Chapter 29 Someone destroyed the wild duck nests one by one!
In recent years, yellow beard vegetable is a popular wild vegetable in the Yellow River Delta region and even in Tianjin and Beijing.
One of Song Shiwei's food-themed issues was about delicious cooking methods for various wild vegetables.
So when she saw this wild vegetable for the first time, she felt it looked familiar.
When I got closer and took a look, I realized, isn’t this the yellow beard vegetable?
It’s just bigger and plumper than the modern yellow beard vegetable.
Nowadays, many people are tired of eating big fish and meat, and wild vegetables have become a delicacy. Therefore, the wild vegetables in many places have been almost dug up.
This yellow beard vegetable grows in saline-alkaline soil and contains rich vitamins and minerals. It can lower blood pressure and blood sugar, making it a rare wild vegetable.
Now is the season when the fruits are fresh and tender, and when Song Shiwei came across them, he naturally wanted to pick more.
This thing, when cooked, is very delicious and nutritious!
Zhou Cheng looked at her digging these things and felt a little confused.
"We're not so poor that we have to eat wild vegetables, are we?"
Song Shiwei was busy with his work and didn't pay attention to him, but in his heart he wanted to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson.
"It is because your father has a salary that we can have enough food to eat and clothes to wear, but as you just heard, many villagers here can't even get enough to eat, so they have no choice but to eat these wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. I wonder if you know an idiom? It's called 'Be prepared for danger in times of peace'?"
Zhou Cheng shook his head silently.
Zhou Lin said directly: "I don't know!"
Song Shiwei patiently explained to them while digging wild vegetables: "This idiom comes from the Spring and Autumn Annals, Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan, Xianggong Eleventh Year. It means that when you are in a safe environment, you should consider the possible dangers. If you consider the dangers, you will be prepared. If you are prepared in advance, you can avoid disasters!"
Seeing Zhou Lin and Zhou Cheng lost in thought, she smiled and continued, "Don't think that your father has a salary now, but you have to know that the military profession is very dangerous. Every time they go on a mission, they risk their lives. It's also great that they are willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, for the country and the people!"
"What if, I mean what if, one day your father is gone? What will you do? So, we can't just enjoy our rich life now. Only by enduring hardships can we enjoy happiness! And cherish everything we have now!"
After saying that, Song Shiwei didn't look at them again. After all, she didn't expect them to understand these profound truths overnight, but she hoped that they could influence their outlook on life and values subtly!
She doesn't ask them to become good people who are generous and charitable. As long as they don't do anything that harms society or the people in the future, she will be very satisfied!
But what she didn't expect was that although Zhou Cheng was the most rebellious, after hearing what she said, he thought about it for a while and actually squatted down to help her dig wild vegetables.
Although Zhou Lin didn't quite understand what he heard, he saw his brother digging and hurried over to follow him.
Song Shiwei looked at the two busy figures and felt extremely gratified.
This kid is teachable! He is a good kid!
After digging a large basket full of yellow-bearded vegetables, Song Shiwei continued to take the two children to the woods in front to collect firewood.
The two children were quite capable. They each picked up a bundle, tied them into two piles with hemp ropes, and prepared to carry them on their backs.
Song Shiwei hurriedly stopped him.
With sparkling eyes, she asked Zhou Cheng, "Where was the place where you picked up sea duck eggs last time? Let's go check it out first!"
Zhou Cheng knew at a glance what good idea she was up to.
"You can't just pick up these sea duck eggs if you want to. You need luck!"
Song Shi smiled and said, "I know, but I've always been lucky, maybe I can run into him again!"
Zhou Cheng had no choice but to let Zhou Lin watch the firewood while he led her over.
Thinking that he had just picked it up a few days ago, how could she possibly encounter it again!
Who would have thought that as soon as Song Shiwei pushed aside the reeds in front of her, she saw a wild duck laying eggs with its butt sticking up!
Zhou Cheng: “….”
What kind of luck did she have? How could such a coincidence happen to her?
Even the duck eggs are hot!
Song Shi smiled and rubbed his hands excitedly. He lay quietly on the side and waited patiently.
I saw a wild duck in front of me laying an egg and then flapping its wings and flying away.
As soon as it left, Song Shiwei discovered that there were several sea duck eggs in the wild duck's nest!
She counted them, there were six in total!
So many, that's great!
She walked over quietly and gently put the six eggs into her arms!
Remember this place secretly, it is a wild duck's nest, maybe she will come here again tomorrow.
Zhou Cheng saw that she was placing something with stones on the land next to her.
When Song Shiwei came out, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
Song Shiwei smiled complacently and told him his plan to collect the eggs.
"This is a wild duck's nest. I'll leave a mark here. If you come and check it out every day, there will be an endless supply of wild duck eggs to pick up, right?"
Zhou Cheng: “….”
It seemed to make sense, why didn't he think of it?
She handed him the six duck eggs and asked him to put them away while she searched for them one by one along the reeds.
You know what, she actually found a few wild duck nests.
There are duck eggs in every nest, some of them are quite a lot, even more than a dozen!
Since he couldn't take all of them in one go, Song Shiwei marked each one.
She also didn't want the wild ducks to become extinct, so next time she came, she planned to bring a flashlight and shine a light on each one. She would take away the ones that were not fertilized, and put the fertilized ones back to continue hatching ducklings.
When they returned, Zhou Lin discovered that his brother and Song Shiwei each had more than a dozen wild duck eggs in their arms! His eyes widened immediately.
"Oh my god, are you guys robbing wild ducks? You can't leave unless they lay eggs!"
Song Shiwei was amused by him and burst out laughing.
Zhou Cheng looked at her helplessly.
He said helplessly: "You are right, they did rob the wild ducks, someone robbed the wild duck nests one by one!"
"Oh my god! That's amazing..."
He looked at Song Shiwei with admiration. How could this woman be so powerful? She even took over her nest!
But he was even happier because he had wild duck eggs to eat today!
On the way back, Song Shiwei carried the duck eggs and a backpack filled with wild vegetables, while Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin each carried a bundle of firewood, and the three of them returned to the courtyard one after the other.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the gate of my family's compound, I saw a circle of people gathered at the gate.
Some people are still shouting something.
The three of them were nervous and ran forward quickly.
Pushing through the crowd, we saw Zhou Wei standing at the door holding his sister, crying loudly.
"Bad guy! Go away! You are a bad guy!"