Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

What about dandelion, bitter dish, seven vegetables (thorny vegetables), flour paste (violet yedoensis), plantain (plantain), tiger mouth...

There are so many wild vegetables in the mountains in spring that you can never dig them all up.

However, Niu Xiaomin and his friends only picked up those wild vegetables that their family had eaten. Even if Han Zhaozhao said that they were edible, they still didn't dare to dig them.

For example, wild alfalfa, chrysanthemum sprouts, wolfberry sprouts, and mud cabbage from the mountains all belonged to Han Zhaozhao. These wild vegetables not only have health benefits, but also have medicinal value, so she accepted them all.

They also found a small area where no birds landed, but the friends ignored it, passed by it, and headed towards a few toon trees on the opposite hillside.

Han Zhaozhao quickly called out to them, "Wait a minute, these are young thorny shoots, they are edible, let's break these first, and then break the Chinese toon shoots."

"Stop joking. Even birds don't eat this, so how can humans eat it? I've never heard of it.

Zhao Zhao, don't break it if you haven't eaten it before, or you'll get poisoned." Niu Xiaomin is the oldest, but also the most cautious. He has the most life experience among his friends.

But Han Zhaozhao didn't listen to him. How could she know that in terms of life experience, this group of people combined didn't have as much as she did. After all, she had lived for more than ninety years in her previous life!

"It's really edible. In Northeast China, this thing is called thorny young shoots. Even though the tree is covered with thorns, it's very delicious and has more nutrition than toon shoots."

Niu Xiaolian stopped to take a look and said, "It looks fatter than the Chinese toon buds, but the branches are full of thorns, so it's hard to break them apart!

Zhaozhao, we don’t know how to cook this wild vegetable, so let’s just pick some toon sprouts.

Just break off some more and pickle them at home. We have no more pickles to eat at home."

Xiao Sanzi also nodded, "Zhao Zhao, you won't get pricked by picking Chinese toon buds, so go ahead and pick them! This bird would be scary if it didn't have so many thorns on it."

Humph! They didn't even believe her. Han Zhaozhao decided to make them regret it.

"Then let's split up. You go pick the Chinese toon buds, and I'll stay and pick the thorny buds."

"Well, be careful."

Knowing that Han Zhaozhao was a small person with big ideas and it was impossible to convince her, Niu Xiaomin took a few people to pick toon buds, leaving only the silly Xiaoliang there to support her as always.

Han Zhaozhao patted Xiaoliang's arm (wanted to pat his shoulder, but was too small to reach!), "Xiaoliang is still the best, believe me, it's right!

Come on, you use the sickle to hook the branches and I'll break them off! When we get home, I'll make you something delicious. We won't let them eat it, as it will make these guys so hungry."

Xiao Liang nodded with a smile, "Zhao Zhao, we are in the same group. We won't play with them."

Han Zhaozhao also laughed, "Yes, don't play with them! Let's start working."

These thorny young shoots are really plump, most of them are ten centimeters long. Children have thick wrists and necks, and they make a crisp sound when they break one. In no time, they have broken a whole basket of them. It's so relaxing!

"Zhao Zhao, it's full! Should I put it in the bag?"

Han Zhaozhao got carried away. She and Xiaoliang each brought two cloth bags and a backpack. Now the two backpacks were full, so they could only pour into the cloth bags.

At this moment, Niu Xiaomin and his friends came back, and they only picked two baskets of toon shoots.

Seeing Han Zhaozhao and the other person still arguing enthusiastically, I also felt tempted.

Niu Xiaolian picked up a young thorny bud, put it under her nose and sniffed it. "It doesn't have any evil smell, just a green fragrance. It should be edible! Our cloth bag is not full, how about we break off some and take it back to taste?"

With the four of them, the piece of bird-eater was quickly eaten up, and each of them got a cloth bag.

At noon, the six of them found a flat hillside, enjoyed the warm mountain breeze, basked in the warm sun, drank boiled water from their respective kettles, and ate some simple dry food, which was their lunch.

They all like days like this. The red, purple, white and yellow flowers are blooming around them. The spring scenery is so beautiful!

At three o'clock in the afternoon, they went down the mountain early.

Just after crossing a hill, Niu Xiaomin, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and said, "Look, there is a man over there. Is he suspicious?"

Xiao Sanzi pushed aside Niu Xiaolian and squeezed next to Niu Xiaomin, "Where is it? Let me see! Hey, you mean the man holding a bundle? In gray clothes?"

"Yes, it's him!"

Several children unloaded their backpacks and cloth bags onto the ground, hid behind a cypress tree, and observed secretly.

Han Zhaozhao was excited: There is a spy?

Looking at her friends, she began to worry again. They were all children, and they didn't have the ability to face dangerous people directly. It was said that the spies were armed and too dangerous. They had to find a way to avoid them. Now was not the time to be heroes.

Niu Xiaoyun: "Look, what is he burying there? Hey, he even covered it with grass!"

Han Zhaozhao was also puzzled. If he was really a spy, could he be hiding a radio station?

Xiao Sanzi: "Maybe it's activity funds, or maybe it's intelligence! It must be spies, that's their dead mailbox for contact!"

Niu Xiaomin nodded: "It is really possible, my dad and his colleagues have taken safety training in the factory, and the security officers have taught them.

This spy might be a big fish. He came to the mountain to make contact with someone with great ambitions!"

"Hush! He has hidden his bag. Eh? Why did he leave? The contact person hasn't arrived yet?"

Niu Xiaoyun didn't understand.

The children discussed whether to watch from a distance and wait for the rabbit to come out, or go over and dig out the thing and take a look before moving it and hiding it.

After discussing for a while, the three agreed to sit back and wait, which would ensure their own safety.

Three people were in favor of moving the things so as to disrupt the spies' actions.

There are only six of us, and we can't even agree!

Time passed quietly in their inefficient argument. When they finally used scissors and paper to decide which group of opinions to adopt, half an hour had passed.

Look there again, the person is gone!

The winning team of Han Zhaozhao decided to take immediate action to hide the evidence before the next spy came to contact them.

Niu Xiaomin and his two companions stayed where they were to take a walk and watch their harvest.

The third son Han Zhaozhao and Xiaoliang quickly ran down the hillside to the scene to dig out the evidence and hide it. But when they tiptoed and dug away the dead grass and leaves like thieves, they saw a piece of gray rag under the thin layer of soil.

Xiao Sanzi was quick and pulled hard, "Ah!..."

Han Zhaozhao: "Xiao Sanzi, be careful, what if it's a bomb?

The three of us will destroy your hand...child? Is it a dead child?"

His legs went limp and he fell to the ground with a squat.

The third child's face turned pale and his hands were shaking as if he had Parkinson's disease.

"What should I do? It's a dead child!"

The two looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

Han Zhaozhao was really confused. She had never encountered such a situation before! What should she do? Waiting online, it's urgent!

Unexpectedly, Xiao Liang was reliable at the critical moment. "Is he really dead? Let me see if he is still breathing!"

He squatted in front and reached out to feel the child's body temperature. "Ice-cold!" He stretched out a finger and put it under the child's nose to test it, then shook his head and said, "No breath! Definitely dead!"

"Zhao Zhao, what should we do?" The third child was about to cry.