Liangfu space has a little field

Chapter 24 Suspected Salt Well
Xiaomi nodded slightly, and raised his chin proudly: "If you can eat it, you will know if you try it."

Heizi stared at the things in his hand for a long time, and finally chose to compromise: "Forget it, I will give you one chance, and I will help you light the fire."

When Xiaomi heard this, she immediately beamed with joy, picked up the basin in front of her like a dog's leg, and followed Heizi into the kitchen. While Heizi was lighting the fire, she quickly sorted and chopped the vegetables in the basin.One steamed sweet potatoes on the fire, and set up a soup pot on the other. As the temperature gradually increased, the two of them seemed to be in a sauna room, but they were drenched in a moment. Xiaomi endured and endured, and the speed in his hands became faster and faster .

While boiling the water, she mixed the fungus, shallots and coriander with salt, without any other ingredients, so the taste might not come out. Now, they can only make fresh ones.

After the water is boiled, stir in the cornmeal, and when it is about to come out of the pot, add wild vegetables, and the delicious cornmeal and wild vegetable soup is done.

In the end, she fried a large pot of mushrooms and fungus. Although there is only one seasoning, salt, the more so, the most rustic taste of these ingredients can be tasted.

Throughout the whole process, she moved proficiently, with a focused and serious expression, and she hardly spoke to Heizi, but it was because of the tacit cooperation that she didn't hear Heizi's praise from the bottom of her heart until after the food was served on the table: "I didn't expect that you lost your memory. , this method is very skilled, depending on the situation, it should be able to enter."

Xiaomi smiled on the face, but rolled her eyes to the sky in her heart. If it wasn't for her short hands, short legs, lack of strength, and lack of materials, she would definitely make them dumbfounded and fall in love with her taste!

Sure enough, when the crisp and tender taste of the fungus and the pure freshness of the mushrooms blended together, their tongues tasted the unique taste of nature for the first time. They couldn't help admiring, and the special taste of black fungus made them eager to pick up the mouth-watering cold fungus. As a result, they squinted their eyes unexpectedly: "This taste is really unique, you girl, How do you know it's edible?"

Black fungus is not uncommon on this mountain. They often go up the mountain to know the existence of this thing, but they never thought that humans can eat it. Today, Mi Xiaomi can be said to surprise them.

"I saw animals eating them, so I thought people could eat them too, so I picked some back. As for the method, I figured it out myself. Now it seems that it's not bad!" Very proud, she recommended her wild vegetable soup to them afterwards: "I also discovered these wild vegetables by accident. Do you want to try them?"

Probably because they were starving, the two took a big sip of 'hululu'. In an instant, the sweet fragrance of corn and the unique taste of wild vegetables made the two of them admire: "I thought such a strange combination would not taste good, Unexpectedly, the taste is not bad, your little head is really strange."

After being praised generously by her brother, Xiaomi smiled and said, "Generally, vegetables are used to make salty soup. Today I changed the method, but I didn't expect it to be good. Actually, there are many ways to prepare wild vegetables. I will make them one by one for you to eat later." .”

Qin, who hadn't spoken all this time, said with a smile all over her face: "Now, Auntie is finally lucky. You don't know the rice your Brother Heizi has cooked in the past few years..."

"Mother..." There was an unnatural look on Heizi's dark face. Although Qin couldn't see it, she could feel it. She chuckled: "I didn't expect Xiaomi to be so capable. It seems that from now on, it will be our family." You are lucky, Xiaoyong, don't be reluctant, we will have dinner together when your mother recovers later, you don't need to toss back and forth, ah!"

Xiao Yong just wanted to refuse, but Heizi also nodded in agreement: "Yes, there's nothing over there, just eat here now, and we'll talk about it when the situation improves."

Xiaoyong looked at them with a moved face, and his voice was stuck in his throat: "Auntie, Brother Heizi, I, I will take my mother's place, thank you, don't worry, we won't suffer forever!"

Heizi silently patted him on the shoulder without saying anything. Xiaomi looked at Xiaoyong with red eyes: "Brother, you are right, the days will surely get better and better. In the past, we had no chance, but now I finally got out of that fire pit, and I will definitely get better."

The meal was finished with so many emotions. Before leaving, Xiaomi still hadn't forgotten her mother lying on the bed, so she talked to Qin Shi and Heizi. The siblings went down the mountain, walked about 100 meters, and came to where she woke up. When he came here, he lived in a small hut, looking at the fence that had been surrounded, Xiaomi was still a little worried: "Brother, this hut is too unstable, what if..."

Mi Xiaoyong patted her shoulder comfortingly: "Don't worry, take it step by step."

Xiaomi sighed softly, and looked at the only two thatched huts in the yard with emotion: "I didn't expect to come back here with such a mentality. Brother, it's all because of Xiaomi's failure to live up to expectations. This hurts..." When her rough little hands touched the wound on his body, tears rolled in her eyes, and she said distressedly: "Does it hurt?"

Xiaoyong wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and held her tightly in his arms: "Silly girl, you are my only sister. If you die, what is the point of my mother and I living? We have already lost our father." , we must never lose anyone again. Be good, wipe away your tears, mother will be sad if she sees us like this. Our fate is good, we met Brother Heizi and Auntie, so everyone will be fine, have confidence ?"

Xiaomi nodded vigorously. She also agreed with this point. Although she didn't know their identities, she could tell that he was able to bring her mother and brother back unscathed, and even signed such a contract. The agreement to break away from the relationship must not be as simple as she saw.After all, in people's minds, the position of the word filial piety is far beyond their reach. Otherwise, her mother wouldn't have endured it for so many years.It was completely forced to come to this step.

God bless them, they finally got out of that swamp!

Seeing his mother Chen Shi again, Xiaomi was terrified by her pale and haggard appearance, and couldn't hold back tears several times. Watching her finish eating, the mother and son chatted for a while, until Chen Shi fell asleep due to exhaustion, Mi Xiaomi suddenly remembered the mangosteens on the mountain, and pulled Mi Xiaoyong up the mountain excitedly. After a long while, the brother and sister finally plucked a small basket of fruits, thinking that there was no way to keep them at home, and they were still guarding the mountain, so they were not afraid of being caught. Others finished snatching it up, so the brothers and sisters turned to pick some wild mushrooms and black fungus. Xiaomi wanted to go deeper, but Xiaoyong stopped him: "You haven't recovered yet, and the beasts in the deep mountains are also here." Too many, you can’t go there.”

After returning home, Xiaomi surprised them again by picking the mangosteen, especially Heizi, who looked at her more and more deeply. When chatting with Qin, he couldn't help sighing: "It really obeys the old saying, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future." blessing."

After getting along for many days, Mrs. Chen also slowly accepted the fact that her daughter, who was obviously only eight years old, was already someone else's wife.Even Xiaomi himself gradually integrated into the Hei family, and got along very well with the Qin family, and the relationship between the two families became closer and closer with Xiaomi's efforts.

After Xiaoyong's thatched hut was completely repaired and could withstand the severe winter cold, the two brothers officially went hunting in the mountains.

Although there is a six-year age difference between the two, Mi Xiaoyong has two years of hunting experience.

Going up the mountain to hunt is very dangerous. If you don't go for three to five days, you won't be able to come back. Fortunately, with her to take care of Qin and Chen, the brothers went into the mountain with peace of mind.

With the warning from Mi Xiaoyong and Heizi, Xiaomi had to give up the instinct to continue exploring the mountains and focus on the nearby woods. Unfortunately, apart from the mangosteen and fungus found a few days ago, nothing special was found.

It's been more than ten days since I've been here, but I haven't even seen the slightest bit of meat. The girl Xiaomi is too thin and ugly, and although the fungus is good, she will get tired after eating too much. Xiaoxi couldn't help jumping up, took the bamboo basket, and went down the mountain to catch fish!
Unexpectedly, she discovered a strange phenomenon. The free-range animals here gnawed the soil on the wall without grazing. This scene fell into Xiaomi's eyes, and she couldn't help but arouse her attention.

These free-range cattle are at the entrance of the village, and the grass between the roads is very lush, but they did not attract their attention. Walking to the wall, he wiped some soil with his hand and put it in his mouth to lick it, his pupils dilated suddenly, as expected!
I didn't expect to find soil with such a high salt content in such a place. Could it be that there is a salt well nearby?In order to determine the quality of the soil here, Xiaomi nervously dug some soil from the ground and put it in his mouth, but found that the soil was different from the soil on the wall, no different from the normal soil quality.She was worried, and looked for three or four houses one after another, but in the end, all of them were of normal soil quality.

Strange, why is there a problem with the wall of this family alone?
Just at this time, Xiaomi's strange behavior attracted people's attention. An old woman who was over half a century old came out with a cane. What? But what's the problem?"

Seeing that she was still on guard against him, Xiaomi didn't move forward, and said with a smile, "Hello grandma, I'm fine, but I haven't seen the big ox for a long time, so I'll take a look here for a while."

Upon hearing this, the old lady looked her up and down for a while, and asked uncertainly: "It's been so many days, how are you three?"

"Grandma, don't worry, we are fine, and my illness is completely cured. No, let's go down the mountain and take a walk." The old lady observed her carefully for a while, and found that she was indeed much better than before, and she had no courage. She was a little older, and after asking for warmth for a while, Xiaomi finally brought the topic to the courtyard wall of her house: "Grandma, the walls of your house seem to be different from those of other people's houses!"

When the old lady heard it, she immediately laughed: "Why is it different, aren't they all earthen walls?"

"No, it's obvious that your house is stronger, and the color seems to be different." Xiaomi chuckled, and the old lady immediately started talking after hearing what she said: "I really didn't pay attention to it on weekdays, this dirt! , It was pulled back from the foot of the mountain, when the house was being repaired, this piece of soil was used up, so your Uncle Shitou ran to the foot of the mountain and pulled it back a bit.”

"At the foot of the mountain?" Mi Xiaomi looked dizzily at the towering mountain behind him, and then tilted his head to look at the foot of the mountain where he couldn't find the top. Where is the right place for such a long journey?

"Here, it's just ahead, at the corner of the stream, you'll find out if you go and have a look. There's nothing around there, and I don't know why." When Xiaomi heard this, her eyes lit up, and she said hello to the old lady. With a smile: "I just want to go to the stream to play, thank you grandma, I'm leaving!"

(End of this chapter)