Chapter 7: Tuckahoe
"My grandma, second uncle, second uncle, second uncle." Huang Yiyun stood up slowly after sitting there with some discomfort.
"Big sister, why did you fall into the Thorns in the Thorns valley? Be careful, my grandma helps you out." Huang Li's closest to Huang Yiyun. After hearing the big sister's shouting, he rushed over after a while.
Seeing that the eldest sister had blood marks on her face and her bare hands and feet were pierced by the thorns, Huang Li said with great distress.
"My grandma, don't get down, the eldest sister just climb up by himself. These thorn monsters are piercing people. When the time comes, the eldest sister will feel sorry for her. Michelle, look, what is this?" Huang Yiyun lifted the backpack behind her and handed it to Huang Lishi.
"What are these pheasants and pheasant eggs? You caught them by your elder sister." Huang Yiyun was carrying a basket behind her. Huang Li did not see it. At this time, after seeing the eldest sister holding a pheasant and a few eggs, Huang Li said happily.
He took the backpack handed over by his eldest sister, picked it up, and then pulled the eldest sister up.
Huang Li carefully pulled down the thorns on his eldest sister's body.
"My grandma, stop busy, look at what else is under the basket." Huang Yiyun took Huang Li's busy hand, pulled the yam he dug under the basket, and showed Huang Li's digging of it.
"Big sister, what is this? You can eat it." Huang Li took the roots of the wild yam that Huang Yiyun handed over.
Huang Li smelled it first, then wiped it with her sleeve, then carefully peeled the skin of the wild yam with a hatchet, put it in her mouth and bit it a small bite and ate it. Huang Li's eyes lit up and said, "Big sister, where did you find this thing?"
"This is when the eldest girl leaned on a tree trunk to rest. After seeing a vine wrapped around the trunk, she pulled it out casually. Grandma, look at where there is still there." Huang Yiyun had already thought of the words. After seeing a vine with wild yam on the side of a big tree, she changed the topic and pointed at the vine.
"Big sister, take a break first, go dig it out." Huang Li heard the eldest sister say that these edible roots were dug out from the bottom of the vines, Huang Li suddenly became motivated and picked up the hoe and started to dig carefully.
At this time, the second uncle also came over to hear Huang Yiyun's shouting.
After seeing that Huang Li was digging something, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Huang Li dig up.
After Huang Li and his son dug up the roots of edible yam, they were overjoyed and looked around and hurriedly searching for the vines of yam.
However, Huang Yiyun has dug up a lot of wild yam nearby. In addition, this year's severe drought is lacking in water, so many wild yams have also died of drought. Even the yams that survived are still a bit thin.
The three of them worked hard for most of the day and dug up a basket of yam roots. There were no more, and some nearby were dug up clean.
A basket of wild yam was harvested, which was enough for their family to eat for more than a month. In addition, there were more than a hundred river clams. With these foods, this winter was enough for their family to survive. When everything grew in spring next year and wild vegetables grew, there was no need to worry about starving to death until at least until next autumn.
"Mom, uncle, eldest sister, you are back. What's wrong with you, eldest sister?" After Huang Liu saw Huang Li and the other three come back outside the door, Huang Liu hurriedly met him.
But after seeing the big girl with scratches and blood on her face, Huang Liu immediately wiped the scratches on Huang Yiyun with heartache.
"My grandma, second uncle (father) sister." Several little kids in the family were playing tricks. After seeing Huang Li and the other three back, they surrounded each other and looked at the basket behind them.
All his face showed desire and expectation.
A few children are young, and they also hope that Ah Mi and the others can bring back food when they go out so that they will not let their family go hungry.
"Mom, my daughter is fine. If she gets cold today, stay in the house. Don't come out, so as not to get cold or get sick. After she gets sick, she will feel distressed. And you little ones, don't play tricks in the yard in the future. If you want to play tricks, just go to the house to avoid getting sick and having you all have a good time." Huang Yiyun shook Huang Liu's hand. When he saw that Huang Liu's hand was cold, Huang Yiyun immediately said with some heartache.
Now that autumn is approaching, it will snow heavily soon.
The eldest family came and went, and there were only two or three clothes that could be changed, two sets of summer clothes and a set of cotton jackets.
The cotton jacket is still a cotton seam patch that has been repaired for many years, so it doesn’t matter how warm it is.
"The eldest sister said it well. If you have nothing to do in the future, don't leave the house. The house will also be burned. Today, the eldest sister found another basket of food for our family. This winter can be overcome this year." Huang Li also agreed with what the eldest sister said.
If the anger gradually becomes colder today and there is no clothing to avoid the cold. If it gets cold, no one sees a doctor, and there is no medicine, don’t mean adults or children can’t bear it. If there is one, I’m afraid that the person will be gone.
"Today, my daughter-in-law is looking at you coming back late, so I came out to welcome you. My daughter-in-law won't be able to do it in the future." Huang Liu nodded and replied.
I also know that Huang Lishi is doing it for the sake of her and her children.
Huang Liu said as he removed the basket for Huang Conghe.
After seeing that there were black roots of adult fingers in the back basket, Huang Liu asked Huang Li, "Mom, how to deal with these."
"Mom, wash these with water and put them aside and dry them. If we want to eat them in the future, cut them open and cook them with river clams. Or, after we roast them over fire, they should taste similar to eating sweet potatoes." Huang Yiyun saw that Huang Li looked at him and hurriedly said to Huang Liu.
"Okay, mom knows, mom will take it in and wash it clean and dry it." Huang Liu quickly carried the basket and went straight to the kitchen.
"Hey, sister, is this a pheasant? How did you catch it?" After hearing the 'cruff' sound from the basket behind her elder sister, Liu Meizhi walked behind her elder sister, looked up and saw a big pheasant in the basket, she said excitedly.
"I just grabbed it with my hands. However, this pheasant cannot be eaten for the time being. What should we raise before our family? In the future, I will leave it to Liumei." Huang Yiyun smiled and shaved Liumei's nose.
"Sister, and I, I will feed the chickens too. The seventh brother helps the sixth sister." In the past, the elder brothers and sisters at home had something to do, but only he and the sixth sister were resting at home. Now, when the seventh brother saw that the sixth sister had something to do, the seventh brother hurriedly raised his hand and said.
That little look is serious and cute.
"Okay, you feed the chickens with your sixth sister. But when you walk, don't walk too fast and be careful to fall down." Huang Yiyun touched his seventh brother's yellow hair and said with some sadness.
Now my seventh brother is four years old, but this child has been in a famine for only two years after he was born. He is not warm in clothes and can't eat enough. Now he is four years old and looks like he is only two or three years old. He has just learned to walk, but he is not very stable.
"Yeah, my seventh brother knows." The seventh brother Huang Yiwen nodded happily.
Chapter completed!