Play hide-and-seek with Xiaobai, especially when it’s dark?

It's obvious that Erniu is at a disadvantage in this game.

Li Xiyue couldn't help but want to laugh. She coaxed him, "Don't be sad, I'll help you scold it." Then she shouted into the yard, "Xiaobai, why don't you come out?"

"Woof woof woof." Sure enough, a dark figure rushed out from behind the water tank and came to Li Xiyue, wagging its tail non-stop. "Yueyue, you're back. Xiaobai missed you so much."

Li Xiyue said: "I didn't realize that you didn't come out to greet me even though I came back."

"Aren't we just playing games with her?" Xiaobai said.

Li Xiyue grabbed its ears and pretended to scold it, "You've grown up! You actually bully a child."

"It's unfair. She wanted to play hide-and-seek with me, and she complained when she couldn't find me." Xiaobai felt very aggrieved.

Erniu felt distressed when she saw Li Xiyue pulling Xiaobai's ears. "Sister, Xiaobai didn't bully me. It's me who didn't find it. Please don't hit it."

Li Xiyue didn't use any force, just pretending. She took advantage of the situation to let go of Xiaobai and said, "Look, you bully others, but they still speak up for you."

Erniu quickly rubbed Xiaobai's ears with her little hands, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt."

Xiaobai raised his head proudly, as if he was angry and couldn't be coaxed.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Xiyue asked Erniu, "What medicine did you bring today?"

"We didn't go digging herbs today. Lai Di and I went up the mountain to collect firewood. We picked some mushrooms and dug some wild vegetables and gave them to Sister Huang." Erniu said with a smile.

Li Xiyue took out the money and said, "Then I'll give you some money."

"No need, sister." Erniu waved her hand, "This is a gift for you to eat, no charge."

After she finished speaking, she ran away quickly without waiting for Li Xiyue to say anything else.

Seeing her running so fast, Li Xiyue reminded her, "Slow down, don't fall." She was still worried about her going back alone, so she hurriedly said to Xiaobai, "Why don't you go and see your friend off?"

Xiaobai ran after him, how could he look angry at all?

Li Xiyue smiled and returned to the educated youth point.

Smoke rises from the kitchen.

Wang Jiaxing, Huang Xinrui and Chu Xun were all busy.

"Yueyue, you're back. Let's have qingtuan tonight." Huang Xinrui smiled and showed her the wild vegetables in the basin. "There are also a lot of mushrooms. They were all brought by Erniu. Deputy Captain Chu bought a chicken, so it's perfect for making chicken stewed with mushrooms."

Li Xiyue walked over and asked, "What kind of wild vegetables are these?"

Huang Xinrui introduced, "This one is called wormwood locally, and this one is called cottonwood."

"What's the scientific name?" Li Xiyue picked up one plant at a time to look at it. The leaves of wormwood looked a bit like maple leaves, with a faint bitter taste. They looked very similar to mugwort, but they were different.

The cotton plant has a layer of white fluff on the surface, like cotton, and blooms yellow flowers.

She had seen these two wild vegetables in a book called "Encyclopedia of Chinese Herbal Medicine". The scientific name of wormwood is Artemisia absinthium, and the scientific name of cotton grass is Artemisia argyi.

Artemisia selengensis is a traditional Chinese medicine that is widely distributed and can be found throughout the country. It is a plant that can be used as both food and medicine.

Artemisia selengensis is also a traditional Chinese medicine. The whole plant can be used as medicine, which has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, dispelling wind and dampness, clearing away heat and detoxifying, soothing the liver and regulating qi, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Later, she also ate Qingtuan, but she had never seen how it was made, so she asked, "How do you make this?"

"Cook it, chop it into pieces, add salt and glutinous rice flour, knead it into dough, and then steam it." said Wang Jiaxing.

Li Xiyue thought for a moment and asked, "Do we have glutinous rice flour?"

"I went to the village to exchange some." Huang Xinrui said with a smile.

Li Xiyue was indeed a little hungry, and she thought these wild vegetable leaves were delicious.

"Erniu brought so many things here. I offered her food in exchange, but she refused to take them and kept saying she wanted to wait for you to come back." Huang Xinrui whispered.

Li Xiyue, "I'll find a way to return it to her."

Erniu is a grateful child and a good kid. She will take better care of her.

Huang Xinrui nodded and continued to work.

Li Xiyue went to light the fire. The kitchen was occupied by the three of them, and there was no place for her to use her skills. The only space in front of the stove was hers.

Chu Xun stewed the chicken soup, wiped his hands and went to help knead the dough to make green rice dumplings.

Seeing that he knew everything, Li Xiyue couldn't help but be curious, "Brother Chu, who did you learn cooking from?"

"My dad." Chu Xun replied, "In my family, men are the ones who cook. My grandfather and my dad are both good cooks. My grandmother and my mom can't cook."

Huang Xinrui took the opportunity to say, "Our Yueyue doesn't know how to cook either."

She is very suitable to be your daughter-in-law.

"I can," Li Xiyue retorted, "but I just don't cook it very well."

Huang Xinrui said: "In our eyes, you are the one who can't do it."

"That's right." Wang Jiaxing agreed in a servile manner.

Of course, Li Xiyue couldn't compete with them in cooking skills, as this was not her area of ​​expertise.

"It doesn't matter. I can do it." Chu Xun said without thinking.

Huang Xinrui and Wang Jiaxing said in unison, "Yes."

Li Xiyue blushed and ignored them.

With three chefs present, the food comes out quickly.

A big pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms and a big pot of green rice dumplings, the fragrance is everywhere.

After making green rice balls, I didn’t make rice.

Li Xiyue and a few others sat around the table in the yard, their mouths watering just by smelling the fragrance.

Chu Xun opened the wine he brought and poured it for the three of them. "Today we celebrate Comrade Xiyue's passing the exam to become a barefoot doctor. Let's have a drink."

"We have to drink for such a big happy event." Huang Xinrui smiled.

Since you can't drive after drinking, Deputy Captain Chu will have to stay here again. This will give him and Yueyue more opportunities to spend time together.

Wang Jiaxing said, "Let's drink less so you two can enjoy it."

"Congratulations." The three of them raised their glasses to congratulate Li Xiyue.

Li Xiyue clinked glasses with them and said, "Thank you."

After drinking a glass of wine, she hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and picked up a dark green dumpling. She took a bite and it was bitter with a hint of sweetness, with a faint fragrance. It was soft and sticky, and tasted delicious.

The three of them also picked up the green rice dumplings and ate them, and they were all very satisfied.

"It does taste much better with sugar added," said Wang Jiaxing.

In the past, he didn’t add sugar when making green rice dumplings, so they tasted bitter and not as delicious as this one.

Huang Xinrui looked very proud, "Of course, my mom said that noodles taste better only when sugar is added."

It was she who suggested adding sugar, so the credit goes to her.

He picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up another kind for Li Xiyue, "Yueyue, try this one. The one you just ate was made of wormwood."

"Good." Li Xiyue found that this one was slightly yellow, not as green as the one made with wormwood. She picked it up and ate it. It was not bitter, but sweet and soft. "This one tastes better."

Seeing that she liked it, Chu Xun said, "Next time I'll bring some red beans and put some stuffing in the green dumplings. They'll taste even better."

"Red bean paste made from red beans must be delicious." Li Xiyue nodded repeatedly, "You can also add meat filling."

Huang Xinrui was looking forward to it. "Yueyue, the spring plowing is almost over. Let's go up the mountain in a couple of days and pick some wild vegetables to make cakes and green rice dumplings."

"And mushrooms." Wang Jiaxing was drinking mushroom soup, which was so delicious that his eyebrows almost fell off. "The mushrooms in these mountains are so fragrant."

"Okay." Li Xiyue took the mushroom soup handed to her by Chu Xun. There was a big chicken leg in it. Her eyes and brows were curved. This day was really happy.