Dressed as a villain's wife

Nan Zhi didn't care about the mud on the dog's clothes, and hugged him excitedly.

"Dog, there is something to eat."

Gou'er looked blankly at the thorny thing in his mother's hand.

Auntie is hungry?How to eat this thing?

He looked at the strange things that fell everywhere on the ground, and picked one up, holding it in his hand, only to feel the pain in the palm of his hand.

"Dog, this is called a chestnut." Nanzhi said, put a thorn ball on the ground, hit it with the back of the knife, and a few smooth chestnuts rolled out of it. "It tastes sweet, it's crunchy when eaten raw, and it's glutinous when cooked, it can be used as food."

The dog blinked, he had eaten this smooth little fruit before, and his grandpa gave him a few last year, it was better than sweet potatoes.

Knowing that this food is edible, the dog quickly started to pick up the thorn balls on the ground, which made Nan Zhi feel distressed.

"The dog is good, my mother is here to smash the prickly ball, the dog will pick up chestnuts, okay?"

The dog paused for a moment, as if thinking about whether this could be faster, and then nodded after a few seconds: "Okay."

This area is full of wild chestnut trees, which are very large in scale. Nanzhi burst into laughter when he saw it. Although the wild chestnuts are smaller, they are more suitable for their current situation than Grandma Ding anyway.

Chestnuts can be used as a staple food and can be stored for a long time.

One big and one small silently picked up the chestnuts, and Nanzhi stopped the movement of his hands until the sun was about to set.

After smashing a few thorn balls and cracking open the chestnut shell with a hatchet, he and the dog ate something to fill their stomachs before sitting down to rest.

Looking at the more than 30 catties of chestnut Nanzhi in the back basket, I dug some mother-in-laws and put them on top to cover them. After thinking about it, I pulled some dead branches and spread them on top.

After confirming that the chestnuts were well hidden, I led the dog down the mountain again.

The two of them walked slowly on the way home after being busy all afternoon, especially Nanzhi felt a burning pain in his shoulders when he was carrying a 40-jin backpack.

The original body was too thin, the rope pressed against the bones might have worn out the skin.

It was already dark when the two returned to the village, and they didn't meet many people along the way.

Only when I came home did I meet Mrs. Wu.

Seeing the two women carrying the back basket, Wu was a little suspicious. The back basket looked a little heavy, and she didn't know what was in it.

When passing by her, Nan Zhi ignored her, and just led the dog home, acting as if she hadn't seen her.

"Bah, what am I supposed to be? Who cares if a little mother-in-law still hides like that." Looking at Nanzhi and Gou'er who had gone far away, Wu Shi spit in a low voice.

She thought she was looking for something good, but it turned out to be some nonchalant mothers-in-law, and they were so tightly hidden with branches.

With a cold snort, he turned and went back to the yard.

After entering the courtyard gate, Nanzhi hurriedly locked the door, and followed the dog into the room cautiously.

She didn't plan to put these chestnuts in the kitchen, she had to hide them in the house to be at ease.

More than [-] catties of chestnuts were spread on the ground, and the dog's mouth almost reached the ears. With so many chestnuts, A Niang would not faint again.

In the end, I heard the dog's stomach growl a few times, and Nanzhi came back to his senses and it was time to cook.

When it comes to cooking, it’s nothing more than cooking two sweet potatoes and mixing them with a bowl of gravy.

After telling the dog to stay in the house, Nan Zhi grabbed another handful of chestnuts before going to the kitchen.

There are two smaller sweet potatoes left, she is afraid that the dog will not be full.

After cooking the sweet potatoes and chestnuts, Nanzhi boiled the cleaned mother-in-law in a bowl, drained the water, sprinkled with a little salt and soybean oil, and then it was a dish.

She also wants to eat a hot stir-fry, but now there is only the bottom of the bowl left in the oil at home.

With chestnuts and cold salad, the dog ate more happily than at noon. Perhaps it was because this body hadn't eaten anything else for a long time, and Nanzhi was very satisfied with the slightly salty mother-in-law.

After dinner, the two of them drank a bowl of sweet water from boiled sweet potatoes before washing up and going to bed.

Nan Zhi took the dog out early the next morning, she had to pick up more chestnuts now and put them away.

There are a lot of wild chestnut trees on the mountain, and she and Gou'er must not be able to swallow so much. Why don't you tell Li Zheng to let other people in the village get some as food.

But she has to save enough for her and the dog first.

Because he was going into the mountains, Nan Zhi let the dog wear yesterday's dirty clothes.

It was still early, and the two of them didn't feel too hot when they walked, and finally arrived at the chestnut tree, and the two of them were sweating again.

Nan Zhi wiped the sweat off the dog's face, and sighed.

The weather is really hot now, and it’s better on the mountain. There are trees blocking it. I’m afraid that if I don’t wipe my body when I go back, I can rub out mud pellets.

She also wants to take a bath, but the water output from the well at home has long been inferior to before, and even the small river outside the village has lost more than half of its water level due to water diversion to the fields.

Last night she resisted the urge to take a bath.

Now feeling the stickiness on her neck, she broke down a bit.

But compared to cleanliness, survival is more important. After a while, she started the mechanical action of smashing the prickly ball.

The dog still picks up chestnuts obediently, and chats with Nan Zhi from time to time, saying what he dreamed about last night, what he saw just now, looking at the dog with a small mouth talking non-stop, Nan Zhi suddenly had an epiphany flash.

She seemed to know why she felt something was wrong yesterday.

Thinking, she tentatively touched the mud on the ground, and it was not as dry as the mountain on the west side of the village, but slightly damp.

Compared with the area outside Dongshan, the soil here is obviously wetter.

Many of the trees on the west side of the mountain have been sunburned to the point of death. When she entered the mountain yesterday, she felt that the trees on the east side were more vigorous. Walking in the distance, it is obvious that the plants will grow more.

Could it be that there is a source of water here?

With this conjecture, Nan Zhi only felt his heart beating non-stop, as if it was about to pop out.

But she didn't say a word, she was still knocking on the thorn ball. Now that the weather is not hot yet, she will take the dog to find if there is any water after loading the chestnuts first.

Thinking about something in his heart, Nan Zhi's movements obviously sped up, and he filled the back basket to the brim in less than two hours, leaving only some room for his mother-in-law.

Putting the basket under the tree, Nanzhi was ready to take the dog around, maybe she was lucky enough to find water.

After wandering around for a long time, Nanzhi still found nothing, only some purslane.

Looking at the wild vegetable Nanzhi in his hand, he sighed in his heart. The purslane is cold, and the dog must not be able to eat it now. I am afraid that I can’t eat more now, and the purslane cold salad needs a lot of garlic. Thinking of the small vegetable field at home. Not even a single piece of grass grew, and acid water appeared in Nanzhi's stomach.

After patting the ashes off his body, he was about to take care of the dog and leave, only to see him digging his head into the soil with his little butt pouted.

"Dog, what are you digging?" Nanzhi asked.

The dog's small hands were stained with black soil, and he grabbed a mushroom and shouted: "Mother, there are mushrooms here."

mushroom?

Nanzhi's head is full of question marks. After half a year of drought, can mushrooms still grow here?

When she stepped forward to take the mushroom from the dog's hand, Nan Zhi blinked. Is this a straw mushroom?