Lucky husband

Up to now, everyone believes and confirms that there will be a drought this year, and everyone starts to imitate the way of the Li family or find ways to save food by themselves.

Mrs. Li bought a lot of food in the early stage, and made kimchi and sauerkraut, but she still felt that it was not enough. After thinking hard for a few days, she suddenly thought of what else to do.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Mrs. Li carried a basket and led Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue to the foot of the back mountain to look for wild vegetables.

This season is when wild vegetables are flooding, that is to say, Shanghe Village has a lot of land, and most families are willing to use an acre and a half of dry land to grow vegetables and fruits, so no one cares about wild vegetables outside.

When Mrs. Li was young and still in her natal family, her natal family was poor, and she lived on wild vegetables and coarse grains every spring and summer.

I took my two children to the foot of the back mountain, and there are patches of wild vegetables all over the mountain, which is gratifying to look at.

Mrs. Li picked two kinds of wild vegetables that taste better and are easier to find in large quantities: "Brother Jin, girl Yue, you two remember to look for this kind of vegetables, the tender parts, and the ones that can't be pinched are too old to stir-fry. It's not tasty, understand?"

"Grandma, I understand." Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue replied in unison.

The grandparents and grandchildren were happily picking wild vegetables at the foot of the back mountain. Mrs. Li picked a basket full of wild vegetables by herself. She turned her head to see how her grandson and granddaughter were doing.

Li Mingjin's is fine, every time I pick it, I compare it with the wild vegetable given by Mrs. Li, and only pick it when I'm sure it's the same, and I know what tender tips are.

Li Mingyue followed her elder brother's example, and the types of wild vegetables she picked were basically correct, but in her small basket, some were the tender tips of wild vegetables, and some had ripped off the old stems. She didn't know that she was a little person How did you break these old stalks?

Granny Li was not angry when she saw Li Mingyue like that, she brought Li Mingyue out just to let her out to play, let her run around the yard at home, let the third daughter-in-law look at it, and influence her to do embroidery work .

After a while, Granny Li's two baskets were filled with wild vegetables, and Li Mingjin's small basket was also filled with wild vegetables, Li Mingyue finally had enough of playing.

"Huh, I'm so tired." Li Mingyue put down the small basket and sat down on the grass, "Grandma, fifth brother, Mingyue is so tired."

Li Mingjin put his basket aside, and went to look at the things in Li Mingyue's basket: "Hey, Mingyue, you can't pick like this."

In the past, Li Mingyue could still keep looking at the samples given by Mrs. Li every time she picked vegetables. Later, she didn’t know if she was tired or impatient. The old terriers were all picked into her little basket and placed in a basket full of piles.

"Mingyue, these are not wild vegetables that grandma said. Look, the leaves of wild vegetables are rounder." Li Mingjin picked out the leaves that were not wild vegetables patiently. "This is not the case either. Its leaves are too round."

"Fifth brother, Mingyue is tired." Li Mingyue covered her small face with her hands, and looked at Li Mingjin with her big eyes.

Seeing her like that, Li Mingjin squeezed her chubby hand: "Then let me pick some more for you."

"Fifth brother is the best." Li Mingyue put down her hands and smiled sweetly at Li Mingjin. When she was picking wild vegetables just now, her hands were stained with green juice from a lot of leaves, and her hands were wiped with juice. On his face, he became a little tabby cat.

Mrs. Li heard Li Mingyue's words and laughed at her: "Xiaohuamao, this year your fifth elder brother is the best when you do things for you. When your elder brother and third elder brother came back to help you do things a few days ago, I heard you The eldest brother and the third brother are the best, which brother do you think is the best?"

"Hmm..." Li Mingyue was caught in a tangle. She felt that every brother was very nice. In the end, she chose to please Mrs. Li, "Milk is the best!"

Li Mingyue's words made Mrs. Li laugh a lot, but this little granddaughter was as sweet-mouthed as her father since she was a child.

Li Mingjin just pricked up his ears to hear which brother Qimei thought was the best, but when he heard Qimei say that milk was the best, he smiled helplessly, continued to clean out the other grass in Limingyue's small basket, and then carried her to help her pick wild vegetables.

The grandparents and grandchildren came out with four empty baskets, and it didn't take long before they returned with four baskets full of wild vegetables.

On the way back, he had to pass the path between Li's house, Li Erye's house, and Bai's house. Bai Zhiwen, who was in the room, heard the laughter coming from outside while reading, and looked up involuntarily.

The Bai family is now in the hot filial piety period. Their family doesn't talk about laughter, and they don't even talk very loudly. Bai Zhiwen feels that his mother and younger brother are too quiet. He looks at Li Mingjin who hangs on his face all year round. smile, some yearning.

Every time Li Mingjin passed by Bai's house, she liked to look up at their yard, to see if the little brother of Bai's family was in the yard.

It has been more than four months since the Bai family moved to Shanghe Village. Li Mingjin has seen the little brother of the Bai family appear in the yard several times.

Two months ago, when the flowers at the foot of the mountain were in full bloom, Li Mingjin saw Bai Ziyi drying clothes in the yard for the first time. Li Mingjin went over and shouted outside the yard: "Brother Bai, do you want to come with us?" Go out to pick flowers?"

Bai Ziyi looked up at Li Mingjin with yearning in her eyes, hesitated for a moment, then shook her head firmly, then hurried back to the house as if afraid that Li Mingjin would call him again.

Li Mingjin didn't understand, so he went home and told his mother about it, which provoked Jiang Zhiyun to lecture him for a while.

From then on, when Li Mingjin saw the little brother of the Bai family working in the yard again, she would not ask him to come out to play, but would talk to him outside the Bai family's yard, and the two got to know each other a lot.

Li Mingjin didn't see Bai Ziyi this time, but met Bai Zhiwen's eyes.

The morning sun shone into the room from the outside, forming a faint halo around Bai Zhiwen's body, making him feel a smell that Li Mingjin couldn't describe, and Li Mingjin was stunned for a moment.

Li Mingjin slowed down after taking two foolish steps, and showed a big smile to Bai Zhiwen.

Infected by Li Mingjin's smile, Bai Zhiwen couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth and smile too. Unfortunately, Li Mingjin and Mrs. Li had already passed by, and no one saw his smile.

After returning to Li's house, Li Mingjin quickly put the staring eyes behind her just now, followed Mrs. Li's instructions, and put the wild vegetables that she just picked today in the yard to dry.

Mrs. Li only dried three baskets, leaving a basket of fried wild vegetables for lunch, so that everyone can taste the taste of wild vegetables.

To stir-fry wild vegetables, you need to blanch the water first to remove the unique bitterness of wild vegetables, then add a little lard to the pot, put the drained wild vegetables in, stir-fry twice, sprinkle some salt, and fry the water vapor until dry. Can cook.

The wild vegetables produced in this way are tender and fragrant, and Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue ate a lot.

In the afternoon, when the sun was less shining, Li Mingjin still begged Mrs. Li to take them to pick wild vegetables again, and wanted to eat them at night.

The grandparents and grandchildren went to the foot of the back mountain with baskets on their shoulders again, and came back with several baskets of wild vegetables.

Li Mingjin had one more thing to do every day. He had breakfast in the morning and went out to pick a round of wild vegetables with Mrs. Li. When he came back, he asked Jiang Zhiyun to learn how to read. After lunch, he had a short rest and went to play with Li Mingxia or Li Qiusheng. Then wait until the sun is not so basking in the evening, and pick the second round of wild vegetables with Mrs. Li.

Every day is very fulfilling, and Li's family reserves more and more wild vegetables for the drought.

Mrs. Li didn't just pick wild vegetables at home, she went next door to remind Li Chengli, and talked to Li's mistress.

There are a lot of wild vegetables at the foot of the back mountain. Even if they pick them together, they will not be able to pick them all in ten days and half a month. What's more, the wild vegetables will grow new soon after they are picked. Granny Li didn't hide them. with.

However, because their home is relatively remote, few people saw them when they went to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables. After picking more than ten days in a row, they picked most of the freshest part of the wild vegetables at the foot of the back mountain before anyone noticed their actions.

All of a sudden, the wild vegetables in the back mountain became delicious overnight, and the number of people picking vegetables changed from a few to a dozen households to dozens of households in an instant.

The wild vegetables became bald within two days, because some people cut off the old stalks of the wild vegetables to save trouble, and it would take longer for the wild vegetables to grow new leaves. I couldn't help cursing a few words in my heart.

Li Mingjin didn't know that his grandma was cursing in his heart, he saw that there were no wild vegetables to pick, and said anxiously: "Grandma, there are no wild vegetables!"

Old Madam Li was not in a hurry, she led the two children to another place where she knew there were wild vegetables: "Let's go, let's go to another place."

However, Mrs. Li underestimated everyone's enthusiasm after discovering wild vegetables, and this area of ​​wild vegetables that she had been optimistic about before was also cut bald by the villagers.

After walking three places in a row, Granny Li barely picked up the full basket, while Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue's baskets were only bottomed out and looked empty.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Mrs. Li took her two children back home: "Forget it, let's go back first, and see if these wild vegetables can grow in two days."

"Okay." Li Mingjin nodded reluctantly.

Li Mingyue was young, and she looked at her basket with her mouth deflated and wanted to cry: "Grandma, there are no wild vegetables in Mingyue's basket."

"Yue girl, I can't pick them today. After two days, the wild vegetables grow up, and grandma will take you out to pick wild vegetables." Mrs. Li touched her little granddaughter's head, and once again cursed in her heart those who cut wild vegetables bald. people.

Seeing that his younger sister was sad, Li Mingjin wrinkled his nose, grabbed the wild vegetables in his basket and put them into Li Mingyue's basket: "Seventh sister, look, there are wild vegetables in your basket, let's go home, there are still vegetables at home. There are many things waiting for grandma to do."

Seeing that her little basket was not empty, Li Mingyue finally became happy, carrying the basket and walking happily behind Grandma and Fifth Brother.

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