Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

"What's more, by then, not only will we think so, but others will think so too."

“Isn’t that the way people are?

But if you don’t give it to him, what if the other party breaks into your house with someone else?

I think it would be better to put the wild vegetables left over from the previous year outside, and hide the dried wild vegetables dug last spring and this year.

If anyone wants it, just give it to the previous stockpiles.

Anyway, we can eat it, and it won’t kill us, right?”

"Okay, let's do it!

It is said that in the past when there were wars, especially when there was no food, didn’t people use wild vegetables to fill their stomachs?

And not only wild vegetables, but also grass roots and tree barks are eaten!

As long as it is non-toxic, you can eat as much as you want. Otherwise, why didn’t you survive?

That is now. If there really comes a day like that, I am afraid that even grass roots and tree barks will be stronger than humans!"

"Maybe there really is. By the way, do you think we should store more food during this autumn harvest?"

"Of course you can, but I'm just worried that I won't have the time by then."

"If you don't have time, I'll go."

"this?"

"Don't worry about it. Listen to me. Even though I still have to take care of the child, sometimes taking the child to the countryside is just an excuse, isn't it?"

"But this will only make things difficult for you and your child!"

"What's this?

No matter how hard it is, it is better than having nothing to eat, and I think it is better for us to make plans early.

If everyone realizes this by then, do you think the food in the countryside will be so easy to sell?"

"How can it be?

Maybe some people will sell their grain for a higher price?

But if there are any experienced elders in the family, they will force us not to sell the grain.

Besides, the countryside is now implementing collectivization, and all grain is owned by the collective. I'm afraid it's hard to buy it even if you want to?"

“So, we have to be one step ahead of others.

We won’t buy any other food, just sweet potatoes. Even though they may give us some heartburn, they can still make up for the loss.”

“Yes, if anyone is selling potatoes, you can buy some.

The only pity is that I can’t take a leave. If I could, at least I could go dig wild vegetables before winter comes.”

"Who says it's not?

It’s because our child is young and there’s no one to help take care of him on Sundays, otherwise I would feel embarrassed to ask for leave.

Even if you just go to the countryside to look for food, you can’t do it too often.”

"Don't worry about this!"

"By the way, there are vegetable farmers all around us. How about after get off work, before it gets dark, I'll carry our son on my back and go pick up some vegetable leaves that the villagers don't want?"

"Is this okay?"

"It doesn't matter if it works or not, as long as I can eat enough."

“But even if we pick them up, we can’t dry them in the sun, right?

Now that every household eats in the canteen, it is not realistic to dry vegetables. What’s more, there is no pot at home, so what should we do?”

"What you said makes sense, but since we can't dry the vegetables, we can just make pickles."

“Making pickles?

Is this possible?

“Just give it a try!

How can you know if you don’t try?

And don’t we have two empty rooms in our house?

If it really doesn’t work, just open the window and put it on the ground to dry. When it’s almost dried, put it on the balcony to dry. There are always more solutions than problems! ”

"That's right, but even if it's vegetable leaves that your fellow villagers don't want, you still have to be more careful!"

"Don't worry about this. I'm not the kind of person who's reckless. What's more, I'm bringing our son with me."

"Too."

From that day on, after get off work every day, she would carry her son on her back and stroll around the vegetable fields far away.

The villagers in this place basically grow cabbage, celery, spinach, coriander, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

In the past, I would sell the vegetables at home, keeping some for my family and taking some to the overpass to “ship” them. I earned money by selling vegetables and supported my family.

Now, there is no need to go out at all. The vegetables are purchased in bulk and the villagers keep the picked ones for themselves. The remaining bad vegetable leaves are almost thrown away because no one wants them.

Only those who really can't survive and are short of vegetables at home will come here to pick them up.

At this time of the year, cabbage and spinach have not yet been planted, so there are no such vegetables in the fields.

There are quite a lot of celery, coriander and cucumbers.

It’s hard to say about cucumbers. After all, no matter how small they are, they can be eaten, so you can’t pick them up.

As for celery and coriander, even if the leaves are rotten, the roots can still be eaten.

Especially coriander roots, which can not only be used as medicine, but can also be dried or pickled into pickles.

As for celery, you can also dry it and soak it in water to drink, which is also good for lowering blood pressure.

There is no other way but to deal with these two vegetables first.

Fortunately, there is some free space at home, otherwise I wouldn’t dare to come here to pick vegetable roots every day.

But even so, when you pick up the coriander roots, try to put the semi-dried ones there to dry.

Fresh coriander roots can be pickled directly into pickles, otherwise it is not easy to take them home and dry them in the sun, which will take a while.

It would be faster to put it outside to dry, but it’s really not suitable right now.

You can only pickle fresh coriander roots into pickles, but fortunately, pickled coriander roots taste good too.

I picked up less celery roots. After all, I'm not cooking at home now, so there's no use picking up too much.

In fact, as for celery, you can pick it up and put it in the soil, water it frequently, and it will still survive.

Even if there is leftover celery, at least I can change the taste.

It’s just that I don’t have the time right now, and it’s not very convenient either.

I didn't expect that when I took my children to pick vegetable roots, I would meet an old comrade.

The other party saw that she carried her child on her back to pick vegetables every day, so she asked tentatively.

"Comrade, I see you don't look like someone who is short of food at home?

Why do you come here every day to pick up these vegetable roots?

Besides, everyone eats in the cafeteria now, why are you still picking up these vegetable roots? They don’t taste good, so what are you going to do with them?”

“To be honest, every household eats in the canteen now, so we don’t have to worry about food.

It’s just that my husband likes to eat pickles. If he doesn’t take a couple of bites of pickles while eating, he’ll feel like something is missing in his mouth.

This was originally put in the past!

I never thought that I would worry about pickles, but since I started eating in the cafeteria, there are not many pickles left at home.

I was thinking about trying other dishes and whether I could pickle some vegetables. I have to say, the pickles pickled with coriander roots have a unique flavor!"

"is it?"

"Yes, it's just some waste seasoning. If you are willing to use it, I will tell you the method."

"No, no, the pickles we eat at home only have salt in them, and forget about other seasonings. Not to mention that they are extremely expensive, some of the seasonings may not even be familiar to us country folk."