In the spring, everything recovers. After a few spring rains, wild vegetables have sprung up from the ground, and wild plants such as mother-in-law, camellia, and small roots of garlic are everywhere.

Li Zhongxin's mother, Wang Yaqing, has always had a soft spot for two wild vegetables, mother-in-law and garlic, and every year after the mother-in-law and garlic come down in spring, she will find a time to go out and dig wild vegetables.

Li Zhongxin didn't expect that he would take a day off so easily, but he was actually caught by his mother, and he took the bus for half an hour, and walked nearly three miles to Sifeng Mountain to dig wild vegetables.

It's nothing to catch a strong man, but along the way, his mother kept explaining to him the shape of his mother-in-law and small garlic, and kept telling him about the natural disaster in the 60s, which made Li Zhongxin feel like his head was about to explode.

He hung his head and followed his mother in a drowsy state, feeling more tired than a busy day, but unfortunately, his mother had the idea of digging wild vegetables, and he had to accompany him.

Li Zhongxin secretly thought in his heart that this week he must ask Bai Fengyi to send over a few catties of mother-in-law and small garlic, so that the family can't eat these two things, so that he won't suffer with it.

There are many people digging wild vegetables in the mountains, mostly old people, women and children, after all, young men go to the fields to farm.

Most of the people in the city don't have time, and they don't like to eat wild vegetables, and there are very few people who come here to dig wild vegetables.

Li Zhongxin saw that these wild vegetables, which were several times more expensive than ordinary vegetables in later generations, were as many as cattle hairs here, and they could be picked by others without money!

When Li Zhongxin and his mother passed by two middle-aged women digging wild vegetables, Li Zhongxin's mother stiffened, and she actually heard the conversation between the tall and thin woman and the woman wearing a green scarf beside her.

"Her second aunt, are you telling the truth? There was a company in the city called the Faithful Company who was buying wild vegetables, and the mother-in-law Ding was five cents a pound, and even the wild vegetables that were everywhere were two cents a pound. ”

"Why is it not true, if it weren't for this thing, how could there be so many people stepping on wild vegetables in the mountains, you see the people carrying big baskets over there, they are all vegetables and wild vegetables to sell at the purchase point below."

"Wild vegetables can really be sold for money?" The tall woman continued to ask with some disbelief: "Her second aunt, all the wild vegetables you dug yesterday were sold?" ”

"It's sold! Yesterday in the daytime, I dug ten catties of mother-in-law, thirty catties of gray cabbage, and several other kinds of wild vegetables, and sold them for a total of seven cents. ”

The woman in the green scarf said proudly, lowered her head and pulled out two gray cabbages, and said in her mouth: "Daxia, do you see, going to the mountains to dig wild vegetables is like picking up money, if not, I can let you come and dig wild vegetables with me." ”

Li Zhongxin's mother couldn't walk after hearing the conversation between the two middle-aged women, so she naturally leaned over and asked, "Two eldest sisters, you said that someone is harvesting wild vegetables now, is this true?"

Wang Yaqing has a soft spot for wild vegetables, but she values money more.

As soon as she heard that there was actually a harvest of wild vegetables now, she immediately became excited as if she had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Of course it's true, I sold it for seven cents yesterday! It was bought here by Jiangcheng, as long as you take the wild vegetables that are in good condition, you can get cash directly there. ”

Wang Yaqing's face showed a hint of excitement, and she turned around and said to Li Zhongxin: "Be faithful! Today, you and your mother will pick more wild vegetables, and then we will go to exchange some money, and when you go home, your mother will buy you two honey (a kind of sugar for five cents when you were a child). ”

After Li Zhongxin heard his mother's words, his eyes suddenly turned black, and he almost fainted.

Oh my God! What kind of iniquity have I had? How can you do this to me?

At the thought of digging wild vegetables for a day, Li Zhongxin immediately had a feeling of collapse.

Li Zhongxin settled down, and countless thoughts quickly turned in his mind before he slowly said to Wang Yaqing: "Mom, it's good to pick more wild vegetables!" But didn't you hear about it just now? Those picked wild vegetables are to be sold to the purchase point of Zhongxin Company, that is, you have to pick more wild vegetables and sell them to the third uncle's company, aren't you making the third uncle's money in disguise? That doesn't seem like a good thing! ”

Wang Yaqing glanced at Li Zhongxin, raised his hand and pinched Li Zhongxin's face, and said with a dissatisfied expression on his face: "You little rabbit cub, going around in circles with the old lady?" Pay back your third uncle's company, earn your third uncle's money, when I am a lady, I don't know your little bit of caution, don't you just don't want to work? If you don't want to work, just watch me do it alone. Hum! When I got home, I didn't have any honey. ”

When Li Zhongxin saw his mother's posture, he immediately leaned over with a hippie smile, hugged his mother's arm and shook it: "My mother is really sharp-eyed, and my son's careful thinking can't hide from your old man at all, can't I help you get it?" ”

Bang, a loud brain bump sounded.

"Mom, mom, who did you learn from, are you that old?" Wang Yaqing rubbed his hands with great satisfaction and continued: "Even if you know each other, you know that your mother and I are sharp-eyed, and I know that when you kid turns around and pulls a few poop eggs, I don't know your kind of thoughts." ”

Li Zhongxin looked at his mother with embarrassment, how could this kind of thing of pulling a few poop eggs be said in public, and he said that he was a good teacher? What about the good mother?

Li Zhongxin shrugged his shoulders and continued with a bitter expression: "Mom, my third uncle knows about your love of eating wild vegetables, and he also said yesterday that he would send someone to send you a few catties of mother-in-law and small garlic in the next few days. When my third uncle sends someone to deliver something, you will see that you dug it yourself, and then you will have fun. ”

When Li Zhongxin said these words, he felt like laughing, but he forced it to hold back.

He knew that if he laughed, his mother would be able to see the moisture in his words at a glance.

Wang Yaqing raised her eyebrows, and there was a feeling on her face that it was difficult to choose, she always felt that there was something wrong with what her son said, but she couldn't find anything wrong.

She was even more depressed in her heart, thinking that if she really got so many dozens of catties of wild vegetables to sell at the purchase point at the bottom of the mountain today, and tomorrow her brother brought her a lot of wild vegetables, even if she didn't pick them and sell them to the purchase point herself, she wouldn't be happy to eat them.

Wang Yaqing closed her eyes slightly and pondered for a while, and finally decided that it was better to simply dig up some enough dipping sauce for this time.

But what! The next moment, the corners of Wang Yaqing's mouth were like crescents and said, "Good son! You said so much just now, my mother figured it out at once, if my mother got so many wild vegetables, it would be bad. ”

Seeing Li Zhongxin's happy smile, Wang Yaqing showed a wicked smile on his face and said, "Son! I'm wondering! You are so old, give you a chance to be filial to your mother, and after a while, all the things about digging wild vegetables will be handed over to you, so that you will not be bored here. ”

Li Zhongxin's head was as big as an ox, and he cried out in his heart, oh my God! What's going on here? My dear mother, alas! You can't play me like that!