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Yan Shu was so frightened that his heart was beating wildly.

Jiang Ci said softly: "You can't tell what is buried under the snow. You have to be careful when walking."

Yan Shu thought about what he felt just now, it must be something like vines.

She walked over and pulled away the snow on it curiously, and her eyes suddenly lit up when she saw what was underneath.

"It's Kudzu!"

Jiang Ci also walked straight to Yan Shu and squatted down, looking down at the vines and withered leaves below.

"Is this Kudzu?"

"Yes, this is a good thing. I don't know if there are many in the mountains. Let's dig it out first and take a look."

"I come."

Jiang Ci dug with a shovel for a while and saw the massive kudzu root underneath. It was huge and weighed seven or eight kilograms.

Yan Shu was very excited: "There are some nearby, let's look for them again."

Yan Shu used a hoe to hoe the snow near Bala, and soon found another kudzu vine. After digging it out, some weighed more than ten kilograms, or even twenty kilograms.

Wild kudzu of this size has been growing for at least two or three years. Presumably the aboriginal people in Banpo Village had not discovered the value of this kind of thing before.

At this time, Yan Ersheng and Yan Dahu came with a group of boys.

Yan Ersheng walked to the basket on the ground and took a look, and saw a few pieces of things like tree roots placed inside.

"Daughter, what are you digging for?"

Yan Shu was busy with his work: "Kudzu root is a kind of herbal medicine. It can be eaten raw or ground into powder to make porridge. There should be a lot nearby. Let's look around."

"Can this thing be used as food?"

"Things that can fill the stomach can be used as food."

Yan Ersheng smiled and said: "That's great. You guys will be divided into two groups. One group will go to the east, and the other group will go to the west. Expand the scope and look around."

If there are a lot of kudzu on the mountain, the villagers' rations will also increase.

"Okay, second uncle."

Then a group of people began to search the area carpet-wise, and to their surprise, there were kudzu roots everywhere nearby.

Yan Shu and Jiang Ci were the first to fill their baskets. Seeing that it was not too late, Yan Shu wanted to walk further into the mountains to take a look, but Jiang Ci followed closely beside her.

The two walked for half an hour and found a large bamboo forest ahead. Yan Shu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

“Wherever there is bamboo, there are bamboo shoots. This is the best season to dig winter bamboo shoots.”

Jiang Ci was infected by the smile on her face and smiled too.

"Go over and have a look."

The two walked into the bamboo forest together and easily found the sharp winter bamboo shoots. Yan Shu took out a small hoe and started digging.

Their baskets were placed on the spot where they dug kudzu, so they simply put the winter bamboo shoots they dug into the space.

The two dug for half an hour, and Yan Shu estimated that they dug at least more than a hundred kilograms. As she dug, she thought about the dishes that could be made with winter bamboo shoots.

Laoya winter bamboo shoots soup, stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with bacon, braised beef with winter bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots and elbow soup, and you can also make winter bamboo shoots pickles, which are sour and spicy with some millet peppers and are extremely refreshing.

I feel hungry just thinking about it.

"It's getting late. Let's go back first. I'll make you two dishes with winter bamboo shoots to try tomorrow."

"it is good."

As night fell, Yan Shu and Jiang Ci returned to the place where they dug kudzu. Yan Ersheng, Yan Dahu and a group of boys caught a few more wild rabbits, and Erzhu also picked up a few wild eggs.

Seeing Yan Shu and Jiang Ci coming back together, the group of people all looked at them.

"Miss Yan, Mr. Jiang, what did you find when you went there?"

Yan Shu smiled and said: "There is a bamboo forest not far over there. There are many winter bamboo shoots in it. Unfortunately, our baskets are full, so we have to wait until tomorrow to dig again."

As soon as they heard about digging winter bamboo shoots, several people became interested. However, the baskets they all carried on their backs were filled with kudzu root, and they could only wait until tomorrow morning to dig winter bamboo shoots again.

Yan Dahu made several torches and distributed one to each of the four boys, Yan Wen, Yan Wu, Yan Huai, and Yan Xiangyang, and asked them to walk in pairs at the front and back, so that everyone in the team could use them. The way down the mountain was clear by the light of the fire.

The group of people returned home with a full load, smeared in black, and returned to the village at the end of Xu Shi.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw a group of women such as Liu Wenniang, Aunt Mei, Mrs. Qi, Erzhu Niang, etc. waiting at the entrance of the alley.

When Liu Wenniang saw Yan Wen and Yan Wu walking at the front, her hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

"You are finally back, why have you been gone so long?"

Yan Ersheng stepped forward and explained with a smile: "I went for a walk into the mountains today. It took me two hours to go back and forth. In addition, I dug some things in the mountains. I rushed back to this point in a hurry."

Aunt Mei noticed that the baskets on their backs were all full of things and asked in surprise: "Is there really something edible on the mountain?"

Yan Dahu glanced at Yan Shu and Jiang Ci.

"Si Yatou and Erlang found it. It is said to be a kind of medicinal material, but it can be eaten raw or ground into powder to make batter and drink. In short, it is a good thing."

Aunt Qi glanced at brothers Qi Tianyi and Qi Tianyuan and saw that their baskets were also full, so she was very happy.

Qi Tianyi asked Yan Shu: "Miss Yan, should we send these kudzu roots to the village chief's house?"

Yan Shu shook his head and said: "No, I will just keep the kudzu I dig for myself. When the news spreads tomorrow, other villagers will form a team to go up the mountain to dig it."

As for the prey caught today, everyone unanimously agreed to let Yan Ersheng's family take it back to express their gratitude to the Yan family for sending them food several times.

Yan Ersheng took a look at the prey. There were three camphors, four rabbits and three pheasants in total.

He thought for a moment: "How about this? Let's set up a pot and cook at my house tomorrow, and we neighbors will get together during the Chinese New Year."

Liu Wenniang also nodded in agreement: "It's settled, you all have to come."

The family members were a little embarrassed. They were supposed to express gratitude to others, so why did they ask others to cook and entertain them instead?

But they couldn't resist Yan Ersheng's repeated invitations, so they had no choice but to accept.

After everyone went back to their respective homes, the seventh uncle and Yan Fugui heard that they were back and couldn't wait even one night and ran over.

"Fourth girl, I heard that you found food on the mountain?"

Yan Shu smiled and said: "I dug some kudzu roots."

"Isn't Pueraria lobata a kind of medicinal material?" Uncle Qi had read books and knew that Pueraria lobata was a herbal medicine, but he didn't know that Pueraria lobata could also be eaten.

Yan Shu took them to the kitchen, picked up a piece of kudzu root piled in the corner and handed it to the seventh uncle.

"This is kudzu root. It can be ground into powder and cooked. However, kudzu root is cold and not easy to use for a long time. I also found a bamboo forest on the mountain with a lot of winter bamboo shoots. I can tell the villagers to dig it up in the mountain and eat it tomorrow morning. , I have only found these two kinds of food so far. After the snow on the mountain melts in a few days, I will go up the mountain to have a look."

The seventh uncle was very pleased: "Some of them are already very good to eat. Fourth girl, you have made another great contribution to our village."

Yan Shu said politely: "We are all from the same village, so it is only right to do some small favors for everyone."

Uncle Qi said fairly: "It's more than just a small favor? This is life-saving food that can help the whole village survive this winter. Fourth girl, the entire villagers of Banpo Village should be grateful to you. We will definitely tell everyone about this." "

Yan Shu said a few polite words, but she also had her own considerations.

Today when I went to the mountains, I found that many places could be reclaimed for farming. She wanted to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on a large scale, which would help the villagers generate income and solve the food and grass problem.

Therefore, it is necessary to build a good relationship with these villagers, and give some small favors on a daily basis, so that in the future, these villagers can be better utilized to open up wasteland and cultivate land together.