After getting up and washing up, Ruan Mengmeng took out a few big, plump, white meat buns, two cups of hot soy milk, and some freshly-cooked golden fried dough sticks. The two of them ate with relish.
They have almost eaten rice and noodles in recent days, so this morning is a good time to change things up.
The two of them no longer live in the Youth League Home.
It’s better to save yourself the trouble. There’s no need to cook every meal right away. It’s very tiring.
Ruan Zilong didn't have high requirements for food and drink. Basically, he would eat whatever Ruan Mengmeng gave him.
After the two of them filled their stomachs, Ruan Mengmeng carried the bamboo basket from home on his back.
The brother and sister put on straw hats, gloves, locked the gate of their home, and walked towards the farm tool registration office in the village.
Farm tools belong to the public property of the brigade and no individual owns them.
Two people want to go collect grass for pigs and need a sickle, so they have to go to the farm tool registration office to get it.
It was more than ten minutes later when the brother and sister arrived.
"Hello, comrade. I'm here to get the sickle for cutting grass for the pigs!"
Sitting at the wooden table in the room was a young man, probably in his twenties.
"What's your name?"
The man didn't even raise his head, busy writing and drawing something on the notebook.
"Ruan Mengmeng!"
After hearing her say her name, the man raised his head and glanced at her.
Then he stood up and randomly picked out a sickle from the pile of sickles behind him and handed it to her.
"Sign your name here!"
The man opened another notebook and pointed to the blank space on it.
"The farm tools belong to the team's property. Please take good care of them when using them. If they are damaged, you will have to pay for them yourself!"
As usual, he repeated Ruan Mengmeng's instructions like a numb robot.
"Okay, I got it!"
These days it's really weird, personal safety is not as important as a sickle.
Instead of reminding people to pay attention to safety, they are afraid that the farm tools will be damaged.
Ruan Mengmeng was a little speechless, but unable to refute.
After quickly signing her name, Ruan Mengmeng left with the sickle and her brother.
Looking at the mountains in the distance, Ruan Mengmeng was like a monkey released from a cage, just wanting to jump up and down freely.
Ruan Zilong didn't know what she was thinking, he just followed her silently.
When the two men arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw from afar that there was already a large group of people there.
Most of them are children of a few years old.
And there was Xia Xiaojing who just participated in picking grass for pigs a few days ago.
As she got closer, Ruan Mengmeng discovered that everyone's backpacks contained some wild grasses that she didn't recognize.
Even Xia Xiaojing, who was usually not good at weeding, had picked up most of the weeds in her backpack.
"Mengmeng, here!"
Xia Xiaojing saw the brother and sister from a distance.
She waved the hand holding the sickle in the air and shouted at them loudly.
She was wondering how the brother and sister could just move away without anyone seeing them.
When she came back from collecting grass for the pigs, the house was empty.
However, this cannot be blamed on them!
After all, Ruan Mengmeng had already told her in advance.
However, she was busy playing with a group of other kids and picking grass for pigs recently, so she didn't pay much attention to the siblings.
"Who are they? Sister Xia, do you know them?"
The oldest boy, who was about seven or eight years old, frowned and asked Xia Xiaojing.
"Oh, they are new educated youth just like me!"
The little boy is eight and a half years old. His name is Chujiu and everyone calls him Xiaojiu.
He was born on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, so his parents gave him this name.
"Hello, my name is Ruan Mengmeng, and this is my younger brother Ruan Zilong. Like you, we are here to pick grass for the pigs!"
Ruan Mengmeng introduced the brother and sister with a smile.
"Hello, welcome to join our team!"
The oldest one, Xiaojiu, followed her example and extended an enthusiastic invitation.
Recently, since Xia Xiaojing joined their team, from time to time, a few of them would go to dig some hairy roots and pick some wild fruits to eat.
Sometimes if you are lucky, you can also get some bird eggs, mushrooms, fungus, etc. and roast them to eat.
Although the taste was average and it was burnt black, it was better to have something to eat than to go hungry.
After all, they are still children and not that tall, so they need Xia Xiaojing's help with many things.
At first, they thought that this female educated youth from the city would not play with them, and might even look down on them.
Who knew that when she got wild, she would be even crazier than them.
A group of people secretly got a lot of delicious food every day.
They enjoyed their days of collecting grass for pigs.
There is strength in numbers. Now there are two more people in their team. Will they be able to harvest more delicious food in the future?
Ruan Mengmeng didn't know what was going on in his mind, she just thought that country kids were simple and hospitable.
However, even if she knew what he was thinking, Ruan Mengmeng would not say much.
Whatever the child did wrong, it was all caused by this era.
If you are not well fed and well clothed, who wouldn’t want to go out and find something to eat and drink?
"Sister Ruan, come with us. I'll teach you how to cut grass for pigs!"
Xiaojiu was very welcome to the addition of the brother and sister. He patted his chest and made promises like a little man.
"Okay, thank you, little one. What's your name?"
Ruan Mengmeng took off the backpack on her back, put it on the ground, picked up the sickle and walked closer to everyone.
"My name is Chujiu, everyone calls me Xiaojiu, you can call me Xiaojiu too!"
After saying that, he pulled over his bamboo basket, grabbed the cut pig grass inside, and introduced them to the brother and sister one by one.
"This is the pig grass we picked. This kind is called plantain, this kind is called bitter horseweed, and there are also wild peas and rhubarb..."
Ruan Mengmeng and her brother listened attentively, carefully identifying the shape and appearance of these weeds, and then firmly memorized their appearance.
"I remember that. Thank you, Xiaojiu!"
By the time Xiaojiu finished introducing the two people, Ruan Mengmeng had almost remembered everything.
"It's okay, you're welcome!"
Chujiu scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, smiling with a simple and honest look on his face.
This older sister speaks even more gently than Sister Xia, and she learns things so quickly!
After the group got to know each other, they started collecting grass for pigs together on the outskirts of the mountains.
The village chief had warned them in advance not to go deep into the mountains and could only move around the outskirts of the mountains.
However, the outer area is already large enough for them to play freely.
When everyone was picking grass for the pigs, if they came across anything edible, they would collect it together.
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