Yu Xiaomin kept shouting, "My teeth are sore," and reached out to Meng Tao, asking her to take down the kettle so that she could take a sip and rinse her mouth.

Meng Tao handed her the kettle: "I haven't even drunk it yet, don't put your mouth close to it."

Yu Xiaomin said: "I know, I know!"

He raised his neck and held the mouth of the pot to drink. After taking two gulps, a lot of the liquid spilled out and spilled onto the grass under his feet.

Zhou Cuimei scolded her: "Can you slow down? You've poured out so much, and you're the only one drinking it. No one else is drinking it?"

After saying that, he grabbed the kettle and took two big gulps, spilling a lot of water. He handed the kettle back to Meng Tao, smacking his lips and praising her: "It tastes good! Taohua, is this spring water you brought back from Xiling?"

"Yes." Meng Tao answered casually, thinking that how could this boiled water, mixed with space pine needle dew, not taste good?

She searched her memory and found that there was indeed a mountain spring on the west ridge of the village. It came out from the cracks in the rocks. It was warm in winter and cool in summer. The water was pure and tasted great. It was just too far away, and the villagers would only fetch water from it during festivals. Zhou Cuimei's words reminded Meng Tao that it was a good excuse. She could go there from time to time to fetch some spring water.

Yu Xiaomin said, "It seems like there's something added to the boiled water? It smells a bit like medicine?"

"What's that medicinal smell? I put a few dried wild chrysanthemums in it." Meng Tao said.

“Can you drink wild chrysanthemum?”

"Of course you can drink it. You're also right about the medicinal taste. Wild chrysanthemum is a kind of medicine. It can reduce internal heat, nourish the liver, and brighten the eyes."

"Really? Oh, there are so many wild chrysanthemums on the mountain, I didn't know about that. I have to pick some later... How can I make it drinkable?"

Yu Xiaomin asked for advice, and Meng Tao told her the steps and precautions for making chrysanthemum tea. Zhou Cuimei laughed and said, "Taohua, your mother-in-law taught you this, didn't she? That woman secretly learned to identify herbs from a folk doctor, but she was only half-baked and messed up the whole family... Don't learn from her."

Yu Xiaomin pushed Zhou Cuimei and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Taohua is not that kind of person."

"Don't I remind Taohua?"

Meng Tao: “…”

It's depressing. Even knowing how to make chrysanthemum tea can be associated with Wang Shuifeng. It seems that she really can't let others know that she knows some herbs.

As she spoke, Meng Tao raised the kettle and took two sips of water. She had also carried a kettle of water yesterday, and several educated youth and two young men from the village drank with her. Everyone was very careful to take one sip at a time and did not spill the water. But today, these two girls drank half and spilled the other half. They were obviously "spendthrift girls". If she didn't drink it now, she was afraid there would be nothing to drink later.

After drinking the water, Meng Tao tightened the lid of the kettle and put it on her back. Then she followed Zhou Cuimei and Yu Xiaomin and continued to walk deeper into the forest to look for hawthorns.

The two girls were impatient and usually went up the mountain to cut grass and chop firewood. They were strong and flexible, and walked very fast in the woods, using the axes in their hands to chop away the wood that blocked the way. Meng Tao deliberately lagged behind a few steps, and from time to time she picked a few herbs from the bushes and put them into the space.

Passing by a dirt pit hidden by low thorn bushes, she casually glanced down, then looked carefully again, confirming that it was something in her memory. She was secretly happy and was about to go in when she heard Zhou Cuimei shouting happily in front of her: "Found it, found it! Taohua? Taohua, come here quickly, come here quickly!"

Meng Tao had no choice but to leave the medicinal plants alone for the time being and rush over. It turned out that the two of them had found hawthorn trees, three or four in total. The trees were full of bright red fruits, hanging in bunches, which were very beautiful. She picked one and tasted it. It was still sour, but the taste was much better than the wild pear just now. At least it was not hard.

Pick this and boil it in water, then add some sugar. It will be a very good digestive tea. It can also lower blood pressure and strengthen the spleen and stomach. If you have patience, you can make it into hawthorn cake or fruit peel pill, which will be even more delicious.

Zhou Cuimei took out a cloth bag from her pocket, and seeing that Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin had nothing to put in it, she asked them to help her pick fruits and fill the bag, saying that she would go back and make candied haws and give two strings to each of them.

Yu Xiaomin has several brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews at home, and she also wanted to get some fruits to take home for the children to chew on. She didn't prepare a cloth bag, but she was deft. She simply pulled a handful of thin vines and flexible weeds on the spot, sat on the ground and weaved a rough but very practical "net bag" on the spot, which looked like it could hold a lot of fruits.

Meng Tao was responsible for climbing up the tree and shaking the branches to shake the fruits off. Zhou Cuimei and Yu Xiaomin were busy picking them up below, and soon filled the bags and "net bags". While they were busy picking fruits, Meng Tao also folded and collected a lot of them into her space. She had drunk hawthorn apple tea before, which tasted good. If she had the ingredients and free time, she could also brew it herself.

On the way back, Meng Tao was still thinking about the things under the thorn bush. It seemed that there were a lot of them. If Zhou Cuimei and Yu Xiaomin saw them, Zhou Cuimei would tell her again. Soon, all the people on the mountain and the people in the village would know that Meng Taohua did know about herbs, and she had undoubtedly learned them from Tian Shuifeng. She didn't want people to have such a perception, so she decided not to make it public. Anyway, she had to go up the mountain these days, so she could take them away when it was convenient for her.

Zhou Cuimei was still thinking about the pears. She discussed with Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin, "Let's pick some pears and take them back. They are not tasty raw, but they taste really good when cooked. I'm not kidding."

Yu Xiaomin didn't say anything, probably because she thought it was feasible.

Zhou Cuimei said: "We tied the bag to the wood, just like picking up something, it is not difficult to carry it."

“There are no more bags.”

"Xiao Rong can weave rattan nets, so just weave two more."

Meng Tao had nothing to say. She thought that as long as Captain Bao Shunfeng didn't urge them to go down the mountain, it didn't matter. She could just pick the fruits.

When the three girls approached the pear tree, they saw a black animal eating grass and digging the soil under the tree. They were so frightened that Zhou Cuimei didn't even bother picking pears. She threw away the bag of hawthorns and ran away, screaming, "There's a wild boar! Run! Help! Help!"

Yu Xiaomin shouted, "The wild boar is coming! The wild boar is coming! Help!"

Meng Tao: “…”

She couldn't stop the two men, so she could only control herself from shouting and slowly backing away.

There was indeed a big wild boar with yellow fangs under the pear tree. The grass under the tree was dug up by it, and the roots of weeds were exposed. It had been concentrating on chewing the grass roots and leaves, but when it heard the scream, it suddenly turned its head towards this side, snorting, and looked particularly ferocious and terrifying.

What’s worse is that Yu Xiaomin actually picked up a dead branch and threw it at the wild boar, trying to drive it away!

This action successfully angered the wild boar, and the beast rushed towards this side!

Meng Tao was stunned for a second, and immediately shouted to Yu Xiaomin to hide behind the tree trunk. She also hurriedly found a tree to hide behind, and at the same time raised the hatchet and aimed at the wild boar's head. When it rushed to five or six meters away, she gritted her teeth and threw the hatchet with all her might!

Not bad! Her hatchet was not curved, and she had it sharpened by knife sharpener Xu Guoliang in the past two days. With her strength and the wild boar's momentum, the blade went straight into the wild boar's head, most of it was embedded!

The wild boar continued to charge forward, but luckily this guy was stupid enough not to turn and ran in a straight line. Meng Tao dodged behind a tree trunk, and when it rushed past her, she immediately jumped to Yu Xiaomin who was behind another tree, snatched her hatchet, turned around and prepared to throw another blow at the wild boar, but the wild boar never looked back - it used too much force and fell directly off a mound of earth, and then there was no movement!

Meng Tao didn't dare to go and check on the wild boar. She quickly ran away hand in hand with Yu Xiaomin, ignoring Zhou Cuimei without any loyalty.

But Zhou Cuimei was also puzzled. She had been screaming just now, but now she was silent. She didn't know where she had gone.

Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin ran for more than ten meters before they ran into a group of men running over in a hurry, each holding a hatchet and a stick. Bao Shunfeng asked loudly where the wild boar was. Yu Xiaomin was panting and crying, unable to speak. Meng Tao swallowed and pointed to the forest below: "There... there is a wild boar. I threw the hatchet at it, and now... I don't know..."

The men probably understood what was said and ignored the two of them. Bao Shunfeng led the way and they all ran into the woods.

After waiting for a while, I first heard the loud shouts of the men, followed by the sharp howls of the wild boar. Soon the wild boar's howling disappeared, and the men cheered, mixed with the screams of women: "Wild boar! Help! The wild boar is coming, help!"

This was Zhou Cuimei's voice. The men laughed and someone shouted, "Save your head? Wake up and take a good look. The wild boar is dead!"

Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin looked at each other and ran down as well. Xu Guoliang, Sun Yutang and Qian Liang came up to them and shouted happily to Meng Tao: "Taohua! The wild boar stabbed you in the vitals and then hit the stake... Now it's dead!"

"Taohua, you're a heroine!"

The others also looked towards Meng Tao with admiration. Lin Erhu, a strong man in the village who was usually proud of his strength, gave her a thumbs up: "Taohua, you are this! I, Lin Erhu, admire you!"

Bao Shunfeng was also very happy, but he still put on a fierce face and taught them a lesson: "This time it was a blind cat that happened to catch a dead mouse. It just happened that a stupid wild boar that had never seen the world came. If you ran into a stronger one, would you still be able to escape? I told you not to leave the group, but you didn't listen. If you are unlucky, you will be dead now, don't you know? Let's see if you dare to do it next time!"

Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin lowered their heads to listen to the lecture. Zhou Cuimei was still crying over there. Bao Shunfeng waved his hand impatiently and told Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin to go over and take a look: "She might have fainted from shock just now, and she woke up after being pinched on her Ren Zhong. You two go and ask her if there's anything else wrong?"

Meng Tao and Yu Xiaomin went to see Zhou Cuimei. It turned out that she was just like a wild boar. She ran so fast that she somersaulted down the ridge and fainted from fright.

At the moment, I'm just crying because I'm scared, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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