After breakfast, Jiang Baige cleared the table, and Grandma Meng tidied herself up before going out for a meeting.
Jiang Baige was afraid that she would go out in the rain and fall, so she chased after her without even washing herself.
"Grandma Meng, wait a minute, I'll take you there."
The two of them went to the village canteen together, where many villagers had already gathered.
Village meetings are held here on rainy days and in the threshing ground on sunny days.
The cafeteria was packed with people, both adults and children.
Everyone was chattering and gossiping about other people's affairs.
Jiang Baige was an educated youth from another place, and it was not convenient for her to stay here, so she settled Grandma Meng and left.
While waiting for the young educated youth to leave, several old ladies came over and sat with Grandma Meng.
"Hey, sister, I heard that this young educated youth is living with you now, where is he?"
Mrs. Wang sat down next to Grandma Meng and nudged her with her elbow.
Grandma Meng couldn't see her expression, but she knew that she must be looking forward to a good show.
She said calmly, "She threw me into this state. How can she get better if she doesn't take good care of me?"
Mrs. Wang asked again, "Old sister, you suffered so much, but you also asked that young educated youth to pay you money. You must have paid him the nutrition fee, right?"
Grandma Meng didn't want to talk to her any more and shook her head, "Where does a little girl get the money from?"
When you heard that you have no money, Mrs. Wang, don't be so upset.
I thought, "This old woman is so stupid. These young educated youth are the richest, but she didn't know how to take the opportunity to ask for some money, even if it's just a few dozen kilograms of food."
Jiang Baige left the village canteen and went to the educated youth compound.
Since there was no need to go to work today, she guessed that everyone should be resting in the yard.
When I arrived, I found that everyone was getting ready to go out.
Several people were wearing straw raincoats, straw hats, and carrying baskets in their hands.
Jiang Baige asked: What are you going to do?
When they heard her voice, they all looked up at her.
"Why are you here? We were just about to call you!"
Li Yan looked at Jiang Baige at the door and greeted him with a smile.
"We're planning to go to the big river in the next village to pick some wild vegetables. Since you're here, let's go together!"
"Is it easy to pick wild vegetables on this rainy day?"
Zhang Hongyang said: We need rainy days like this to make the vegetables fresh. If we wait until sunny days, they will be full of people and it will not be our turn.
"It's raining again, maybe we can catch some wild ducks in the reeds by the river."
After hearing what Zhang Hongyang said, Jiang Baige also became interested.
"Then let's go! What are you waiting for?"
They walked around the educated youth compound and left the village, coming to a forest. As long as they climbed over it, they could see a small river not far away.
In the woods, Zhang Hongyang said to them, "Don't come here unless you have anything to do. I heard that all the deceased elders of this village are buried there."
It would have been better if he didn't mention it. Once he did, several female comrades were scared to death.
Several people huddled together and walked slowly forward.
Yu Shengli said: "What are you afraid of? We don't know each other."
"Besides, there are a lot of wild vegetables in the woods. In a few days, when the weather gets warmer, many people will come here to pick wild vegetables."
"yes!"
Wu Lili also said, "What are you afraid of? We can come together when the time comes. There will be no need to be afraid with so many people."
She suddenly became interested, "Let's sing! It's lively."
As she spoke, she started singing, "Learn from Lei Feng's good example, be loyal to the revolution and the party, be clear about what you love and hate, never forget your roots, be firm in your stance and strong in your fighting spirit..."
When they heard her singing, everyone sang along.
Being young means being energetic. Yesterday everyone was exhausted, but today they are full of energy again.
A group of people, singing, walked through the woods and continued walking down.
After leaving the woods, the view is wide. On the hillside, you can see the river below the mountain at a glance.
There are reed marshes on both sides of the river, and you can see people digging wild vegetables on the opposite side of the river.
Liang Youwei was very excited and suddenly said, "Look, there are people by the river. Let's go!"
Several educated youth in the compound had not seen fresh green leafy vegetables for several days. The weather was good a few days ago, and they were unable to finish the tasks assigned by the village chief, so they had no time to dig wild vegetables.
The few tender sprouts that appeared in the ground were dug up by the old ladies who were weeding, so it was not their turn at all.
Now, looking at the green reeds by the river, everyone took a step forward excitedly and strode towards the river.
The riverside is all wetland, overgrown with weeds and cannot be cultivated, so there is no land here for the time being.
The riverside is also dangerous. People who can't swim basically won't come here.
Where there is water, there will be wild grass; where there are wild grass, there will be wild vegetables; there will also be pheasants, wild ducks, water birds, and other wild animals.
If you are lucky, you may find pheasant eggs, wild duck eggs, or bird eggs.
Maybe if you are lucky enough, you can even shoot a wild duck.
Looking at the lush green reed marsh, the group was eager to try and walked towards the edge of the marsh.
It is now the end of the third month, and since the land here has just thawed, it can only be considered early spring.
The remaining snow and ice strips by the river have just melted, and the reeds have just sprouted new buds. This is a fresh and tender time.
The wild vegetables in the field have just grown a few leaves. Every year at this time, the villagers would come here in groups to dig wild vegetables, but this year, a few educated youth got there first.
When they arrived at the river, they started digging happily. Each of them held a bamboo splinter in his hand. It was very sharp and did not require much effort at all.
Wu Juan exclaimed happily, "Wow, look! These are wild radish seedlings. They're so huge."
"This is the best wild vegetable. It's delicious when made into pickles. It doesn't taste bitter at all."
As Wu Juan spoke, the two sisters hurriedly started digging.
Li Yan also said: "There are several dandelions here. They are the most tender at this time. They are crispy and tender when dipped in sauce. They are the most delicious."
"Eat it with sauce? Eat it raw?" Jiang Baige asked, then muttered to herself, "This must be dandelion! Can it be eaten directly?"
"Sure! We eat like this all the time."
Wu Lili asked unsurely, "Comrade Jiang, you haven't eaten this before, have you?"
Jiang Baige shook her head: "Dandelions are used as medicinal herbs over there. It's rare to see people eat them directly like this."
Maybe it’s because she lives in a different region, Jiang Baige really didn’t know that this thing can be eaten directly.
Zhang Hongyang said, "Comrade Jiang is from the south. Their living habits there may be different from ours. There's nothing to be surprised about. The rain has stopped, so hurry up and dig some vegetables!"
The male educated youth went to the river to pick reed shoots. At this time, the reed shoots had just sprouted. They picked them back, peeled off the old leaves, boiled them in water, and then fried them to eat.
The female educated youth dug wild vegetables, digging up whatever they saw, as long as it was not a weed.
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