Chapter 19: Wild Vegetables
After about a cup of tea, the sister and brother saw seven or eight snakes being frightened away one after another, which frightened the three sisters and the three sisters regretted coming over and walked more cautiously.
But Erlang Saburo was overjoyed, and knocked it with a stick: "Quick, quick, catch a few long worms, hunt a pheasant, and then you can eat dragon and phoenix soup." ”
Most of the country boys are solid and very greedy, not only not afraid but also very excited.
Unfortunately, the snakes swim very fast, as if they were just showing up to check in and arouse their cravings by the way.
Xiao Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, until the mountains and rivers were exhausted, she refused to eat wild animals from the bottom of her heart.
Saburo exclaimed: "Rabbit! There are rabbits! ”
A fat gray rabbit sprang out of the grass not far ahead.
Xiao Xiao's mind instantly appeared braised rabbit and spicy rabbit head.
She felt that what she was thinking was wrong, that some game meat could not be eaten, but rabbits and pheasants and the like, she felt that the more the merrier.
Maybe in the first half of the rabbit's life, he never saw a human being, and he was frightened by Saburo's cry and didn't dare to move.
The Xiao sisters all took bows and arrows, aiming at the head of the rabbit, swishing.
But by a fraction of a millimeter, Xiao Xiao shot at the rabbit's hind legs, Xiao Lian shot at the rabbit's front legs, and Xiao Xiao shot at the rabbit's belly.
The three sisters didn't hit the target, but Erlang Saburo didn't know where they were going to shoot, and they all cheered: "You guys are so good, you really shot the rabbit." ”
Erlang came up to Xiao Xiao and smiled flatteringly: "Good sister, lend me the bow and arrow." ”
Xiao Xiao had already seen a small pond in front of him, and took the opportunity to send their brother away: "Okay, but after the arrow goes out, remember to pick it up." ”
Xiao Wei also lent the bow and arrow to San Lang, and did not forget to advise: "There are many snakes and insects here, you should be careful." ”
When they were far away, the three sisters quickly took a shower and washed all the clothes they had changed.
Mrs. Xiao was also very happy to see that her granddaughters had hunted hares: "Did you really hit a hare?" Let your grandfather fix it and make a pot of soup in the evening. ”
After saying that, it's a pity that it's summer, otherwise you can keep it for Ming'er to eat.
The Wu brothers were also a little surprised and a little envious when they saw that they could shoot the rabbit.
After a while, Wu Zhiqian came over with a palm-sized oil paper wrap, and asked shyly: "Please eat dried plums, Miss Xiao, can you lend me a bow and arrow?" ”
Now Xiao Lian has a bow and arrow, and she agreed: "Okay, just remember to pick up the arrows that were shot." ”
"Okay." After Wu Zhiqian stuffed the oiled paper bag into Xiao Xiao's hand, he ran away with a bow and arrow.
Nowadays, transportation is not developed, and fresh fruits are not easy to transport, so dried fruits are particularly popular.
Xiao Lian opened the oil paper bag, there were more than a dozen dried fruits in it, she unceremoniously picked one up and stuffed it into her mouth, and stuffed one for each sister and sister, with a look of enjoyment: "Sour, it's delicious." ”
Xiao Xiao didn't think it was delicious, so he looked around: "Let's pay more attention on the road and see if there are any fruit trees." ”
I don't want to think about rare fruits, but if I can meet wild peach trees, plum and pear trees are also good.
Otherwise, without vegetables and fruits, people will easily get sick.
Liu called them to eat, and each person had a big bowl of bacon rice.
The bacon is cut into thin slices, and the oil and water are not enough, and it looks dry.
Xiao Xiao used to only eat a small bowl, but now that he has eaten a big bowl, he still feels that it is not enough.
She understood that it was due to the lack of oil and water.
She felt that when she looked at the repair, the eyes of the hare hanging there were all green.
She looked away with difficulty: "Mother, it's too hot at noon, let's go later, wait to find wild vegetables, right?" ”
"Three girls, are you stupid?" Wu hurriedly said: "In June, many wild vegetables are old, and they can be eaten by sow vegetables, mother-in-law needles, and Gu Gu Ding, but they have a bitter taste." ”
She ate a lot of wild vegetables when she was a child, and she really didn't want to eat wild vegetables.
She thinks Xiao Xiao is stupid, how delicious bacon and rice are, why can't she think of looking for wild vegetables?
She didn't mind them eating wild vegetables, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law would be moved by hearing this, so she would let herself go and find wild vegetables, and she was even more afraid that everyone would eat wild vegetable porridge at night.
Mrs. Xiao was really moved when she heard this: "The third girl is also sensible, let's look for it later, and we can cook a pimple soup at night." ”
Although there is no shortage of food for the time being, if you let go of eating like these two days, you will be able to eat for about ten days at most.
She panicked just thinking about it.
Thanks to the little granddaughter's reminder, wild vegetable gnocchi is mixed with eating, and it can save a meal.
Liu Shi also echoed warmly: "I saw the gray cabbage tent vegetables before, let's go pick them?" ”
Xiao Wei went to get a few bamboo baskets, and Wu reluctantly followed.
It's not that the Wu family doesn't want to be lazy, it's mainly that the father-in-law, the husband, and the eldest brother who is not easy to mess with are all watching there, and she doesn't dare to be lazy.
Fortunately, although the wild vegetables are not fresh and tender enough, they are abundant, and two large baskets were quickly picked.
Mrs. Xiao also specially asked everyone to pick more purslane: "Dried vegetables, cut some bacon and fry together, especially for rice." ”
By the way, he washed all the wild vegetables by the river, and worked for more than an hour.
Xiao Xiao hid in the shade of a tree to wash wild vegetables, and regretted it in his heart: he couldn't think about it too much, how could he mention picking wild vegetables on this hot day.
It's self-inflicted.
Xiao Lian, who was on the side, whispered to her: "It's all your bad idea, wild vegetables are not delicious at all." ”
He looked at the finger-long fish in the stream and drooled: "I haven't eaten the small trash fish made by my mother for a long time, but unfortunately there is no fishing net and no fish basket!" ”
Xiao Xiao is also very helpless, there are no vegetables now, so you can only eat some wild vegetables, otherwise it will not be good for your health.
She pointed to the willow tree that they were shading: "Isn't this a ready-made material?" Our grandfather would weave fishing nets. ”
"Why didn't I think of that?" Xiao Lian went back to find a firewood knife.
Old Man Xiao also came and cut some willow branches himself.
After they went back, Erlang and the others returned empty-handed, with a look of regret: "There are a lot of rabbits here, but unfortunately they haven't hit them." ”
Especially San Lang, who was only six years old, couldn't pull the bow at all, and pestered the Xiao brothers: "Uncle, Dad, can you make me a slingshot?" I can beat the cuckle, and that roasted one tastes delicious. ”
Xiao Yougui responded happily: "Okay, wait for Dad to do it for you." ”
They deliberately missed the hottest time, and only continued on their way when it was about to happen.
When it was almost dark, I found a fairly flat place with river water to rest.
Mules are valuables, and the Xiao brothers unloaded the carriage again, and specially drove the mules down to the river to take a bath, before they were brought to a place where there were many weeds for them to eat.
Now that there are weeds, the bran that was originally intended to be fed to the mules is saved.
And Mrs. Xiao also cooked a big pot of wild vegetable gnocchi with her two daughters-in-law.
Xiao Xiao couldn't swallow it, the wild vegetables were a little bitter, and there was less oil and less salt, which was really not delicious.
Especially the Wu family cooked a pot of bacon again, and the domineering meat fragrance was really gluttonous.