Seeing this, Liu Heixiong sighed, "I also know that there is no food. Fortunately, it is summer and there are a lot of prey in the woods. Let's hunt more and add some wild vegetables. We will always be full. Besides, we planted Many crops can be harvested in autumn, which is barely enough to eat, so there is no need to take risks."
After hearing this, the third master also nodded, "Brother is right, we are bandits after all, and it is not appropriate to go to the county more often. If we are caught, we will only die. Back then, if we could live on, who would be a bandit?" ah?"
"Hey, I just think it's a pity." Mo Wuyong said with a frown. He has always been a counselor in the village, so even if he goes, it's not him. Therefore, he feels that even if there is danger, it is not that he is in danger.
On the contrary, I feel that if Liu Heixiong is dead, he, the second head of the family, can justifiably become the head of the family, and can get everything Liu Heixiong has, including the house, women, and money
Liu Heixiong shook his head and didn't care, "It's a pity, but life is the most important thing. Anyway, it's more or less meat. The third child and the fourth child, quickly lead someone to skin and kill the venison. After sharing it, each family can still eat some meat. "
"Yes, big brother." The third and fourth masters responded in unison, and carrying the deer, they opened the intestines and divided the meat.
After a while, every family got meat. Although there is no food, there are wild vegetables, which can be eaten with gusto.
Mrs. Sun made venison and wild vegetable soup for Liu Yiyi. Although there are few ingredients and the taste is average, it is already a rare delicacy for a village that can't get enough to eat all year round.
Liu Yiyi ate a few pieces of meat and a bowl of vegetables, she was full.
Liu Heixiong didn't take anyone to exchange for food. The meat couldn't last too long at all, so he had to take people out to hunt. Although I don't come back with a full load every time, I don't come back empty-handed every time. With wild vegetables, I can barely eat enough.
Liu Yiyi stared at the sweet potatoes eagerly, hoping to harvest sweet potatoes in autumn soon. It tastes good when cooked or roasted, and sweet potatoes that can¡¯t be eaten can also be made into starch for burning, or made into vermicelli, which can be stored for a long time and can be eaten as a meal.
Xiaolan followed Liu Yiyi and saw that the seedlings from the cuttings were all alive and growing very lush and tender, so she asked, "Miss, can we pick some tender sweet potato seedlings to eat?"
Xiaolan thinks very simply, pigs can eat what humans eat, and similarly, humans should eat what pigs can eat.
Although wild vegetables in summer are edible, they are bitter and astringent, and they are old and unpalatable. But these fresh and tender sweet potato leaves are different. Pick them off, they are very fresh and tender, and they must be delicious.
Liu Yiyi was thinking about how to tell Xiaolan to pinch off these redundant forks, otherwise the nutrients would be absorbed by the branches and leaves, and the sweet potatoes below would grow smaller.
Liu Yiyi nodded, "I think it's okay, as long as you don't pick off all the leaves on the trunk, it should be fine."
Xiao Lan was delighted, "Then let's try."
From this day on, Xiaolan began to pick sweet potato leaves. Mrs. Sun fried them in water, then fried them with some salt, and the taste was actually good. It can be used to make soup or to make steamed buns. It is much more delicious than wild vegetables.
Xiaolan told her family and the people in the village about this incident. Everyone started to try eating sweet potato leaves, and after that, everyone no longer wanted to eat bitter, astringent and old wild vegetables.
Xiao Lan saw that the sweet potato seedlings they accidentally planted were liked by everyone, and felt very proud, but also regretful, "Miss, I knew that sweet potato seedlings are better than wild vegetables, so let's take more cuttings."
If you only eat the leaves and don¡¯t ask for the sweet potatoes below, it¡¯s okay to cut some more now!
Liu Yiyi nodded, "Why don't we try it in summer? We used to blanch and dry wild vegetables, maybe we can also blanch and dry sweet potato seedlings, and save them for winter."
When Xiaolan heard this, her eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we are fine now anyway, I will go tell my wife, let's mobilize more people to plant."
If you don't work hard in summer, you will have no harvest in autumn, and you will be hungry in winter.
Although Xiaolan is not smart, this is her life experience. Therefore, as long as she can have a full stomach in winter, it is worthwhile to work hard in summer.
Xiaolan ran to look for Mrs. Sun, "Ma'am, the sweet potato seedlings we ate recently were cut by the young lady with me. As long as the extra forks on the top are cut and inserted directly into the soil, it will survive, and one plant will be fine." A large branch and leaves grow out. These leaves can be eaten when they are fresh, and they should be edible when they are dried."
Mrs. Sun was spinning the thread with hemp, and she was slightly taken aback, "Is this the cutting that Yiyi brought you?"
Xiaolan nodded, "YesYes, ma'am, it's miss. The lady also said that in her dream, an old man with a white beard told her that this food was edible. Not only the leaves can be eaten, but there are also things growing under the roots, which can also be eaten.
Facts have proved that sweet potato leaves are edible, let's have more varieties, shall we? Ma'am, let's work a lot in summer, prepare more dried vegetables, and add the food we harvested to make steamed corn buns, so we don't have to go hungry this winter. "
As soon as she encountered food, Xiaolan suddenly became smarter than usual.
Liu Yiyi understands this feeling, and also feels that Xiaolan is not stupid, and she is also a talent to be made if she guides her well.
Mrs. Sun stopped spinning, and went outside to pick the sweet potato leaves and blanch them in water. Under the strong sun, they can be half-dried in the same day, and the taste is not bad.
Sun said to Xiaolan and Liu Yiyi: "Xiaolan, Yiyi, the white-bearded old man in the dream is a fairy, let's not say it outside. The old fairy entrusted his dream and didn't want more people to know. If we tell it , may not work.¡±
She is an adult and knows how to protect her daughter.
Liu Yiyi nodded, "Well, mother, I know, I won't talk about it in the future."
Xiao Lan quickly promised, "Ma'am, I won't tell, not even my parents."
Mrs. Sun nodded and patted Xiaolan's head, "I'll make clothes for Yiyi and Xiaolan when I'm done."
In order to have dried vegetables to eat in winter, Mrs. Sun led the women in the house to start cutting sweet potato seedlings. Mrs. Sun used to be Miss Jiao, but in the cottage, everyone worked, and she had to do it, so she gradually became an expert at working.
Although not very strong, Sun's hands and feet are nimble, and he can do some light work very fast.
These sweet potatoes are growing very well, and in only ten days, they grow lush and lush. The newly grown forks are picked, blanched and dried, and stored. Every household has prepared several sacks, enough to eat in winter.
The pigs in the pigsty are also enjoying themselves, with endless sweet potato seedlings and pigweed.
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