In spring, everything revives. After a few spring rains, wild vegetables sprout from the ground like bamboo shoots after a rain. Wild plants such as mother-in-law, shepherd's purse, and small root garlic are everywhere.

Li Zhongxin’s mother, Wang Yaqing, has always been fond of these two wild vegetables: mother-in-law and small-root garlic. Every spring, after the mother-in-law and small-root garlic come down, she will find time to go out and dig wild vegetables.

Li Zhongxin did not expect that after finally taking a day off, his mother would catch him alive, and he had to take a bus for half an hour, and then walk nearly three miles to Sifeng Mountain to dig wild vegetables.

It was nothing to catch him as a young man, but along the way, his mother kept explaining to him the shapes of mother-in-law and small garlic, and kept telling him about the natural disaster in 1960, which made Li Zhongxin feel as if his head was going to explode.

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He drooped his head and followed his mother in a daze, feeling more tired than if he had been busy all day. Unfortunately, his mother had the idea of ​​digging wild vegetables, and he had to accompany her.

Li Zhongxin secretly thought in his heart that he must ask Bai Fengyi to send a few kilograms of mother-in-law cubes and small roots of garlic this week, so that the family cannot eat these two things, so as to save him from suffering.

There are many people who come to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, most of them are old people, women and children. After all, the young men have to go to the fields to farm.

Most people in the city don't have time, and they don't like to eat wild vegetables. There are very few people who come here to dig wild vegetables.

Li Zhongxin saw that these wild vegetables, which would be several times more expensive than ordinary vegetables in later generations, were plentiful here, and anyone could pick them at will for free!

When Li Zhongxin and his mother passed by two middle-aged women digging wild vegetables, Li Zhongxin's mother stiffened. She actually heard the conversation between the tall and thin woman and the woman wearing a green gauze scarf next to her.

"Her second aunt, are you telling the truth? There is a company called Zhongxin Company in the city that buys wild vegetables. Mother-in-law Ding pays five cents a pound. Even wild vegetables like gray vegetables that are everywhere cost two cents.

One pound."

"It's not true. If it hadn't been for this, how could there be so many people going to the mountains to harvest wild vegetables? Look at the people over there carrying big baskets. Those are the wild vegetables that they go to the purchasing point below to sell."

"Can wild vegetables really be sold for money?" The tall woman continued to ask with some disbelief: "Her second aunt, did you sell all the wild vegetables you dug yesterday?"

"It's sold! Yesterday, during the day, I dug ten kilograms of mother-in-law, thirty kilograms of gray vegetables, and several other wild vegetables. They sold for a total of one yuan and seventy cents. No, today I have nothing on my back.

The baskets are getting bigger."

The woman wearing the green scarf said proudly, lowered her head and pulled out two gray vegetables, and said in her mouth: "Daxia, do you see, going to the mountain to dig wild vegetables is just like picking up money, if not

In this way, I can let you come and dig wild vegetables with me."

Li Zhongxin's mother couldn't walk after hearing the conversation between the two middle-aged women. She naturally walked over and asked: "Two eldest sisters, you said that some people are harvesting wild vegetables now. Is this true?"

It is true that Wang Yaqing has a special liking for wild vegetables, but she values ​​money even more.

As soon as she heard that there were people harvesting wild vegetables now, she immediately became as excited as if she had been given a shot of blood.

"Of course it's true. I sold it for one dollar and seventy cents yesterday! It was bought here from Jiangcheng. As long as you take good-quality wild vegetables, you can get cash directly there."

Wang Yaqing's face showed a hint of joy. She turned around and said to Li Zhongxin: "Zhongxin! Today you and your mother will pick more wild vegetables. Then we will also exchange some money. When we get home,

Mom will buy you two pieces of Suoluomi (a five-cent candy when you were a kid)."

After Li Zhongxin heard his mother's words, his vision suddenly went dark and he almost fainted.

Oh my god! What evil have I done! How could you do this to me?

At the thought of digging wild vegetables for a day, Li Zhongxin immediately felt like he was breaking down.

Li Zhongxin calmed down, and countless thoughts quickly passed through his mind, and then he slowly said to Wang Yaqing: "Mom, it would be good to pick more wild vegetables! But, didn't you hear just now? Those picked wild vegetables

Wild vegetables are sold to the purchasing point of Zhongxin Company. In other words, if you pick more wild vegetables and sell them to Sanjiu's company, aren't you just making money from Sanjiu in disguise? It doesn't seem good to do this.

Bar!"

Wang Yaqing glanced at Li Zhongxin, raised her hand and pinched Li Zhongxin's face, with a dissatisfied expression on her face and said: "You little bastard, are you going around in circles with me? Give your third uncle's company back, and earn you three thousand dollars."

My uncle's money, I don't know your little bit of pettiness, don't you just don't want to work? If you don't want to work, just watch me do it by myself. Humph! After I got home, I lost my honey.

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Seeing his mother's posture, Li Zhongxin immediately came over with a playful smile, hugged his mother's arm and shook his head: "Mom really has a sharp eye. My son's little thoughts can't be hidden from you, can't I help you with it?"

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Bang, a loud brain hit.

"Mom, oh my god, who did you learn this from, you little bastard? Am I that old?" Wang Yaqing rubbed her hands with great satisfaction and continued: "You are a smart kid, and you know that your mother and I have dazzling eyes. You

I know when this kid turns around and pulls out a few daddy balls, but I don’t know what your thoughts are."

Li Zhongxin looked at his mother with a face full of embarrassment. How could he say such silly words in public? What about being a good teacher? What about being a good mother?

Li Zhongxin shrugged his shoulders and continued with a bitter look on his face: "Mom, my third uncle knows about your love for eating wild vegetables, and he also said yesterday that he would send someone to send you a few kilograms of mother-in-law dices in the next few days.

And a small root of garlic. When my third uncle sends someone to deliver the things, you will see that you dug them yourself, and you will have fun then."

When Li Zhongxin said these words, he felt like laughing, but he forced himself to hold it back.

He understood that if he smiled, his mother would be able to see the moisture in his words at a glance.

Wang Yaqing raised her eyebrows, and there was a feeling of difficulty making a decision on her face. She always felt that there was something wrong with what her son said, but she couldn't find anything wrong with it.

She thought even more depressingly that if she really brought dozens of kilograms of wild vegetables to sell at the purchase point down the mountain today, tomorrow her brother would bring her a lot of wild vegetables, even if she didn't pick them herself and sell them to the purchaser.

Even if she ordered it, she wouldn't be happy eating it.

Wang Yaqing closed her eyes slightly and thought about it for a while, and finally decided to simply dig out enough for dipping during this period.

But what! The next moment, Wang Yaqing said with the corner of her mouth like a crescent moon: "Good son! After you said so much just now, my mother suddenly figured it out. It would be bad if she got so many wild vegetables.

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Seeing Li Zhongxin's happy smile, Wang Yaqing showed a trace of a bad smile and said: "Son! I just thought about it! You are so old, give you a chance to be filial to my mother, and the matter of digging wild vegetables will be over soon.

I leave it to you to save you from being bored here."
Chapter completed!