Chapter 5 Wild Herbs
"Xiaoxiao, hand me the basket quickly."
Xiaoxiao, who was distraught, suddenly heard her mother-in-law's voice a little excited, and hurriedly looked over, only to see that her mother-in-law was holding some green vegetables in her hand, probably because the snow was too thick, so it was a little bent.
Xiaoxiao picked up the basket and walked over, wondering what kind of vegetable had such tenacious vitality, but when she took a closer look, it turned out to be Xuecai.
Seeing that there were really wild vegetables, Xiaoxiao swept away the gloom in her heart, and hurriedly began to help, and after a while, the two of them made a basket full.
"Xiaoxiao, you send this basket of wild vegetables back first, and I'll dig here for a while, if someone finds out, then we won't have anything to eat."
"Mother, let's go back together, this snow has just stopped, and it is falling so thick, no one will come here for the time being."
"But."
"Let's go, I'm a little dizzy from hunger now, so I'll have to trouble my mother to cook for me in a while."
When Aunt Wang heard this, she quickly stood up, never thinking that it would suddenly be dark in front of her and almost fall down.
"Mother, are you alright?!"
Xiaoxiao hugged her mother-in-law, looking worried.
"I'm fine, it's just that I'm old, and I've been squawing for too long just now, let's go......"
"Otherwise, let's rest for a while before we go."
"It's okay, my mother has recovered from it, let's go."
Following the road they had shoveled, the two of them quickly went back.
Xiaoxiao knew in her heart that her mother-in-law gave her most of the wild vegetables last night, and she must not have eaten enough, so she took the initiative to take on the task of cooking.
The cooking is very simple, put the washed vegetables in the boiling snow water, and after boiling again, pinch a small piece of salt and put it in the pot, and the porridge is ready.
Compared with what her mother-in-law did last night, Xiaoxiao just made a lot of vegetable leaves, as for oil or something, I'm sorry, she didn't find it.
Xiaoxiao filled a big bowl and brought it to her mother-in-law, and when Aunt Wang saw the full vegetable leaves, she hesitated,
"Xiaoxiao, you gave me too much, I can't finish it, so you should eat."
"Mother, there's a lot of stuff in the pot, but I cooked all the cabbage we dug this morning, so we all have to eat a full meal this morning."
"Then I still have too much in this bowl."
"Mother, you can eat with confidence, only when you have a full stomach can you have the strength to work, right?!"
Aunt Wang looked at Xiaoxiao who was serving dinner, her eyes were slightly moist, and when Xiaoxiao turned around, she quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then lowered her head and ate.
After drinking a big bowl in a hurry, Aunt Wang wiped her mouth and was about to go out to dig snow cabbage again.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm already full, put the bowl in the basin after you finish eating, and I'll come back and wash it later."
"Mother, there are so many boils in this pot, I can't eat it alone, you eat another bowl, and we'll be together later."
"I'm full, I'll go first, we can dig more at this opportunity, and it won't be bad if we save it this day."
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she picked up the basket and left.
After Xiaoxiao ate two bowls, although she was still a little hungry, she didn't want to eat it very much, after all, there was no oil and water, and it was really difficult to swallow.
"Why did you come here so soon?"
"I was full, so I came over to help. Mother, give. ”
"What are you doing with this?"
Aunt Wang looked at the sack handed over by Xiaoxiao and was a little puzzled.
"Pack this cabbage, our basket is too small, we can pack more this time."
"It's still my family's Xiaoxiao who is smart, you see I didn't think it could be packed in a sack."
Aunt Wang took the sack, and then poured the wild vegetables in the basket into the sack.
"By the way, Xiaoxiao, what did you just call this wild vegetable?"
"Yukina, doesn't my mother know?"
Xiaoxiao was a little stunned, isn't this snow cabbage common?
"Well, that's a good name, we found it under this snow, and it's not bad to call it Yukina."
Xiaoxiao listened to her mother-in-law's praise, smiled a little awkwardly, and began to help dig the snow cabbage, she really didn't know how to explain the name of the snow cabbage, after all, this is the wisdom of others, and she is just a porter.
After helping to dig up the snow cabbage for a while, looking at the already half bag of snow cabbage, Xiaoxiao stood up,
"Mother, you dig here first, I want to go around."
"Well, go ahead, be careful, you have this shovel in your hand."
"Okay, then don't be too tired, if you feel tired, just rest for a while."
After Xiaoxiao instructed Aunt Wang, she took a shovel and left, this snow cabbage, you can eat one or two bowls when you are hungry, if you really let her eat it as a meal, she said, the concubine can't do it.
I walked for a long time, but I didn't find anything to eat.
Probably because it had been snowing for a few days in a row, she hadn't found a single bug now, let alone pheasants.
Xiaoxiao looked at the thick snow on the ground and couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
She didn't want to just eat snow cabbage anymore, although there were so many vegetable leaves, but she felt tired of eating too much, and the most important thing was that the thing was not full at all.
She had just eaten two large bowls full of them, and she felt that she couldn't hold on, but now, she felt hungry again.
Xiaoxiao walked for about a quarter of an hour, still finding nothing, and she not only sighed a little.
Sure enough, the novel and TV are all lies, people are either rich and expensive, or they are like her to a poor house, at least there will be black-faced steamed buns, and then the heroine goes out for a spin, and she will definitely be able to pick up a pheasant or something.
But as for her, it's been a long time, there are no pheasants, no hares, and there is nothing at home. No, there are freshly dug wild vegetables.
Xiaoxiao looked at the sky, and she wanted to cry without tears, so God let her live a new life, just to let her experience hardship again?
After complaining silently for a long time, Xiaoxiao also felt that it had been long enough, and if she didn't go back, she was afraid that her mother-in-law would be in a hurry.
When Xiaoxiao turned around, she suddenly found a green thing on the white snow, which looked like a snake.
When I thought about it, even if it was a snake, it was meat.
Thinking of this, Xiaoxiao took a shovel and walked forward.
Generally, the snake hibernation should be in November and December, this snake lies motionless in the snow, probably frozen, but she still has to be on guard, so as not to hurt herself by mistake.
Xiaoxiao took the shovel, held her breath, and then shoveled the snake's head down quickly, ruthlessly and steadily.
Looking at the snake head and snake body that had been separated, Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, this shovel was not too dull.
Waiting for the blood to flow almost now, Xiaoxiao picked up the snake body and left.
"Xiaoxiao, where have you been, I'm scared to death."
Aunt Wang looked at Xiaoxiao who came over in the distance and was a lot more relieved.
"Mother, I'll go around inside and see if there's anything else to eat."
After Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she raised the snake body in her hand,
"Look, I caught a snake."
"Ah......h
When Aunt Wang heard Xiaoxiao's words, she screamed in fright when she saw the bloodstained snake again.
This, too, is terrible.
"Xiaoxiao, how can you catch a snake, what if you are bitten by a snake, throw it away quickly."