Everyone was genuinely surprised.
Then I thought of a place where there must be people!
A large group of people marched towards the village entrance and saw Zhang Xiaogou diligently standing guard on the wall in the distance.
Zhang Xiaogou is Zhang Tuzi's son, but unlike his lazy and shameless father, he is hardworking, diligent, and sensible at a young age. He is conscientious and hardworking in guarding and patrolling, as well as in building the school. People in the village who originally disliked his father discovered through these things that he was different from his father and gradually stopped classifying them as the same and began to treat them differently.
Aunt Wu asked anxiously, "Little dog, where are the people from our village?"
I left home perfectly fine this morning, but when I came back the village was almost empty.
Zhang Xiaogou sat on the wall next to the village gate. This was a sandbag that was used to block floods. It was tall and wide, and you could see far into the distance from it. There were also wooden supports at the back, making it very easy to climb up and down.
Hearing Aunt Wu's question, he quickly replied, "Auntie, everyone in the village is digging for kudzu roots on the mountain! Most of the families who don't grow them are going to watch the fun. If you want to go, you'd better hurry, otherwise they'll probably be back soon."
Only a few families in the village didn't farm, and his family was one of them.
Today, Brother Xu, who was on duty, had a whole hillside planted with kudzu. After switching places with him, I went up the mountain with the team to dig up kudzu roots. I even said I would give him one when I got back!
"Kudzu root?" Aunt Wu thought for a long time, feeling that the word sounded familiar.
I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.
“Yes, Brother Xu said that Brother Fan came to the old village chief this morning and said that the kudzu roots could be dug up. After the old village chief told them, the families who had planted them all agreed that the sooner they dug them up, the more at ease they would feel, so they all went up the mountain.” Zhang Xiaogou was glad that he had talked too much this morning and had asked Brother Xu a lot of questions, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to explain to the aunts and sisters in front of him now.
Zhao Lan realized what was happening and quickly said, "I remember now, it was Shui Qing who gave us the seeds, and they're called kudzu root!"
After sowing the seeds, the head of the household went up the mountain to check on them and said they were growing well, and it should be ready for harvest soon.
"Yes, I remember eating some at Shuiqing's house back then. It looked like an old tree root, only much thicker and the surface didn't look very good. It tasted a bit bitter at first, but after chewing it, it became slightly sweet."
"Come on, let's go take a look and see what's in the soil!"
"Little dog, when your auntie digs it up, you can have a taste."
Only a few people present had seen or tasted the food; most had never eaten or seen it before, and their curiosity was at its peak.
People who have experienced hunger have an intense, deep-seated craving for food, and they value it no less than money.
The thirty people turned and ran towards the back gate of the village.
Shanshui Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with the rear being the most enclosed area. You can definitely see it if you go out from the back gate of the village.
They had to go to work at the herbal medicine shop in the afternoon, so they had to take advantage of this free time in the morning to go and check on it.
Zhang Xiaogou, standing at the gate, smiled and replied "okay," but as he watched the large group of people gradually disappear into the distance, the smile on his lips slowly faded.
He turned around and climbed up the embankment along the wooden stakes, then sat on it and looked out at the dirt road in front of the village. His thin back looked somewhat lonely.
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