"I've told you so many times, this cornfield is full of corn fences, don't run in them, what if you get stuck? You're so timid every day." Old Mrs. Tian raised her hand and spanked Tian Tian on the butt and scolded her.
The corn cobs are cut with a sickle, and there is a small point on them. If you get stuck in them, they can pierce your body.
"Hehe!" Tian Tian knew she was in the wrong, so she just smiled foolishly without making any sound.
"Oh! Tiantian fell into the river and her speech is different now!" an aunt nearby said with a smile.
Tian Tian looked in the direction of the voice. The aunt who had just spoken was sitting next to her, picking corn. When she saw Tian Tian looking over, she smiled and said, "Tian Tian used to be so steady, but now she's so active that we're a little uncomfortable seeing her."
Tian Tian thought about it and thought that this seemed to be her fourth aunt.
Tian is a common surname in their brigade. Basically, the entire brigade is made up of members of the Tian family. Some have the same family tree as them, while others just have the same surname, except for one or two outsiders like the Shen family.
The surname Tian has been passed down from generation to generation. Apart from real relatives, even old people like Mrs. Tian can't figure out the generations, let alone younger people like Tian Tian.
Normally when we meet someone whose generation we don’t know, we will call them according to their age order in the family.
This Fourth Auntie is such a person. Tian Tian didn't know why she was called Fourth Auntie, but her older brothers and sisters all called her Fourth Auntie, so Tian Tian followed suit since she was a child, and this Fourth Auntie was usually very nice to her.
"After all, this is a near-death experience. It must be a little different from before!" Tian Tian said with a smile.
"I think my girl is doing well the way she is now, like a little sun." Old Mrs. Tian also said.
"I also think it's better for Tiantian to be like this. She was too sensible before. It's better for a girl to be lively and enjoy life! Once she gets married, she can't do everything according to her own wishes." Aunt Tian said with a smile.
There are so many things to worry about when you become a daughter-in-law, so why not enjoy yourself while you are still a girl?
"Aunt, it's very wise to have such an idea!" As soon as Tian Tian heard what Aunt Tian Si said, her liking for her doubled.
"It must be very happy to be your granddaughter and daughter-in-law. But it's still a little bit worse than me. My grandma is the best grandma in the world."
Old Mrs. Tian was a little unhappy when she heard Tian Tian praising Fourth Aunt Tian. But when she heard Tian Tian's next words, the corners of her mouth raised a little arc, but she suppressed it and pretended to be very serious.
"Oh my!" Fourth Aunt immediately shouted exaggeratedly, "Tiantian, your mouth is so powerful now. Aunt Tian must be fed up with you every day!" Fourth Aunt Tian saw the old lady's secret joy and joked.
Old Mrs. Tian also heard it. She shook her body to get rid of the goose bumps before she said with a straight face, "What are you talking about all day long? You just say these nonsense. Isn't it corny? There are so many small vegetables on the ground. Go pick them up quickly."
Tian Tian also noticed that Old Mrs. Tian was uncomfortable, so she didn't dare say anything for fear of being beaten. She quickly ran to the edge of the field with her small basket.
I can’t recognize all the other wild vegetables, but garlic chives are easy to recognize and they are everywhere in the field now.
The only wild vegetable that can be eaten in the autumn is the small-rooted garlic. The other wild vegetables are too old to be eaten. Although this small-rooted garlic has also become old, it is still edible. It tastes similar to onions and is also called big-headed onion in some places.
Tian Tian used the small shovel to dig on the ground without moving, and soon filled a small basket.
It was a real little basket, specially woven by Tian Lisong for the original owner when she was a child. It was not made of thick branches like an earthen basket, but was carefully woven with thin tree branches, and there were patterns on it.
After so many years of use, the small basket has become smooth.
In addition to the small basket, Tian Tian also has a complete set of small tables, chairs, benches, and small hoes and other farm tools.
However, the small hoe and other farm tools were inherited from Tian Tian's adopted brother Tian Yuan, and now they belong to Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo.
After Tian Tian came here, she couldn't put down these smaller things. Although she couldn't use the farm tools, she could just about sit on the small stool, and now it has become her exclusive small stool.
And the small basket in her hand is also used by her only.
Tian Tian carried the full small basket and ran to Old Lady Tian. She poured all the small vegetables into Old Lady Tian's big earthen basket and then ran to another place to pick small garlic roots.
That is to say, everyone is working in the fields now, unlike Tian Tian and Old Lady Tian who don't have to work and have time to dig garlic roots in the fields, otherwise they would have come here to dig them long ago.
Although these small garlic roots are a little old, they are still edible and no one will dislike them.
During the famine a few years ago, people even ate the roots of various vegetables and ground corn husks into powder to fill their stomachs.
Old small roots of garlic like this were considered very good dishes at that time. At least they were edible and tasted pretty good.
Tian Tian was squatting on the ground digging small garlic roots until she was almost dizzy. It was around three o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day. Tian Tian felt that her back was about to be sunburned, and her eyes were blackening from time to time.
"Milk!" Tian Tian carried her small basket and walked towards Old Lady Tian, stepping deep and shallow, shouting weakly.
"What's wrong with you?" Old Mrs. Tian turned around and saw Tian Tian walking towards her with a pale face.
"Grandma, I'm confused." Tian Tian tried hard to open her eyes and look at Old Lady Tian, but she saw nothing but darkness in front of her.
She felt like she had a heat stroke. "Grandma, is there any cool place around here? My eyes are dark and I can't see anything."
Tian Tian didn't dare to walk around by herself, for she was afraid that she would get stuck on the corn fence and be finished.
"Come, come, come this way." Old Mrs. Tian looked around, turned around and led Tian Tian forward.
Old Mrs. Tian held her hand while mumbling, "I told you not to come with me. You're not well yet. You should rest at home for two more days..."
Tian Tian was panicking and followed Old Lady Tian obediently. She listened to her words without any intention to refute them. She knew that she had a heat stroke and felt fine. However, the darkness in front of her made her panic.
Tian Tian felt like she had walked several steps, during which time Old Lady Tian even led her down a steep slope, but she suddenly felt a lot cooler.
"How do you feel this time?" asked Old Mrs. Tian worriedly.
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