Chapter 47 Digging into the mountains and digging ginseng
Shen Su'e was stunned, "What?" Lingbao, you want to follow your big brother into the mountain? ”
"Hmm!" The little girl nodded, and after helping to tie the gauze for her mother, she said, "Big brother seems to be going out, Lingbao should hurry up to find him, goodbye mother, Lingbao will be back soon!" ”
Without waiting for Shen Su'e to react, the little girl in front of her suddenly disappeared out of thin air, so startled that she opened her mouth slightly, and she didn't react for a long time.
The sky was still gray, and Dadongzi had just walked out of the door, with a hoe, a hook, a skewer, and a sack in his hand, and planned to go into the mountains to dig some kudzu or fern roots.
Suddenly, a "big brother" sounded next to him, startling him.
Da Dongzi turned around and saw that Xiao Lingbao was looking at him with a smile, her beautiful big eyes were bent like a crescent moon, and her round little face was cute and lovely, so that when people saw her, their hearts couldn't help but soften.
"Lingbao?" Recovering from his surprise, he stepped forward and asked, "It's early in the morning, Lingbao, why are you here?" ”
"Lingbao came to visit the big brother," the little girl's voice was light and smart, "Big brother, are you well?" ”
Da Dongzi remembered the situation when Lingbao fed himself water yesterday, and a wave of emotion came to his heart, "Okay, it's nothing at all." ”
"It's okay, where is the big brother going now? Did you go to the mountains to find food? The little milk baby blinked her big eyes, "Can you take Lingbao with you?" ”
I didn't expect her to want to follow her into the mountain, Da Dongzi couldn't react for a while, and hesitated: "Huh? This ......"
The milk doll's soft and glutinous little voice carried a coquettish meaning, "Lingbao also wants to go to the mountains for a walk, and the big brother will take Lingbao with him?" Okay, right? ”
Although Da Dongzi has two sons, they are both very naughty and mischievous, and he has never experienced the taste of being pestered and coquettish by a little girl.
was pulled by Lingbao's arm and swayed, he couldn't resist, so he could only nod and agree, "Okay, okay, but Lingbao, you have to be careful to watch the road, I have something in my hand, I may not be able to take care of you." ”
"Big brother, don't worry, Lingbao can take care of himself!"
After finishing happily, the little girl walked in front, "Big brother wants to go into the mountains to find something delicious?" Pheasant? Or a wild dog? Or is it a wild boar? ”
"Pheasants are too hard to come across, and wild dogs and wild boars are too ferocious, and I don't know who eats whom, so I want to dig up some fern roots."
After Dadongzi answered truthfully, he took Lingbao into the mountain, and went straight to the place where he often went to dig the roots of ferns, and found that everything was dug up.
"It's not here, you have to dig deeper," he asked, turning his head, "Lingbao, can you still walk?" ”
Xiao Lingbao nodded his little head and asked curiously, "Big brother, is the fern root delicious?" ”
"The taste is like that, the main thing is that it fills the stomach," said Dadongzi, "and it is definitely not comparable to white noodles." ”
There was snow all the way, and it was popping when you stepped on it.
The sun hadn't come out yet, and the cold wind was blowing as if people's ears were about to fall, Da Dongzi took out a free hand and covered his ears, "It's so cold!" Lingbao, are you cold? Why don't I send you home first? ”
"It's not cold." Lingbao walked ahead, her legs were short, but her steps were brisk, jumping and jumping along the way.
Da Dongzi remembered that Wu Chaozi had said yesterday that Lingbao had beaten away dozens of wild dogs, and he thought that he couldn't treat Lingbao as an ordinary child, but looking at her childish appearance, he really couldn't imagine that this child could beat away wild dogs.
After walking for about half an hour, they came to a land pass.
Seeing that there were traces of digging everywhere on the ground, Da Dongzi sighed, "Hey! It seems that there is no more here, and it has been poached. ”
Lingbao's eyes turned golden, and he saw that there were still some intertwined roots in the ground not far away, so he walked to the ground and pointed to the ground, "Big brother, there seems to be roots here, I don't know if it's a fern root." ”
"Huh?" Dadongzi stepped forward and dug into the snow a few times with his hoe.
Finding that there was a bracken hidden in it that had been frozen into ice, his eyes lit up a little, and his tone was full of unconcealed joy, "It's really there! ”
After that, he asked Lingbao to stand farther away, raised his hoe and began to dig the fern roots, and when he was panting, he finally saw the fern roots that grew like tree roots.
"Is this black thing a fern root?" Lingbao asked curiously.
"yes, phew!" Da Dongzi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "After I grind it into powder, let Lingbao taste it." ”
The little girl said happily: "Okay! ”
Later, with the help of Lingbao, Dadongzi found several other places where the fern roots were hidden, and before he knew it, a sack was full.
As they walked back, Lingbao seemed to see something, pointed to the thick snow and said, "Big brother, there are also over there!" ”
"It's full, I'll dig it next time."
"It's not a fern root, it's a ...... Radish," Xiao Lingbao said with some uncertainty, "It seems to be a radish, big brother, do you like to eat radish?" ”
Da Dongzi nodded without thinking, "Of course I like it!" The wild radish in the mountains is so sweet, I'm going to dig it up! ”
As he spoke, he spat in his reddened palm, dug up the snow that covered the ground, and then half-knelt on the ground, looking closely at the withered stems and leaves on the ground, "This doesn't look like a radish leaf." ”
"That may be Lingbao's mistake, it looks like a radish."
After listening to Lingbao, Da Dongzi felt a little curious, and dug up the soil on the ground with his bare hands, but just half of the dug result, his whole person's expression was dull, and his eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief, "This, this is ......"
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
"It seems to be ......," Dadongzi said with some suspicion, "is it ginseng?" It's ginseng, right? ”
Lingbao squatted on the ground and asked innocently, "Big brother, is the ginseng delicious?" Is it good to have turnips? ”
"It's not a question of whether it's good or not, how can you say it?"
Looking at the ginseng in the field, Dadongzi tried to organize the language and explained: "Ginseng is a very rare thing, and eating it is very good for people's health, it is very tonic...... Oops, I can't tell, Lingbao, can you understand what it means? ”
The little milk baby nodded her little head, "Well, Lingbao understands, it's like taking medicine, although it's not delicious, but after eating, people will be healthy." ”
"Yes, yes! Lingbao, you are so smart! ”
After praising his sister, Da Dongzi was just about to continue digging ginseng, as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked Lingbao: "Lingbao, can you lend me your red head rope?" ”
"Okay!" Without asking why, the little guy unbuttoned his braid and handed the red rope out without even thinking about it.
Looking at her well-behaved appearance, Da Dongzi's heart was moved, and he understood why his father liked her so much.
Tie the red-headed rope to the top of the ginseng, and he carefully dug through the dirt and dug out the ginseng that was more than the thickness of his thumb.
At this time, someone came from behind them, "That's Dadongzi, right?" ”
"Hey! Dongzi, is that you? When did you enter the mountains? What good stuff have you dug up? The man's voice got closer and closer, and his tone was a little joking, "Why didn't you go to your daughter-in-law's house to pick up someone?" Hahaha......"