"Why are you calling me out to help out in the house?" Zhang Xiaoshan reluctantly followed Li Ping'an outside, his future daughter-in-law was still busy inside, and he didn't have the heart to play with Li Ping'an.

"There are so many people inside, not the two of us, you can also see the situation in the house, there is not much firewood left, and the tables, chairs, cabinets and beds are not enough for so many of us to burn, go and see if you can pick up some firewood and come back, and find out if there is anything to eat by the way."

As soon as Zhang Xiaoshan heard that it was a serious matter, he no longer said anything, but walked ahead of Li Ping'an.

But there are no mountains, and even firewood is hard to find, and there are many trees, but those that can not be uprooted in the flood are all big trees, and at this time they are luxuriant, and the branches are not easy to break off, and those that are broken are all raw, and it is not good to burn fires.

They were not the first wave of displaced people to come here, and the wild vegetables and grasses around the village were all gone.

"Those people are so eager to dig three feet into the soil that they even dig up the grass roots." Zhang Xiaoshan complained.

Li Ping'an said: "What are the grass roots, people are so hungry that they even eat leaves, bark, and soil. ”

In his previous life, he had heard about the tragedy of escaping from the famine from the sources, literature, art, film and television works, as well as from his grandparents, but he used to be a person who listened to stories, but now he has become a person who has really experienced all this.

Life is really impermanent.

Some memory fragments flashed through his mind, and he was suddenly stunned for a moment, "Let's go, dig the ground dragon!" ”

"Digging Dragon?" Zhang Xiaoshan was stunned, "Li Ping'an, you don't want to dig the earth dragon to eat, right?" ”

"Otherwise, fishing? You look at the nearby where there are creeks and rivers. Li Ping'an pursed his lips, "No matter how the earth dragon is, it is also meat, but it can replenish the body, if you don't believe it, you can ask Dr. Zhu, after the earth dragon is fried, it is still a medicinal herb." ”

After all, it is a high-protein substance, but the fishy smell is too strong, he had seen his friends eat fried earthworms when he was a child in his previous life, but he felt disgusting and had not eaten it. But now at this time, where can it be better to care if it is fishy or not, than to eat human flesh.

Although there is a lot of food on the cart, there are so many of them, everyone escapes the famine together, so we can't ignore them.

And I don't know how long I have to walk next, escaping from the famine is not like rushing, usually when I am in a hurry, I may be able to walk sixty or seventy miles or even hundreds of miles on foot during a day, but I can only follow the flow of people on the way to escape the famine, and it is good to be able to walk thirty or forty miles in a day.

The little rice grain I ate every day was equal to not eating at all, and my stomach burned at night.

No one can guarantee that they will flee to the front, and if they go to the front, the grass roots, tree bark, and earthworms will be eaten, and they will have to eat the soil when they have eaten the grain.

Now I can save a little is a little.

Zhang Xiaoshan looked up to the sky and sighed, took a few deep breaths to force himself to accept, but stopped after taking a few steps, "As far as the two of us can dig, I'll go back and call someone, and we don't have a guy in our hands yet." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Li Ping'an to speak, he hurriedly ran to the house.

Not long after, a dozen and a half children with men and women followed Zhang Xiaoshan out with a hoe in their hands, and when they came to Li Ping'an, Li Dong happily asked what delicious food he had found.

As soon as Li Ping'an heard it, he knew that Zhang Xiaoshan didn't tell them the truth, so he could only pour cold water on them: "Dig the ground dragon and eat it." ”

Everyone was stunned, and the joy on their faces froze in the blink of an eye, and then quickly disappeared.

They are all rural babies, so they naturally know what the earth dragon is, but isn't this thing fed to chickens and fishing, how can people still eat it?

Li Ping'an repeated what he had just said to Zhang Xiaoshan, and everyone immediately looked at Zhang Xiaoshan angrily, this product is so inappropriate, he actually lied to them and said that he had found something delicious!

Zhang Xiaoshan hurriedly laughed for a while, and then calmed the anger of the public.

As the old saying goes, it's coming.

A dozen and a half children were busy working in the fields, digging up a lot of earthworms, the biggest of which was the thickness of a little finger.

Suddenly they heard a woman calling, and the children looked back, and in the dim twilight, there was a faint smoke wafting over the house, and they didn't know whose mother was standing at the door, calling in their direction to go back to eat.

It's as if they're still in the village.

He did not continue to dig, but ran back with joy.

"What did you dig up and come back?" When I returned to the house, I was about to go to the well in the backyard to fetch water and wash my hands, when an adult asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiaoshan handed over the clay pot he was holding with an unhappy face, "Look, Li Ping'an said to dig the ground dragon and eat it." ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't even have the heart to look at it, they hadn't fallen to the point of eating the earth dragon.

Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly became happy, squeezing his eyebrows at Li Ping'an, seeing if there is any, who eats this thing.

But someone really wanted it, Dr. Zhu glanced at the can, "If you don't eat it, just give it to me, I'll concoct something that can be eaten, it's not fishy." ”

Let's not say that Dr. Zhu is a talent.

Li Ping'an smiled happily and humbly asked, "Doctor Zhu, what are you going to do with the Earth Dragon?" ”

"Let's wash your hands first, and we'll talk when we're full."

said that he was full, but in fact, he finished eating, although he had said that he had a good meal before, but it was just a joke, Li Ping'an could think that the food might not be enough to eat, how could these adults who had experienced troubled times not think of it. They searched even more than Li Ping'an imagined.

Before Li Ping'an approached Dr. Zhu's side, someone asked aloud: "Dr. Zhu, we also want to hear how to concoct the earth dragon, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Anything they don't know but others know is also a craft, the so-called skills are not passed on, and they must get Dr. Zhu's permission if they want to learn. Such a generous question seems to be above board.

Now everyone is on the same road and share weal and woe, people are still so knowledgeable, Dr. Zhu is not a stingy person, as soon as he arched his hand, he smiled and said: "Some concoction skills are just some crafts, if you want to listen to it, listen to it together." ”

After the meal, everyone gathered around. As soon as there are many people, Dr. Zhu will not explain it personally, but by his eldest son Zhu Dalang, Dalang is young and has more Zhongqi than him.

Da Lang really, first introduced to everyone that the earth dragon is one of the important medicinal materials, there have long been medical records, after frying, it can be used for high fever, dizziness, epilepsy and convulsions, joint paralysis pain, urine less edema, how to concoct the dragon, and there are medicine, vinegar, boiling, wine, oil, salt and other methods.

He explained what he knew clearly in the vernacular, and the illiterate people could also hear it clearly, and they were fascinated.

At this time, Dr. Zhu poked Li Ping'an's arm, Li Ping'an looked at him suspiciously, saw Dr. Zhu glanced at him, comprehended, and quietly followed Dr. Zhu.

It's not that he didn't notice them, but he didn't care, Dr. Zhu could agree to escape the famine with them, or Li Ping'an met him first, and they had nothing to do with them if they had something to talk about or what Dr. Zhu had to teach Li Ping'an.

The most important thing at the moment is to listen to what Zhu Dalang said, it is rare for them to have such an opportunity to hear these things once in their lives, and if they can learn a little, maybe they can dig the earth dragon and concoct and sell the medicine shop in the future, and they can also have one more entry at home.

Li Ping'an followed Dr. Zhu out of the house with questions, and before he could ask anything, Dr. Zhu stuffed something in his hand.

Cool, hard, and a bit awkward.