time travel farm girl

Entering October, the morning rises and the evening sets are a bit cold.

In addition to saving firewood as soon as possible, Zisu must continue to look for food that can survive the winter. The rough vegetables, melons and fruits in exchange can only satisfy the hunger for a while, and it is impossible to survive the entire winter.And once it snowed in winter, not to mention the difficult road, even the market in the town would definitely be closed, and even if she still had salt in her hand, she couldn't exchange anything.

It rained for two days and three nights, and finally stopped in the middle of the morning.

Zisu remembered the bitter tree she saw when picking mushrooms last time. If she was not mistaken, she should be able to pick the bitter tree at this time.After breakfast, Zisu called Third Brother and Aunt Tao.

"Let's go to the mountains and see if we can find something to eat."

Aunt Tao and the third brother had nothing to say, so they carried the bamboo basket and told the fourth sister a few words, and the three of them walked towards the mountain.

The mountain road that had rained was not easy to walk on, and with the undried rainwater accumulated on the leaves, the three of them were soaked in a short time.When she felt the chill on her body, Zisu realized that she should find a way to buy some winter clothes.

While thinking like this, they arrived under the woods, the third brother and Aunt Tao subconsciously looked for mushrooms, and Zisu was picking the fallen leaves on the ground.After pawing a few times, I saw a brown finger-sized nut among the fallen leaves.Zisu only felt her heart beating wildly.

"Mother, third brother, come here quickly."

Aunt Tao and the third brother heard her trembling voice, not knowing what happened, so they hurried over.

"Second Sister (Second Sister)"

Zisu handed the brown nuts in her hands to the two of them, and said in one voice, "We have something to eat this winter."

"What is this?" The third brother took it from Zisu's hand hesitantly, looked at it carefully, and said softly, "It's a bit like the chestnuts that Dad picked before."

Aunt Tao also took it, looked carefully, and said softly: "But it's not a chestnut."

Zisu nodded, and pawed on the ground a few more times, and found a few more, she picked them up, and said to Mrs. Tao and her second brother: "When I was at my aunt's house, I saw people eating them over there." .”

"Can it really be eaten?" Aunt Tao looked at Zisu suspiciously.

Zisu nodded heavily, and said affirmatively: "It's really edible, it can be fried, it can be boiled, it can be simmered, and it can be ground into powder to make cakes."

Aunt Tao said to her third younger brother without saying a word, "Don't delay, let's pick it up quickly."

"it is good."

There were three mothers, each of whom carried a bamboo basket, and pulled it up on the ground.

After picking them up for about half an hour, the bamboo baskets of the three of them were filled to the brim. They were just randomly picked around, and if they searched for them around the edge, there might be more.

"Zisu, let's go back first, and come back at noon." Aunt Tao looked at Zisu.

Zisu nodded, and searched the edge, the three of them were about to get separated, and besides, she had encountered wolves in the deep mountains before, so maybe there would be some beasts.After thinking about it, he said to Aunt Tao: "Come back tomorrow, after a night, there will be fruits falling from the tree again."

Aunt Tao looked at the vast forest and roughly guessed what Zisu was worried about.He nodded and said, "Well, then come back tomorrow."

As usual, Zisu asked the third younger brother to pull a few kudzu leaves, covering the three people's baskets.

When they got home, the fourth sister was sitting in the yard with Chunni and playing house, seeing the three of Aunt Tao, the fourth sister glanced at Chuni beside her, then got up and squatted back, continuing to play, but Obviously absent-minded.

Zisu looked amused, and thought: Her little fourth sister is also smart!

Finally, Tao Feng's voice was heard calling Chunni to go home. As soon as Chunni left, the fourth sister hurried over, pulled Zisu, and said, "Second sister, did you find something to eat?"

"I found it." Zisu smiled and pinched the fourth sister's slightly fleshy face, and said softly, "Second sister will make it for you, okay?"

"it is good."

Zisu asked Chunni to wash it, and she and Aunt Tao's third brother poured out all the nuts in the bamboo basket. Looking at the small pile of nuts at the corner of the mouth, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

From now on, the third brother and fourth sister will not have to worry about snacks!

"Third brother, light the fire, and I'll come back as soon as I go."

Zisu took a gourd for scooping water in her hand and trotted out, and came back in a hurry after a while. Seeing that the third brother had lit the stove, she poured the fine sand from the gourd into the kitchen. In the pot, frying started crackling, and when the sand was fried dry, he turned his head and said to Mrs. Tao who was standing there in a daze.

"Mother, go and get some fruit."

"Hey."

Aunt Tao took a bamboo basket and filled a small half of it, and handed it to Zisu, who poured it all into the pot, and said to her third brother, "Keep the fire down, don't let it burn too much now."

"Understood, Second Sister."

Not long after, there was a faint burnt aroma in the room.

Basil took one out of the pot, patted it with a kitchen knife on the side, and put it into his mouth, there was a sticky and slightly bitter scent, although it was not as sweet as chestnuts, but it had a different flavor .

"Second Sister, I want it too." The Fourth Sister stood aside, stepping on her feet and shouting to Zisu.

"Okay, let Simei eat it when it's cold, otherwise it's not good to burn your mouth."

Asked the third brother to turn off the fire, Zisu filled the chestnuts, cleaned the pot, and boiled the pumpkin soup again.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zisu said to the third brother and fourth sister who were looking eagerly, "You can eat."

The two cheered, then stepped forward to grab it and stuffed it into their mouths. Unlike chestnuts that have to peel off the inner layer of fluff, this bitter fruit can be eaten directly after being bitten open.

The two brothers and sisters grabbed a handful with each hand, sat on the threshold, and ate one by one.

"Mom, you should pay for it too."

Aunt Tao also took one and put it in her mouth, she looked at Zisu slightly and said, "Let's go early tomorrow and change to a bigger pannier."

"Okay," Zisu thought for a while, and said to Aunt Tao, "When we have accumulated more, you can go to Uncle Arita's house and borrow his millstone, and we will make it into cakes, so that we can store it for the winter. "

Aunt Tao nodded, and after a while, she looked at Zisu with a slightly obscure expression, "Mom won't."

"I will." Zisu said with a smile: "Just those few procedures, we will do it one by one."

"Success, when the time comes, you can teach your mother."

Zi Su nodded heavily, grabbed another handful of fried fruit and put it into Aunt Tao's hand, "Eat it, this will also fill your stomach."

"Hey," Aunt Tao responded, and also grabbed a handful and put it into Zisu's hand, "You eat too."

The two mothers looked at each other and smiled, Zisu looked at Aunt Tao who smiled shyly, the once cold place in her heart seemed to be slowly loosening, she sighed secretly for a long time, why bother to blame her, the cruel life made this Young women can't even die, and now she is willing to accompany them to fight with life, that's all.

"If I can make delicious bitter plant cakes, I'll take some to sell in the town and see if I can get some money back."

Aunt Tao remembered the three copper coins, and said, "Mother is with you."

Zi Su nodded heavily, and couldn't hide the smile between her brows and eyes.