At this moment, the Yunjia Village team was filled with excited voices. After fleeing famine for so long, they finally saw green trees and green grass. It was truly beautiful.
The village chief, sitting on the mule cart at the front of the group, was also grinning from ear to ear. It hadn't been easy. After more than a month of fleeing famine, they had finally reached a place with water.
At this time, some refugees were making their way along the official road in front of Yunjia Village. There were also refugees making their way along the official road behind Yunjia Village. However, compared to before, there were still far fewer refugees.
Those who are still fleeing famine like the people in Yunjia Village all want to find a stable place to settle down, or at least a place where there is no shortage of water.
After entering this state, many refugees would probably stop and not leave if they encountered a county town. After all, if they continued to flee the famine when the weather turned cold, the difficulties would become even greater.
The village chief looked up at the sun in the sky. It was already noon, so it was time for everyone to take a break and cook and eat.
"Everyone, please stop and rest in the woods next to us before we set off again."
The village chief struck the gong several times. Afraid that no one could hear him clearly, he deliberately shouted a few more times.
"Village chief, we all heard it."
"Village chief, you are such a kind person. You finally let everyone rest."
When everyone in Yunjia Village heard this, they all laughed out loud.
The village chief had been on a long journey recently, and if he didn't reach his goal, he would insist that everyone hurry on. Even if someone tried to make him unreasonable, the village chief would still insist on hurrying on.
This time, it should be the earliest time that the village chief has arranged for everyone to have a lunch break recently.
"Which little bastard is talking about me? Ah, if I hadn't kept an eye on everyone and urged them to hurry, could we have gotten here so quickly?" The village chief said unhappily.
"Village chief, don't be angry. I'll beat up my little bastard in a while." A voice rang out in the crowd.
"Never mind, never mind. Just say it. Also, let's take an extra hour's rest at noon today. I just looked carefully at the woods behind us, and most of the grass there is green."
"So, I think we can definitely find some wild vegetables on the mountain behind. So I'll give everyone an extra hour to go dig. But don't be greedy. Once you've dug enough for lunch today, quickly cook and rest."
"At night, I'll let everyone stop an hour early. Then, everyone can still pick wild vegetables."
"But I'll still speed up when we're traveling this afternoon. So everyone must plan their time accordingly. When it's time to set off, I won't wait for anyone."
The village chief spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner. The villagers listened carefully at first, but later they couldn't help chatting in low voices.
"Okay, that's it, everyone can go home." The village chief waved his hand, and everyone in Yunjia Village drove their cars into the woods nearby.
Butcher Yun didn't want to be at the end of the line, so he led everyone to continue driving the cart until they reached the front of the village chief.
"Big brother, second brother, let's go to the nearby woods to rest. You two drive the car in first."
"Okay, Dad."
"I heard you, Dad."
Yun Lao Er drove the donkey cart into the woods first, and Yun Lao Da followed closely behind, also driving his cart into the woods.
Butcher Yun finally drove the mule cart into the woods.
Yun Yiyi looked up at the green leaves covering the trees above her head, and her mood suddenly brightened. It had been a long time since she had seen such a scene.
"Head of the household, you take the eldest son and clean up the area under the tree first, then build the stove and feed the mule and donkey. I'll take the rest of the children and go dig up some wild vegetables."
"How about I take the children to dig wild vegetables?" Butcher Yun looked up at Zhang.
Zhang took out a large basket and two small baskets from the donkey cart. She also found four small shovels for digging wild vegetables.
"Mom, I want to follow you to dig wild vegetables." Yun Yiyi took a small basket and a small shovel from Zhang and said happily.
"Okay, I'll take you there."
"No need, I'll go, boss. I haven't picked wild vegetables for a long time. Let me satisfy myself at noon today, and then I'll let you go in the afternoon." Zhang said excitedly.
"Well, wife, you can go with the children. But don't go too far. Come back quickly after you've dug enough for lunch."
"Don't worry, I'll be back to cook in a bit."
"Zirui, do you want to join us in digging wild vegetables, or do you want to rest here for a while?" Zhang looked at Xie Zirui who was standing next to her.
"Aunt, I also want to follow you to pick wild vegetables. However, I have never picked wild vegetables before. Aunt, please tell me which wild vegetables can be picked." Xie Zirui looked at Zhang embarrassedly.
"That's not a problem. Follow me later and I'll tell you which wild vegetables are edible." Zhang said readily.
"Thank you, Auntie."
"You don't have to be so polite, Zirui."
Xie Zirui lowered his head and smiled. He didn't know what wild vegetables he could find in the mountains, and he didn't know if they would taste bitter.
"Okay, kids. We can set off now." Zhang carried the basket and walked in front to lead the way.
Yun Yiyi and Third Brother Yun followed behind with small shovels in their hands.
Zhang led Yun Yiyi and the others through the woods and came to the mountain behind. There were already many women from Yunjia Village with their children digging wild vegetables on the mountain.
Yun Yiyi also lowered her head and looked carefully at the open space under the tree, and there really were wild vegetables.
"Mom, look, is this garlic chives?" Yun Yiyi shouted loudly to Zhang in front of her.
After hearing this, Zhang walked over and looked down at the wild vegetables that Yun Yiyi mentioned.
Garlic stalks are also a wild vegetable that is not abundant in the mountains. Because the root of garlic stalks is a clove of garlic and tastes similar to garlic, it is called garlic stalks.
Yun Yiyi discovered several small garlic cloves. The stems of small garlic cloves are very thick and the leaves are green. If you know them, you will never mistake them for the next time.
"Yiyi, you are right. This is garlic chives. Take this back home. It is delicious when served cold, pickled, or used in pickles. It tastes even better when stir-fried with meat." Zhang happily introduced garlic chives to everyone.
"It looks similar to me, but I'm afraid I made a mistake, so I want to confirm with you." Yun Yiyi looked at Zhang embarrassedly.
"Yiyi is great."
"Zirui, you and Yiyi can dig some garlic cloves here. There are plenty around here, enough for you two to dig for a while."
Xie Zirui also looked at the garlic cloves carefully just now, and then he looked around and saw that there were indeed a lot of garlic cloves.
"Okay, Auntie. I already know about garlic chives. I'll dig them here with Yiyi. Auntie, you can go dig wild vegetables too."
"Okay, then I'll go ahead and see if there are any other wild vegetables."
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