But not long after they walked, they saw Zhang Xingrong standing in front of a tree, scratching its trunk. It was an old tree with a large trunk, and it looked like it was covered with a layer of white frost, much of which had fallen to the ground.
"Comrade, you're not going to scrape this off for salt, are you? What if it's poisonous?"
Zhang Xingrong explained, "This tree is called Rhus chinensis. When the temperature rises in the summer, it produces this salt frost, which is edible. In the past, people in mountainous areas didn't have salt, so they went into the mountains to scrape this salt and used it as salt. You can also eat its fruit; it's sour when soaked in water."
"So that's how it is!" The two young men were surprised and hurried over to scrape the salt together.
The three of them moved quickly and scraped back the frost.
On the way back, Zhang Xingrong also picked some wild fruits and took them back to pickle the meat to remove the fishy smell.
The three of them returned to the tent. Cao Yimin, who was waiting to see them make fun of him, was shocked to see that each of them brought back a lot of salt.
"This was scraped off the tree. Comrade Zhang Xingrong said it's called Rhus chinensis, and it grows salt!" the young man introduced happily.
Zhang Min'en was amazed when he heard this: "Our girl is really knowledgeable. She can even find salt on trees!"
Zhang Xingrong replied modestly, then joined the others in marinating the rabbit, adding salt and sweet and sour juice, before grilling it. The result was a unique flavor, and everyone enjoyed it very much.
"We don't have to be so particular when we're marching. We just eat whatever is available. Thanks to you, Comrade Zhang Xingrong, we can eat food with salt even in the wild." Everyone said happily.
Zhang Xingrong felt a little embarrassed by what she said.
Seeing that he got along so well with everyone, Cao Yimin felt a little uncomfortable and snorted and walked aside.
Zhang Xingrong was too lazy to pay attention. After eating, she put on her white coat and went to see Gu Biao.
Zhang Xinglian didn't wake up, but Gu Biao did. He was very angry when he saw himself tied to the board. But he had just come out of surgery and didn't have the energy to struggle.
"Don't stare at me. If I don't tie up a thug like you, how can I let you continue to be so arrogant?" Zhang Xingrong was not polite to him at all.
Gu Biao's desperate struggle yesterday nearly cost her life, so of course she couldn't be careless. If he wasn't tied up, there were only a few nurses in the tent last night. What if he went crazy again?
Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly heard a buzzing sound outside. She hurried out and saw a helicopter!
In those days of poverty, even getting a car was difficult, and helicopters were certainly rare. It seemed the plane was meant for Mr. Zhang, and he was the only one who had this privilege.
Sure enough, Zhang Min'en wanted to go back and called Zhang Xingrong with him.
Her mission was complete, and there was no need to stay, so she returned with Zhang Lao. It was not her turn to take care of other matters.
After all, it was a helicopter, and we returned to Lugou Village in just a few hours.
At that time, Lugou Village was quite lively. When the people from Zhangjia Village heard that something had happened to Zhang Xingrong's family, they came over and mocked them.
"Bah, I think she deserves it. Ungrateful people will never have a good ending."
"That's right, he deserves it. It's best if he dies!"
Bang! A wooden stick came crashing down, and several people quickly shut up. Although they had come to watch the fun, they didn't dare speak too loudly. On the one hand, they were afraid of Zhang Hewu. Zhang Hewu had nearly beaten someone to death, and he was still fine. How could they not be afraid?
On the other hand, the commune published big-character posters prohibiting the insult of martyrs and their families.
Look, even if they are sarcastic, they dare not speak out loudly.
"Get out!" Zhang Hewu couldn't hear what they said, but it was definitely not good.
"I...we are not in your house!" Everyone said and retreated.
"Oh, Wuzi, I think you shouldn't have moved to Lugou Village, otherwise you would..."
Buzz buzz buzz! At this moment, a huge sound came from the sky.
When everyone looked up, they saw a large bird-like object flying from the other side of the mountain.
"Oh, this... is this a plane? I've never seen a plane before!"
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