Chapter 40: People’s Hearts Are Firm
"Grandma, this thing is really edible." Mei Xue said in surprise.
"Of course, these things grow everywhere. Look, they grow all over the hill behind us." He pointed to the back wall of his house that he had dug out.
Mei Xue chewed the iron loquat for a few times and then swallowed it. "Grandma, these are much sweeter than the fruits sold on the street."
"Of course not. The fruits on the street are so expensive. This thing is sweet and juicy, much better than those fruits." Grandma He said happily when she heard Mei Xue's words.
No one is happier than when others like things in their own village.
It's like getting a kind of recognition.
"Grandma, I'll pick some more for you to eat as fruit." The villagers all eat wild fruits from the mountains. To be honest, there's nothing sweet about them, and they all have a hint of sourness.
Of course, this is just Mei Xue’s own imagination.
"No, just pick whatever you like. There are so many delicious fruits in the mountains. In a few days, you can eat plums, grapes, prunes, and oranges. If you like, grandma will take you to pick them."
There is plenty of food in the mountains, and you can find food almost all year round.
This is also the reason why the children born and raised here were able to survive during the major disasters in those years.
It's not that easy outside. At that time, Mei Xue's family moved to the next village to avoid the disaster.
When Mei Xue heard her grandma say there were so many delicious foods, her eyes lit up, "Why haven't I seen any of them?"
"Haha, that's because you don't know where it grows. Look, there's a sour orange tree in front of our yard. It quenches your thirst, but it's too sour."
Grandma He began to count to Mei Xue the wild fruit trees she had discovered, just like she was counting treasures.
For example, she knows exactly what fruit trees each family has.
After hearing this, Mei Xue's eyes lit up.
"Grandma, what can we eat now?" This is what Mei Xue cares most about.
"The only thing you can eat now is plums, but they're still a little sour. If you want to eat some, that's fine. I'll take you to your great-grandmother's house later. She has a white plum tree. I think you can eat them now. They're not that sour."
White plum is the same as bayberry, both are plums, but it turns white when ripe, so people in the village call it white plum.
At first, it is green like normal plums, and the more mature it is, the whiter the color becomes, and it is not sour.
"Okay, okay." Mei Xue was very happy.
But grandma decided not to pick the loquats on the ground, since she didn’t like sweet things anyway.
After helping Mei Xue solve her puzzlement, Grandma He went back to collecting feed for the pigs. After Mei Xue cleaned up the surroundings, she went to help Grandma light the fire.
Put the pig food in it and use it to feed the pigs at night.
I have to say that the pigs in the village are raised very carefully.
No worse than humans.
After finishing all the housework, Mei Xue and her grandmother went directly to see her great-grandmother.
When grandma heard that they were going to pick plums, she felt reluctant to let them go.
Mei Xue knew who she was and she could see through the grandmother's thoughts at a glance.
I immediately told my grandma that it was too hot and we should go in the afternoon.
I took my grandma directly back home.
Grandma He understood Mei Xue's meaning, "Your great grandmother is just such a person. Forget it, forget it. Grandma will take you to your aunt Xilian's back hill to see the big bayberry tree in her home. If it's ripe, you can pick some to taste."
Grandma He was actually feeling quite uncomfortable. Even as the eldest sister-in-law, she was still so unlikable.
If it were me, it would be fine, but it wouldn't work because of her Xiaoxue.
"In the future, try not to go near your great-grandmother." She couldn't say anything too obvious, but she could still prevent Xiaoxue from suffering from this.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, grandma." Mei Xue nodded. "Grandma, don't we have plum trees on our own mountain?" If we had some, there would be no need for grandma to ask others for help.
"Yes, but they are not very ripe yet. They will be a bit sour if you pick them now. How about grandma take you to have a look?" It's not far anyway.
Mei Xue certainly had no objection, "Okay, grandma, let's get ready and go up the mountain." She had never been to her own mountain.
At this point, Grandma He thought of something, "Xiaoxue, when Junqi comes back, ask him to accompany you to transfer your household registration here. Then you can also get some fields and mountains. Even if it's not much, it's not your fault. If you put it in the next village, you won't go back often."
Mei Xue really didn't know about this. "Grandma, do I still have land at home? Why haven't I heard my mother mention it?"
Hearing Mei Xue's words, Grandma He slapped her head and said, "See, I forgot. Your parents are not from here, so they definitely don't have any land. But you have to transfer your household registration here, and then you can get land in the village."
If she marries into Hejia Village, she will be a member of Hejia Village. The villagers will definitely give Xiaoxue land and mountains.
Many people in the village have married in the past two years, and the vacant fields and mountains can be divided up.
One in and one out, very reasonable.
"Okay, I'll listen to grandma." Mei Xue was very happy. She actually didn't expect that she could get a share of the land.
The grandmother and granddaughter went out, carrying two small baskets on their backs.
After they left the house, a figure was watching them not far away, with some regret and struggle in his eyes, but none of this could affect the two people who left the house.
Grandma He's family lives in two mountains, one is close and the other is dangerous, but they usually work on the closer one.
Of course, the dangerous mountain is not the mountain itself that is dangerous, but it is close to the deepest mountain range, where there is the famous Wolf Mountain, and legend has it that there are wolves there.
Arriving at the place where the stream split, Grandma He took Meixue to the fork in the stream and said, "Xiaoxue, we have to take this path."
Mei Xue looked around and found that the mountains here were not high and the trees on the mountains were small, just some small trees and vines.
"Grandma, are you tired? Do you want to take a rest?" Mei Xue asked worriedly.
Grandma He shook her head, "This distance is nothing. Back then, grandma could make several trips back and forth in a day." Grandma He spoke loudly to Xiaoxue while panting.
A kind of showing off you know.
Mei Xue just smiled without saying anything, and took out a bamboo bucket from her backpack. The small part was a homemade kettle made by the villagers, "Grandma, have some water."
What she brought from home was space water, which could greatly improve her grandmother's physical condition. However, it was not something that could be solved in a short period of time. But she had already slowly added a large amount to the family.
Just wait a little longer, and by next year grandma’s health will be in the best condition possible.
Taking the pot from Xiaoxue, Grandma He drank most of it without hesitation. There was water everywhere in the mountains, so she could just fill it up after drinking it.
"I feel much better after drinking some water. Let's go. We have to come back early, otherwise we will be late for lunch." Grandma He said with a smile.
With the replenishment of space water, Grandma He walked much more easily this time than before.
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