Chapter 26: Elderberry

Song Wei didn't feel full after eating the whole fish, but Heidan burped with his stomach full.

He looked at Song Wei with sparkling eyes, and made up his mind to follow her well in the future.

Only by following Sister Song would he not go hungry.

Gao Le was also full, and he slumped down on a bamboo chair, which looked much smaller against his figure.

However, Song Wei ate a handful of noodles with the last bit of fish soup. Yes, it was the ration that Gao Le sent her to eat with the fish.

She still knows how to cook noodles.

The two of them just watched her scoop out a big bowl of noodles and start eating.

Song Wei didn't feel embarrassed at all being stared at by them.

"You guys want some too?"

She asked symbolically.

Heidan shook his head: "I'm full."

Gao Le was looking forward to it: "Is it possible?"

Song Wei: "No, I'm just asking politely."

Gao Le: …………

What an honest woman.

After answering, Song Wei buried her head in eating noodles. The skin on her face was soft, and her cheeks were rounded by the noodles, making her already delicate figure even more adorable.

but……

How can this body, which looks like it eats very little, cram so much food into it?

Gao Le couldn't help but glance at Song Wei's belly.

It's totally invisible.

After Song Wei had eaten his fill, he unceremoniously drove Gao Le away and prepared to go up the mountain.

"Wait, kid, let me make you a deal."

Gao Le quickly stopped Heidan and said, "I want to pay you to bring me some dry firewood, okay?"

Heidan's eyes lit up, but he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he asked him how the calculation was done.

"Three triangles make a bundle of firewood, and each bundle cannot weigh less than ten kilograms."

Even if the firewood is dry, a bundle is quite heavy.

Although Heidan is skinny and small, he can definitely carry ten kilograms of firewood.

"make a deal!"

Heidan was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he quickly agreed.

"How much do you want?"

Gao Le: "We'll take as many as you can get. Not only me but also one of my brothers wants some. You can ask some children from the village to help, but you're not allowed to tell anyone about this."

It's okay to trade things with money in private, but it's not allowed to do it openly.

Heidan nodded, his little face flushed with excitement.

"Don't worry, I know."

Although Heidan doesn't have many friends in this village, he is smart and that doesn't prevent him from taking this opportunity to win over some kids, so that he won't be isolated and helpless when he is beaten again in the future.

At this time, Heidan had already screened some suitable children in his mind.

He is not stupid, so of course he would not just pull any child to do this.

Song Wei did not interfere with his thinking, but just took him to the mountains.

"Sister Song, do you want walnuts?"

Song Wei: "The walnut tree that day?"

It was under a walnut tree when they first met.

Heidan scratched his head: "No, there are very few walnuts on that tree. It's another place, but it's a little far and a little dangerous."

"How dangerous is it?"

"It's at the bottom of a steep cliff."

Song Wei said without thinking: "Go!"

You'd be a fool not to go when you have something good.

In fact, that place is not only a bit far away, but also a bit remote. I don’t know how Heidan found this place.

There were many thorny bushes on the road, as well as things like Xanthium sibiricum. When Song Wei reached the end, not only his clothes but also his head were covered with Xanthium sibiricum.

Her two long braids were almost covered with Xanthium armor.

It hurts so much when I pull it, and the thorns of the Xanthium sibiricum also make my hair stand on end.

The beautiful girl was clean and tidy when she entered the mountain, but now her hair is messy, her clothes are wrinkled and she looks a little disheveled.

Heidan looked at her cautiously and said with some guilt.

"I'm sorry Sister Song, I forgot."

His hair was short, and the burrs were easily pulled off.

Song Wei is not so good. She has long hair and two pigtails, so it is a bit troublesome to get all the burrs off.

This hair is considered to be white.

But when she looked up at the trees in the valley below, she suddenly didn't care about her image at all.

There is a valley below, and several walnut trees can be seen at a glance.

There are green-skinned walnuts hanging on the tree, and there should be a lot of old walnuts that have fallen under the tree.

Good stuff.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"I don't blame you, let's go pick walnuts!"

Her eyes lit up and she began to think of a way to get to the valley below.

The mountain wall was not too steep and there were many places where she could step down, so she could easily go down by herself.

But now with a black egg.

"I'll go down first, you follow me."

Heidan nodded.

Rural children are very agile and have no fear of running and jumping in the mountains.

Even if he is barefoot, Heidan is not afraid.

Holding on to vines or branches on the cliff, the two men quickly climbed halfway.

In the end, Song Wei jumped down by using the protruding rocks around him.

Finally I reached the bottom and the black egg was still on top.

"Don't worry, I'll wait for you here."

Heidan nodded, and suddenly Song Wei saw a plant on the cliff with many small red fruits growing on it.

It looks a bit familiar and I'll take a look at it again.

"Heidan, wait a minute, the plant on your left seems to be elderberry."

Heidan's face was confused: "What is elderberry?"

"It's Chinese medicine, just pull it off."

It came down so quickly that she didn't notice it.

Comfrey is a precious medicinal herb, and it is quite expensive, especially the wild one which has great medicinal effects.

Any edible plant in the wasteland world is a treasure to humans.

But because of radiation, many plants have mutated and only a few are edible.

When not struggling to survive, Song Wei likes to read.

She particularly likes to read books about food. Although she drools every time she reads them, she still treasures and hides away the food books.

In addition, my favorite books are those that introduce various plants and animals, including several that introduce Chinese herbal medicines before the wasteland.

Now she is very grateful for her little hobby, otherwise she would be heartbroken if she didn't know any of the treasures in the mountains.

The location of the elderberry was a bit tricky, and it was stuck in the crack of the rock.

Heidan tried very hard to pull it down but failed, and instead he fell down.

The moment he fell, Heidan's face turned pale.

But the pain he imagined did not come, and he fell into a warm embrace.

Song Wei grabbed a vine on the cliff and went down swiftly holding Heidan in his arms.

"Are you scared?"

Seeing his tearful face, Song Wei patted his head to comfort him.

"Don't be afraid, I'm standing right below and can watch you fall."

Heidan sniffed, his voice muffled and filled with disappointment.

"I'm sorry sis, I couldn't help you pull that grass down."

Song Wei was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the child's first reaction was not fear, but disappointment because he didn't help her pull the comfrey down.

She smiled and ruffled Heidan's hair, saying, "What's the big deal? It's not that high. I can go by myself."