I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

Today is still a sunny day. The hot weather makes the men put on short coats and shorts early.

Their short coats were very similar to modern vests, and their shorts were shorts that only reached the knees.

Although women did not dress like this, most of them only wore a single piece of clothing and pants. When they wanted to do something, they would roll up their sleeves, which could be considered short-sleeved.

This also changed Liu Xiaoxiao's view of ancient clothing. She used to think that ancient people always wore long sleeves and long pants, especially women, and never exposed their hands or feet.

Now she realized that these rules only existed in wealthy families, and rural women didn't care about them.

That's why she preferred life in the countryside. After all, no one here would control her too much. In town, her mother would treat her like a lady from a wealthy family.

"Are uncles going out?"

"Yes, Xiaoxiao is up. Let's go check on the crops first to see if weeding or watering is necessary."

Since she has been digging bamboo shoots and wild vegetables for her family recently, she goes to bed early and gets up early every day. Today, she happened to see her uncle and second uncle preparing to go out with hoes and wooden barrels, so she said hello.

"It's really getting hotter lately, so go get busy! Remember to come back for dinner later!"

"I understand," replied the second uncle.

Recently, there are many people digging wild vegetables in the village, resulting in all the wild vegetables nearby being dug up. They have to go to far away places every day to dig them up.

Grandma told them to take a rest today and not go because there was no place to store the wild vegetables at home, and some wild vegetables needed to be pickled with salt, which was expensive, so no one in the family wanted to buy more.

There are few wild vegetables that do not need to be pickled. It is not because there are few wild vegetables themselves, but because there are many people digging this kind of wild vegetables. Everyone digs this kind of wild vegetables, which results in them not being able to grab more.

Just after she finished talking to the uncles, she saw Daya and Cui'er coming back from outside the door carrying two wooden basins, followed by Sanya. She was much more relaxed and only took a washing stick. (People here wash clothes either by rubbing them with their hands or by beating them with a wooden stick to knock off stubborn substances on the clothes. It is the same principle as modern washing machines, both use strong stain removal).

"You guys finished washing the clothes so quickly!"

"Yeah! We got up early, and the earlier we go, the fewer people there are. The three of us can finish our showers quickly."

Liu Xiaoxiao also went over to help hang the clothes. As soon as they finished hanging the clothes, they were called by their aunt to help again.

It turned out that the aunt-in-law wanted them to process all the wild vegetables they picked yesterday and dry as many as possible today.

The wild vegetables Liu Xiaoxiao was assigned to deal with were shepherd's purse and black fungus.

Many people are familiar with mustard greens, but those who are not familiar with gray-green mustard greens usually treat them as weeds. When she first dug gray-green mustard greens, she was introduced to them by her aunt.

Her aunt also told her: "According to the older generation, some people who ate ashweed had their leg cramps go away after eating it. Others felt much better after eating ashweed. In any case, ashweed is good for your health."

Liu Xiaoxiao knew that most leg cramps were caused by calcium deficiency, so she speculated that the gray vegetable might contain calcium and other trace elements, which was why the people who ate it had better health.

Her aunt also told her: "There are many ways to eat ash greens. They can be steamed or served cold. They are generally best used in soups. In addition, their leaves and stems are edible."