After Liu Xiuxiu saw Lili feeding the livestock in the house, she did not go to help sort out the thread as usual, but carried a half-person-high bamboo basket on her back and a sickle in her hand, ready to go out.

"Sister, what are you going to do?" Liu Xiuxiu asked curiously.

"There's no pigweed left at home, so I'm going to go up the hill and cut some." Liu Lili said while sorting out the things she was going to take out.

Hearing this, Liu Xiuxiu's eyes lit up, she ran to the room, and said to her grandmother: "Grandma, I'll help cut the pigweed!" ”

"Go, Lili is optimistic about your Xiuxiu sister, don't let her run around." Mrs. Yang knew that Xiuxiu couldn't stay at home, and she couldn't keep an eye on her all the time, so it was better to let her go out for a walk, and it was safe to go to the place where the pigweed was cut, and her sister was watching her, and she was very relieved.

"Grandma, do you still have a sickle at home?" Liu Xiuxiu said happily, she didn't expect her grandmother to agree so quickly, she was immersed in the joy of being able to go to the mountain, and she didn't notice the idea in her grandmother's heart at all.

Mrs. Yang took out a sickle and handed it to her, "Be careful, don't go to the river, be careful when cutting pigweed, don't hurt your hands." ”

"Knowing grandma, you can rest assured, let's pick some wild vegetables by the way." Liu Xiuxiu happily went out.

The village where the Yang family is located is backed by a big mountain, and it is in a remote place, and it takes an hour to take an ox cart to the town.

The village is very remote, and even if there is a lot of wasteland, it is barely enough to eat.

Liu Xiuxiu and Liu Lili walked side by side on the road, "Sister, give me a while!" You take a break. ”

She watched her sister carry this backpack that was bigger than a person for so long, but she didn't take anything in her hand, and she was a little embarrassed.

Liu Lili shook her head, "I'll come, just be careful about the road under your feet, be careful not to step on the stone and fall." ”

Okay, Liu Xiuxiu shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

It doesn't seem right to look at them this way!

"Wait a minute! Didn't we go to the mountains to cut hogweed? ”

Liu Xiuxiu grabbed Liu Lili and asked suspiciously.

"I'm going to find Mai Mai first, I said I would go with her yesterday." Liu Lili said that Mai Mai was a new girl she knew.

"Okay, let's go." It's my first time here! I don't know the way, so I can only follow.

Now the sun has not come out, and the weeds on the side of the road are still stained with a little dew from last night, Liu Xiuxiu didn't pay attention, and came out wearing a pair of cloth shoes, and it didn't take long to get wet with the dew on the weeds, and she felt uncomfortable on her feet, and she felt a little cold.

But it's not good to just come out and run back to change shoes, and after walking so far, I endured it.

"Lili." Mai Mai was already waiting at the door of their house, and when she saw them coming, she came over very happily and greeted, "Is this your sister Xiuxiu?" My name is Mai Mai. ”

"Well, you're just going out to hunt pigweed alone?!" Liu Xiuxiu looked at the bamboo basket behind Mai Mai that was bigger than her sister was carrying and asked.

"Well, the eldest sister also went, but the eldest sister said that she was not very comfortable." Mai Mai smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go!" ”

Mai Mai closed the door and followed them up the hill.

Liu Xiuxiu calculated the approximate time in her heart, and they walked for about ten minutes to the foot of the mountain, and Liu Lili and Mai Mai had already found a good place and cut the pigweed.

"Sister, I'll pick some wild vegetables, and by the way, see if there are any wild fruits or something." After Liu Xiuxiu said something to her sister, she put the sickle into the vegetable basket and walked to the side.

At the foot of the mountain, there are a lot of pigweed and wild vegetables, which grow quite well, and this wild vegetable is a large piece as soon as it grows, and she quickly found the kind of wild vegetables she ate last night, and she picked the one she knew, and it didn't take long to pick a basket full of vegetables, which was still tender to pick, and those that were a little older and harder, she was too lazy to pick.

Liu Xiuxiu carried the basket, walked a little farther, picked all the way along the place where the wild vegetables grow, and came to the river unconsciously, there is a river at the foot of the mountain, looking at the water very, deep, probably afraid that the children in the village will come to the river to play, accidentally fall into the water, there are people planting a row of thorns around the river, and they are still very lush.

Liu Xiuxiu didn't have any plans to go over, just turned slowly near the river, thinking about whether she could find something useful by the river, and suddenly found that there were some water spinach growing here, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Swallowing her saliva, Liu Xiuxiu immediately squatted down and began to pick up the vegetables, the vegetable basket was already full, and a small half of the water spinach had not been picked, she looked at these vegetables with some pity, but she planned to come over again in two days when she was free, and pick them all home.

If you can keep these water spinach seeds, it would be good to plant them in your own house, Liu Xiuxiu thought while picking them.

"Xiuxiu-" Liu Lili cut the pigweed almost as much, then stood up and looked around, and suddenly found that Xiuxiu didn't know where to run, and shouted loudly.

Liu Xiuxiu hurriedly stood up and said loudly to the source of the voice: "I'm here." ”

"Are you enough of these wild vegetables?" Liu Xiuxiu hurriedly ran to her sister and carried the basket of wild vegetables over.

Liu Lili looked at it, looked at her sister a little helplessly, smiled, and said, "There are too many, wild vegetables will get old after a long time, and they are not delicious." ”

Liu Xiuxiu choked and explained: "Eat half of it, and the rest will be dried into vegetables." ”

"But there are a lot of dried vegetables in the house." Liu Lili looked at her sister who was a little embarrassed.

In the past few days, the family has just collected the rice and paid the tax, and the sun is in full bloom, it is the time to dry the vegetables, and the Yang family is not much, but the three of them came, and they also prepared a lot, and they dried enough wild vegetables early, and left them until there were no fresh vegetables to eat in winter.

"Ahem, I like to eat dried vegetables and dry a little more." Liu Xiuxiu explained: "This vegetable basket will be put here first, and I will go to the forest to see if I can find anything delicious." ”

"Xiuxiu, don't go to the mountains." Liu Lili felt that her sister had a sense of proportion in her heart, so she didn't say much, but just reminded her, "Your body is not yet well!" "My mother and grandmother explained that they want to be optimistic about Xiuxiu, but Xiuxiu's body is not yet complete!

"Don't worry, sister, I know it in my heart, don't worry."