After dawn the next day, He Siwei woke up.

I was so tired from the night that I might as well be in a hurry to get bitten by mosquitoes.

It's just that before they hurried, the two of them had to dig up the wild yams, which was not good, and they saw a large area.

He Siwei discussed with Lao Shen Yi, dig a few yams first, and then take some straight stems back and plant them first, and the wild yams here, they can come and dig before the weather is cold, anyway, the barren ones here will only come over if they breed farms.

There are not many others in the Great Northern Wilderness, and there are too many wild lands.

Who would notice this?

The place is easy to remember, it's right next to the creek, or at the bottom of the mountain.

It took more than an hour, He Siwei dug a half-person high mountain, but it was not thick, only half a hand's width, but it was only July, and the wild yam from spring to the present is only a three-month growth period, and it has grown so big, and when they come back in autumn, this large field of wild yams is quite a lot.

Break the yam and throw it into the processed medicine basket, this basket is lighter, carried by Shen Hongwen, and He Siwei is carrying the herbs that he went back with the soil to plant.

The two of them had to rush back before tonight, and it would take at least six hours, but the wasteland was not easy to walk, and they had to pay attention to the safety of their feet, so they walked slower than the road, and He Siwei would take them eight hours to return to the camp at the earliest.

On the way back, there was a blister, He Siwei saw the black fish, with the pole in his hand to hit, the fish is very big, the blister is not big, He Siwei hit a pole, the black fish body moved twice, then put flat and floated to the water, He Siwei immediately pulled over with a pole, took advantage of the gap when the black fish was knocked out, and fished the fish up.

After that, He Siwei tried the same method a few more times, and got three more fish, and then he couldn't catch them again.

The first black fish was nearly one meter long, and He Siwei had a hard time carrying it, and it was estimated that it was twenty catties.

The other three are forty or fifty centimeters, which is about ten catties.

Finally, with a pole through the gills, she and Lao Shen carried it back.

After walking most of the way back, they met Cui Jianxiang and Jian Xiqing again, and Shen Hongwen asked them to drive the cattle back to the camp and asked them to take the fish over.

Four large fish, twelve people eat together, and they also eat two meals.

The basket that He Siwei carried for them was also put on the back of the oxen, and there was no burden on them, and the four of them drove the cattle to the camp at the same time, and returned to the camp before it was dark and sunset.

The yard of the camp was paved with sand and gravel, and a lot of weeds were removed from it, and the windows and doors of the barracks were covered with wooden planks, so that everything was clean and tidy.

After Cui Jianxiang and Jian Xiqing saw it, they drove the cattle back to the cattle pen around the back of the barracks.

Zhou Yong also came out of the barracks when he heard the movement, and after meeting with Shen Hongwen and them, he said that Duan Chunrong was grazing cattle by the river, let them wash up first, he turned back into the house, and when he came out again, he was still holding a few wild fruits in his hand and stuffed them into He Siwei's hands.

Seeing the fish that Cui Jianxiang and they brought back, he said, "Duan Chunrong, they found it." By the way, these days, when they were making sand and gravel by the river, they caught some fish in the basket. ”

Zhou Yong pointed to the north side of the house, "A puddle was dug there, and all the fish that couldn't be eaten were raised there." ”

Cui Jianxiang explained that the fish was caught by He Siwei and Lao Shen, and it had been taken for a long time, and the fish had to be dealt with tonight, but because of Zhou Yong's words, everyone still came to the puddle on the north side of the barracks.

He Siwei's eyes fell on the mussels next to the puddle.

She felt that good things really came one after another, so she asked, "Are there many mussels?" If there are more, you can dig out more in the cold weather and treat the mussel meat to dry, and you can eat it in the sun. ”

Now the conditions are difficult, but very few people eat mussels, mainly because the meat is too hard to eat.

Zhou Yong didn't understand why he thought, so he explained, "The mussel meat is too hard to eat, and it is very fishy." ”

These river mussels were brought back by Duan Chunrong and the others by filling water with river mussel shells.

He Siwei said, "Don't worry about this, the mussel meat will not be hard after breaking the fibers inside, and the fishy smell will be better handled, remove the mud sausage, and only leave the white meat inside." ”

Zhou Yong's eyes widened, the little girl is a young man in the countryside and a city person, how can she understand these things.

Of course He Siwei understands, after marrying Jiang Lifeng in her previous life, because she couldn't eat enough, she followed Jiang's mother to get river mussels, and these methods were also learned from Jiang's mother.

This can't be said, He Siwei explained that he had seen the people in the family home deal with it, and one sentence simply resolved the doubts of others.

Cui Jianxiang said, "This is a good thing, it seems that there will be no need to starve in the future." ”

The food they ate in winter was fish and game in exchange for the company, and throughout the winter, in addition to feeding the livestock, they were looking for food, digging holes in the river and fishing out of the fish jelly, and had the opportunity to go to the company, and they had to secretly find someone to exchange privately, so that every time there was a lot of fish, in exchange for a little ration.

Now that there is a way to solve the problem of hunger, Cui Jianxiang and Jian Xiqing also had knowing smiles on their faces.

The days seem to be less numb.

It was dark, a fire was raised in the courtyard of the camp, He Siwei went to deal with the fish, Shen Hongwen took Zhou Yong and the three of them to pick grass in the south of the barracks, and some of the herbs dug up had been three days, and the chance of survival if they were not planted was even smaller.

When Duan Chunrong and Zhang Hong came back from driving cattle, they also went over to help, some people went to the river to carry water, some people turned the ground and dug pits, and when He Siwei stewed the fish, the herbs were also planted, for fear of being sunburned to death tomorrow, and the weeds that were pulled down were simply set up on the herbs, so that the direct sunlight was also reduced during the day.

Around the fire, everyone's lunch box was full of fish and meat, and a few pieces of wild yam, the fish was too big, He Siwei only stewed a twenty-pound one, and filled the pot.

For the other three fish, He Siwei gritted his teeth, and after cleaning the fish, he caught a large handful of salt and salted it.

The salt was filled in canned bottles, only half of which He Siwei grabbed a handful of them today, and only a third was left.

She also thought about it, the big deal is that the next time she stews fish, she will directly put a few pieces of salted fish and save it without salt.

In fact, it is not necessary to use salt to dry fish, but it is too late today, the kitchen knife is not fast, and there are so many fish in the puddle, He Siwei thinks he can try it first tomorrow.

During the meal, she said that she was going to dry the fish, and everyone did not object, and now there are people who are talking about improving everyone's life, which is a good thing.

Dried fish is washed without salt, sliced into thin slices, dried in the sun on the same day, repeatedly dried for several days, and then stored.

In the next few days, Lao Shen took care of the herbs planted, and at the same time used the herbs he picked back, and boiled them for Zhou Yong to drink, and Zhou Yong's illness also improved.

And Cui Jianxiang and Duan Chunrong drove the cattle away.