Spring scenery in the fields

She subconsciously looked at Shen Rongshan. He didn't let her go out. He asked her to stay in the house or sit in the yard to bask in the sun and take good care of her body.

Although she said she was well, he still insisted on not letting her go out for a walk, and at most she could only walk in the yard.

"Brother Shen, I'm completely well now. I'm bored staying at home every day. I want to go with them."

Shen Rongshan took out a bowl from the cupboard: "I'll go with you."

Then he added, "I'll set a trap."

The temperature gradually warmed up in March, and the small animals began to come out for a stroll. Ji Wenhe was a little curious about how the traps were set.

While sitting at the table eating, I secretly glanced at the person on my right.

He ate quickly with his eyebrows downcast, but without making any loud noises, and his eating manner was not offensive either, but quick and quiet.

As if he noticed her waiting, he looked at her.

Ji Wenhe quickly retracted his gaze, pretending to eat seriously with his head down. Two seconds later, he asked softly, "Brother Shen, can I go with you?"

"No, you guys go to the mountainside to pick wild vegetables. It's dangerous in the deep mountains. You can't go."

His tone allowed no room for rejection.

"it is good."

It’s better not to go along and cause trouble for him.

Thinking she was unhappy, Shen Rongshan was silent for a moment: "I'm going deep into the mountains. The road is not easy to walk on. There are many gravels. If you are not careful, you will fall. There are also snakes."

When he heard the word snake, Ji Wenhe started to get goose bumps.

What she fears most is snakes; just thinking about them makes her feel uncomfortable.

"Brother Shen, I'm not going."

Snakes, earthworms, eels, and loaches. I am most afraid of the first two, to the point where I can’t even think about them.

Seeing that she was afraid of snakes, he comforted her, "You can hardly see any snakes halfway up the mountain. If there are any, they will be caught and eaten by the villagers. Don't worry."

......It’s better not to say anything.

Shen Yuanshan put down the empty bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go get the basket. You eat quickly."

Shen Wenshan also put down his bowl and went out.

Seeing this, Ji Wenhe ate the rice in the bowl in big mouthfuls.

She eats slowly and is always the last one to finish. Eating fast will make her stomach uncomfortable. The original owner has a bad stomach and needs to take good care of it.

"Slow down, don't rush."

Shen Rongshan had finished eating long ago. Every time he finished his meal, he would sit at the table and wait for her without rushing her.

"When you go down the mountain and meet villagers, just nod your head. If you don't want to talk, don't talk. If someone says something, don't take it to heart."

"Some of them may not speak well, but they don't mean bad things. If someone's words make you feel uncomfortable, come back and tell me and I'll go find them."

Ji Wenhe put down the bowl and said with a smile: "My life is my own. I don't care what others say. Besides, I have a mouth. If anyone dares to scold me, I will scold back. I am not a soft person who will let others bully me."

She is not a combative person. She would rather live in peace if possible and not resort to violence.

Turning her head, she saw him looking away and raised her eyebrows: "Brother Shen, then you go and set up the trap. I will go dig wild vegetables with them first."

Shen Rongshan nodded, stood up to clean up the dishes, and reminded: "Go down the mountain slowly."

Ji Wenhe curved his eyebrows and said, "Yeah."

"Sister-in-law, let's go." Shen Yuanshan held a sickle and a basket.

"Sister-in-law, here's a basket for you." Shen Wenshan handed him one.

"We have a lot of baskets at home."

There are quite a few of them stacked in the living room, some old and some new.

Shen Yuanshan walked in front and said, "There is a bamboo forest outside the village. We cut down a few bamboos and wove them ourselves. If there were not so few bamboos, we could also weave some bamboo baskets to sell."

The bamboo forest is ownerless. There are many villages nearby and every household knows how to weave bamboo. There are not enough bamboos to fight for, so it is impossible to weave bamboo baskets and sell them for money.

Ji Wenhe nodded. As he remembered, there were many small villages outside the mountain and the population around was quite large.

"Sister-in-law, go slower." Shen Wenshan turned around and reminded her.

"Ah."

Looking up, I saw many women and children gathered by the fields, at the foot of the mountain, and by the river.

"Why are there so many people? There aren't that many people in our village, right?"

"They are people from outside the mountain. Our mountain is surrounded by villages. I heard from the head of the village that there are many people from the village at the foot of the mountain outside the back mountain. There are hundreds of households."

Shen Yuanshan came to the foot of the mountain, saw the wild vegetables, and pointed happily.

"Look, sister-in-law, it's a purslane."

Ji Wenhe looked in the direction of his finger. She had seen it in the countryside when she was a child and had always thought it was a weed. She never expected it could be eaten.

He squatted down, cut the wild vegetables with a sickle, put them into the basket, walked forward and continued.

"Because there were too many people and not enough food at home, we went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, bitter herbs, dandelions..."

Ji Wenhe listened to his words, looked around, and soon found one and ran over excitedly.

"Look, I found it too."

Shen Wenshan came over: "Sister-in-law, let me come, there is dew, it's cool."

My hands were wet and I couldn't help getting them covered in mud when digging wild vegetables.

"Okay, come on."

Ji Wenhe made way and looked at the foot of the mountain on their side, where there were also many people looking for wild vegetables.

He asked, "Can people from outside the mountain enter the village? Will the head of the village not stop them?"

"No, the mountain does not belong to our Shenjia Village. Anyone can enter the mountain."

Shen Wenshan put the purslane into her basket and stood up to look for it nearby.

Ji Wenhe understood and began to concentrate on looking for wild vegetables.

Shen Yuanshan turned around and saw her walking towards the foot of the mountain in the east. He hurriedly called her, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the west. There are too many people over there."

There are the most people in the east, and there are wild vegetables in the fields and by the river. Everyone got up before dawn to dig wild vegetables, but now it is estimated that there will not be much to find.

"it is good."

She responded and turned towards them.

In years of famine, there was not even enough wild vegetables to eat.

Ji Wenhe looked at the children who followed them. They were thin, had yellow hair, and looked malnourished, but this condition mostly occurred in girls.

Although the boy who followed was thin, he looked much better than the girls. He was full of energy and played with them.

At this moment, she heard a shrill voice cursing: "You freeloader, you haven't even found a basket of wild vegetables yet, what's the use of you, wasting food..."

The woman's voice was very loud, and she pressed her fingers hard against the little girl's temple. Her words were unpleasant, and the people around her turned their heads to look over.

Ji Wenhe frowned. The little girl's hands were covered in mud and she didn't have a sickle, so she just dug up the wild vegetables with her bare hands.

He was wearing thin clothes, had dark skin, and was as thin as a skeleton.

"Sister-in-law?" Shen Yuanshan called out, "Sister-in-law, let's go."

"Hey, here we come."

The little girl was very pitiful. She just stood there blankly, not dodging or evading, with no sign of resistance on her face.

Seeing the dull eyes and numb faces of the little girls, Ji Wenhe felt the oppression of this dynasty for the first time.

"Sister-in-law, are you not feeling well?" Shen Wenshan saw that she looked a little unhappy and asked with concern.