The three of them carried baskets on their backs, and when they came down, they were meeting people digging wild vegetables in the village, everyone knew that Ning Changrong's family ran into the mountains every day, no one knew what they were going to, they all thought that it might be the same as them, and they were also looking for food, after all, every household was like this, and some families had run out of food, and they lived completely on wild vegetables.

"Evergreen's basket looks a little heavy to me, I guess I've found something good." Mrs. Han said a few words to Wang Xiujuan, looked at the figure of their family leaving, and said to Mrs. Lai on the side.

Since experiencing the pain of being betrayed by her sister last time, I don't know how Mrs. Han coaxed her, and the two of them were like one person in a few days.

Even digging wild vegetables is a companion.

Hearing Mrs. Han's words, Mrs. Lai's eyes rolled around, and she pulled Mrs. Han to the side and whispered, "Do you think there is anything good in there, otherwise why would their family keep running inside?" Why don't we go in and have a look? ”

Mrs. Han pouted, "I said are you stupid?" If there's really something good in there, can we still not know? Their family only dared to go in because of that little arrow, let's go in, these old bones, aren't we delivering food to those beasts in the mountains? ”

Such a small arrow as long as an arm can kill a person with a swish, and it is more powerful than the bow and arrow of the hunter. I don't know how Xixi's girl figured it out?

Lai Pozi also didn't think clearly when her brain was hot, or she was anxious by the dwindling food at home, and when she heard Mrs. Han's words, it was like drinking it on the head, "Alas, why don't I have such a powerful granddaughter." Let's go, let's go, hurry back! Wait a minute, it will be dug up by the lady again. ”

Xia Yuan Village basically knew that Ning Changrong's family had a crossbow, which made the village rare, except for Ning Village Chief, no one knew the importance of that thing, everyone at most looked at it strangely, the men in the village, no matter how big or small, coveted that thing, but no one opened their mouths to ask for it, what a good thing, everyone who has seen it knows how powerful this little arrow is, who would be so uninteresting to ask for it? If they spend money to buy it, they are reluctant, so they only have envy.

The hand crossbow in Ning Da Niu's house was borrowed by many people to play with, but Ning Da Niu knew the benefits of this thing, so he only let people look at it twice, no matter how good the relationship was, at most he would touch it twice, and there was no way to try it!

This was given to him by his Evergreen brother, and it is the only one in this village!

Except for the Ning family, he is the only one, what does this prove? It proves that his Evergreen brothers still value him the most!

When he got home, Ning Changrong went down to the cellar with a bamboo basket on his back and poured all the taro he brought back into a corner of the cellar.

The three of them sat on the bed, and Ning Qingxi sighed, "I think this mountain may not have saltpeter at all." "After looking for so many days, I didn't get anything, and if I wanted to find it again, I had to go deep into the mountains.

"Dad, why don't we go in again?"

Ning Changrong had a calculation in his heart, "If you want to continue to look for it, but you have to start making this gunpowder." ”

Ning Qingxi didn't understand what this meant, they didn't even have the materials, how could they do it? looked at Ning Changrong with a puzzled expression.

"If you want to research this thing, it won't be successful in a while, and the ammunition of that firearm is not enough, so you have to do a little more."

Ning Changrong stopped and said to Wang Xiujuan and Ning Qingxi:

"I think so, we can't find saltpeter for the time being, we can only scrape from the toilet, but we don't have to scrape it ourselves, we scrape it ourselves, not to mention whether it stinks or not, it's too much trouble. Aren't there still a lot of taro on the mountain? We will produce taro, ask the second and third children to help us collect saltpeter, and then talk in the village to exchange saltpeter for taro, if only someone could know where there are saltpeter mines. ”

Ning Lao's second and Ning Lao's third families and the people in the village were busy looking for wild vegetables to eat, and if they didn't have food, it would be really difficult for them to help them work.

Under the lure of food, maybe there will be some windfalls.

"Mother, Xixi, there are a lot of things in our cellar, there is no problem with eating until the autumn harvest, we have not found any harvest in the past few days, and the matter has been delayed, it is better to produce some taro and let others help us find it, anyway, the taro is also found in the mountains."

Ning Changrong, as soon as Ning Qingxi and her grandmother said this, they both felt that it made sense, they all lived under the same roof, although the meal time was different, but Wang Xiujuan also knew more or less what the two sons and family of this body were usually eating.

Fortunately, Ning Changrong reminded them to buy grain in advance, otherwise they would only be able to eat wild vegetables like most people in the village now, but fortunately, there are still a few grains of rice in the pot.

Every day before dawn, the two families carried bamboo baskets and took their son, who was less than a year old, up the mountain to find food.

Wang Xiujuan looked a little unpleasant, but their food couldn't be moved, now that they found those taro, it could not only help the two families relieve some pressure but also save them their own affairs, and it would not let the two brothers develop a habit of course.

Taking advantage of the night, and with the help of a cow at home, it only took three nights to bring all the taro on the mountain home.

There will be some sounds when the cow's hooves walk on the ground, and Wang Xiujuan also deliberately wrapped his four hooves in tattered cloth, and the operation of transporting taro was quietly completed.

Even Ning Lao Er and Ning Lao San next door didn't find out.

If you don't say that it is convenient to have cows, if Ning Changrong's family does it, they don't know how long it will take to get all the taro down. With this cow, not only is it easy to transport, but it doesn't take much effort to turn the ground, although some taro is damaged by the cow, but Ning Changrong believes that no one will dislike the taro appearance, and there is no problem if you eat it in time.

Ning Laosan and Ning Laoer came back with two bundles of firewood, with Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei behind.

Their family brought a bundle by themselves, and by the way, they would also bring a bundle to Wang Xiujuan and them.

Although when they split up, the two of them did not ask them to give much food every month, but the two brothers would estimate their ability and give Wang Xiujuan some food every month, that is, it was gone at the beginning of this month.

On the contrary, he also got a lot of mushrooms from Wang Xiujuan.

On weekdays, the two brothers were full of shame when they saw Wang Xiujuan.

Speaking of mushrooms, sugar is needed to prepare its culture liquid, and the sugar at home is almost gone, and brown sugar will be used if you continue to do it, where is Ning Qingxi willing to do it? Anyway, the stubble grows on the mountain, and there is no shortage of mushrooms, so there is no waste of sugar at home. So the cultivation of this mushroom stopped.

Hearing the sound of firewood falling to the ground, Wang Xiujuan walked out of the door and called the two to stop. "Second and third."

Ning Lao Er and Ning Lao San stood in place and untied the bamboo basket on their backs, and said in unison: "Mother." ”

At this moment, Fang Chunmei walked in with the child on her back and Li Dafeng.

Wang Xiujuan glanced at it, most of the bamboo basket was only a little filled, it is estimated that this wild vegetable has been picked by them for several days, so many people go to it together, it is no longer easy to find.

Li Dafeng looked at the two brothers standing in front of Wang Xiujuan's door suspiciously, and then looked at Wang Xiujuan: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

After Li Dafeng finished asking, he glanced at Fang Chunmei, Fang Chunmei's eyes were also full of doubts, she shook her head and didn't speak.

(End of chapter)