After breakfast the next day, Li was still not worried about Peach Blossom's body, and asked the village Tulang to carefully check it until it was really fine, for which Li paid a few pennies, she was allowed to go out, in the name of digging wild vegetables with Peach Leaf, each took a small sickle, carried a big bamboo basket, and was told that she was not allowed to climb the tree anymore and set off.

Out of the courtyard door along the path down, Peach Blossom found that her home is at the bottom of the hillside, the back of the house obliquely up is not a high mountain, her house is still some distance from the center of the village, there are some scattered people around, all built along the mountain, the right side is next to the uncle's house, after a section of the road is the scattered farmland, planted are wheat, wheat seedlings are green, and did not see the paddy field, it should be the geographical location of the north point, at least in the north of the Yangtze River.

Sure enough, there is a small river in the village, not too deep, you can see the bottom of the river, there are also small fish swimming, there are people washing clothes downstream, there are also some steps in the upstream section, look at the deep pit dug under the steps, it should be used by the people in the village to get water to eat and drink,

Peach Blossom also took a look at her current appearance through the reflection in the water, eleven-year-old tender skin, big watery eyes, curved eyebrows, a nose bridge that has not yet been raised, a small mouth, quite pretty, just a little dark, it is estimated that it is also sunburned, generally speaking, it is quite satisfied, that is, the two meat buns on the chest are still two Wangzi small steamed buns, and their thin appearance seems to still need a lot of nutrition, otherwise it will affect their adolescent development.

The two began to walk upstream along the path by the river, and Momoye was still a cute child, and she answered every question. It took about half an hour to walk to the foot of the mountain, and it looked quite close, and it was really a dead horse running on the mountain.

It's just early spring, all kinds of trees have just revealed their buds, a piece of emerald green, the wild vegetables on the ground are also tender and tender, peach blossoms see what peach leaves cut, she also cuts, because she really doesn't know these things, peach leaves divide wild vegetables into two piles according to the type, respectively in two back baskets, it turns out that there are people to eat, some are pigweed, today it is their turn to fight pigweed, people eat these weeds like pigs, she still has some diaphragm in her heart.

"Peach Blossom, it's really you, you're good." A crisp sound broke the silence of the two sisters, a twelve or thirteen girl, with a round face, her eyes squeezed into a slit when she smiled, she looked half a head taller than the peach blossom, looked much stronger than the peach blossom, and the clothes were made of safflower cheesecloth, "My mother and I wanted to go to see you yesterday, but my mother was in a hurry to give my brother a blind date, why didn't you call me today, I didn't go to your house and didn't know you came out, I know there is a good place, there is a bamboo forest, my father took me there when he cut bamboo, let's go and see what good things are inside." Go, go, go. After speaking, she pulled the peach blossom and left, she spoke like a cannon, leaving no room for answering, "I also wanted to pick elm money the day before yesterday, my mother refused, my mother said that I can't fall half dead like you, it's too scary, so I asked my father to buy some when he rushed to sell a stool, my mother steamed a small pot of elm money wowotou, you see I brought you one, you must be hungry to taste it." She seemed to have to give a peach blossom to a treasure, mixed with a nest of green elm money.

Listening to her, you know that she is a stupid sister who has no scheming, and she has a good relationship with Peach Blossom before, and her family will have the same craftsmanship at home, and her family background is also good, for example, what is given to Peach Blossom now is made of stick noodles, and Peach Blossom's family has always eaten the nest head of black and multigrain noodles. Peach Blossom knew that the food was very tight now, she couldn't ask for it, and gave her back, "What's wrong with you today, I've never been polite, didn't we say that it's good to share difficulties and blessings, I know that you blame me for not receiving you that day, and you fell down too fast that day We didn't notice, don't be angry, I've also been locked up by my mother for several days, you are about to eat and dissipate." I'll be sure to take care of you next time, and I'll get you if I fall off again. ”

Peach Blossom sneered when she heard this, "There's another time," "Phew, phew, look at my mouth." Peach Blossom had no choice but to accept her kindness, it seems that it is not bad to have such a friend, and the reason why she no longer refuses is Peach Leaf's longing eyes that look at Wowotou. No one has a grudge against eating, she took half of it and gave it to her little sister, "Thank you, Sister Chunliu" It turns out that the girl's name is Chunliu.

Sure enough, the nest head of the cornmeal is sweeter, they sat down to eat, and began to march towards the bamboo forest, only to find it, the bamboo forest is quite big, and you can't see the edge at a glance, that is, the weather in the north is dry, and the bamboo in spring is not very spiritual.

The peach blossoms began to pull under the tree, there are spring shoots in this season, and sure enough, she found a few just outcropped, she used a small sickle to plane down the edge little by little, "What are you doing with that, it's bitter and astringent, only when we didn't have food in the mountains before, we ate it." Chunliu said to find wild vegetables, is it that no one here will eat, it should be that the northerners are not used to getting it, and finally dug out one, the size is not big, and the size of the southern spring bamboo shoots bought in the supermarket is much different, but it is also a fresh vegetable, a few more shave home to cook and cook can also be dried into bamboo shoots, you can eat all year round, she slowly planed there are more than 20. The sun was rising, and they walked back together.

Her back basket and bamboo shoots are much heavier, a little bit of back, Chunliu saw that she had to change her back, Chunliu's only a little wild vegetables that people eat, but it is not heavy, "How do you love to eat this, wild vegetables are also better than it," Chunliu was very skeptical of Peach Blossom's decision, "That's what you won't make, it's quite crispy and raw, and it's not bitter,"

"Then I'll go to your house in the afternoon, you teach me to do it, you are more clever than others, my mother just keeps scolding me for being stupid, let me learn more from you. I'm a year older than you, so I'm supposed to be my sister. Listening to the chirping of the spring willows, the way home is also much closer.

Chunliu's house is a section down from Taohua's house, next to the main road in the village, very close to the river, four newly built main houses, two wing rooms, the house is also an earthen embryo house, but the bottom is a foundation made of stones, the courtyard wall gate is neat, it seems to be a solid family. I made an appointment to play together in the afternoon before we went home.

When they arrived home, all the houses began to eat, and Li didn't say anything when he saw the spring bamboo shoots they had dug up, but they all fell in front of the pigsty. "Mother, just wait for me to make you something delicious in the afternoon."

After eating, Chunliu came, and her mother came with her, a woman in her thirties, her face was much whiter than Li's, much fatter than Li's, she looked more mellow, and younger, "Aunt Qin, sit in the house quickly, "This is what Li said yesterday about going to buy eggs from Aunt Qin." It turns out that Chunliu is Qin Chunliu.

"It's good to see the peach blossoms, it's good, this child is guilty, I took six eggs for her to make up for it, you see I've been busy these days, just give Dazhu a blind date, you said this kid picked, this can't work, that don't, isn't this actually tossing me, how much has the matchmaker used, how old are they and picked, when can I hold my grandson." Aunt Qin can speak the same as Chunliu, but she gives people the feeling of being a little disgusted, she is the kind of person who feels good about herself.

"Aunt Qin, your big pillar is good-looking, and the family conditions are good, just their brother and sister, the daughter-in-law doesn't have those bad things when they come over, how many girls are waiting in line to enter your house, you just wait to hug your grandson." "His third uncle, it's not me who blows, the craftsmanship of our big pillar is really not picky, and now the marriage family in ten miles and eight towns is not looking for our family to make furniture, just he and his father have earned money to catch up with the shops in the market, and when our big pillar has a son, I will give him a big courtyard of blue bricks and green tiles."

The eldest sister can still listen to the embroidery, the peach blossoms can't stand it, hurry up and spring willows, peach leaves carry spring bamboo shoots far away to the river to wash, peel the bamboo shoots, wash them clean, go home and cut the bamboo shoots and bubble them with water, let the peach leaves boil a pot of water, put the soaked bamboo shoots into hot water to boil, boil for a while, take out the bamboo shoots and pour the water away, boil a pot of boiling water, add more salt, and cook the bamboo shoots again, the peach blossoms are thinking that most of the bitterness they do is not soaked in the bamboo shoots first, and they are reluctant to put salt, and the cooking time is not enough, After boiling for about twenty minutes, she took out a part of it and prepared to dry the bamboo shoots to try, find a sieve to dry in the courtyard, Chunliu couldn't wait to taste it, and the bitter taste made her vomit out, "It's still bitter and astringent," Peach Blossom told her that it was going to be dried, and when she ate it, she had to soak it in warm water again, put some meat and fry it.

The others boiled for more than forty minutes before the fire was turned off, and Chunliu asked like a curious baby, "Is this okay, can you eat it?" and Peach Blossom told her that it should also be fried to be delicious, and it was okay to stir-fry. When the spring willows came home, the peach blossoms filled a big bowl and let them taste it when they went home.

Li took advantage of the fact that there was still half a day and the peach branch went to the ground, the eldest sister was embroidering, and the peach leaf was also learning, and the peach blossom sat at the door in a daze on the grounds that the bamboo shoots in the courtyard needed to be watched and not to let the chickens spoil it.

Everyone went to the field at this point, there were no modern tools in the ancient countryside, no pesticides, herbicides, everything had to rely on manual labor, the people at home were done at sunrise, rested at sunset, busy every day, no chemical fertilizer to promote the crop yield and low, a year of labor in addition to paying taxes will be mixed with food and clothing, families with more children have to eat grains, sometimes the ground is watered, drought, even food and clothing can not be solved, starvation people are also some.

Fortunately, in ancient times, the air was fresh, the food was all natural, and it was safe to eat, although it was very rough, the taste was still very fragrant, unlike before, you had to be careful about what you eat, and you had to test for testing, today this one is carcinogenic, and tomorrow there are pesticide residues.

Dried bamboo shoots can be dried in about two or three days, and I don't know if I can sell them, the next time I go to the market, I must let the eldest sister inquire, if I can sell them, I will dig more and dry them all to dry, exchange some money, and I can't sell them and keep them for winter is also a good dish.