Outside the monument of Jingzhu Village is a large area of neat and open rice fields.
It was the end of spring in May, and Xiao Ruo was walking on the compacted ridges of the fields. The green spring waves filled the front slope, and the clouds and fertilizers were as far as the eye could see.
In this sea of green, she could find her own field at a glance. After all, there was only one sparse patch of land among the large swaths of strong grass seedlings.
The death of the Xiao family's father and mother happened to be the beginning of spring in February, which was the time to open fields and plant crops. After the funerals and funerals were completed, the best days of opening fields had passed.
Although the villagers were willing to help, they had to clean up their own fields first. After going back and forth like this, the seedlings in the Xiao family's fields were planted much later than other families. The subsequent weeding and topdressing were also taken care of by a little girl with little experience.
, the seedlings are becoming more and more sparse, either the leaf tips are yellow and curled due to obesity, or they are thin and long, and there is no yield at first sight.
Xiaoruo looked at the wilting seedlings and sighed silently in her heart. As expected, she could not expect this year's rice harvest. With such growth, it was only God's mercy that she could produce dozens of kilograms of rice in the autumn harvest.
After crossing the rice option on her open source list, she decided to look further up the mountain.
The general location of Jingzhu Village is in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, with both mountains and plains, including large expanses of fields and rolling hills. To the south of the village are fields reclaimed by farmers, and to the west are several scattered peaks. Xiaoruo only needs
You can reach the nearest mountain by walking through your property for about ten minutes.
The mountain is only about two to three hundred meters high. At the foot of the mountain is a large bamboo forest. In the bamboo forest, there is a stone path that extends upwards and is gradually covered by lush vegetation. It is impossible to see where the end of the path leads.
Xiaoruo climbed up the stairs and looked around with her eyes. Everywhere she saw were bamboo trees and vegetation. All she saw were ingredients and white money that could be cashed in!
While walking through the bamboo forest, she was thinking about the toughness of moso bamboo. Its whips, roots, stems, branches, and bamboo baskets are all good things that can be used. The chopped bamboo can be split into slender bamboo strips and can be used to make bamboo weaving and large bamboo beds.
She couldn't make a bamboo couch, but she could weave bamboo baskets and chairs. The base used to offer courses on maximizing resource utilization, and they were all taught there.
It's a pity that it's May now, which is not the season for spring bamboo shoots. Otherwise, if you dig up hundreds of kilograms of bamboo shoots and dry them into dried bamboo shoots, you can eat them for a long time.
Shaking her head and sighing that she missed the spring bamboo shoots, Xiaoruo looked to the ground again. She thought that the location of Jingzhu Village was probably in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.
When she was a child, before the apocalypse, she lived in a small county in Zhejiang. There were also many low hillsides outside the county. When she was a child, Xiaoruo and her neighbors would run wildly on the mountains every day. The wild fruits and vegetables picked in the spring were even more expensive.
She couldn't even count them, such as plucked berries, wild mulberry seeds, and sour pickled berries, just thinking about them made her mouth water.
Whatever comes to mind, as soon as I came out of the bamboo forest, I saw a large clump of pickled male trees on the ground. The bright yellow-green leaves lay low on the ground. There were densely packed small thorns on the back of the leaves. If you peeled off the leaves, you could see a bunch of them.
The red fruits are shaped like coral beads. They are hollow and round in shape. The sweet and sour taste is loved by children.
In addition to being delicious, the whole plant and roots are used as medicine, which can reduce inflammation and detoxify, clear away heat and calm convulsions, activate blood circulation and remove rheumatism. Xiaoruo happily added it to her list of open sources, and she picked one
Xiaopeng wrapped it up in a handkerchief and planned to take it back as a snack for Xiaoniao Xiaozhao.
After collecting the picker, Xiaoruo continued to head towards the mountains.
One after another, flowers of Akebia trifoliata and Ziziphus jujube were discovered. Xiaoruo carefully recorded the location and quantity found. These are good reserve fruits in September and October.
There are also many viburnums. The fruits, roots, branches and leaves of this plant have the functions of digestion, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and relieving the surface. Its seeds contain oil, which can be used to make soap or lubricating oil. If it can be used well, this
This is a huge investment for the Xiao family.
Gradually, the trees became more and more lush, and the thick fallen leaves gradually covered the stone path, making the path appear narrower and narrower. This showed that the depth she reached now was a distance that villagers did not often come to, and more people walked.
Wherever there are roads, there are few people.
There were only birds chirping in the forest, and there were occasional rustling sounds behind the grass and trees. Ordinary people would be a little scared to be alone in this environment, but Xiao Ruo didn't feel scary at all. She was even more frightened.
She had seen a lot of things, and instead of flinching from the strange noise, she wanted to step forward to find out. What if the noise was caused by a hare or a wild boar? That is good protein!
After searching all over the place, Xiaoruo found traces of high-quality protein. At the roots of a dense bush, she saw a bunch of gray-white hair. She picked it up and sipped it with her fingers. She smelled it again and found that it was from a rabbit.
The smell of urine! Oh, indeed there are hares living in this area.
Rabbits live alone or in pairs. They are good at digging holes and are not easy to catch. In spring, male rabbits will chase female rabbits in order to court mates. Even Xiaoruo, a rabbit running at full speed in his previous life, may not be able to catch up alone, let alone the thin little girl's body now.
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Xiao Ruo slightly curved the corners of her mouth and muttered: "The reason why people are human is because they have subjective initiative and they can use tools!"
If she can't use her strength to catch a rabbit, why can't she set a trap to catch it?
Just do it. First, I looked around for a slightly thicker branch, smashed the big rocks on the roadside into flat shapes with sharp edges, then kneaded several grass stems and woven them into a strong straw rope, and used
The stones and branches are tightly tied with straw rope, and a simple shovel is completed.
The soil layer of mulch leaves is soft, but if you want to dig a hole to catch hares, you have to dig it one meter deep.
Xiaoruo dug for a long time and only dug to a depth of twenty or thirty centimeters. Her pretty little face was already covered with beads of sweat. The sweat slid down her neck and wetted the skirt and lining of her clothes. Some beads of sweat followed her around.
The shovel was thrown into the eye, causing it to sting and hurt.
Panting, she leaned against the tree next to her. Xiaoruo couldn't dig anymore, and her delicate green-white hands were rubbed red and hot by the branches.
Forget it, three feet of ice is not a day's cold, and you can't become fat by eating one bite. Rome was not built in a day. Xiao Ruo breathed heavily to comfort herself, don't overexert your strength at once and drain the bones of your body. Neither is this hare.
If you insist on eating it today, just keep digging holes tomorrow.
She looked up at the tiny bits of sunlight coming in from the cracks in the tree canopy. The sun was shining brightly now. She had promised Xiaoxiao Xiaozhao to come home at noon, and now it was time to set off back to the village. Otherwise, these two little beans might have to secretly apply gold at home.