No matter how powerful this spiritual spring water is, it will take a while for vegetables to grow, and when they came out of the backyard, Shen Qingqing and Xiao Douding washed their bodies and returned to the house.

The summer days are long, and it is not even half an hour after these things are done, and the sun is still hanging in the sky fiercely, as if it is going to scorch people.

Xiao Douding was playing with a stick in the house and pretending to be a monkey, but Shen Qingqing was not in such a good mood.

Although the kitchen has been cleaned, it is still dark, which is nothing, the key is that there are no dishes that can be cooked at home, and it is still a question of whether you want to be hungry at night.

Shen Qingqing looked at the four walls of the family with a melancholy face, she had already gone to Aunt Wang's house to borrow something last time, and now she was a little embarrassed to borrow it, and the other people in the village didn't see her jokes yet, how could they lend her something to eat.

Come to think of it, this time is still up to you.

Shen Qingqing sat down, just drank a cup of tea, I didn't know what came to mind, and his eyes lit up: "Haohao, is there a mountain behind our village?" ”

Xiao Douding stood on one foot, pretending to be a monkey: "Yes, mother." ”

It seems that what she remembers is not wrong, the last time she and Aunt Wang took an ox cart to the market, Shen Qingqing remembered that she had bypassed a mountain that was not high.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water, and there are many good things in this mountain.

"Then there should be wild vegetables on the mountain?"

Wouldn't it be nice if you went to the mountains to dig some weeds and didn't have to borrow food?

"Yes, yes." Little Douding nodded repeatedly. "There's a lot of good food in the mountains."

Shen Qingqing seemed to have found something terrible, and nodded his head: "How do you know that there are good things on the mountain?" Did you go behind your mother's back? ”

"Not really!" Xiao Douding looked aggrieved. "Before, Haohao was really hungry, so he would go to the mountains to pick wild fruits to eat, and there were many delicious foods on the mountains."

Shen Qingqing was just teasing him, but he felt distressed and pitiful when he said this, what kind of hunger does the child have to be to go to the mountains to find food.

Xiao Douding threw down the stick in his hand and looked happy: "Is my mother going to the mountains to find food?" Hao Hao has been with others before, Hao Hao knows the way, I will take you there. ”

Shen Qingqing thought that this was also a way, firstly, she was not at ease to leave Xiaodouding alone at home, and secondly, she really didn't know the way.

The two of them waited for the sun to go down a little, and when it was not so hot, they carried a bamboo basket and a small sickle on their backs, and Xiaodouding filled the water with a smaller kettle, and the two of them went on their way.

In the summer, when the farming was slack, there was no one in the village at this time, they were all idle at home, and occasionally there were old people in twos and threes enjoying the shade under the shade of the trees, and she didn't hear Shen Qingqing pointing at all.

There is a path up the hill from the west side of the village, and looking at the Yinzi on the road, the people in the village should go there often.

"Mother, don't be afraid." Xiao Douding held Shen Qingqing's hand and said with an adult's appearance. "It's safe on this mountain, there are no wild beasts, and if there is any prey, we can hide away."

Shen Qingqing looked at Xiao Douding and became more and more happy, and just nodded: "Okay, everything is up to my family." ”

After walking for a short time, we came to the foot of the mountain, and there was no road to complete, but the deep and shallow footprints stepped on a path.

As far as the eye can see, I can see the towering trees one after another, as if the rain in the sky is as dense as the sky, and there are all kinds of unknown wild flowers and weeds growing on the ground, and all kinds of trees seem to have found their own paradise, growing freely, and the trunks are crooked with a kind of natural beauty.

The sounds of birds and all kinds of small beasts are heard, and it is a pleasure to listen to.

Shen Qingqing had no experience, so he didn't dare to go deeper, so he could only look for it on the periphery.

Only after this search did I find out that Shen Qingqing was too optimistic about everything.

Although everyone in this village eats food, mountain goods are also in demand, not to mention wild vegetables, and even the wild fruit trees next to them have been plucked.

Shen Qingqing sat on the ground, and couldn't help but feel melancholy in her heart: "If you can't find something, you won't have anything to eat at night, or ......?"

Thinking about it, Shen Qingqing looked into the distance, the two of them were just at the foot of the mountain, and they didn't even enter the mountain, did they really want to go to the depths of the mountain?

Forget it, isn't this man alive just to eat a bite! Go inside, go inside.

"Haohao." Shen Qingqing stopped Xiao Douding, who was playing with wild flowers. "Let's go into the mountains, I don't believe we can't find anything to eat."

The mountain is not big, but after all, it is a mountain, and I didn't feel it at first, but when I went inside, I felt that the trees were getting denser and denser, and finally I couldn't see the sky when I looked up, but I felt that it was all green.

But still, these days are good, and the mountains are not damp at all, and it is not difficult to walk.

The two of them didn't know how long they had walked, and when Shen Qingqing just wanted to sit down and rest, he suddenly saw a different tree when he looked up.

The trees next to it are either lush and full of leaves, or they are sour and fruit-bearing trees, but there is only one tree that is different.

The tree was more than ten meters tall and was covered with egg-sized fruits, which cracked open to reveal a red patch.

This is a chestnut tree!

All the edible wild fruits and vegetables were dug up, but no one picked the chestnut tree, and many of them seemed to be about to fall.

Xia Douding followed her gaze and looked over: "Mother, do you want to eat this?" ”

Shen Qingqing's saliva was about to flow out: "Yes, it's delicious." ”

Who knows, Xiao Douding hurriedly stepped forward and took Shen Qingqing's hand and shook his head: "Mother, this thing pierces people, and it can't be eaten." ”

Shen Qingqing was stunned for a moment, almost didn't react, and the next second's tone was unprecedentedly cheerful: "Haohao, do you think these things can't be eaten, or do everyone think these things can't be eaten?" ”

Xiao Douding's eyes blinked, and he understood what his mother meant before he spoke: "Everyone in the village said that this thing can't be eaten, it can't be eaten, and no one has eaten it." ”

No one has eaten it?

Shen Qingqing was about to jump up happily when she heard this sentence, it can be said in this book that chestnut is warm, returns to the spleen meridian, stomach meridian, and kidney meridian, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, stop bleeding and reduce swelling.

Let's not talk about these effects, just from the taste of this chestnut is also soft and glutinous, very sweet, sugar fried chestnuts are a well-known snack, why can't you eat here?

Shen Qingqing walked around the chestnut tree, it seems that this chestnut is too tall and has a hard shell outside, so there is no one to eat crabs here, and the chestnut tree is abandoned like this.

The emergence of new things represents business opportunities, and Shen Qingqing wondered if he could get some articles from this chestnut tree in exchange for some silver taels?

Xiao Douding looked at Shen Qingqing and was still a little anxious: "Mother, Haohao didn't lie to you, this thing is not edible, no one has ever eaten this kind of thing." ”

Shen Qingqing didn't listen so much, just put down the back basket, clapped his hands, and his eyebrows danced: "Haohao, today my mother will let you see if this chestnut is edible." ”

"Chestnut?" Xiao Douding spit out two words from his mouth, as if it was the first time he had heard of it.

Shen Qingqing nodded, looking like she was bound to win.

The chestnut tree was too thick for it to shake the trunk to make the chestnut fall, and it seemed that it would have to climb up.

Shen Qingqing fastened his trouser belt tightly, found a slender branch from the side, and let Hao Hao hold it.

She lived in the countryside for a while when she was a child, so she is no stranger to climbing trees, and she climbed two or three meters high with her feet in less than a moment.

Xiao Douding was in a hurry below: "Mother, come down quickly, it's dangerous above, it's not worth it for these things that can't be eaten." ”

Shen Qingqing didn't pay attention to it, climbed a few meters more, and when she saw that it was almost time for Xiao Douding to hand her the branch, one hand hugged the chestnut tree, and the other hand hit the chestnut leaves hard, and the chestnuts fell as if it was raining.

Some fell on Xiao Douding's head, and Xiao Douding hurriedly covered his head and smiled.

It was much easier to come down, Shen Qingqing sat on the ground, took a chestnut and looked at it carefully in his hand.

The fruit is big and full, and the grains are sweet, which is a good chestnut that is replaced as a fake.

"Mother's ......" Xiao Douding is still curious.

Shen Qingqing didn't say so much, took out the knife he carried, and as soon as he used force from the place where the chestnut cracked open, the chestnut shell fell off, showing a brownish-red color.

Then he used a knife to remove the innermost hard shell of the chestnut, and the white flesh was revealed.

Xiao Douding hadn't seen it, and his eyes widened curiously: "My mother is so powerful, it turns out that there is this kind of thing inside." ”

"But that's not all." Shen Qingqing handed him the chestnut pulp. "Hao Hao taste, this is edible."

Xiao Douding saw her say this, and simply put it in her mouth, and just chewed it twice, then stood up and shouted loudly: "Mother, this can really be eaten, delicious!" Hao Hao wants! ”

Shen Qingqing also peeled one off and put it in his mouth.

The taste of raw chestnuts is very different, with an extra sweet and crunchy texture, which is very similar to the texture of water chestnuts.

Xiao Douding knew that this thing was originally edible, and suddenly became interested, and pulled the corner of Shen Qingqing's clothes: "Mother, Haohao knows where there are more chestnuts." ”

More in the distance? That's great news.

Milk is the mother, Xiaodouding got the benefits, not to mention how energetic it was when leading the way, the scenery opened up when going inside, it seems that there is no law in this mountain, and there is no danger, and it takes about half an hour.

Xiao Douding stopped and pointed to the front: "Mother, you see this is it." ”

A scene appeared in Shen Qingqing's eyes.

I saw that there were almost more than ten chestnut trees in front of me, all of them were about 20 meters high, which was very conspicuous in this, which was the highest growth height of the chestnut tree, and the side also showed that the chestnut tree was very nutritious and grew vigorously.

Because the chestnut cracked, some of the red pieces had fallen to the ground because they were too ripe, and like the first one, no one picked them.

"Mother, there are many such trees in the back."