After breakfast, Li Xin told Li Wenbo to take care of his two sisters at home, then he took a hoe, carried a basket on his back and took Li Wenhao out. The two siblings went straight to the bamboo forest on the mountainside.

The two of them went straight to the bamboo forest without taking any detours, so they arrived quickly. Because the land in the bamboo forest is fertile, the bamboo shoots grew very well, tender and fat. The bamboos also grew very strong and thick.

It's very thick, probably because few people cut it down on weekdays, so it grows very densely.

The two siblings were not very strong. After all, they had been short of food and drink for a long time. It was strange that they had strong strength. Therefore, Li Xin did not dare to dig more. That is, he dug four big bamboo shoots and each carried two.

In fact, there are too many bamboo shoots. With such big bamboo shoots, the five of them cannot eat one in one meal. Anyway, the place is not far away, so when you want to eat, it will taste better to dig fresh ones back.

Carrying bamboo shoots all the way down the mountain, Li Xin suddenly asked: "Wen Hao, do you think we can plant the fields at home?" Nowadays, solving the problem of food and drink is the most urgent problem for the family, and the most valuable thing in the family is probably only

There are several acres of land. It is not an option to let others occupy it like this. If you take it back, you can plant it yourself, or you can rent it out even if you don’t plant it yourself. At least renting it can keep the family fed.

"Of course it's good to get it back! But the second uncle and the second aunt won't give it to me. If I asked for it earlier, they almost killed the eldest sister, so let's forget it!" Li Wenhao said with some worry. He was originally a very nervous person.

His child was usually very carefree. If it had been before, he would have said he would take it back without hesitation. But the events of the past few days still left a shadow on his young mind.

"We will not be bullied all the time. The fields are ours, why don't they give them to us? Let's go to the village chief. If the village chief can't uphold justice for us, then we will go to the county government to file a complaint. I still don't believe it.

There is no justice in this world."

"Sister is right, let's go and get it back. Why don't they give us food to eat and still plant our fields?"

After a while, the two of them returned home, and they sent all the bamboo shoots to the kitchen. While in the kitchen, Li Xin suddenly saw some large jars for pickling unused in the kitchen, which were originally used every year.

They were used to pickle all kinds of pickles. Later, after their parents passed away, some of the younger ones didn't know how to pickle them. After the pickles they used to pickle were eaten, these jars became idle.

Li Xin thought that he could get some sour bamboo shoots to eat. Sour bamboo shoots are a traditional condiment. Adding a small amount of sour bamboo shoots to the dishes will give the dish a rich and long-lasting flavor. On hot summer days, adding a little bamboo shoot juice to the leftovers will make the leftovers more delicious.

There was no rancid smell at night. She did what she said, so she took Wen Bo and Wen Hao to clean all the jars, scalded them with boiling water, and exposed them to the sun for sterilization.

After the jar was ready, she gathered all the bamboo shoots, cut them into pieces, and soaked them in water. After the jar was covered, she placed it in the yard to bask in the sun, which would speed up the sourness of the bamboo shoots.

Because there were still many jars, Li Xin took Li Wenhao up the mountain several times and came back with a lot of bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots will get old after a while, but pickled bamboo shoots can be eaten for a long time. Now there is no food at home.

Eat, make more if you can!

By noon, the two siblings had brought back a lot of bamboo shoots. Seeing that they should be pickled enough, the two siblings stopped going up the mountain. When it was time for lunch, Aunt Zhang came to the Li family again and brought some bamboo shoots.

Some of the prepared meals also had a small half bag of rice. Although I didn’t want to always ask for things from the Zhang family, but now there was really no food at home. Although Li Xin felt embarrassed, he still accepted it. It seemed that this favor was only

Keep it and pay it back slowly later.

Aunt Zhang came in and saw so many big jars in the yard, and asked in confusion: "Oh, what are you trying to pickle? Why did you move all these big jars out?"

"The eldest sister said I want to pickle bamboo shoots to eat." Young Yueting ran over and hugged Aunt Zhang's leg. Aunt Zhang always treated the children of the Li family as her own children, and several of the children of the Li family also kissed him.

.And Yueting had not seen her mother since she was a child, so Aunt Zhang loved her even more.

"What bamboo shoots?"

Li Xin explained: "They are bamboo shoots. I looked at the tender ones, so I dug some out and ate them. It tasted good when cooked. I saw that the big jars at home were idle, so I thought about marinating them and taking a look.

, maybe it’s not necessarily delicious.” She said and took a peeled bamboo shoot to show to Aunt Zhang.

Aunt Zhang looked at it and her face became sad, "It's really hard for you kids, why did you bring this thing back to eat?" If the family hadn't been too poor to open the pot, no one would have brought this thing back to eat.

ah!

Li Wenhao saw that Aunt Zhang didn't believe that bamboo shoots were edible, so he quickly explained: "Aunt Zhang, these bamboo shoots are really edible. My eldest sister has cooked them twice. They are very sweet and the soup is delicious."

"Really? Looking at the hardness of the bamboo, I never thought it could be eaten!" Aunt Zhang pinched the bamboo shoots in disbelief, but they turned out to be very tender. Only then did she feel that the children were not lying.

"It tastes pretty good when cooked. Why don't Aunt Zhang take two back and eat them too?"

"Okay, Auntie, just take two back and eat them." Auntie Zhang took them easily. There are a lot of these things in the mountains anyway. If they are really delicious, then we can have a variety of dishes at home. Besides, bamboo is not

There is nothing poisonous about it. Even if the bamboo shoots are not delicious, there will definitely be no problem if they eat them. Aunt Zhang took the bamboo shoots and invited the children of the Li family to come in for dinner. She brought a lot of rice, enough for several children.

There was plenty of food and plenty of rice, enough for several children to eat for a few days.

After the Li siblings finished lunch, Aunt Zhang packed up the dishes and left. Li Xin took his younger siblings to pickle the remaining bamboo shoots.

After pickling the pickled bamboo shoots, Li Xin went to the backyard to take a look. There were no vegetables in the vegetable field at this time of the year, just a bunch of onions, garlic, coriander, and a bunch of radishes. In the south, where the temperature is moderate, radishes are actually grown all year round.

It can be planted, but planting it in the wrong season will affect the harvest. Maybe the radishes are small or have bran-centered radishes. She looked at the radishes in the field. Some of them were small, probably only as thick as ordinary cucumbers, but at least they could be eaten like those at home.

Come on! Now that there is really no food at home, she feels happy if she can have something edible.

The backyard of the Li family is actually very large, with its back against the mountain and the other sides surrounded by fences. Except for a large thatched house, the rest is a vegetable garden. Because it is a vegetable garden, the land is divided into plots.

, but except for the small border that is in use, the rest is uncultivated. Fortunately, the Li family siblings are quite diligent and should take care of it on weekdays. However, there are not too many weeds growing, so it is not considered a problem.

It is desolate and can be put to use as long as it is tidied up.


Chapter completed!