It is the middle of March, and the temperature in the northern part of the country is gradually starting to rise, and the precipitation is also increasing, which is one of the best seasons for plants and animals to grow.

At this time, it is the best time to pick bitter herbs and shepherd's cabbage, at this time, the bitter herbs and camellia and other more common wild vegetables have just broken through the soil not long ago, the largest only grows to the size of a palm, the most tender and delicious time, just blanch with hot water, you can eat. But if you wait for a month or two for these wild vegetables to grow up, the oxalic acid content in the wild vegetables will also increase, which will not only be very difficult to cook, but also very sour and astringent to eat.

Zhang Ran also followed his grandparents to dig wild vegetables in the fields when he was a child, and he was also very familiar with many kinds of wild vegetables such as bitter vegetables, shepherd's cabbage, and pig's hair cabbage, which are common in the north, so he soon took his sister to find a small hillside full of shepherd's cabbage and bitter herbs.

And her sister Zhang Suier is a little expert in digging wild vegetables, and her proficiency in digging wild vegetables far exceeds that of Zhang Ran now.

The brother and sister grabbed their hoes, climbed up the hillside one after the other, and launched an "attack" on the shepherd's cabbage and bitter herbs all over the mountain.

At this time, the root system of wild vegetables is not very developed, so it is easy to dig, and you can root the whole wild vegetable with a light shovel with a hoe.

However, the size of the wild vegetables is also very small, and even if seven or eight plants are caught together, they do not weigh much. In addition, Zhang Ran took the only two baskets of the brother and sister to make a "fish cage"...

Therefore, Zhang Ran could only gather the wild vegetables he had shoveled together temporarily, and when there were more of them, he would bundle them up with longer blades of grass and put them aside, and then continue to dig up new wild vegetables. Wait until you're almost done digging and when you're about to go, gather all the wild vegetables together.

Compared with the weeding work with huge physical consumption, the work of digging wild vegetables is much easier, and Zhang Ran's physical strength can also support it. Moreover, in the process of digging wild vegetables, Zhang Ran also found that most of the grasses were active in a large number of grasshoppers and various small insects.

So seeing that he was happy, Zhang Ran also grabbed some with great interest, but because it was only mid-March, the grasshoppers were still in the larval stage, and the size was relatively small, Zhang Ran used the thin neck of the horsetail grass to string a large bunch, but it was only about one or two.

"Grasshoppers are also meat when they are small! Take it back and add food! ”

Zhang Ran planned to wait until he finished digging the wild vegetables and roasted these grasshoppers directly with fire, so that even if he couldn't catch fish at night, he wouldn't be hungry.

Of course, grasshoppers taste better if they are fried. But... Now the types of vegetable oil are very scarce, and the anointing oil (animal oil) is even more expensive, and only the children of the landlord can afford it...

The anointing of the sorghum is the ointment of the oil, and the sorghum is the beam of the sorghum. Mutton fat miso mixed with sorghum rice, that is the top food that only rich people can enjoy, and those who are a little thinner don't dare to eat it in one meal!

It's a locust Tengda (fried grasshopper) or something, Zhang Ran doesn't dare to expect it, it's already very good to be able to roast and eat it with fire.

Happy time always feels a little short, and gradually, as time passes little by little, the sun sets in the west, and the sky is already approaching dusk.

At this time, after several hours of unremitting efforts, the two Zhang Ran brothers and sisters dug up a lot of wild vegetables, and even the grasshoppers caught in their spare time were as many as five or six strings.

Because the basket had been made into a "fish cage" by Zhang Ran and thrown into the river, so that the wild vegetables dug by the two had nowhere to be placed, so they had no choice but to tie a large bundle of wild vegetables with willow branches, hold them in their arms, and walk towards the direction where their fields are located.

When he returned to the ridge where his field was located, he poured the wild vegetables in his arms to the ground. Then, Zhang Ran couldn't wait to raise a few strings of grasshoppers in his hand, and said to his sister beside him: "Sui'er, you go pick up some firewood, and my brother will let you see our craftsmanship in roasting grasshoppers!" ”

“(ˉ▽￣～)”

I didn't want my sister to hear Zhang Ran's words, not only did she not have any joy, but she glanced at her brother whitely, and asked disdainfully on her little face: "How to bake?" Brother, did you bring a fire excerpt? ”

"Fire..."Zhang Ran couldn't help but look down at the linen clothes on his body, and then remembered that it was no longer the era when he could light a cigarette anytime and anywhere with just a lighter in his pocket...

"Forget it, forget it, let's talk about it when we go back later..."Zhang Ran waved his hand quite irritably, and directly threw a few strings of grasshoppers in his hand at his feet...

Looking up at the surrounding sky, Zhang Ran found that the sun was about to set at some point. So, I couldn't help but stretch my waist, patted the dirt on my body, and said to my sister who was also like a mud monkey next to me: "Sui'er, when my mother comes back from the ground, you can give her these things!" ”

"Oh!" Sui'er nodded obediently, while gathering the wild vegetables scattered around, and at the same time subconsciously asked, "Brother, what about you?" ”

"Me?" Zhang Ran raised his head and smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and pointed ahead, and said mysteriously: "Brother, I naturally went to the river to have a look!" Have you forgotten that our two fishing traps haven't been collected yet! ”

Hearing Zhang Ran's explanation, Sui'er was a little stunned, the little girl tilted her head and thought about it, suddenly clapped her palms, stood up and said, "Then I'll go with you!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't open his mouth to refuse, so he took the first step and grabbed him. Half warning, half pleading: "Mother told me that I must take good care of you." The river is so dangerous, how can you let my brother risk it alone! So we have to go together! Isn't it good, brother~"

"Uh" Seeing that the little girl actually used a killer move, Zhang Ran suddenly couldn't bear it, so he could only quickly raise his hand to surrender, and compromised: "Okay, okay, let's go together, let's go together!" ”

"Great, before Grandma comes back, let's go!" After receiving an affirmative answer, the little girl jumped up excitedly, grabbed Zhang Ran, and was about to walk in the direction of the river.

"You girl~! I'm too anxious! Zhang Ran sighed.

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to leave, you have to put away these wild vegetables first!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't care about those wild vegetables, this thing can't run without long legs, but the fish are alive, and the fish will run away if you go late!"

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Under the constant urging of his sister, Zhang Ran could only temporarily pile up wild vegetables and a few strings of grasshoppers under the big tree that rested at noon, and pressed one end of the horsetail grass with a few stones he found. Then he took his sister and rushed to the river together.

As the sun sets, the surroundings of Xiaoqing River become more and more vivid, all the way to the sound of insects and frogs, and a layer of mist slowly shrouded in the vicinity of the river bank, making everything around seem a little hazy.

After Zhang Ran took his sister Sui'er to the river, he first came to the section of the river where the trap was placed, found the small tree with the vine tethered, then grabbed the vine, and pulled it up along the vine.

"It's so heavy!" Perhaps because the basket was too large, it became very heavy after sinking into the water, so that Zhang Ran had to work hard to pull the basket out of the water.

Seeing the basket rise to the surface little by little, Zhang Ran hurriedly called his sister for help, and he took a few steps forward, came to the shore and grabbed the edge of the basket and dragged it ashore.

"Whew~, finally got it! No matter what, let's see if there is any gain! ”

After the basket came ashore, Zhang Ran didn't care about the basket that was still wet, so he hurriedly grabbed the edge of the basket, and pulled the willow branches covering the mouth of the basket to the side and looked down into the basket.

"There are fish!"

Seeing a few lively fish at the bottom of the basket, Zhang Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was instantly put into his stomach.