The mountains are full of vitality in spring. New buds have sprouted from the branches, and wild vegetables and weeds have emerged from the ground. A breeze blows, and a rustling sound is heard in the forest, as if singing for hope.

On the way to the bamboo forest, the four of them met many people squatting and digging wild vegetables, and there were already quite a few harvests in their baskets.

The fresh and green wild vegetables looked very tempting. If Jianshu hadn't been thinking about the spring bamboo shoots, he would have been unable to resist squatting down and digging them together.

The bamboo forest was a bit remote, and the four of them were walking on a small path that few people usually walked on.

Wu Xiufang led the way, holding a stick, while Jianshu followed closely behind, holding a child in each hand. They kept their eyes fixed on the road, afraid that some bug would pop out if they weren't paying attention.

Finally, we arrived at the bamboo forest. There were already groups of diligent women searching in the forest, and their baskets were already filled with seven or eight small bamboo shoots.

Spring bamboo shoots are delicious, so they are not the only two families who come to look for them. Many people even go up the mountain before dawn in order to have a good harvest.

After all, the vegetables stored in winter have almost been eaten, and the vegetables of the new season have not yet matured. It is a time of shortage of food.

At this time, in order to fill their stomachs, thrifty people have to find ways to add food to their homes, and wild vegetables and winter bamboo shoots are one of their targets.

Where there are people, there is competition. As for how much you can gain in the end, it all depends on your own ability.

Digging spring bamboo shoots is not that easy.

Once you reach your destination, there's no need to get together.

After saying hello to Wu Xiufang, Jianshu chose a deserted place and started searching.

She had no experience in digging spring bamboo shoots, so she only asked Wu Xiufang for advice on the way here. Now she could only rely on herself. Whether she could find any and how much she could find depended on luck.

Fortunately, she was lucky enough to find the first bamboo shoot of the day after searching for five minutes, so her trip was not in vain and she did not return empty-handed.

This bamboo shoot was not big, just a tiny one. After carefully digging it out and filling it back with soil, Jianshu held the first bamboo shoot he had dug out with his own hands and smiled with his eyes narrowed into a line.

I was so excited that I held the bamboo shoots and admired them for a long time before putting them in my backpack and continuing.

After returning home, she fried the bamboo shoots and made a dish called Braised Spring Bamboo Shoots. This was the first bamboo shoot she had dug up, so she had to make it into a delicious delicacy.

Maybe she was lucky today, as she came across a lot of spring bamboo shoots one after another. She kept some that were growing well and pocketed the rest.

The feeling of harvest is really happy. Jianshu, who has been busy digging bamboo shoots, did not feel tired at all and was full of energy.

What is she tired of? Looking at this piece of spring bamboo shoots she picked up for free, can she still say she is tired?

It was not until Wu Xiufang called her home that she came back to her senses from her excitement.

As soon as he stood up, he couldn't help but gasp, "Tear—my waist!"

She had been bending over to work, and her overworked waist protested. Fortunately, she grabbed a bamboo stick nearby in time to avoid falling flat on her face.

Wu Xiufang, who was walking over to look for her, looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing and asked, "Is your waist okay?"

"It's okay, I just flashed for a moment." Jian Shu smiled embarrassedly. The hands behind his back touched and rubbed it quietly.

"Don't do this next time. You can't stand bending over for too long. You need to stand up and move around every once in a while."

"Sister-in-law, I understand."

Wu Xiufang looked at the bamboo shoots in her backpack and nodded. "It looks like we've had a good harvest today. It's getting late, so let's get ready to go back. We can still pick some wild vegetables on the way."

Jian Shu glanced at the bamboo shoots in the forest, feeling a little reluctant, but still nodded, "Okay, this is enough."

This isn't her bamboo forest; she can't afford to take care of it all by herself. Sustainable development is crucial; if too many spring bamboo shoots are dug, there will be less bamboo left.

One should not be greedy. This much is enough for her and Gu Mingjing to eat. Let others dig out the rest.

"Yaya, Tiedan, go home!" Wu Xiufang shouted, and soon two responses came from not far away.

"Here I come!" This is Yaya.

"I understand!" This is Tiedan.

After waiting there for a while, the two of them quickly came running over carrying small backpacks.

Wu Xiufang transferred most of the spring bamboo shoots from the other people's backpacks to her own basket to relieve their burden. Then she transferred some of the wild vegetables from her backpack to them, as they were lighter and less tiring to carry.

On the way down the mountain, the group walked very slowly, and would stop to dig some wild vegetables when they came across them.

Shepherd's purse is the most common wild vegetable. Dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse are Jianshu's favorite. You can never get tired of eating them. The special aroma makes your mouth water just thinking about it.

Well, tonight we’ll have braised spring bamboo shoots and shepherd’s purse and pork dumplings.

Having happily decided on today's breakfast, Jianshu became more motivated to dig shepherd's purse.

In addition to shepherd's purse, we also dug up a lot of other kinds of wild vegetables, such as garlic chives, dandelions, wild leeks, bracken... They are delicious whether stir-fried or eaten cold.

The quantity is not much, just enough for one meal. But all together, it is enough to last for two days.

Wu Xiufang was quick and nimble, and Yaya and Tiedan were just as hardworking as Jianshu, harvesting even more. The Zhao family was large, and one meal was enough for Jianshu and Gu Mingjing to eat several times over. If they didn't dig a little more and take it back, it wouldn't be enough.

Even what they have dug up now might not be enough for several meals. Every spring, Wu Xiufang has to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables every few days. With food in hand, she feels at ease.

The four people's backpacks were gradually filled with various wild vegetables. They walked and stopped along the way, so that the speed of going down the mountain was much slower than the speed of going up the mountain.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, we met many people who had also returned with full loads. We looked at each other tacitly, exchanged a few polite words, and then went home separately.

After saying goodbye to Jianshu and Wu Xiufang, he walked briskly towards the backyard with his backpack on his back.

She took off the backpack, took out two leftover sausages, and peeled a few potatoes. She planned to make potato and sausage rice for lunch.

The rice is imbued with the aroma of sausage, the potatoes are soft and glutinous, and there are also finely chopped mushrooms and large chunks of diced bacon. One bite of it makes you want to feast on it.

He couldn't stop eating, mouthful after mouthful. Jianshu finished two bowls in a row before putting down his chopsticks, and the rest was eaten up by Gu Mingjing.

The meal is cooked in one pot, which is delicious and easy to prepare.

It is simply a "must-have for lazy people".