CH 33.1

Xu He had long wanted to go up the mountain since the beginning of spring, but he was too busy at home to had the chance.

After having lunch with Zhang Fangyuan, he even saved his lunch break, and went straight up the back mountain with the guy on his back.

The mountains and forests in spring had changed from the depression in winter, and the trees were green, giving birth to a lot of spring flavor. Xu He carried a small back basket on his back, and in his hand was a small sickle and a small shovel that Zhang Fangyuan took out from the tool box.

When he saw Zhang Fangyuan on the mountain for the first time, he found that he had a lot of useful tools, and today he took the tools out to get acquainted.

Zhang Fangyuan's treasures were kept in the barn in the backyard, and the tools were hung on the wall. There were tools for slaughtering animals, farm tools for farming, and tools for hunting in the mountain and to chop firewood.

There were sickles, machetes, and another tools made of iron shining coldly. He was startled when he first entered, and there were many sharp things hanging around. It was like entering a prison and seeing the instruments of torture.

It was no wonder that everyone was scared of Zhang Fangyuan, guarding a room full of such vicious weapons every day, so how could he not bluff people.

Zhang Fangyuan also said triumphantly that if the tools in the house were sold, it was enough to build a new house.

Only halfway up the mountain, Xu He couldn't wait to start his hands. After all, the mountains were not as crowded as the fields of the village. The wild vegetables grew one after another, and the tails of the wild onions hidden in the grass were a little yellow. It was not found either.

Wild onions were not like home-grown scallions that grew straight and smooth. Wild onions were more than half thinner than scallions, they grew like hair, they sprouted on the ground.

He used a small shovel to dig up the wild onions together with the scallions, and put them in a basket covered with banana leaves after removing the mud.

Along the way, there were small mugwort among the flowers, which were very tender, but Xu He didn’t pick them. He generally liked to wait for the mugwort to grow taller, bloom and grow old before cutting it. When he took it home, he could dry the mugwort under the sun for a day. It was good to repel mosquitoes at night.

"How do you know everything?"

Zhang Fangyuan held a piece of grass in his mouth, and he was not in a hurry, so he just sat in the mountain grass and watched Xu He dug here and there with his head buried.

"Mosquito repellent incense sold in Xiashi City costs ten copper coins, and it can't be lit twice. It’s more expensive than candles, so I had to find a way to repel mosquitoes myself."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed: " Then when the wormwood is old, I will cut it with you.”

“Well, there are many wild onions nearby, don’t sit still, help me dig.”

“I’ve already dug half the basket, why dig so much, fry it some. It's enough for the two of us to eat." Zhang Fangyuan said in his mouth, but he still got up to help to dig.

"Wild onions can be eaten in many ways. In addition to frying, you can also make dumplings and steamed buns. You always eat in the city, and you haven't seen it at the spring food stall, the steamed buns stuffed with wild onions are better than ordinary steamed buns and more expensive."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, this little ge’er really knew everything.

"Dig more, save it for a day, and I'll take it to sell when you go to the stall in the city, and buy some flour with the money, and I will make some buns for you."

Zhang Fangyuan heard this, and this time he got excited, and he couldn't wait for the two of them to go to the city together.

The two dug the wild vegetables on the mountain for an hour. Zhang Fangyuan kept digging the wild onions. Xu He thought that since he wanted to sell them, he also collected other wild vegetables, just like the tender and strong bracken, which grew well, and after a while it was folded into a small half basket.

Perhaps because it was busy farming season, and he was very relieved that the new wild vegetables hadn't been dug up by the villagers yet.

When the two of them went down the mountain, Xu He's small basket was almost full. The basket was moved from his back to Zhang Fangyuan's back. Zhang Fangyuan was tall, and he carried his little basket as if he was bound. The rope of the basket was tightly tied to his shoulders, which was a bit funny. .

Xu He asked him to give it back for him to carry. He could afford to carry such a small thing, but he still refused, so he took a few strides to the front, so that he couldn't even catch up.

It was much cooler in the forest than on the hillside. The trees sprouted new buds in spring, and the leaves bloomed in late March. The shade was very good, and the sunlight was cut by half.

The two went to the deep mountain to bury a trap together. Zhang Fangyuan called Xu He to stop. The hunters had been going up the mountain these days. They relied on the mountains and forests for a living, unlike those half-baked people who went up the mountain to try their luck. They usually lived in the mountains for ten days or a half months. Their traps were buried everywhere in the mountains.

It was easy to get tricked if you didn't pay attention.

Zhang Fangyuan took a few glances. He didn't know if it was because he didn't go up the mountain much in the past two years and didn't know the situation or what. He found that there seemed to be many more traps in the forest than before, and the distance was closer. In the past, one hunter hunted half the mountain, and the hunter could make money in those two years.

They thought it was delicious, and they wanted to get a piece of it.

"It seems that it’s not easy to eat some fresh flavors." Zhang Fangyuan said with emotion, let's count on his wife's wild onion buns.

Xu He said: "I didn't rely on this for eating. Isn't it just like fishing in the river when you’re idle?"

After setting the trap, the two went out from the deep mountains, fearing that wild animals would come to eat.