Shen Su'e was stunned, "What? Lingbao, you want to follow your big brother into the mountains?"
"Yes!" The little girl nodded, and after helping her mother tie the gauze, she said, "Big brother seems to be going out. Lingbao needs to go find him quickly. Goodbye, mother, Lingbao will be back soon!"
Before Shen Su'e could react, the little girl in front of her suddenly disappeared out of thin air. She was so shocked that she opened her mouth slightly and didn't react for a long time.
The sky was still gray, and Dadongzi had just walked out of the door. He had a hoe, a hook, a skewer and a sack in his hands, intending to go into the mountain to dig some kudzu or fern roots.
Suddenly, a voice called "Big Brother" came from beside him, which startled him.
Dadongzi turned around and saw Xiao Lingbao looking at him with a smile. Her big, smart and beautiful eyes were curved like crescent moons, and her round little face was so cute. When people saw her, their hearts melted. I couldn't help but feel soft.
"Lingbao?" After recovering from his surprise, he stepped forward and asked, "Why are you here so early in the morning, Lingbao?"
"Lingbao came to visit big brother," the little girl said in a bright and lively voice, "big brother, are you feeling well?"
Dadongzi remembered the scene when Lingbao fed him water yesterday, and a feeling of emotion came to his heart, "Okay, everything is fine."
"It's okay. Big brother, where are you going now? Are you going to the mountains to find food?" Little Milkman blinked his big eyes, "Can you take Lingbao with you?"
He didn't expect that she would want to follow him into the mountains. Dadongzi couldn't react for a moment and said hesitantly: "Ah? This..."
Nanny's soft little voice sounded coquettish, "Lingbao also wants to go for a walk in the mountains. Big brother, why don't you take Lingbao with you? Okay?"
Although Dadongzi has two sons, they are both very naughty and mischievous. He has never experienced the feeling of being pestered and coquettishly acted upon by a little girl.
Lingbao pulled his arm and shook him. He couldn't resist and could only nod in agreement, "Okay, okay, but Lingbao, you have to watch the road carefully. I have something in my hand, so I may not be able to take care of you."
"Don't worry, brother, Lingbao can take care of himself!"
After talking happily, the little girl walked in front, "Big brother, what kind of food do you want to find in the mountains? Pheasant? Or wild dog? Or wild boar?"
"Pheasants are too difficult to encounter, and wild dogs and wild boars are too ferocious. I don't know who will eat whom when I encounter them. I just want to dig some fern roots."
After Dadongzi answered truthfully, he took Lingbao into the mountain and went straight to the place where he often digs fern roots. He found that they had been dug up everywhere.
"It's gone here. We have to dig deeper." He turned around and asked, "Lingbao, can you still walk?"
Little Lingbao nodded his head and asked curiously: "Brother, are the fern roots delicious?"
"The taste is just like that, mainly because it can fill the stomach," Dadongzi said, "It is definitely incomparable to white noodles."
There was white snow all the way, and it made a popping sound when you stepped on it.
The sun hasn't come out yet, and the biting cold wind makes people's ears feel as if they are about to fall off. Dadongzi freed up a hand and covered his ears, "It's so cold! Lingbao, are you cold? Yes. If not, shall I take you home first?"
"It's not cold." Lingbao walked in front. She had short legs, but her steps were brisk and she jumped up and down along the way.
Dadongzi remembered that Wu Chaozi said yesterday that Lingbao had beaten away dozens of wild dogs, and thought that Lingbao should not be treated as an ordinary child, but looking at her childish appearance, he really couldn't imagine that this child could kill wild dogs. Beat away.
After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at a land col.
Seeing that there were traces of digging everywhere on the ground, Dadongzi sighed, "Hey! It seems that there is no more here, they have been dug away."
Lingbao's eyes turned golden, and he saw some intertwined roots in the ground not far away, so he walked towards that piece of land and pointed to the ground, "Brother, there seems to be roots here. I don't know if they are fern roots."
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"Ah?" Dadongzi stepped forward and dug into the snow a few times with his hoe.
When he discovered that there were bracken that had been frozen into ice, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone was filled with unconcealable joy, "It's true!"
After that, he asked Lingbao to stand farther away, raised the hoe and began to dig out the fern roots. When he was out of breath while digging, he finally saw the fern roots that looked like tree roots.
"Are these black things fern roots?" Lingbao asked curiously.
"Yeah, phew!" Dadongzi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "After I grind it into powder, I'll let you taste it, Lingbao."
The little girl said happily: "Okay!"
Later, with the help of Lingbao, Dadongzi found several other places where fern roots were hidden, and before he knew it, the sack was full.
As they walked back, Lingbao seemed to see something, pointed at the thick snow and said, "Brother, there are some over there too!"
"It's full. I'll dig again next time."
"It's not a fern root, it's... a radish," Xiao Lingbao said with some uncertainty, "It seems to be a radish. Big brother, do you like eating radishes?"
Dadongzi nodded without thinking, "Of course I like it! The wild radishes in the mountains are so sweet, I'll dig them out right now!"
As he spoke, he spat into his red palms, dug up the snow covering the ground, then half-knelt on the ground, carefully looking at the withered stems and leaves on the ground, "This doesn't look like a radish leaf."
ah."
"Maybe Lingbao made a mistake. It looks like a carrot."
After listening to Lingbao's words, Dadongzi felt a little curious and dug up the soil on the ground with his bare hands. As a result, he had just dug halfway, and his entire expression was dull, with shock and disbelief in his eyes, "This, this is...
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"Brother, what's wrong?"
"This seems to be..." Dadongzi said with some doubt, "It's ginseng? Is it ginseng?"
Lingbao squatted on the ground and asked innocently: "Brother, is the ginseng delicious? Is the radish delicious?"
"It's not a question of whether it tastes good or not, how can I put it?"
Looking at the ginseng in the field, Dadongzi tried his best to organize his words and explained: "Ginseng is very rare. Eating it is very good for the human body. It is very tonic... Oops, I can't explain it clearly, Lingbao, you can understand.
What do you mean?"
The little baby nodded, "Yeah, Lingbao understands, it's just like taking medicine. Although it doesn't taste good, after taking it, you will be healthy."
"Yes! Lingbao, you are so smart!"
After praising his sister, Dadongzi was about to continue digging ginseng when he suddenly thought of something and asked Lingbao: "Lingbao, can you lend me your red-headed rope?"
"Okay!" Without asking why, the little guy untied his braid and handed over the red headband without thinking.
Seeing her well-behaved look, Dadongzi felt moved, and he understood why his parents liked her so much.
Tying the red-tipped rope to the top of the ginseng, he carefully dug through the soil and dug out the ginseng that was no more than a thumb thick.
At this time, someone came from behind them, "Is that Dadongzi?"
"Hey! Dongzi, is it you? When did you go into the mountains? Did you find anything good?" The man's voice came closer and closer, with a hint of joking in his tone, "Why didn't you go to your wife's natal home to pick her up?