On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 19 Wild Vegetables
  After walking for about a cup of tea, the siblings saw seven or eight snakes being scared away one after another. They were so frightened that the three sisters regretted coming and walked more cautiously.

But Erlang Sanlang was overjoyed and struck with a stick: "Quick, quick, catch a few long worms, then hunt a pheasant, and you can eat dragon and phoenix soup later."

Most of the country boys are thick-skinned and very greedy. Not only are they not afraid, they are also very excited.

Unfortunately, the snake swam away very quickly, as if it just showed up to sign in and arouse their greed.

Xiao Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She refused to eat wild animals from the bottom of her heart until the end of the road was reached.

Saburo exclaimed: "Rabbit! There is a rabbit!"

A fat gray rabbit jumped out of the grass not far ahead.

Braised rabbit and spicy rabbit head instantly appeared in Xiao Xiao's mind.

She felt that what she was thinking was wrong. Some game was inedible, but for rabbits, pheasants, etc., she felt that the more the merrier.

Maybe the rabbit had never seen a human being in the first half of its life, and was too frightened by Saburo's cry to move.

The Xiao sisters all took bows and shot arrows, aiming at the rabbit's head, whoosh whoosh whoosh.

But the miss was a thousand miles away, Xiao Xiu shot the rabbit's hind legs, Xiao Lian shot the rabbit's front legs, and Xiao Xiao shot the rabbit's belly.

None of the three sisters hit the target, but Erlang and Sanlang didn't know where they planned to shoot, so they all cheered: "You are so awesome, you really hit the rabbit."

Erlang came up to Xiao Xiao and smiled flatteringly: "Good sister, lend me your bow and arrows."

Xiao Xiao had already seen a small pond in front of him, and took the opportunity to send their brothers away: "Okay, but after the arrow goes out, remember to pick it up."

Xiao Xiu also lent his bow and arrows to Sanlang, not forgetting to tell him: "There are many snakes and insects here, so be careful."

After they were far away, the three sisters took a quick bath and washed all the clothes they had changed.

Mrs. Xiao was very happy when she saw that her granddaughters actually hunted a hare: "Did you really catch a hare? Let your grandfather repair it so that you can make a pot of soup at night."

After saying that, I felt a little regretful that it was summer, otherwise I could have saved it for tomorrow.

The Wu brothers were a little surprised and a little envious when they saw that they could shoot the rabbit.

After a while, Wu Zhiqian came over with a palm-sized oil paper package and asked in a shy voice: "Please eat some dried plums. Miss Xiao, can you lend me your bow and arrow?"

Now only Xiao Lian has a bow and arrow, so she agreed: "Okay, just remember to pick up the arrows that were shot out."

"Okay." After Wu Zhiqian stuffed the oil paper bag into Xiao Xiao's hand, he ran away with his bow and arrows.

Nowadays, transportation is underdeveloped and fresh fruits are not easy to transport, so dried fruits are particularly popular.

Xiao Lian opened the oil paper bag, and there were more than a dozen dried fruits inside. She picked one up and stuffed it into her mouth without politeness, and then stuffed one into her sister's mouth, with a look of enjoyment on her face: "It's sour, so delicious. "

Xiao Xiao didn't think it was delicious and looked around: "Let's pay more attention on the road to see if there are any fruit trees."

I don’t want to think about rare fruits. If I can find wild peach trees, plum and pear trees are also good.

Otherwise, without vegetables and fruits, people will get sick easily.

Mrs. Liu called them to eat, each of them had a big bowl of bacon rice.

The bacon was cut into thin slices, there was not enough oil and water, and it looked dry.

Xiao Xiao used to only eat a small bowl, but now she eats a large bowl and still feels it's not enough.

She understood that this was because there was not enough oil and water.

She felt that her eyes were green when she saw the repaired hare hanging there.

She moved her eyes away with difficulty: "Mom, it's too hot at noon. Let's leave later and look for wild vegetables later, right?"

"Third girl, are you stupid?" Mrs. Wu rushed to say: "Many wild vegetables are old in June, sow vegetables, mother-in-law's needles, and grain corn can be eaten, but they taste bitter."

She ate too many wild vegetables when she was a child, and she really didn’t want to eat wild vegetables anymore. .

She thought Xiao Xiao was stupid. The bacon and rice were so delicious, why couldn't he think of looking for wild vegetables?

She didn't mind them eating wild vegetables, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law would tell her to look for wild vegetables, and she was even more afraid that everyone would eat wild vegetable porridge at night. Mrs. Xiao was really moved after hearing this: "Three girls have become sensible. Let's go look for her later and we can make pimple soup at night."

Although there is no shortage of food for the time being, if we eat as freely as we have in the past two days, we can only eat for ten days at most.

She panicked just thinking about it.

Fortunately, my granddaughter reminded me that if I eat it with wild vegetables and gnocchi, I can save a meal.

Mrs. Liu also agreed warmly: "I saw the gray cabbage before, shall we go pick it?"

Xiao Xiu went to get some bamboo baskets, and Wu followed reluctantly.

It's not that Wu doesn't want to be lazy, it's mainly because her father-in-law, husband, and her eldest brother, who is not easy to mess with, are all watching, so she doesn't dare to be lazy.

Fortunately, although the wild vegetables now are not fresh enough, they are plentiful, and I quickly picked two large baskets.

Mrs. Xiao also specially asked everyone to pick more purslane: "Dry it in the sun, cut some bacon and fry it together, especially for rice."

I also washed all the wild vegetables by the river and was busy for more than an hour.

Xiao Xiao hid in the shade of a tree and washed wild vegetables, and she felt very regretful: she couldn't bear to think about it, why did she bring up the matter of picking wild vegetables on such a hot day.

It's really asking for trouble.

Xiao Lian next to her complained in a low voice: "It's all your bad idea. The wild vegetables are not delicious at all."

Then he looked at the finger-long fish in the stream and drooled: "It's been a long time since I've eaten the small fish made by my mother. It's a pity that there is no fishing net or fish basket!"

Xiao Xiao is also very helpless. Now that there are no vegetables, he can only eat some wild vegetables, otherwise it will be bad for his health.

She pointed to the willow tree that provided shade for them: "Isn't this a ready-made material? Our grandfather knows how to weave fishing nets."

"Why didn't I think of that?" Xiao Lian went back to find the hatchet.

Mr. Xiao also came and cut some willow branches himself.

After they returned, Erlang and the others returned empty-handed, with regrets on their faces: "There are a lot of rabbits here, but it's a pity that they didn't catch any."

Especially Sanlang, who was only six years old and couldn't draw the bow at all. He pestered the Xiao brothers: "Uncle, dad, can you make me a slingshot? I can thresh finches. That one will be delicious when roasted."

Xiao Yougui happily agreed: "Okay, wait until dad makes it for you."

They deliberately missed the hottest time and continued on their way until it was about time.

When it was almost dark, we found a flat place with river water to rest.

Mules were valuables, so the Xiao brothers unloaded the carriage and drove the mules down to the river to take a bath before leading them to a place with lots of weeds for them to eat.

Now that there are weeds, the bran originally intended to be fed to the mules is saved.

Mrs. Xiao also cooked a large pot of wild vegetable gnocchi with her two daughters-in-law.

Xiao Xiao couldn't swallow it. The wild vegetables were a bit bitter and lacked oil and salt, so they didn't taste good.

Especially when the Wu family cooked a pot of bacon again, the overbearing smell of the meat was really addictive.

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