The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 188, Picking Wild Vegetables

Sure enough, in the next period of time, everyone's life was not so easy, and every household in the courtyard began to tighten their belts.

The general environment is really not optimistic, the famine is not sure when it will end, and there is nothing to buy in the pigeon market, so I save as much as I can, thinking of using the limited rations to last for a while.

For example, the third uncle’s family has three meals a day. Except for the drier meal in the evening, breakfast and lunch are both sparse. Because during the day, the third uncle and the children at home have to go to work and those who have to go to school, so they have two meals in the morning and lunch. It's all solved casually.

In addition, the third uncle was reluctant to eat the fine grains at his house, so he took them all out and ran to Zuojiazhuang to exchange them for sweet potatoes.

One kilogram of fine grains can be exchanged for four kilograms of sweet potatoes. According to the ration of more than 20 kilograms of fine grains in the third uncle's house a month, it is not enough for a few small ones to be hungry at one time. If they eat too much sweet potatoes, the exhaust emissions will exceed the standard.

It's a bright weekend morning.

I guess it was only after five o'clock, and many people in the courtyard got up early.

In the central courtyard, people were grabbing faucets, washing faces and brushing teeth, fetching water and boiling water. Early in the morning, before it was completely light, the whole courtyard was in a hurry.

what happened?

It's not like this usually.

Li Weiguo, who was awakened by the noise outside the door, sat up from the bed, rubbed his face, and simply stopped sleeping. He put on his clothes and walked out to see what was going on.

Opening the door and looking outside, the women in the courtyard were walking out together.

The first aunt, the second aunt, the third aunt, Qin Huairu and other housewives, including Yu Yu, Yan Jiedi and the other girls, got together, each with a vegetable basket, and walked out like a big market.

what's going on? Li Weiguo didn't know why.

He shouted to He Yuyu: "Yuyu, come here."

He Yuyu was holding the vegetable basket in his left hand and holding Qin Huairu in his right hand, and was walking out the door. When she looked back, she saw that Li Weiguo was calling her, so she stopped quickly, let go of Qin Huairu and ran back.

"Brother Wei Guo, you're up. It's the weekend, why don't you sleep more?" Yu Yu asked with a smile.

Li Weiguo yawned and said, "It's noisy so early in the morning. How can I sleep? What are you guys doing so early?"

Yu Yu smiled and said: "We didn't do much, we just went to pick wild vegetables outside the city together. It's still early and we should leave the city early, otherwise it will be difficult to get there if we are late."

Picking wild vegetables?

How long has it been since then? Is this already happening?

He rarely cooks in the yard. He usually cooks a large batch at a time in the space and eats it slowly.

He would either go out to eat out, or go to the cafeteria kitchen to ask Silly Zhu to help with processing. Occasionally he would eat at home, and he would heat up some cornmeal buns in a steamer and pretend to be there, so he didn't pay much attention to the situation in the courtyard.

Li Weiguo frowned, pulled away the rainwater, and asked in a low voice: "Is the house short of food?"

Seeing Li Weiguo's concerned question, Yuyu felt warm in his heart and said softly: "It's okay, there is no shortage for the time being. However, it's not easy for you and my silly brother to make money, so it's better to save a little.

And I’m not sure when the famine will end, so yesterday I heard Sister Qin and the Third Aunt say they were going out of the city to pick wild vegetables, so I wanted to go and have a look. "

"Can I find wild vegetables when I leave the city now?"

"Yes, you can pick a lot of wild vegetables in grasslands, wastelands, rivers, and fields. If you are lucky, you can also find small rabbits, frogs, fish, shrimps, river mussels, small river shells, and some individual insects. These can all be eaten. of.

The third aunt caught a lot of small river shells in the river a few days ago. She brought them back and kept them in a basin for two days. Yesterday, she picked out all the shell meat and cooked porridge. The smell and sizzling smell made the whole yard hungry. "

As she said this, the little girl couldn't help but swallow her saliva, she looked like a snack.

Li Weiguo rolled his eyes at her. Everyone else wanted to get something to fill their stomachs and save some food. It was better to live alone and just wanted to eat delicacies.

"I usually eat at school, is it enough?"

"That's enough. I have a monthly quota of 24 pounds."

"Well, if you don't have enough food, you can go to my room and get it yourself. You have the key anyway, so don't let yourself go hungry." Li Weiguo touched Yu Yu's head and warned. .

He usually puts some steamed buns, cold dishes and other food in the cupboard at home, firstly for show, and secondly, to provide emergency relief for rainwater. After all, the idiot sometimes gets off work late and may not always remember to leave food for rainwater.

"Yeah." Yuyu nodded sweetly.

"Okay, let's go, be careful on the road and don't get into the water."

"Yeah, okay~"

Looking at the group of women and girls walking away, Li Weiguo fell into deep contemplation.

The grain station has no say on when rations will be restored. It just keeps telling everyone to save food and find ways to overcome difficulties.

Now the people can still think of ways to find some wild vegetables and game outside the city, but as time goes by, it probably won't work.

The entire imperial capital has a population of more than six million, and the few scattered resources outside the city can't sustain it for long. It is estimated that they will have to be stripped away in less than a month.

Some time ago, Li Weiguo also visited the Ghost Market and the Pigeon Market. The business of Lao Fu and Hamster had stopped for a long time. When he saw Li Weiguo going there, he almost called him daddy.

There was no way, Li Weiguo didn't provide them with supplies, and they couldn't get much from their original channels. The few younger brothers around them couldn't feed themselves, so how could they not be anxious.

However, for the sake of safety, Li Weiguo did not agree on the spot. He just said to check the wind direction first and asked them to wait patiently.

Now it seems that he still has to find a way to do something, otherwise he will feel uneasy.

Others don't know what the situation has been like in the past three years, but he, who has lived through it in later generations, knows it very well.

The horrific data is so depressing that it makes people suffocate and cannot even imagine it.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo licked his hair irritably and didn't want to go back to sleep. He simply took the towel and toothbrush and started to wash up.

After washing up, getting dressed, I casually took two steamed buns from the Space Static Warehouse, had a simple breakfast, and then got in the car and went out.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Weiguo rode toward Jianguomen.

Nanluogu Lane is located in the DC area. The closest way out of the city is through Jianguomen. Yuyu and Qin Huairu also walked this way.

After riding the car, Li Weiguo caught up with the first aunt, the second aunt, and the others in a few minutes. They didn't have cars, so they all walked on their legs, so they didn't go far.

However, it was not easy for Li Weiguo, a big man, to get together with a group of women, so he found a fork in the road, turned in, bypassed the aunt and the others, and went straight to Jianguo Gate.

After leaving Jianguomen, we continued riding for two or three miles. We were already in the suburbs of the city. There were not many houses around. As far as the eye could see, there was a lush wilderness.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and a wisp of morning glow spread quietly from the horizon.

Many housewives have already arrived here in groups early. Some roll up their sleeves in small groups and look for wild vegetables in the fields, while others roll up their trousers and use dustpans to fish for river shells in shallow streams.

As the morning sun slowly rises, there are more and more people on the outskirts of Jianguomen.

Before long, there were almost a hundred or so people in the wilderness. Everyone didn't talk much when they arrived. They spread out in twos and threes and looked for wild vegetables in the fields.

Well-known wild vegetables such as white vine, shepherd's purse, dandelion, purslane, watercress, February orchid, sorghum, willow buds, elm bark, jujube buds, pepper leaves, etc. These are all goals that women are looking for.

Li Weiguo glanced at the busy women of various families in the wilderness, and did not bother them. He got on his bike and continued riding to a distance where there were few people.