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The hill behind the village is not steep, and the trees are lush and lush. The villagers don’t understand anything, and they don’t even think about the names of these trees. They just cut down some trees before winter and carry them home as firewood, or some solutions Those who can't afford food and clothing occasionally go up to the mountains to hunt some roe deer and pheasants. The first half of the forest has been leveled by people, and the wild vegetables have already been harvested. It's not Bai Xin's turn to pick them. If he wants to pick some back, he can only He and Wu Niang continued to walk up the mountain.

It was the first time for Wu Niang to enter the mountains, and everything she saw was fresh, she put aside her introverted look at home, and started running with a smile, picking up a big leaf from the ground and holding it in her hand, and pulling a flower to wear on her head After a while, he looked at the big tree whose top could not be seen, pointed to the worm lying on the tree and asked, "Third brother, what is that?"

There was a black insect lying on the tree. Its carapace was shiny as if it had been oiled, and it had two long antennae behind its back. Bai Xin said uncertainly, "Chunniu."

Wu Niang was not afraid of bugs, she stood under the tree and watched, and picked up a twig from somewhere, and kept poking it, and the bug immediately made a sound like chewing wood.

Bai Xin looked up habitually, and suddenly found that the canopy of the tree was pine, and the leaves were needle-shaped. Most of the pine trees on this mountain were majestic and vigorous. He was overjoyed and couldn't help rubbing the rough trunks. The bark rubbed against his palm, the slight stimulation connected to his heart, and made his whole body excited. This pine tree is a good thing, and pine resin can be harvested. It can be seen that the trunks are intact and there are no traces of man-made damage. People don't know about picking rosin.

It's just that he doesn't have tools now, so obviously he can't pick turpentine. Bai Xin suppressed his excitement, and he was already thinking about how to get a knife first.

"Third brother, look what that is!" Wu Niang yelled crisply, dropped the branch in her hand, and ran towards somewhere.

Bai Xin held her heart tightly, not daring to let her run around in the woods. Fortunately, Wu Niang stopped after running a few steps, bent down to pick up something from the ground, held it in her hand, and Bai Xin walked away. In the past, I saw her picking up a pine cone.

The pine cone has fully bloomed, round and round like a flower ball, Wu Niang blinked and asked again, "Third brother, what is this?"

Bai Xin didn't need to look to know that there could be no pine nuts inside, so he said nonchalantly, "It's a pine cone."

Wu Niang was ignorant, she only knew the name, but she didn't understand what it meant, but she liked this round thing very much, she couldn't put it down and played with it, and after a while, she saw another one, and immediately threw the one in her hand into the basket , and pick up the new one.

After picking up three or four, Wu Niang remembered the business, and seeing that it was getting late and they hadn't even seen a single wild vegetable, she couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Brother San, let's go further in, we don't see any wild vegetables here. Edible wild vegetables."

Bai Xin nodded, and the two of them quickened their pace and walked up the mountain. He was wary of snakes on the mountain, so he and Wu Niang took a long branch and beat the grass before they settled down.

"Third brother, it's white cauliflower!" Wu Niang screamed, and ran over before Bai Xin could react.

The ground is covered with weeds and dead branches, dark brown and dark green interlaced, if you don't look carefully, you can't really find a few white cauliflower plants that are similar in color and scattered.

Although Wu Niang has never been in the mountains, she has eaten and sometimes helped her mother wash the vegetables, so she recognized it before Bai Xin was absent-minded. Wu Niang carefully uprooted the cauliflower and dusted it off. , put it in a bamboo basket, Wu Niang breathed a sigh of relief because she finally found an edible wild vegetable, her face was flushed, and she smiled.

The further they went in, the more humid the air was. The two found some mushrooms under the tree. The white mushroom umbrella had a light khaki color, which looked very plain. Bai Xin picked them and threw them into the bamboo basket without thinking.

Wu Niang paused, then asked casually, "Third Brother, can this be eaten?"

Although the little girl is young, she also knows that some mushrooms can be eaten and some mushrooms cannot be eaten. She heard that a while ago, a family in the village picked unknown mushrooms to eat and almost died.

"It doesn't matter if it's edible or not, we'll let you pick it home, grandma can tell the difference." But Bai Xin thought that if they couldn't find many wild vegetables, they would be scolded when they went back, so why not use some mushrooms to make up the number, and put them in the basket to look full Also good looking.

Wu Niang didn't expect the third brother to say that, her face was full of surprise, she stood there without moving, Bai Xin put all the dumplings in her bamboo basket, and put some unknown mushrooms in her own bamboo basket, in case these are all dramas It is poisonous, and it saves you from getting the dumplings.

The two continued to walk in, and actually found some fungus on a tree in a dark and humid place. The fungus was black with a gray luster, and it almost blended with the trunk. This time, Wu Niang, who was still thinking about it, found it Yes, she stood under the tree and danced, "That's great, grandma will be happy."

Bai Xin sighed helplessly at such a young age. Bai Erlang likes this fungus. Can grandma not be happy?

Bai Xin climbed up the tree, picked fungus and came down.The sun is now in full bloom, and the sun shines through the dense leaves, hitting the ground to form spots, and no wind can blow in. The clothes on both of them are soaked, their mouths are dry, and their stomachs are growling.

After getting down from the tree, Bai Xin wiped off his sweat, pouted his chin, and said, "Let's take a break, Fifth Sister, are you hungry?"

Wu Niang nodded, and the two of them sat down by the tree. Bai Xin opened the bamboo jar, and the two drank water in turn. .

Bai Xin remembered that he had just picked mushrooms, and he didn't know if they were poisonous or not. He rubbed his hands vigorously on his clothes, and then picked up a dumpling and ate it. The food made of black glutinous noodles was as soft and sticky as glutinous rice when it was hot. It was very delicious, but when it cooled, it became as hard as a stone, and after chewing a small piece, my cheeks hurt.

Wu Niang struggled even more to eat, and she only went down for a long time, swallowing her saliva non-stop. Seeing this, Bai Xin was reluctant to give up, handed her the bamboo jar, and said, "Fifth Sister, drink some water. "

Wu Niang glanced at the amount of water left, took a sip, then pushed it back to Bai Xin, and said, "Third brother, take a sip too."

Bai Xin also took a sip, only to feel more comfortable in his mouth.This Wu Nuo was extremely full, after eating half of it and drinking some water, his stomach was a little full, and the two of them stood up and continued walking up the mountain.

Along the way, they found fern and alfalfa. This season, the wild vegetables are inevitably a bit old, and most people don't bother to pick them. Originally, the Bai family has a few acres of land, which should be enough for the whole family. Reading, it’s not enough to cut down on food and clothing.

Bai Xin studied for a few years in his previous life, but it was not for the purpose of taking the exam, but he knew how difficult it is to go to high school, and this kind of thing is also very mysterious, some people can't pass the exam until they die, and some People are called supernatural powers, and they can pass the exams before they are weak. Grandma Bai is now obsessed with what Erlang will do after passing the exam. She has reached the point of being a demon, but Bai Xin doesn't want to spend time with the Bai family. The eldest sister's dowry has not yet been settled. , there is also a fifth sister at the bottom, Grandma Bai only has Erlang in her eyes now, and the other children, including the second sister, third sister and fourth sister, have all been reduced to the family's money-making tools. The third and fourth sisters were sold as child brides-in-law. If the third uncle didn't make money in the county and still have some weight at home, this matter might have happened last year.

What about Fifth Sister?Now that she looks so cute, the Dafang family has no status and is so cowardly that they are bullied. If grandma says to sell Fifth Sister, no one will stop her. For various reasons, the second and third bedrooms may still Can't wait.

Thinking of this, Bai Xin felt restless. The dumpling he ate just now seemed to be clogging his chest heavily, and he could only catch his breath if he took a deep breath.

"Third brother, what's the matter with you?" Wu Niang saw her brother's pace slowed down and his face was grim, so she couldn't help tugging at the corner of his clothes worriedly.

Bai Xin came back to his senses, looking at this younger sister, his heart softened, and he made up his mind to leave the Bai family as soon as possible, and take good care of everyone who treats him well.

"It's nothing, keep going, turn over there, look for it again, if you don't have it, go back."

To continue up the mountain, you need to turn over a big rock that blocks the road. Most people go back when they come here, unless some people really can't get rid of the pot, keep going. A triangle is convenient for borrowing power.

In fact, the two of them had already picked a lot of wild vegetables, enough to go back to the business, but Bai Xin wanted to turn over and have a look, and he had a premonition in his heart, urging him to find out.

The two climbed up the slope, holding on to the branches for strength, and stood on the protruding boulder without much effort.

"That's..." Bai Xin held onto a tree branch and looked down, only to see a kind of grass he was familiar with growing on a slope facing the sun. Because of the distance, Bai Xin was not sure yet. If it weren't for the contrast between the earthy yellow and almost milky white flower spikes in the green leaves, Bai Xin would not have noticed it at a glance.

He climbed down in a hurry, and the wild vegetables in the bamboo basket were bumped up and down, and a few plants fell out.

Seeing this, Wu Niang was startled. In the blink of an eye, her third brother had already climbed down a large part. She bent down and carefully picked up the fallen wild vegetables, and then hurriedly called out: "Third brother!"

Bai Xin came back to her senses, turned her head and saw Fifth Sister was still standing on the boulder, in a dilemma, looking for a foothold, Bai Xin stabilized her body and hurriedly shouted at her, "Slow down, don't worry, I'll go ahead and have a look. After thinking for a while, he changed his mind and said, "Just stand there and wait for me, and I'll look ahead and come back right away."

Wu Niang took a few steps forward, looked down, and saw that the drop was a bit high, she also felt timid, and immediately stepped back, calling worriedly: "Third brother, be careful."

Bai Xin responded casually, because no one was going in, so there was a way to go down, but it was a bit difficult for Bai Xin, who was only eleven or twelve years old, but he was better at being flexible, and jumped down in two or three After standing still, he hurried to the sunny place.

The leaves of this plant are like leeks and sword spines. The stem is hollow and triangular in shape, and several leaves emerge from the end, and it blooms into spikes like millet. Jujube stone, he couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "It's really Cyperus cyperus!"