Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 339: Going into the Mountains to Find Wild Vegetables

After lunch, Xu Han took a nap with the two children and woke up again around three in the afternoon.

After getting up, he first went to the yard to turn over the wheat that had been dried in the morning, and then went to the backyard to feed the livestock at home.

"Grandpa Zhao, you are busy at home. I will go out and see if there are any edible wild vegetables to dig up so that we can have a fresh dish tonight." Xu Han said with a smile.

"Go ahead, go ahead. I'll be looking after the house. Be careful and don't come back too late." Grandpa Zhao waved his hand.

Upon hearing this, Xu Han took the basket and small machete prepared on the side and walked out of the yard.

I have been busy with housework recently and have been staying near my home. I haven't been to other places. Today I finally have time to go out and walk around.

Xu Han first went to the small hill nearby and looked around but didn't find many wild vegetables.

Maybe due to natural disasters, there are fewer wild vegetables this year than in previous years.

Xu Han walked and looked along the way, picking some good and plump ones when she saw them.

Finally, I picked a lot of wild celery by the stream, as well as some purslane, green onion and so on.

However, what Xu Han wanted to pick most was the fern, which was delicious whether it was served cold or fried with bacon.

But Xu Han searched for a long time and only picked a small handful. If she added some bacon, she could have had enough for a meal.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but there was only half a basket of wild vegetables in the backpack. Xu Han had no choice but to go home.

When Xu Han got home, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest had already returned.

"Wife, did you go picking wild vegetables? How was it? Are there many?" Lu Chuan saw Xu Han coming back and asked while taking the basket that Xu Han was carrying.

"Compared with previous years, there are much fewer. I didn't pick some that didn't grow well, and I picked some that grew big and ate them."

"This is quite a lot, enough for several meals." Lu Chuan said as he looked through the wild vegetables in the basket.

"I originally wanted to pick more ferns. I had eaten all the ones I dried before. This year, I wanted to pick more ferns and dry them so that I can stir-fry them with bacon. But after walking for a long way, I didn't see many and only picked a small handful." Xu Han said.

"When we were climbing the mountain today, the Taoist priest and I actually found a patch of bracken. Let's go pick some together tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go with you guys tomorrow. And by the way, I'll see if I can pick some more bracken to dry."

"That's fine too. You can come with us to the mountains tomorrow and see if there are any edible wild vegetables. Pick some and bring them back." The Taoist priest also said.

In this way, a few of us discussed and quickly arranged the itinerary for tomorrow.

As the sky gradually darkened, a group of people sat in the main room chatting and eating dinner.

"How was your trip into the mountains today?" asked Grandpa Zhao.

"It's okay. We didn't see any large prey. Our area is safe for now." Lu Chuan replied.

"Have you seen any other prey?"

"We saw more pheasants and rabbits in the mountains this time than last time, but the number is still small. It may be difficult to hunt them for food."

"It's okay. There's still a lot of beef in the space. Although the chickens, ducks, rabbits and other animals are almost finished, we still have plenty of beef. There's enough meat to eat, so there's no need to rush." ​​Xu Han said.

"That's fine, but how did you manage to stockpile so much beef?" Grandpa Zhao asked puzzledly.

"Hahaha, this is a long story..." Then Xu Han began to speak, and Lu Chuan added a few appropriate sentences, and the two of them sang in unison and recounted the process of how to catch the bison.

After listening to them, the Taoist priest silently gave them a thumbs up and said, "I don't know whether to say you are lucky or you are generous.

Bison are also very ferocious. You should be thankful that you were not hurt by them."

"Hahaha, we didn't act rashly. We only took action when we were sure of what we had. But we have to say that we were lucky. Otherwise, we wouldn't have so much beef to eat." Xu Han said with a smile.

"The main reason is that the cattle over there have never been hunted before and are not vigilant, which gave us the opportunity to take advantage of it." Lu Chuan also said.

"No, no, no, I think you are good at using the bow and arrow, otherwise we wouldn't have hunted so many cattle." Xu Han praised Lu Chuan.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest interrupted impatiently, "Okay, stop bragging to each other."

Then he said to Lu Chuan, "When we have time, let's go to the cattle herd and check the situation. If there are no cattle, forget it. If there are some, just keep them and hunt a few when we want to eat beef later."

"Well, tomorrow I'll take Xiaohan to pick some wild vegetables nearby, and the day after tomorrow we'll go deeper into the area."

"Okay, then you two go by yourselves tomorrow. I won't go." said the Taoist priest.

"Sure, you can just have a good rest at home." Xu Han said with a smile.

"Tomorrow I'll see if I can catch some fish near my home, or put some fish baskets there. If I can catch any, I'll put them all in our fish pond and keep them there so that it's easy to catch when I want to eat them."

"That's fine. I'll go with you tomorrow." Grandpa Zhao said.

Just like that, several people re-planned for tomorrow's opportunity. Grandpa Zhao took Mu'er, Ze'er and the Taoist priest to go to the rain basket, while Xu Han and Lu Chuan went into the mountains to pick wild vegetables.

The next morning, Lu Chuan and Xu Han set out early, while Grandpa Zhao and the others packed up slowly before going out.

Xu Han followed Lu Chuan for a long time. They picked wild vegetables and walked towards the place where there were ferns.

"Oh my God, there are really a lot of ferns here. They are all very lush and can be dried in the sun." Xu Han exclaimed as he looked at the hillside in front of him.

"Hahaha, if there weren't so many, I wouldn't have called you over. This much is enough for us to pick."

"I haven't seen ferns in other places. Why is there such a large area of ​​ferns in this place?" Xu Han asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"This hillside used to be covered with ferns. Maybe some of them sprouted last year, and they are growing again this year. Oh, never mind. Anyway, I'll pick them first if I can eat them."

"Hahaha, you're right. These ferns can be picked for a long time. Let's start quickly." After Xu Han said this, he took out a backpack from the space, and then took out two baskets.

After handing it to Lu Chuan, he started picking ferns with a basket in one hand and the other.

They picked a big handful of fern, each one was plump and tender, and they came at the right time, so the fern wasn't old at all.

In a short while, Xu Han filled the bamboo basket, put the ferns in the basket into the backpack, and started picking ferns again.