Born in an ancient peasant family, the peasant girl became famous all over the world

Chapter 10 Mushroom Picking

In a blink of an eye, because of her low vision, she discovered two large round white mushrooms growing about ten feet away from the felled dead tree trunk in front of her.

Suddenly his eyes lit up.

She ate porridge all day long, and she was greedy for everything she saw.

Little Jiang Yue, who was free to move around, would never miss this opportunity.

Look at grandma and sisters,

Grandma was looking for uniform branches suitable for making a chicken coop.

And every time they were found, Jiang Dani would collect them and put them together.

The second and third sisters were picking wild vegetables,

While using a sickle to cut the grass, he prepared food for the little pheasants.

The fourth and fifth sisters were looking for little bugs.

Whenever they caught some insects, they put them all into the burlap bags they had prepared in advance.

Thinking about the egg custard in the future, the sisters were full of energy.

Everyone is busy.

Little Jiangyue thought that the mushrooms were not far away.

She made sure that if she encountered any poisonous insects, snakes or ants, her grandmother or sister would come in time.

Then he twisted his not-so-agile little body and crawled straight towards the dead tree trunk.

At this moment, Liu Chunfeng turned around.

Seeing this scene, he smiled happily.

"Why did our Xiaoliu run out by himself?"

Xiaoliu has grown a little bit bigger and his limbs have become more agile.

The child finally learned how to climb, so Liu Chunfeng let her play whatever she wanted.

Just don't let it out of your sight.

The location was not far away. Little Jiang Yue crawled over, sat on the ground, stretched out her soft little hands, and easily pulled out the round mushroom.

I picked two mushrooms in succession.

Another one in front.

Put down the mushroom in your hand and continue climbing...

"Grandma, our little six is so smart. She seems to know everything even though she is so young."

In the mountains, the elder sister's voice gradually came into her ears. Little Jiang Yue listened attentively and thought to herself, she is the original owner, so there is no need to hide it.

"Really?" Xiaoliu was smart, and Liu Chunfeng agreed. "Grandma thinks so too."

Because Xiaoliu rarely wets his pants anymore.

Every time I cry, there is a reason, and it is always right.

"It was Xiaoliu who asked us to buy our little pheasant." Jiang Dani told her grandmother everything Xiaoliu did yesterday.

"Who knows, maybe by the end of the year we'll have more eggs than we can eat."

Liu Chunfeng couldn't believe it.

While shaking her head, she glanced at Xiaoliu who was happily picking mountain mushrooms not far away.

This kid really knows how to play and didn’t damage the mushrooms.

"It's just a coincidence, Dani. Xiaoliu is still a baby after all. Besides, I'm afraid these little pheasants won't be able to lay eggs by the end of the year."

As far as she knows, every year from May to August, some villagers are lucky enough to pick up pheasant eggs to eat.

However, I have never heard of anyone finding it in winter.

This year, we can't count on them to lay eggs.

When little Jiang Yue heard what her grandmother said, she wanted to say,

Grandma, laying eggs is not the point~

She was really lucky. Under the dark shade of the tree, she found seven or eight large mushrooms growing in clusters. She piled them together one by one.

She sat in front of a pile of giant mushrooms, grinning and amusing herself.

Being able to move freely is good.

This time, just as he climbed up, his little body suddenly felt lighter.

She was held in her grandmother's arms.

Liu Chunfeng looked at the pile of mushrooms on the ground that had formed a small hill and smiled happily.

Among the granddaughters, Xiaoliu is the most clever.

She took the mushroom and briefly examined it, then nodded in satisfaction.

Live off the land, this saying is not just talk.

"Grandma, Xiaoliu actually found so many mushrooms." Jiang Dani said, and squatted on the ground in surprise, checking the big mushrooms on the ground one by one.

"Our Xiaoliu is different."

Whenever they saw this mushroom, they would pick it and take it home to eat.

Just don't pick up any poisonous ones.

Jiang Dani suddenly liked her "brother" more and more.

"Grandma, my brother is getting older and older, so he definitely can't wear my clothes anymore. Dani, you have to make money in the future."

Liu Chunfeng shook her head.

"After we get through these few years, things will get better."

She felt that Xiaoliu's clothes could still be worn after some modifications by her sisters.

Children from poor families can't even get enough food to eat, so don't worry about it for now.

When she grows up a little, I will buy her new clothes.

Xiao Jiangyue heard this, but she didn't care about it.

She just wants to make money, make money... and make money.

"Maybe, we can take these mushrooms to the village entrance to sell them." Jiang Dani thought of the scene of herself buying pheasants and chicks.

Liu Chunfeng was a little unsure.

"This mushroom is not hard to find in the mountains, but no one will buy it."

Just finding it requires a little bit of luck.

Xiao Jiangyue... Of course not at the village entrance. The villagers have already walked along this old road, so it will be difficult to sell there.

Have to go to town, or county town.

That’s right, you have to pick up a lot.

She had many suggestions in her little brain.

Grandma, can we come and pick mushrooms every day?

But she was too young and had no say at all.

…Today’s trip to the mountains brought a lot of harvest to the grandparents and grandchildren.

For dinner that day, mushrooms were added to the Jiang family’s wild vegetable porridge, which added a lot of flavor to the soup.

Jiang Yue never knew that she, who had eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea in her previous life, was now drinking the mushroom soup with gusto just because of a mouthful of it.

"Grandma, the mushroom soup is so delicious." Jiang Sini smacked her lips as she drank.

"Next time I pick some mushrooms, I'll make you some mushroom soup. Mushrooms are very nutritious. I heard from an old doctor in the village that mushrooms are good for digestion. Eating more mushrooms can keep you healthy."

"Help digestion?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Erni put down the chopsticks in her hand and dared not eat anymore, for fear of getting hungry again.

Every girl had a satisfied smile on her face, but they were still a little short of being full.

After dinner, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Together with grandma, my sisters built a fence for the little pheasant in the yard.

Just as we started working, our neighbor Mrs. Li came.

Before she arrived, her voice was heard in the yard.

"Auntie Liu, try the pickles I made and see if they are delicious."

When he saw the pheasants still hanging upside down under the basket in the Jiang family yard, he thought of the shopping scene and said with a smile:

"Maybe next year, you'll have pheasant eggs to eat."

Looking at the pheasant jumping around, she felt a little regretful that she didn't buy two.

The taste is really tempting. You can feed it until the New Year or use it as a snack.

"It should be possible in early spring." After Liu Chunfeng stood up, she handed Li a small wooden stool, then took the pickled cabbage handed to her by Li, took it into the kitchen, and gave her a few large mushrooms.

"We picked them from Xiaoliu, so we'll give you two."

Neighbors just come and go.

"Xiao Liucai?" Upon hearing this, Li looked at the small figure lying on the window of the north room.

I couldn't help but laugh, "Your kid has grown up. He's so young, but he's learned how to work."

After she finished speaking, she did not sit down, but helped Liu Chunfeng build the fence.

It won’t work without a man to help at home.

She didn't reveal her inner thoughts, she just smiled and said:

"This year's taxes are quite harsh, but fortunately my husband works outside, so even though we don't have much money, we can still have enough food. Sister Liu, if the family doesn't have enough food, just ask me. I can still give you three or five kilograms of food."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chunfeng stiffened the corners of her lips and forced a smile.

"Please still care about my grandchildren."

Borrowing grain can only meet temporary emergencies and is not a long-term solution.

Moreover, in their family, emergency response cannot solve the fundamental problem at all.

Li waved her hand and said, "There is a saying that goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We are neighbors, so there is no need to be polite to me."

"Your family must have planted a lot of corn and sweet potatoes this year. If there are too many, I can exchange some of my own grain with you." Liu Chunfeng was planning to steam some steamed buns for her granddaughters tomorrow.

Eating porridge all day long is not a solution, the children are getting thinner and smaller.

One pound of millet can be exchanged for two pounds of cornmeal.

You can also exchange it for two kilograms of sweet potatoes.

If the two families exchanged grain, she would save the trouble of buying and selling.

"No problem." Li agreed immediately. It just so happened that her family didn't grow much millet, but only miscellaneous grains.

Little Jiang Yue and the fifth sister stood on the earthen kang, leaning on the window sill, watching the scene in the yard.

She couldn't help but feel sleepy.

I snuggled up to my fifth sister and fell asleep.

The next day, steaming steamed buns came out of the pot in the kitchen. The children munched on them, enjoying the delicious taste.

Little Jiang Yue, who was still drinking rice porridge, really wanted to taste the steamed corn bread.

the days that followed,

Little Jiangyue and her family go to the mountains every day to catch insects and cut weeds for the little pheasants.

At grandma's suggestion, they prepared to stock up more fodder to feed the pheasants during the winter.

Especially the grass fodder containing grass seeds, they go looking for it every day just for that delicious egg custard.

Occasionally, Jiang Yue would find some mushrooms to add to her meals.

...Winter is coming, and the cold winter wind is constantly attacking the thatched roof of the Jiang family.

Liu Chunfeng was afraid that the pheasants would cause trouble, so she built a haystack for them and covered them tightly for fear that they would freeze.

Little Jiang Yue was freezing cold. She was wrapped in a quilt by her grandmother all day and hardly went out.

There is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year.

Little Jiang Yue has been fed with rice porridge and corn paste and sweet potato porridge for more than ten months.

Because she had no milk, her teeth grew slowly, but two nipples appeared. She felt itchy all day long, so she always thought about chewing her little hands.

This morning, several girls gathered around little Jiang Yue, discussing when their chickens would lay eggs.

They are looking forward to it every day, but they are worried to death.

Little Jiang Yue climbed up by the shoulders of her elder sister and looked outside the chicken coop to see if the chickens had grown fat.

Finally, she was caught off guard and was hugged by her second sister.

In fact, it was useless for her to be careful, because her second sister was always so unprepared.

"Our Xiaoliu wants to eat egg custard too, right?"