Chapter 3: Finding Food
It seems that it is unrealistic to expect to find something to eat at home, and it may be possible to get some out of it.
It's early spring, and it's a good season for wild vegetables to grow, and I have to thank God for not letting her cross over the winter, otherwise she would have frozen to death or starved to death.
Think about it, if you don't talk about what to eat these days, you can just say that the quilt covered at night is enough.
The kang made of mud was not big, and when the original father did not die, there was only a low table in the middle, which was reserved for eating. There wasn't even a decent stool at home, and when they went to bed at night, the three of them slept on one side and Li Wenxuan on the other side.
There is only one straw mat on the cold kang, and there are two usable quilts at home. When Li Wenxuan didn't die, they were in one bed, Li Yuqing now has a delusion, maybe Li Wenxuan either died of illness or froze to death, Li Yuqing felt the truth.
Hey! After Li Wenxuan's death, the quilt he built was going to be thrown away, but the original owner's family was too poor, so he had to stay. But after all, dead people have used. I can't continue to cover it, so I put it on the kang as a cushion.
Thinking of this, Li Yuqing walked to the kang, patted her sister Li Yuxin's face, and watched Li Yuxin open her eyes in a daze. Seeing that it was Li Yuqing, she asked, "What's wrong with the eldest sister, do you have to get up early to cook?" (because her body has not recovered in the past few days, she cooks everything she does)
"Sister Xin'er is fine, there is nothing to eat at home, I will go out and see if I can find something to eat." You take care of your brother at home, cook some food at dawn, you eat first, and I'll talk to you and come back soon. Li Yuqing touched Xin'er's somewhat dry and yellow hair due to long-term malnutrition, and said lovingly.
"Eldest sister, be careful, I will cook and wait for you at home with my younger brother obediently, come back early!" Li Yuxin obediently propped her head and rubbed it in Li Yuqing's not big palm
Seeing Li Yuxin's well-behaved appearance, Li Yuqing smiled and turned around and walked to the door, picked up a somewhat shabby bamboo basket and walked out. Li Yuxin looked up and saw her eldest sister walking to the door, and then got into the quilt and rubbed it and continued to sleep.
Li Yuqing walked in the village carrying a broken basket, found that there was nothing bare, looked up at the mountain not far away, gritted his teeth and walked over.
After a while, I came to the foot of the mountain, and saw that there was a winding path in front of me, which was not very spacious, and at a glance I knew that it was not a serious road, but was stepped out by people who often go up the mountain.
Li Yuqing thought for a moment and raised his legs and walked in, the morning air was very fresh and a little foggy, Li Yuqing walked on the path that was not too spacious, and his pants would not be wet with dew.
There was no way, Li Yuqing looked around, and when she didn't find anyone, she bent down and rolled up her trouser legs. The more you walked in, the more difficult it became, and after a while, Li Yuqing's body was cut several small cuts by the thorns on the side of the road.
The more in, the denser the trees, Li Yuqing thought about it, and stopped, now it's still early, the sun hasn't risen yet, she is really afraid that she will get lost if she goes further in, probably because there are many trees on the mountain, and there are many leaves every year, so the nutritional value of the relative soil is also high.
There are wild vegetables growing luxuriantly everywhere, dandelion, also known as mother-in-law, the main function is to clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and diuretic, as well as antibacterial effect, but also stimulate the body's immune function, which is suitable for Li Yuqing and them to eat now.
There are many other wild vegetables next to it, such as shepherd's cabbage, purslane, and bracken, and when Li Yuqing saw this, he couldn't wait to conjure up a big bag and dig them all up. As he spoke, he picked up a relatively lush place, and after a while, he dug up most of the basket.
Li Yuqing was full of joy, although these wild vegetables were nothing delicious for her, but for the past few days, the younger brothers and sisters who drink dry sorghum rice every day are already a rare delicacy.