, "It's because they like me!"

Ye Ning laughed dumbly.

When Da Ya and the others grabbed a lot of amaranth and wild fruits from nearby to find her, they saw that her face was covered in mud, and she was obviously panting from exhaustion and asked her second aunt to dig wild vegetables again.

They didn't expect Sanya to be so serious, they were shocked and felt a little ashamed at the same time.

Da Ya handed over the food: "Second Aunt, we found this."

After that, Maodan took out a purple-red fruit from his clothes and wiped it for Cheng Miaomiao, grinning 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 lit up instantly. Seeing that she liked it, Goudan grabbed a handful and put it in her hand.

"It's called myrtle, and it's an edible fruit, but if you eat too much, your tongue and teeth will be stained purple. Just remember not to be afraid." Ye Ning explained with a smile.

"Don't be afraid! Second Aunt, we all know." Mao Dan hurriedly said loudly.

This time I ate the fruit, but there were no new pages in the illustrated book of Shan Hai Jing.

Cheng Miaomiao ate two more, but still didn't have any. She felt a little strange, and looked at the wild vegetables dug out of the basket, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. 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 show me?" Cheng Miaomiao raised her face and asked.

It was the first time that Maodan was stared at by his younger sister with such bright eyes.

As if he was not a naughty child, but a trustworthy older brother, an unspeakable feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and his face became hot.

"It's just ahead, and you can see several trees along the road, and we've picked all the fruits."

Goudan hurriedly said: "Sister, if you still want to eat, third brother will take you there."

Cheng Miaomiao immediately showed a sweet smile: "Thank you, third brother."

Hearing this, Ye Ning glanced at her subconsciously, stopped when he saw the gauze tied on her head, and said, "Miaomiao, if you don't feel well, don't go, you can go next time."

"No discomfort, no more headache."

Cheng Miaomiao touched the back of her head, and it didn't hurt so much this time.

It stands to reason that the injury that could have killed the original child must be serious, but she hasn't done anything yet, so how did the injury get better?
……and many more.

She just collected the illustrated books of the classics of mountains and seas!

(End of this chapter)