Age: My Small World

Chapter 317

The old man couldn't stand Yang Jun's rhetoric and could only accept the things with shame. Especially when he mentioned Xiaocao, he had no way to refuse.

"Sit down first, baby. I'll go make you some food."

It took me more than three hours to get from home to Santou Mountain. It’s almost noon now and it’s time to have lunch.

Yang Jun did not stop him. After all, he had to understand the old man's good intentions.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he rearranged the quilts and sheets he brought on the kang so that his grandmother would not be reluctant to use them.

Old people all have this habit of always keeping good things and being reluctant to use them. By the time they really need them, they have already become deteriorated.

The newly renovated kang is quite comfortable, at least several times warmer, so this winter won’t be too cold.

After looking at the roof, he said something to the old man, then went to get some thatch and patched up some of the holes.

In less than half an hour, the roof had changed its appearance and it probably wouldn't leak anymore.

"Baby, I'm really sorry to bother you. Please sit down and eat."

The old man expressed gratitude.

He delivered things and helped to tidy up the house. She had a very good impression of Yang Jun.

"Grandma, isn't Xiaocao back yet?"

Yang Jun looked outside the house and couldn't help asking.

Grandma frowned slightly: "It's time for you to come back. Maybe you've been playing around too much..."

As he was speaking, a little girl's voice came from the door.

"Grandma, I'm back."

When the little figure walked in with a basket on her back and a clay pot in her hand, the scene she saw made her instantly surprised.

"Big brother?"

She was so excited that she almost let go of the clay pot, and Yang Jun quickly caught it.

The full pot of snow water melted a little and turned into lumps of ice.

Yang Jun couldn't help but frowned and looked at the little girl's hand, only to find it was red.

She probably came back so late to let the snow melt for a while so she could load more, but she ended up freezing herself.

"Xiao Cao, warm yourself by the fire first, and we'll talk slowly."

When I took off her backpack, I found it was full of wild vegetables, including tender shepherd's purse and greens. It can be seen that the wild vegetable resources here are quite rich.

"Girl, the kid came to see you specially." The old man said with a smile.

The three of them sat around the stove. The food was already placed on the kang. They just waited for Xiaocao to warm up before starting to eat.

She looked at the newly renovated house and smelled the fragrant food, and couldn't help swallowing, but her eyes were always fixed on Yang Jun.

"Big brother, when did you come? I didn't even see you."

"I just arrived not long ago. I asked you to take me to find some wild vegetables. I didn't expect you to be away for so long."

Yang Jun rubbed her little head and said.

Although Niu Xiaocao is over nine years old, he looks like a six or seven-year-old child, and his nutrition cannot keep up with the needs of his growth.

But at her age, she has already shouldered the burden of the family. In addition to working on weekdays, she also has to go up and down the mountain to another village a few kilometers away to go to school. It is very hard.

The little girl's eyes lit up: "We can still go. I found a place with a lot of wild vegetables."

"Okay, let's go after dinner."

After saying that, he stood up and went to the kang.

There were only two dishes on the table, one was stir-fried wild shepherd's purse, the other was stir-fried eggs with chrysanthemums, yes, chrysanthemums.
I don’t know what kind of chrysanthemum this is. Not only does it bloom in this season, it also has a fresh fragrance, a bit like lemon, which is very appetizing.

This meal brought out all the savings left by the old man. All the oil and eggs he had saved with great difficulty were gone.

Fortunately, the lard and eggs brought by Yang Jun can be used as a supplement.

A bowl of corn rice is a bit rough, but it is quite substantial.

This thing is steamed with cornmeal. After it is cooked, it has a strong grainy texture and tastes like corn, but if it is not cooked well, it can easily burn your throat.

This method is very popular in many areas where corn is grown a lot, and it has even continued for decades. Many people like to eat this kind of corn rice.

Yang Jun can’t say he likes it, but he will eat anything that comes into his mouth.

I also tried the fried eggs with chrysanthemums. I felt that the taste of this dish was quite unique and it went well with rice.

The little girl couldn't help but squint her eyes while eating. Even if she just took a simple bite of the dish, she was very satisfied. She couldn't eat such good food on weekdays.

There is not much cornmeal at home, and it is rarely used to make dry rice. It is often used to make porridge with a little mixed wild vegetables.

Oil and eggs are even less available, and you can only have the chance to eat them during the Chinese New Year.

Seeing that she hadn't picked up any food for a long time, Yang Jun reached out and picked up a piece of food for her with his chopsticks.

Niu Xiaocao subconsciously looked at his grandmother. After seeing the old woman nod, he smiled and said to Yang Jun, "Thank you, big brother. You can eat too."

She also picked up some fried eggs with chrysanthemums for Yang Jun, and it seemed that she could see that he was quite interested in this dish.

Then I picked some for grandma.

The old man silently took a few mouthfuls of rice but didn't eat a single bite of the vegetables.

After dinner, Niu Xiaocao took Yang Jun to look for wild vegetables.

To her, the cold outside was nothing.

However, Yang Jun still took out a piece of clothing and put it on her.

"I bought this dress a little bigger on purpose so you can wear it when you grow up."

The little girl immediately lowered her head timidly: "Big brother, I can't have your clothes, they are too expensive."

She felt the warmth coming from her clothes but still shook her head.

Until grandma's voice came: "Girl, put on some clothes."

The old man also had clothes, but Yang Jun didn't take them out.

Xiaocao put on her clothes reluctantly, but became cautious again.

Looking at the new clothes on her body, a smile gradually appeared on the corners of her mouth.

The two of them went out together and headed straight for the woods in the east.

It was still snowing while we were on the road, but it was getting lighter. It would probably get heavier in the evening.

The little girl became lively as she walked and ran. Her cloth shoes, which had been patched several times, stepped on her feet, leaving messy footprints on the snow.

"I forgot to change the little girl's shoes." Yang Jun shook his head.

When we arrived in the woods, we found that the snow had covered many things.

Niu Xiaocao didn't care and easily found a wild vegetable from under the snow.

Although it is called a forest, there is actually a large area with only a few simple trees. It is just overgrown with weeds, which makes this place connected to the nearby mountain forest, so it becomes part of the mountain.

In winter, the leaves of the trees fall off, allowing the light from the sky to fall, which in turn allows the wild vegetables below to grow more luxuriantly.

The little girl looked around, then took Yang Jun mysteriously to another direction.

Finally, in an inconspicuous place, I suddenly saw a bunch of shepherd's purse.

Some of the areas had already been picked, probably from the ones she had carried back before.

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