She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

"......" Banxia, ​​well, bringing one person is the same as bringing two.

Originally, the place where everyone dug for wild vegetables was a place that the men who went hunting in the mountains had knocked and searched to make sure there was no danger. Everyone would keep picking there until there was nothing left to eat.

This isn't rigidity, but rather a matter of caution towards an unfamiliar environment. It's not worth risking one's life for a little food. Yao Li Village hasn't reached the point of being impoverished and desolate, so naturally, safety is a top priority.

Of course, Banxia didn't intend to break the rules. She hadn't planned to be different today, since she wasn't that short of food. It was just that Lin Chun had come to her on her own.

She was Yao Lizheng's daughter-in-law, so she couldn't just refuse her outright.

So the one-person trip became a three-person trip, and they broke away from the group to head in the direction Banxia had chosen.

Lin Chun, being from the north, had never seen such mountains before and curiously followed Banxia around, asking her questions incessantly.

"Banxia, ​​how do you know where there are edible things?" Lin Chun was genuinely curious.

“Look at the direction of the vegetation. In the mountains, the sunny side is suitable for fruit trees and some nut trees to grow.”

"The shady side is suitable for the growth of some plants that prefer shade and moisture, such as mushrooms and wild vegetables."

"Then look at the soil. In some places the soil is very hard, and nothing edible can grow except weeds."

Banxia spoke in a clear, crisp voice, pointing to some wild vegetables along the way as she walked, explaining to Lin Chun.

Anyone who lives in the mountains knows this, and Banxia told Lin Chun without hesitation.

"So there are so many stories behind this. Sister-in-law, you should stay with you. I can't find it on my own." Lin Chun sighed and went to dig up the few plants of Banxiazhi, the wild vegetable that is said to prevent crying.

No wonder so many children in her family, especially the two younger siblings of the young master, don't make a fuss at all when eating wild vegetables; it turns out they're not bitter!

Banxia didn't mind that Lin Chun was digging for wild vegetables. She tapped the grass with her stick while waiting for her and looking for other food.

But soon her eyes lit up. A few steps away from her, there were many round little fruits lying on the ground.

Some of them were rotten, and some had become shriveled, but those who knew them would recognize them as yams.

It is the fruit that grows on the ground of the yam plant. Many people only know it as yam, but they don't know that yam is also edible and has high medicinal value.

It can even be taken directly as a health supplement to delay aging, improve and prevent osteoporosis; in short, it has great benefits.

More importantly, where there are potatoes, there must be yams!

That's full of starch, a great food that can be eaten as a staple.

Banxia immediately became excited and picked up the small hoe she had borrowed to start digging.

Banxia was strong and dug out a section of yam in no time.

That's right, it was just a section. The Pinellia ternata, which had never dug this thing before, broke it off when it was dug up by the yam.

However, the section that was dug out was quite large, about the length of Banxia's forearm and about three or four centimeters in diameter.

Looking at the snow-white yam flesh, Banxia couldn't wait to go up and take a bite.

That's a soft and glutinous yam!

Fortunately, Banxia still had some sense. No matter how delicious this thing was, it couldn't be eaten raw. She put the broken piece of yam aside and continued to dig it up with all her might.

Her commotion was quite loud, and Yao Dahe, who was in charge of guarding the area, immediately came looking for her.

Seeing Banxia happily digging up a long plant root, I couldn't understand it at all.

Along their journey, they dug up a lot of tree roots and grass roots to eat mixed with coarse grains; otherwise, Yao Li Village wouldn't still have food to this day.

But this thing is just not going to kill you; it's really not tasty. I really don't understand what this girl is so happy about.

However, Yao Dahe still squatted down to take a closer look at the yam that Banxia had dug out, and then asked a question.

"These grass roots are edible?"

Although grass roots are not tasty, edible grass roots can save lives when food is scarce, so Yao Dahe does not mind them.

"Yes, it's edible. This thing is called Chinese yam, and like potatoes, well, like ground yam, you eat the root," Banxia explained casually.

Because the name "yam" contains the character for "medicine," Banxia feared that Yao Dahe might have reservations, so she gave him another name.

In the original owner's memory, potatoes already existed in this era, but they were called "earth eggs".

Although the yield was higher than that of wheat and rice, it was grown on barren land and lacked sufficient fertilizer, so it was far from reaching the yield per acre of later generations.

Earthworms were also a type of coarse grain in the Xia Dynasty, and Yao Dahe's eyes lit up when he heard the mention of Pinellia ternata.

I immediately wanted to dig it up. If this thing was like a groundnut, it could fill my stomach like coarse food.

However, just as Yao Dahe was about to pick up his hoe to dig, he suddenly stopped.

Banxia noticed his movement and glanced at him.

"Hey girl, what kind of grass is this root from?" Yao Dahe touched his nose, trying to soften his tone so he wouldn't look so fierce.

Although, in Banxia's eyes, he still had a stern face, as if everyone owed him money.

"Look, it's this kind. Those newly grown ones haven't produced fruit yet. You can only find Chinese yam by digging up the withered roots of these vines." Banxia didn't seem to mind and even carefully taught Yao Dahe how to identify them.

Generally speaking, land that has been planted with yam once will not grow well when planted with a second crop, but this is not a problem for wild yam.

Wild yams are naturally smaller than cultivated ones, but their nutritional and medicinal value is higher.

Therefore, Banxia instructed Yao Dahe to avoid digging up the newly grown plants from this year and only dig up those from last year.

"Girl, you're a good girl." Seeing Banxia's earnest explanation, Yao Dahe pursed his lips, left a sentence, and began digging.

When Lin Chun finished digging up the weeds and came over, Banxia had already dug out the remaining half of the yam.

Perhaps because he had done a lot of farm work, Yao Dahe quickly dug out most of the root as well; indeed, he also broke it off.

Banxia put the two halves of the yam together and compared them. This wild yam was actually not very long, only about 20 centimeters long and 4 or 5 centimeters thick.

However, if you cut this yam into chunks and cook it in the porridge, it will be enough for all six children to have a meal. This is much better than wild vegetable porridge.

Thinking of yam porridge, Banxia was full of energy and found another plant to continue digging.

After hearing her husband's explanation, Lin Chun quickly joined the yam-digging team.

However, these were wild plants after all, and only twenty or thirty were dug up from that area, including eleven Pinellia ternata, enough for them to eat for three days.

However, Yao Dahe kept a straight face and insisted on putting two yams into Banxia's basket. These were the few yams he had dug out without breaking them.

"..." Banxia looked over blankly.

"Here you go," Yao Dahe explained coldly.