Chapter 4: Gathering Fruit

In order to save enough for college tuition, grandma went up to the mountains to collect medicine during the day, and weaved baskets and various handicrafts at night, and when Ling Fei was on vacation, she took it to a farmhouse dozens of miles away to set up a stall and sell it, so Ling Fei went to college for four years, but her grandmother died of illness shortly after she graduated, and Ling Fei lost her last relative, but at this time she was extremely grateful for the means of livelihood that she learned in the difficult times. Because after picking a few handfuls of thatch, I found Panax ginseng, a small piece, and a lot, and the Panax ginseng here is an enlarged version of the previous life, and the trees are branched, very spiritual.

Now there is no need to worry about Sister Ling Ya's wound, Panax ginseng is a mild hemostatic medicine, and the effect is not bad.

Seeing Ah Qiu leave, Honghua walked up to her, "Ling Fei, don't you bring your skin?" I'll give you an extra piece, what are you doing? Looking at the strange thing thatched in her hand, she looked puzzled.

"Thank you, Sister Honghua, no need, I made a straw basket that can hold fruits, and it will be fine soon." For this person who helps the sisters openly and secretly, Ling Fei has a very good impression of her.

As she spoke, the basket body had been basically formed, although she had never seen a grass basket, the woman had a keen intuition about these, and obviously felt that this thing was very practical, and her eyes lit up, "Something made of grass is used to fill the fruit?" It won't be broken, right? ”

"No, it's very sturdy, I tried." Ling Fei shook his head, the movements of his hands were not affected by the conversation, he hadn't done it for a long time, he was crooked, the grass and trees at this time were suitable for weaving, Ling Fei was very confident in the sturdy Cheng of the basket.

"Done? Give me a try? Honghua asked her, but her eyes were fixed on the simple basket in her hand, full of novelty.

Ling Fei nodded, Honghua couldn't wait to take the basket, put the red fruits in the skin into it, the basket was more than 30 centimeters long and wide, and more than ten red fruits only accounted for one-third of the basket.

The advantage of the grass frame is that it is loaded more, and the fruit will not be squeezed out, and the other women also can't put it down for this novelty, and one of them has the courage to come over, "Ling Fei, can you get me one too?" ”

"Okay." After the practice just now, the weaving technique is a lot more proficient, the red fruit is not small, the grass basket she knitted is relatively large, but it will not leak out, it is not required to sell the appearance, the speed of weaving is much faster, in the blink of an eye, the bottom of a straw basket has been made, compared with the first one, the second is more compact and beautiful, under the scorching eyes of everyone, Ling Fei magically rubbed the weeds that can be seen everywhere into a strand, and then the weeds became a columnar grass basket between her white fingers, Ling Fei handed it to the person who spoke just now, The man cheered and hurried to the side to put the fruit.

"Ling Fei, you give me this basket, and I will give you a share of the fruits I harvested today." Honghua couldn't take such a useful thing for nothing, and wanted to exchange it for fruit, so she looked at her nervously, for fear that Ling Fei would refuse.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Honghua." Ling Fei gave her a big smile, and she accepted her affection very much, and continued the movements in her hands, although anyone could pick the fruit, with her body now struggling to walk, she really couldn't carry dozens of catties of heavy objects back and forth.

Hearing Honghua say this, the woman just now also said that she would give her a part, and with the two of them, her eyes were already hot when she saw that the straw basket could hold so many fruits, and they came over to express their wants.

At first, Ling Fei made it up by herself, and then she simply taught it to a few eager people while making it up, and her selfless behavior received unanimous praise, because the prey in the clan was evenly distributed, but the wild vegetables and wild fruits belonged to her, so when the prey was not enough, she could use these to satisfy her hunger, which was also the reason why they were extremely enthusiastic about the grass basket.

The weaving of the grass basket is not difficult, the emphasis is on skill, Ling Fei began to pick herbs after instructing a few people, and the picked Panax ginseng was neatly placed in the basket.

"Ling Fei, the one that can't be eaten, you still have to pick more red fruits, we have to go back before the sun goes down." Because of her help, several women who are usually not used to Ling Fei kindly reminded her that they were just not used to Ling Fei's non-work, and now that Ling Fei can make such a useful thing, many people's disgust with her has also been eliminated.

"Got it, I'll go." Ling Fei filled half of the basket and felt that it would last a long time, so he walked towards the woods.

The red fruit is bigger than an egg, smaller than an adult's fist, and has a sweet and sour taste in memory, a bit like an apple, which women and children love to eat.

The red fruit may have been ripe, and as soon as Ling Fei's fingers touched it, it fell from the tree into the grass. Ling Fei bent down to pick up a few, weighed them, it was almost the limit that this body could bear, put them in the basket, and then stood up and walked towards the cave.

The mountain road is rugged, some places are still very steep, the weeds under the feet are slippery, Ling Fei is holding a 7 or 8 pound grass basket a little difficult, one foot deep and one shallow foot along the footprints left by others to walk forward, on both sides of the path are tall unknown grass, pedestrians shuttle through it as if rooted in the sea of weeds, from a distance can only faintly see the black messy hair on the top of the head.

The half-dried blades of grass were like small saws, cutting small wounds on Ling Fei's bare arms and face, although there was no bleeding, but they were soaked in sweat, and it hurt hotly, Ling Fei sighed in her heart, this body is too weak and can't help the wind, other women are exposed to the wind and work hard every day, and their skin has long been rough and not afraid of these. When she first picked the red fruit, she saw the red flower walking among the trees without any scruples, the finger-thick branches only left a shallow white mark on her shoulder, thinking about the blisters grinding in her hands when she made a few straw baskets, Ling Fei felt that she was also the first waste wood in this primitive era, no wonder Ah Qiu was so targeted at herself everywhere.

Stumbled back to the cave, and poured the red fruit next to her and Sister A's simple bed, there was a small stone next to the bed, and there were a few shriveled fruits on it, because of her weak body, Ling Fei rarely went out to collect with the women in the clan, and the fruits at home were all picked by Ling Ya when she went out hunting, but the hunting route was very fixed, and many people picked them every day, and the remaining fruits were either crooked melons and cracked dates or not ripe, so the fruits brought back by Ling Ya were not very good, and they tossed for a long time, Ling Fei's heart was close to her back when she was hungry, so she grabbed one and wiped it casually and put it in her mouth, not worrying about pesticides, at most it was a little dirty.

The yellow-green fruit has no taste, but there is a lot of water, and it looks wilted on the outside, and the juice splashes everywhere in one bite, slightly cushioning the stomach and quenching thirst. Ling Fei is an authentic foodie in modern times, and it is a whirlwind when she eats, but considering the weakness of her body until now, she still chewed and swallowed slowly.

Although they are all fruits, it feels a lot better to have something in their stomachs, thinking about those female colleagues who used to shout about dieting every day because of weight loss, Ling Fei couldn't help but slander in her heart, she really didn't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings, put it here for a few days, and ensure that she saw the green light in the eyes of those who ate one by one. xh118