Chapter 13 Looking for Wild Vegetables

I didn't expect that the Jiang family used bamboo strips.

Wash them when they get dirty, and then use them again after they are clean. A dozen or so bamboo pieces are stained with yellow stains, as if they were pickled.

Jiang Fubao accepted her helplessness. She took out toilet paper from the space, and after wiping, she did not forget to dig a hole next to the fence and buried the toilet paper stained with feces in it.

After solving the problem, she went outside the kitchen to wash her hands, then went back to sleep.

There are too many plants around.

When it is not necessary, Jiang Fubao blocks the sound brought by the golden finger.

Otherwise it's too noisy.

Because I get up once at night.

As a result, when Jiang Fubao woke up, it was already dawn.

The sun shone through the window onto her buttocks.

Jiang Fubao never stays in bed, which may be related to her experience. When she was in the orphanage, as soon as the bell rang in the early morning, she had to get dressed, wash her face and brush her teeth as soon as possible, otherwise her breakfast would be snatched up by the children in the orphanage. Then she would have to go hungry and have to wait until noon to eat.

It tastes really bad.

Habits formed over many years cannot be easily changed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Fubao was already sitting in the yard, eating breakfast with a small bowl in hand.

Today we had the same brown rice porridge mixed with glutinous millet and salted sprouts that had been boiled three times and cut into small pieces.

The five-member working group set out before dawn.

Grandpa Jiang Shoujia also took his three cousins ​​to work in the fields.

The Jiang family now consisted of only four women who were preparing to go up the mountain, Jiang Fubao, and two brothers who were arranging a pile of firewood.

"Grandma, when are we going up the mountain?" Jiang Fubao raised his head and asked Zhang Jinlan.

"Let's go after Fubao finishes eating." After being persuaded by her husband all night, Zhang Jinlan has already compromised.

Sun Tzu is right.

At worst, I can make more money in the future and find a rich son-in-law for Fubao.

No one dares to bully Fubao because he is under his watch every day.

She couldn't feel at ease if she married into another family.

With my daughter as a precedent.

She would never let her granddaughter live the same miserable life as her daughter.

After breakfast.

Five people set out.

The two brothers look after the house.

This time they did not run into their neighbor Ma Chunxia again.

When I walked to the place where I dug sprouts yesterday, I saw that the land had been barren.

Not a trace of green can be seen.

The five of them could only continue walking into the mountain.

Jiang Fubao listened silently to the sounds around him.

[Chirp, where is my nest? Why is it gone——]

[Jiujiu, this tiger bitch is lost again. If I wasn't ugly, I wouldn't have found such a stupid woman who can't even remember the way back to her nest.]

[Wow, the sun is so strong today, it feels so good to be in the sun.]

[Damn it, five more humans came, stepping on the grass and it hurts. 】

[I am so thirsty. When will it rain? If it doesn’t rain, I will die of thirst.]

The sound is very noisy.

Jiang Fubao listened for a long time but didn't hear any useful information.

"Mom, if we can't find any more sprouts, we'll have to go into the mountains. We'd better stop. There are wolves in there, and they're very afraid of people."

Sun Pingmei stopped.

Looking ahead with some fear.

During the years since she married into Jiangjia Village, she had heard the howling of wolves countless times at night.

I heard that wolves live inside the mountains.

She didn't dare go in.

"Hey, at this time of year in previous years, the mountains were full of sprouts, and no one ate them. Now, you can't even find any even if you want to. It's all because of the drought. There hasn't been a single rain this year. Let me take Fubao and Yanzi to look for them on the left, and you and your sister-in-law will go to the right. If you find any, dig them up. If you can't find any, just go home. Don't come looking for us. It's a waste of time if we stay together."

Zhang Jinlan finished giving the instructions.

The five people divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, and went in different directions to look for sprouts.

"Mom, let me hold Fubao."

The mountain was covered with weeds, and Jiang Fubao was young, so he would fall after walking a few steps.

So grandma held me in her arms all the way.

"Okay, I'm really tired. Give me the bamboo basket and I'll carry it." Zhang Jinlan panted and handed her granddaughter to her daughter-in-law.

Then he took the bamboo basket.

Carry it behind your back.

The bamboo basket contained a sickle and a small shovel for digging wild vegetables.

Not much weight.

[Squeak, squeak, squeak, I heard there's a hidden spring ahead. I'm going to go there to drink water. I don't have to go to the creek to compete with other animals for water anymore.]

Sudden.

Jiang Fubao heard a sound coming from far away and getting closer.

Dark spring?

What is this.

Groundwater?

Jiang Fubao's big eyes became shiny.

I heard that where there is groundwater, the mud is moist and all kinds of wild vegetables and weeds will grow there, so there must be sprouts.

"Grandma, Mom, let's go this way." Jiang Fubao pointed to a road based on the direction of the sound.

I thought it would take a lot of explaining before they would agree.

Who knew that my grandmother changed her direction without even asking.

"Okay, let's go this way. Fubao is lucky. There might be a large area of ​​sprouts there." Zhang Jinlan joked.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, the three of them arrived outside a dense forest.

The trees here are very lush.

It seems like there is never a lack of water.

"Mom, this is the inner circle. Do we really want to go in?" Zhang Yanzi was a little hesitant. She pulled her mother-in-law and asked.

"Fubao, do you want us to go in?" Zhang Jinlan didn't know what to do.

He actually asked about his three-year-old granddaughter.

Jiang Fubao nodded and said, "Go."

She didn't hear any beasts, it was mostly the plants that were talking, and the little animal that had just said it wanted to drink water was gone.

Judging from the sound, it was probably a rat.

So there should be no danger.

Might as well give it a try.

If the situation really came to a life-threatening one, she would bring her grandmother and mother into the space, and then lie that she had met a fairy when she fell into the water before, and the fairy saw that she was cute and gave her this Jie Zi space. She would probably believe it.

Jiang Fubao thought.

It doesn’t matter if they don’t believe it. At worst, she can just leave some food to the Jiang family, leave on her own, and hide in the mountains until she grows up.

Then go wandering around the world again.

Of course, it was just a thought. She would not expose the space until the dangerous moment.

"Okay, let's go in, but not too deep. Let's just walk around the outer layer of the forest." Although Zhang Jinlan agreed, she was a little worried. There were wild beasts in the deep mountains, and everyone in the village knew it.

She had been married to Jiangjia Village for so many years, so naturally she had heard the cries of various wild animals.

It is possible to survive if you encounter a wolf. After all, wolves rarely eat people unless they are hungry, and they cannot climb trees.

The only thing I’m afraid of is encountering grizzly bears and tigers.

That's really a complete death.

I heard that grizzly bears eat people and like to eat them alive. It’s scary to think about it.

Zhang Jinlan shook her head and didn't dare to think about it too much.

The three of them walked into the dense forest, and within half a minute, Jiang Fubao heard the sound of the little animal again.

[Squeak, squeak, the water from the dark spring is so sweet and delicious! Unfortunately, there are too many grasses here. They are so tall that it took Rat a long time to find it.]

"Mother, I want to get down and walk by myself." Jiang Fubao struggled out of Zhang Yanzi's arms.

Don't give directions too many times, as this may arouse suspicion.

Only when her feet touched the mud did she feel at ease.