Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Because of Ge's commotion during the Cold Food Festival, Lu Shuangshuang only dared to go out quietly. Fortunately, Ge was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, and her knees were so painful that she had to lie in bed for the past two days.

"Good morning, auntie." Lu Shuangshuang came to Yao Qingnian's house early in the morning to look for her, only to see Liu Shuyue in the yard.

"Shuangshuang, have you had breakfast? Come and eat with us."

"Aunt, don't worry. I'm here to find my sister-in-law. We agreed to go up the mountain together today."

Lu Shuangshuang walked into the yard somewhat restrainedly.

"Your sister-in-law hasn't gotten up yet. Wait a minute, I'll go call her."

Yao Qingnian had already gotten up and washed up in the room. When she heard their voices, she opened the door.

"Shuangshuang, why are you here so early? Erya hasn't come yet!"

Yao Qingnian invited Lu Shuangshuang to come and sit down. When Lu Shuangshuang saw the thick white rice porridge on the table, she swallowed her saliva.

On weekdays, the villagers don't have breakfast. They only have two meals a day, which are brown rice porridge with wild vegetables. It's already very good to be full. She dare not even think about such white rice porridge.

Yao Qingnian saw Lu Shuangshuang's concerns, scooped a bowl of porridge, handed her a wild vegetable pancake baked by Liu Shuyue, and asked her to sit down and eat: "We are going to go up the mountain. How can we have the strength to walk if we don't eat enough."

Lu Shuangshuang had no choice but to sit down and eat the white porridge and wild vegetable cakes. The white porridge was thick and sweet, and it seemed that enough refined rice was added.

Yao Qingnian didn't expect that Lu Shuangshuang had thought so much about a bowl of porridge.

When they finished eating, Luo Erya came and took out the wild vegetable cakes she brought from home and handed them to them: "Come, let's eat some cakes to fill our stomachs so that we have the strength to dig wild vegetables."

Seeing Luo Erya's heartless appearance, she didn't look like a married woman at all. She looked to be about 18 or 19 years old, in the prime of youth, the age of flowers. Yao Qingnian smiled and said, "We have already eaten. You can put it away and eat it later when you are hungry."

The three of them walked towards the mountain, talking and laughing, crossed the fields, came to the foot of the mountain, and went along the hill where they picked Artemisia selengensis last time.

When they reached the top of the mountain, the sky was gradually filled with rosy clouds and the sunrise slowly unfolded like a painting, which was so beautiful that it was intoxicating.

There were still many more growing near the Artemisia selengensis they picked last time: "Qingnian, the green rice balls we made last time were really delicious. Let's pick some more and make some more."

"Pick it. The Artemisia selengensis at this time is the most tender and delicious. Once this season is over, you won't be able to eat such delicious Qingtuan anymore."

"Then let's begin!"

The three began to pick Artemisia serrata. In addition to Artemisia serrata, they also found some shepherd's purse: "I didn't know there were wild vegetables here before. Every time I went near the fields, the villagers had dug them up and there was no trace of wild vegetables at all."

There are also Artemisia selengensis growing by the fields, but no one knows that it is edible. Ever since people found out that Artemisia selengensis can be used to make green rice dumplings, they have already picked them before they even get a chance to do so.

This is normal. In this era of hunger, wild vegetables are the best food for people.

There were no refrigerators in ancient times. In spring, wild vegetables can be kept for four or five days. If it is summer, the food will go bad within two days and some people will stop eating.

The weather in the mountains is unpredictable. It was sunny just now, but in the blink of an eye it became dark and a storm was coming.

"It's going to rain, let's hurry back!"

As he was talking, bean-sized raindrops began to fall like beads that had broken off a string, catching everyone off guard. It was too late to run down the mountain, because the rapid rain was pouring down from the sky like a waterfall, leaving no place for escape.

Fortunately, they found a cave in front of them where they could hide from the rain, so they ran in that direction without hesitation. Although they were running very fast, they were still soaked by the rain, as if they had just been fished out of the water.

Yao Qingnian found a lighter from the space, picked up some dry firewood and burned it. The originally dark cave was illuminated, and the three of them huddled together to dry their clothes.

"Oh, the rain starts falling all of a sudden. It's really annoying."

Luo Erya complained out loud.

"Luckily there is a cave, otherwise it would be raining so hard that we wouldn't be able to see the road clearly."

The rain came and went quickly, and soon the sky brightened and the sun came out again.

"The rain has stopped, let's go! Let's go back."

In the forest after the rain, the air is filled with the fragrance of soil, making people feel the deep tranquility and peace of nature.

When passing by a bamboo forest, Yao Qingnian was attracted by the spring bamboo shoots in the forest.

"Look, it's bamboo shoots. Hehe, we have a meal for tonight."

Seeing these bamboo shoots, Yao Qingnian thought of a bowl of rice dish - stir-fried bamboo shoots with sauerkraut.

"Isn't this bamboo? Qingnian, what's delicious?"

Luo Erya didn't care.

"Come on, come to my house for dinner tonight."

Yao Qingnian ran over excitedly. Spring bamboo shoots are an indispensable dish in spring! She thought to herself, and her pace became faster.

The freshly dug bamboo shoots are as tender as white jade and exude a faint fragrance. This fragrance makes people intoxicated, as if they are in a fresh world.

Yao Qingnian couldn't help but close her eyes and took a deep breath, feeling the gift of nature. She carefully picked up a spring bamboo shoot and carefully observed its shape and texture. There was still some dirt on the bamboo shoot shell, which made it look even more plain. Yao Qingnian gently peeled off the bamboo shoot shell, revealing the jade-white bamboo shoot meat inside.

Luo Erya and Lu Shuangshuang also joined in. Because they didn't bring a hoe, it took them a lot of effort to break off five or six roots.

"Okay, that's it for today! I'll come back another day with a hoe."

I originally wanted to break off more and make dried bamboo shoots at home if I couldn’t finish them, and stir-fry them with bacon in the winter. They tasted so delicious.

It was already noon when the three of them returned home. Yao Qingnian asked them to come to her house for dinner in the evening so that he could show them his skills.

Lu Shuangshuang was a little hesitant. If Ge knew about this, she would come to her uncle and aunt's house to make trouble again.

"Sister-in-law, I'd rather not come over. You know, my mother..."

"Just come quietly. If you don't tell anyone, no one will know. Don't worry!"

Yao Qingnian saw through her worries and concerns at a glance, and couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart: "We are obviously close relatives, but you have to make the relationship so tense, it's like you want to turn relatives into enemies! I really don't know what is going on in Ge's mind."

"Yeah, come along, have company."

Everyone is of similar age, and Luo Erya has already regarded Lu Shuangshuang and Yao Qingnian as friends.

"Well!"

Lu Shuangshuang agreed.