Early the next morning, Shen Yao put the white dumplings in the basket and went out with the basket.
Early April is the time when wild vegetables grow wildly in the mountains, so she made an appointment with her aunt yesterday to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables together today.
The wheat and rapeseed in the village will be ready for harvest in a month, but the yield this year is not very good.
At this time, many fields have been planted with early sweet potato vines and corn. After a while, the remaining fields will also be planted with late sweet potato vines and corn.
The rice here in Sichuan Province is planted in one season, unlike some areas where rice is planted in two seasons. Therefore, the villages usually plant rice seedlings in early May and harvest the rice around the end of July.
Shen Yao was walking on the road. She didn't expect that so many people were already carrying backpacks and heading up the mountain so early in the morning. There were also many children on the same road. They were all girls, and each of them was carrying a large backpack.
These girls are all very thin, probably because of the preference for boys over girls in their families. Not only do they have the worst food at home, but they also have to work non-stop.
Therefore, everyone looked pale and thin, and looked listless, as if they could collapse at any time.
The preference for boys over girls has always existed, but it is more obvious in this era. Because of the lack of food and clothing, many families rely on men for food and clothing. Then it is the boys in the family, and girls have become a burden in their eyes.
For such families, girls are money-losing goods. They have to work like slaves at home before getting married. When they grow up, they will be taken away by their families in exchange for a dowry.
And those parents think that this is natural. They even train their daughters to be foolishly filial. They would rather let themselves go hungry than bring all the food back to their parents' home, becoming typical brother-supporting demons.
I have to say that some people are really pathetic and hateful, and such people do not deserve our sympathy.
When Shen Yao arrived at her aunt's house, she saw that they were already waiting in the yard. She smiled and greeted everyone, "Auntie, two sisters-in-law, Sister Xiaoqiu, I'm sorry I'm late."
"Yaoyao, I thought you had forgotten to sleep. I was going to wait until noon to call you." Shen Qiu said while lying on the table.
She knew Yaoyao very well. She always wanted to sleep in during holidays. As long as she had nothing to do that day, she would definitely sleep until ten o'clock in the morning.
Xu Dani slapped her on the forehead and glared at Shen Qiu. This damn girl was becoming more and more unreliable.
"What nonsense are you talking about, little girl? You'll be able to get married in two years, why are you still acting like a child?"
Shen Qiu was particularly depressed. She was beaten by her own mother again. She was just two years older than Yaoyao, so why was she always the injured person? Oh, it was so difficult to be a sister!
She spread her hands and said, "Yes, this daughter of mine was picked up from the mountains by you and dad. Only Yaoyao is your biological daughter."
Wang Feng and Chen Lanhua looked at each other and the smiles on their faces never stopped. Their sister-in-law was like this every time. After being beaten by her mother-in-law, she felt very aggrieved at the time, but after a while she forgot everything and then continued to do the same thing next time.
Shen Yao looked at Kaixinguo who had a wronged look on his face, and the figure of Tang Yunhao suddenly appeared in her mind. Why did she feel that these two people were a bit like a funny duo?
Both of them like to ask stupid questions, and never learn their lessons even after being scolded. They are really very similar.
"Sister Xiaoqiu, I am your biological daughter, which is something you can't envy. Auntie, am I right?" Shen Yao walked over, took Xu Dani's arm, leaned on her shoulder and joked.
Xu Dani was amused by the two girls and said happily, "Yes, Yaoyao is the daughter of the aunt, and Qiu was really picked up by your father from outside."
Her own daughter is unreliable and always speaks without thinking. But her daughter Yaoyao is the best. She can always make her laugh for a long time. With this girl around, she feels several years younger.
Shen Qiusheng lay on the table with no hope. "Hey, the girl I picked up is really a piece of grass. Can I still go find my mother?"
She has it so hard. Is she still her own mother? How could she treat her own daughter like this? Look at her mother's face, the disdain is so obvious.
Chen Lanhua's face was frozen from smiling. Seeing that it was getting late, she quickly interrupted them and said, "Mom, let's go. It will be too late if we go later. We have to walk a long way to find wild vegetables."
"Yes, mother, we have to hurry up. There are probably many people going up the mountain by now."
Wang Feng put on the backpack after he finished speaking. If he didn't leave now, the mountain would be full of people and it would be difficult to find wild vegetables.
After hearing this, Xu Dani picked up the basket and walked out, saying, "Okay, take your belongings and walk faster."
"Yaoyao, let's follow." After Shen Qiu said that, he took the little sister's hand and walked out.
She really likes to eat tender wild vegetables. There are quite a lot of wild ferns, wild bamboo shoots, watercress, wild mushrooms, and toon sprouts on the mountains, and she likes to eat all of them.
The five of us hurried up the mountain. Since there was not much farm work in the past few days, we met many women from the village on the way. Everyone wanted to take advantage of the free time to go to the mountain and dig more wild vegetables.
After all, there is less and less food at home. If we don’t dig up some wild vegetables and mix them with our food, we will be hungry soon.
Shen Yao didn't want to compete with a large group of women. Her current mental power could detect about 600 meters. In addition, she had two super plug-ins, Xiao Ling and Tuanzi, so they could go to the edge of the deep mountains, where there were the most wild vegetables.
She walked over, took Xu Dani's arm, and whispered, "Auntie, we don't have to follow the village's route. Just follow me. Tuanzi knows where the most wild vegetables are, and it's not dangerous."
Xu Dani's eyes lit up when she heard this, how could she forget about Tuanzi? This little thing is very good at finding treasures. "Yes, yes, Yaoyao, let's hurry up." After saying that, she quickly asked her daughter-in-law and two daughters-in-law to follow.
Shen Yao led everyone to get rid of the people in the village. She asked Bai Tuanzi to lead the way. After walking for almost two hours, the group arrived at the edge of the mountains.
Shen Qiu saw Bai Tuanzi and Yaoyao stopped. She looked around and found wild vegetables everywhere. She was so excited that she shouted, "Wow, there are so many wild vegetables here, Bai Tuanzi, you are really amazing."
After saying that, she directly held the white dumpling in her arms and kneaded it. This dumpling was so cute. Not only could it act cute, but it was also good at finding food. She simply couldn't let it go.
"Ouch-Woo——" The white ball responded helplessly. This strange sister was still so scary. She always kneaded it in various ways and was really not gentle at all.
"You silly girl, what are you screaming about? Who are you trying to scare to death with such a loud noise?"
Xu Dani slapped Shen Qiu a few times, calling her a naughty girl, and yelled at her so loudly that she almost scared her to death.
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