Eating melons

Jiang Qi couldn't stand the silence and quickly changed the subject. "Auntie, after we finish work we won't be picking mushrooms, pine cones, and chestnuts anymore. We plan to dig up some wild vegetables. Do you know where we can find some?"

Liu Aiying paused when she heard this and said, "Why are you digging that thing? It's okay to eat it occasionally, but it won't taste good if you eat too much."

Jiang Qi: "We plan to dig some and dry them. We can use them to make tea and cool down in the winter. We can also use them to dry vegetables, which are delicious when used to make dumplings. We can also use them to make pickles."

Liu Aiying: "That stuff is everywhere in the uncultivated wasteland at the foot of the mountain, you can just dig it up yourself.

But it's really delicious when made into pickles and dumplings. I thought you wouldn't like it! Once the last batch of mushrooms are picked, there will be more people digging for them."

After all, city people don’t like to eat these things. Even the wealthy educated youth in the educated youth institute have never been seen digging wild vegetables.

After hearing what Liu Aiying said, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi looked at each other and became more determined to go digging wild vegetables in two days.

If there are too many people, it will be difficult to pick and sell them, and it will also be difficult for them to find people from the big team to buy them.

People in other vegetable teams would also dry vegetables, but they would only pickle wild vegetables.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi don't like to eat pickled wild vegetables, and they don't plan to sell them either, as fresh wild vegetables are more expensive.

But if they went to the team to buy fresh wild vegetables, they would only be regarded as crazy and taken advantage of.

After waiting here for a long time, Wu Mei, Liu Jiaojiao and Yu Xi finally came back carrying sacks and backpacks.

The three of them also picked up a lot of pine cones and chestnuts in the afternoon. Liu Jiaojiao only picked up one sack, Wu Mei had two full sacks, and Yu Xi had three full sacks.

But judging by the shape of their sacks, the chestnuts haven’t been shelled yet, so there won’t be many left after they’re shelled.

However, the three of them had collected a full basket of mushrooms. Liu Aiying and the others were worried, so they poured out the mushrooms from the three people and planned to check them.

Even if Liu Aiying and the others did not take the initiative to check, Yu Xi would ask them to help check. After all, he was also worried about whether there were poisonous mushrooms.

Among the three, Yu Xicai's was better, with only a small part inedible. Wu Mei's was also relatively good, with a little more than two-thirds of the food still edible in the backpack. However, after the examination, only half of Liu Jiaojiao's food was left edible, and half was thrown away.

Because it took some time to wait for the three of them, and some more time to check the mushrooms for them, it was almost dark when we got home today.

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu have returned and are cooking. The mushrooms that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi dried have been collected and placed under the eaves. Li Zhibin and his team must have helped collect them.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi had just put down their things when Li Zhibin came over with two ribs in his hand.

Li Zhibin: "This is for you. By the way, we asked an aunt to check your mushrooms for you. There are no poisonous mushrooms. You two are really good! It's your first time picking mushrooms, and there are no poisonous mushrooms."

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that they still remembered this incident. Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't know what to say.

If it were any other time, the two of them might have laughed, but today they were really tired and didn't have the energy to laugh.

After a long pause, Jiang Qi finally reacted and quickly took the ribs. "Thank you! I'll send you the money and tickets later."

Because there were many people when they just came back and her family was stewing soup, they went straight back to Wei Wei's house.

Wei Wei also reacted after hearing this, "Wait a moment, I'll go get the money and tickets."

Li Zhibin quickly waved his hands, "No need, it's your treat, it's nothing."

After saying that, he left quickly.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi looked at each other, a little confused. Could it be that their memories were confused?

Meat shouldn't be considered a big deal these days! It should be quite precious! This weighs three or four pounds.

But for the two of them as well as Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin, it really didn't seem to be a big deal.

Wei Wei waved her hand. "Never mind. Just take it! I'll continue stewing pork ribs and mushroom soup tomorrow morning and send half to the two of them."

Jiang Qi: "Okay, you can add some chestnuts to it, it should be sweeter."

Wei Wei shook her hands. "No matter if it's sweet or not, let's cook quickly! I'm starving, but I don't want to move. What should I do?"

Jiang Qi: "Me too. How about we just eat the noodles? There's some soup there, so it's quicker. You buy the noodles and I'll make the soup. You just boil the water!"

Wei Wei nodded, "Okay."

After saying that, he took out a bag of rice noodles and gave it to her. It weighed three pounds and was more than enough for the two of them.

As soon as Jiang Qi opened the door, a rich aroma hit her face, which made her even hungrier and she felt like she could swallow a cow.

While the fire was burning, I couldn't help but grab a piece of pork ribs to fill my stomach.

By the time Wei Wei fetched water and lit the fire, the Jiang Qi noodles were ready.

Jiang Qi was so hungry that she boiled water in a thermos and it was ready quickly. Now she was just thankful that she had stewed the soup in the morning so she could eat it as soon as she got back.

As soon as Wei Wei entered the door, she was attracted by the rich aroma. "It smells so good! I'm so hungry, I think I can swallow a cow."

Jiang Qi brought the bowls and chopsticks to the table. "Hurry and eat! I've put in all three pounds of noodles. It'll definitely fill you up. There's even plenty of soup!"

The two were so hungry that they ate up three pounds of noodles, two pounds of pork ribs, and so much mushroom soup.

After eating, they just wanted to lie down. They didn’t buy any mushrooms tonight. They just washed the mushrooms for the soup and peeled the chestnuts for the soup. After the soup was cooked, they took a shower and went to bed.

Today I walked for so long in the mountains carrying a large basket of mushrooms on my back and dragging two large sacks in my hands. I was really tired, so I lay down on the bed and fell asleep as soon as I touched the bed. I had no dreams all night.