After nine o'clock, Su Tian and Ma Chunling put on straw hats, carried baskets on their backs, and walked up the mountain together.
"Su Tian, let's go see if we can find any wild vegetables or wild raspberries to pick," Ma Chunling said.
"What kinds of wild vegetables are there this season?" Su Tian asked, since she had never seen them before.
In her past life, she was a city girl, and even after transmigrating, she remains a city girl.
“We have bracken, shepherd’s purse, and purslane, which can be stir-fried or used to make dumplings,” Ma Chunling replied.
Hearing the name, Su Tian recognized it. She had read about these wild vegetables in books in her previous life; after all, she majored in traditional Chinese medicine and was very interested in medicinal herbs and wild vegetables.
Bracken fern: It grows mostly on sunny hillsides. Its tender stems are edible and have a fresh and tender taste. It can be eaten raw in salads or stir-fried.
Shepherd's purse: Commonly found in fields and grassy hillsides, it has a delicious flavor and can be used to make dumplings, soups, or stir-fries.
Purslane: It grows mostly in fields, roadsides and hillsides. It can be eaten raw, stir-fried or used in soups. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying.
The two of them found a secluded spot, but before they could find any wild vegetables, they came across a large patch of wild raspberries.
It's early August, and the jujubes are getting bigger and riper.
"Su Tian, so many berries! That's great, hahaha... Let's pick them quickly, or someone else will pick them all," Ma Chunling said happily.
“Okay, let’s get started quickly,” Su Tian replied.
Both of their hands were busy; one hand picked the fruit, and the other picked it to eat. They were very fast and picked the fruit skillfully.
The two of them kept eating as they picked the fruit.
After they had eaten their fill, their baskets were half full, and they looked to weigh about five pounds.
"Chunling, let's go take a look over there. The grass there grows better, and there might be some wild vegetables."
"Okay, let's go take a look..."
The two walked to the grassy area and found that there really were wild vegetables. A large patch of ferns grew lush and abundantly.
The two put down their baskets and immediately started picking more ferns. Half an hour later, they had finished picking all the ferns in the area.
They put the bracken into their baskets, which were now full, and then discussed going down the mountain.
Although the sun was blazing and the weather was very hot, the two women were extremely happy because they had a bumper harvest that day.
The two returned to the educated youth settlement, immediately attracting the attention of others.
"Ma, what did you and Su find on the mountain?" Liu Jianfeng asked, getting up.
"Come, come, let me show you."
"Oh, are these wild vegetables? And are these small, black ones wild fruits?"
"I'll come and see too..." People from the educated youth settlement swarmed forward.
Su Tian also put down her basket, took off her hat, and took out a towel from her pocket to wipe her sweat.
"Haha... Liu Jianfeng, this is bracken fern, and this is taro, have you heard of them?" Su Tian said with a smile.
At this moment, Xu Wen stepped forward and explained: "These are local wild vegetables and fruits. This berry is also called myrtle, and it can be eaten directly."
Liu Jianfeng was from Beijing. As a northerner, he had never seen these things before, and he had only recently been sent to the countryside, so he was very curious.
"May I try some?" he asked.
"Take it, take it generously, you can eat it all," Su Tian said magnanimously.
"Come and take whatever you want to eat. Su Tian and I picked a lot."
Upon hearing this, everyone grabbed handfuls and started eating.
"Don't we need to wash this fruit? Can we just eat it?" Liu Jianfeng asked again, displaying his adorable curiosity.
“No need, it’s wild to eat, hehe… Come on, I’ll teach you how to eat it. Look at my mouth, eat its body and spit out its head.” Ma Chunling said as she demonstrated for him.
Liu Jianfeng couldn't help but smile as he looked at the clever and adorable Ma Chunling.
He watched the girl in front of him eat wild fruit, and he picked up some wild fruit and tried to eat it the same way she did.
Seeing her chubby cheeks from eating, he suddenly felt overjoyed.
Su Tian felt sticky all over, so she told them and turned back to her room to pick up a wooden bucket to fetch water from the well. She took the water to the bathroom to wash her face, dry her body, and rinse her feet.
Chen Gang and He Hua stared silently at Su Tian and the others, feeling wronged as if they were being excluded.
She excluded them; that despicable couple didn't deserve to eat her sweet treats. Seeing those two looking at the food in her hands with such malice, only able to look but not eat, made her feel incredibly satisfied.
She simply refused to give it to you. Let's see how long you can stay in Songjia Village. Seeing you all in your destitute and wretched state is the best way for her to repay the original owner of this body.
Su Tian hummed a song as she carried the wooden basin back to her room.
She planned to make a cold bracken salad. She went to the educated youth settlement and took enough for herself, giving the rest to them, as there were many of them and she was worried that Chunling wouldn't pick enough.
Without further ado, Su Tian took the bracken to the well to fetch water and washed it clean. She then boiled water in a pot, put the bracken in, and blanched it for a few minutes until it was cooked. She then took it out with chopsticks.
She put a little peanut oil and soy sauce into a large bowl, added two spoonfuls of soybean paste, stirred it well, and couldn't wait to eat it. It was so delicious!
In this era, even wild vegetables taste delicious, unlike in her previous life when the vegetables and meat she bought at the supermarket were utterly bland—the meat had no meat flavor, and the vegetables had no vegetable flavor. Although life had improved, the food had become unpalatable.
Ma Chunling brought back food to eat with the other educated youth at the settlement, because she didn't cook alone.
Ma Chunling noticed Chen Gang and He Hua standing to the side. She could only give them a little bit of food so that Chen Gang and He Hua wouldn't stare at them maliciously.
"Hmph, I've already gotten my share of the spoils, why would I need to eat Su Tian's? That bitch Su Tian is so stingy." He Hua cursed angrily as she ate.
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