Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

“There are only a few Chinese herbal medicines that don’t require brewing and are simple and easy to use, but the season is over now.

Wait until spring comes, and let Xiao Sanzi and a few other boys take you to the mountains outside the city to catch scorpions and touch cicada shells. These two things are suitable for you kids.

It's not very laborious, but the price is quite high. I remember that the pharmacy used to charge one cent for each scorpion and one cent for five cicada shells.

If you are lucky, you can make 30 or 50 cents a day. I haven't really noticed how much it is now. Go to the Chinese medicine store tomorrow to ask the price and ask if they still accept it.

Don't work so hard for a long time, but no one wants to buy it. Can you still fry it and eat it at home? Hahaha!"

The old man laughed when he said this, and the other old men and women also laughed. No one knew what nerve these words had touched in them, but Han Zhaozhao was laughing inexplicably and was a little confused.

What's wrong with people nowadays? What's so funny about a few nice words? It's really incomprehensible!

When Grandma Liu saw Han Zhaozhao's confused look, she couldn't help laughing even louder, and the old lady almost laughed to the point of tears.

"Zhao Zhao, we're not laughing at you, we're all laughing at you, Grandpa Guan!

The year before last, Xiao Sanzi ran all over the mountains and fields, wearing out a pair of shoes, and only managed to catch more than thirty scorpions.

Your grandpa Guan has been targeting this old bastard. He was tricked by a kid and fried and eaten with wine.

But the third child was really screwed. Not only did the child get beaten up by his mother, but he also didn't make a penny.

If his mother hadn't beaten him so hard that the broomstick was broken, and if Grandpa Guan hadn't come forward to plead for him and secretly gave Xiao Sanzi fifty cents, Xiao Sanzi would have been mad at Grandpa Guan for the rest of his life!"

Old Man Jin also smiled and said, "Your memory is really bad, this happened two years ago.

Strangely enough, when other children also went to catch scorpions, the third child always caught a lot, while the others just ran around in vain and wasted their shoes.

"Little Sanzi has a strange trick. He doesn't use clamps to catch scorpions. He just grabs them with his hands. No matter how he fiddles with the scorpion, it won't sting him. I don't know what's going on."

Grandpa Guan: “In the early years, there was a saying among the people that some people just make a living from this.

As the saying goes, snakes have their own paths, and rats have their own paths! Some people are born with the ability to resist these poisonous insects.

Not only is Xiao Sanzi not afraid of scorpion stings, he is also not afraid of insects! I don't know what's wrong with this kid, but he dares to catch snakes with his bare hands since he was a child.

The snake was just like noodles in his hand, he could do whatever he wanted with it, and it didn't bite him even when it coiled around his neck. It was really weird!"

Han Zhaozhao was stunned by what he said. How come she didn't know that her friend had this special ability? Could it be that the third child the old men were talking about was not the third child?

"Grandpa Guan, the third son you are talking about couldn't be Qian Shujie?" Han Zhaozhao asked weakly.

Grandpa Guan: "Who else could it be if not him! It must be the third kid from the Qian family!

Zhaozhao girl, if you want to catch a scorpion, you must call Xiao Sanzi!

Don't underestimate scorpions, they are very poisonous! Little girl, try not to go into the mountains alone. Whether you can make money or not is another matter, but don't make your grandma worry!

Xiao Sanzi is a small guy, but he is loyal. He's a bit nagging and greedy, so it doesn't hurt to get to know him more.

His family is reasonable, has good family traditions, and is grateful. In our alleys, they are also respectful people!"

Looking at the fair and tender little girl, Grandpa Guan couldn't help but remind her, "Hey! This girl is so pretty. Without her parents, we old people have to take care of her. After all, she is the child of a martyr!"

His family is also a military family, and his son and daughter are not around. It’s not easy to be a soldier!

"Grandpa Guan, I know. Xiao Sanzi is very nice to me! We are good friends!"

Old Mrs. Guo muttered, "How can it not be good? That kid just loves snacks. He has never been shortchanged when he comes to your house! No one else's family is as generous as yours!"

Han Zhaozhao pretended not to hear and just lowered her head and smiled as she tucked in her insoles.

She secretly made her own calculations. It was too late to catch scorpions and touch cicada shells. However, it was only the end of October, and it was the right season to dig up the roots of Chinese herbal medicines such as Salvia miltiorrhiza and Polygala tenuifolia for use as medicine.

She plans to bring a herb hoe up the mountain tomorrow. There are still many herb leaves that haven't dried yet, so it should be easy to find them if she looks carefully.

After digging out some, I took it to the pharmacy to ask if they would accept it, what kind of products they would accept, and whether I could sell it directly without soaking it.

Hearing the sound of children going to school in the distance running home, Han Zhaozhao said hello and made an appointment with Grandma Liu. They went together to collect the tickets from the neighborhood committee. Then she lifted her leg and carried the stool and went home.

It was time to cook, and the old people under the big tree dispersed.

Han Zhaozhao filled the kitchen water tank with space water, about one third of the amount, just the right amount, not more, not less.

She cleaned the pot and added water, took a few sweet potatoes, washed them, chopped them into small pieces and threw them into the pot. She was going to make sweet potato porridge in the evening.

She finished cooking, but her grandmother hadn't gotten off work yet. The third child came in.

The kid's hands and face were covered in coal dust, making him look dirty. He ran towards the kitchen like a little devil, baring his yellow teeth and chattering.

"Zhao Zhao, haven't you finished planting those saplings? Why are there only these few? Where are the rest?"

Han Zhaozhao: She knew that this kid couldn't keep two taels of sesame oil in his stomach!

"Stop arguing, we bought too much and my grandma is angry.

She gave the rest to someone else. Please don’t talk about this anymore. Can’t you see that I don’t dare to say a word?

By the way, please bring a cloth bag for Xu Xiaoguo when you leave. I forgot to give it to you last night."

Xiao Sanzi stuck out his tongue and shrank his neck, not daring to say a word. Han Zhaozhao smiled secretly, it seemed that dragging Xiao Sanzi into the water was the right decision.

"Is your grandma still off work? What did you do at home today?"

The little Sanzi's eyes were roaming around the room, and Han Zhaozhao knew that he was hungry again. Oh! This little brat is really eating me to death!

The three boys in his family do not have enough food to eat every month. Their stomachs are like bottomless pits. They eat too much!

This is all thanks to his father who works in the transport team, and he can often secretly buy some food home from other places!

If it were someone else's family, not only would the children not grow tall, they would all be raised to be skinny and look like beggars.

"There are sweet potatoes and radishes in the basket. Wash whatever you want to eat."

"Hey! Let me eat a sweet potato! I'm starving and my parents haven't gotten off work yet!

Zhao Zhao, I found a good spot today and picked up half a basket of coal cores.

Tomorrow afternoon, you go to the slag pile at the coking plant and wait for me. I will take you there after school."

Xiao Sanzi didn't wash it either. He took a piece of sweet potato from the basket, wrapped it with the corner of his clothes, twisted it, wiped off the dirt on the surface, and started to eat it raw with a "crunch crunch" sound.

Han Zhaozhao saw that he didn't take a big piece, but only the smallest and thinnest one, about a foot long.

Nowadays, even children are very sensible. They know which things can be moved and to what extent!

"I won't go pick up coal cores yet. I want to chop more firewood while the weather is not too cold. I need more firewood for cooking and heating in winter, so I need to prepare more."

"You went to pick up leaves again? Who did you go with? You must not go with Xue Ying.

That girl is the most cunning, always playing tricks on you, don't let her fool you again and work for you in vain!"

"Am I that stupid?"

Han Zhaozhao was very suspicious, but the original body was not a fool!

"What are you talking about! Have you forgotten who was the one who only cared about food and not about punishment, who got fooled time and time again and never changed?

How many times has she lied to you since you were little? I've told you so many times, but you just can't remember!"