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Aunt Hu, the village chief's wife, gathered several other aunts, and they collected the wild vegetables that had been dug yesterday.

On the way to their destination, as long as they saw wild vegetables that were easy to pick by the roadside, they would quickly run to pick them and then catch up with the team.

Their goal is to keep the entire team from coming to a standstill and to pick all the wild vegetables while walking and keep up with the pace of progress.

After the picked wild vegetables are simply washed with water to remove the mud and sand, they are prepared for cooking.

When the porridge is cooked to perfection, they will personally throw the wild vegetables into the pot in sections and finally sprinkle with coarse salt.

While the food was cooking, the villagers spread out in family groups to explore the hollow.

They looked for wild vegetables and fruits to pick, and they could enjoy whatever they found.

During this period, food was abundant so every household had enough.

Liu Caixia took Wang Xiaolu to the nearby forest.

When they were away from the crowd's sight, Liu Caixia carried Xiaolu on her back and used her special powers to move quickly through the forest.

They did not travel with other gatherers, but chose a quieter forest path.

In the mountains and forests, the smooth stone pillars show signs of frequent use, as if this was once a resting place for hunters in the village.

"Xiao Lu, please pay more attention to the trees around you. I'll look at the grass on the ground. We'll stop if we find anything. There should be wild chestnuts in the mountains at this time of year. I don't know if there are wild chestnut trees in this mountain. I think there should be. Look carefully. I don't know if people of their time knew how to eat chestnuts?"

"Okay, I know chestnuts. I went to the mountains with my grandfather and the others to pick them!"

Xiao Lu looked around, but didn't find anything useful for a while.

"Okay, if you see something you don't recognize or you're not sure what it is, just tell me. If you miss out on something edible, it'll be a waste. Look at the patch of small yellow flowers over there, do they look like the Jerusalem artichokes we ate when we traveled before?" Liu Caixia suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"I don't know, just go over and take a look!"

Xiao Lu was not sure even though she was so far away, so the two of them walked for a while before they reached the hillside above and saw a large area of ​​small yellow flowers with no trees blocking the view.

"It seems so. Xiaolu, get some tools and I'll dig it out and take a look."

Xiao Lu took out a small hoe. These tools were collected from her grandfather's house. She collected all the farm tools and iron products from her grandfather's house so that she could use them as weapons on the way to the base in case she didn't have any.

"Yes, yes. Jerusalem artichokes are very strong and reproduce very quickly. If some tall trees around them had not already occupied the land, they might have reproduced even more."

Liu Caixia dug out a large piece of soil with two hoes, in which there were small pieces of yellow ginger.

Liu Caixia didn’t know how this thing came here. It was said that it was introduced from abroad. Could it have existed so early?

It looked so magical, but then I thought that their arrival was even more magical, so I didn't bother to dig so hard and dug out everything.

"Xiaolu, use this small hoe, and bring me a big hoe. We can dig as much as we can. I don't know if people in this era eat this. We can make kimchi later. It can keep away the cold when it's cold, and it's good for the body."

Xiaolu has eaten this thing and found it a little spicy for her, much better than pickled peppers. She likes it very much when marinated with a little sugar.

She took out two plastic bags and replaced a larger hoe for Liu Caixia. She held the small hoe in her hand and said:

"I'll pick it up in the back, you come and dig it. I'll use a small hoe to break up the soil and pick out the ginger and put it in a bag. This way it's faster!"

Liu Caixia wiped the sweat from her forehead, feeling both curious and excited.

She continued to swing the hoe, and every time the hoe landed, there was the sound of flying soil, as if it was a unique melody of nature.

As she dug deeper, she discovered that the Jerusalem artichokes were not only numerous, but also widely distributed, covering almost a large area of ​​the land.

Xiao Lu wanted to pick up Jerusalem artichokes from the soil, but Liu Caixia saw her and stopped her, "Did you collect gloves before? Take out two pairs. We will put on gloves to work, otherwise we will waste water to wash our hands."

They don't have much water, so if it doesn't rain, they have to save it.

Xiaolu took out the gloves and they put them on and started working. Xiaolu felt so tired that she had to fill five or six plastic bags used in supermarkets. She looked at the time and found that they had been working for an hour or almost half an hour. It was indeed a bit long.

"It seems that these Jerusalem artichokes have been settled here for many years."

Liu Caixia talked to herself, and couldn't help but admire their vitality.

She recalled the stories that the elders in the village often told about how alien species took root and thrived in this land. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, it seemed even more vivid and real.

Just as she was digging with great concentration, she heard a few bird calls not far away, clear and melodious, as if cheering her on. Liu Caixia looked up and saw a few birds jumping and playing among the treetops, occasionally lowering their heads to peck at food, looking particularly comfortable.

Such a scene made her forget her tiredness temporarily and her mood became cheerful.

As time went by, the bags they took out were already filled to the brim with Jerusalem artichokes.

She stood up, rubbed her sore back, looked at the fruits of her labor on the ground, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

"Mom, we are almost done. I am so tired. Let's go back quickly. It has been a long time."

"Okay, collect these and go back quickly."

Liu Caixia looked at the remaining trash that had not been picked up, put down her hoe, squatted down and cleaned it up with Xiaolu. The remaining trash was not put into plastic bags, but into the straw baskets they brought.

"Take these back and share them with the villagers. Keep some seeds for your own planting in the future."

"The seeds in the space won't go bad anyway!"

"That's what I meant."

There was not much left, just half a basket, estimated to be about six or seven pounds. Xiaolu picked up the basket in her hand, and Liu Caixia carried Xiaolu on her back and hurried back quickly.

Only when we reached the depression did we slow down and walk over at a normal pace.

Liu Caiyun and Xiaomei were waiting in the direction they left. When they saw them coming back, they hurriedly greeted them.

"Eat quickly. We need to hurry up and leave after eating. Everyone else has finished eating."

Liu Caiyun was not worried that they were hungry, she was just pretending to be hungry for others to see, otherwise they couldn't go without food.

"Got it. We dug some Jerusalem artichokes. They are delicious when made into pickles. I forgot the time. Xiaolu, show them to your aunt."

Xiao Lu handed the straw basket to Liu Caiyun, who took it and walked back together.