After dawn, when Lin Qingxue, her mother and daughter woke up, only Mrs. Lin and several of Lin Qingxue's nephews were left at home. Everyone else in the family had gone out to do their work.

"Qingxue, you three mothers are up. Breakfast is in the pot. Go and have it," Mrs. Lin said lovingly as she sat under the eaves rubbing her straw sandals. She looked up at Lin Qingxue and said lovingly.

"I know, grandma. Where did my grandpa and the others go?" Lin Qingxue rubbed her eyes. Although she was awake, she was not fully conscious.

"Your uncle took your three brothers to fetch water, your grandfather went to the village chief's house, your aunt took your three sisters-in-law to pick wild vegetables, Qingyue went to wash clothes, and your younger brother went to school."

Mrs. Lin's hands kept moving, and she quickly told everyone where the family was going. Since they had decided to leave, they had to prepare more food before leaving.

"Then after I finish eating, I will go dig wild vegetables with Qingyue. Xiaoya and Xiaowan will stay at home and play with their brothers," Lin Qingxue said as she took her two daughters to the kitchen to fetch water for washing.

After washing up, the mother and daughter had breakfast, washed the dishes, and sat under the eaves waiting for Lin Qingyue's return.

Fortunately, after about half an hour, Lin Qingyue came back with a bucket of clothes. After she hung up the clothes, Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue each carried a basket, and the two sisters went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.

"Sister, are we going back to the same place as yesterday?" Lin Qingyue asked curiously, walking behind Lin Qingxue with a basket on her back.

"Let's go over there first! Even if there are no wild vegetables, we can still cut down some bamboos and let me make bamboo tubes so that everyone can drink water on the way."

Lin Qingxue thought about it and felt that the bamboo in the bamboo forest was still very useful, whether it was for making bamboo tube rice or for storing water for drinking.

The most important thing is that her space lacks a container. If she wants to smuggle things out in the future, she must use a container!

"Okay!" Lin Qingyue and Lin Qingmin are obsessed with their sister and listen to Lin Qingxue in everything. What's more, what she said makes sense, so they will not refute her.

The two sisters talked as they walked, and met many aunts and sisters-in-law from the village along the way. They greeted everyone politely and called out to them. They were also going to the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

Ever since Village Chief Lin talked about buying food yesterday, the men in every household went home and told their families about it, and analyzed the seriousness of the matter. Everyone has elderly people and children at home, so naturally they don't want to go hungry.

They are already hungry and the food at home won’t last long. If refugees flee to their side, will they still have a chance to survive?

Who doesn't have children at home? Elderly people might be willing to eat less or even skip meals themselves to save food for their grandchildren, but the family's food eventually runs out. What happens after that?

The two sisters walked for about an hour and arrived at the place where they had dug wild vegetables yesterday. Lin Qingxue took Lin Qingyue to look around, but didn't find any wild vegetables. So they cut two long bamboos, cut them into half-meter long pieces, put them in a basket, and went to look for wild vegetables elsewhere.

"Sister, there is a patch of shepherd's purse over here. I'll go dig some over there." The two sisters walked a little forward and saw a patch of shepherd's purse. Although there was not much, it was enough for a meal.

"Okay, then you go! I'll go take a look over there, and call me if anything happens." Lin Qingxue glanced at the place where the shepherd's purse was, it was very safe, so she let Lin Qingyue go dig alone.

"I understand, sister. You should be careful too," Lin Qingyue said, and happily went to dig shepherd's purse.

Lin Qingxue carried a basket and searched around, and found a trap. In the trap was a pregnant roe deer, four hares, and four pheasants.

Lin Qingxue looked around but didn't see any markings for a trap, so she didn't know who had set it.

Growing up in the village, she knew that when people from Linjia Village went up the mountain to set traps, they would put a mark next to them. If there was a mark, no one would take the prey in the trap. If there was no mark, anyone could take the prey in the trap.

Lin Qingxue also remembered this unspoken rule. She pulled away the weeds next to the trap, then put the prey in the trap into the space and temporarily placed it in a water tank, intending to sort it out properly when she entered the space at night.

She just took a look and found that there were both male and female pheasants and rabbits, which could be kept in the space for breeding, so she would not lack meat in the future.

The silly roe deer is also pregnant. After it gives birth, take good care of it. When it grows up and gives birth to more puppies, we can eat its meat.

After taking the prey out of the trap, Lin Qingxue restored the weeds. Not seeing any wild vegetables nearby, she returned the same way and went to the other side of Lin Qingyue to look for wild vegetables.

Maybe Lin Qingxue was lucky today, as she found another patch of wild yam. She used an axe to chop a branch, then followed the vines of the wild yam, dug up the soil, and dug out a wild yam.

Lin Qingxue stood up and looked around. There was a large patch of wild yam. If all of it were dug out, it would probably weigh six or seven hundred kilograms. However, it would take two or three days for the two sisters to dig it all. It seemed that they had to go back and find Lin Qingming and the others to come and dig it.

"Sister, I'm here. Did you find any wild vegetables?" Lin Qingyue finished digging shepherd's purse and walked towards Lin Qingxue. Seeing Lin Qingxue holding a lump of earth in her arms, she asked in confusion, "Sister, what is this? Is it edible?"

"Qingyue, this is wild yam. It can be eaten and is also a medicinal material. The clinic will accept it. I estimate that we can dig out six or seven hundred kilograms here. Do you remember the way back?" Lin Qingxue looked up at Lin Qingyue and asked, holding the wild yam.

"Remember, sister, should we use this to buy silver or keep it for ourselves?" Lin Qingyue asked curiously. Can this clod of earth be eaten? How do you eat it? How did it become a medicinal herb?

Lin Qingyue's little head was full of confusion. Although she was younger than her sister, she had never heard that this lump of earth could be eaten and was even a kind of medicine!

"Go back and see what grandpa and grandma say. Go and call your eldest brother and the others to dig this up," Lin Qingxue said as she put the wild yam in her hand into her sister's basket and asked her to take it back and have Mrs. Lin steam it for everyone to eat.

"Okay, sister, I'll go back first. You take a rest and we can dig again when big brother and the others come." Lin Qingyue shook the basket. It was a bit heavy. She didn't expect that such a lump of earth could be so heavy, but it was okay. She could carry it back.

"I know. Be careful on your way back," Lin Qingxue said and nodded. Even if Lin Qingyue didn't say it, she was planning to take a rest.

Lin Qingyue went back with the basket on her back. When she got home, Lin Qingming and the others had all returned. They were sitting under the eaves to rest, and everyone had a sad look on their faces. The food at home could only last for about half a year at most, and they didn't have much money left.

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