During the famine, a sack of grain was traded for a little girl. Everyone thought the family had lost their minds.
But ever since they adopted little Qingtian, it was as if their lives had be...
As Mrs. Ye said this, she took the wild vegetable leaves from Qingtian's hand and put them into her basket.
"Is it edible?" Qingtian was immediately happy when he saw that he could help. "Then I'll help mom dig."
Mrs. Ye said, "It's a good thing that you want to help mother, but you are too weak. Although the scattered dandelions will not be wasted and can be eaten, they are not easy to clean up.
"So why don't you take Xiaoye to play next to you?"
Mrs. Ye learned her lesson from last time and stopped praising Qingtian for everything. She also started pointing out her problems.
But she was still a little nervous, and tried to speak gently and tactfully, for fear that Qingtian would not be able to accept it.
Unexpectedly, Qingtian only felt a little regretful, then patted his dirty hands and said, "Mom, then I'll take Xiaoye to take a look over there."
Qingtian was pointing to a place not far away. Xiaoye had always wanted to run there just now, and she wanted to follow him to see what was attracting him there.
Mrs. Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, go play, just don't go too far."
Qingtian called out to Gouzi, "Xiaoye, what were you trying to do over there? Lead the way."
When Xiao Ye heard this, he immediately turned around and ran away.
"Hey, slow down!" Qingtian immediately ran to catch up.
"Don't run too far!" Mrs. Ye shouted worriedly from behind.
Qingtian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I understand."
Mrs. Ye turned around and found that everyone else had dug a lot of small root vegetables, so she quickly sped up.
But after she dug a few times, she heard Qingtian's anxious voice.
"Xiaoye, don't eat anything!
"What are you chewing? Spit it out!"
Mrs. Ye was worried that something might have happened, so she hurried over to check when she heard the noise.
I saw Qingtian grabbing Xiaoye's neck with one hand and prying its mouth open with the other.
Xiaoye naturally wouldn't bite Qingtian, but he also refused to spit out what was in his mouth. He just tried to turn his head away.
"What's wrong? What did you eat?" Mrs. Ye asked while looking around, thinking that Xiaoye had caught some small animal and was eating.
But everything was clean and there was nothing edible around.
Qingtian grabbed a branch of a nearby shrub that had just sprouted and said, “Mom, Xiaoye just came over and ate this.
"What is this? Can I eat it?"
Qingtian was very worried because a few days ago a dog in the village died after eating someone else's rat poison peanuts.
These days, Qingtian has been repeatedly reminding Xiaoye not to eat food from outside, and she pays special attention every time she takes it out.
Although Mrs. Ye didn't know what this thing was, her family had raised dogs before, so she knew that dogs would sometimes chew on wild grass or medicinal herbs.
The old people would say that the dog was not feeling well and was trying to find a way to cure itself!
"It should be fine." Sister Ye said uncertainly. Seeing that Qingtian was still worried, she said, "I'll ask your great-uncle to come and take a look. He might know her."
Liu Quan came over to take a look and found it was something he knew. He smiled and said, "It's okay, this is wolfberry, it helps to reduce internal heat.
"I'm afraid the dog is eating too well at your house, so he needs to take care of himself!
"But it's true, your dog is really good-looking. What do you usually feed it?"
Upon hearing this, Qingtian quickly rushed to say, "My mother made steamed buns for Xiaoye!"
"Yes, it's steamed corn bread." Mrs. Ye quickly replied, feeling a little guilty.
Liu Quan looked down at Xiao Ye's physique and fur color, and couldn't help but feel a little bit unbelievable.
Can you feed a dog so well by just feeding it steamed buns?
It really is a dog that was brought back from a wolf’s den!
But what Liu Quan didn't know was that what Mrs. Ye made for Xiao Ye was not just ordinary cornmeal steamed buns.
Not only do you have to beat several eggs, but you also have to buy some cheap pig lungs and offal from the city and add them in.
After all, Xiaoye is still growing, and judging from its skeleton, it won't be small.
Seeing that Qingtian liked Xiaoye so much and Xiaoye had always been loyal to his master, Mrs. Ye was afraid that Xiaoye would not eat well and his growth would be delayed, so the steamed buns she made were even better than those eaten by some families in the village.
Otherwise, Xiao Ye would not have grown so fat and strong, with his silver-gray fur shining in the sun and as smooth as a piece of fine satin.
However, it was Mrs. Ye who had to spend money and effort to feed the dog, and the family no longer had Guo, the troublemaker, so no one in the family expressed dissatisfaction with it, but they all tacitly agreed not to mention it to others.
After all, most families in the village are still reluctant to eat meat, and even a small number of families dare not eat enough grain.
If word gets out that the Ye family feeds their dogs so well, they will probably be isolated and ostracized by the entire village.
Mrs. Ye looked down at Xiaoye suspiciously, wondering if he had eaten too well and that was why he had a sore throat.
But then I saw Liu Quan digging with a shovel.
"Uncle, what are you digging this for?"
"Goji berries are a good thing. You can take their roots and branches home, dry them, and boil them in water to drink to reduce internal heat.
"And this thing is easy to grow. You can dig it up and plant it in the yard, and then you can pick wolfberry leaves and wolfberries to eat frequently.
"Usually if you want to dig some wolfberries you have to go to the mountains. It's rare that they grow so close to you this time. You should hurry up and dig some to take home."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye hurriedly joined in digging.
Although she didn't know what the functions of wolfberry roots and leaves were, she knew that wolfberry was a good thing and could nourish the body.
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