Chapter 40 Wild Ginseng
early morning.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Team leader Shen Chengjun rang the gong and shouted at the village entrance, calling on the young men in the village to go hunting in the mountains.
The men in the village were responsible for hunting in the mountains, while the women and children would go to the foot of the mountain to dig some wild vegetables to supplement their families.
Xu Wanning and Lin Qiqi also made an appointment to go to the mountain together today to collect some firewood and dig some wild vegetables. The firewood used for the dinner a few days ago was borrowed from the team leader's house.
Winter is just a few months away, so we need to collect more firewood and put it in the yard, otherwise we will freeze to death when the mountains are covered with snow in winter.
Then, when spring comes, I'll turn the soil in the yard, plant more cabbage, and make kimchi to eat in the winter.
Lin Qiqi came in from outside with a bright smile on her face and called her.
"Ningning, let's go!"
"I haven't gone up the mountain to dig wild vegetables yet, so I don't know if it's fun!"
"Aunt Wang, they are still waiting for us at the village entrance!"
Xu Wanning and Lin Qiqi came to the village entrance carrying baskets on their backs. When they arrived, most of the villagers had already started walking up the mountain. Only Aunt Wang and a few other aunts were still waiting for them under the old locust tree.
Wang Dahua saw the girls finally coming and hurried forward to urge them:
"Xu Zhiqing, Lin Zhiqing, you're finally here!"
"Let's go quickly. If we go too late there won't be anything left."
"I'm telling you, if you were lucky in previous years, you could pick up some goodies at the foot of the mountain."
"I caught a wild rabbit at the foot of the mountain last year. It was so fat, it weighed eight or nine kilograms."
Lin Qiqi immediately became interested when she heard this, and her feet became faster and faster. She thought she could only dig some wild vegetables today!
"Really?"
"Aunt Wang, can we catch wild rabbits at the foot of the mountain?"
"I thought there were only wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain!"
"Aunt Wang, when we went to the foot of the mountain to pick grass for pigs, I didn't see any wild rabbits."
Wang Dahua grinned. These girls grew up in the city and probably didn't understand the situation in the mountains.
"Yes, why can't we catch wild rabbits?"
"That's because we usually pick grass for the pigs at the edge, not inside."
"There are many things in this mountain. You will find out later."
"Let's go! You'll know when you get there."
The two followed Wang Dahua and the others closely to the foot of the mountain. When they arrived, there were already many villagers nearby, and Aunt Wang pulled them into the mountain.
“There are too many people.”
"Xu Zhiqing, Lin Zhiqing, let's go a little further inside, otherwise we won't be able to get anything from outside."
The two followed Wang Dahua for a while until they reached a deserted place, then they separated and each carried a backpack to dig wild vegetables.
Xu Wanning wandered around alone with a backpack on her back, only finding some wild vegetables and picking some wild fruits.
She didn't even see the shadow of the wild rabbit that Aunt Wang mentioned, and she even doubted that Aunt Wang was just trying to make them happy!
However, there are still some pheasants and rabbits in her space. If she can't find them later, she will release a few pheasants and rabbits from the space and take them away.
This way, the family can make dried chicken and dried rabbit and store them to eat in winter when the mountains are covered with snow.
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