After breakfast, Li Xin explained that Li Wenbo took care of his two younger sisters at home, so he took a hoe, carried a basket and took Li Wenhao out of the door. The two sisters and brothers went straight to the bamboo forest on the mountainside.

The two of them also went straight to the bamboo forest, and there were no detours, so they arrived soon. The reason for the fertile land here in the bamboo forest is that the bamboo shoots grow very well, tender and fat. And the bamboo is also very strong and thick, and it should be cut down by few people on weekdays, so it grows very densely.

The two sisters and brothers don't have much strength, after all, they have been lacking food and drink for a long time, so it's no wonder that they have a lot of strength. So Li Xin didn't dare to dig more, that is, he dug up four big bamboo shoots, and each person carried two. In fact, there are too many, such a big bamboo shoot, their five sisters and brothers can't eat one in one meal. Anyway, the place is not far away, and when you want to eat, you can dig up fresh food and go back to taste better.

Carrying bamboo shoots all the way down the mountain, Li Xin suddenly asked: "Wen Hao, do you say that we want to come back to plant the fields at home?" "Nowadays, solving the problem of eating and drinking is the most urgent problem of this family, and the most valuable thing in the family is only those few acres of land. It's not a way to let people occupy it like this, if you take it back, you can plant it yourself, even if you don't plant it, you can rent it, at least the rent can make the family hungry.

"Of course it's good to get it back! But the second uncle and the second aunt won't give it. If you want it before, they almost killed the eldest sister, so forget it! Li Wenhao said with some concern. He was originally a very nervous child, and he was very smug on weekdays, and if he had been before, he would have said that he would have taken it back without hesitation. But the events of the previous days still cast a shadow on his young mind.

"We won't be bullied all the time, Tian is ours, why don't they give it? Let's go to the village chief, if the village chief can't administer justice for us, then we will go to the county government to complain, I don't believe that there is no reason in this world. ”

"The eldest sister is right, then we will go and get it back. Why don't they give us food to eat and still plant our fields? ”

After a while, the two of them returned home, and the two of them sent the bamboo shoots to the kitchen. When he was in the kitchen, Li Xin suddenly saw that there were still some large jars for pickling pickles in the kitchen, which were originally used to pickle all kinds of pickles every year.

Li Xin thought that he could get some sour bamboo shoots to eat. Sour bamboo shoots are a traditional condiment, and a small amount of sour bamboo shoots are added to the dish, which has a rich and long flavor. On a hot day, add a little bamboo shoot juice to the leftovers, and the leftovers have no rancid taste even though they have been overnight. As soon as she said to do it, she took Wenbo and Wenhao to clean the jars, scalded them with boiling water, and exposed them to the sun to sterilize.

After the jar was ready, she took out all the bamboo shoots, cut them into pieces, and soaked them in water. After the jar is covered, it is placed in the yard to bask in the sun, which can accelerate the sour bamboo shoots to become sour.

Because there were still many jars, Li Xin took Li Wenhao up the mountain a few times and came back with a lot of bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots will be old after a while, and soaked into sour bamboo shoots can be eaten for a long time. Now that there is no food to eat at home, let's get more if you can!

By noon, the sister and brother had already carried back a lot of bamboo shoots, and they saw that they should be pickled enough, so the sister and brother did not go up the mountain. When it was time for lunch, Aunt Zhang came to Li's house again, bringing some prepared meals and a small half bag of rice. Although he didn't want to always ask for the Zhang family's things, but now that there is really no food at home, Li Xin felt embarrassed, but he still accepted it. It seems that this favor can only be repaid slowly in the future.

When Aunt Zhang entered the door and saw such a large jar in the yard, she asked suspiciously: "Oh, what is this to pickle!" How did you move these big jars out? ”

"The eldest sister said that she wanted to eat pickled bamboo shoots." The young Yueting ran over and hugged Aunt Zhang's leg. Aunt Zhang has always treated the children of the Li family as her own children, and several children of the Li family are also close to him. And Yueting has never seen her mother since she was a child, so Aunt Zhang loves her even more.

"What bamboo shoots?"

Li Xin explained: "It's the young shoots of bamboo, I looked at the tender ones and dug some back to eat, and they tasted good when cooked." I saw that these big jars at home were also idle, so I thought about pickling them out and taking a look, maybe they might or may not be delicious. As she spoke, she took a peeled bamboo shoot and showed it to Aunt Zhang.

Aunt Zhang looked at it, and her face became gloomy, "It's hard for you children, how can you take this thing back and eat it." "If it weren't for the fact that the family was so poor that they couldn't open the pot, no one would have brought this thing back to eat!

Li Wenhao saw that Aunt Zhang didn't believe that bamboo shoots could be eaten, so he hurriedly explained: "Aunt Zhang, this bamboo shoot is really edible." The eldest sister has cooked it twice, it is very sweet, and the soup is delicious. ”

"Really? Looking at the hard bamboo, I can't imagine that this thing can still be eaten! Aunt Zhang still pinched the bamboo shoots with some disbelief, but the pinching was very tender, so she felt that the children should not be lying.

"It tastes good when cooked, why don't you take two of them back and eat them!"

"Okay, sister-in-law will take two of them back to eat." Aunt Zhang also took it easily, there are a lot of this thing in the mountains anyway, if it is really delicious, then there can be a variety of dishes at home. Besides, bamboo is not a poisonous thing, even if the bamboo shoots are not delicious, they will never eat anything. Aunt Zhang took the bamboo shoots and beckoned the children of the Li family to come into the house to eat, she brought a lot of food, enough for a few children to eat, and a lot of rice, enough for a few children to eat for a few days.

After the Li family sisters and brothers finished lunch, Aunt Zhang packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left. Li Xin took his younger brothers and sisters to pickle the remaining bamboo shoots.

After pickling the sour bamboo shoots, Li Xin went to the backyard to take a look. At this time, there are no vegetables in the vegetable field, that is, a handful of onions, garlic and coriander, and a handful of radish. Radish can actually be grown all year round in the south with moderate temperature, but the planting season is not suitable and will affect the harvest, maybe the radish is small or the chaff is the heart. She looked at the radishes in the field, some of them were small, I was afraid that they were only the thickness of ordinary cucumbers, but at least they were the same food as at home! Now there is really no food at home, but anything that can be eaten can be regarded as making her feel happy.

The Li family's backyard is actually very large, with its back against the mountain, and the other few sides are surrounded by fences. Except for a large thatched hut, the rest is a vegetable garden, because it is a vegetable garden, and the land is divided one by one, but except for the small furrow that is used, the others are deserted. Fortunately, the Li family sisters and brothers are still diligent, and they should be taken care of on weekdays, but they don't grow too much wild grass, and they are not barren, as long as they clean up, they can be used