It was already dark when they finished picking the fruits. Shen Zhiqiu came with Shen Mazi and a few others. They probably saw that they had not returned after dark and were worried that something might have happened.

When Shen Youyou met Shen Mazi for the first time, she threw him a wild pear: "Uncle Mazi, try it, this is not sour."

Shen Mazi looked suspicious and didn't eat it at all, because the sourness of this fruit was well-known among them.

Shen Youyou ate one herself and seemed to enjoy it very much: "It's really sweet, Dad, you should try it too."

At this time, Shen Yingzi also said: "Dad, Yoyo didn't lie to you, it's really sweet."

Shen Zhiqiu remembered eating this thing before. It was sour and bitter, but his daughter would not tease him on purpose, so he took a bite.

At the same time, Shen Mazi also took a bite with half belief and half doubt, and the two of them said in unison: "Why is it sweet?"

The men who followed were also curious when they saw this, so they each took a small fruit from the basket and put it directly into their mouths.

“It’s really sweet!”

"Yeah, what's going on? Could it be that this tree is not the kind that we have in the back hill, but looks similar?"

Seeing everyone's puzzled look, Shen Youyou shared her guess with everyone. At this time, everyone still looked incredulous. If they had also traveled through time, they would definitely say: It turns out that they had picked loneliness before.

Seeing everyone in a daze, Shen Zhiqiu gave orders, "It's getting late. Let's go back first. Although we have surrounded the area with bamboo poles, it's still not safe. It's better to stay in the cave at night."

They spent a day building the fence today, which was made of bamboo poles tied to trees. The trees in the deep forest were densely packed and not far from each other, which was a great bargain for them. They didn't have to dig holes and bury the bamboo poles themselves.

When they returned to the cave, the women were busy. Li Jingshu and her elder sister-in-law were cooking the pork ribs stewed with bamboo shoots that Shen Youyou wanted to eat.

The other women were making pancakes, and some were boiling bamboo shoots. After cooking the bamboo shoots, they first used bamboo rafts to press them to remove moisture. When they stopped dripping water, they put them on the racks and roasted them over fire.

Looking at the newly added equipment at the entrance of the cave, Shen Youyou couldn't help but sigh that the ancient people were so capable. When they went to pick pears, there was nothing!

Everyone had gained a lot that day and were in a good mood. There was no worry about the long journey, so everyone was grinning and working in groups of three or five. From time to time, everyone's satisfied laughter could be heard.

When Shen Youyou and the others came back, they saw the harvest they brought back and learned about the magical properties of this wild pear. It was truly a pleasant surprise.

The little kids were jumping and skipping with wild pears in their hands, looking very happy.

Shen Luming loves sweets the most. He had finished his candy long ago, but now he was so excited holding the wild pear: "Candy, candy!"

Shen Youyou was very pleased to see his younger brother's cheerful look: "From now on, we will call these wild pears sugar pears."

"Okay, from now on I'll call it Sugar Pear. Sister, take care of yourself. Lulu loves you the most."

Shen Luming opened his little arms and rushed towards her, which made Shen Youyou very fond of him.

In fact, Shen Youyou didn't know that in the past, people had long known about the magic of this wild pear, and some people actually called this pear "Sugar Pear."

After washing up, it was finally time to eat. They didn't cook at noon today. We ate the pork ribs and bamboo shoots cooked in the morning and stewed in the evening. They were so delicious. It felt like every piece of bamboo shoot was permeated with the aroma of the pork ribs.

The women pickled the remaining pork in the afternoon. Now there was no shortage of water and they could find earth-refined salt with white frost, so they didn't feel bad even if they used up both jars of salt.

The lard was ready, and all the lard residue was left for the kids like Shen Youyou to eat, with each person having a small bamboo bowl.

In fact, after going through so much, even Shen Yuanbao, who is as old as him, knows that he shouldn't eat alone. How could half-grown children like Shen Youyou eat by themselves?

When they were having dinner together, it was like visiting relatives during the New Year. He said, "Take some of this home to eat." She said, "Why are you being polite, brother? I won't take it. Keep it for yourself."

The situation is exactly the same as it is now, but now the adults are like: you eat it yourselves, we like to eat ribs, we don’t like that.

The children refused: "If you want to eat, then eat together. If you don't want to eat, then don't eat."

Of course, this was said by Shen Youyou. The others had the intention but not the courage to do so.

In the end, each adult had to wrap some lard residue in a pancake, make a cotton pancake the size of a fire cake, split it in the middle, just like making roujiamo, and each adult wrapped one.

The children also wrapped themselves up in the same way.

Shen Youyou was holding a pancake covered with lard and was about to eat it when Shen Luming came over and clinked his pancake with hers: "Sister, cheers, let's eat!"

Shen Youyou burst out laughing. She found that this child was a quick learner. She touched his cake again and nodded, "Eat!"

The two of them took a bite of their pancakes, their mouths full of oil. It smelled so good, how could it be so delicious!

"Why does it smell so good?"

Gao Shuangfu, the second son of Gao Liehu, suddenly expressed Shen Youyou and Shen Luming's thoughts. They were both stunned: Huh?

"It's delicious. In the past, when our family made some lard residue, it was left for the children to eat. No adult would be willing to eat a bite of it. After I grew up, I never ate lard residue again." Boss Guo sighed.

Shen Fugui's eyes turned red and he sniffed: "I still remember the first time I ate lard residue. Grandpa gave me a small half bowl. That was the only time I ate it. Even now, I still think that small half bowl of lard residue was the most delicious thing I have ever eaten."

He looked at his grandfather with gratitude, then turned to look at the old people in Shenjia Village, including Doctor Guo, Hunter Gao, and the mother of his eldest brother-in-law Wang Fuxi.

These three families were outsiders to Shenjia Village, but when Shen Fugui was a child, they often took care of his meals.

He asked himself more than once, if he had not been born in Shenjia Village, would he have been able to grow up with his current situation?

"Okay, eat something good and think about something happy. Those things are in the past. There is no point in thinking too much. Just follow Xiao Sanzi and we will get better and better in the future."

It was the old man who spoke. Shen Fugui held back the tears in his eyes, his voice a little hoarse: "Yes, Grandpa, I understand."

Eating the crispy and greasy pork lard and the fragrant spare ribs, even the fragrant bamboo shoots were soaked with gravy. This meal was simply amazing and could be called the best one they had ever had on the trip.

Shen Zhidong looked at the pork ribs and said to his father, "Dad, I told you before that we had better food when we were fleeing famine than at home, but you didn't believe me. Has it come true this time?"

This time, Old Man Shen did not refute. He lowered his head and continued to eat meat. What he thought in his heart was that it would be even better if he had a glass of wine made by his granddaughter.

But he really didn't dare to take out the wine and drink it. There was only half a jar left, which he had to use for disinfection. His father was very tired that time, and he probably wanted to back out, so he took advantage of the alcohol to encourage himself and everyone else and directly poured in a jar and a half for her.

After getting up, Shen Youyou was so heartbroken, ah!

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