Chapter 17: Self-Reliance II
Smelling the smell of fish, Wei Xiaoge saw that it was getting late, and couldn't help but blame herself, Yuan is still in confinement, this cooking or something must be dipped in cold water, but she slept so dead.
In addition, she had planned to go to the back mountain of the village in the afternoon.
Thinking about it, he quickly got up and went to help Yuan, who had already pasted cakes in the pot and boiled fish, to clean up the meal.
When it was time to eat, seeing that Yuan had only eaten one cake and stopped his mouth, Wei Xiaoge immediately handed over another cake and said: "Mother, a good life is not about saving, the most important thing for us now is to raise our bodies strong, as long as we don't get sick, we are not afraid of anything." ”
As she spoke, she also picked up the second cake and looked at Yuan.
Yuan's heart was both comforting and bitter, and he took a small bite of the cake and sandwiched a piece of fish meat for Wei Xiaoge. With such a daughter by her side, what else is she worried about, she must take care of her body and wait for her husband to come back with her children.
Probably because he was no longer starving, Yuan's body was no longer red. Wei Xiaoge secretly checked her pulse, and noticed that except for some depression in her heart and a little weakness in her body, there was no big problem, so she was relieved.
After a good night's rest, Wei Xiaoge went out as soon as it was dawn the next day.
She told Yuan that she would have two meals a day. But now that the weather is getting shorter, and the nights are longer, it is said that the morning will wait until the end of the hour, and the evening will be at the end of the hour.
Wei Xiaogoose's plan was mainly to prevent the Yuan family from doing it. She goes out early in the morning and tries to come back in the middle of the morning.
Now Wei Xiaoge walked briskly on the path leading to the back mountain.
During this time, she felt much more energetic than before because she was able to eat well. I calculated that today I would just go to the back mountain to go around first, and if I found something, I would come over tomorrow to get something, so I simply carried an axe and a small basket.
Carry things in baskets, and as for axes, they are for self-defense.
It's just that to Wei Xiaoge's surprise, he met someone in the back mountain.
When he saw the young man with a dog, Wei Xiaoge suddenly understood, but he was afraid that Da Zhuang had the same idea as himself.
Because Wei Dashan was at home before, the owner didn't like to show up like the Yuan family. But she also knows some of the conditions of the Da Zhuang family.
Speaking of which, although Da Zhuang is not very old, just fifteen years old, he is already the pillar of the family. His father was in poor health and was largely bedridden in the winter. And Da Zhuang has two younger brothers and a younger sister, and the family has a famine because of his father's illness, and his life is not easy.
In the village, a teenager of his age is basically either married or has already made a family appointment, but because of the poverty of his family, Da Zhuang has not yet said goodbye.
But although the condition of Da Zhuang's family is not good, Da Zhuang is a capable person. At the age of thirteen, he began to run a family, not only with his younger brothers and sisters to plant a few acres of land very well, but also the dilapidated home, which was also shaped by him.
Many people in the village praised Da Zhuang as a man, and some people wanted to make him their son-in-law, but because of the big and small mouths of his family waiting for dinner, they couldn't help but retreat.
But the girls in Huaichun can't think so much, and there are also many girls who secretly send autumn waves to Da Zhuang, and Sister Wei Qiu and Wei Chunzhen are two of the most prominent people.
When he saw Da Zhuang, especially the dog following him, Wei Xiaoge's heart, which was still a little lifting, was immediately put back into his stomach. If there really is a wolf or something, at least this dog can give a wake-up call. So she followed closely not far from Da Zhuang.
And Da Zhuang didn't expect Wei Xiaoge to appear here alone, but remembering what he heard from his mother two days ago, he felt pity for this young girl, anyway, the other people here in the back mountain basically didn't come, so what could she do if she shared the things she found?
The people in the village are more taboo about the back mountain, but in fact, there are flowers and trees all over here, although they have begun to turn yellow and wither, but they are not the kind of look that looks eerie and terrifying. At least two or three miles of walking is like this.
From time to time, there are also hares that sprang up from the side, provoking the dogs around Da Zhuang to chase after them like arrows.
Originally, Wei Xiaoge wanted to take a turn around the back mountain to see what was here, but when she saw a large field of dandelions, she couldn't help but slow down.
Dandelion is a good thing, anti-inflammatory, fire, detoxification, milk, here all kinds of herbs are scarce, Wei Xiaoge saw that he naturally wanted to dig some. The first thing she thought of was to take it home and dry it for Yuan to drink.
At this time, Da Zhuang had already chased his dog and ran towards a deeper place, and Wei Xiaoge felt that he was also tired, so he squatted down and started digging dandelions directly.
When she dug a few trees, she suddenly saw something under her feet, picked it up and looked at it, and was immediately happy, it turned out to be a walnut.
When he looked up and saw a walnut tree beside him, Wei Xiaoge was even happier. So he hurriedly looked for the walnuts that had fallen in the grass.
After some busyness, she really found more than two dozen walnuts.
Looking up and seeing that there were still a lot of them hanging on the trees, Wei Xiaogoose secretly pursed her lips and smiled, knowing that there were such things here, then she could pick up some after a while.
"You want these things?"
Putting the walnuts in the back basket and digging for dandelions again, suddenly someone was talking to the side.
When I looked back, I saw that it was Da Zhuang, and I didn't know when I came to her.
"That's right," Wei Xiaoge looked up at Da Zhuang, blinked his eyes and said, "As long as it can fill my stomach, I want it." ”
Da Zhuang sighed in his heart, and of course he understood what Wei Xiaogoose meant when he said this. It's just that he didn't expect Wei Xiaogoose to dig up even the half-withered dandelions home.
He naturally didn't know what Wei Xiaogoose used for dandelions, so he thought that she would also use them as wild vegetables to eat, so he pursed his lips and said, "I know there is a chestnut tree over there, you come out early tomorrow, and I will take you to pick chestnuts." "Chestnuts last a long time, and they are much tastier than wild vegetables.
"Then thank you, Brother Zhuang." Wei Xiaoge immediately thanked him. Unintentionally got help!
"Go home," Da Zhuang turned his head and left, but continued in his mouth: "Go down from the west side of the mountain, there is a forest over there, and the people in the village will not pay attention." ”
No wonder I didn't notice him before, I didn't see him until I went up the mountain, it turned out that he had another way, and the people in the village couldn't see it.
It's so worth it to come out today!
For a few days, Wei Xiaoge went up the mountain and met Da Zhuang, and he also told her all the chestnut trees, walnut trees, and persimmon trees he knew without reservation.
In the past few days, Wei Xiaoge has also returned with a full load.
In the morning, I went to the back mountain to pick fruits, and at noon, I took advantage of the warm weather to catch fish in the small river, and Wei Xiaoge was very busy during this time.
But when she watched the contents of the empty room, which was used as a warehouse, increase day by day, she felt a special sense of accomplishment.