It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

When Jiang Yan's studies were not as heavy as before, he would go back to his hometown with his parents to pick wild vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, fern, ash, purslane and so on.

At that time, she could not tell the appearance of various wild vegetables. She could only hold the samples in her hands and choose by comparison, which was very inefficient.

Often, after her family had dug two full bamboo baskets, she would hesitantly cut a small half bag, and the remaining small portion was inedible weeds. Then she would be mercilessly ridiculed.

This time, with his replicating skills, Jiang Yan is confident that he can avenge his previous defeat.

Early the next morning, Jiang Yan quickly finished her breakfast and went into the woods with the little sisters in the village to fight.

The forest was not warm enough at the end of March, and the wild vegetables the few people could find were of few kinds, small in size, and scattered in locations.

Jiang Yan loved eating shepherd's purse, so she dug up some and called out mechanically, "Sister Yingying, come here. There are lots of shepherd's purse here."

"Yunyun, come quickly. The ones here are very tender."

"..."

During the spring planting days, Jiang Ying and the others had become accustomed to Jiang Yan's calm and peaceful voice while he worked.

According to Jiang Yan's theory, keeping silent and emptying her mind can help the body reduce energy consumption and extend her working time.

But farm work is very tiring and cannot be ignored. If you don’t find some fun to cheer yourself up, it will be difficult to persist physically and mentally.

It’s just right to speak without emotion, allowing you to vent without consuming too much extra energy.

As for whether they agree with such words and actions, the villagers of Dongshan Village expressed their tolerance and self-confidence. "It's just lying in the house for over a year, no one talking to me, just holding it in. Once I've talked enough, it will be fine."

Jiang Yan buried her head in digging a whole bamboo basket of shepherd's purse before stopping. As she slowly stood up, holding onto the tree trunk beside her, her head was filled with stars and she felt a little dizzy.

After a while, Jiang Yan said something to Jiang Ying and the others, and went to the woods next door to pick elm seeds and toon buds.

Jiang Yan is not used to the taste of Chinese toon, but Aunt Li Yue likes it and wants to pick more.

Aunt Yu Qian took Jiang Nian and some grandparents from the village to the county town today. It was not safe outside, so they decided to return to the village to live permanently.

I heard that many gatekeepers were transferred to guard the refugees during this period, and there was much less looting outside the city gate. We should take this opportunity to move back the food and important items that were not brought back before.

Well, pick more and share them with them.

Jiang Yan picked and rested for a while, and after a whole morning he had collected enough to fill three bamboo baskets.

"I hope these trees won't be so scared by us that they won't even want to grow leaves." Jiang Yan said nonsense seriously to the little sisters around her. They were quick and had already picked five or six bamboo baskets.

Jiang Ying chuckled. "No, we didn't pluck them out completely. They will grow back in a few days."

"And we're going to dig bamboo shoots tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

After the spring rain, bamboo shoots sprouted in patches in the bamboo forest of Xiaoqing Mountain.

Jiang Wang went up the mountain today to check out the growth and asked Aunt Gao Ni and other boys like Jiang He and Jiang Hu to go dig.

If you can’t finish digging in one day, you can dig for many days in a row.

Dongshan Village has been suffering from a serious food shortage in recent years, and has been relying entirely on the dried bamboo shoots stored in spring and summer, as well as dried wild vegetables, to fill their stomachs.

Unfortunately, it is not filling enough and not enough for every meal. Eating too much will promote digestion, causing you to eat more at the next meal, which is not cost-effective.

But something to eat is better than nothing.

Jiang Yan and his group went back and forth in the woods, transporting bamboo baskets and baskets filled with wild vegetables to the open space in front of the ancestral hall and placed them there.

Then they rushed home to get a bench, sat around and started picking vegetables, throwing the unwanted leaves aside to make compost.

We worked until the sun set, and the people who were digging bamboo shoots and going to the county town came back.

After Jiang Wang distributed wild vegetables and bamboo shoots to the remaining population of Dongshan Village, everyone finally finished their day's work and went home to prepare dinner.