After nearly four hours of arduous trekking through the primeval forest that covered the clouds, and after climbing several mountains one after another, I finally saw a road again.

Chen Jiawang, the captain of the militia, said that the traces made by the intellectuals and border guards who patrolled the border earlier and measured them with their footsteps on the border line.

Along the border, there are usually patrol posts at intervals.

At that time, they received a subsidy of less than 30 yuan a month, guarding the areas in these deep mountains and old forests back and forth to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies and the escape of internal ghosts.

It is conceivable that in this era of scarcity of materials, how difficult their lives are, not to mention that they have to endure the invasion of poisonous insects and beasts from time to time, and they are also defending the stability of the frontier with their lives, and they can be called heroes.

Wang Mingyuan: The distance of the border line that they are responsible for patrolling is only about four kilometers in a straight line, and it is a place where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the ravines are vertical and horizontal.

The daily patrol along the border is one in the morning and one in the afternoon to prevent the intrusion of criminals.

This is not the first time Chen Jiawang has come to this place, and he is very familiar with this border that needs to be patrolled next.

Under his guidance, a group of eleven people soon came to a wooden house built halfway up the mountain.

The wooden house is made of logs cut out of the tenon and tenon and is simply assembled, covered with linoleum and bark, pressed with some stone and wood, it looks like it has been some years, it is covered with moss, and even many places on the logs that have been eroded by water vapor have a lot of black and white mold.

Hearing the arrival of Wang Mingyuan and others, the militia teams of other production teams that had already prepared for evacuation quickly greeted them.

After a few days of tossing, they all looked like they had unkempt hair, swollen skin, and were in bad spirits.

Obviously, in the past few days, they have endured a lot of torture in this deep mountain.

After a simple handover, the group quickly left.

Wang Mingyuan and others carried their luggage into the wooden house.

The wooden house was very shabbyly furnished, except for a bunk made of wooden sticks, only a pile of firewood embers still emitted wisps of green smoke. There is a three-legged pot ring on it, which is supposed to be used for cooking and heating on weekdays.

In the corner of one side, there are also some axes and saws and other tools.

Hang their weapons on a log with a large nail on the opposite side, the kettle and food on a simple wooden platform below, and the rain shelter clothes on the wall inside.

The next step is to make the bed.

They are all big men, rough men, not so particular, and they don't need to discuss too much, so they each threw the bedding they brought to the wooden bed and began to take care of it.

Wang Mingyuan glanced at the crowd, and after the corners of his mouth twitched, he chose the innermost position.

He didn't want to be caught between a group of rough guys, and he didn't risk being backstabbed or left and right at any time, but it was better to be inner, safe, and not have to bear so many ......

Once the beds are set, it's time to cook.

After walking the mountain road all morning, they were already tired enough, and their stomachs were still hungry and gurgling, but they didn't want to move, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Zhang Shouzhong's brother and Chen Jiawang looked at Wang Mingyuan in unison.

What do you mean?

Wang Mingyuan directly pretended not to see it, and fell down on the bed very shamelessly.

These veterans are still enough to choke, let alone Wang Mingyuan, who is even more tired.

His calves are swollen and sore now, and he is at risk of cramping at any time, so he just wants to lie down and rest, as for cooking...... One by one, Sensei thinks about bullying people.

After Chen Jiawang glanced at Zhang Shouzhong a few times, Zhang Shouzhong came over with a smile: "Xiao Wang, can you get some of your things boiled in butter and taste them?" ”

Well?

Wang Mingyuan looked at Zhang Shouzhong suspiciously.

"Everyone wants to try it, don't worry, you know that you are tired, you just rest, and we will take care of the rest." Zhang Shouzhong squeezed his eyes at Wang Mingyuan.

You didn't want me to cook!

Isn't it just to order hot pot base?

It's so simple.

Seeing Wang Mingyuan nodding in agreement, Zhang Shouzhong immediately grinned and raised his hand at the crowd: "Hurry up and move!" ”

Then, Wang Mingyuan really saw: eating is the primary productive force!

Ten men went out one after another, looking for firewood to make a fire, fetching water to wash the pot, and preparing to cut vegetables, just for a meal, and they just made a very grand feeling.

All Wang Mingyuan did was to take out the large aluminum lunch box, put some oil and hot pot base in the pot they had filled with water and prepared to cook, and then reclined on the bed and waited.

Wang Mingyuan was afraid that he would be difficult to swallow, so he specially took out some rice, which was hollowed out of wood by them and made two rices with cornmeal.

For the dishes...... Wang Mingyuan has always been stingy, for him, these things that many people may not be willing to eat once a year in the 80s are readily available.

What's more, these things were originally brought to everyone to eat together.

Therefore, when Wang Mingyuan took out all the beef and ham and handed them to the militia named Chen Youdong, who was about the same age as him, he was extremely excited.

After a while, the people who went out returned one after another, bringing back a lot of wild vegetables that Wang Mingyuan looked familiar with, but couldn't name them.

Of these, he only knew three things: dandelions, plantains, and spiny brains.

Needless to say, dandelions know what they are, picking the bulbs, blowing them violently, and watching the seeds fly with parachutes is something that many people have done when they were children.

Plantain, also known as toad leaves, herbs and pigweed that can be seen everywhere in the ridges of the ditches, I wonder if anyone has ever picked the leaves, pulled the stems and veins of the leaves, and let the whole leaf follow the curl of the interesting gameplay?

As for the stinging brain bun, it is even more famous, with the reputation of the king of mountain vegetables, very nutritious, and in 2023, they are all seasonal wild vegetables with extremely high prices.

The three kinds of wild vegetables are all good things with the same origin as medicine and food.

As for the others, Wang Mingyuan couldn't name them.

After asking, I found out that one of them is called chicken shit vine, uh...... A name that makes people very unappetizing.

The other is the young leaves of eleutherococcus, which Wang Mingyuan has never seen.

The third kind, Wang Mingyuan knew that it was a kind of fern that had just been extracted, but it was not a very common dragon claw vegetable.

The fourth is a plant with small white flowers and fine leaves, Wang Mingyuan has seen it in the farmers' market, but he doesn't know the name, and he only knows it after Zhang Shouzhong's dialing, which is called bitter thorn flower.

These things need to be boiled in water and bleached for a period of time to remove the bitterness in them before they can be eaten, unlike the previous three, which can be eaten directly after blanching.

Of course, there is a hot pot base to guard today, and it is a cold fart!

After the three things are blanched, they are directly added to the pot.

Looking at a big pot full of meat and wild vegetables, even Wang Mingyuan was full of interest.

As soon as the food was cooked, everyone immediately took their own pots and bowls and gathered around.

Unlike others who were busy sandwiching beef, Wang Mingyuan greeted the wild vegetables vigorously.

Proper wild dishes, the method is simple and crude, but it retains the most essential taste of each, which is very refreshing, and has a very novel and special experience.

It seems that even the two rice mixtures have become very flavorful.

Whole grains are good...... This damn stomach, you have to hold on!