This is truly a generous gift.
“This floral fabric is so pretty, Yueyue, it’s perfect for making a top.” Huang Xinrui picked up the fabric from the table and showed it to her. “It suits you very well.”
Li Xiyue said, "Take it later, and we'll make clothes together."
She handed the fish and meat to Wang Jiaxing. The weather was getting hot, so they needed to be salted quickly, as there was no refrigerator and the meat would spoil.
Wang Jiaxing took it back to the kitchen, sprinkled some salt on it, put it in a wooden bucket, and hung it in the well.
Wells are warm in winter and cool in summer, making them a good place to keep food fresh in summer.
After tidying up, I quickly headed out.
They first went to the brigade leader's house, found Sun Xia, and handed her the cloth. Sun Xia measured the two of them before letting them leave.
When the three of them arrived at the mountain, there were already quite a few people there. The once quiet mountain was now filled with the sounds of people talking, making it quite lively.
"I'm late," Huang Xinrui pouted.
Wang Jiaxing laughed.
Li Xiyue said, "Don't worry, with Xiaobai around, you'll get plenty of good stuff." She then patted Xiaobai's head and said, "Take us to find some good stuff."
Little Whitey barked twice and ran off in one direction.
Li Xiyue and the others followed, and after walking for half an hour, they arrived at a mountain peak they had never been to before.
"So many bracken ferns!" Huang Xinrui was overjoyed to see the dense bracken ferns in front of her and rushed over with her basket on her back.
Wang Jiaxing found many mushrooms under the pine trees on the other side. "I'm picking mushrooms here."
Li Xiyue continued walking forward and found a water source. Following the water source, she found a small pond. The pond was covered with aquatic plants and wild vegetables grew around it.
It's neither wormwood nor cudweed, but a wild vegetable called bitter herb, also known as valerian, which smells like smelly socks, but tastes delicious.
It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.
Whether you boil it directly or drain it and then use it in soup, it's delicious.
Li Xiyue picked half a basket of tender wild vegetables and was about to leave when she noticed movement in the pond. She used a stick to push aside the water plants and, lo and behold, there was a large turtle shell.
Turtle shell, also known as soft-shelled turtle or round turtle, is a traditional Chinese medicine.
It nourishes Yin and subdues Yang, softens and disperses stagnation.
Of course, it's also delicious as a vegetable.
There were fish, shrimp, and crabs in the space, but no turtles. Li Xiyue put one into the space, but there was only one, and she didn't know if it could reproduce.
"Woof woof woof..." Suddenly, Little Whitey barked loudly from not far away.
Li Xiyue thought it had discovered something good, but when she went over to take a look, it turned out to be a cemetery.
Why are you at a cemetery?
Even though it was broad daylight, she was still a little scared because she was all alone.
Li Xiyue called Xiaobai to leave quickly, but her gaze inadvertently swept across the tombstone and she paused.
This is no ordinary cemetery; it is the final resting place of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their country.
It was just after Qingming Festival, and because someone had swept the graves, the weeds had been cleared away and the tombstones had been wiped clean, so they were very clean.
Each tombstone is engraved with the martyr's birth date and the time of their sacrifice. Li Xiyue looked at them one by one and found that the youngest was only nine years old.
She knelt before the grave of the young martyr, her heart filled with sorrow.
At only nine years old, this child resolutely went to the battlefield to protect the country and its people. He is a young martyr and a national hero.
In later years, Li Xiyue heard that when the country was in danger and its military strength was insufficient, seven thousand child soldiers stepped forward and formed a team to go to the battlefield.
The country was truly in dire straits back then; even children were sent to the battlefield to fight for their lives. The brutality of the war was unimaginable...
Li Xiyue stroked the tombstone of the young hero and said with a smile, "Rest assured, the country you swore to protect is peaceful and prosperous, and the mountains and rivers are safe and sound. You can rest in peace now."
A gust of wind blew, stirring the grass beside the grave and making the dense branches rustle.
Looking into the distance, Li Xiyue saw rows of graves hidden among the green hills, just as the saying goes, "Green hills everywhere bury loyal bones."
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