On this side of the river, everyone was very excited because they caught wild ducks.
After the excitement wore off, they went back to their own business.
After everyone dispersed, Jiang Baige raised his hand and thought to himself, "This technique hasn't deteriorated at all. It's simply amazing."
She was complacent, thinking that she was so powerful that she should be invincible in this era, and she would not be afraid of anything wherever she went in the future.
Zhang Hongyang returned to the place where he had just picked reed shoots. The wild duck flew out from the reeds in front of him. He wanted to see if there were any wild duck eggs or something here.
At this time, the river has just thawed, and the small fish and shrimps are not active. The ducks catch these to eat, which makes them more nutritious and they lay more eggs.
I returned to the place where I had just been, pushed aside the reeds and saw that there was indeed a nest of duck eggs.
He shouted, "Victory, come quickly, there are duck eggs here."
When Yu Shengli heard that there were duck eggs, he dropped the freshly picked reed shoots in his hand and ran over quickly.
Liang Youwei also followed and stretched his neck to count, "Wow, there are twenty-one in this litter."
The three of them looked at each other and laughed. This luck was simply incredible.
Yu Shengli called out again, "Bring a basket. There are some wild duck eggs here."
When Jiang Baige heard about duck eggs, she was just curious. If she was lucky, she could also pick up wild duck eggs.
The other three female comrades were completely upset, "Here it comes."
Wu Lili picked up the basket and ran to the river, "Here I come, here I come."
Hearing the shouting, everyone gathered together.
Zhang Hongyang picked up the duck eggs from the wild duck's nest one by one and put them in the basket.
There are freshly dug wild vegetables in the basket. When wild duck eggs are put in, they will not roll around and there is no need to worry about them breaking.
Wu Juan said, "Why are we still digging for wild vegetables? Let's just look for them by the river and see if there are any left."
"There's so much waterweed by the river, maybe there are other wild ducks laying eggs here."
"If we're lucky, we can pick up some more. We've been here for so long, and we haven't eaten eggs once."
These words were like a wake-up call to someone who was dreaming. It was really a good idea. Why bother digging wild vegetables? Why not pick the ones that are ready?
This river is very long, so long that you can't see the end. After picking up all the things here, it is impossible that there will be no more left behind.
Zhang Hongyang nodded, "Let's do it this way. Let's go pick up wild duck eggs first. You guys can watch over and dig wild vegetables. We'll go together. Maybe we can go back from somewhere else later.
They did it right away. They stopped digging wild vegetables and just walked along the river.
Jiang Baige had no objection. She had been locked up in the basement for training before, but now she was finally free. It was a good opportunity to make up for the lack of experience in her childhood.
The group followed downstream and saw some wild birds still building nests. They all remembered this place in their hearts and would come back to see it next time they came to dig wild vegetables.
As we walked, someone in front of us said, "Look, there's another nest here."
It turned out that Liang Youwei had discovered it again. This time the mother duck was not at home, so the white duck eggs were exposed outside and could be seen at a glance.
We all counted together and found that there were not many babies in the litter, but there were twelve.
Wu Juan picked up all the eggs and put them in a basket. Li Yan said, "Put one back in this nest. The wild duck will come back and lay more eggs. If there are no more eggs, it might leave here and there won't be any left when you come back to pick them up next time."
After hearing her words, Wu Juan put another one back.
Xiaoxiao: "Comrade Li Yan, you are amazing. You understand all this."
Li Yan smiled and said, "That's what my grandma used to tell us."
"Let's go! Let's go somewhere else."
They walked downstream and met the people on the other side of the river again.
They were all wearing conical hats, so I couldn't see their faces clearly, but I knew they were the same people.
Seeing that they had stopped digging for wild vegetables, Zhou Yangqing asked loudly, "Comrades across the way, what are you looking for? Aren't there any wild vegetables across the way?"
When asked, Wu Lili replied, "Yes, we are just taking a walk."
She was still a little cautious, fearing that if she told them she was looking for wild duck eggs, others would hear and snatch them away from them.
Jiang Baige heard Wu Lili lying and tried hard to hold back her laughter.
Looking at the people opposite me, they stopped digging wild vegetables and started chatting with each other. Then I found out that they were all educated youth.
Jiang Baige looked closely and found that the person opposite her looked so familiar.
He shouted, "Comrade, are you Zhou Yangqing and Wang Fangfang?"
Hearing his name being asked, Zhou Yangqing took off his bamboo hat and said, "Ah! Comrade Jiang Baige, is that you?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Jiang Baige jumped up happily, "Why are you here too? Is Xiaohekou Village just across the street?"
Wang Fangfang also happily pointed behind her, "Yes, see the house in the distance? We are over there."
Wu Lili asked, "Comrade Jiang, do you know him?"
Jiang Baige nodded: "We are from the same place and met on the train."
They were shouting and talking, and the riverside was very lively, almost as if they were about to walk together.
But it is spring now, the river is too high, and there is no bridge to cross the river, so we can only wait and watch from He Shore.
Jiang Baige said, "Next time, next time I'll go play with you guys when I'm not working."
The other side also responded, "Okay, we'll wait for you."
They hadn't been chatting for a while when it started raining again.
Zhang Hongyang said, "Let's go back! It should be noon. We'll come look for it next time when we have time."
After hearing what he said, everyone agreed.
After Jiang Baige said goodbye to Zhou Yangqing and the others, they returned to the compound.
After returning, Zhang Hongyang organized the boiling of water and the killing of ducks.
Jiang Baige was worried about whether Grandma Meng’s meeting was over and whether it would be inconvenient for her to go back.
I said embarrassedly: "I have to go back to Grandma Meng first. She went to the cafeteria for a meeting this morning. I'll go see if the meeting is over."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Li Yan hurriedly called her: "Come over quickly after you go and take a look. We will stew the duck for lunch."
Jiang Baige nodded, "Okay, I'll be back soon."
Jiang Baige went to the village canteen again with an umbrella. The meeting had already ended and the canteen was empty, with no one in it.
Jiang Baige hurried back, maybe she could meet Grandma Meng on the road.
As I walked along, I was almost at the door of my house when I met the village chief's wife supporting Grandma Meng. They were almost home.
Someone shouted from a distance: "Grandma Meng, please walk slower."
Zhou Xiuying heard the voice, turned around to look at her, and said with a smile: "Comrade Jiang, have you just returned from the compound?"
Jiang Baige nodded: "Hello, Auntie, thank you for your help."
Zhou Xiuying smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Aunt Meng is still a member of our village after all."
"You've been taking care of her for us these days. We should be the ones thanking you."
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