Chapter 27: Wild Mulberry!
The Rong family's breakfast today is white rice porridge and meat buns, in the words of Mrs. Rong, a good omen for a good meal!
As the only toothless person in the family, Sleep Sleep can't enjoy such a mouthful, so he keeps babbling and drooling on the side, urging his family to hurry up!
Not long after breakfast, Sister-in-law Chen came again, this time bringing her daughter and Aunt Lu.
Mrs. Rong saw that she was not quiet for a moment, so she hurriedly asked Rong Laosi to carry a bow and arrows and go out.
After leaving the big courtyard of the Rong family, Sister-in-law Chen asked curiously: "Sister Rong, don't those grandsons of your family follow them up the mountain?" Why didn't you see them today? ”
Mrs. Rong knew that she was talking about the teenagers of Chengjia Village, so she took this opportunity to explain: "I only have five grandchildren, and the rest are all descendants who followed my family to the north to run for their lives. ”
Sister-in-law Chen felt that it was more reasonable, otherwise this family would be too able to support!
"I see that my sister's eldest grandson is not young, but he is studying?"
Mrs. Rong was inadvertently poked in the heart, thinking of the dead eldest grandson, her throat choked, but she didn't explain: "It's not small, the grandchildren in the family are all going to study, and I don't expect them to take the test to become a big official, I just look forward to being able to recognize a few more words and be reasonable, and now we have just settled here, and I don't know if there are schools in the surrounding villages." ”
Sister-in-law Chen didn't know how to envy the Rong family, but as long as there was something she could help with, she was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Our village is poor, and there is not a single scholar in a hundred years, but there are many rich villages upstream, and there is a school in Xiaxi Village, which is ten miles away from our village, and the teacher is still a big official who was pardoned after being exiled!" ”
As soon as I heard the excitement of sleeping, I immediately opened my eyes wide and pricked up my little ears!
Mrs. Rong was amused by her small appearance, and knew that she liked to listen to some things outside, so she asked more: "Since she has been pardoned, why is the senior official still teaching in the village?" ”
"I heard from the people in Xiaxi Village that the big official was exiled during the reign of the previous emperor, and now the new emperor has been on the throne for a few years, and I am afraid that there is no place for him in Beijing for a long time."
"Then he doesn't miss his family?"
"Who knows, the people in Xiaxi Village said that the big official is widowed all the year round, and the family may be long gone."
Mrs. Rong thought to herself that it was not necessarily, if a man was a bad seed, he would have no family in his heart but power, and he suddenly lost interest in the affairs of the big official and stopped asking.
When they got to the back mountain, the Rong family found that there were already many women and girls on the mountain, all with baskets on their backs, and they had already picked a lot of wild vegetables!
At this time, it is the time when wild vegetables grow wildly, especially in Baizhang Village, where the mountains are connected on three sides, and there are countless kinds of wild vegetables, such as mother-in-law, shepherd's cabbage, koji hemp, willow orchid sprouts, and eleuthero...... Just pick it up and add a dish.
But Xu is the Rong family is late, although there are still wild vegetables to pick below the mountainside, but there are not many!
Sister-in-law Chen picked up half a basket after picking it up for a long time, looked up at the mountain and looked down the mountain, there were more and more people, and she couldn't help but be anxious: "It's all a strong thing in the morning, delayed, otherwise I can pick up a few more baskets in the morning for an hour!" ”
Mrs. Rong didn't recognize the wild vegetables in the northland, so she picked even less, and comforted her: "It's okay, wait for the next batch of wild vegetables to grow in a few days, let's go up the mountain to pick them early." ”
Sister-in-law Chen didn't seem to be comforted and sighed.
I slept and remembered that there seemed to be no vegetables at home, not only did I have no wild vegetables, but I hadn't started planting vegetables yet, so I screamed in my father's arms, and pointed straight into the mountains with my little hands!
Rong Laosi understood what his daughter meant, so he said: "Auntie, I will take you into the deep mountains, there are more wild vegetables in the deep mountains, and there are fruits." ”
Sister-in-law Chen has been in Baizhang Village for more than 20 years, and she has never entered the deep mountains, so she is a little afraid to hear this: "There are big insects in this deep mountain......
Mrs. Rong didn't bother to follow a large group of women to pick up the leftovers, and there was a baby granddaughter there, she didn't worry about safety at all, patted her chest and promised: "My fourth child is very skilled, and he has killed a big worm, he went around in the mountains for most of the day yesterday, and my sister-in-law followed him just rest assured!" ”
Sister-in-law Chen hesitated for a moment, discussed it with the aunt of the Lu family again, and finally nodded in agreement.
Rong Laosi held sleep in one hand, and held a knife in the other hand to go all the way to the deep mountains and cut all the way, originally he was going to follow the route of yesterday's mountain, but he couldn't sleep, so he had to show her the way!
Of course, Mrs. Rong is standing on the side of sleeping, and her granddaughter will let her son cut wherever she points out!
And then...... As soon as they entered the mountains, they saw a large group of orange pine mushrooms in a mixed forest!
Sister-in-law Chen immediately smiled: "Our luck is too good!" It's just May, and before the mushroom harvest, we actually encountered such a large piece of pine fungus! If this is sold in the town, it will not be the same price as before! ”
When the aunt of the Lu family heard this, she hurriedly nodded!
Mrs. Rong is very calm, put down the basket and sleep with it!
This is their luck, this is the blessing of her good granddaughter!
Otherwise, if this deep mountain collapses, they may not be able to encounter such a good thing!
Sleeping was kissed by her grandmother and giggled, in fact, she didn't know that there were mushrooms here, but she was happy when her grandmother was happy!
Sister-in-law Chen was happy and immediately started picking the basket on her shoulder, and soon the basket was full and half of the basket was filled!
Chen's sister-in-law's daughter-in-law and the Lu family's sister-in-law also picked a lot!
Mrs. Rong's hands and feet were not as fast as theirs, but she also filled a basket full of them for Rong Laosi to carry.
After picking this piece of land, Sleepy pointed in another direction, and Rong Laosi immediately stepped forward to open the way.
Soon, they encountered a large number of premature-born morels!
There are also wild vegetables that you can't pick all over the mountains!
Sister-in-law Chen couldn't straighten her waist when she picked it up, and said with great regret: "I didn't take anything to carry the basket if I knew it, how many things can be filled with a few more sacks!" ”
The aunt of the Lu family smiled and quipped: "Then you have to have the strength to carry down the mountain." ”
"Yes!" Sister-in-law Chen gritted her teeth and put a big bag into her clothes while responding!
Mrs. Rong looked funny, so she said, "Next time I go into the mountains, I will call you to come together." ”
"That's a good feeling!" Sister-in-law Chen was cured at once, and the corners of her mouth couldn't close with joy!
Sleep saw them happy, and he was happy, and let his father carry her around the neighborhood.
Turning around, her little nose suddenly moved, and she smelled a sweet and sour smell, "Wow, wow, wow, wow" and pointed to the left!
Mrs. Rong thought that her precious granddaughter had found something good again, so she hurriedly went over there, opened a bush, and saw a large wild mulberry forest!
The mulberry tree, which is about two people tall, bears fruit next to each other, and most of the purple-black fruits are ripe!
Mrs. Rong picked a few and gave them to her mouth to taste, which was extremely sweet!
Sleep and sleep are greedy, and "ahhh
Mrs. Rong was so happy that she crushed a small string to squeeze out the juice, and dipped her fingers on her sleeping mouth!
Sleep and sleep immediately a roll of small tongues!
Sweet!
After tasting the sweetness, she had an idea, and shouted to her grandmother: Make wine for the eldest aunt!
Although Mrs. Rong didn't understand, she thought of sleeping with sleep!
Such a large piece of mulberry fruit, isn't it just for the eldest daughter-in-law to make wine!